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l'ÂGE 7Tc1 I EDITORIALS. Who WiII b L A pacifist stand in werld affaira was overwhelmingly rejected by tue l8th General Council cf the. United Church of Canada rccently held in Ottawa. In future wars, as in the past, the United Church like ail other de- nominations, will pray for the success of tue arms of its ewu country. «Praise the. Lord, and Pass tue Amn- mxunition," stiil appears te b. reason- able te mem9 regardless cf religicus deneminstion or affiliation, whose steps are supposed te b. dedicated te follow- Piug the. path blazed by One who declar- cd ahl men were brethers, aud spent His wiiole life preachimg peace, writes the. editor cf The Meaford Express in a controversial editorial. In every past war we have seen mien cf the. cloth blessing the. weapons of their cwn side sud praying that lu ,the approaching slaugiiter the Man cf Peace will see te it that enough cf the. enemy's bodies will b. broken by higii explosive, burned by flame throwers and drilled with bullets te bring thern a victory which mankind has mot yet Ottawa-Talk of a possible snap election ini 1961 could be heard on many sides last week as members oi parla- ment got down to business ini the third session of the twenty-fourth parliainent. Under o r d 1 n a r y circumastances Prime Minister John Diefenbaker would flot lead his governmnent into another general election until the year 1962, when it would have been four years in power. But that year, if economists are correct, may see a major recession. One of the government's most re- spected economic advisers, Dr. 0. J. Firestone, has forecast the possibility of a severe recession in 1962, and he 18 flot alone I this opinion. He in on record as predicting It could be the _.,worst recession since the 'thirties. 1 With this knowledge the govern- inent has to choose between calling an election in what could be a year of de- pressed business conditions and unem- ploymènt, sittig out the full five years cf its life and calling an election in 1963, or calling a snap election in 1961. Indications are that the political wise- men cf the Conservative party will ad- vise going to the country in 1961 rather tha'î waiting until 1962 or 1963. #They believe that the momentumn *the Tories' sweeping victory in 1958 uld carry the party through an early election i 1961. As one prominent mnember of the government told this column, uWe stand a much better chance cf wining in 1961 than if we waited until 1963.» The Liberals and C.C.F. group are now weil aware cf the possibility cf a snap election next year. They have alerted their respective party organiza- tions te be on their tees. The present session of parlianient accordingly should b. a hectic one with ail sides ueeking te score political points. -When pariament opened for the mt.w session the members heard a throne speech that contained few sur- -crses and a nuxnber of obvious omis- nions. There were two, unexpected announcements: The creation cf a new Ministry of Forests and the extension Sf the franchise te ail Indians. There was ne mention cf defence, an issue -expected te generate explosions .with the opposition taking steady aini at this p rt cf the government's pro- gram. Opposition Leader Pearson has described the Conservative defence policies as a "misguided muddle". He toid the house the time had come for an examination of the whole Canadian defence policy by a srnall committee of parliament. He wanted a policy ham- \jred out on a non-partisan basis te, fmake it a truly national defence policy. iefenbaker has since agreed te, set up such a committee but is te look cnly at expenditures and net te, deal with ;icym daltemresrne. h Aise mlssing from the throne speech was any reference te, inflation or te the country's financial position. "ight cf a speech made a few days be- t itha whiecininconfflated Th» e tmoNews The 14.wcmtle Independent and The Ozomo Nws iOth Year of Ccnftluous SerVice. l e Town of DowmunvilJ. and Durham County Ie SUSCRPTION RATES "M ci Yo. r. sdty ia adwauo ead the Way? seemed te be able todo anythlng wlth. The tragedy cf any church putting earthly patrietism abeve the message we understand they are supposed. te teach isnont; in cendon«pg war alone. The sorrow cf such a u6nd is realizing thaf with the church ccndoning war, mankind is left without any institution cf any strength or power capable cf malcing continuing, if futile, attempts te, ing continuing, if futile, attempts te, lead the. world eut cf the bloedy haze through which it bias stuznbled for thousands cf years, ente the clear path cf Christian love and universal brother- hood. As long as any church cf God can justify war as a legitimate means cf soiving -internatienal troubles, se long will war prevail. Editor's