SAMUEL FARMER, Editor and Publisher PC RT PERRY STA PORT PERRY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19th, 1943 Watch $1 .50 per year in advafce. your label; it tells when your Bubseription expires, ' 5 cents a single copy. ws "x eK ~ EDITORIAL YL) Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam, Ris first, best country over is at home.--Goldsmith, EE THE GENTLE ART OF COMPROMISE Now that the smoke of the recent election battle is clearing, the electors are beginning ta see... "where we are going as a nation, In the first place, though we are apparently divided into three political parties with relatively equal voting strength, the fact is that we are divided into only two partiey=-t¥a. thirds old line, and _one- _. third CCF, Ass With its present standing, the C.C.F. cannot rule. Nor can the old line parties rule happily unless they join their forces in some fashion. So the great business of political leaders in the next few years will be to study the gentle art of compromise. Extreme Right or extreme Left cannot carry the day in Canada at present. Can- ada is inherently conservative in its outlook, and radical changes in administration will not be tolerated at present. Labor has a great interest in the C.C.F. In fact Labor put that party where it is to-day. But Labor has a hard road ahead for two reasons. 1. Their natural opponents, the farmers, are not vet organized tosshow their strength; but they, are moving in that direction, because they feel they have suffered long enough through the power of Labor to secure high wages and cheap food. They have suffered in a double fashion. High wages have made, it possible for the manufac- turer te entice farm labor to the factories; and the product of the factories, so greatly needed on the farm because of the scarcity of man power, is - dear and difficult to procure! Here, then, is gne place where compromise is absolutely necessary. 2 The second cause of hardship with the C.C.F.' ' ranks will be more apparent in post-war days and years, Just now Labor is in the saddle, It is becoming strongly organized, and is able to use its voting power to its own advantage. With the return of nearly three-quarters of a million work- _ers in a transition period, there will have to he many modifications of Labor's power, No matter how willing and generous any party may feel to- rd the returned men, days will arrive when it will be difficult to keep all wgrkers, both soldier 'and civilian, employed at high wages. "At that ., time extreme labor tactics will be remembered. The strikes of today, will be the stumbling blocks to easy_ living in the days when thare are more workers than jobs. In that day, the consumer will be the deciding factor, and he will study his own interests just as labor does. Now is the time when the C.C.F. will do well to study the nature of the support it has gained, and the permanency of that support. Now is the time to compromise in such directions as will 'ensure wider support from the general electorate. Strengthening: such socialistic legis- "lation as we now have, Will be sufficient task" foe oe the present. To plunge into any radical program at this uncertain time will be a dangerous pro- cedure. For instance, as Mr. W. H, Moore points out in his "Testing the 'Isms" it will be no small _ task to_in any sense confiscate great-industries, .. The United States has an investment of well up to four billion dollars in Canada (22% of all out- side investment). To make such investments un- certain at a time when Canadian development is -most urgent, would be a real case of killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. In point of fact all any party can do intelli- gently is to feel its way to so build its policy that it may be able to meet the rapidly changing na- tional and international conditions. No one 'can at this moment predict what will be the naturé and extent of our export market. =~ No one can predict what will be the extent of post-war im- migration., No one can tell which way capital will tend to make its investments, Nor can any- one tell how soon competent administrators and skilled workers can be secured to operate great industries should the people demand that the state take them over... __ Gradually the spirit of co-operation will enable our people to put into practice such state control as is now exercised in,unemplpyment insurance, old age pensions, workmen's compensation; and . similar community and national projects for gen- eral welfare of the people. State medicine and associate benefits may follow. But the character 'of the people will determine