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ito the Canadian WaAy »@f «bpeared on the f This young man, who so g% 4% ©cracy that he risked hisfi‘lfg‘i J‘é g of danger to its. security, has mentally krasped what the majority of Canadians fail to realize â€" the true value of our freedom. H o S ud Under the above heading, the Barrie Exâ€" aminer sticks its editorial oar into the disâ€" cussions of the récent "spyâ€"ring" . disclosures at Ottawa, and drags forth. the following~ Wfipent ohscrvations es '.'.P »vtw '/0:.0".’ 4 (4“ . 9 ~# ‘.’ 4 *4 P .. 4 . Igor Gouzenko, the Russian embassy clerk.. Who informed.on the spy, ring, opetating in, . this country, gave a remarkable testimony *to the Canadian way »G he : Pbeared on the wlme §fi% This young man, who so g% ... ©cracy that he risked hisstif® $o Ale Â¥iimâ€" * "_. .. In Russia there is only one man mentioned on a ballot, and: what remains for the people? There is no right of choice, absolutely none. t is not a democratic way Oof life in Russia â€" there is no democratic procedure for elections and, of course, the man who is alone on the ‘ballot will be ‘elected. i "Then there is the quest.ion of the right person. . Also, here, a man.is actually masâ€" «ter of his own fate, and he has possibilities; e has the right of a ehoice where to work ‘and can be distinguished among :others. . In Russia you are not master of your own life. > "And the important and valuable thing in democratic life is the right of free speech. «~But we do see a horde. of exâ€"service men wl)o can find no house to rent, no house they can afford to buy. That is why, Mr. Prittie, that we are grateful to the government for Wartime Housing Limited â€"â€"a gratitude we are unable to extend to the housing industry at large. And incidently, Mr. Prittie, we‘ve printed your letter in full â€" how would you feel about reprinting this editorial in The Property Owner? § ~‘That is, private enterprise as ‘displayed in the housing industry, has shown a natural deâ€" sire for a profit. With this there can be little quarrel from any supporter of private entâ€" erprise. Unfortunately private enterprise in its search for profit, is more interested in buildâ€" ing the larger type of home and selling it to many who are now able to afford this type, than it is in building small units and renting them to the men who have been absent from this.country for the past.five years on‘ mBre 3 urgent business in Europe. " +~Private enterprise has purchased land dur- .'mg the war years and ngow wishes tp sell it, at. .. inflated to. those. who.paid an.â€"even., hnigher price for that:â€"land, onvthe fieldâ€"of batâ€" :: tle.: That may be a little highâ€"sounding,. Mr. Prittie, but the phrases more‘thighâ€" sounding than those we read on ’the posters' ~ urging men to ‘enlist. â€" | Now, we grant once more that private enâ€" terprise is entitled to its We will, admit, further, that subsidizing the cost of land on which Wartime Housing will build, gives the government an advantage over priâ€" vate enterprise. ~ But let‘s look at it from the point of view of the man who has spent the war years in the armed forces: The most the rank and file will receive as a reâ€"establishmknt credit is around a thousand dollars. With this and his gratuity he must clothe himself anew, find a home and furnish it. He finds no attempt has been made to control land prices (lucky property owners!) so that his thousand dolâ€" lars goes down the drain without making up the difference between housing costs at the time he enlistéd and the time he was dis= charged. The government subsidized the readers of your magazine when it left the price of building lots: and houses free from. price control. We don‘t see ;any builders or real men going broke: ‘these. days. Gouzenko has observed conditions in Canâ€" ada and in Russia. In making comparisons he was greatly impressed by what is taken ll too lightly. We think his statements should be given wide publicity. Here are some of the things he said: _ The reâ€"establishment credit of the exâ€"serâ€" viceman is therefore paid to the landâ€"owner and «builder. _ And whap that, Mr.