Note - While we publicize these views cf a colleague, we certainly don't agree with them entirely. We doubt if Mr. Khruschev and his follow- ers would "play the game" tee well if we became totally pacifist and, person- ally, we like our way cf life well enough te, fight for it. fore the. session opened by Finance Minister Fleming. He had warned against. toc rapid a ris. in economic expansion. He cautioned against doing things which were likely te encourage an excessive growth i spending. He appealed te Canadians te, "work and save". He said an uncontrolled boom would end i a recession and urged Canadians to restrain their demands in order te keep from pricing Canadian Egoods eut cf the world markets. Canada must be on its guard against booms and busts. Five days after the house cpened James Coyne the. Governor cf the Bank cf Canada said in Winnipeg in a public address that Canada for at least f ive years had been living beyond her means on a grand scale. Canada was net pro-. ducing herseif eut cf her import deficit' but was getting In deeper. It was strange that the throne speech made ne mention cf such things cf the deepest conceru te the nation. Tii. throne speech did forecast bringing forward Mr. Diefenbakers controversial Bill cf Rights and it aise >proposed Combines legisiation te pro- vide protection for small businesses, both hangovers from the last sessioni. Changes will be made in old age and veterans' pensions regulations te provide the. "basis" for paying such pensions outside cf Canada. However, just iicw far the government la ready te go along this lime will not be clear until the. legisiation is introduced. Mean- time, if you are a pensioner, don't go rusiiing cff te make reservations in California or Florida. Soon after the house opened the combines division annual report was tabled. It disclosed that three major investigations are under way. On. deals with tue policies cf certain drug manufactuxIng companies in the selling and pricing cf new types cf drugs. Sim- ilar enquiries are being carried out in regard te automobile insurance rates and restrictions by certain gasoline cempanies on sales cf accessory items. Wiien he ýentered the tiirone speech debate te defend his administration against thie severe attack launciied by Mr. Pearson, the Prime Minister un- veiled three inmportant reforni measures not mentioned in the throne speech - presumably kept back te enable tue P.M. to, score some debating points in the throne speech debate. They were: (1) Early - no mention cf wiien - establishmient cf a Royal Commis- sion modelled on tue United States Hoover Commission te probe al gov- ernment operations for savings te bring down te a minimum tue high cost cf goverient. (2) Hope for action, in ce-opera- tion witii the provincial governments, te ýmake the Canadian constitution - tue BNA Act - amendable in Canada without formai reference te tue British Parliament. (There has been ne indi- cation cf any meetings te date with the provinces). (3) Formation cf a House cf Comn- mens Rules Committee te furtiier streamline transaction cf business by the. house. Prime Minister Diefenbaker in re- ply te the opposition leader's criticismn ef defence policies, said Canada will maintain her independence but accepts the principle that only in co-operation with the United States la there survival, but he gave ne real indication cf how this independence and co-eperation would work eut in practice. Hfe closed, tue bitter debate with the declaration that Canada will centre! nuclear weapons used by her forces, although again it is not clear what this means or how it works. Capital Hill Capsules he extent of government involve- ment in Canadian business life has seldom been be-tter demnstratedt1han vb MNOBst 40W TRE RM% WUaL. CLAS5IF)e T941S UNDER Twu -IPTY- FiYU P&racepNT - ýSUGAI? and SPICE:-» Dispensed by Bill Smiley For Most people, ne mat. other one, and recognze the ter how drab lite lu ordinarily. SynlPtOlTs. ther h lwas aspelalex- My tint Journer wau when citement ini st.arting on a ][ was sixteen, and got my tirat jOurneY. I've been on a fewl lob. It entailed hitcb-hikini in mY Urne, and on each Oc- 400emiles, ail alone, to get to casion there have been b t.Tat was qulte an experi- same sensations: antic-IainL' e o ' wodny stimulation, and something been anywhere or seen any. akin to leur. ZFve started -an«,thing. 1[r, & &,0"way te ume n and Distant Past I.