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urn-run; Dally (Founded In 1887) Authorized as Second Clan null. PM 0!!“ Department». Ottawa.

President, Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President, Wm- l?» Burnestq Seep-Treats, G. M. Burnett; l-tlllfll: f“ “gagging Director. J. It. Burnett; Assoelato Lola».

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"The Strongest Memory io Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.‘

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1M6

General Foulkes’ Appeal

Appealing to‘ young Canadian University students to broaden their usefulness as citizens through the military training offered by the‘. Canadian Officers’ Training Corps, Lt.-Gen. Charles Foulkes, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., Chief of the Canadian General Staff, in a message ad- dressed to all undergraduates of the Universities of Canada, stresses Canada's need for well- trained leaders both in civil and military life. The Chief of Staff‘s message is published in the current issue of CATM, a memorandum edited and issued by the Directorate of Military Train- ing at Notional Defense Headquarters. General Foulkes says in yart:

"There may be some who may not realize the importance or necessity of military training. l do not suggest that you should all become pro- fessional soldiers, but l do urge you to avail yourselves of this military training in order that you can take your place as leaders in the Army if the need arises to defend our democratic way of fife. To those of you who wish to make the Army a career, it is a stepping stone; to others who wish to follow professions in civil life, it af- fords the means of becoming a qualified officer in the Reserve or Supplementary Reserve of the Canadian Army.

"We want, and need, well-trained leaders. They must be men who possess a good aca- demic standard, who can think clearly and make sound decisions. You are now in the process of preparing yourselves to accept such responsibil- ity in civil life and I urge you to broaden your usefulness as citizens by the addition of mili- tary training."

inexcusable Breach 0f Faith

The Dominion Command of the Canadian Legion reports that it has received protests from branches "in every section of Canada" against the action of the King Administration in raising the minimum holding which can be acquired tinder the Veterans’ Land Act from one-half acro to two acres. lt is claimed that the new regulations discriminate against veterans who had planned for smaller holdings and also against those who were not repatriated in time to pur- chase land under the former terms. The Legion proposes to lodge o protest with the Govern- ment upon the return from overseas of Veter- ans’ Affairs Minister Mackenzie.

Certainly, comments the Globe anrl Mail, this is a matter which requires direct and im- mediate action on the part of the Legion. The only regret is that it is delaying its protest for so inadequate a reason. The Government is not inactive because of Mr. Mackenzie’s absence, nor is he solely to blame for the change in the regulations.

The public record reveals that the Prime Minister had a hand in the development of the new policy. Last April he informed the House of Commons that all matters relating to Fed- eral housing problems, with the exception of strictly rural activities of the Veterans’ Land Act, were to be co-ordinated under Reconstruc- tion Minister Howe’s department. Later Mr. Howe, not Mr. Mackenzie, announced a policy which has resulted in the restrictions on veterans’ land purchases. He said that he had entered into an ”arrangement" with the Veterans’ Min- ister whereby small holdings projects with urban characteristics would be "cleared" with the Reconstruction Department. He further inform- ed the House that with the help of Mr. Macken- zie he had "arrested a trend toward the small holdings provision becoming a vehicle for financ- ing veterans’ urban housing."

But neither Mr. Howe nor Mr. Mackenzie said anything about raising the size of the hold- ings. The latter explained to the House that [the "essential principle" behind the small hold- ings plan was that a veteran with a job in a city could obtain "a home and a patch of land where he could raise vegetables and do garden- ing after his day's work in the city was done.” He didn't say that a veteran would have to buy two acres when a smaller plot would better suit his purpose.

Permission to establish on plots as small as one-half acre was granted in response to appeals from veterans who claimed that they did not require more land. This was stated in the Commons by Mr. Mackenzie's Parliament- ary Assistant, Mr. Walter Tucker. He gave his assurance that the only practice to be discon- tinued was the building of houses ahead of time "in large blocks for veterans to go into them." Where there was a "genuine application for a small holding there would be no hesitation in granting it." Neither did he say the minimum was to be changed.

In light of all this, it is absurd for admin- istrators of tho Veterans’ Land Act to deny that a promise has been broken and that no under- taking had been given "to settle veterans on land, half on _acro, or I00 acres." All they noed do is read their own literature and to this can bo added the evidence of a soldier member of tho House of Commons, who also happens to bo a Government supporter. In speaking of tho Mackenzie-Howe "arrangement", Mr. Loslio Mutch, Wiiynipeg South, warnod tho Commons:

, "lf tho result is to mako it difficult or im- posoiblo for a veteran who works in tho city, and liho has tho othor qualifications lor a homo iindot tho Small Holdings Act, to obtain that homo, thon I toy tho agroomont will constitute

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which has been given by the counsellors to vot- erans returning from overseas to every district of Canada. I base it on information and ad- vice which l as a member and an employee of the Department of National Defense gave whon I was in the service. I am concerned that this shall not be the case."

