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In seeking sanctuary in Canada, these 43 Poles have not only just-- ice on their side, the most solemn pronouncements of the United Na-- tions also portect them. The third paragraph of the Atlantic Charter permits them to remain out of a Poland which is inimical to them in the words, "they"--i.e. Mr. Chur-- chill and President Roosevelt "res-- pec the right of all peoples to choose the form of government un-- der which they will live". The Pots-- It is difficult to believe in the circumstances, but it appears to be the fact that the Canadian Govern-- ment, deterred by some elegant dip~ lomatic frippery, has declined to permit these men to remain in Can-- ada as immigrants. Yet all 43 de-- serve well of Canada; indeed, of every United Nation. This is a grave charge to lay against a properly constituted gov-- ernment. It is the graver in that all 43 men are natives of that part of Poland that has been given Rus-- sia. All 43 are convinced that, if they are forced to return to Poland they will at best be deprived of civil rights. They expect a worse fate. All 43 are eager to stay in Can-- ada. More than half of them have married Canadian wives who could not return to. Poland with their husbands; many of these men have capital, all have the tools of their trades; and each burns with a fierce determination not to return to Po-- land until that country is once again free. Number 45 Group R.A.F. Tran-- sport Command at Dorval has been disbanded, its duties, so grandly conceived, splendidly accomplished. The British personnel of the Group has been dispersed to other R. A.F. stations. But there yet remains here a wing of the Polish Air Force -- 44 officers and n.c.o.'s in all--who have served with the R.A.F. since tho--fall of Poland. These 48 were in the Polish Air Force when Hitler struck; they followed their profes-- sion in the joint interests of all free peoples in France, in the Battle of Britain and later in the Transport Command. Now, as they believe, they are in grave personal danger. PAGINA--8 Postwar contraversies are likely to be world--wide in their political and social implications. The barrage of high oratory involved in their discussion and solution only too of-- ten serves a double purpose: effec-- tively to drown minor causes of in-- justice and to distract the world's eyes and ears from the contiguous problem to the remote. Save for one man who has elect-- ed return to Poland, these men are not in accord with th present Rus-- sian--dominated Polish Government. They have evidence that appears convincing to them that they can hope for nothing in Poland save certain death. Yet in our very _ metropolis of Montreal there presently exists what may be an inexcusable injust-- ice with vast international and hu-- manitarian implications. -- It is, so far as numbers go, a modest prob-- lem, but nonetheless human and nonetheless _ urgent for all that. Canadians by their silence in the face of injustice and the Canadian Government by its inaction may very well soon have on their con-- science the end of peace and hap-- piness for 43 brave men. FS*È The Canadian Citizen |E lfgî… i e -- y Canada's Only English--Italian Weekly Newspaper -- Y¥ $¥ $ ÈTel.CAosm orty--Three Poles In Peril New York -- American donations of food, clothing, shoes and medi-- cine have been acknowledged by number of Italian -- Bishop's and Monsignori, whose towns and com-- munities have received them from American Relief for Italy. These letters were sent to Domestic Rela-- tions Justice Juvenal . Marchisio, president of American Relief for Italy, the agency authorized by the President's War Relief 'Control board, to supervise and administer Italian relief. The organization and the American people are praised by the clergy for their "Christian char-- ity." A text typical of the senti-- ments voiced is that written by Bishop Bernardino Salvatore, of Li-- pari, who stated: "Allow me to ex-- press in the name of my staff and all the diocese, the sentiments of School teachers in Italy admii they are popularly referred to as "the 'Cinderellas of the |_ working people", in a communication ad-- dressed to Domestic Relations Court Judge Juvenal Marchisio, of New York City, who is president of Am-- erican Relief for Italy. The letter which came from a committee of Federal and private teachers at Rome, declared they were filled with '"emotion" because they had been remembered, and furnished with essential and proper clothing by the relief agency, when it came to resume their pedagogical duties. Previous to that time the teachers had empty wardrobes and raiment that bordered on threadbare styles. They were handicapped until they received the clothing from resuming their duties in class