~Fm VrmUe atesman File e n it 9 rj 23 TEARS AGO 49 YEARS AGO (February 7, 1935> (Fébruary 3, 1911) Local farmers are cutting Mr W. Bennett, Bank et ice on Vanstone's pond and Montreal, has been transfer- report a very fine quality red to Port Hope branch. about, 20 inches thick. Atr Hubert W. Foster, son of Herb Jamieson & Sons have iMr. H. B. Foster, takes the purchased the Mltrkus Mayerj Junior's place here. property ait tic corner of King rizewnesatteCr and Silver Streets and wfli nil winersay gt the Cr- rernove their tire, battery and Cci Thawa, ni g wene; vulcanizing sIiop as soon as ECccli Oke sa, best gnt; m alterations aire completed. REdna atw, best ady; a m.ar About 20 frienda and rela- Roen, best bl o PearcVan tives met lat the home af Mr Dcoge, best girl; ownPerce and Mrs. Gordon Cowle oý tarligo, bet cown;.1 Monday night to celebrate te ihls etcme with themn the 7th anniversary Miss Florence Jackson la of their marriage. spending a couple of months Mr. Jabez C. Vanstone, son with relatives iu Omemee1 et Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Van- and Lindsay. stone, who now resides in Mr. and Mxs. Sidney Mor- Kitchener, was awarded first ris, Toronto, are visiting his prize in his priniary examin. lather, Mr. John Morris, ations bel ore thc Institute of Beech Ave. Chartered Accountanta recent- Miss Mary Burnharu Io at- Iy. tending Central Business Col- Enfield: Miss Helern Pascoe lege, Toronto. has been supplying as teacher Nease:MdmsMc ait Union Sehool.Necsl:M da sM- Enniskillen: Congratulations Daniels and Beacom of Tees-t to à1r. and Mrs. J. MeGregor rater, and Mrs. Adanms andc (nec Barbara Wotton) on the daughter cf Millbrook, wereà arrivai etf a fine baby boy. weeensdit guests of theircu Solina: Mr. Jack Baker is a the station, Miss Bal- home from Clinton, where hie agh and lier sister, Mrs. has been lecturing ait Uic Philp. short course t.herc. Nestleton Station: Tih. akat- Maple Grove: Miss Ruth ing nink i. kept in good con-c Armistrong, R.N., Grace IHos- dition~ under the cane cf Man-c pital, and friend, Toronto, ager H. Porteous and affords1 visited her parents, Mr. and good amusement for the yaungr Mrs. Robt. Armstron.g. people.i Haydon: Mr. and Mxs. C. Lotus: Wm. McCullough Crosmian entertained about lied a wood bec and dance 35 Young people Wcdnesday ait niglit last Thursday. 2 night Blackstock: Master Adel- Tyrone: Congratulations ta hurt Beacock whilc skating Mr. and Mns. Harold Bycra on on the school rink tell, break- the. arrivai of a fine baby ing bhis collar bouc.8 boy.V Hampton: Mrn. s u . Hi,- Tyrone: Mrs. W. H. Mooret ton Peter. entertained Mr. and entertaincd a nuruber of Mns. A. Peters lu honor 0t 40 friendsslat a quilting and mat years aofniarried lite. Duning T sdy the. evening relatives and Zion: Mr. Alan Lavis lu tak-1 friends gave them a surprise ing the Short Course lu Agri-a visit and prcscnted them culture ait Whitby. with a bridge lamp and sil. Hampton: Mrs. Geo. Tay- verware. lor, Miss Lyria Trenouth and Blackstock: -)&. and Mn.. Miss Riioda Johns vlsted ait John Patterson entertained 50 Oshawa. friends lat a dance an Friday Maple Grave: Miss Laura night lu their home. Claytan, Whitby, visited lier0 Cadmus: Miss Alydia Tay- cousin, Miss Rhea Jeffery, 0 1cr visited bira. Jas. Neshitt, sud other friends. t who la recovering frcm lber Eufleld: Miss Dianne Nid- I recent accident. dery and Mr. W.,Lanih, Shir- E Courtice: Cordon Brock iiad ley, were united lu Uic holy6 an unusual accident while ne- bonds of matrimony ait Osh- pairiug a truck cwned hy Mr, awa, Wednesday. Thcyr wil licAllister, for whom he reside in Brock. s works, when he caught uis SaUina: Miss Lena Taylor basn face upon sonie part of thc returned home frein a leng- o: truck and tare the. flesh open thy visit l in heWest V along his jaw and cheek. Enniskillen: Mrs. Rowan l Nestietan: Mns. Delbert Béa- and son, Caesarea, Mr. John s ccck bas neturncd from, visit- Sanderson, Cadiaus, Mns. Bar], a4 ing her parents, Mn. and North Dakota, and Mr. Sey- Mns. David Jaieon, is-1 mour, Chicago, vislted a li ra. I da" X. Bmndersna. ü ea fair chuuk et lite lu a hurry - hiteh - hlking across the. eountry with $2.85 ln jour pocket r Tlhere was no let-down ln thc cimax of thnt jounney. Thc huge boat was there, tied rte the vast dock. The. steve- .1dores were filling hen innards, Dhýundreda ef people wcre »bustling around inowing what they werc doing, and I was standing there, mouth open, stoniach churning, with the knowlcdge that Id, soon b. part of it, and a whole new lite was beginniug. el e e Then there was Uth inst trip te coliege. What a deai that was for a amail-town boy, clad lu a cheap suit and a deep infenlority complex. Thoqe aLlier freshinen looked se sophisticated. Those girls looked se unapproachable. e* 0e There was no anti-cliniax then, cither. Soon there was the exhilerating exploration af thc mincis of great men, living and deaci. And tic fun of playing in tie varsity bantd, and beîng an the college foot- ball team, an 'd working on the varsity newspapen, and mak- ing ail sorts cf odd friends, and falling in love once or twice a week. AUl of it was heightened