Mr. Mutch’s worst fears have since been realized. On Aug. I applications for small holdings totalled I9,500 and as of that date less than 5,000 had been approved. Not con- sidering new applications, these figures givo some indication of the number of veterans dis- criminated against by an arbitrary act of Gov- eminent.

.- EDITORIAL

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Social security may rob the poor for the benefit of the lazy, suggests The Printed Word. Y! ti‘ d‘ >I<

The fundamental nature of daily news- papers in daily life was ‘pointed out recently by Clarence S. Brigham, Director of the American Antiquarian Society, when he said: "No history of a town or city can be written without re- course to its newspapers."

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H. R. H. the Duke of Kent, nephew of the King, born this date I935. After Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose and Prince William Henry of Gloucester, he is heir to thethrone, his late father being the second brother of King George. His mother was formerly Princess Marina, cousin of the King of Greece. His father was killed on active service on August 25, I942.

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Col. Reid has proved his fitness by proc- tical results for his permanent appointment as Supervisor of the Travel Bureau. He is a mas- ter of detail, makes his plans well in advance, ond then sees that, as for as possible, they are carried out to the letter. His Boy Scout and military training taught him the desirability and necessity of the Boy Scout motto ”Be Pre- pared."

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There are fewer than 4,000 Canadian sold- iers remaining in the United Kingdom. To be exacf, the figure is 3,896 as of Sept. 30, I946, and present shipping forecasts indicate that all may be home by the end of November. The Aqui- tania, with space for I400 troops on each trip, is scheduled to make three more lifts on Oct- ober I3 and 2l, and November I9, while the Scythia, Lady Nelson and Letitia (Empire Brent) will also carry smaller groups of troops as well as dependents.

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The ribbon of the new War Medal will def- initely be worn ahead of that of the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. This much-argued question was settled once and for all by an of- ficial ruling handed down by National Defence Headquarters last week. So far, the ribbons of all medals, stars or other decorations take pre- cedence over the C. V. S. M., with or without

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Canada was forced to enter into a bilaterial agreement on wheat with Britain by the world situation, Federal Agriculture Minister Gardiner told the Canadian Club at ‘Winnipeg. "We must have stability and security for the farmers. We will produce 500,000,000 bushels of wheat this year, and of that, Britain will take 160,000,- 000. There is no other market in which we can sell more than 20,000,000,000 bushels and get paid for it."

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In the liquor business as elsewhere, trou- bles seldom come singly. Liquor rations have been cut short in Ontario, and will probably be so also in Quebec, because of the shortage of bottles. A two-alarm fire burned out the three- storey Central Bottle Exchange building on east end St. Catherine Street in Montreal last week, causing damage estimated unofficially at $50,- 000. Ernest Bouthillier, co-proprietor, said the firm was one of the largest bottle cncllGIIgeS in Canada and that the destruction of his plant would add to the already critical bottle short- age. lt now appears that glass can be pro- duced in Canada without soda ash, and a firm in Montreal is busy making window glass to sup- ply the market certified to this effect by a lead- ing chemist.

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The Eastern Chronicle, under the new edi- torship ol Major James M. Cameron, is not sat- isfied with the treatment being meted out to returned men. It says: "Older men who serv- ed in the First W.ar experienced the same treat- ment in the 20's. The second crop of veterans encounter it every day. They see the draft dodger, the self styled industrial expert, the imposter invalid, in gainful and secure employ- ment, the while the veteran pounds the streets ln search of a job with a future. All of tho government's plans and assistance cannot over- come that ultimate snag, the fact that whilo the veteran was in the service, those on civvy street made hay while the sun was shining. Now the days are dull. The bands do not play any more. Yesterday's uniformed hero is just on- other guy in civilian clothes.”

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The fact that the City School Board finds it necessary nowadays to advertise for male teachers, instead of applicants falling over ono another for such positions the moment they hoar of a vacancy, indicates that teaching is no longer recognized as a profession for men- thero not being a living in it for one intending to rnako it his life work. Tho sooner tho auth- orities awaken to the realization of this tho batter. A similar condition arose many years ago in Scotland as a sequel to School Boards, for the sake of sci-called economy, preferring fomalo teachers and thus crowding out young mon who had the necessary ambition’ and abil- ity. Discovering their mistake tho authoritiol thon changed thoFr course, offering good in- ducomonts to young men with tho rosult that ovor alnco thoro has been a fairly plontiful sup- ply. lt should always bo borno in mind that teaching is a profossion just as much as modi-

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Notes BylThe Way

Alody o! lflllvlng l.u O o, aiitrllouuss her tin-newly tn fact. that mo has never boon "both- ered by 3 mm"

The w.r>.'r‘.n. Q. in, crease 1n tine tongue! 301E118 mflln Can you t 1h; cost has been i-ldng sharply than

Peat few years. —\St. Oath l

Standard. “n” Trumps, vagibonds and hoboeo

are to be given tree mic

llflyohl treatment. in Britain, in an attempt, 1o restore thorn to respectability. 1\‘3.!1tI€l'y,

doesn't want to work sounds a little cfl the beam, to is. —P6tea‘bulmrg‘l1 Esarnlner.