â€"Prittie, but a government subs!dy *to private industry? "In Canada I was witness to this. During the two years I saw that every person, evâ€" erybody in Canada could speak what he liked and he can criticize the government. Such a thing in Russia is impossible. "If vow are very noticeable and .are critâ€" Mr. Prittie objects to Wartime Housing‘s privitege ‘of using land, ‘the of / which has in effect been subsldlzgd by theâ€" municiâ€" pallties,‘to enable houses to‘ be Ghilt:quickly and rented to veterans At . ricés they can afford. Private industryâ€"points out Mr. Pritâ€" tie, could have done a : be tter job w‘lth a flmflar subsidy 1 We agree." Private industry culd have done all that Mr. Prittie claims for it. The point remains that private industry did not. Inâ€" stead,, private industry has been responsible for an increase in land prices, and an increase in the cost of house building. Further, priâ€" vate industry has shown little inclination to make such housing available for rental purâ€" poses. "If you are very noticeable and .are critâ€" ical of Soviet life you â€"would soon be in Siâ€" _ As will be seen elsewhere on this page, we l‘tave succeeded in annoying F. J. Prittiec, who edits The Property Owner, published by the Property Owner‘s Associatlon of: Toronto. THANK YOU FOR NOTHING Published Rveory Thursday by * ¢ "13 />|â€"} Si§tibers (Canatian ; Weékly NéwsbaBeb Assdtis ' ; o-fi_uh Quebee Newspaper Association é SUISCRIPTION RATES ; Canada $£.00 Per Year. i e x upashamedly, this Fi"%h leayes -" put of the police ~> CO g}:t; ys 3 ,_‘If yqq ark your car too long, z* if ,yq r ‘rear light isn‘t showing, you have _ _ dlittle hope of getting in our police court It is argued that the editor is in no position to judge the merits of the cases, and has no right to exclude any matter dealt with in a public court. People who appear in court on trivial charges are imcluded with those up for serious crimes, although the same degree of censure may not be directed to them. ‘This, . perhaps, the course the wise editorâ€"should follow. "That which God has permitted to happen, I should not be ashamed to print‘" is the wording which we quote (probably inâ€" accurately) from the masthead of The Northâ€" . _ern News of Kirkland Lake â€" and is one with ”which most e itors will agree. . Readers of ‘the police. couz;t news in . tm.s # w ® far short of the ideal in this as in other l is 2 â€"The Club has grown rapidly to a memberâ€" ship of fifty young folk *+â€" tangible evidence of the need for such an organization. Its membership embraces all races and religions, but refuses to embrace any political party. The Club intends to be selfâ€"supporting finanâ€" cially and to this end has held one successâ€" ful dance, and plans for ‘others. .. young people have been fortunate in finding a meeting place, the currently vacant manse of the‘ United" Church‘in South Porâ€" cupine, which is accordinigly to be ‘congrattâ€" lated, on its interest in the Club and its memâ€" berg. .In .addition the Club has the. use Of the high school gymnasium ‘,o)'x ‘certain evenâ€" ings:â€":a tribute to the. wisdom of the school i board there. ‘All in all, things seem to be going along fairly smoothly with the Club, with one exception â€" the matter of leadershig,~â€"â€" The group is looking for older folk who can teach them something, make their meetings more interesting, and give the executive the backâ€" ing it needs to establish its direction and ‘ We hOpe Canada-lbving citizens will take heed of Gouzenko‘s remhrks and be on guard against any threat to our freedom. ~Take an interest in public affaifs, select wisely form those seekinqh publlc office, and Jlet ‘no on¢ inteérféere with our freedom of speech, our fx‘eedom ‘of action, our freedom of religâ€" We are particularly lax about young people. Unless they have définitely stepped out of line, we find we can maintain our circulation without their names appearing in print. Famâ€" lly squabbles, where no definite injury to perâ€" son or pride is proven, are also left out, or reported with the names deleted. Many borderâ€"line cases which are remanded, are left out until they again come up in court, and even then, if the charge is dismissed, we follow the magistrate‘s lead and forget about them. little hope of getting in our police court news. Other trivial offences which prove nothing except it is human to err, are reâ€" ported with the names deleted. Oldsters are accordingly advised to keep an eye on Club ‘46., It is obviously going places and, just as obviously, could use a little inâ€" Following the lead of (Oor: at least. proâ€" ceeding in the same direction) the Canadian Young People‘s Club in Timmins, is