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_ It is fortunate, indeed, for Canada that Shere E'.-- are still men big enough and brave enough to uphold liberty on the home front. Col. Geo. A. _ Drew, premier of Ontario, is one of these men who is not afraid to face the fury of the little Mussoâ€" _ linis and the misunderstandings of the mealyâ€" mouthed who seem afraid to be free. In a radio speech last week Premier DPrew gave battle to the 2 political partyâ€"servers who have turned Canadian radio into a mere tool for partisan ends. Col Drew points out that no society can remain free without freedom of speechâ€"one of the first four ‘freedoms which are at issue in this war. He proceeds to show that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has repeatedly denied this freedom _ of speech, and instead of radio being a great force _ at the service of all the people, by unsportsmanâ€" llke prejudice and shameless partisan favouritism,, it has been turned into a mere tool for the exâ€" pected gdvantage of a few decayed politicians of _one politicalâ€"stripe. A rule adopted by the C. B. C. in regard to politics has been amended, perhaps by, ‘one of,. those deplorable ordersâ€"inâ€"council, so that it is 1nberp1eted to mean that anything from _ the party in‘ power is national and permissable while everything from any other group or party freedom is not freedom at all, and that there ;g-jmust be real freedoim of communication over the radio, as in the press, and between individuals, _if we are to be sure of retaining the principles ,"”';'which Canada is now fighting to preserve.‘" let no one deceive themselves into the idea that that would be the end of the matter. If the 6 mimic Mussolinis can ‘get away with this sort of ._thing in the radio line, why should they stop there? How would the average man view the situation if it were to be announced some dark morning that henceforth the mail service would only be available to loyal Mackenzie King followâ€" Qrs? That‘ might rouse some people to considerâ€" -atiqn of the principle involved And it is not so ;unthinkable as it may appear to some. It should ;be remembered that at a recent session of parâ€" Mament a number of loyal members of the House, F‘;’somé“’serving in His Majesty‘s active forces, were Emnpelled to complain against the tampering with gheir mail in transit through the postal service ind protest against the discrimination thus shown 1 t em because they did not belong to one part of i part of a party. _ x 'The Advance realizes that the radio can not be _- own open for every crackpot to air his peculiar 'mews \There would be no quarrel. with the radio ba:fing all political discussions and all religâ€" “_z;g msqes The protest is against the rank disâ€" l _ It is quite true that if the present unfair and unsportsmanlike policy is continued, radio in Canâ€" ada will soon degenerate into little more than a _medium for the glorification of every kind of fancy soap and every sort of ornamental soap, but strictly the one brand of political bull. That is just what happened in Italy and in Germany. is forbidden politics. Hitler himself never bet tered this‘as an instrument for keeping himself ‘:in powe% Premier Drew may have used milder words tfiyn these, but he quotes concrete cases to justify, the strongest possible language. Preâ€" _mier Drewconcluded his address â€" with these: words:â€""The time has come to realize that parâ€" â€" There are two alarming tendencies toâ€"day that f:ffhreaten the freedom for which so many gallant ’nves are being so nobly given. The one tendency 7 15 the apparent desire to some "clothed with a brief authority‘"‘ to assume the role of dictators. ; The other tendency is equally evil and foreboding. It is the tendency on the part of many to accept these dictatorial little demiâ€"gods at their own ‘valuation and allow them to assume powers and prlvileges to which they have no right. In some ,,cases it seems enough to repeat the inane words, “Don t you know there‘s a war on?" to induce _ some people to accept almost any thing. Unless the one tendency is changed so as to counteract the other of these two miserable tendencies, the _men returning from service overseas are liable to find that the liberty and democracy they fought for overseas has been stolen away from them at home. BEWARE DICTATORSHIP B ~dP* What The Advance would ask Premier Drew to do is to take his employees aside and make it plain to them that they are just human beings and they:are making a huge mistake to adopt. any other attitude. He should explain more Of less patiently that in the case of a meeting in s loyal orderly folk applaud, all a san has to do is to tell them he has a headâ€" ‘“ is corns are bothering him, and his nerâ€" ad, and the folks will carefully refrain. | The ,people here are kind and courteous, but they f,a nbt Yery gullible, except a few of them. If e ... [ gor rent