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FRIDAY, Juui 1'1. 1942-

Travellers’ Wartime Functions I

Fe“. “sons not; directly concerned have given ghgughrptq ihe functions of commercial travctllcrs . - - . - ‘ ii in our wartime ew1101")-_ 1m’- gilsuk h}? c; unfortunate. As commercial trav crs _ 3V! ways been identified with sellinggtlliire 15 a" 3P‘ parent conflict bcnvren the" acllvmes and govcnuuengs Wm). of discouraging nomesselous buying u-hich has placed tl1¢111 m 3“ amma

ositiori. The conflict is more apparent than real. as is shown in a well prepared bmf Plesmted P7 the national committee of Canadian CommrrClil-I Travellers, reprcseiiiiiig 40,000 members, t0 th! Ho“ C D. Howe, Minister 0f hlunmfms and Simply-- . .

Few commercial travellers today, it is shown. are “selling” in the accepted sense of that word‘. They are actually engaged in 0116 0r m°fr_° several essential SPYYIC“. Swill l5 ‘nterpretmg government regulations and policies t0 bllye" from one end of the D0mlr1l0n to the other; showing how the life 0f filfimg fllulPment ca“ be prolonged and the need of replacements there. by curtailed; helping comparatively mexperiepg- ed purchasing agents of evpanded plants ‘lfl c proper selection of materials; giving advice 0n suitable alternatives or substitutes where Stfltld" ard materials are not available; aiding and pro- moting the efficiency of ICIZIIICTS,’ etc._ _The_ir greatest contribution, however, is in assisting in the equitable allocation of mcrcharidismQuotas are now the order 0f the day; arid WIIO l! t° 5" that the small rural dealer gets his fair share 0t the available merchandise if _ the COITIIIICTCIRE traveller- docs ml do it? It is argued that 1 travellers are tzikeii off the road, the" ‘VIII be a natural inclination on the part of maflufaflllrt!" go place their goods where the least amount 0f trouble is involved and where the credit rating i5 highest, thus leaving smaller communities at B disadvantage. _ 1

Despite the fact that many commercial trave- lers are dependent for their livelihood oii r512: cars, they rcccivc the same treatment as t0 who iii wartime arc <l1‘1\'1"2_lh@": C375 {Dr Illa?" siire_ TlilS, it is slilflflwtcfh 15 "elm" alum‘ ‘e nor sound economics. i

Plan; for ‘closer cooperation between traggleb: lerg’ a5SOClZtll0f1S rind the Efflverllment are m er miffed in the brief. Incllldmg _ 3- manp v k analysis g§tgblI<lllTlCllII of committees to wor with thdse in charge of national selective service. arid a programme of education, all of which have possibilities that merit careful consideration.

"I Colonel Drew's Charges

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') Colonel Drew has written an outspoken letter Io Prime Minister Mackenzie King on the con. duct of the Hoiig Kong inquiry. Mr. King offer. ed t0 table the lcttcr 1n the HOUR 0f Chm‘ mons, but subsequently decided not t0 ‘d0 5°- Qrrc; again he takes refuge behind the skirt! 0f l government legal advisorr-fl! II 31¢)’ “d "a the government were responsible to the people- The legal advisor in this caSfl W65 011C 0f the commission counsel opposing Colonel Drew at the investigation into the sending and equipping of Canadian troops to Hong K0118- How cQuld 11¢ be expected to take a _ favorable view of the Drew letter? As a prejfltllwd PB-IIY» this gentleman was the last person in the world Mr, King should have consulted. It WOHICI 3P‘ pear that once again party expediency has been given first and foremost consideration.

