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Wilk wkih la ineeematei T'he. wmaavffl News, lIN* NeweutI. dneient &ad Ibeo ceme News UVtetsCam» u evic e t. 'h.Town et D.wmavt ad DurhauConstr. AgIierbOl fmSe»" iChun Mail. P.goM 0«1»Deuaaieem, Ottawa. AN INDEPENDRNT NEWSPAPE19 nomber AuiBureau t et Circulation Weskb ,Newmape1 Assoelaion SUBSCUPTION IRATES $3.54 a Test, ater la advance. * 13W a Test ln the United Statv'- OMO. W. JAMES. Editor Another Nomination Called To * F111 Council Siate For two years in succession Uic clectors o! Bowmanville have defaulted in choosing a compîcte council at Uic regular, annual nomin- ations. Another nomination is cailed ion tomor- row night in an endeavor ta secure candidates ta fil the two remaining seats for Uic 1948 Council. It ie gcneraiiy feit that this state o! .affaire places Bowmanville in low bnackcts in the sphere of civlc consciousness. But At ap- pears difficuit ta translate this feeling into ne- ccssary action. In ciecting by acclamation seven members ai former council Uiey have been given without protest, a clear field ta carry any measures thcy wish duning the coming ycar. They have ievcry right ta act on that dlean mandate and .ta proceed with public works on a large scale, 'with particular concern ion improving outlying :sidcwaiks. They can even implement the pleb- Iscite in favor c! a ncw rink and facilitate the Sconstruction o! the new South Ward School. As prcsently constituted thc new council le ,made up o! thrce factory cmplayees o! the Goodyer Company, anc accountant, onc law- yen, anc landscapc gardener and a field man- ager for a cenning campany. Business as nep- resented by an individuel having personal ex-. lng large poiicy le absent !rom Uic slatc. Wc suggest that it je a duty to naminate and eicct two candidates oi this calibre, pefrably youngem men, and thus give balance ta the new council. Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey Calis For a Greater Canada An Inspling vision af a greater Canada cap- turcd Uic imagination cf a large audience o! Durham County f armi families when Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, C.H., addmessed Uic County Federation o! Agriculture ln Newcastle on Thursday cvcning. He spoke ta friends and nelghboms for he maintains hie fanm home in the Part Hope district whcrc his forebears set- tled marc then anc hundncd ycars ago and es- tablished the finst Massey factory in the village o! Newcastle. But it was mare than just a ncighboriy oc- casion for Mr. Massey bought home fnom a long tenure of distinguished service a states- manlike vicw o! events et home and'abroad with which he has been intinieteiy identified. We hope wc have cepturcd Uic main Uioughts .hc cxprcsscd which are reported in 'anothcr coiumn in this issue. .Mn. Massey made a profound impression when lie told with mcasured assurance thet Canada stood at this moment an the thrcshoid o! tremendous things; thet lher new status in global affaire entailcd ncw nesponsibîlities as anc o! the leedlng arbiters o! world wcifanc. It was a sobering decianetion on the level o! higli statesmenship. .lits abiding thought was anc of complete optimism that Canediane as individuais wauld for that matter in al aur history. Our hope le that Mr. Massey will be spared many yeans ta çontinue ta inspire hle fdflow Canadiens as he did in hie Newcastlc address. Editorial Noies British Calumia Communists creaed smre excitement rccentiy by announcing that thcy arcepted Uic new Provincial Labour Code o! B.C., incuding penalties for illegel stnikes. The Çommunists had previousiy announced that ts wvas slave labour. No surprise need be felt. R.C. Communiats are being quite srnart; have rellzed tt th beot place for Communists Is neot in fighting Gavermnints aven labour regula- tiens, but ini encouraging labour regulatton ta the maximum, ln Uic hope that Communiste may b. able te I.nfitrete labour departments, and thus move a step toaeds that slavery cf ail la- bour which le thc vemy basis of Caninunism, and o!fail honest Socialism-Letter-Review. 