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President: Lieut. OoL W. Cheater B. McLnls Vice President: J. B. Hirneil. 5-3-1- sccretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. Maclflnnon, "Jig-L Editor and Managing Director. .l. is. ilnrnlfii-mmur Associate Editors: hank Willi" I“ h" 5- |

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER. io. ms

Farm Labor Shortage

mine ii is eticouraging to note the increase this year in cash income from sale of fifm products, there is nothing encouraging _about the fact that the farm labor problem is still un- solved, and that there are reportedly 25 P" cent fewer farmer: on Canadian farms today

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thakhlyl]; isgiihis so? Because the able rnenliave gone into the service forces or into munllloll! plants, and those remaining cannot carry on. No systematic effort has been made to assign manpower where it is needed most. (That is why Mr. Elliott Little resigned as head of Sel- ective Service). So the farms have been rob- bed, and insufficient food supplies threaten the price ceilings in a country which should have all the beef, milk, butter, eggs and bacon it re- quires a; fair prices without the imposition of subsidies to appease the consumer.

It is to be hoped that at Ottawa where a Do- minion-Proviiicitil conference is sitting this week to discuss agricultural problems, some solution will be found to this most urgent question of farm labor shortage,

The same problem is confronting our Ameri- I

can neighbors, who also show s disinclinatinn to use compulsory measures in the allocation of manpower to wartime industry and agriculture. Nevertheless, Mr. Paul V. McNutt, newly-ap- pointed manpower controller has announced s program for farm labor much more compre- hensive than anything attempted here. It in- eludes; full-time, continuous employment of tnobile groups of experienced farm workers, transported at government expense from one area to another as the crops mature; relaxation of legal barriers which now restrict mobility of labor between States; transfer of experienced farm operators and workers now on sub-stan- dard lands to productive areas; expansion of the employment service farm placement ms.- chinery for direction of farm labor movement and full-scale mobilization of local volunteer groups; adjustment of farm wages to bring the income of farm workers more nearly into line with those of industrial workers; s farm labor training and management program, now being developed by the Department of Agriculture and the United States office of education to aid farmers in making effective use of the fewer number of experienced workers through expert supervision, training and upgrading; mobilizing residents of towns arid cities in agricultural areas who would not normally engage in agri- cultural work, in order to meet peak labor re- firemen“ in the harvest season; improving

on of by pooling labor and equip- ment from different far-inert; the orderly im- migration of farm labor from neighboring coun- ties if tbs need arises.

The latter provision, in view of our own‘ farm bbor shortage, is not likely to be effective; but n" Wh°1¢ Pmlfam shows that at lust the prob-

ll being seriously considered by the nigh“. p: Washington,

___ Wartime Regulations t

‘hfllnow famouscomplalnteinsiionsl sel- fivs service, Mr. Elliott Little is charged by boui- Minister Mitchell with asking for too much power over the lives and liberties of the Canadian people. Mr. Little, ainc other things, would have allowed no app: is the courts from any decision he or his subordinates made, This power the Government was loath to give for the purpose of harnessing the man- wer of the country to an all-out war effort. i ct, as the Winnipeg Free Press (Liberal) points out, it is substantially the same power s: had been granted already to the Wartime grlces and Trade Board. The relevant section i

“No proceedings by w-sy of injunction, man- datory order, mandamus, prohibition, csrtioiari er otherwise shall bs instituted against any member of the Board, Administrator, ca’ other person for or in respect of any sci or Omission of himself or any other person in the exercise or purported exercise of any power, discretion or authority or in the performance or purport/ad performance of any duty conferred or imposed by or under these regulations or any regulations for which these regulation are substituted."

The only appeal from decisions of adminis- trators is to the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. In a large number of cases, provision for zippcal is not specifically provided in the onlcr setting up the administrator in office. Th! only appeal from decisions of national selective service lifllilllllSlfiliflrS would be apparently to the director. (Ycrlaitily there is no provision for further appeals, except in connection with call- iiig of mcn for military training. Under both tin.- \\':irtim<~ Prices and Trade Board and Na- tioiinl wh-tiivt- Service, as Mr. Little envis- irmcrl it, ]iil\\‘l'i' is grntitezl to order people to do

things uni] failure l0 comply is punishable by

iiliff flies, _ ."=‘. Lilllt‘ hfiilglll tn place the onus of proving l Jiauct- with the rules tipon the person ac-

granted to the Wartime Prices and Trilde B03"!-

NQ per-w" appearing before a selective service board would be permitted to_b¢ Yeilleselmd by counsel but a person seeking Pi-Fllpnenwm would be permitted to 118W hi5 ilPPllcfmon 5W)‘ ported in writing byltis employer, his depend- ents or an association of which he was a mem- ber. If any person refused to_ obey any order given by g director during an investigation, the director may order thafhe 11° lake“ mm cuff tody and kept there until the end of the day: proceedings.