Club ‘46, of South Porcupine. Its president Aarne Manner, has dropped into our office several times in the past month to keep us up to date on this energetic group of young people. It is understood, too, that the Club: hopes to stage an operetta sometime following next autumn. terest from those with wider experience. The practice generally followed. by those editing police court news is to let the .reâ€" cord speak for itself â€" to include all names and particulars of those whose names appear on the docket, let the chips fall where they may. To generalize, we have better use for our space than to use it up in reporting the. trivial frailities to which all flesh is heir, : The Club has circularized its membership to learn ‘its interests, and were surprised to know ‘that no less than sixteen of the girls were interested in gym classes. Here, then, is an opportunity for someone with an interâ€" est in young people. In addition, we believe the Club would welcome speakers, to round out its meetings, which have upâ€" until now been much taken â€"up with the business of getting organized. . ~If, however, you can whip up something a littleâ€"more interesting, something which will show that you are succeeding in your ambiâ€" tion to become a definite menace to your fellow man, we shall be glad to include your name and initials, as accurately as circumâ€" stances permit. . All of which is to explain why it is not necessary to ask us to leave your name out of, the paper in some cases, and why, in other cases, it is quite useless for you to keep us from reporting the facts. For we can be as stubborn, on occasion, as we are ‘unwise. purpose. beria and I am sure you would be‘ shot. . There is no freedom at all of speech in Russia During the two years I was here I went over the two sides of the story, and I came to the conclusion that I â€"could find real democracy only in Canada." _ â€" on ihe .. P SE 24L tand on guard. for Canada!, POLICE COURT NEWS n ' S M;i Im,‘,%;fl? U. 8. $3.00 Per Year ‘â€"In introducing the guests for the day Kiwanian G. S. Drew took occasion to refer to the notable work these men had done ~fors theâ€"exâ€"servicemen of ~the â€"1914â€"1918â€" war, ~aftir. serving themselves in that conflict, and they were still carrying cn, extending théir efforts for the rehabilitation of. the mor» â€"recent exâ€"servicemen. : Kiwanian Drew, in presenting the guest speaker for the. day, explained that ‘Kiwanian Harry Fee was a past president of the Sault Ste Marie Kiâ€" wanis, Sqauadron Leader of the Air Cadets at the Sault, president of the Sault Legion, viceâ€"president of th2 Onâ€" tario Ccemmand of the Canadian Leâ€" gion, â€"and ‘"proprietor of a. large firm producing a favourite beverage in the North‘‘â€"Harrington‘s Dairy. . In ‘op:ining his address, the guest speakerâ€"conveyed the regrets of W._J. Grummett, â€"M.P.P., Zone. Commander, and other invited gu‘sts who on acâ€" count.of: other duties had found it imâ€" possible to be present. Exâ€"Servicemen President G. N. Ross was in the chair. The community singing, led by Gordon Camupbell, with Secretary W. H. Wilson at the piano, was featur>d by the special enthusiasm â€"and vigor given to the rendering of the Legion theme song, a group of fifte:n veterans from the last war being selected to give the right action to this number. Kiwanians Told Of Need For Aid Byâ€" J. H. Fee Is "Legion Day" / Speaker For Local Club Committee; E. L. Urquhart, Housing Committee; W T. . Shields, Veterans‘ Rehabilitation . Officer stationed here; Basil Howse, formerly lisutenant; and Robt. G..Fee, of Timmins. B Referi'ing to the great work accomâ€" plisheEd by the Kiwanis dpring the war, rehabllita .The right and the wrong way to trim a hedge is shown in the acâ€" .companying Garden-Graph e * _ t2A£4 y " ~_‘~ By DEAN HALLIDAY® _ . _ e ‘Released by Central Press Canadian . .