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PAGE FOUR ~HE CANADIAN STATESMAN, BOWMANVILLE. ONTARIO ~rHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1950 No 'ýone wonders at the absoluti power of dictatorship of Stalib over the Russian people, becausE BUuh, power is essential underi totalitarian system of govern. ment. Where the people have n( individual freedom of thought and action, someone miust be free t( think and act for them, and thai prerogative is invested ini ont man. Stalin is the only free mar lu Russia. But it is a sight to won. <1r at wheri in "The lanrd o! thi free and the home of the brave' onc mari should possess absoluti power of dictatorship over somE hundreds of thousanda o! coa' m~iners. Like the Roman centurior of old, John L. Lewis can say, " amn a majp under authority, and1 say to this man, Go, and he goeth and to another, Come, eand hi cometh." But the centurion wa a military off icer In command oi a hundred soldiers, anid he bac received the autbority from Cae- sar to' keep order and enforce thE law o! the Roman Empire. Mn Lewis has been given no authorîty by the American government tc say to a hundred thousand miners, "Go to work," or "Don't go tc work." Indecd the goverrimenl itseif has no such absolute power over the will-to-work or not-to- work o! one coal miner, and Mr, Lewis' authority is self-assumed, and is against the law of the United States. -But President Tru- man has refrained from enforcing the law. On this point a non-partisan riewspaper, the Record (Kings- Ville, Texas) says: "John L. Lewis is still daning Hanry Truman tc pick up the Taft-Hartley stick~ and swat him, but Harry remem- bers how he told the labor boys the stick was nasty at'both ends." .The Journal (Fiat River Mo.) comments: "The coal miners should take John out and give hlm a good taiking to . . . . John Lewis bas been a powerful figure I American labor circies, but there cornes a time, and riow is, Ilf eur vatchli 14 taIto SNay: *Don' bang nme Pràundl *Wind me regularlyl *Don't open me upt *Dont wor me whon woelingt *Repafr my broken trystait. 1 Inecieuienlgoid eiIng, aoot %YOURS TO ENJOY mTe LAPLANO LONGSPUR is one of the Ioveliest sights cf winter. A handsome brown, block and white bird, h. gathers in flocks. Look for him in open fields or on frozen shores. Protect him-he eats thie seeds of weeds and beach grasses. YOURS TO PROTECT 111E CARUNO DEWERIES UMITED WATMAOO, ONTARIO t u ALI$*D0 ;e n a o kt ýe n :e n ,e d e s. y 0 3, t wheri ha is certainly not workirig iri the interests of the coal minera. It is misplaced power, in our esti- mation." The Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) says: "To bold that John L. Lewis is thinking of the weifare of the workers, even of his own slave coal miners, is to ignore the facts. Lewis canes for riothing but his own power. He ignores the needs of his own workers just as blithcly as be ignores the rest of the Amer- ican people. So concerned is be with the extension of his own personal power through his politi- cal machine that he is perfectly content that his miners shail have only three days' work a week re- gardless o! how badly they might want to work or how badly thein production is rieeded in the Amen- ican industnial system . . . and until he bas the power taken away from him and our iaws cieaned of the speciai pivîlege that bas been accorded labor bosses, there can be littie hope of idding our- selves o! the annual Lewis prob- lem." The above are a few sampies o! the reaction of tbe American press, anid tbey no doubt repre- sent public opinion generaliy. That one man by bis personal edict. even tbougb it is autborized by an organization, cari put buridreds of tbousands o! men out o! work and disrupt the industrial and, commercial life o! the country, is a contradiction o! the elemen- tary principles of democracy. While sucb men as John L. Lewis bold such power o! dictatonsbip, Amenican politicians and labor leaders bave no right to coridemn the dictatorsbip of Stalin. Canadian Response To UNICEF Fund Way Beiow Objective John L. Lewis Anid Stalin Sy LEWIS MILLIGAN t Canadian response to the ap- 1peal currently being conducted >by the United Nations Internat- ional Children's Emergency Fund i on behal! o! six million needy children in Europe, is falling fan short o! the national objective of $3 million, A. B. MacDonald, Canadian chairmari o! UNICEF announced. Up to January l2th, oniy $217,451.92, or iess than 10 per cent o! the goal, had been pledged. This does not include sums being bcid up by provin- cial committees till the end o! the campaign, however, whicb will boost that figure consider- ably. "In view o! these figures" dé- ciared Mn. MacDonald, "we bave dccided to continue the UNICEF appeal for another montb on so. We hope every Canadian will avail himself o! tbe extended opportunity to con- tnibute to wbat must sunely be the wothiest, cause o! the cen- tury, the sick and hungry chil- dren o! wan-navaged lands." Biggest conrtibutor, on a per capita basis, is Manitoba, which bas pledged $29,070.57 to UNICEF, or 17.1% o! its objective. Next largest is neighboring Saskatcb- ewan, with $28,854.47, or 14.8% o! its total. Lowest is Newfound- land witb less than 1%1/, with Quebec running a close second last, with 2.4 % o! its objective. Ontario, richest and most popu- lous province, has pledged 7.1 % o ttotal. .1In appealing for a new and greater nesponse to UNICEF's campaigri, Mn. MacDonald pointed out that ail donations made riow will be deductible from 1950's income tax. He aiso stressed that