employees,. however, get the notion, "'"‘3 for Premier King. â€" A clersma | as a few of them do, that they are a people set LDr «Shields over the radio and Dr. Shields | apart and no one should applaud in their presence ._,‘WW@_ to ;le;end hw ‘without first obtaining their permission, then it is ready t« mnemmeone askedthem “Why?” Premjgr r barring all political discussions and all religâ€" us issues. The protest is against _ the rank disâ€" immation shown. Either the radio should bar 1, or none. As it is, some are given free time id others equally worthy are refused the use of e . broadcast at any price. There is no record A premier of Quebeo bemg réfused time on the dio. ‘Premler Drew is not the first Ontario preâ€" le.r to be the wuictim of such petty unfairness. m Mitchell Hepburn, when premier of Ontario, tes h in no uncertam way in regatd t.o t.he TIMMINS, ONTARIO | bele to party that is not the remains ot a part of prty Radio should be free to all, or still greater pertinence when the cause of the applause is known. Mr. Caldbick asked that the question of organization be not unduly rushed. There were many of Mountjoy‘s sons now serving overseas, and he suggested that it would be well to wait until they returned home and gave their ideas and opinions in the matter. The Mountjoy people applauded. The Advance applauds the Mountjoy ‘folk for applauding that idea. Now, let the dictators do their worst. As will be noted by another editorial in this issue The Advance is heartily in accord with Preâ€" mier Geo. A. Drew in his protest against the unfair dictatorship exercised on occasion by the C. B. ©. a matter of fact The Advance has been proâ€" testing for years against the unfairness and vicâ€" iousness of the policy which confines the use of the air to a chosen few, instead of radio being available, or not available, to ali on exactly the same terms. It is the duty of a newspaper to protest against any attempt to impose any incipâ€" ient dictatorship in any line. <~It is the duty of a premier to fight against any effort to place public service under private partisan dictatorship. The Advance has backed the premier in his protest |against oneâ€"dictatorship; will the premier back The Advance in a protest against another incipâ€" |ient dictatorship a little nearer home. Last week some members of the Ontario Municipal Board | visited Timmins, ostensibly for the purpose of disâ€" | cussing with the residents of Mountjoy township | proposals or plans for organization of that townâ€" ship for government purposes. Through no fault | of the Mountjoy people, but much to their inconâ€" venience; the members of the board were late in arriving and, perhaps, unduly anxious to rush through the business. Apparently, the: board members had preconceived ideas as to what should | be done, but in fairness it must be said that they istened to the representations made by the setâ€" tlers of Mountjoy with more or less patience. Mr. S..A. Caldbick presented the case for the residents in effective way. In concluding: his address he made one point that seemed so forceful that the audience applauded. The chairman seemed to resent this applause with unnecessary animosity When he was politely asked why the audience should be forbidden to applaud if they felt like it, he seemed\to resent that question too. A wee local daily (to. copy theér own‘style) appears to be preaching a sermon on the incident with the idea of pointing the moral that government emâ€" ployees coming from Toronto should be treatedi like tinâ€"gods before whom\every knee should bow and every heart should quake. If the men of{ Mountjoy ever adopted any such servile pose, then The Advance would have to admit it never knew Mountjoy or the North.. Now, that the incident l has been.given some little publicity, it is only fair to assure Premier Drew that there was no disâ€" turbance of the meeting and no disorder except what the chairman himself created. The Adâ€" vance has been at scores of such meetings and the people of this North have always been orderly and courteous. Anyone who knows Mr. Frank Wallingford, who has been unfairly pictured as the centre of the ‘supposed disorder, knows that ’ he has the patience, as well as the experience, to keep within the lines of courtesy and parliamentâ€" ary procedure At the same time, he is intensely British in his idea of upholding the rights of the common man. One of these rights is the right to freedom of expression. The right to applaudâ€" within reasonable limit, of course, and no on pretends this reasonable limit was exceededâ€" is surely a right still open to the good folks of Mountjoy and the North. It wasn ‘t a court of law. It wasn‘t funeral. It wasn ‘t some sad and, solemn occasion surely. Mr. Wallingfords query, may be . echoed ‘â€"Why ‘shouldn‘t the people applaud if they pleased? â€" question takes. on BEWARE, AGAIN! come from Ontario, or Fl No formal statement