‘Hedges of delicious shrubs need pa;’ticular attentiqn in the early spring. It is generally a good plan before growth starts to cut the hedge back to a little less than the height desired. Then, after the new growth is well started, trim it back again to encourage it to fill out at the sides and to control growth that is too rank. ¢ does not reach the lower pant of i. and consequently it is usually bare of foliage and gawky lopking, |. . ‘A hedge. should . be. trimimmed â€" «o that all parts of it flqourish. When trimmed ‘ in the coneâ€"shape,; "illusâ€" trated, the sloping sides permit Sunâ€" light to redch the lowest branthss and | causes ~them : put.. forith healthy: foliage. â€"~A hedge. that . is coneâ€"shaped also sheds snow, more The frequency with which a hedge should be pruned during the growing séason depends upon the. type of hedge and weather conâ€" ditions. Privet hedges need to be trimmed several times each season. Japanese barberry, on the other hand, needs very., little cutting. ~ When the top of the hedge is left wider than the bottom, the sunlight OTHER GOOD HEDGE FORMS â€" . Atiinaiath «it y s * 08 A hedge. should . be. tntm,fied ~s0 that all parts of it flqourish. When trimmed ‘ in the coneâ€"shape,; "illusâ€" trated, the sloping sides permit sunâ€" light to redch the lowest branthss and | causés <~them ‘to : put.. forth healthy foliage. â€"A hedge. that . is coneâ€"shaped also sheds snaw, more easily. / ‘". o‘ 7 _ _‘ s # # J _ # C # 0 dog MATEAA J * » 1e : i â€"% 4 It a hedge has beenâ€" severely winterâ€"killed, orâ€"is weak and stragâ€" gly for any‘.reason, it must: be pruned : severely. ~‘It should,, at least, be cut back to the live w.90d, and it will probably. be a. better hedge if it is cut back to ‘within a féew inches ‘of the ground.â€" Mo:st privet hedges will respond quick!y to this treatment, if they aré givgy . an abundance of water and a. liitle: fertilizer. President, Rpss added . his gword of thanks to. the. ,-spea,kar for the daym "This inspiring address is a °highlight in the addr:sses atithis .cluBsand will remain so.for many a day,” said Presi-‘ asa 4 TA a e In expr‘siing the thanksâ€"of ‘the club to the speaker for his stirring address, Kiwanian Frank McDowell. noted the fact that he goodâ€"workâ€"ofâ€"Viceâ€"Presiâ€" dent McFez was illustratedâ€"by the busy time ‘he was having on this visit to this pnart of theâ€" North. ‘"Toâ€"day he is going to TIroquois Falls;: and the next day he will beâ€"at â€"Cochraneâ€"where 60 new members will â€"beâ€"initiated into the Legion : there,": Mr.~ McDowelt W Ririn~called : g@ttention of the club members to the. big bonâ€" Reminding > th>‘â€" Kiwanis . of: their motto, ‘"We.: Builld,â€"for . unity: and peace;" the speaker concluded; with â€"anâ€"earnest and eloquent appeal: toâ€" club â€"m:mbet‘s to :do everything «they. ‘could: to. assist to make rehabilitation plans A complete success. + ~Local committees and service clubs could help with: adviceâ€"andâ€"â€"by.‘"putâ€" ting on a little pressure,â€"if: thireâ€"scemed to be any t ndency to takeâ€"advantage of the exâ€"serviceman in any way, or if he seemed headed for â€"a costly errotr. the: speaker said ‘it made.him â€" proud to be a member of such an Oorganizaâ€" tion. But he pointed out that an even greater opportunity ahd duty for comâ€" munity and patriotic: service was‘ now before the Kiwams and ocher service clubs. Rehabilitation: of the war .veterans was ‘the ‘greatest and most "preéessing service that could done, :toâ€"day, he stated. The Canadian: sysb"m of "reâ€" habilitation was ‘the finest in the world, away ahead in it$ scope and .obâ€" jects. of anything else, but: it â€"could not be a success ufil's’s At. récoh!ed' the ‘coâ€" .legislqtlon in this res ect‘ b t mlatle very, dlear that gove mefifi ‘Cofficials alonsâ€"could not c@rry to complete success,.‘ Th § know ‘the different" Tocal xon _'j and circumstances and they ‘could 7 be in touch with the fndfvfdnal ‘exâ€" s:rvicemen and his particula_x probâ€" lems. He made. his‘ points..very clear by referring to.what had beenâ€"done by local committees.of the. Kiwanis at the Sault and els:whereâ€"and by branches of the Legion. . Problems~ of . â€"rehabilitation â€" were touched on by the speaker.â€" One difâ€" ficulty came from> the of the men released ffom service. They were soâ€"anxious to get settled â€"down to socme degree of comfortâ€"after the years of discomfort and â€"~danger,; that there was dang:r of theirâ€" enthusiasm being taken advantage ‘of ‘by contract.ors, merchants orâ€"others. unltss‘ it récewed_ the, coâ€"| 48: 1 supportior servic llc gexier_ y :s iz= . Canadaâ€"as s Porcupine. 