every dollar s0 donated will be spent for supplies in Canada. Compensation Given If TB Contracted In Hospital Work Ail hospitai or sanatoria em- ployees, including nurses, are now assured of compensation should they catch tuberculosis through contact with patients. In making the announcement, Premier Frost ~ * reveaied that the entire cost of .. this extra protection would be as- ~ sumed by the Province. The matter has been under consideration by the Government for a couple of years. The Com- Rocketing into th( pensation Board was asked to fbuosew ie provide an estimation of the cost fblu e le of the new plan. The Board f ig- exciting new serie ured out that the assessment now paid by the hospitals wouid have and the action-pai to be increased from 50 cents pex uurm $100 of payroll to $1.50 unless the Ftrmc! See th Province decided to pay the ex- Dealer's! Neiw tra assessment. The Governmetn estimated that it was too much fresh, fleet, free. of a hurden to impose on the hos- pitals and that, on the other hand, roomier interiors the personnel of the hospital and of the sanatoria were entitled to arotind! The cius such a protection on account of '<Airborne Bide"! the vital service they were per- forming. With a systemn of com- andl durability in puisory X-ray of patients being instituted as quickly as the nec- essary equipment can be ob- tained. the danger of nurses and other employees contracting TB wiil be reduced, cost o! protection will decrease. The programme wiil cost approximately $200,000 a year for the present. Ail employees with more than three months' service will be cov. ered immediately. New employ- ees wili have to wait three monthF before they are protccted. How- ever, they wil hae protected for three months after they leave the hospital's service. You are the 'other feilow" te àomebody ele. Drive carefully. SALEM Salem Women's Association meet at Mrs. Weenry's on Thurs- day evening, Jan. 19 with 21 la- dies in attendance. The President opened the meeting. Minutes were read also cards fromn Mrs. Benschop and Brenton Darcb. Roll cail was taken. Mrs. Gerald Shackleton had charge of the program. Mrs. Leslie Weish had charge, o! the worship service. Mrs. Ken Werry was guest speak- er and her theme was on Missions. Different parts were taken from the book "Growîng With the Years." The parts were taken by Mns. Genald Shackleton, Mrs. Ken Shackleton, Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Collacott, Mrs. Gordon Barrie, Mrs. Conn and Mrs. Blackburn. Mrs. Hall gave a reading. Mrs. Shackleton thanked ail for help- ing. 1 Mrs Shackleton and her group served lunch. KENDAL Ixtended for last week) Mr. and Mrs. Art Mercer and family with Mr. R. Wilson and Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Les Reid and family visited her father Mr Jas. Swarbrick. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Mercer and !amily, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mercer and Grace wîth Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Counoux on Sunday. A number o! hockey enthus- iasts jounneyed to Orono to see the local games and took much pleasure in seeing them trim Port Hope. The younger folks are practic- ing skating on Jackson's pond and on the Elizabethville rink, when the weatber permits. Mr. Hutnyk is the first in this section to complete stripping his crop of tobacco. The Post Office Inspector was in Kendal and changed the Post Office back to Reynold's store with Mrs. Reynolds as Post- mistress. Mr. Reynolds has been busily engaged in building up the office again. Kendal Girls' Rainbow Club met at the home of Mrs. Mary Luxon when they continued their study of "The Cereal Shel!". The roll caîl was "Three things I BROWN'S Mn. and Mrs. Jack Pressley Sr., Toronto, visited Mn. and Mrs. Geo. Stephenson. Giad to sec the Honeys around on Sunday. A few from here attended the BaroDara Ann Scott ice show in Oshawa on Friday and Saturday. Sorry to report Mr. Geo. Ste- phenson is on the sick list, also Mr. Bob Stephenson who suf!ered concussion foilowing the hockey game in Orono Fniday evening. Mn. and Mrs. Clarence Turner and Sam, Providence, visited Mn. and Mrs. R. Graham. Mrs. Wellington Farrow visited Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Allun and Gail, Orono. Mn. and Mrs. T. Fleming, Osh- awa, visited Mn. and Mrs. R. Davies and Trevor. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stephenson and !amily and Miss Lynne Ste- phensoni visited in Belleville. Progress in surgery o! the heant bas been aimost as iapid as sur- gery o! any part o! the buman body. In fact, wbiie abdominal surgery o! an extensive nature was usbered in 100 years ago witb the discovery o! anesthesia, beart surgery is still iri its infancy. A number o! dairy farms are being established on the Isle of Malta to provide the island witb a first class miik suppiy. Breeds being used iriclude British Fric- sians, Ayresbires and Dairy Short- borris and the scbemc is heing sponsored by the goverriment. have iearned about wheat". Miss Jean Noble is to hé present at Feb. 8 meeting at Mrs. Luxon's. Next meeting at Mns. Jackson's, Jan. 31. Kendal seems to have received less damage from Saturday's hurricane than sections of the south. Trees were broken and limbs scattered around and shingles lifted, but the chief in- convenience was from the lack of hydro and telephone service. One expects to sec snow drifting around in January, but flot great clouds of dust blowlng over the fields. Job nny McMullen had a portion of his barri damaged on one of the windy days