'ÂGE TWO Selective Immigration of Canadian Girl Graduaies Atwo-column dlsplay advertisement ap- pearlng ln Saturday's daiiy papers, Toronto, seeke ta recruit Canadian girls who have grad- uated fram Hlgh School or even College stu- dents wil gladly be received ta train far nurs- Ing careers in thc United States. A represen- tative o! a University Hospital ln the United States wlil meet Uic prospective candidates at thc Rayai York Hatel, Dec. il and 12. The lure ln the advertlsexnent is that grad- uate nurses wiil be paid $170 ta $180 per manth for a 40-hour week, with an annual 28-day vacation plus 6 regular halldays and a birth-. day thrown ln. The name of the University Hospital is nat given but no doubt will b. dis- closed with further perqulsites ln the 'corne- on" Interview. Here Is an open invitation ta bright Can- adian students ta go ta Uic U.S.A. at a time when Canada is shart more than 8,000 nurses. There is ai course no guarantce that these girls will be permitted ta cross the border and no suggestion that the U.S.A. has anything ta do with the niatter. It has ail the appearance af selective immi- gration but in ail probability, according to Uic contruction of Uic advertisement, It is merely a promotional schemne the hiddcn terma cf' which need ta be explored before definite com- mitments are made by Canadian girls. We believe it would be wise for the praper authar- ities to investigate the facts in the case. Governmeni in Corner, Opposition Presses Aiiack A wave of public appraval swept across Can- ada when John Bracken, leader of Uic official opposition, challenged the govcnmcnt's pragram in the House ai Cannions, inimediately foiiow- ing the Speech from the Thronc. The govern- ment's fflan sought first consideration o! the Geneva Trade Agreements and approval of the Ottawa flecrees lately promulgated'before per- mittîng discussion of more pressing matters that are causing great public ci-amor. Bracken insisted that bath Geneva and the Decrees were facts accompiished and could watt until members of the House could present the public demand for: Discussion o! the rising cost o! living, labor unrest, justice for veterans and above ail the increasingly unfavorable position of Canadian farmers. He received instant back- ing from other apposition graups and the sulent approval ai fanmer members sitting back ai Mr. -King. The whole question cames down ta the funda- mental of whetheir the government wiil be per- mitted to continue ta mrule by Decrees hatchcd by a poweriul bureaucracy or whether the peo- pie will be given rcstored authority thmough their elected representatives. The gavernment's farm policies are crumbiing, labor is again an the verge o! revoit and people arc waiting ta sec the government's reaction ta the challenge o! Mr. Brackcn. Farm opinion now cuts across party lines as will be seen fnom press reports a! scores of farm meetings. Menibers mprsentlng farrn congtitti- encies are thus plainiy given a lead to keep punching now the government has shadow box- cd itself into a corner. If an electian were caiied tomorrow the farm vote would sweep it out o! power. The whole country hapes that Bnacken will continue the fight and press homne bis policies right through the session. Survival of Commonwealth As Certain as ils Great History Out a! ail the gloomy predictions Uiat the British Empire is in the procese o! dissolution came many recent assertions o! prominent men that not oniy will the Empire and Common- wealth survive but thet this greet eggrcgetion o! free peoples will attain new heights c! power and influence in world affaire in the ycans ta came. It is bcginning ta be icît that the Socialiet expeiment in Britain unden the labor regime Is menely an interlude which wiii level off on a plane pcrmitting iess doctrinaire administra- tions a cleaer field for ca-ordination and ex- pansion o! a neconstructcd Commonwealth. The aid, steady British industrialists meantime try ta fange ehed without concerning themsecves with current politics. But it le ta the outlying members cf Uic Commonwealth, inciuding Canada, that inform- cd speakers and stetesmen naw appeal ta pro- ject e vision o! the New Commonwealth and Empire. We wcre grcatly impresscd with the recent addncss of R. C. Bcrkinshaw on this question. Mn. Bcnkinshaw je President, Can- adien