1t is not necessary to be: A curier to take part in the event. inâ€" deed, those who have n:ver curled before will be welcomed. Any who ~ould like to take part in the bonspi®? nave only to give their names to Mr. Canadian Insurance Firm Does Business In Twenty Countries In a recent issue you carricd an editorial dealing with the facts which we have made public, and which simpâ€" ly amounted to showing that private enterprise was building better:and perâ€" manent brick cottages a# a lower price than is being charged or the semiâ€" permanent frame â€"houses, without basements, built by Wartime Housing Limited. You then went on to point out that the houled )m bf privaté enterprise are on lan Ace of which is so high that it is impossible for service men to buy these houses, without usâ€" ing up their entire gratuities. You argue that this shows that any attempt of private enterprise to provide housâ€" inz will only amount to an exploitaâ€" lon of the service men by the property The Editor, â€" _ 4 The Porcupine Advance. We are very glad that you have raised this point, for we had not dealt with it in our publicity. As you know, what happens is that municipalities provide lots for the building of Warâ€" time Housing Limited cottages, at a nominal price, usually $1.00 per lot, and on a special cost of the semiâ€" permanent frame cottages, there is the hidden cost of a subsidy given by the municipality, in the form of a cheap Confederation Celebrates Anniversary driven wby ~John ‘ Relia of FTownshipâ€"and Hector:: Bazinet â€" of 109 Harold. Ave.; South Porcupine, when the â€"vehicles were in collision at the intersection of Mattagami Blvd. and * During the war the majority of horâ€" ticultural societies sponsored â€"Victory Gardens, and their production amountâ€" edâ€"toâ€" millions of pounds of vegetables. Guelph had over 400 gardeners on community garden plot. Ottawa not only had Hundreds of Victory Gardens, but also operated a pressure cooker plant for the preservation of vegetaâ€" bles..: The little town of Newmarket had 150 entries in its Victory Garden competition. With the need for food production even greater than it was ‘during the war, said Mr. Carroll, it is felt that the people of Ontario should coâ€"operate as actively as possible in the cultivaâ€" tion of food gardens, while hort culâ€" tural societies are being encouraged. where conditions paake 1t possible, to sponsor community garden plots for the use of citizens | TRA Confederation Life Association, urth= oldest" and one of the largest insurance institutions, is ¢clebmung K# â€" 75th ‘Anniversary this month, having been founded April 14, 1871. In all Canada at that time there was only $42,000,000 â€"of life insurance in force. By comparison and . indicatâ€" ing the growth in public appreciation of the benefits of life insurance, Conâ€" federation Life alone will this year write approximately double that amount. For more than 50 years the company has been a consistent user of newspaper advertising and credits a share thn its growth to the influence of press publicity, Its anniversary adâ€" vertising pays tribute to the growth of the nation, its resources, industry and business. In accordance with aâ€" program adopted at the annual convention held in Niagara Falls, recently, the Ontario Horticultural Association is asking all of ‘its societies to back an aggressive program of promoting food gardens for the 1946 season, according to J. A. 'Carroll. Secretary of the Association. In view of the grave world food shorâ€" tage an appeal has gone out to these societies, as well as to the people of Ontario generallv to take just as great an effort in food production as they did in their Victory Gardens during the war. This _ ‘appeal is backed up by the -atatemem that a federal Food Inâ€" formation committee recently appointâ€" ed by the dominion government â€" is planning an active campaign for the growing of food in home gardens at home to releas> supplies to‘feed the hungry and starving people of Europe. Today Confederation Life does an intematlonal business, havlng 64 branches 'm 20 countries â€"â€" 36 in Canâ€" ada and ,abroad Office staffs fhumâ€" ber 732 ‘a branch managers and field nepresentatives‘ 1,218 ~At the end of 1946 assets were $188 180,567 and busiâ€" ness m force 5621 950 297, and every +« 00 M {vorking *dw ‘‘the cotnpany pays policy- ownets and beneficiari¢s an average of $45,000. When it commenced operaâ€" tions it a tyvo-room office in Toronto, the pOpuahUn of ‘Canada was only 3,689,267, of whom 80.5% lived in rural areas. and less than 3% west of the Great Lakes. Horticultural Group Back Food Gardens <was â€"done‘ to cars , PA BR P D P 4 # 4 # $ # # 5 1 Vehicles â€"Collide TO THE EDITOR â€" _ Life