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Roosevelt Returned

President Iiloosevelt has hem returned M“ more to theghigh office which he has filled in the tltlghbOflllgl Republic with such outstanding success and distinction. Ilis re-election yes- terday was a tremendous personal triumph- also a source of great satisfaction in this coun- try and among all the Allied powers, where his wardeatlersliiy-Iis regarded with the greatest admiration. “llllc the President's defeat would i_ ‘IICCCSSHFIIY have meant any change in the b. S. war policy, the fact of his re-election for a fourth precedent-shattering term means more than that. It means, among other things, the continuance of those intimate relations on the l-art of the Prvsitleiit and the liritish Prime hliiiistt-r which have been of vital iiiiporttiiice in the conduct of the war.

.__._._______ A Serious Situation

me very serious situation facing our potato growers and shippers is revealed in a statement in today's issue from the executives of the lead- ing potato sliitipiiig organizations in the Prov- iiice. As pointed out, potatoes cannot safely be moved now m other than refrigerator cars, and the supply reaching the Island is little more ghan could be used by any large shipper. At

east fifty cars a day should be available, whereas the total iiuiiibvi" brought here over the iveek-eiid “as rcporietily less than one-half of this amount.

\\'e have a right to expect consideration in this matter from the railway authorities. Be- cause rif our peculiar transportation difficulties, we must do the bull: of our shipping before the winter sets in. As pointed out in the statement issued by our shippers, the shortage of cars has become so acute that farmers have even used their cow stables in an effort to protect their potatoes, and until they are moved their stock is suffering for accommodation.

"Unless cars are supplied in large quan- tities before ice conditions interfere with the ferry movements," says the statement, “the dis- aster awaiting the potato growers will be greater by far than that of the spring of i944, the memory of which will not soon be forgot- ten."

But in official quarters, has not this memory already been erased? Have not brazen efforts been made, both at Ottawa and iii this Prov-i ince, to show that our losses incurred last spriii were due to poor crops and not to transgortation shortages? That is the kind of treatment 'we have been subjected to-insult added to injury. It is up to all concerned in our potato industry, and in our farm exports generally, to support the shippers in their pro- test against a repetition of such treatment.

Poppy Day Appeal

Canada has s. system of pensions and a re- habilitation program equal to that of an; coun- try, for veterans of this war and the last. But despite the most careful planning by groups which include veterans themselves, there are occas- ional cases of hardship among veterans and their families which do not fall under any legis- lative act.

It was to meet cases of this kind that the Poppy Day campaign was first organized. Over the years its officers have given assistance and counsel of immense value to thousands of ex- soldiers. They have helped in the finding of suitable employment for disabled and burned- nut men; have aided dependents of soldiers. sailors and airmen in need; have bridged over many a gap when the veteran has been waiting for Government action.

With the present ivar and its consequences, an entire new phase of activity has opened for the Poppy Ila; workers and they are meeting new needs that are daily’ increasing iii volume and importance. They depend for funds on the salc of scarlet poppies which are being sold this week on the streets zziiil iii the stores. Tilt‘ L‘.'ll‘.~‘t' is a worthy one and merits the fullest support of our citizens.

Liberal View tliiiiiiiciitiiig on the shake-tip in the King Cabinet over the manpower situation, the Win- nipeg Free Iircss (Liberal) says:

"\Vhen all this is said, two inescapable facts remain. The first of these, as ivc have already said, is that (faiiada is obligated to maintain a steady and ailcqiiatt- stream of reinforce- nicnts to the front. The other is that the solu- tion now being sought must not be a stop-gap, lclllpflrilr)’ solution. ‘but one which will see us

through to the end of the war and its bloodq

shed. The crisis has come during; a relative lull ——thougli to what extent the Canadian army has shared that lull is unknown-and more bit- fer fighting remains to be done over a period still indeterminate in time. lVliat is settled by the cabinet now should be the final settlement, soundly based upon adequate facts regarding potential manpower requirements. It is not a good thing for the Canadian people at home to have these recurrent fears and alarums about the army. Far more important, it is not good for the army itsclf. _ _ "What the public is interested in is not either General McNaughton or Col. Ralston. It is not whether reinforcements conic from the N.R.M.l\. recruits or from the large number of volunteers now in uniform. But the public

is keenly and vitally concerned in keeping our I'm)’ ldfllllltsly supported with trained men. The Government’: jOl) is to see that this is done promptly and efficiently. The public will ac.

cept the decision as to ways and means, and

Judge the action of General fvlcNaugliton and the Covernment solely by results. The new Minister of Defense is s man deeply honored by army and public slike. He has undertaken new s post of the gravest responsibility, which will take every ounce of wisdom and resolu- tion st his command."

