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The Canadian Legion requested the town fathers this week to invite Govâ€" ernor General Alexander to attend the official opening of the New Leâ€" gi0on. when it takes plave some tiinre this puummer. The Legion also requested that sidewalk be laid from Park road to the hall and that a stop light be installed at+ Park roand However, the association refused to endorse the resolution because it was of a political nature. A. W. Stewart proposed that a resâ€" olution be passed approving the stand taken by Councillors Aubry and Del Villano on the bylaw. "These two men will have seats on council till they die of old age," he said. "gallant stand" which Local 241 had ltaken in the fight for lower bus fares and expressed their support of the committee which had been appointâ€" ed at Sunday‘s public meeting in the Empire theatre. "It is underwater most of the time. The only time any of it is above water is when the water is very low. 1t is Just a swamp. â€" It would have to be raised four feet before it could be used forâ€"anything. It would cost hunâ€" dreds of thousands to fix. The town would be better off to buy good land in the frist place rather than accept this," said a member of the association from the floor, "It would make a better swimming pool than a park," was another eomâ€" ment "It‘s a swimming pool right now," said another member. After a repetition of most of the vriticism which has been heard at previous discussions of the local bus line, the Ratepayers passed a resoluâ€" tion in which they complimented the After pointing to the role which the piece of land played to delay the passing of noxious Bylaw No. 1027 Mr. Gauthier said: ‘"‘The land itself | is worthless and a liability to the ownâ€" ers. _ They couldn‘t do anything with . It so they wanted to give it away to the town to get out of paying taxes.". Take the way that Mr. Dalton‘s proposed gift of land to the town of Timmins was discussed, for example. There is the old story about looking gift horses in the mouth, but accordâ€" ing to the ratepayers it is a question of looking gift land at the waterline when Mr. Dalon‘s 14 acre tract is econcerned. I It was the first Ratepayers‘ meetâ€" ing of .the year. . 36 individuals unâ€" (‘efiiffthb ‘chairmanship.â€"â€"of Frank â€" X. Gauthier voiced their opinions of the l6cal bus lines and they were far from complimentary, J. P. Bartleâ€" man, perennial champion of the group, was not on hand last night but from the sentiments experssed the fine New Zealand hand of Mr. Bartleman was pulling strings from. somewhere beâ€" hind the scenes. T}w sound and the fury concernâ€" ing Bus fares continues with unabated volume. Lastnight it was the Timâ€" mins Ratepayers‘ Association which got on top of the subject and gave it a sound thlaxhjng Dalton‘s Gift Horse Is Looked In Mouth wants it to become part of Canada." HMe also claimed that the Hollinger interests were doing everything they could in the form of lobbying at Otâ€" tawa to get Newfoundland into the Dominion. . The biggest and best part of the Hollinger area is in Labrador and not in Northern Quebec, he said. Hence if Newfoundland wished to impose an export tax or any other typ® of tax on the ore taken from the Labâ€" : rador area, the company‘s costs might be considerably increased, he claimâ€" o. Daltan‘s Gift Harse | | | | | | ssmc According to Reg Davies, wellâ€" known field editor of Abltibi Magazine a good many DP‘s now employed in the bush in this district will not be working in Northern Ontario next year. In fact they won‘t be working anywhere in Canada, Waen their ten month contracts are up they are going back to Europe. "I mei a group of three DP‘s with i interpreter in town this week and I aked them how they liked Canada," Mr. Davies told the Advance." They aid they liked it and I asked them { they were going to stay at bush vork when their; «compracts ; expired, ‘Thevy said no, they were goins back "You never heard muc:i talk about | Newfoungland becoming a part of, Canada till Hollinger went into Labraâ€" | dor did you?"