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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY. MAY 12. 1941.

\‘Vanled: Real Leadership

Th;- Kitrg (iovt-rtitittstirs ltztpltnzztrcl methods Of recruiting inc-n for the fighting serriccs—- methods which are both unfair zmd unsatisfac- lury front the statitipoitit of national tutity'——is the subject of some shrewd ztnalysis by Poliliczrs in the current i<.<tit~ of OTtIfIiVi/tll’ Xiy/zl. Pnlflirtis cites Colonel llxdstnifs recent statemctit that “the time has come" wht-u more ntcn are ticedcd tn the armed services. a statement which \\'.'.ts coupled with an autinttn-cvittcnt that the Govern- ntctit would risk for citi/etis’ committees to be cstztltlishcti in each province to itclp speed up en- ll>lllll'ill. "\\'li_\'." Jt-‘lcs lhlf/Vlifilfl‘. "dom not the (itl\'(‘i'l‘ii’l'l('lll taict- the l‘i.‘<llilll<lllilli_\', put the ques-

tion before Parlintnt-nt. and itrwe the Ilt‘C(‘.-‘Sfll'_\’ menu-tires p.'t.-'.-‘t'tl titan‘? Xothittg else is the fair way’. Social pws-ttrt- on individuals. or extra appcztls to the tin-st pittriotic, ztrc tutfair. . . . 0mg the (inret-iiiii<~iit decides on compulsory

selective national service it will find that the country is atrrrv aitczirl of it in its appreciation of what equal sacrifice tnoans."

Politicians in ('Iit.'t\\':t are fond of saytitig that Quebec won't stand for compulsory selective na- tional service. This attitude, Poiitfcttr maintains. is highly unjust to Quebec. It is not the Quebec people who are averse to conscription; it is their leaders. “If there is a large body of opinion in Quebec that is opposed to service in the armed forces on the democratic basis", he says, "then it is due to those very same politicians who used Quebec as their bread and butter in every election since the Great \\'ar. . It is high- ly unjust for politicians who want to save their political skins to blame their own lack of cour- age today and their faults of twenty-four years on the shoulders of the French-Canadians.”

The implication in this statement is very scr- ious It is to the effect that the Liberal party in Canada under .\fr. Rlackenzie King has con- sistently exploited Quebec sectionalistil since the 13;! “my Todnyv [he Gorcrtimcnt is preaching unity, and is no doubt quite sincerely desirous of obtaining tinity; hut (llSVOiYlS insist on break- Hottse of Com- mons, a Liberal member for a Quebec consti- tuency uttered statements which, had they been made outside the llouse, would have qualified him immediately for a place in an internment camp. They were quite obviously subversive statements. Justice Minister Lapointe was prompt to reply, pointing out that the member in ques- tion did not represent the voice of Quebec. That is certainly true. hilt it is also true that this particular member was elected last year as a supporter of .\Ir. Mackenzie King. How did he win his election? \Vas it on the same subversive campaign as he is now carrying on in Parlia- ment? Mr. Lapointe has not answered that question. But surely it goes to the root of the matter.

To get back again to Polfticus, the "root of the matter” is plainly stated: “A life- time of compromising and playing off one group against another, with always an eye to the next election, has made it extremely difficult for Mr. King to look only to the present single job on hand-winning the. war."

If that be true, then there are obviously two courses for Canada to take. Either get rid of Mackenzie King, or insist that Mr, King undergo a complete change of mental attitude. Which course is easier, it is for Mr. King him- self to decide. There is no indication that he has given the question any consideration whatever.

Criminal Extravagance

Even Mointreal papers are roundly denouncing the criminal extravagance incurred during war- time on the railway terminal in that city. Says the Montreal Gazette:

“Those thousands of people who from day t0 day witness the spending of millions of dollars on Montreal's ltoie-iti-the-grotttid. the httge excava- tion in which a. new C- N. R. terminal is be- ing constructed. will find very interesting, tf somewhat puzzling and tiisttn-bing. the announce- ment from Otfzura that nearly $30,000,000- $29,414,oo0 to be exact —must be turned over to the C. N. R. by the (ioverumcnt in what are described as loans. .'\ huge portion of the C. N. R. debt has been hidden away and ap- pears no longer in the balance sheet of the System. The taxpayer is expected to accept the illusion that the huge sum so secreted is costing him nothing, whereas it is costing just as much as it ever did. The nationally-owned railway may not show an operating deficit this year be- cause it is having its share of the greatly in- creased traffic occasioned by the development of war industries and the movement of troops and war materials, hut it is still unable to finartce without the help of the Government, meaning the taxpayer. True. the mo”? w l” adwmcefl includes nearly $20.00°-°°° ‘Q1’ Cililllfll exlmid" ture and it is explained that this Will increase the 555cm of the C. N. R. It is explained also that lending money for the acquisition 0f Sect-mil"

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and for retiring maturing obligation: will mean no change in the financial position of the Com- pany. Nor will it_ The change will be in the fi- nancial position of the Dominion Government and the same is true of the nineteen millions and more that are to provide the railway with new assets.