This power does not aPPei" l° ha" M” 9"‘ viously granted. The same is true 0f I116 WW" asked to enable any peace officer to arrest any person who, on reasonable and probable grounds, he had reason to suspect had committed a" ‘if’ fflflffi-e power ‘Ought to direct persons to take whatever employment national selective ‘service “mud i, paralleled iii many places with the power granted to administrators over industry md apitap Fm- example, the department of munitions and supply can FXflmlllCllllC bgoks pf a contractor. If the eXe-fflmfif ikcld" t at a‘ profits are too large, he can order it‘ to turn e surplus 0v“ to the government. ‘T ere appears to b; no appeal from this regulation-

e-‘EDITORIAL aortas,

The scarcity of city A.R.P. Wardensctills for volunteers from th'ose‘no£ otherwise enlisted-

Notwitlistanding the Conservative conventidcin w" deprived of government controlled rmio broadcast, it has achieved considerable publicity through an as yet freapfist‘

Reference to the annual reports of the Prest- ident and General Matias" of ti" Bmk ° Montreal appeared in these columns on Tues- day, The full text of the f°l>°fl5 “Pile” "l m‘

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Halifax is already_ all set for I Christmas. Stores are open at night rind tnaknig (lililfimlfl display with the merchandise at their tlispos... There are few complaints of shortages. exvevl in the restaurants, where eggs, bacon, ham aiul ice cream are at times off the menu.

u i e a a u TA youth of sixteen from Hamilton, Ont, has gone at his own expense to Winnipeg as a_ dele- gate to the Conservative convention. It IS not said whether he is a war industrialist plutocrai, or merely a discerning, rising hope of a Dem- ocratic Progressive Conservatism.

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Hon. Oliver Lyllteton, British blinister of Munitions, who has been in “iaslnngton con- ferring with the President has returned to _Lon- don accompanied by Mr. “lilliam A. Idarrimarl, the U_ S. Defence Expctliter, who will confer with the British \Var Cabinet. Looks like

tl' b' ldi . some 1mg 1g 1110i; pg I“ ‘i

When one goes into tariff reductions promis- ed by the Federal authorities they do not usual- ly work out to the enormous advantage of the

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NOTES BY TllE WAY l

The inarcel wave was named in honor of its inventor, Marcel (slateau. And he started in cimrg- lug only one franc (then worth 9- 1-2 cents) for his waves, But when he got famous he tilted the price :1: high as 8275 —ouchl—Neai 0’-

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London Times announces that for‘ fear bunbs might drsn on those nu. u. w tuc secret, plain shew-j ing where the Coronation Stone is buried have been sent to Premier, King. It is difilcut to imagine a.

An heiress ought to make a cap-‘ ital wife. -Kltchener Record.

Large portions of Manitoba and the northern and some central sections of Saskatchewan may not be per- mitted to grow wheat next year. At least. Ottawa Ls thinking of stepping in where grasshoppers, cutwoims. rust, frost and hail have failed.- Windsor Star.

Bsndmasier Phil Murphy's 18- year-old son is a member of the band of thejioth R£COIIITBlSHIXCO (Re- serve) Regiment. Just 3 too; of! the old horn. or perhaps a tap off the old drum. -W1ndsor Star,

"The legend of Nazi military iri- vlxiclbillty. worked up as part of the’ German ‘strategy of tenor.’ was buried in the snows of Russia inst winter. It has been buried again. and even deeper, 1n the sands of Egypt and Libya. But that isn't all. What is being buried as well is the myth that democracies are less ef- ficient than dlcttitorshlps. "The truth ls that free men not only fight better than slaves; they work better. Work ivlth more heart. more efficiently. The whipped-up frenzy of the crowd-begotten cause may bring results for a time but the sln- ge mans belief in freedom and his w-lllngness to sacrifice and die for its sake are the stronger things in the end. Thuf. Le what we are seeking now; what we are beginning to see- lt any rate." -Ottaws Journal

Wliatcvcr the economies in fuel made by industry. the continual expansion of our war production will cat up the saving. It ls by the effoJs and sacrifices of the priv- ate consumer that a balance must be struck, The coal -whlch of course. means not only the fuel you burn in your gates. but the elec- lFif-‘ill! 811d g-"is you use as well. which comes from coal -snusi; be saved in cur htmes. We can do it. We must. do lt If we don't there is rationing. But fuel rations would not be simple like food rations or clothing coupons. They would in- volve vast expense new armies cf biireuuctnts. cotnplications. and I11 Slit be wrecked by shortage of transport. A grim prospect with no certainty of getting the ration. and with lihfiyCiiflllCE of chaos. Let us dis- regard difficult crilrulailons in terms cf fuc‘ units Frtm this day w." must all use one quarter less of coal and coke. elect. city gas, and paraffin than we used last year. — Sunday Express (London)