expressing the dissatisfaction of the northern municiâ€" palities with the commission‘s report was made until last Monday night when Reeve Shiply stated . publicly that the report had not pleased the members of .the Northern Mining i A meeting of the Association of Northern Municipalities was called and at that.time a brief was drawn up criâ€" ticising the findings of the commission and suggesting to government the need for some revision of the commission‘s findings. No copy of the brief has yet been made available to the press and on the occasion of the meeting the press was excluded. Consideration of thisy and. ‘other things was promised by the Ontario Mining Commission but when their, reâ€" commendations were submitted to govâ€" ernment it was found that many of the things sought by the goldmining muniâ€" cipalities had ntt been dealt with, or had been dealt with in a manner not pleasing to the northern municipalities. â€"â€"The Ontario Mining Commission visâ€" 'ited Kirkland Lake and at that time ;Reeve Ann Shipley, Chairman of the Association of Northern Mining Munâ€" icipalities, presented the case for the goldmining centres A yoluminous ibrief was presented and gone . over clause by clause. Of particular importâ€" ance to the north was the nsed f3r a more equitable share cf the mines inâ€" come tax. It was pointed out to the commission that the mining municiâ€" palities should have a greater share of the tax since they provided the.greatâ€" est service for the mines, At the same time it was shown that more money suld be allocated to the mining munâ€" icipalities without increasing theâ€" tax burden on the mines. It was suggested the municipalities receive more of the money going to the province, and to the dominion, particularly to theydomâ€" inion, than the municipalities now reâ€" ceive. A special formula was submitted showing how this could be acctmâ€" plished. ' That the five member municipalities of the Association of Mining Municiâ€" palitités have not been satisfied with the report tabled by ‘the Ontario Minâ€" nig Commission has been known for some time but it was not revealed unâ€" til the Monday night meeting of counâ€" cil that an interview with government was impending. To bring clearly to government‘s atâ€" tention injustices in the Ontario Minâ€" ing Commissions report, insofar as the northern mining municipalties are concerned, representatives of. the Asâ€" sociation Of Northern Ontario Mining Municipalities will shortly journey to Torcnto to interview members of the cabinet. Simmsâ€"Hooker. Pickering INSURANCE INâ€" ALL BRANCHES â€" REAL â€"ESTATE Call and sce us regariding New Low HBates on all Autemobile Insurance â€" 20 PINE STREET NORTH ~18 BRUCE AVENUE Mclnnis Block â€"__â€" ' Phone 30 Phone 112 â€" â€"â€" FTimmins . South Porcupine : Out. â€" Again to Discuss Mining Questions With Government Association of Northe r n Mining Municipali t ies Planning Further Repreâ€": sentations _ _ There is lots of snow in Timmins and the therâ€" mometer is looking for the thirtyâ€"below mp.rk, but The Advance is feasting its vision on gorgeous flowers that make the eyes sparkle and enchantâ€" ing vegetables that make the mouth water. Chryâ€" santhemums in all colours; roses,.red and white; asters; dainty mignonette:; marigolds, forgetâ€"meâ€" nots; nasturtiums; petunias; stocks; gladioli; snapdragons; and nearly every other flower that people love: all in their own beauteous colours. And vegetablesâ€"such vegetablesâ€"rosy red tomâ€" atoes; green peas, and what a green and such peas; carrots and radishes and turnips, squash and cabbage and celeryâ€"and the watermelon, already cut in half, with its gorgeous red centre open to the thirsty palate. Everything in flowers that the heart could well desire. Everthing in vegetables that could please the palate. All here. The snow is all outside.‘.The temperature is doing its best to get in as well as out. And the flowers and vegetables are here in the annual catalogue of the Dominion Seed House, Georgeâ€" town, Ontario. (This is a wartime: catalogue, but is worthy of note because though it is smaller than in some past years, it has maintained its‘ colourfulness by ingenious. methods. The prinâ€" ter‘s art has brought out all the beauty of the flowers, fruit and vegetables in all their natural 'thed B c He wouldalsodowen wmpm eolouta. Notonlyhthectlosueutfinedtome sightest approach to that attitude on the part of | limit but theâ€"covering envelope is printed on all Ontario employees.. The more he loves them the|four sides to ‘save that much extra space and more he should counsel them against any apâ€"| paper in the catalogue. Front and back of the proach to the dictator attitude in this democratic | envelope are coloured pages, while a note says that country Look what eventually happens to all the pract.ising warclm.e economy to save paper there dictatorial guys,; See what‘s going to happen to | are two more pages on the inside of the envelope. little Mussolini and wee Schicklegruber. "Blit the envelope down the left side and across the bottom," says the note. When you do that i + GORGEOUS FLOWERS! ; you have two more pages about flowers and vegâ€" e â€"‘ | etables. BEFORE Fire Threatens, Let Us Help You Check Your Fire Insurance. "The judge gave him them yesterâ€" day.