rooms. To reassure the officials of Am-- erican Relief for Italy of their grat-- itude, the teachers took up a col-- dam agreement on Poland -- signed by Marshal Stalin, President Tru-- man and Mr. Atlee--while express-- ing its anxiety to facilitate the re-- turn of Poland of all Poles abroad, specifically applies this only lo "those who wish to go". These 43 Poles do not wish to re-- turn to Poland in the present cir-- cumstances. They have no hope of being accorded any rights whatso-- ever; they fear for their very lives. That opinion must in fairness be respected. It is monstrous that these men would be returned to Poland against their expressed wish. It is well within the competence of the Dominion Government first, to grant asylum to 43 Polish ser-- vicemen; and then to bring pressure to bear on the United Kingdom Government -- formally to release these men from their nominal milit-- ary duties. Here is an _ immediate, practicable and simple act of grati-- tude open to the Government oi Canada. Neither Canada nor the United Nations can long survive if principles and lives are ever to be sacrificed to expediency. Italian Clergy Bless Americans Clothing Fairy Aids "Pedagogic! Cinderellas,, ("The Gazette"--Montreal) MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 2nd, 1946 my deep gratitude for the clothing and other items which _ Christian Charity of the American people. has caused to be sent to cover the nakedness of our poor. May God, dispenser of all goodness let mani-- fold blessings descend upon the great American nation." BUTTER PRODUCTION Canada's creamery butter output, which declined considerably during the last four months of 1945, con-- tinued to move to lower levels dur-- ing the month of January of this year. Production in Jan. amounted to approximately ten million pounds almost 16 per cent less than that produced in the same month of the preceding year. years to fourteen, -- respectively, have been liberated from makeshift homes in cellars and caves, where they had been living for months, by field agents of American Relief for Italy. They had once lived in the town of Ateleta, destroyed during the war. Investigation disclosed that the children are now orphans, their homes and parents being destroyed during the war. The youngsters have been fed, warmly clothed in garments sent from _ American homes and placed in custodial care at an orphanage. The elder children scouted the wrecked countryside for bits of food. For beds the children had coarse bundles of straws. One little fellow explained "it was bet-- ter to be in the caves and cellars than in buildings --which --had no rooftops and no windows. It w#3 warm in the caves." The plight of the children and the story of their rescue was sent in a letter to Dom-- estic Relations Court Justice Juve-- nal Marchisio, president of Ameri-- can Relief for Italy, the agency au-- thorized by the President's War Re-- lief Control board to supervise and administer Italian Relief. "We, all the teachers in Rome, cordially thank American Relief for Italy for-- donating us a complete outfit of clothing. We are grateful for the gift in itself, but also more grateful for the thought, which has been so kind. Although the import-- ance of teaching is some times pointed out, as a matter of fact no-- body has ever thought of us, and we are so used to being called the Cinderellas of the working people, that when anyone does remember us we are filled with emotion. For this reason and by a unanimous feeling, we also decided to make a modest gift, not as a counterpart but as proof of our gratitude! This ended the sehool vacation for thou-- sands of children absent for many years." New York -- Discovered scantily clad, more than two score Italian children varying in age from two-- lection, and deposited the money to the credit of the relief organiza-- tion abroad. The letter to Judge Marchisio reads in part as follows: RESCUE CAVE CHILDREN Domestic workers are going to receive a new deal; the idea origin-- ated with Mrs. Rex Eaton, Director of the National Employment Ser-- vice, Women's Division and is pro-- moted by the National Employment Service. Each city in Canada will have its own administration. The members of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada have received a message from their presi-- dent, Mrs. Cameron E. Dow, in which she asks them to make a special effort -- during this year to improve working conditions for the women on farms. Anybody who has seen something of rural communities in Canada knows how crying these needs are, and if the women on the farms take it up themselves and make their de-- mands heard through their own or-- ganizations, there is no doubt that something can be done. Fewer marriages were registered in 1944 than in 1943 or in 1942. The number of young couples tak-- ing the vows i nthe successive years was as follows; 127,372 in 1942,; 110,937 in 1943; and 101,464 in 1944. The rate per thousand popu-- lation as 10,9. 