the success of these movements, z = There is no such thing as Capitalism as a unit. There is no such thing as Business as a unit. To blame Capital or Business for defects is to blame every one of us who have money invested in business. Size may make the actions of some business more spectacular; but the same principles of profit making and self-interest govern all busi- ness men, great or small. That many* men still act with deceriey-and ge nerosity within the limits of these principles is demonstrated daily, for as a people we are living on a more peaceable and higher. standard than has heen attained in almost any other country, and we are doing it under free "enterprise, and through the help of capital in- vested. The gentle art of compromise will have ample opportunity for its exerejse in the next few years, and every political party will be wise to exercise that are with intelligence and foresight. Vernon News wins Best Weekly Prize (Toronto Globe & Mail) $ Announcement of winners in the; better newspapers compfetition of the! Canadian Weekly Newspaper Associa- tion was made public in Toronto last week at the meeting of the Associa- tion, ~ Class I awards for papers with a "Memory Lane" A Plan to Beautify the Highway hetween Manchester and Port Perry A suggested plan for highway beautification between Manchester and Port Perry has been received from a former resident, who is still greatly interested .in this section of Ontario. The suggestion includes tree plant- ing and flower planting. The elm cirtulatiow of 2,000 or over are: The yree and hollyhocks are selected as the Mason Trophy (best all-"round paper), to Vernon News, Vernon, B.C.; David Williams cup (best editorial page), to Fort Erie Times-Review; Amberst- burg Echo- Shield (best front page), "to King's County Record, Essex, N.B. Class II awards for papers with a circulation between 1,000 and 2,000; Charles Clark cup (best all-round paper), Powell River News, Powell River, B.C.;, Malcolm MacBeth Mem- erial shield (best editorial page), Fergus, Ontario News-Record; M. A. James Memorial Trophy (best- front page), Powell River News, Powell Rively B.C: 'Class III awards for papers with a circulation between 6500 and '1,000: Hugh Savage shield (best all-' round' paper), Creston Advance, Creston, B. _C.; John W. Eedy Memorial trophy + (best editorial page), Creston Review, Creston, B.C.; Printer and Publishers' i Special (best front page), Dryden upon a purely voluntary basis; Observer, Dryden, Ont, cirdulation of under 500 are: H, E. Alemeda Dispatch, Alemeda, Ont.;- Printgr and Publishers' Special (best are: Acton Free Press, Gananoque Re-! front page), Pilot. Mound Sentinel, | Other Ontario weeklies to. receive would have to be made for procuring nounced that the enemy is carrying mention in the various competitions and planting the elm trees next spring. | out demolition on the south coast of most effective medium for beautifica-' tion. If the plan is undertaken and carried out it would be a graceful and permanent memorial of the war that is a struggle for a happier s{andacd of living. "Memory Lane" could be- come the emblem of grateful ve- membrance, To put the plan into operation would require the help of the local muni- cipal and County councils, and the Highways Department. At present there is no organization to forward such a plan. However, there are three organizations that would most likely be interested--the "Women's Institutes, the 1.O.D.E.,, and , the Port Perry Lions Club. It would be a good move for these 'societies to discuss the project; and | 'to see what steps could be taken for its furtherance. The whole matter will have to od but there are sources of finance that could be made. available, when the money Ri IV awards for papers with a| was required. The immediate need is for the Rice trophy (best editorial page), drawing up of a simple plan of beautification capable of enlargement year by year, If the plan is adopted arrangements Small clumps of hollyhocks ¢ould he' porter, Kemptville Advance, Port planted this fall--a sort of advance | Perry Star, Brighton Ensign, Cree-' guard of the plan--evidence of beauty more Star, Hespeler Herald, and Elora | yet to come. . Express, Interested persons are requested to| Italian peninsula. get in touch with the Port Perry Star, where more complete information is available. This plan of beautiful approaches to the home towns is finding real favor in-many parts of the "United States. AEP PP tb -- BOB BOWMAN we The man who gave Canadian listen- ers an eye-witness accent of Dieppe, is currently reporting the hon ~ front, in the broadcast series, "Industry at War." Bob Bowman's next broadcast will Be from Vancouver, on Thursday, August 26 at 8.30 p.m. over CBC Na- tional network. He will tell the story of the Douglas fir plywood that goes into Canada's planes and ships. AXIS. FORCES PREPARE FOR INVASION OF MAINLAND. 