“The taxpayer has had e very extensive and extremely painful experience in providing assets for the C. N. R. and he may be excused from wondering why the process has to be continued. Most certainly he will wonder why, if these ad- vances are necessary, the Government should be wasting more millions on the construction of a terminal in the Montreal hole. Without this ter- minal quite enough money could have been saved to cover the loans which Ottawa is to make to the C. N. R. this year. But we must have this hole filled, at whatever cost, war or no war, because the Hon. P- J. A. Cardin, Minister of Public Works in Ottawa, chooses to fulfil a po- iitical promise, a promise made for no other purpose than that of influencing a popular

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fie Sugar Tax i‘

The following excerpt from Hansard report of the House of Commons debates, May 5, re- quires no continent; but it is just as well to have it on the record:

“Mr. Coldweil (C.C.F. leader): “There are other features of the budget which ought to be carefully considered by this House. We object particularly to any increase in indirect taxation, since so large a proportion of our revenue is raised by this tncthoti at the present time, Doubling the tax on sugar is particularly bad. I recollect how fiercely the sugar tax was assailed by the Liberal party when the government of the Right. lion. R. B. Bennett instituted it. At that time it was condcnmcd as a tax on the ne- cessities of the poor and a toil taken on the children's candy. But the Liberal party did not abolish the tax; they reduced it, and now double it for revenue purposes.

“Mr. Ilanson: The Liberal party did not re- ducc the tax; it was the Conservative party. The Liberal party protuiscd to reduce it and has now increased it.

"Mr. Coidweil: My recollection was bad in that respect; I am sorry. I should have known that a prontise might not be fulfilled."

-. EDITORIAL NUIES —

The railways claim traffic was never better for this season of the year than it is at present. Ii i i i Great preparations are being made for the floating of the new \Var Loan. In Ontario the Government expects to raise $15,0oo,o0o—-half of which Toronto must contribute. K ii i Ir Rev. Dr_ D. J. Fraser, t\I.A., B.D., S.T.B., LL. D., D.D., Principu emeritus of the Pres- byterian College, Montreal, has been unanimous- ly nominated by Toronto Presbytery for the Blodcratorship of the next General Assembly. The Doctor is an Islander, brother of Rev. Dr. J. Kicr Fraser, and one of the most distinguish- ed theologians of the day, the author of many articles and works on ethical and religious sub- jects. ~ e w r w

In commending the Minister of Justice for the castigatioti he gave Mr_ Raymond for his tiisioyal speech in the House of Commons, the

Montreal Gazette concludes: “One question only i rernaitts, and the electors of Bcauharnois-Lzn; prairie will have to decide it. Did their represen-i tative speak for them or did he not? If not, the

loyal citizens of the riding should reprimand

him, should do it promptly and in terms that he , will understand. Judging from his performance,’ these terms would have to be very plain indeed

if he is to get their drift."

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What next? A Board of Conciliation is now considering the claim of railway employees for, a war-time bonus increase, this, too, in spite of the fact that Railway operating revenues de-' ciined substantially after 1926-29 and are still well below the level of those years, the result be- ing that the net financial position of the com- panies has been weakened. The cost of living bonus which is being sought would, if granted, place an additional burden of $9,000,000 or thereabouts upon the country each year and it would fall upon classes of the population who are decidedly less well off than are the railway employees themselves.

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Rev. Dan McIvor, M.P., who defeated Hon. Dr. Manirm in his riding, commended the Gov- ernment for sending his late political opponent‘ overseas with the rank of LieuL-Colonel. The reverend M. P. is quite a philosopher, which is| rather unusual among Ottawa politicians. He said he was often asked: “How do we know‘ God is on our side?" He said his reply is: “If is not whether we know that God is on our side. but whether we knew we are on His side; andi we know, by the way we think and act, whether or not we are on His side. To me the only thing that is going to count after we win this war will be a life that is surrendered to the Prince of Peace; and when we have that we will have a

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social order that will have no backfire." a r a a

Florence Nightingale born i820. Stirred by re- ports of the sufferings of the sick and wounded in the Crimea she set out with a staff of thirty- seven nurses, reaching the battle area in time to receive the wounded from Balaklava and, a few days later, 600 from Inkcrman. At one time IO,- ooo mcn were under her charge. She regularly took hcr place in the operating room to hearten the sufferers by her presence and sympathy, and

the wards, lamp in hand. stopping here and there

(loath rate dropped from 42 per cent to 2 per cent. In honour of Florence Nightingale, this tweek is being observed as “League of Mercy week" throughout Canada and it is appropriate that this evening. in St. Patti's Church hall, the tmrscs in training at the P. E. I. Hospital will receive their diplomas.