Industrial evbco In Canada de- pends Prime-Hy on m: vases. arid reasonable profits. The“ 1n mm

Agreements oin these podrits will be a green. factor tn the prevention o! inflation. A proper reluolon be. tween wages and profits an in securedbyaieosonablg “ ’ m the pert o! monument ma labour- ooward tihese important factors and settling down to lncnoaa pmducfloh m the mtelvst 0t the general con- sumer. -Tcromo m Leader. Whntcve their __ tvror troubles Canadians have only to corisld iihe plight at’ most or the mrld, aside fincrn their: own fortunate continent, to count thermal-ire; for-r, una-te after all. ‘There is fresh cause for thaxilntulness in last weifs crop Emits-innit with nearing completion oorcos Canada. tho results generally are satisfact- o-‘ry despite dear-lines in some and in some areas The W41 West. tern grain crop. In any case 15 generally miuun better than last year. in some areas tlhe beat since 1942. —Sau1i Ste. Marie Stair.

Are you u thief? This may be ari lmperitineut quissfori. But, tlhere are thieves in Smiths Fulls- that is persons who llnd wallets and ration books wlbn hams 0t owners shown, bur. who do not retain-n same. Sllllth is a afmtrrul Memo. Dirirlng the past few we& nov- eml citizens nave reported to the RIEOONA-iNGWS that they have lost wallets and mitten books, tn the town and alt/trough their names were shown or enclosed. tihe tind- eirisdldriot. miunn them Irimmo cases the wallets have been found wtith all tihe contents removed. This is a despicable tack and 1t, ls too bad tihose guilty could not be up. prehended amt hioinsewhlpped. —- smltitis Falls ltecordmews.

A court o! low demands rupoot as such. Those who mow twin: for it are themselves ironteuiptl . Judges are not. under our legal procedures. declared infallible and iihelr- possible errors are in turn subject no appeals to other judges and otiher- nouns. Policemen are not. lntalll-ble either, but; their‘ duties are and those who show hostility toward them; or try to brng them tnco disrmute, are showing hcstxll- ity to the people o! the mmrnunlty whom those policemen rep. . There ts nothing wrong with Carin. den police forces; there is a cod deal yvrong with those who c tm there ls. —'I'he Hamilton Spectator.

A woman educator reports that six tc-ns of dishes are washed each year by the average housewife. This is serious. Not so much the six tons of aches, bur the fact. that. they are being bodied down to hard, un. desirable sitatisrizs which cari Wt- dennine (tie morale of our home loves-i! the liibzlo lady should get to worrying about tnehm. Mm women would rather not. know how many hours out at each year they spend mnrkmtlg, how mans’ miles

_ run the vacuum cleaner, how many but-tons they sew on or how many ilmcs they send Johnny to wash his hands. -Co1gary Albert. an.

An animal cnhed a plotypuo m"ght on the face or things, be expected to rank as what the Trench would call an "original". And there seems iii-lg- reamn to doubt that the three platypimea now be- ing readied In Australia Ina dlip. merit. to the New York Zoological Hark in the Bronx urfe atmarlge creatures of deftnfe originality in make-up. Lt we dared. as non. wologrlst. to take a brief crack at the plaiypus. we would dmcrtbe the James ThWbHJYDe animal as looking like a successful cross be- tmweenl a duck and a For t epaiiypus lsimQg-ay gmnm- mal which builds a home poirt-IY under water, has a bill like a diuok. cats grabs and earthworms and wears fur instead of teacher-a. Duck hunters and murkmt trapper: are going to be surprised when they see n platypirs. -New York Herold Tribune.

The young new vloor of Thorn- ham. England the Rev. Mr. Russ. ell, hoe baits m his beltry. Hap- pily he also ms good healthy, rob. usilous ideas in tzls wmea- story.

whufc to do about the bats. So what dldhediot Dtdhelooktoagirtlt. complexes,

mm mam w mo; h Wltth ainl three notoa to recite- iemus ma wont. lfitefmflfi The m lttgrwh hmh hta hart» a?!“ ti.“ no veAnd‘ ‘Boorotcanlngnlgtit... overdong It, and the beltry 0!