EDITORIAL NUI t)

I, 0'11)’ four more days for us to attain our \ictory 1.0m objective. I U U I Our Tremier is swav onoe more minding his own business ss s farmer, leaving the Gov- ernment to look after itself the best it can without an executive director. s v s s

With the present crisis at Ottawa, deserving, and undeserving, Liberal party supporters are aiixious to know whether official vacancies high and low will be filled before the inevitable crash comes.

O _ The Quebec French press was insistent in its demand that General McNaughton shoull be made the first Canadian Governor-General lll succession to the Earl of Athlone. The Prime Minister has squashed this agitation ef- fectively by precipitating the General into ll“; burly-burly of active politics.

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General i\fcNaughton's problem now seems to be: “What to d-o with the Zombies when he deprives them of living on the fat of the land, many of them obtaining recommendations on a scale which (he says) is quite fantastic." It may be recalled 60 such were sent here to help in the harvest, 50 per cent of whom were sent back

because they found the work too hard. n- u u e

John Milton, poet, died this date I674; his greatest poem, Paradise Lori‘, deals with the Fall of Man, while Paradise Rcgained treats of man's redemption; apart from being a poet, Milton was a militant controversialist; he wrote polemical tirades against Episcopacy, in 164! and I642; in I643 incensed at his first wife's leaving him (he was married three times) he wiotc on 171v Discipline of Divorce,‘ and, the Presbyterians having objected to his heretical views on divorce, he wrote Areapagitira, s plea for the freedom of the Press: “The fickle- ness, which is attributed to us as we are island- ers.

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Children first! On the Third Army front in France, soldiers of the 35th Infantry Division eved a bleak chateau in no man's land and wait- ed for night to fall. There were children iii the h<>use——811 of them, by best reports—and they had to be taken out. After dark the 35th’s volunteer "baby patrol"——-a. French captain, an American officer and ten G.I.'s—slipped across the line, sloshed across 1,000 yards of rain- swept marsh, crept into the house. The infor- mation, they found, was correct. There were 31 of them, the oldest six, the youngest two years old; they were frightened, without sLoes and only half clothed. Each man picked up two toddlers, shepherded a group of the Qldgr moppets, headed back across the marsh. Then there" was trouble. The, nervous Germans heard noises, opened up on the marsh with artillery and mortar fire. The baby patrol did not daivdle: it passed its youngsters across a creek. finally crossed the line and bundled them infO trucks headed for Nancy and proper shelter. The expedition had had rare good luck. No one, soldier or child, yvaslk SO‘l‘llllCll as scratched.

Call-ups fcr compulsory military service are lagging behind quotas set by the Defence De- partment. lVhile no official figures have been made public it is known that the quota of 5.000 men a month, set for the present fiscal year. is not being met. Some relief has been provided by the action of the R.C.A.F. in releasing 4.200 men, most ot whom are expected to go intn ilie army, but it is understood that this will still leave the totals short of the target Col. _l. L. Ralstoii, who has resigned as Defence I\Iinister. set last February. At that time he said that of the 60,000 men the army would require this year 48,000 would be needed for service any- where, the remainder would he used for home defence. While quotas are set by the Defence Department the actual calling is handled by the Labor Department through Selective Service. Iiligible age groups-single men born in the years 1906 to i926 and married men born in the years 191], to 1926—-liave been practically exhausted and the main source of men is those just coming of age for military service.

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Never in Canada's history, as far as the best and longest memory in this capital now can show (writes an Ottawa correspondent) have there been so many empty House seats. An- other feature of this situation is that out of eleven vacancies eightlof them arise from resig- nation — what in peacetime would be regard- ed as an inexplicable phenomenon. It is also to be noted that out of the 11 vacancies eight are for Quebec tidings. In fact, the present strangeness in the House of Commons is shar- ed by only two areas of the Dominion-Quebec and the West, for Rainy River-Kenora, the scat vacated by the death of a Liberal, H. B. McKinnon, is not far from Manitoba, and the other tivo Western vacancies are in Saskatche- wan. One of these was caused by the resig- nation of T. Q. Douglas (wcYbllm) 1° "Wilt the leadership of the C. C. F. party in Sask- atchewan, and eventually to become its premier. The other was caused recently by the-appoint- ment to the bench of Donald McNevin, Lib- eral member for Regina. Six of the Quebec resignations were prompted by the last pro- vincial election; s seventh resignation was that of T. A. Fontaine who was named to the Jud- iciary, and there were two deaths-Eugene llumchcr ($1. James), 1M1 i- A- Plllrifil‘ (Bonaventure) _r, ,,.-~ .

