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| PHONE 26 Tok _ TIMMINS, ONTARIO Members Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association; Ontarieâ€" ' Quebec Newspaper Association . Published Every Thursday by ~GEO. LAKE, Owner and Publisher Subscription Rates: Canada $2.00 Per Year. United States: $3.00 Per Yeas The Advance |: In the death on Thursday last Delâ€" ano Roosevelt, the United States loses one of its outstanding presidentsâ€"one who will rank â€" on history‘s page with Washington and Lincoln. The world loses a notabie statesman, at a time when noble leadership is so greatly needed. Canada loses that treasure, "A Good Neighbour." Happy families are the greatest joy on earth, and perhaps, next to them should be placed "Good Neighbours." Good Neighbours are not so scarce as some cj;nics would suggest, but the thoughtful realize that in the good neighbour they have a friend to be cherished. Probably, no other president of the United States ever enjoyed so large a share of the friendship of the people of Canada as did Franklin D. Roosevelt. In his talks to his own people, commencing with the familiar words, "My Friends," he seemed to include his neighbour, Canada, and Canadians listened to him eagerly and thoughtfully. The friendliness that seemed to be part of his talent, was warmly reciprocated by Canada. His death is keenly felt by the avâ€" erage man and woman in Canada as a personal lossâ€"the loss of a "Good Neighbour.‘"‘ From his frequent visits to Canada he seemed to have come to an understanding and an appreciation of this country and its people that proved him truly to be the Good Neighbour. It will be remembered that during the recent trying years there were many times when no one but a Good Neighbour could have withheld criticism or advice. Others in his nation did not restrain the barb or the sneer or the cutting comment on conditions and circumstances. But President Roosevelt appearâ€" ed to look beneath the surfaceâ€"to see the people of Canada as they really are, with their faith, their loyalty, their hopes, their ambitions. He was the Good Neighbour. He coveted nothing from‘Canada but its friendship and goodwill. He was content that Canada should be its owu self, loyal to the Empire of which it is a part, and seeking to work out its own destiny in its own way. He was the Good Neighbour, and as such Canâ€" adians will remember him with affection and regard. Timmins, Ontario, Thursday, Apr. 19, 1945 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirtyâ€"second president of the United States. He held that high honour more years than any other man in history. Coming from one of the oldest and most prominâ€" ent families in the United States, and wealthy in his own right, he was the champion of the poor. He attained world prominence over many diffiâ€" culties. In a democracy, distinction does not fall so easily to men of money and family as someâ€"imâ€" agine. The very things that seem of advantage prove to be handicaps instead. There is the danger that the family name or the family wealth will overshadow the individual. F. D. Roosevelt was himself too big a man to be dwarfed by these things. He went from one honour to another in his own land, and his broad outlook, his courage and his leadership made him an outstanding figure in this world of war. Franklin D. Roosevelt had physical disability to overcome as â€"well as the handicap of wealth and name. While at his summer home at Campobgllo, New Brunswmk in August, 1921, he was stricken with infantile paralysis, whlch left him with his legs paralyzed. It took rare courage for a noted tennis player and a talented swimmer to meet such a situation. He faced and fought his disâ€" ability and conquered so far as possible in such a case. He discarded crutches for a cane and steel braces. Active in mind and full of energy, he was unable to follow his will completely but though his general health suffered to some extent he triumphed in remarkable way over his physâ€" ical handicap. It is a sidelight on his character that when he found the healing waters of Warm Springs, Georgia, were beneficial to him, he esâ€" tablished a Foundation there, for the helping of those similarly affected and who were without funds to obtain treatment. The President‘s Fund to provide treatment for children and others fallâ€" ing victims to infantile paralysis, and the fact that his own contribution to this Fund was always a notable one, is another proof that instead of selfâ€"pity Franklin Delano Roosevelt had generâ€" ous sympathy for other sufferers. As a world statesman F. D. R. will go down in history as a great figure. But.the title that he himself would valut the most, he has won by a noble life, keen understanding and thoughtful sympathy. On his gravestone might well be deeply carved the words, "He was a Good Neighâ€" AbOur..?’ A GOOD NEIGHBOUR PASSES The whole letter of Dell Watt shows that he swallows the baby‘ bonus bill, diapers and all, simply because it comes from the part of a part of a party at Ottawa, the part of a part of a party that is on the way to depart. Indeed, so much of the letter is taken up with unjustified abuse of Hon. R. B. Bennett that it would appear that the comment on the baby bonus is only used as an excuse to publish partisan propaganda. Hon. R. B. Bennett did not advocate a high tariff on everything that the poor man wanted to buy. The part of a part of party at Ottawa toâ€"Gay has the same tariff wall and on top of it has packed such an array of sales tax, income tax, radio tax and other onerous taxes that if the ordinary man toâ€"day is asked who he is working for, he is in truth bound to say, he‘s working for the part of a part of a party at Ottawa. _ By some legerdemain or other this gentleman from Commanda suggests that The Advance would starve illegitimate children to death. The whole record of The Advance is against any such notion. For thirty years The Advance has emphasized the fact that there are no such things as illegitâ€" imate children, though there are npbers of illâ€" egitimate parents. And The Advance is all in favour of feeding the children, but in saome cases would be quite ready to starve the illegitimate parents. That is one grievance against the soâ€" called baby bonus. It will feed and encourage illegitimate parents. To return to the matter of the baby bonus, howâ€" ever, there are several reasons why it is unsound, unjust and unfair. In the first place it is a crime against the home and the child by putting a premâ€" ium on children after the manner of Hitler and Mussolini. Dr. Charlotte Whitton, who has spent open election bribeâ€"the baby bonus. "Dell Watt‘" appears to be turned around in the matter, It might be that the name is turned too. Perhaps that should be "Watt Dell!" a lifetime working for social betterment and particularly for the benefit of children, points out that though there are some 39 countries with forms of soâ€"called baby bonus legislation, there are no civilized or Christian countries that have similar legislation in this regard to that of Canâ€" ada‘s bigger diaper bill. In the case of the civilâ€" ized lands the payments are restricted to the famâ€" ilies where the children would otherwise suffer. This restriction takes the plan from the position of being a bonus for any old kind of children. Dr. Whitton knows from personal experience to give money as a bonus for children means simply that the parents get both the childâ€" ren and the money. Hitler and Mussolini knew what they wanted.. Their bonuses were not to help the children but to get the children. Surely, this is not what Canada wants! In his letter, Dell Watt (or should it be Watt Dell?) says that The Advance ignores the fact that people of high income have been receiving this children‘s allowanre for quite some time in the form of exemption from their income tax. The Adâ€" vance did not overlook that point, except to note what the Commenda writer is not fair enough to mentionâ€"that people who have any real inâ€" come at all have been receiving an exemption on their income tax for their children. Anyone not getting enough income, to qualify for this exemâ€" tion is not getting enough income. That is the whole point of the matter. There should be such minimum wa§es that all should have enough to live decently and bring up decent families. That cannotpe accomplished by any baby bonus scheme which will eat up half the money spent in the cost of red tape and hangersâ€"on. The scheme itself will have a tendency to keep wages down. All the partisan froth in the world will not alter the fact that the whole scheme in Canada is no more than a political bribe in which the really poor youngsters will not share. The Advance recognizes that there are some children in need of greater care than they are reâ€" ceiving. But they are not in the families of those who would spend the baby bonus on the babies. They are in the families of those who do not spend their money on the children. The remedy does not lie in baby bonuses, but rather in improved earning power of honest and industrious people. One way to improve this earning power would be to reduce the direct and indirect taxes. ItU should be remembered that despite what Dell Watt may say it is not the government, but the people themselves who pay for baby bonuses or anything else. It seems a foregone conclusion that poor people will not be able to support their families, or at least, not be able to fully support them, if on top of that support they have also to support one more army of officials and underlings that are apparently inseparable from any part of a part of a party scheme. What Canada needs is not more babies from those who desire a bonus for their babies. Rather, it is better babiesâ€" babies, well cared for and loved. Standards of living should be improved, instead of being cruciâ€" fied by taxes too great to be borne. Under the part of a part of a party scheme, part of the baby bonus goes to the army of red tape artists, and the rest of it to the wrong kind of parents whether they need it or not. Canadians may be trusted to support their families in the best possible way without government supervisors and interference. Proper wages in every province, not baby bonuses, is the right way to assure care for the children. Lovers of music, lovers of radio, and lovers of their fellow men and women, and particularly lovers of youth, must be worried over the type of synthetic music that appears to be most common ?and popular on radio programmes. It takes a _morbid imagination to class it as musi¢c. It might better be described as sound with the distemper. It lacks in harmony and any inspiration it may have is injurious to those who train themselves to listen to it. With a whole warldâ€"full of music it seems a pity that any riot of hideous sounds should be allowed to capture the popular fancy. It is perfectly true that some time is given to what is, termed classical music. Some of this is beyond the enjoyment of many, though it is asâ€" tonishing how quickly people form an interest and affection for good music, whether it is termed classical or not, if.they take the time to listen to it occasionally. There is, however,, a lighter type of music, that strictly speaking is classical, but in the general mind, would go under the heading of popular music, because its