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MONDAY, AUGUST 14. 108!

With "Equality For All"

Time being an inelastic thing-inexorably confined to twenty-four hours a day—radio is inelastic. Broadcasting, therefore, must properly be considered a monopoly, and a monopoly must primarily be considered a public utility. Only thus can there be equality for all. So runs the thesis of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpor- stion. But, says the Globe and Mail :—

On Thursday, Jan. 26, Right Hon. R. B. Bennett, former Prime Minister, retired Leader of the Conservative Party, broadcast a fare- well to the Canadian people on his departure for England from St, John. Through no faul: of his own Mr. Bennett's brief address ran beyond the scheduled period. He was cut off in the middle of a sentence with suitable apo- logies for the inelasticity of time.

On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Right Hon. W. L. M,;,\cl<enzie King, Prime Minister, addressed his followers over a national network on the twentieth anniversary of his leadership of the Liberal Party. Tlirougli no fault of his own .\'Ir. Kings address ran beyond the scheduled period. The ("PC regular ll o'clock newscast and a. violin recital made way for his half-hour peroration.

A plain case of rank partisan discrimination. What have the radio authorities to say about it?

A Political Micawber

Premier King, says the Sydney Post-Record, (Independent) was his failure at the Toronto banquet to give a national lead by any declaration of policy with respect to any outstanding public issue. This is in line with his whole political record, which has been based on eternal expediency. “In point of per- sonal worth,” says our Sydney contemporary, "Mr. King measures up well with the finest public men this country has produced. As a statesman, however, his record leaves much to be desired and only devout partisanship can warmly admire it. He is probably the only Doin- inion Prime .\linister who has held office since Cbiifeclc-ration for a period of more than a dec- ade without leaving a single monument of con- structive. definite, concrete service to the coun- 'ry. lie is the most cautious» non-committal. zntcllcctually timid man that has ever held the post of Prime Minister of Canada . . . “One is forccd to the conclusion that Premitr King's silence on the question of whether or not there is to be a Dominion election this year is attributable to the fact that he has' not yet made up his mind. But the season is now so far a._dvanced that, unless a decision on the question is reached within the next two or three weeks, I’ 1939 Dominion election shall have to be re- garded as impracticable. Under the existing election law at least 54 days must elapse between the dissolution of Parliament and polling day. It is therefore ‘impossible now that an election can be held earlier than the latter part of Oc- tiber, and polling cannot take place even then unless the writs issue within the next 10 days. Mr. King therefore has already carried his in- decision very close to the danger point. Unless he makes up his mind before the end of this month, an election this year may be ruled out of the political probabilities and all may look for- ward to a fifth session of this Parliament. Everyone knows what that will mean. No Gov- ernment except the wartime Administration led by Sir Robert Borden ever allowd a Parliament to pass into the fifth year of its history without decisive defeat at the polls. It begins to look as if Mr. King regards this Parliament as the last which he is destined to lead, and that he is in no hurry to see its demise."

Characteristic of

Wanted For Window-Dressing

Conflict between the public announcements Issued recently by Premier Mackenzie King Ind I-Ion. Charles A. Dunning, with respect to Mr. Dunning’: future, has been the subject of much comment at Ottawa, says the Financial Post correspondent.

Mr. King's statement left the definite impress- ion that Mr. Dunning would not resign but

- would take as long a holiday as might be neces- ury to recover his health and would then re- sume his work as minister of finance.

Mr. Dunning’s statement, 24 hours later, stated that he had written to his constituency in Prince Edward Island to say that he would not be 1 candidate in the general election; that he was leaving Canada with the single purpose in View of getting well and that he had no future

lens. 9 The inside story, it is learned, is that M_r. King strove very hard to persuade Mr. Dtlmnn not ‘torcsign. He did succeed in having Mr. is- nlttg's resignation made indefinite, to be acted ‘upon when con enietit to’ Mr. King, But Mr. _ab_;tnd§i1tly clear to 'hisi'c‘nlef ‘ slang for re-election nor take _ rt, in; 'tlie_ -campaign shouldtlte alsctipn take i fail will not lie in the next P_|r-' ‘ res that there be: ‘ t :. ‘ crew acting min- fi.lg¥n:mm ‘find ~ 4.