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

If wages rise. can prices be far be- hind? The American steel industry thlxike not, and it thinks so the more explosively since Leon Hen- derson, iederal Price Administrator, m; issued an order freezing steel prices at levels of m; first. quarter of 1941 notwithstanding the general wage increase Just granted at l0 cent; an hour. The Henderson : order may prove to be only a tem- porary request, designed to preserve the status quo 1n steel prices until the Office of Price Administration can study the situation and deter- mine how much. of an increase is Justified. Mr, Henderson has assur- ed that adjustments will be made prompt] if It. is shown that they should e. Otherwise there may he a court test of the price control powers. Steel men probably would agree that. some margin of added labor cost»; could be absorbed by the t industry through increased effic- ency and in other ways. But. to as- similate at one gulp a rise of 11 to l2 per cent 1n wage costs is a rath- er lerze order. The argument often has been made that. steel profits rise much mere than proporhonate- ly when the rate of steel operations climbs above the mln mum requir- ed to cover overhead. But there also ls a point. at which any increase of production or capacity l5 purchased only at a. rislng ccst. per ton; and steel praduetion at. present 1s ap- proximately 100 per cent of rated gapacltya-Chrlstlan Science Moni-

or.

Many new Industries have been started in Britain by. refugees from German persec n and some of these are now contri uting to the output. of war materials. A number of the refugees secured sites on Government trading estates, the best known of which are the TIE-l forest. Estate 1n South Wales and the Team Valley Estate on 'I‘yne-i side. MoSt. of the ca-pitai has been‘ provided by the refugees themselves t

lslbillty has been discussed of de- tilritd to 0051518 01 a 910001110111 0f Oil-t‘ 11088, come 1n we picked at. random 28 addressee and. wrote them, end so fer from these

know positively of 21 people that are coming who otherwise would not have visited Canada this year. s0 We are expectlny finally clrcu , gousand some odd names sent in

WORDS OF CHALLENGE

A THOUGHT A DA! FOB A PEOPLE AT, WAR

“The dictators. l-Iltler and his little Italian confederate. have broken every law of God and man. They have ored international laws, idea , and they have broken the ten commandments without heel- l nation." — A. . ‘Thompson, Chatzham.

Plastics And War ’

(Hamilton Spectator)

Plastics are very much in N19 limelight Just. now. This week at Hot. Sprngs. Virginia, the Society of Plastics Industry 1e holdtlng its annual meeting, giving special consideration to the place of plast- ics 1n the American defence pro- gram. imon the problems to be debated are e use or plastics 1n ordnance manufactue; the quantity t of scarce metal which might be released from non-military indust-

plastlc nmferla; and the feasibility of using surplus raw materials for the production of plastics o: vari- ous kinds. Here in Canada the pos-

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grain reserves in this way, whfch ls only one of the many suggestions being made hy ingenious people who axe anxious to make a. use- ful. contribution to the war effort: and. it possible. render a, service of national importance.

The po‘nt of view 0f the plastics industry itself is represented he being a blend of anxiety lest. too much be expected and attempted with a. natural eagerness that the

out of funds already in this country tslbuation be exploited to a, proximal-it r brought f om Gs n 1 th t t“ gallon In Canada, and h _ _ o r m“ y n e exmm‘ It is a “Se °I making h” e unheard of Judgment, be near as large as last year.

early days of the Nazi regime, though the interest of an influen- tial city group played an important part. Nearly 100 refugee-controlled undertaking, capitalized at: not less than £500,000, are now es-, tabilshed on the trading estates» and some '15 others are only await- ing an opportunity to make a start. Amon the articles they are manu- factur g —- same of them new to this country - are Gablonze jewelry, .zip fasteners,‘ buttons, Viennese leather goods,‘ knitted wear, silk printing, Turkish

towelllng, and electric batterieslsteel productzionnd it, is assented Some cf the undertakings are nowtthat the steel fndugtrv he; been

l m “xmm °° P“ '°' °"' "“I— increased at-‘tszresswenes of 15s ener- l purchases in that great. country, so _

contributing to the output of war materials. Many of these trans- lanted industries are only in the‘ nltial stages, but. in the aggregate:

they employ at least 10.000 British l used 1n the manufacture of the new

workers. Some estimates put. the figure as high as 30,000, and 1t is believed that. in course of tme, when the capital market reopens. the number of British envplzyes may be increased to 100.000, —Lon- don Times.