Manufacturers' Association and Vice- President and Gencral Manager, Goodyear Tire and Rubher Company o! Canada. Lately rctunned !romn South Afnice, the Middle East and Bitain with a Canadien Trade Mission seeking expended markets, Mn. Berk- inshaw told hie impressions o! the tour in the following terme which are statesmanlike con- clusions. He said: "Despite Uic hopes o! its enemies and Uic fears o! its fair-weather fniende, the British Empire is mtli a long, long way fromn liquida- tion." "There ie anc thing this trip hem donc for me pesonally which I cannaI refrain fromn mcntianing. It hes given me a firmer faith than ever I had before ini Uic dcmtiny a! the British Empire as e principal factor in world affaire. Too aiten I think, le one's conception af the Bitish Commonwealth conditioned by Uic narrowcr horizons af one'e own country, and il is not unlil the appartunity occuns ta extend aur knowledge and expenience by contact with aur !cllow-!olk in other British territaries that wc begin toaeppraise aur Imperiai heritage at ts truc value . . . I have camne back ini Uic firmn conviction that Uic virility, the resources, and Uic iaith o! Uic yaunger Empire nations wili sa strengîhen and support aid Engiand ini her hour of crisis, that she and the Conmmon- wealth af which ehe le the synibol and centre, wili ieed Uic world once more into the paths o! peace and international fellowship and pros- perity."1 _________ ________ ________ __ TztURS AY, DEC.llUi, 19 Ontario Feed Programme Qnly Practical Farm Reief The three-day Dominion-Provincial Farrn Conferenceheld ln Ottawa lest wcek apparent-. ]y conclud with no vcry definite stcps taken that will give hope ta Canadien iarmcrs in solving their feed and livestock difficuities. At the smre time Agricultural Minister Gardiner has had little success ln re-negotiatlng food con- tract prices with a British delegation still in Ottawa. It remeins ta be scen what the gov- ernment wiil do aiter thc storrn o! protest sure ta be raiscd ln the House. In these circunistances the oniy Uiing On- tario farmers can tic their faith ta is Uic pro- gramme advacated by Hon. T. L. Kennedy, Ontario Minister o! Agriculture, and Uic Pro- vincial Crop Improvement Association which cils for an increase o! 50 million busheis o! feefi grain for 1948. Wc have heard o! no opposition from western feed grawers that this policy c!f seli-sufficicncy may operate ta lessen their future market and prices, hence the plan should b. pressed ta compiete fulillment. But there te usualiy a tendency ta pracras- tinate whcre so rnany 'individual farmers are concemned. Many mey plan icreased ecreage and neyer get around ta it. Othens wiil likcly delay putting in orders for seed grain. Our suggestion ta help metters along would be ta have Uic govcmnmcnt guerantee fertilizer boans, nearganize county committees for a complete survey o! acreege and sced supplies and Uien carry on a press campaign ta kecp the bal ralling right up ta sping seeding. It wiil necd onganizcd effort which aught ta be stanted right now ln December. S ocialism in Briiain No! Utopia Labor Expecied In a series o! articles reccntiy appearing in the metropolitan press,, Herbent L. Matthews, chie! correspondent for the New York Tmes, hec given close examination ta the application o! socialism ita the British people by the Labor- Socialist governmcnt now in power. Since the C.C.F. in Canada dlaims an intimate brother- haad with the socialists o! Britain, the follow- ing comment by Mr. Matthcws may be o! inter- est te Canadian readers. He quotes Emmanuel Shinweil, former so- cialist Minister o! Fuel and Power: "The argan- ized workers o! the country arc aur friends; as for the rest thcy don't matten a tinkcr's dann." This is intercsting in vicw o! the fact that Uic Canadian Cangresai Labor hem been allled NEW SERIES, ARTICLE 9 Since the preceding article was written Parliament has aanassembled' at Ottawa fallowing months'oaiinsistence by Hon. John Bracken, leader ai the official apposition, that mem- bers be reconvencd ta deal with pressing probienis rather than permit the people ta continue ta be ruied by decisions o! bun- caucrats who continue ta shape