by Uic beginning of war and the certain knowl- edge that college days would be bre* The nexi trip, a short oe ta the recruitiug office, trig- gered several years of cxcii- iug Jourueys, aud not oee et them was a disappolinent. The. tirst was a Mrlous hitch-hiking Jaunt ta New York, with three other poten- LIaI air heroes. We had about $20 each aud did the-clty Up brown. One et my mates eau atui bost uaL le spewed the entire iength etf »aadway, out a cab wludow. We aver- aged thrce hours sieeP a ulght. A cigarette girl la some Joint promiseid te write me, aud mever did. Next excursion was a big One,* across the Atlantic. The only sait water I'd ever seen befone was sanie my mother made me gangle with, wien I was a kid. All I remnember cf the crossing i. seasickness, submarine scares, and a big, 24-hour-a-day crap ganie. But what a thrill it was to sec the coast of Ireland, just as it was when my great-grandfather shook ia dust off his feet, which were probably bar. at the tinie. Thon uthe tint Jouruey te London. on leave. 1[ uhought 1 was a blase Young man. but mny heart was pouuding like a maldeu's as the train roiled juta that vast, smoky metro- polis, the heari ef the Emp're. What a clty kt was thon, be- fore the Yank. took ever by aheer ferce et numberal Sali- ors and soliers sud airmen of every alied nation, beau- lita wouaeu everywhere aud lu the. very air that speclal excitement whlch euly a wan ma produce, uadly euough. And zmore journeys,, cd stimulating in its own way, meeting new people, finding old pubs, la Scotlanannsd Wales and six cornera cf Eug- lsud. And soon encugh, Uic short trip, but the big one, acrosa thc Channel and Into Normandy. Neo-auti-climax there, but Uic adid saistac- taon of CUlminating ht;ermia 12 Rlcéhmond St . Toronto 1, JTan. 22, lmO. The Editor, The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanvifle. Dear Sir, Piee.accept my humble but enthusiastic congratula- tions on your editorial "Clinib- lng Up the Ladder" ln your issue cd Jan. 2lst This la the hest comment on the conclusion of the. steel strike i the U.S.A. that ha. appeared in any journal on this Continent. Yours falthfully, Gladstone Murray ahi. months of training by amitlng the [ce, hup and thigh. Then the rapld,. long leas", teLille, to Antwerp, and the tirai vivid Impressions ot the bubbiug lie of people newiy fteulatter tour intolerable reus. Ah. Lita, where are leu n0w? Then in a plowed field ln !RHolland, sans wheels, and be- gînning another long journey across a bitter, hostile land. A miserable trek, but not without lIt high points of ex.ý citement: attempted escape in RIolland; being stra-fed in a German train by one of ours; rolling in a locked railway carriage through a night bombing raid on Frankfurt; meeting old friends, long since believed dead, in the camps. This la getting monotonous. But there was oe more ex- ohms tjourney. Ih was made en foot, through about 100 miles of country crawing with drunk Rusuian soldiers P.nd blood-thirsty ex-slaxe-la- bourers and was accomplshed w.th no other weapon than a bit. scared grin. What 1 really started eut te say was that I've embarked on another journey, which promises to, be as excltlng as any ot them. Atter a certain amount of armn-twisting, I'm launched on a journey of ex- ploration. In short, I'm taking confirmation classes, reading the. Bible after lo these niany years, and on the way toward a fighiting chance at getting to heaven. A friend suggests that you caiVt swallow anything whole with your tongue in your cheek, but I'm going to give it a fair trial. 'YIAH' ~1 ~ THRE OREENS MADE IT ALL RIOHT I1.. aIl 0100,000 of It. Mind you It teck Mr. Green 18 years - end that's wtat h. made, flot what h. kept. Like the Green* most of us ia % our lifetime will earn more than this Imposîrg pile cf bank notes. Question le: hew much wlI we ks.p? Sys.4 temnatia savlng at the B of M helps you keep moesof what you make. Juat oesof these 100,000 dollars wIII open a savîngs acceunt for you. Keep It strictly for saving, anid tiieres oe sthlng you can say- for the money you put Inte that accunt ... you ýhave reaIIy got it made. BA&NK OIF MONTkEÂL -- TI CANADIAN STATWLAN, EWAEILONTAMIO _____TIRSMDAY, AN. Utb. l A MacDuff Ottawa Report A Better Chance of Winning êJNext summer we may not have time for a job like this. By having it done now, she's getting a better and a faster job because skilled workera are more productive. Somewhere around your home or place of business there's a job to be done. It 4o il py outodo it now. MNP TOURSEIF AND AT THE SAlE lIME NIELP TOUR COU. MUNITT TO INCREASE EMPLOTIENT TIiS WINTER. (AIL TOUR* t INATIONAL EMAPLOTIENT OFFICE FOR ADYICE AND ASSISTANCE. iwtued by authority o h c ge f Labour, Canada ufuu...umu au&u .Cetters c7o - o7hýe é;ditor