carlier. "It is in overseas trade that immediate difficulties are most apparent," the B o! M says. However, after sizing up the sit- uation, it concludes that "if the U.S. market for our exports ne- mains stnong, prospective reduc- tions iri shipments to other coun- tries would have a relatively small effect on our total expont trade." The upturri in Amenican business since last summer and the general optimism there mini- mized tbe possibiiity o! any sharp general drop iriU.S. demand for Canadian products in the im- mediate future. There seemed reasonable hope that "the Cari- adian dollar proceeds o! exports to the United States would be Reasonably Good Business Conditions Predicted by B of M The Canadian business atmos- phere is "in some degree clouded by uncertainty and cooled hy adverse winds from overIseas". reports the Bank of Montreal in its latest Business Review. "But while therè is general acceptance of the possibility that 1950 may sec some recession from the peaks achieved in 1949, a survey o! fore- sceable prospects strongiy sug- gests that the year will still wit- ncss reasonably good business conditions", the bank believes. Summarizîng "important fac- tors on the side of stability", the B of M points to the lack of "Ireck- less optimism" in Canada's post- wan economie expansion; to the absence, by and large, of danger- ously speculative positions in in- ventories; to the level of private debt, whicb, tbough rising; has not become "unduly bigb"; and to the non-existence of any large volume of stock market specula- tion "precariously poised on a foundation of horrowed money." "One o! the most reassuring ele- ments in the outiook," the state- ment notes, "is the probabiiity that new capital investment in plant, equipment and housing will continue on a large scale. Home building was expected to continue "with little abatement" in 1950. The demand for schools, hospitais, highways and public utiiity facilities was stili "im- pressively large." Export Flow Slows I/af/J, well maintained during the pres- ent year." Af ter discussing the uncertain outlook for Canadian exports to Britain, Western Europe and other sof t currency areas, the bank finds it "1difficult to avoid the conclusion that total exports of Canadian merchandise will be down somewbat in 1950", al- thpugb "the aggregatc decline is flot likely to be of catastrophic proportions." The Canadian appetite for lm- ported capital and consumer goods will probahly remain high, the review comments. It was pos- sible that Canada's favourable balance o! total merchandise trade, already reduced in the past year, might contract further in 1950 or even turn unfavourable "to a modest extent." However, the country was starting the year with reserves of gold and U.S. dollars somewhat improved. Quieter Prospects Ail this suggests that new capi- tal investment, while possibly littie reduced, will probably flot increase. Export trade was likely to decline moderately. But these factors together counted for less than domestic demand for con- sumer goods, and services. Last year, this amounted to close to two-thirds o! alI expenditures on the nation's entire production. However, a small rise in unem- pioyment, a lessening margin o! increase in labour income and a sligbt decline in farmn incbme made it realîstic to expect "some diminution o! the flow of per- sonal income and expenditure in 19,50."1 Summarizing its conclusions, the B of M helieves that during 1950 there may be "an interrup- tion" in the long upward trend in the volume o! national produc- tion which has increased by about 80 per cent between 1939 and 1949. The streets of New York are paved with asphaît. not gold. Canadian labour income was $5,664,000,000 for the first rine months of 1949, an increase of eight per cent over the same per- iod ini 1948. The iast census showed that 1,474,009 Canadians spoke both French and Englisb, 7,735,4861 spoRe Englisb oniy and 2,181,746 spoke French only.1 Most destruçtive Insect ever le invade Canada'sa spruce-balsam forests is the spruce budworn. You Bet-It'a Great To Be a Canadian 1We have so many things in this great land of ours for which to be thankful that we just take themn for granted. Let's stop and look around us. How many people did we see today who were really hungry- not just healthy hunger, but the kind that gnaws at one's stom- ach? How many people did we see today-who haven't a warmn place to go tonight and a comfortable bed in which to sleep? Did you know 'that we spent $822,378,000 on clothing in 1947? That Is $65.00 for every man,I woman and chid in Canada. Did you know that the average Canadian drinks 178 quarts of milk, eats 105 pounds of bread, 28 pounda of butter, 146 pounds of meat i.n a year? Did you know that we have 3,200,000 houslng units in Can- ada? That's one for each four Canadians. Sure we haven't enough houses; sure ciothing and food are ex- penslve,-but we are well fed and weii clothed. It's a good sign that we want more and bet- ter thlngs. Let's neyer give up wanting them. Let's neyer give up being thankfui, as well, for what we have. How many countries in the worid are less fortunate than we? And to think we have ail this, plus the freedoms of a democratic way of life. So when you have doubts, when friends have doubts, just stop and look around you. You bet-It's Great to be a Canadian. Phone- Office 681 Re&. 493 King Street, Bowmanville /1//I I e /iw et / . ' 1 4 x K"I he Futuramic Fifties-a ,t of Oldsmobiles! Two is-the sparkling «"76" 'ked «88". 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