All American correspondent re- ports that Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- ‘ velt. met Paderewski ln Flnrlfa a few days ago and dscussed with him the future ot Poianda Poland ls suffering a great; (I581 tnore than any part of France. Germany is Clrfymg out Syfitematlcai-lv almost the greatest crime in htstrry, that of deliberately trying to destroy the entire Polish race by a proc:ss of starvation, stunting of the men and other means. "D0 you t-lmnk", Mrs. Roosevelt asked. "we should send

focd to Poland". “n 1s difficult t. <"°"»'* ‘he "Pr-Wit emrYsrmv- the-v

make a decision concernng my countrymen", Paderewkl repied. and then, after medftafon, he ad- ded; "But. nothing should be done to disturb the British blcckace." Paderewski has given the ans? er to Mr. Hoover's well-sneanlng but mis-, guided plans to feed the eoples who are under Htlcrls rue, and therefore, are his respznsibllity’. — St. Thomas Times-Journal.

Dr. Waike, director nf the Sarg- ent College of Physical Education. ls quite right when he tells hgh s:hoo1 girls that a girl nowadays M10 goes in for phys‘ca1 educat on can not be called a “T:mbny". In fact. the word has been obsolete for a generation because girls wear mcre practical clothes than they did a couple of decades ago. Tney ride. swim. play golf. sall boats, . hockey, and do wel Just about everything‘ the boys do out of dcors. And that is a real stride ahead for the good o1 the race. - Baston Post;

In l recent address Sir Arthur Salter. secretary to the Brlfshi Ministry of Shipping. gave e very vivid description of the tremendous- . 1y‘ significant importance of just cne s 1p. “One single ship can carry to Britain", he explained, "ln one year as much wheat as can be gr'wn ‘ on 30.000 acres. One ship can feed n whole city, or supply e whole d1 l vision. One ehlp can transport, 1n one year. es much lumber as a. for- est of trees that. has taken a gener- ation or more to grow. Ltkew’se| one tanker can transport cargoes of | its: and oil sufficient to help to keep

lthe activities n1’ war in operation." their classes

--Brant.ford Expositor.

Axle heaters, uure of the [rew- ing revulsion end uneasiness ext-lt- ed in this country by their de- predslions, have cheered themselves. by saying over and over that: the United States could not ncss biy interfere in time to affect the cut- eotne. The‘r plan nnw ls to tfs. member the lest democracy 1n Europe. seize control of the seven seas-and setfle dawn to enjoyment of their plunder bs-fore we cm get’ troink. We are not supposed to ar- rive until after the Home ha; bum. ed down. - New York Post.

Britain recently increased the lax on b'cycles amounting to twenty four net-cent, on lefirl prices. Des- t plfe this the demand for the b’c,v- nles is actually incremlng. Perhaps the heavy tax on motor cars rd eeeoline has something to do wlthi it. Another think about bicycles in

Britain. is that manufacturers de-l

suite the war. have tinder-taken oo_ exnort. 1250.000 mechine- N115 year,

—St.. Thomas Times-Journal. l I

Poor svritlne and spelling on the nsri. of pu

at ni ht she would make hcr solitary round of ' is cause for diesavstectlon, of s t

course. es hen been stated er the efine of the Ontario Dducetfion

to speak a kindly word. In a few months the , Asocmqon_ ‘fhey H", however, w,”

lecfs in whic there 1e n tfstlnct. ltmifefon in the possibilities of teechlnlt. To e large extent, writers and soeliers are born and not made. In both subjects of course. im- nrovemente can be brought about. but there ere pupils who seem to he instinctively; and inherently noor in these respects. and no amount of teaching oan make mun exoeL They

plastic goccls, f Up

‘makers must “keen in touch with any iwherebtt plastics might becwne more n

nile 1n Ontario echoolsl "

slowlv. Great as are thought to be. ‘s reoognzed that there is a. limit. beyond which it ls un-wise to proceed. The Am- t erlcan Iron and Steel Intltute. In a recent report. on The Re atiomhlp between Steel and Plastic Materials published as the result. of ‘nvestl- gallons by a committee specially appointed for the purpose. gave out, some interesting information. to the present pblsttlcs have displaced steel in flrflshed products only to the extent of less than one- twe fth of one per cent. of tofal