‘"‘â€"North Bay Nugget. days?" "Here‘s my latest poem, "Thirty days has September, April, June and my Officlals tsate that the latest hole being drilled, No. 10A, is making good progress. Location is on No. 3 vein with a view to checking at deptha secâ€" tion which gave $12 across a 14-ft channel sample. core has been sent for assay but reâ€" sults have not yet been received by the company. Latest results of Diamond Drilling on the Aumo Porcupine Mines holdâ€" ings in Denton Township, Porcupine mining division, have just ‘been anâ€" nounced by officials, says The Northern Miner. Drill hole No. 8A in the curâ€" rent series returned $4.80 gold per ton across 4.3 ft. of core, with additional values in copper and silver. One 2.3 ft. section returned $7.30 in gold per ton. Drill hole No. 9A put down in the same general area, but to cut the ore zone at approximately 100 ft. deeper encountered a heavily mineralized shear for a core length of 13 ft. This The company is capitalized at 3,â€" 005 shares were cutstanding at the date 005 shares were outsanding at the date of the recent financing agreement. Head office is at 36 Toronto Street, Toronto, with the Trust Guarantee Company, Toronto, acting as transfer agent. Officers and directors, as listed in the prospectus, are: Lloyd Moffatt, president; Edgar McLean, viceâ€"presâ€" ident; W. G. Chipp, secretaryâ€"treasâ€" urer and director; O. B. Millman and Gladys Griffith, all of Toronto. Results of Drilling on Aumo Porcupine Holdings Armada Porcupine Mineés Limited, which was formed last November under an Ontario charter, holds a total of 134 unpatented ~claims : in the <Porcupine area, the company‘s prospectus disâ€" closes. These properties are docated as follows: Bristol Twp. 16 claims; Whitâ€" ney Twp.. 20 claims; Bond Twp., 10 claims;: Macklem Twp. 50 claims; Thomas Twp. 11, clains; and Godfrey Twp., 27 claims. Armada Mines Hold 134 Claims in Porcupine Area The reeve stated the mayors and reeves of the members municipalities, and the clerks, would attend the conâ€" ferenece with the cabinet. The council accordingly authcrized the attendance of Reeve Shiply and Clerkâ€"Treasurer McBain at the proposed conference. Municipalities and at the same time she stated a meeting with the cabinet would szon be arranged and asked council to authorize her attendance, and that of Clerkâ€"Treasurer, J. W. Mcâ€" Bain at the approaching conference. . naman «+ + tm mm it# ’ Members of the Association of Norâ€" thern Mining â€" Municipalities include Kirkland â€" Lake, Timmins , Tisdale, Whitney, and Larder Lake. 3 icle," " ur "HMHow could your uncle have . 30 General McNaughton has practically told the voters of North Grey that it doesn‘t matter whethâ€" er they elect him or not. The voters should see that it matters to make it "or not." _ Still stands the motto of the King: "Put into your task whatever it may be, all the courage and purpose of which you are capable. Keep your hearts proud and your resolve unshakâ€" en. Let us go forward to that task as one man, a smile on our lips and our heads held high and with God‘s help we shall not fail." There have been many discussions as to the difference between the C. C. F., and the Comâ€" munistg. It might be a fair statement of the case to say that the Communists would use force to get into power, while the C. C. F. would use force to stay in power if they ever got in. The snow will pass, the thermometer rise again, but the book will survive both changes, and the entrancing fliowers and the thrilling vegetables will come to life in this North where they will bloom and thrive like nobody‘s business, and in reality they will put their pictures far in the shade. GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER e t S n 6 Oc es e oo SE o l WeA se e dn3 e ie ol e o «+Ca: The Canadian Forestry Corps was organized in the last war when it was realized that much time could be saved in the production of rough' lumber and logs for the forces inl France and Belguimâ€"as well as for defense purposes in Britain, by cutâ€" ting down this work in Canada and Toronto, Jan. 4th. Special to The Advance.