‘" he asked, "Well, smce} they discovered the tremendous wealth | of iron deposits there, everybody | wants it to become part of Canada." TO AsK GOVERNOR GENXERAL Iron In Labrador Said To Be Reason CLAIMS HOLLINGER IS BEHIND MOVE TO UNITE NEWFOUNDLAND TO CANAD! UAAA A L MA The Advance‘s informant, who has twice been in the iron mining fields now under development by MHollinger at Labrador stated that the reason that the Dominion governâ€" ment is now so ag.ltated to get Newfoundland into the Dominâ€" is due to the developments which the Timmins interests have underltaken in Labrador. _ Labrador is part of Newfoundâ€" land territory. The union of Newfoundland with Canada may appear to have little connection with the interests of anyone in this disti<cct, but according to a mining man interviewed this week by the Porcupine Advancte. there is a link which makes interâ€" esting news, if it is correct. # L t B â€"A A A 4A A * i A C 4 2 Sections 10 Pages â€" PDorcr "Some DP‘s Returning To Homes In Poland A stag sponsored by the Algongquin ‘Regiment will be held this Saturday evening at the Armouries to raise funds to aid in publishing "The Warâ€" path," official history of the regiâ€" ment‘s role in the battles of Western Fmrrny e Algongquin stag In Aid O f Bbatiahon‘s History Members of the festival comittee are Miss I. Curn ngham, F. Gauthier, Pat Larmer, Miss V‘ Linder, G. Mireaut, A. Qulette and Mrs. N. Young. Zone Comnvener is Mrs. J. A. Theriault. excgeed 45 minutes. There will be two adjudicators to judge the competition, ane French wnd one Engl sh. Entries must be in by March 1 arxi should ‘be mailed to R. E. Sturgeon at the Municipal Buildâ€" K. E. éturgeor ing, Timmins Members of Miss I. Curn| The plays w will be cue ad threeâ€"act play English. There of three player maximuwun of can be as ny Hon. Brooke Claxton . Speaks Here Mar. 6 lhe, preliminaries in the Northern ()n(.urih Drama Festival will be held here April 1, 2 and 3, it was announced ‘his week. Finals in the Festival will take place at Kirkland Lake April 10. sponsored by the Adult Education CGroup, it is expected that from 10 to 14 dramatic groups will compete here during the preliminaries. The plays which will be presented will be cue act plays or one act <of threeâ€"act play, either in French or Drama Festival He!'e Three Days In April In 1940 he was elected to the , house of Commons for St. Lawrence‘ â€" St. George, Montreal, and was appointed Minister of National Health and Welâ€" fare in 1944. He was appointed Minister of Naâ€" tional Defense December 12. 19486. The . HMonorable Brooke Claxton, Minister of Defense for Canada will be the guest speaker at a dinner of the Poreupine McGill Graduates‘ Soâ€" ciety on Saturday, March 6, in Mc Intyre Gymnasium. Mr. Claxton began his military carâ€" eer as a soldier‘s soldier, winning the coveted D.CM. as a artillery serâ€" geant â€" major in World War One. On "nis return from overseas he studied law at McGill, practising after gradâ€" uation in Montreal. [ tirey were going to stay Aat DusI vork when theit; «compracts ; expired. They said no, they were going back t3 Poland. "So T them again what was the matter with Canada. ‘They said noth mng, it is a fine place, plenty to Pat, â€"â€"lots ofâ€" gcood (ountry. Thé only trouble was it was not the‘r home.. And in spite of the fact that they know they will be goâ€" ing back to almost intolerable conâ€" d ti ns, they: are. determined ‘to. reâ€" tuim to Poland," Mr. Davies said. > "I guess a imans home is a inan‘s home and that‘s all there is to "it," l obszervecd. ere will be a minimiun ers in each group and a eight, although there nvany character parts as Maximuum time will} not Timmin«@,. Or nI explaining why he nad refused w,mgbd attend the pubile meeting held Sunday, ‘ cool off". Mavor Eyre made isue of the fact that| At th‘s Canada To clarify the situation which was erroneously reported in the Daily Press, Mr. Bartleman«and Mr. Lachance were not at Morday‘s meeting to hold an inunedigte discussion on bus fargh They. wire there to arrange a later meetirg. between council and the comâ€" millee to discuss the matter. The members of council who had been inv ted to attend the public meetâ€" ing in the Empire theatre Sunday and ww had refused to goâ€"â€"â€"their action had been termed an "organized insult to the