'Algiers -- British naval forces an- the Italian toe. This is regarded as Fthe first indication that the Axis is preparing a further withdrawal up the THE NEW RATION BOOKS "On the back page of this issue of the Port Perry Star, full particulars are given as to how to secure It should be emphasized that so far as possible, the transfer card should be signed by the person to whom the new Ratien Book is to be .The card. is nat to be removed from the old The dates are--Thursday, August 26th, and Saturday, August 28th, upstairs'at the Post Qffice, for Port Perry and the hours will be 10 a.m. to 10 --p-m. In the rural areas the dates are August 26th The distributing offices are listed at the your new Ration Book. issued. book. and 27th, foot of the advertisement. AN EXCELLENT PIECE OF WORK It may have been long delayed, but now that the Bowling, Green wall has béen rebuilt. it is really" an _ excellent piece of work, both as to design, and its substantial character. The. construction work was done by Mr. "Sandi- _son, of Utica, under supervision of Councillor Herb. Brooks; and both builder and supervisor are to be complimented on the pleasing result 'of their joint work. NEW ARMY CALL-UP Humphrey Mitchell, Minister of Labor, today announced the call to military training of married men, ages 27 to 30 inclusive, and of all men who reach the age of eighteen this year. This call, Mr. 'Mitchell stated, is pursuant to a decision reached by the Cabinet Council. As in previous calls those in the classes mentjoned will be required to present themselves for ex- amination and, if found fit-and accept- ed, they will train and serve in the Armed Forces. in Canada and her ter- ritorial waters. The Minister explained thatthe call covers all men not heretofore desig- nated or already under arms, and whatever their marital status, who were born in any of the years, 1916, 1015, 1914, and '1913, Similarly the call is to men born in 1925, save that none of these will be served with "Orders-Medical" until he reaches the age of eighteen years and six months. Arthur MacNamara, Director of Na- tional Selective Service, stated these "Orders-Medicdl" to the men covered by the Minister's announcement will be mailed as rapidly as possible from the oflices of the Registrars in the 13 Mobilization Divisions. THE NEW TOWN DUMP What has been an eyesore at the Lake Front for sometime is to be finally cleaned up, and the town dump is to be moved to a new site. This move on the part of the Council is timely and should receive the complete support of all the people in this sec- tion. or' the district. Great carelessness has been shown by a number of peo- ple in the way they have scattered rubbish of all kinds, not only on the dump itself, but along the. road side to Curts' Corner, and on over the Scugog Bridge. "Strong measures ure being taken by the Port Perry Coun- cil to put a stop to this untidy prac- tice. It has been a serious drawback to the town, and many complaints have been made. Two or three times there has been a thorough clean up; but in a short time conditionis were just as bad as ever. There -will be no excuse for untidi- ness now. The new dump will be easy of access, as a proper road has been constructed to reach it. The new site is three blocks due north of 'the fornier dump, on the old C.N.R. right of way. Thorough co-operation by all the citizens in keeping rubbish in the place assigned to it, is urgently re- quested. . 'MR. CHURCHILL--THE MAN'OF THE HOUR While this picture was taken in North Africa; Mr. Churchill is still helping to plan for victory.. At present he is at Quebec where the great- Conference is' meeting in the Chateau Frontenac Hotel. New Roof on the Town Hall The Town Hall roof has-been giving alot of trou- "our "Horiotir Roll", Miller died of wounds received in the Ee ee --s IS ea Letter to Those on Active Service To the Home Folks Away from Home. © That bowling green wall has been finished, and Sandison, of Utica, has made a real good job of it, under the direction of Councillor Herb Brooks. Now there is an eight foot sidewalk in front-gfithe whole green with three fine upstanding posts to support flood lights for the night games. The over- flow of water, in particularly heavy rains, will have nothing to wash out. It is a very neat and substantia) job, and will stand for many