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"l often repeated the Psalm. "The Lord is my Shepherd: I shall not want." wrote Vern Hnutzland. As-

consumer as may at first appCar. For itistzince the dropping of the customs ditty of 70 cents a box on oranges will work out at a reduiitlofl 0f 2 1-: cents a dozen on the little ones to seven cents a dozen on the big fellows. a s w a

Canada. is pictured as "a pretty sick nation, a C-3 nation in health" by Mr. Allan Itoss, of Ottawa, in charge of production of rations for the Canadian army and the R.C.A.F. Address- ing an informal health conference Mr. Ross said the time will come in Canada when cvcry child will drink s quart of milk a day, “regard- less of the ability 2f the iliilgfs parents to pay."

London News Chronicle reports that the vast improvement of the Allied positions in Novem- ber has brought an increase in the amount of betting regarding the time of war's end, with some brokers wagerin even money it will be over by next June. Tsloyds, however, has re- fused to set odds 2r accept bets.

According to an Ottawa bureaucrat, price ad- it

justmsnts made possible by the subsidies and tax concessions announced by Finance lilinis- ter Ilsley represent s. saving of about 33 cents a week for the average Canadian family of 4.6

sprinted Press correspondent, lcst. in New Guinea. jungle for six weeks “1 would be unable to go one step farther“ and then I would remcm. ber, ‘I shall not want.’ and sure en. Ollgh, thered be some berries or chewable grass or a creek with! good water just ahead" Many British or American lad is huving| occas on to rmiember» his early; training these duys and to rely on the truths he was taught at his motlicns knee or by some con. secrated Sunday School teacher. The courageous correspondent says he know-s God saved him, "Their prcparcst a table before me 1n the presence of mine enemies." runs the best kllOWli Ol’ B11 the P5311115, Thoush it was only berries and grass, yet "the table" was sufficient to preserve Vern Haugland. And did he remember, when he took 01g his socks and gave them to a shoe- le-ss companion "1 shall not want?" —0hrlstlan Science Monitor,

Every detail encourages the hope that, contrary to the theory so mi- senoriilly flccc-pted as a result or 9x99161100 in the Battle of Britain, cesisnfply be Oislblfi ‘to dplvise 5811C-

11119 or en a - light attacks on targets in Gveyimsrily, and this, weather permitting to keep up continuous bombing of the en. emy by day as well as by night. The technique cannot by easy, n

persons. By subsidies and elimination of duties and taxes, the price of coffee to the consumer is reduced four cents s pound, the price of tea by 1c cents s pound and oranges will cost the! sems as in the September-October period in 194i. A reduction of two cents a quart in fluid milk prices also is promised through s subsidy payment, but lo far has not materialized. This 1 will be the greatest‘ eopcezsiop of all.

Sir William Fenwlck Williams, Baronet, Lleut. ' Governor of Nova Scotia (1865-70) born thisl data, i800; was the first native born Nova. Sco- tisn to ettsin such a position, being s native of Annapolis; he was the son of Commissary- General Thomas Williams, barrack-master at Halifax; trained at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, he rose to generaVs rank in the Royal Artillery; distinguished himself by his gallant, though unsuccessful defence of Karl in the Rus- so-Turkish War; was commander-in-chief of the British forces in Canada 1859-65, on his retirement assumed the govemorship of Nova Scotis in which capacity he assisted greatly in bringing about the successful issue of the negotiations for the inclusion o.‘ that colony in the Canadian Confederation; later appointed Governor of Gibraltar, and Constable of the Tower of London. i . is r e s

Sir William Beveridge’: plan for a social se- curity lystem which will cover every inhabitant of post-war Britain is so wide in scope, so far- rcaching in effect, that it is sure to provoke (‘il- ormous discussion not only in the country for which it was drawn but in every country ai- tempting to achieve security for its people. What- ever the over-all merits of Sir William's plan, it cannot be dismissed as s visionary scheme, since his reputation as an economist is too well

f’ uf Vliiiilliiiil uf lhcm. This power has al- i\' h.~.-n gninlrtl tn the Wartime Prices and '

TI‘! Hoard.