people of Timmuns" by Mr. Laâ€" charceâ€"â€"failed to stand their ground as might have been expected when they were requested Tureday to imeet the ectizens‘ iransportation cominittee. It was generully expected that they would have the "guunpticn" to tell the ecimmittse to figuralively "go to blazes" with its request to reâ€"open the transâ€" portation question but, apparently, this with its request t0 reâ€"open the trunsâ€" portation question but, apparently, this was Alackingy. In any event they apâ€" peared ready to capitulate to the presâ€" sure which was beings brought to bear agu nst them. It was without great enthusiasm this ; | oo‘ week that Timimins town counril heard / Victor Salomaa read a resolution pasâ€" sed at a citizens‘ meeting Sunday reâ€" questing Mayor Eyre and Councillors Fay, Qu‘nmnn, Bailey and Quesnel to reâ€" sign if they were not prepared to take action to get the opinion of the people on the bus fare question. A second resolution in which the citizens appointed a_ committee of Messrs. J. Emile Brunette. James P. Bartleman, R. A. Lachance, internaâ€" tional organizer, Ivan Vachon, presiâ€" dent of Local 241, and Angus McDonâ€" ald, union steward at McIntyre, to asâ€" certain whether an outside bus operâ€" ator would be interested in taking over transportation in the Porceupine was also read to council, The resolut ons formed part of a reâ€" quest by thte new transportation comâ€" mittee to ccnfer with council as soon as possible. council were R. A. Lachunce and J. P. Bartleman, committee members,. _A seattering of minirs was also in the coumcil chamâ€" bers. Council Backwaters On Bus Fare Issue ‘Those figures aren‘t . "I was for it last year Weekly Newsmen Meet Here In June A progrem for the visit of the newsmen here is now bein‘k arâ€" ranged. The members of the weekly press will assemble in Toronto June 17 and after their visit here lravel to New Liskeard and then to Temagami. 1235 members of the Ontarioâ€" Quebec division of the Canadian Weekly _ Newspaper â€" Association will convene on Timmins June 18 during the annual convention of the association, the Advance learned this week. The visiting newspapermen will arrive here on the 9.40 train and depart on the 5.30 p.m. train. The big bus fare battle took on a different hue in the Empire theatre Sunday night when J. Emile Brunette, who retired from the town council aifter serving as mayor for seven years, walked to the platâ€" form and said that the present council was wrong in rescinding Bylaw 1027. Mr. Brunrcette declared that the bylaw had been passed in good faith by the cowncil he led and that if he were in office it w ould still be in effect. Other local politicoes who objected to rescinding the bylaw were, left to right James P. Bartlman, Councillor Lco Del Villano and Councillor Urbain Aubry. Advance. Photos. mss TIMMINS, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, 1948 Mayor Eyre: "I wish to be fair Dt I «qGon‘t wan: a buinich Gf bocting me arcund eiher." CoimciMor Bailey: "This matter is hot right now. I think i should be telayed for a week and allowed to bus service is perfect Lait point of listâ€"ning .6 i 1 when there aure no Jigunr I based imy juugem.en! oi of Mr. quiin." whe mMIML plet here," he stated, ‘I am ready to meet this comitee at 4. o‘clock tomorrow afterncon or at any time. "If dhais commitee wants to help imâ€" prove the bus service I w.ll coâ€"operate it. There have been insuations which may last all year. If Mr. Quinn is avatable cat 4. tomorrow it is all rigltr. with me. J{ he is not then I am ready to meet this committee at any t me which can be arranged." cl chamber was not large enough to accomodate the crowd of three hmâ€" dred which turned out). + "I received an invitation to go as well as all others." Mayor Eyre declared, "As the bus bylaw had been rescinded and the new bylaw enacted I could not see any useful purpose in attending this meetinic. ~As long as I am mavâ€" rather than in council chambers, which he declared was the proper place for the town‘s business ‘to be conducted. (Ed. Note: the meeting was held in the theatre for the reason that counâ€" the mesting was held in the theatre en Inmne Which C willor â€" Barn rom. Monda