Public opinion, which forced the Government to drop the friiiizistic IIFHCCCIIIIIKS taken agilirlSt Colonel Drew for his previous outspoken critic- ism, will insist that oplioriiiiiity be given t0 015' cuss his case as outlined in the letter Mr. King refuses to table. Lfillg as the present session has lasted -- since January twenty-second in fact-ll should not llf‘ adjourned lilitll this mat- ter is thrcsiit-d out. 'l'1ic Prime Minister has an- nounced jiiiy 25 as the probable date of ad- jor,,-,,n,¢,,l_ Th3 budget resolutions riow under review cnustitiitv the first business to be com- plclcrl. Aftm- thi-v have been approved, the Ilousv “ill iuiii to coiisiilcriition of the govern- ment hill to pn-mit conscription for overseas service bv 0l'<I<‘l'-lli~(‘()llllCII, The man in the street, uho unis limping to have heard thr- lasi of this llVVlllllHllllllS controversy, will be surprised ti» I‘7Il'll that “arrzmgctiiciits have been made fin‘ furihwr dwiissinii of this measure prior to third wailing." Later, according to the Canadian Press, “some time will be given to iIiscw-i. ;, of tho iTpufl rm the Hung Kong ex- pedition lll‘(‘li.".l'l‘il hv tliii-f ‘IIISIICQ Sir Lyman P. Duff as (Vnmiikdiqvr." In other words, it is intciiilcil to rush the llong Kong debate through at m,» 1,14 minute before adjournment. Such a PTHCCKIIITC will surely not be tolerated.

W y Tires are Scarce

Wlwu ihr- Vuiivil Slates lost access to the riib- ber sourcc. of ilzv Dutch East Indies and ltfalayfl early this your, its total reserves amounted to "MY 450.000- tous. i-Hir-rcns its animal consump- tiliii was 700mm tons Since then it has been riamlwlivd to li'_\" in iu-i-viilv for its nwu war needs lfid also tliosc of the United Nations. An ap-

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predation of these vast reqiiirviiiciiis should noon cullrilstl my civilian why than: is a rubber short- age and \\'l\_v tires have become irreplaceable.

A large battleship must have l5.000 pounds of rubber. Iiach uicditim tank calls for L750 goundo. The bullet-proof fuei tank: of a Flying

omen plane require i,z.iu pounds. Even a p: mask use; almost two pound; of rubber, and a: IP33! ten million of thrsr will be flooded for the American forces alone. .\ domestic stockpile of 450,000 tons could not obviously fill the country's war demands and also serve the needs of civilians not only for motor tires, but garden hose, hot- water bags, golf balls, tennis balls and other numerous articles. The use of rubber for the

production of civilian goods simply had to be 0!

prohibited.

Synthetic rubber plants are under way In the United States, but it takes months to con- struct these, and they will not come into full pro- duction before midsummer of i943. It is possible that 350,000 tons 0f synthetic rubber will be pi-o~ duced there this year. But the prospect is that it will be well on into I944 before the artificial- rubber industry is turning out as much of this vital material as the United States used annually. exclusive of war purposes, prior to the Japanese onslaught upon Pearl Harbour. That volume is placed at 700,000 tons, and the program has been limited to that maximum because the steel and copper that would be required to build larg- er rubber plants is needed more urgently for ships, planes, tanks and guns to help win the war.

That, in brief outline, is the rubber situation as it exists to-day, and there is nothing the aver- age civilian can do about it but accept it as an- other inevitable circumsance of this world strug- gle.

.- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Notwithstanding the lack of rain in many parts of the province, the crops as a rule are promis- "ng.

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In temperance matters the Federal Govern- ment has nicely “passed the buck" to the prov- inces, but only after assuring the Liberal Pre- mier of Ontario that‘ they would do nothing to impair the provincial revenue value of the liquor

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Have we, or have we not responsible govern- rnent at Ottawa? According to the Prime Miri- istcr anybody but the duly elected representatives of the people may decide what the Government should, or should not, do affecting the liberties of the subject and the protection of our army.