"HE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDlAm

lists: By The Way

A Nul writer-ls reported u saying "the Puehrer ls as good as his word." Well the word has been roved to be absolutely worth- eu. so what of the Mela-er? — Brsntford Expositor.

The newly-installed mayor ei’ nilned Aachen ls described as an "anti-Nazi lawyer." Finding such an incumbent was indeed a feat. It would be very interesting to learn how he managed to svold Nssl flrlns squads and keep out of concept cam during the put. 10 years-Mono n Times.

Norwsy’: greatest lbutlou ta the war ls its merchant fleet. Before the war Norway's uuercham fleet. of 4,834,000 gross tons was the fourth largest. 1n the world, her tanker fleet third. .About flve- slxths, or over 4,000,000 gross tons comprlslng more than 1,000 ships manned by 30,000 seamen was saved and Joined the Allies. —~ Norwegian Bulletin.

Horrible as have been some of the atrocities of this war, lt 1s nevertheless true that there ls nowadays a greater awakening of the human conscience than ever before, and the possibility of tlils eventuutlng 1n greater good for the greater number cannot be overlooked. In spite of all hum- unlty does advance, and humanity wlll survive. - Victoria Colonist.

Listen to our enemies: "We shall ivage war again." Captured German soldiers say it to tlielr captors. It. was broadcast by Ger- man radio to the boys of the H11.- lei Youth working on fortifica- tlons 1n East Prussia: "The time wlll come when we shall aguln be waging war and shall not allow war to be made on us." There is more ln that. than p. cheer-up mes- sage to the boys; there 1s a warn- lng to us. We have to under- stand these Germans. Warneil as we are, we must watch their every move. - London Chronicle.

The proprietor of u hair-dres- sing establishment 1n Belfast told me the other day that tlpplng had been on the Increase since the war. "Before the war," he sald, fan as- sistant was lucky lf lie got. slx or seven shillings a week ln tips, but. now lt. ls qulte common for hlm ta get anything between s. pound and twenty-flve shillings. "The Am- ericans are especially generous." Tipping hns always been ii prob- lem (even the 13.3.0. Brains Trust decided recently that it couldn't be abolished), and it is particular- ly difficult to know how much you should tlp the man who cuts your lialr or shaves you. The average price of a haircut about a stillllng arid I gather that. rnauy men give a slxipence as a tip. That ls 50 per cent,—a rather high rate, lt. wll be admitted. Quite u number of customers, of course, give no tlp at all, and there ls a strong argument 1n favor of such u policy, but. tipping has become the rule. and the majority of men believe that it ensures better ser- vice. - Belfast News Lettcr.

Shortly after the middle of the last. century and for about three decades thereafter the transporta- tion needs of Western Ontario were served largely by what was known as the Great Western Rall- wuy. The Kitchener Record rc- calls. The Encyclopaedla of Can- ada points out. that. this roll line was opened for traffic 1n 1853 be- tween the Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River and Windsor, vla Hamilton and London. In 1873 a line was opened between Fort Erie and Glencoe to meet the competition of the Canada South- ern Railway. Between 185i and 1856 branch lines were built from Harrisburg to Galt, from Hamil- ton to Toronto, from Gall. to Guelph, from Kenoru to Sarnla, and to Petrollu. In 1875 the Great Western absorbed the London and Port Stanley Railway, the Bruce Railway, and the Brantford, Nor- folk and Port Burwell Railway. In 1882 the Great. Western was itself absorbed by the Grant! Trunk, which ln 1919 became a part of the publicly-owned Cun- adlan National Railways System.

A human bite ls sometimes sharper than a serpent/s tooth. A blte m?‘ is hard enough to break the skl , even with prompt. treat- ment, may result ln tin amputa- tion. If treatment ls delayed l2 hours, the chances of amputation

says Dr. Otto C. Hudson of Hemp- stead, L. 1., ln The New York State Journal of Medicine, human bites anywhere on the body are nuicli more dangerous than animal bites (except, of course, those of rabid dogs). Reasons: Human mouths contain very destructive bacteria. When s hand ls "bitten" tuuuallv by an accidental blow against. teeth, rarely by actual biting) treatment is to out. the wound wide open, remove ull tissue injured bv the poisonous teeth, bandage with splints or a oust so the hand cari- not move. To impress laymen and doctors with the necessity for quick treatment Dr. Hudson gave some facts: (l) Of 14 hand bites treated at Massachusetts‘ General Hos- ltal, flve of the seven treated lute ust fingers or parts of them; (2) 0f 14 eases seen by Dr. I-Iudsou himself, none of the eight treated early had amputations. three of the late comers lost fingers, one lost. a hand.