Vi" Lilili- sought tn niiliilll power to try a p- l.|| liar .~.n offense n-hcre he was apprehend- (‘II ililli 11ml in n court having jiirisdiclioti where ‘r- .'illn;gt-ii offcinc occurrctl. This power was

established for that. Above all, it shows that in Britain, as elsewhere, reflective people are thinking along the lines of a liberalization of old economic concepts, are aware that the ivar is bringing about a society ivliich nuist be more COYICCTIIH] Willi the (‘nllillinn 111:1" than [m5 bggr,

requires the possessI-n of great numbers of types of bombers like the Lancaster both Hid defensively formidable. It rc-

uires the highest degree of skill in t e crews and the staff to secure both Welzht and speed in attack — the Screnelder raid lasted only seven minutes over the target. Only tn these clrmmstanoes can the en. emy's defences be taken so much by surprise that they cannot become effective before a mid is over, __ {£25011 Telegraph and Morning

Messrs. Green and Murray always s sk of "labor" as if it were a c u: apart and always as if they were anointed spokesmen. Neither premise has any validity. "Labor." broadly speaking. is the nation. It includes every one of us galntfuily employed» which means the vast majority of the country's adults. Th??? two gentlemen happen to pr de over federations of organig. ed labor whose combined member- fiixi inpludes notk n; flkufih u g

o our wor ers - ew York Herald-Tribune.

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A careful analysis of the canal- lles incurred by the British forces during the fighting in Libya and Egypt shows. somewhat to the nir- prise of medical authorities that there has not been a single ease of heat-stroke or heat exhaustion a- mong tank crews as a result of the heating of the vehicles. -Calro Correspondence of London Times.

Bad news for the Asia is the Brit- lsh announcement that they are turning out in great quantity a deadly lithe weapon called the Sten gun. The Sten is a submiichlne gun that costs about eight dollars and fires at the rate o five hundred rounds a minute. Already over a million of these weapons have been manufactured and the British mill- tary authorities are enthusiastic over the possibilities of the new flreaisn. In the hands of the peo- ples of Occupied Europe it would be a powerfu aid to an Allied In- vasion force. The Bren is not a

safer repository. —-Toront.o Tele- gram, 12h

PUBLIC FORUM

use enlall in one "I "' 4...,“- py consonants sl oacntlana cl Interest. ‘I'll Oharleetesown Qaardlan has I01 aoesaanrlll aalsaea the "ilk" cl nI-Inuenlci

” ave suoulélfsvidgngiznr courisosr

sir-cm- many vein. and "- pecislly since the we! In I hi" elt that Prohibition ought to be replaced by Bovernment control- If adopted, it would brini is Province thousands of dol- lars which today find their WI‘! into the pockets of bootlegpere and rum ginners 1 realise that my letter advocating such a chan8¢ is bound to raise a storm of PW- test from many Islanders who are

strongly opposed to the "Control . System."

But, when one considers the yell’! of futile effort to achieve Prohi- bition one cannot but wonder why the "farce" continues.

Some persons fancy that the dignity of this Province would suffer 1f we brou ht in overn- ment control-an yet Whit l! 1M Vendor shop but a lelflllwi u"

uor store-a place where stronk

ink is sold both to bootloil!" and table citizens alike. I fancy i is this resent condition of h rocrtsy the is causing the Prov rice to lose dignity-that i! unless my conception of the word i5 wrong. It is sheer nonsense to say that. we are sailing along on smooth waters, that Prohibition ts working satisfactorily. that c Province would lose dignity l! 5V adopted government control. Our great neighbor to the south did not lose dignity when they abol- ished Prohibition.

We have played ball so 10ml‘ Wm! this issue that it, has become quite a joke everywhere outside the Province. for everyone knows that all attempts to establish a Utopia. have met. with failure.

The bootleggers still do a thriv- ing business right under the nose of the Temperance Alliance, some behind closed doors. others run- ning wide open. Drunks arc a common sight on our streets, in restaurants and wherever crowds assemble. In other words. we are at wet ns the wettest Province in the Dominion (all "drys" to the contrary notwithstanding.)

Now, I do not say that govern- ment control offers s cure for rirunkards. neither does it lessen the amount of liquor consumed. What I do say is simply this: 1t takes most of the money from the imckGlS of illegal handlers and puts it in the lap of the government where it may be put to better use.

The USA. spent $100.000.(i00 trying to enforce a drv law: and it is costlnv this Province plentv also. The difference is: they gave it up. while we continue to spend mcnfiv trvlngz to enforce a law which our citizens tin not satir-

tion despite the fact thatjhplebts-

LET ME ENJOY

Let me enjoy the earth no less

Because the all-enactin M.ght That fastiloned forth its ovellness Had other aims than my dellsht.

About my path there fllts a wt, who throws me not a word or sigrn;

a I‘ll charm me with her ignoring

air, And laud time lips not meant for mine.

From manuscripts or moving song

Inspired by scenes and dreams un- known,

I'll pour out raptures that belong

To others, as they were tny own.

Arid some day hence, towards Paradise And ti: its blast-if such should

I will liff glad. afar-off eyes. Though it contains no place for rne.