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Strong criticism was offered in Parliament of the nature of the C. B. C. Sunday broadcasting programmes, especially in the evening. The diffi- culty is, of course, that many people consider the Sabbath closes at noon, and are quite prepared for a lively time afternoon and evening, which element the C.B.C. is entitled to consider; others need not tune in.

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Isaac Walls. English poet, born this date 1674; famed for his hymns and metrical versions of psalms-e. g. "O God, our help in ages past": "Time, like an ever-rolling stream,

Bears all its sons away,

They fly forgotten as a. dream D165 at the opening day." a n: 1r r

Should you wish to see an ideally happy bunch 0f yOimg manhood, and you have the gas to spare, visit the Boy Scouts at Camp Buchan, where some 80 from all ovcr the Province are un- der carivas. The ‘Rev. S. j. Davies, Alberton, is Camp Director with a competent staff under him. The boys are busyglearmrig by play, a1] day long’ ‘Pdlng the PrOCEedings with the customary camp fire at which speeches are taboo,

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W31‘. or no war, attention must everlastingly be paid t0 vital statistics. Britain's birthrate chmbfll i° 15-1061" 1.000 in the first quarter of I942 the best 5m"? 1931- Iilfflllt mortality was 61 per 1,000, the lowest ever recorded in a first quarter. There also were more marriages than in the corresponding period last year The death T?” 0f 14-3 Per 1,000 compared with 17.5 in the first three months of I941 and with an average of i6 per 1,000 in th: plfcfiilillg‘ five years,

The Germans did not take long to solve the riddle of fish oil in desert wells_ Rather than destroy wells in their withdrawal from Libya, since they could be quickly dug again, British forces poured in fish oil to make unpalatable the few _\V_Elt¢r SPOtS in the desert. But they found on 1681111108 territory in the El Alamein sector that the Germans had quickly re-established the wells, with a special apparatus for extracting the fi;lr OlI, and now Cairo wants to kiioiv the nature 0f

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‘Unless there Ia something approaching total blackout along the shores of the St. Lawrence where enemy submarines are operating it must be obvious to anyone that vessels, however care- fully convoyed, are exposed to very great and altogether needless risk. Is there any such black- out? asks The Gazette, There is evidence to the contrary and if it is wcll founded, as it appears t0_bc._ the most elementary precaution against Shlp—5ll1I(,IflgS is being neglected. According to Mr. Roy _s Statement the most recent losses occur. "d at "lllht. the inference being that the sub- marines he low (luring lhc daylight hours and d) their hunting after dark. 'l'hat limiting is facilitated by a lighted shoreline.

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A lVashington Correspondent says: John Edgar IIOOVEI‘ i! I0 get a Special medal frgm Congress for the work of his bureau in round- ing up the tight Nazi sabotcurs landed from sub. marines. This mark of admiration must have sur- prised _Mr. Hoover who is accustomed to denunciation from Congress, mil decoration, The trial of the eight men proceeds with fantastic sec- rec)" “flit 8111315111.: are the precautions taken for guarding the men. The Government is acting as though it expects an attempt by Germany to resume the men. Armored cars will, machine guns mounted accompany the vans carrying the prisoners. Streets li-iirliug to the Department of justice Building have horn lilnckr-d Qflj And much ncu" construction ivzis thrown up inside the building in the corridors leading to the trial room. Q

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Speaking o! heroines. we think Mrs. Harold Palmer, wife of v.10 lighthouse kseper of SL1 p HEZILIII’, N. 8., deservrs some re omiton. 81c has lived on a small lsl nd for 3B years, brought up a family of {Ive children there and taught them herself tezause tlicre ls m school. And she has list. vslted the mainland fcr the ffst time in ten months. - Brozkville Recirder and cs. .