lor Quesne 4. Lachanee rose to Bfl»}"mmitwe can be m:gm iny ty mee whiole comx unc.lilor Urt "It would still be in force, if 1Ve PFriet 1¢ t . gnywhere but m ready to meet o‘elock tomorrow time. I1i¢ amicil is com Urbain Aubry icated that I as abâ€" due * to ig ut .3 â€" CMha€ e im I1+ to see us come together i0r the efit of all." ine meeting will take platce as sont as all the members of council and all the members of the transportation hega met. t tude be: at 2 A special steward‘s meet.mg of the International Union of ‘Mine Mill and Smelter Workers will take place Sunâ€" day at the union hall onâ€" Algongquin boulevard The. meeting will open Teenâ€"Ager Objects; Claims Bus Meeting Not Representative "I want to make it clear" His statement‘ was greeted by catcalls and boos. One dissenting voice which reâ€" fused to approve the two resoluâ€" tions passed by the citizens‘ meet ing on bus fares Sunday in the Empire theatre came from a local teenâ€"ager who said that he didn‘t believe that the crowd of 300 perâ€" sons in the theatre were repreâ€" sentative of the general public of Timmins, "I don‘t think this meeting hgs any business in asking the town council to resign," he said. "The people here are only a small maâ€" jority of those who voted them into power." p.m anUagonlstIC sPECIAL MEETING 16 onte JUst NnUOw andâ€" o Lachance. declarâ€" rrpit:tion of his JJe subject: To £ays~â€" cool off‘ ny; w cCoI Oof," man unctuously, irying to . atâ€" t vi us will be ic. I just want wthing Published in Timmins, Ont., Canada EVEBRY THURsDAY RVUAIAAIPJIL â€" KPAJLILL _ Lo OAillllla@aL â€" JGURCIOGXItS, The whol. Merx G@ocirithie of Inmaterâ€" ialism had been doginalically adupiea by ithe consiuitution. Thue Sovaet held wilh Marx that i; a anituiai, Yhat histu_y is a recora only of class siruggit, and thal: reâ€" llgluu 18 Siihply a1l imvention to betâ€" ter exploit the common peopie. The speaker spiked these points in an efâ€" fective way. â€" "The Christian doctrine seeks to make better men and woâ€" men,"‘ he said. "and better men and by Moscow. Letters were read by the speaker to show the idol!â€" alry uffered to Joe Stalin. The whole dictatorship of the pol!â€" itiburo at Moscow was maintained by the orgauicd foice uf the SBoviet "gestapy ‘. A aynamic forcy, is needed in the Cmistian churches to Ooffset the barâ€" barous uoctrines of the dictavorshps, the speuker said. With such a force, Western civilization need be afraid of no ansk \ _ â€"Communism, Nazism and Fascism, the speaker said, had much in comâ€" moun, all three reéepresenting totalitarâ€" lianuism and dictatorship. Worship of the state was common to all three. In 1929, Kussia, Germany and ltaly were on very frienaiy terms because of the coumon boud of smilar ideciogies. _ "Diseases of the heart and circulaâ€" | tory system are most frequently the result of continual fear, worry and | overwork. They are diseases pract â€" | cally known among animals in their [ natural state and among primitive peo- l ples living an agraridn Ife" â€"â€"=â€"= ~â€"â€" |\ _ _*"*‘The ‘simple Jlife‘® may have lttle | appeal to busy men, yet many of these |belf'-samc men would increase their | enjoyment of life and keep living a longer time if they brought into their lives just a lttle calmness, regularty ] and freedom from tension." In the absence of President Barney qQuinn through illness, Viceâ€"President F. A. Woodbutry occupied the chair for the day. Visitor for the day was RKR. Newell, of Timmins, introduced by Kiwanian Bob Harvey. â€" In introducing the guest speaker, Kiwanian Nick Basciano mentioned that Rev. Fr. Horoshko had come from the Ukraine to Canada in 1937, as a missonary, and that he had servâ€" ed two years overseas as chaplain in the Canadian Army. Rev. Father M. Horoshko, of Kirkâ€" land Lake, was the guest speaker at the weekly luncheon of the Timâ€" mins Kiwanis Club at the Empire hotel on Monday. He gave a forceâ€" ful and convincng review of Comâ€" munism as practised in Russia today, documenting his points with copious quotatons from the manifesto of Kar) Marx (adopted dogmatically by the Soviet) and from the constitution of the Russian Soviet, as well as from other offitial declarations. Father