â€"One branch of the Canaâ€" dian Army overseas that, has ben kept busy at its particular job since the first members arrived in Britain and which is now carrying on within gunâ€" shot of the enemy is the Canadian Forestry Corps, a branch that has reâ€" ceived but little publicity but one that is doing invaluable work. W. J. Farmery, who has for many «years ‘beenâ€"~on ~theâ€"staff of the bond .and stock investment section, has been appointed supertindent of the bond and stcck investment department. Canadian Forestry Corps Doing Great Work Overseas A. J. Trusler who has been, for many years, on the staff of the mortgage investments department and latterly in the building department, has been appointed supermtendent of this deparâ€" tment. Dr. F®. W. Rolph, formerly associate medical director (partâ€"time basis), has now been appointed associate medical director, fullâ€"time basis. A. â€"E. Wall, Formerly inspector cf field services, has been appointed superintendent of agencies for Central Canada Division. Dr. E. M. Henderson, formerly medâ€" ical director (partâ€"time basis) has now been appointed medical director, fullâ€" time basis. D. L. McDougall, formerly superinâ€" tendent of agencies for the Central Canada Divisicn, Has been appointed gengral superintendent of agencies in charge of agency work in all fields of operation. Confederation Life Co. Announces Appointments The. Confederaticn Life Association announces six appointments. Timinins, Ontario, December 27th, 1944 52â€"1â€"2+3â€"4 Your Municipal Taxes may be paid in monthly inâ€" stalments. â€" This plan will help you to arrange your budget for the year, and will enable you to : keep taxes paid up to date with the least possible inconâ€" venience.: First payment must be made the end of January, 1945, All payments made before May 15th will earn the discount allowed under the prepayment plans ; The Colle,étor’s Office will be glad to give you comâ€" plete information regarding your own taxes. Pay taxes monthly Save your discounts Avoid penalties 1945 TAXES Monthly Payment Plan TOWN OF TIMMINS The ‘Globeâ€"Democrat carried the: folâ€" lowing headline in an early edition: "Woman Born Feb. 29 Has Baby Same., assist him, P All went well until lunch time, when the builder‘s assistant clutched him round the neck, and, laugh, said: «"Come on, let‘s jump off." The builder was frightened almost an inspiration. 05q . % out of his life, but suddenly he had "Oh, rats!" he replied. "Anybody could do that. Come down and let‘s jump up.‘"â€"Globe an dadMail, Repairs were being carmried ‘out on the roof of the asylum by local build- er ‘who had asked for an inmate.to. assist him, P Some companies of the C.PFP.C. who were engaged in Scotland in the early years of the war have returned to Canada and the men have relmed their civilian jobs with lumber coxn- panies, helping to augment the war effort of the Canadian . Lumbermg indutry. /A tm Although the trees being cut down in Belgium are not as large as those of Canada or Scotland they are of a fairly good size, ranging from 50 to 80 feet in height and the Ilumber they provide is a most valuable weapon in the Allies‘ drive on Hitler‘s Fortress. The C.F.C., men who are working in Belgium, close to the border of the Reich, live in tents or sheds and barns and the mills are set up close to the scene of cutting operations. These mills are running at full blast and are cutting millions of feet of lumber for the Allied armies on the Western front. The mills are comâ€" plete with blacksmith shops for reâ€" pairs and the various companies carâ€" ry on practically the same as Canaâ€" dian lumbering units do at home. oOone of the outstanding jobs credâ€" ited to the CF.C., was the construcâ€" tion, in the south of England, of one of the most revolutionary models in the history of booming. Constructed by men with previous booming experâ€" ience in Canadian forests, the boom was able to hold the angry waters ‘of the English channel in check. Such a model would have been dismissed as ridiculous and fantastic before the war but once again Canadian ingenâ€" uity, spurred on by the necessities of war, came to the front with a new idea which was) successful. the front line that they keep their work in the forests or in the mills. They prepare logs and lumber for all types of construction work and even make use of otherwise waste material which is most acceptable in filling in roads and muddy spots which are sometimes more than knee deep. This helps the transportation of men, vehicles and supplies to the front line. started the C.FC., went along.. with the infantry, tanks and other branâ€" ches onto the continent. Now several companies are engaged in felling trees in Belgium and they are so close to The CFC. was ormmd " to work in the forests of .Bag and did a great job but they hardly be said to be in ttie areas. In this war they carried.gn 16¢" atuneinthesamemmne:nthey did 25 years ago but once the started the CFC., went along. with the infantry, tanks and other branâ€" other countries and then The CFC. was m\nd 'dt to work in the forests of .B § and did a great job but '.,. a time in the same they did 25 years ago but once the invasion Cor. Spruce St. and Third Ave. PHONE 324 TIMMINS The King Edward Hotel Day or Week Very Reasonable Rates â€" Quiect Atmosphere A, L. SHAV, SAFER ANYWAY