Twenty of London's giant pas. senger buses will socn be iraling behind tuem miniature a:it.:ra.".it.».- furnaces so that they can run on producer-gas Instead of petrol. 1.1 their million miles a year of imud service the tiven. buss wi.1 sive something like 15,050 galtcns o.‘ oer-rel: and. 1t the whole of the s00 London Transport. buses suiiaoie for conversion are fitted up for the new fuel, deep-sea taniccrs will be relieved of the job of carry rig 7.- 000.000 gallons of petrol a. yesr. But this is only one tum tn Britain's campaign to save pe rs]. Already 1,000 commercial whlcles are burning producer-gas, arid the government rezenty announced plans for 10,090 more vehicles equipped with the systcm, wnicti w ll save 30,000,000 gallons of perol a year. The launching of this great fleet. of vehicles producing trier own n4 is the successful result of continuous reseazch into fuel prob- lems slrwe the war brgan. The first producer-gas unit ivas made by im Englishman durirg the last w r but. subsequent development has been principally in Europe, witere, however, it centered rather upon the charcoal frel to be had tzere rather than-on the coke 0r airh a- ciie used ln Britain. The present success of Britlh ehemlits engineers has iheiefore been achieved from an entirely firs’; start. - By R: art Williamson.

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The villagers o! Fremont, 0111a, wanbed ii new water supply. Tue board of public affars had the couralze to send to the v1 lage of Bradxier for a man who was Ifiluwn is a. water dlvlrier. So the water divine: came, cut. a fozked twig 1mm B 139mb tree and b:gan to 111M011 t0 811d fro over a certain lrea 0f ground. At a particular point. the twig suidezily clipped w- ward the ground, ‘Itiie man ecu. tlfllled hi8 Walks and twice resum- ed to the spot waste the tw'g re- acted and on each oocaslm it be- haved the same way. A member of the board tried the twg without result, but another member ma); hold and he sot the same reaction as the diviner. To; ward were- "P011 60010001 to dig for ivatcr at. that spot and appropriated $1,221 for the purprse of suiklng a 300- foot well. To many peoife the sys- tem of water dlvlnlilg srerrs of a piece w'th spirltualm or 50m? other kind of iiokum, rnd they have no hesitation In scuffing at it. But water divining, or "doivslng" is it is called 1n England. has prov- ed its finuineness over and over again. ere Ls, in fact, a Socltv of Dowsers ln Erigkincl, ccmlrsed 0! men find women who have th's peculiar faculty. Very few people know they osstss it. but many have it wit out knowing, because they have never bren put to test. —Stratforcl Beacon-Herald.

Gardens are important. Lhlg year, If. 15 safe l0 58y thflt more pz-rplz fn Teck Township are giving atte tfon to the vegztable patch Lian ever before. Flowers are p.el,.y

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e1‘ Borden is missing much t. at ls worth while, But, dsspt: that not, potatoes turnips, carros and cab- bage will displace ma..y a fine bloom in 194-2, Far-sg .t;d people are gettlng ready to meet w manner the future may bnng In the way of food shortages. It. goes wlai our saying that there will b2 no IiCK of essential fcoas, but the s m: difficulties of L!‘fl.f1'p.l‘.&'iIUn fiat. will effect coal s ipmcns tiis winter may also affect fxctgiizs bringiiix In foodstuffs f."om south- ern markeus. with that tn mind, l. lot. of people have put, In larclea plots devoted entirely to the ouitl- vation of the huznble spud. the lowly carrot, not to mention the self-assertive onion, me whole family of much needed VCQQJIDIL‘ foods WI'h the family car locked iiP 1:1 a zarage, t.:e e wll be mOIE time to get. out. and enjoy t..:e de- lights of gardening. It Exes witn- ovt wring that many people wiii discover, through the kndly 1::- fluence of a hoe. mat tey have muscles they never drsrm-cd of. It goes without saying that wnLe creating l food reserve many a ‘reek Township gsntleciizq will be able to move his waist-llze up around where it. slicud he; and those of us who have bald spots will get that, white spot sirburiied so it w:n't show up 8s much as tn the past. fii slicrt, some of 11s wli be younger than w: we e, —K1rk- land Lake Norhein News,