years. Then, too, we have a brand new roof on the Town Hall, which will be gaod news to all who have occasion to use that building. Now for the weeds. There is a fine crop of ragweed, wild carrot, and sow thistle, in many back yards. Weeds grow lustily. Once you forget them, they come up with a rush. But that trouble will soon be spent out of the way in most cases, One more name has been added to Lieut. William S. Battle of Sicily. He was a Scugog Island boy, and was well known to most of our yourtg folk. He paid part of the price that it is costing to retain the freedom of humanity. You will regret to hear of the death of Gordon Tetlow; finother Scugog boy. Gordon was well liked as a student at Port Perry High School. His teachers speak most highly of him. Labor Day and Fair Day are one and the same day this year. This is a new venture on the part of the Fair Board. If the weather man will smile on that day, the rest of the pro- gram will be one of the best we have ever had here. t Well, I took a trip to the Queen City last week, and dined -at the Royal York, in company with two hundred of those moulders of public opinion-- the weekly newspaper men of Canada. Judging by the recent election results, they haven't been doing much "mould- ing" of late, for the shape of things present and to come is very indistinct in Ontario. The general comment is that they don't envy George Drew his F. (Co-operative Commonwealth Fed- eration, if anybody should ask you,) will keep things from becoming mon- otonous; but drastic changes in our mode of living will not be effected in a hyrrey. power put on the brakes; but there will be some lively discussions; and 'we shall be 'much better informed as to advanced legislation, and radical changes in our way of living, It is time we had a chance to see where We are going. Perhaps this set-up will provide the information we need. We hope so, for elections are expensive in mare ways than one. I must tell you of one item on the Convention program, the colorful cavalcade put on by the Boy Scouts. Our meeting on this occasion was held in the Concert Room of the Royal York. The stagé background was en- tirely in black draperies. When the curtains were drawn, a camp fire was revealed, with Baden-Powell and a couple" of "Scouts Having a" chat just before "lights out". As you might know, the great chief was giving the boys some pretty good suggestions. Then followed the "Cavalcade". Ohe by one the beautiful flags of the are doing their good work, were car- ried in gorgeous display against that dark background. As each flag issued coming of the rays. of sunrise, (he country of which it was the emblem was announced, and received with cheers that came from a realization that here was an 'organization that was one of the main hopes of that "New World" for which we long so much; TWe wouldn't have many wars if the "good turn" idea became a rule of life. When the Cavalcade was complete, it was one of the most colorful sights I have ever scen, and more than one man declared that he felt a "lump" in his throat as it dawn- ed on him how widespread, and quiet- ly effective the Boy Scout movement had become. Yours truly, from the sides of the stage, like the job for the next few years. The C.C. THE EDITOR. Ho! Ho! Come to the Fair! Port Perry Stages the First Local Fair with an Extra Good Program. Sept. 4, evga Sep, 6, Fair Day Good Exhibits of Horses, Cattle, and Farm Produce, Ladies' Work, etc. Black & White Show, over .50 animals. The Prize Lists are ready. Apply to R. D. Woon, Secretary, for a copy. Make your entrics early. EXTRA--Buck Rake Demonstration and Com- - petition. Two classes--Car Chassis and Tractor. Even Prize Money. $350.00 for Horse Races--$200 and $150. Even 'money prizes (up to 4 prizes of $3.00 each) will be paid for the following contests. No entry fee. Two or more entries required. Entries must be made with the Secretary, not later than 1.30 p.m., the day of the Fair--Labor Day, Monday, September 6th. Boys' Singing--under 16, and under 12. Girls' Sin ing--under 16, and under 12, Girls' or Boys' Tap Dancing. Step Dancing. Mouth Organ Contest, Old Time Fiddlers, Bicycle Race. Hog Calling Contest, Clown Contest, ust perform on grounds from 2 to 4 p.m.. Judged at 4 o'clock. GOOD HORSE, RACES © ble for a couple of years or more. «Attempts to fix it were unsuccessful. Now a complete new roof hus been put on. Credit is due to Len. Leahy for some At Night--Street Dan Russ SEE BIL good work in levelling | the roof base. . . ce and Floor Show. joizghon and His Entertainers. \ many countries where the Boy Scouts Therg will _be_ plenty, of... oS