the policies and decrees af the government. SPEECH PROM THRONE It is too soon ta estimate what wiii be the outcomc o! the session but it has been noted that in the Speech from the Thronc, prepared under direction ai Prime Minister King, it takes a peculiar tone. The address insiste that Canada is en- jaying "general prospenity" but difficuities present themselves in cantinuing ta support Eumopean recovery. Highiy prosperous yet unable ta heip!! SHALLOW PRETENTION Previaus articles in this senies have sought ta show that this dlaim ofi "unpreccdented prasperity" is a shallow dlaim pro- jected in govcrmnent propaganda whlch now cxtends inta the Speech fmomn the Thmone. Sevemai articles have shown the pas- ition o! Canadian farmers ta faîl f an short aif'gnerai prosper-, lty"l or they would nat now be huriing protests at the govemn- ment irom ail directions. WAGE EARNERS DUPED Having shown the position a! the farmers let us take a look at the "unpreccdentcd prosperity" o! anather third a! aur population, namcly the wage carners in industry. They taa have been told that their incarne has neyer been higher, thein savinge neyer greater, their famiiy welfare neyer as fuily protected. Which o! course is only one side of the picture like the allcged farm prospemity. ACTUAL REVENUES Take the case o! Uic real earnings o! the married man with two chiidmen for the prc-war period a! 1939 as conipared with his earninge tadýay. Then level off the respective amounts leit after taxes and living costs. With an income o! $1500 in 1939, untaxed, he mtained the $1500. Today Uic $1500 aiter taxes and caste leaves the faniily only $1,071. TAKE HOME FAY The smre is truc at the $2,500 level o! incarne. In Uic 1939 peiod the famlly rctained the whole $2500. Today, under government decrees the net shrinks ta $1692. Sa Uic Canadian wage canner, like the Canadian farmer, in the face o! Uiese figures and mounting living caste, is told by the government that Canadian praducers anc today enjoying "'unprecedcnted pros- perity." BUDGET SURPLUS HOAX Ta prove this great prospcrity the gavernment hemalds a budget surplus this ycar that may rcach One Billi on Dollars. This budget surplus la made passible by "unprecedented taxation" as shown in the abave figures. The dcniand of Han. John Braclc- en that these taxes shouid b. slashcd by one-third feil on dca! cars. It is tirne ta decide between Brackcn and King at Uic next election. j COST OF WAR No anc wili ever know the exact cost o! Uic lest great wer. No- body ciii get a complet. record be- cause weste was as castiy a» wea- pans, waste o! 111e more costly. Famgetting Uic pain and rnlsery and disebilittes.that wer broxglit ta so many millions, theme 15 the wanlc andtheUi welfare that might have corne from hands that werc stilled by death. There are a few tangibles we can know with sonie accuracy. The wîm le over and these are its secandamy casts. The minimum tht Uic United States will have ta pay, because she is emnong the !ew nations that cen pay, and be- cause enlightened selfishness telle hem thet no nation cen continue to prosper ini a deed worid le this 1948 - $7,000,000,000 1949 - $5,000,000,000 1950 - $3,500,000,000 1951 - $1,500,000,000 Maybe sixteen billion dollars 1won't be enough just ta keep Uic world froni starving. Sixteen bil- lion dollars just for sweeping up the crumbs. Yet we continue ta lalk ai a third war. Pricesp Cost and Trd. Explalned ln Report On page 15 in this issue will be faund an absorbin.g report on how International Events Affect Can- ada. It is the îddress o! Allen E. Arscott, C.E.E., President, Can- adien Bank o!f.Commerce, deliv- crcd et Uic annuai meeting. Without attempting an analysis a! the addmess we suggest ta read- ers e cereful reading af thc re- port for it enswcrs the questions an prices, casts and trade which disturb Canadiens et tiia te. One of the. great diificultics ta- day is thal the average man q» the street nemains confused for lack o! officiel normation fro( Ui government politically with the C.C.F. ince 1943. But says Mr. Matthews: "Nobody can figure out how Britain can become really socialist and at the smre time remain democratic. Blit when the issue la really understaod by the masses, Great Britain will choose Dernocracy.» Re continues: "Workers and others duped by socialists are learning there is no form of gevernment or saciety that demands more of the individual than sociaiism. Austerity, self-sac- rifice in t.he interests of the shiftless and inconi- petent; self-controi, hard work under bureau- craâs; renunciation of a host of former rights and privileges; these are required of the citi- zen if socialjsm is ta function at all."