ll. la the new hlltz and ll is the old attrition. Stanley Johrs on‘s story of the carrier Lexlnetzn iii the Ooral Sea. deptc‘; war at incre than breath-taking speed. At. 11.18 1-2 the Japanese torpedo planes and dive bcmbers heave into sight. At 11.18 the first torpedo hits the Lexington. Al. 11.32 th: last. Japanese plane pisses out of sight, litter ftve LOTPLCIO h..,-r on our carrier, t-he great, suilrs late his been sealed In fifteen minutes. 'I'nIs Is what. people meant. up to a. wnlla 080 WM“ “My OPO-(e of the blliz timetobe, of me oemenscus n.0- lutfon imposed on our tritriiilng by the change from war at lice out four miles an pour to war at. 6J0 UIIIGA an hour, wlilih is me speed of Acme dlve bouncers. Arid yet. the fact rennin: mat. dye bombers 3o lltrlrmtles an hour but that. the war let loose by Mr. Hitler's dive bombers is now nearing the end of the third year. At the beginning of the war our thinking nad to make such an extraordinary shift from the slow grinding of human flesh In the trenches of tvent-y- five years ago to the bli z of i939- 40 that there seemed nohng in the past to teach us. But. we are nearing the fourth year of the “var and Hitler hlmrelf new krows whit attrition means. - New York Times.

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‘rne significance of me sinklnxs Is not, tutuelv confined to cuscussiou of the merits of publication. Far more important Is the realization that. the enemy Is ODEIBMDR under our very noses and achieviniz some success, Repeated North Atlantic shikiiigs, extending on two occasions deep moo the heart of the St. Law- rence. consucute n. constant peril for United Nations ships and chose wno man mein. ‘loday, with a problem of shipping spaoe becoming of increas- ing concern. even three vessels are of tremendous importance to the overall effort.

AL least. two results should be promptly forthcoming. Canamans should take a clearer and more real- lSLlC view 0t the oerii which con- fronts them and the efforts they must. make to overcome end defeat it. And, as a corollary of this tact. the vrariiiiig of the ivilnister should be taken to heart and riiilcily keDt. particularly by those to whom tn- tormation of this cateizory may come. The enemy may well profit from the disclosure of the success or failure of hlsventitres and the eventful fate oi his own naval units. For once official silence can be con- doned because it is not ignorance or mismanagement which Drombts a Benuine attempt to assist 1n safe- guarding Lhe public welfare and in withholding valuable information from a. constantly-enqufrlnz foe.

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Editorial Comments On Drew Letter

(Globe and, Mall)

Prime Minister King on Tues- day told the House of Commons he would table the Drew letter asked for by C, C. F. Leader Coldwell when the House reconvened on Wednesday.

Yesterday morning 1n the daily b“

newspaper offices of Canada mere was laid down a. ‘MOO-word partial text of the Drew letter Home Kong expedition.

The Drew letter was released to The Canadian Press and the British United f-‘ress.

At 3 oclock Wednesday the Prime Minister announced lablliilr of the letter would be delayed uvtil o'clock after he had consulted wltn Ml‘. Colclwell. _

Al; B o'clock the Prime Minister announced he would not. table the Drew letter because 1t was a viola- t.lon of ‘secrecy.’

Bo we get the next steo In the strange twistlniis to keep hushed the facts on the Hons: K0118 ex- peditton. First. an attempt. was made to shut off Colonel Drew by an iniquitous prosecution. After the Deoole rose in their wrath it. was announced that the prosecution was withdrawn so that. Parliament would debate Hon: Koniz.

Now. when the Drew letter. which every newspaper editor has had a. chance to study, is reiidv to be re- leased for publication the Pfime Minister backs up airfllii.

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g can perform this outrageous act. to keen hidden the essential facts _of Horn: Konir, 1t Is the final step in the death of free- dom 1n Canada.