Norm“ v1 j; In purest tone to cot rconolou, ;';;u°*,,,"",",,=, m d“, m‘? nu lay . . . o’ doo n whore ll my

commemoration: when bots irked tho Vlaur o! ‘manl- Dld_he weep? Did he weakly bo- indium "7 0:! "Alook"!

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IIIITISII INCOME TAX 8lr.—.\luy I be per-mitt?! 1% draw

Kingdom with Briton income tax

sltlon is not generally understood? The tax deducted from all for elgn and colonial dlvldends l: re- coverable In lull. and with regard to taxed income from British se- curltler, o claim can be put tor- ward lor a proportion o1’ the usual British allowances and rebates. Claims can now be mode In respect at lneomo received during tlaepast slx years ended 6th April.

Should any of your readers who are interested be in doubt 5: to the procedure neeerrary for obtain- In: the rotunda to which they uro untitled, t! they will wrllo lo mo ot the oddrou given bolow 1 shall be pleased to write them tree ex- pert udvtce and any lurther inter- mistlon they may require. I am, Sir, etc,“ l . IOIII

Moore. Glustonbur T. Somerset, England.

General (Drsborn Famed As Poet And Executive

Poetry written by General A1- bert Orsbom. C. B- IL. Ind set to

“N06 music has been sung around the

world by The Salvation Army. Many o! his works are tn trequent use and several will be rung at the 04th Annual Territorial Con- gress ot the Salvation Anny In Toronto. Oct. l2 to 16. which Gen- eral Orsborn 1s to attend.

The present international lead- er was elected in May last ar successor to General Goalie L Ogrpenlel‘, now retired. General Orsbom ts 1n comma. or Bolvo- tlon Armv work tn oountrtel and colonloo.

e new General ts the author ot more than 250 hymns and conno- When he was in his early teens. zhe urinal-i Wai- Cry offered a it prize for n new song. Albert sub- mitted an entry and did not hear the result tor‘ many ween The editor had been diligently semb- lng soniz books and tiles to make sure that the boy's contribution had not been plagiarized before awarding him the BT11?-

Hl; poetic talent came into (all flower while ho was dotna Idmln- lstrottvo work at This Salvation Army ‘rroinlnst Colleize- For R'- cral Years he COMPOBEd l "W sonir or chorus each week for tho meeting at Clapton 0011811385 Hg. writing but a small

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port o! his activities. The inspir- ational work of evanflellflm m“ the solid labor o1’ administration were his chief concerns. Alter graduation from ‘Pralnlntl College. which he entered 1n 1906 u u youth o! 1o. his tlrst appoint- merits wore tn c0118 W011i ml‘ lowed by o period on the ‘mm- lug College unit. Then. utter I spell c! responsible commends. he W35 given charge ol the 'l‘ral.nln8 College in. 19% as chief Officer m tralnlniz younn men w hem‘ Ottlcers.

1n 199a, General Orsbom wao tippolnbfld chlet secretary M’ 581' vatlon Army work in New Zeal- arid. He was recalled to 0TH! Britain three veers 1m!‘ '0 m" charge at the work In 5000RPM and Ireland. In 1940. he WM named British Commissioner. rc- cponslble for Salvation Amw W0“ throughout the British Isle-s In me m; yggrs, the extensive em- ergency services amonfl "m! and for member! o! the IONB! came under his dlrwlifln- T?" development o! the olilflllfll-ltln m cope with war demands. retreati- merits in shelters. hOlMB i" evacuees. mobile canteens. cloth- ing depots. weltare work tor ser- vlcgm and women were amen! his TOSDOILSIMIHIQB.

General Orsborn‘: (other and mother were Salvatlonlrts. He was born at Motdstone. Kent. while they were aervtnit there- HI! {other lo hurled in Toronto.

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Bllrdr are enohonooru. In the laurel. Knowling mt. malice. opleen or

o . l-low drglly do the sparrows quar- rc . W-ltli floods o! Btlllnalxute! And sweeter notes full. an delicious seem tilled with atllkln‘ 5r ‘the bkblbottnlr ls repetition A little feathered music-box.

The ohlokodoo both guy. ond witty

It‘ round tho new, stronjo hoo-

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attention to the cure rltlrh wash,»- gmm m m, d; subjects resident abroad who are ln (he 30¢- (hg ggbblgf mu. receipt o! ‘c ome I Omlhe United clty. r. ‘ucem explain ma: turkeys

deducted at theuourcc. as the po- “you”

(By The Canadian Prooo) who

tha- kfllod moot Canadian hopes r1 obtaining the trodttonol {or tho mom table, o 0on- survey attuned today.

Wurke-y tar-mere are not- able tor. losuntziuto miles to ma:- producers across the oounfi agreed that all tow! except d: on wfll be in ahoirt ow- ply for rwlt Monchb"! lust.