vivacity, its harmony and its interest makes general appeal. The soâ€"called popular music has little of this apâ€" peal. It is neurotic, nerveâ€"wracking, disturbing. Would it not be possible for radio to attempt to displace this cheap discord with something of light but reasonable kind that would capture the popular fancy. It seems a pity that in Canada we should go to the jungles and the savages for music, soâ€"called, when there is such a plentitude of the real thing ready to hand.. If radio would give leadership to a movement in this direction it would be doing a service indeed to suffering humanity. Conservatives to Hold Convention Wednesday, April 25 Meeting to Nominate a Canâ€" didate for the Provincial 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. The fact that the Dominion election has been called by Premier King for June 1l1th, the same day as the Pr0â€" vincial elections in Ontario, is a piece of political trickery that should spur all to additional effort to win ‘both contests. Premier King waitaidt until Premier Drew had announced the date of the Provincial elections; before made the announcement of the Domâ€" inion contest. No doubt, Premier King realized that the Provincial victory for the â€" Progressiveâ€"Conservatives would have had a bad effect in other provinces on the Dominion 1esult He figured that if > Preéemier Drew: swept Ontario, as he will do, then other proâ€" vinces would be inclined to follow suit In the hopes of avoiding this, Premier King has called the Dominion election for the same date as the Ontario one. Whether this apparently smart polii« tical trick will work as planned reâ€" mains to be seen. There is a limit to the way that mere trickery will work. In the meantime the holding of the two elections on the same date wili work much inconvenience to the genâ€" eral public, though Premier King will not care anything about that. There will also be increased expense involved As said before, however, this sunarp political trick should have the effrct of spurring special effort to the winâ€" ning for the pseople of both elections:. Accordingly there should be special inâ€" terest in the meeting of the convenâ€" tion to name a candidate to contest this riding in the interests of the Proâ€" gressiveâ€"Conservative party in the Provincial election. This convention will be held at Matheson on Wednesâ€" day of next week, Aprilâ€"25. All interâ€" ested in honest and upâ€"toâ€"date adâ€" ministration of the affairs of the proâ€" vince should make a special note of that convention at Ma@theson on April 25. Several are mentioned as poâ€" sible candidates. Amongâ€"them are Dr. Neelands who proved an ideal candiâ€" data in the last provincial contest and who would no doubt poll a much largâ€" in the matter with confusion also in regard to the duplication of polling places, etc. _ _ GRAVEL AND SANDâ€"AND PLACER Election er â€"vote in the present election as he is much better known now in this part of the riding, and to be better known means that he will have the support of all. Others mentioned as possibic candidates are Les Hornick, of Kirâ€" kland Lake, W. O. Langdon, of Timâ€" mins, and R. Potter, of Matheson, any of whom would make excellent candiâ€" dates. For the Dominion contest the three parties have already selected their candidates. J. A. Bradetts, who has represonted the riding since 1926, is again the choice of the Liberal party for the Dominion seat. The CC.P. convention some time ago choss Mr. Parisien, of Iroquois Falls, as the‘r candidate.â€" The Progressiveâ€"Conservaâ€" tive candidate nominated for the Dominion election was J. W. Spooner. Nzither the Liberals nor the C.C.P. have formally nominated candidates yet, though it is understood that W. Grummett, elected at the last ,elecâ€" tion, will be the C.C.F. banner bearer, while Mayor Brunette, the Liberal candidate in the last provincial conâ€" test, will again bear theÂ¥Liberal banâ€" ner in the event on June l1th. Try The Advance Want Advts. DEPOSITORS In the coming elections Ontario and Canada have the chance to say whether they want parliaâ€" . mentary government, or something else. 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." N Stalin is respected. Churchill is admired. Bui President Roosevelt was beloved., Recently Dr. Graham B. Lane, Medical Health Officer of the Porcupine Medical Health Unit, addressed the Timmins High School teachers on the subject of venereal disease. He painted a rather dark picture of the prevalence of syphilis toâ€"day, and this tempted one teacher present to comment:â€""So this is syphilization?" No man in public life in Canada ever had such phenomenal luck as Premier Mackenzie King apâ€" pears to enjoy. "He can ‘get away with pretty nearly anything" is a commoan comment. It does seem, though that he was crowding his luck when he chose Friday the thirteenth to announce that he had decided to hold the Dominion general election on the same day that Premier Drew had announced for the Ontario 'brovincial elections. When Premier Drew advanced the date of the provincial elections by a week, so as to avoid the cost, inconvenience, confusion and disfranchiseâ€" ment of forty thousand people through both elâ€" ections being held on the one day it appeared as if Friday the thirteenth was not after all, Premier King‘s lucky day. In any event, it may be said that if the Premier‘s luck holds in@* the coming election, the people‘s luck is surely out. The BANK of NOVA SCOTIA Victory Bonds are the soundest inâ€" vestment in Canada. In the event_of 'an emergency, they are readily salable or you may borrow money against ‘thcm at any branch. 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