The present war has given rlui to s number of unique clubs such as the "Bhort-Snorters" for At- lantic flyers and the "Boot" Club for airmen who "hoof ft" back af- ter being lost for weeks. One of the strangest. which has been for- med ln Brltaln 1s "The Guinea- Plgs." "The Gulnea-Plizs“ are Royal Alr Force men who have been saved after suffering terrible burns and have spent weeks months or even more than s year 1n hospitals, having their burned hands. faces and bodies built up They have during that time been the subject of innumerable sur- gical experiments. There were llx charter members; now there are nearly 400, and before the war ls ovc‘ hundreds more wlll autu- matlcally become membe . Groups meet foi- dinner from time to time to discuss their problems, but the chief object: ls to glve encourage- ment to members who have not regained their self-confidence, and to inspire them to face the world again. Members becom friends ln adverslt and machinery has been establehed to assist those who can never fully recover nnd hel them to regain s place In civ lun llfe. The club ls founded or. faith and courage. As its ranks are swelled lt. wlll continue to be n source of hope to those who

Lszruggle to overcome cruel lnjur- .-Bt. Thoiuee

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are increased three-fold. In fact, 0°

PIOTEST BE OYSTER LEASING

Bin-I have never had occasion to go to the ress to ask for free- dom and jun lce, but: I take the privilege st this time to tell the electors of Queen's County what has taken place hers. Our r181"! and privileges have been taken from us, and 90 per cent of our population deprived from flshln any oysters ln Pownal Bay an vlclnlt. which ls, sud always wel. s pro uclng area.

Let us see what our wonderful King Government has done tlils mutter, of which Hon. Cyrus MacMlllan and Mr. Lester Dou- glus are our representatives. This whole flshlng area. has been closed tc public fishing, and part of lt. particularly our llve beds, has been given away 1n leases. I called at Mr. J.J. Liirrabees office several times to secure the names of the persons holding these leases. I-Ie sold he had no list. He gave me some of the names, of people ln Charlottetown and Cherry Val- ley, but I know there are other: Can anyone believe that. these peo- ple are going to boost the ciyster industry in the public interest?

Two years ago lust June I took a sample of the oysters from those beds and shoivcd to Mr. Lnrrabee and also to Hon. Cyrus MaeMlllan. I pointed out at the time that if lt vvtis the intention of the De- partment of Flslierles to lease llve oyster beds they would be dolng u. great injustice to the public. Mr. MacMlllan agreed to that and said that lt. was too true. and “I wlll see to lt that justice ls done."

Some months later, just. before the last. local election, I happened to meet Mr. Dougald MucKlnnon on the road leading to this shore. Wlth hlm were two gentlemen whom I have llnce learned are lease holders. He

would like to take out; a lease. He was ll very guilty-looking man, as no doubt he never expected to meet me on that particular road. I told Mr. MucKlnnon I had been to see Hon. Cyrus MacMlllan 1n con- nection with this oyster leasing and I refused to take out any lease of any public fishing beds. I want to tell Mr. Dougald MacKlnnon that lf lie thinks lie can buy my vote for two acres of public fish- lng beds he ls badly mistaken.

I then wrote Hon. Cyrus Mac- Mlllun at. Ottawa, and received an answer" 1n which he stated that “we have a connection with our local Government to lease those shores and I cannot do any- thing about: lt.

I showed tlils letter to Premier J. Walter Jones, and he said he had no connection with the Dom- inlon Government. ln this matter ivltatsoever.

About. a week ago I was suih- moned to court and fined $10 a d costs or slx days ln jall, I mlg it also state that two other men from Mlllvlew who came to the shore to fisli a. few oysters for a blind woman at a very old age, l- so received a summons to court. .5‘_liorll_y' after Mr. J.J. Larrabee ar- rived at. one of their liomes and advised them to pay their fltie and costs and have lt settled out tit court, as lie did not wlsli to have ll go to the press for publication. This ls the first time I have known lvfr. Larrabec to visit any of the eectors since he traded lils seat for a job a few years ago,

I am not going to pay this fin , but I am going to serve the Jul sentence, so that lt. will gr) dgwn l,‘ history and I Will be fighting fet- rights and liberties that have been lllkCIl from us by this wonderfu hing Government, and that will be a renzembrance to many on election day.

I am, Sir, etc, LEO t-nsuonr.