9.4 and 8.5 in the respective years. Canadian country--women always work hard and during the war they have had to take over many of the duties which usually fall to the men around the farm. Their men are coming back now, so they should be able to devote more time to their own affairs, and especially to im-- provements that will make their work easier. Even long before the war rural electrification, better rural housing, farm sanitation and improved edu-- cational and recreational facilities were badly needed; all these im-- provements had to be put off dur-- ing the war but there is no reason why they shouldn't be taken up now, and the sooner the better. The Canadian tanning industry reported a new peak in the value of production in 1944, the total being $45,001,000 as compared with $44,-- 7783,000 in the preceding year, an advance of $238,000. Ontario is the centre of this industry, accounting for over 86% of the total produc-- tion, Quebec is next producing 12 per cent of the total output for the dominion. Returns of criminal court pro-- ceedings record an overall decline in the number of adults convicted of breaches of the law during 1944 as compared ith records of the pre-- vious year. Theft, which accounts for rough-- ly 25% of all convictions for indic-- table offences each year, showed a slight increase, but convictions for forgery and offences against cur-- rency, malicious offences against property, etc, were lower in num-- ber. 2 LEATHER INDUSTRY OF CANADA DECREASE IN ADULT C R I M E FEWER MARRIAGES IN CANADA Improved Working Conditions For Country--Women HOME AIDES WOMEN'S SECTION Untrained women will not be ac-- cepted as Home Aides, and they must all take a "refresher course" of four one--hour lectures before they get their certificate and start working. The Home Aide plan should be the means of raising the standard of living for thousands of women and girls and may also lead to bet-- ter feeling between employer and employee. The domestic worker, now to be called the Home Aide, will work at industrial hours and for industrial pay; the housework is done on a shift basis. The day is divided into three four--hour shifts 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 3.30 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. and 8 p.m. till midnight. She can work any or all of these shifts, for one or several employers, 1 or 7 days a week. If the pay is 40 cents an hour, $1.60 for the four--hour shift This plan which was tried in Toronto first has great advantages for both employer and employee. For the employer it means that the aide will come to her with proper training and can be employed for as many hours or days as she can afford and she does not have to keep a room for her. For the employees the advantages are just as great; she can work as few or as many hours a day as she wishes, and as many days a week as she desires; and as she will begin her work supplied with a certificate of her knowledge for such a job she will be treated with respect. The Swedish Red Cross in co--oper-- ation with the Scandinavian section of the Foreign Relations Depart-- ment has helped to send informa= tion from seamen, fishermen and others to their families in Denmark and Norway. es or $8 a week for a five--day--a--week service, a woman may earn $17.60 a week by working an 9--hour dày and with Saturday afternoons off; besides she receives her two chief meals--lunch and dinner on 5 days. The Canadian Red Cross Society will appeal to the public for funds early ner month. It will be the first national peacetime appeal and the amount asked for will probably be $2,500,000 as compared with the $10,000,000 asked for last year The money is needed for work in Canada--help for crippled children, outpost hospital service, new hos-- pital buildings, nutrition, first aid, disaster relief, etc. A seperate war fund budget will take care of the Society's war work in connection with soldiers and vet-- erans as well as its relief work in Britain, Europe and China. During tre "Health Week for Canada", early this month, stress was laid on spreading information on venereal diseases; the service clubs were asked to give a special message on this topic or on some other important phase of public health. Women's organizations a n d schools were also asked to co--oper-- ate; booklets were sent to schools, containing a daily message on health for each school day during Health Week. PUBLIC MUST DÒ ITS SHARE IN HEALTH WORK RED CROSS ACTIVITIES CANADIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY ANNO VII -- No. 9