M. Horoshko Addresses Kiwanis | ‘"They ) keep "grind cg «up ) grains . of irrt,aMCn ax).d: down in the and cells the count goes on, storing it up to be used against them." “A man‘s sorrow‘s and hopes, fears and ambitions all share in d? te;m.mmg his physical cbiidition. ‘But ‘péople of course deny that they under tension or strain. ‘! ‘They think that to adnmlt bemg upset: would= somehow deâ€" grading. "The average man whom one sees still: at work at 70 years cf age today is a man who has . worked all his life with ‘a shovel and‘ ‘who hnas made his own pace," he:stated, "The high presâ€" sure,‘straimn cand of running aA busit: SgS . lea.ds a. man ‘to overtax his °y°t/em far. more: serlovxls than if. ‘he were ; engaged in imanual labour." He advised | men in their 1ortles to seek regular»relaxation uhers the tenâ€" sicus ‘ of. rebponsdbil Aty. were removed. "‘Taere is . nlot:hmuch ‘pcirit . in makmg‘ a million dollars if you yow'self are not Rround ssm He pointed out that of a total of 246 deaths in the Porcupine in 1947â€" 98 were from failures of the circulaâ€" tory: system: which includes heard diâ€" sease, _ strokes and kidney disease. This is 40 percent of the total. In view of the marked number of uUuaths waich Aave takenr placs recently among promin:nt men in their late forties and early fifties in the Porcuâ€" pine camp, Dr. Graham B. Lane, dirâ€" ector of the Porcup.:ne Health Unit, this week issued a warning to bus‘nessâ€" men and other men working under pmiessure to go slow, Those In 40‘s Warned "Let‘s Defer It" Is Slogan Of "Efficient‘" 1948 Slate The absurdity of Soviet clec}ions also came in for scoru. The candiâ€" dates could be only from the one party, and even then had to be apâ€" In regard to education the speaker noted that no person could secure a degree in any subject without first passing in Marxian philosophy. While there was recent pretence of freedom of religion in Russia, this was but a farce, as the only church permitted was the Russian Orthsodox Church, and it could not teach is children. The folly of saying that there was any freedom of government under the Soviet was shown by the Case of the Ukraine. The Ukraine was bossed completely and effectively from Mosâ€" COW . women are the great need of this or any other time." Not only did the Soviet do away with religion, but also family life as we know it, with private property, education in ts true sense, and with national loyalty. Communists emâ€" ploy any plan, policy, movement, party, or anything else, that may lead to chaos, confusion or revolution. Quotations given from the Marx manâ€" ifesto showed that Marx emphasized the idea that only force and violence could overthrow other systems. This week town workmen are usâ€" ing the municipalities‘ snow equipâ€" ment to remove a foot of snow from the snow pack on the town‘s streets. The standard agenda‘theet on which items forâ€"council‘s discussion are typâ€" ed is 14 inches long. There is room for about 30 items per sheet. \ _ Who said that the 1947 council was |the only group of town fathers who deferred town business from week to ,\\eek' The present 1948 council is |considerably worse, The. dnnexation of Brousseau townâ€" site. | Thus 16, or 80%, of the matters which were supposed to be dealt with at this week‘s meeting were deferred. These matters were: Decision on Mayor;Karl Eyre‘s reâ€" port on the Mines Tax meeting .of the Association of Northern Mining Munâ€" icipalities. However of the remaining 20, all of which had appeared on the agendas of previous meetings, only four items were disposed of at Monday‘s meetâ€" ing. One of these was a . routine resâ€" olution concerning water rebates, A second was a routine bylaw concernâ€" ing the 1948 road subsidy from the province, The third concerned : the establishment of a committee for the Canadian Appeal for Children. The fourth dealt with Daaylight Saving Time.. I At this week‘s meeting of council there were a total of 30 items on the agenda. Ten of these items were preâ€" sented to council in the form of corresâ€" pondence and hence on these ten no action could be expected to be taken at once. Single Copyâ€"Five Cents The Pioneer Paper of the Porcupine Established 1912