ý Trade unionists are only now beginning to see that their Utopia of shorter hours, more pay, grabbing wealth from industry lsail a rnyth. "British industrialists without exception are opposed ta socialism but put their country's wellbeing before partisanshlp and won't wreck the economy just ta drive the socialists " out of power. On the other hand the Trades Union Congress in contrai af the government have played politics right down the liné." DistribuiedResponsibiliiy Distribute the wealth-that is the totalitar- fan way. Distribute the responsibiity-that is the democratic way. They are bath quite dif- ferent but bath tend ta break down. Those wha favor equal distribution of wealth lame intcrcst when they find how littié wealth they get and begin ta live under rationed scarc- ity. Those "who favor demacratic sharing of responsibility lose interest when they find how much responsibility they get. They revert ta irresponsible grabbing for theniselves-an open invitaiton to dictators and bureaucrats ta step in and take contrai. This viciaus cycle can be broken in the democratic way only by men who place res- ponsibiiity for others ahead o! riches, ease, and comfort for theinselves. There are farmers who harvest unprofitabibe craps sa that others may have more ta eat. There are whoiesalers who move surplus stock at prices which benefit anly the purchaser. There are manufacturers wha put poepie before profits and produce ta meet huanan needs rather than a financierls approvai. There are retailers who, in spite af rlsing casts, take as much ioss as they can themselves in order ta hoid down the rising price spiral. Such men, dividing the responsibillty for canserving and creating wealth (instead af cor- nering responsibility for dividing weaith), are the men who hald democracy against totalitar- ian invasion. by Daoes the man who rashes through his work reali>' ac- cornplish more? Ver>' rarely, I think. For such a man je using ernotion instead of his head. He con- centretes on haste insteed of cfficiency. Before lie finishes one thing he is menteilly rushing on ta the next. Sa he neyer dae anything thoroughly. Morcover, the unfortunate effects of such a tempera. ment are feit in man>' direc- tions. By bis nervous actions and rapid-firc speech, Mr. Rush creates a feeling of tension and confusion in other people. Thus he multi- plies bis own inefficiency. Speed la desirable ony when it ia the resuit of sound planning, increesed skili, and the elirnination of waste motion. Don't make a hast>' decision about the ernount of 1fe insurance yot should own. 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Caurtice; sa- to, spent weeken4 with her par cial, Wallace Munday, Bab Pres- ents. ton, Stephen Jeffery, Clifford Little Misses Gloria and Donna Swallow, Glen Pickeil, Herb Nic- Moan, Salem, have been visiting hol, Taibert Gearing, Harold Muir; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Stevens. we.coming, Ivison Munday, Wal- ter Rundie and Ross Stevens. A Maple Grave Xmnas tree and welcome was extended ta the vis- concert will be heid in the base- itors after which they presented ment a1 the church on Fridaythfooinprga:Rain, evnnDec. 19, at 8 o'clock, Blake Stevens and Chas. Warren; More particulars next week. vocal sala, Mr. Hi ck; violin se- Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Spencer lection, Mr. Taylf Rev. E. S. jaurneyed ta Woodville on Suhday istagvean it informative and spent Uic day with Mrs. Spcn- address on his experience as past- ccr's sister', Mm. P. Shuttlewood or among the Indians, which was and her sons, Munis and Bill Lan- much appreciated. Refreshments igan of Toronto. 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