for us has been a little 'bflchte; this week. We have more or less completed the job of moving into our new home in Snob Hollow and a neighâ€" bour has toted over (1) a loaf of colâ€" fee bread; (2) a generous slip of ivy; and, (3) a Flufly Rufflie Petunia. The coffée bread didn‘t lass long, but the ivy is doing a firstâ€"rate job of clinging and the Fluffly Ruflle Pcâ€" tunia is doing its brave best in the depressing company of the cactil which continue to adorn our window sills, despite everything this column has had to say about it Our opinions concerning cactus slide off the wife‘ 8 back like the peas off our knife. We‘re a little hasy about the recipe for the coffee bread, but if ‘we once get our hands on it, we shall head south one of these autumns â€"â€" a cerâ€" tain winner in the Canadlan National Exhibition. However, just to show that there are some things we lack, too, we‘ve tacked up a sign of our own: ‘"No Orchids." jfw _ i Old fuddyâ€"duddy across the page is splitting his infinitives at some Torâ€" onto <joker named Mr. Prittie. The things he.: won‘t do to fill up that doubleâ€"clumn setâ€"up of his. ~Not conâ€" tent with sneaking in an editorial dfrom someone else‘s paper, he colâ€" lapses into one of the weirdest. exâ€" planations of how not to write police court news yet to appear in print. It‘s a good thing no one around here takes him seriously. ting private enterprise to operate, in place of allowing the Government to build temporary houses, is a very real one. The present system simply amounts to a subsidy of municipalities, at the expense of the property owners of those municipalities, to enable a Doâ€" minion Government agency to obtaift~ a special advantage in building houses. All that we ask is that this fact be made plain to your readers, and we are obliged to you for stressing it, alâ€" Once this arrangement is made, we shall then be in a position to repubâ€" lish our material, and show that the saving which can be, made ‘by permitâ€" All that we have to suggest is that the municipality deal equally with private enterprise, and that builders of houses, whether for sale or for rent, be told by municipalitiee that they can obtain lots from the muniâ€" cipalitiés at the same price, and on the same conditions as those lots are turned over toâ€" Wartime Housing Limited. intention. "The Property Owner‘ (Published â€" by Property Owners‘ Ass‘n of. Toronto.)» P 3" .A S , We "hope, however, that this will not discoyrage anyone else from bringing along similar delicacies to 164 Toke St. Just make a note of the address, and let us know what‘s cooking. Jiw | 4 People in Snob Hollow seem to be going short of some of the neccessities of life. What‘s more, they‘re not above saying so. In the window of one house, for example, we noted ‘a sign: "No Ice," At another house, one Pondering over the fact ‘that these people were so hard up for bread and ice that they have sunk to ptutting up signs proclaiming their needy conâ€" dition, we came to the conclusion that we, who know someone who bakes the loveliest bread; and who have> loads of ice on our sidewalks, were not so badly off, after all. Following geophysical survey, diaâ€" mond drilling will commence on the Caramora Porcupine adjoining the Golden Arrow Gold Mine on the south sees a Bread." Diamond drilling has also started on the Lansdowne Porcupine situated pear Porquis Junction, it was learned this Having been taken to church for the first time, the little boy said:~ A careful reporter, Paul had a qualiâ€" ty of mind, and a joy of heart, that made the reading of his work a pleaâ€" surable and profitable experience, â€" He still has â€"â€" for Paul is not dead. Heâ€"« has merely decided to go ~somewhere Wilson Ave. at 9.45 a.m. on‘ Tuesday. No charges were laid by police. Drilling To Begin In Vimy Gold Mines The first machine is scheduled to go into the Vimy Gold Mines thig week and diamond drilling is slated to begin soon. The ming is in the Ramore area adjoining the. Golden Arrow Gold Mine on the north east. ‘"The music was good, but I didn‘t like the news." We pause here to lament the passâ€" ing of Paul Morton. While ‘we could not claim to know him well, we enâ€" joyed enough of his company to forâ€" give him his association â€" with those who daily enter the doors ‘bf the pink elgseo SC. We wish him good luck. é placard complaining‘ [ "No was not apparently your ~3{w j{w Yours truly,