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This would have been most embarrassing and

therefore Mr. Dunning agreed to let the resig- nation stand until a time convenient to Mr. King. In doing so, however, he did not intend to create the impression that he was going to continue in‘ public life—an impression clearly left by Mr. King in his statement. It is quite apparent, says the Post roccespond- Cm. that Mr_ King desires to retain Mr. Dun- ning in the Cabinet on any terms. He would like, if he can do no better, to use Mr. Dunning’s name as window dressing for the campaign. After the election, if his government is returned, he would be able to fill the portfolio without em- barrassment.

Striking Publicity Campaign

A convincing testimonial to the advertising yalue of the newspapers of Canada is the decis- ion of the Life Officers’ Association to carry on, during 1939, the co—operative publicity which has now_ been conducted by the Life Insurance Companies through the medium of the press for the p35! eighteen years. This institutional advertising, prepared and directed by the Mac-' Lean Advertising Company. is being carried during the present season, as in past years, by all the dailies in Canada with A. B. C. standing, as well as by farm papers, the trade journals- and the class A weeklies of the Dominion. These publications have an au.lii<-d circulation ag- greating 3,665,278 copies and are read by prac- tically every literate resident of Canada. Appearing from month to month during sum- mer and fall, the institutional messages will tell a remarkable story of life insurance develop- ment in Canada. Insurance aggregating -the en- ormous total of seven billion dollars is pres- ently in force in this country. Last year ap- proximately $150,000,000 was paid out to bene- ficiaries. A third of the population of the Dom- inion are licy holders, and the investment pos- sibilities in this field are becoming more and more widely appreciated.

— EDITORIAL NOTES -

The Annual Summer Celebration and Exhi- bition begins today. -u is u u The usual Grit game of blufl‘ for election pur- poses is being staged at the Railway Wharf. u t it u

When the Government Party begins holding conventions there is usually something doing in the offing. U Q * # john Galswortliy—-“Tlie Island I’harisees", “The Skin Game”, "The Saint's Progress",- born this date, 1867. u t a: t Further restoration work on Kisimul Castle, stronghold of the Clan ‘,\lacNeil, is being carried out. The walls and the roofing are to be strengthened this year. Kisimul, according to tradition was started in 1035 and is one of the most ancient castles of Scotland. It stands on the Island of Bflrra. and when work is complet- ed on it it will house a clan museum and be used as a guest house. in a n Premier King, says the Globe and Mail, is proud of Canad.-i’s independent status within the British Coninionivcaltli of Nations but not proud enough of the liritisli Commonwealth to declare he will support it with all his might. Not a word in his banquet speech for the valiant effort Britain is making to maintain peace, not a word of encouragement. This was not Laur- ier’s teaching. It It in an Arrangements have just been completed for a regular passenger radiogram service to and from all British airplanes flying across the At- lantic or on Empire routes. The charge for radio telegrams handedinin British Aircraft for delivery in Britain will be I8 cents a word. Later it is expected that it will be possible to send radio telegrams from the ground to the air, and in due course the service will be extended to Empire and Atlantic routes. 0 t u :

Although we are told the Fuehrer is making no headway in South America, we must take that with a grain of salt. A new method of German penetration in merchandizing there is reported now to be imminent. It is declared that Ger- many will undertake to market for international currency, but under close control, the products of the special representatives of tlie Protector- ate of Bohemia-Moravia. Ostcnsibly they will act independently as representatives of the pro- tectorate who are merely vouched for by the German diplomatic service. -Their function will be to promote sales, for international cur- rency, of the products for which Czecho-Slovakia was famous, such as glass, china, novelties, cos- tume jewelry and the munitions products of the Skoda works. Actually, the Czech and Mora- vian exporters will not get the foreign exchange available through these sales. That will go to the Reichsbank, since that is the object of the project. The goods. however, will be handled under an export subsidy so as to make competi- tion virtually impossible.

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The will of the last of the Mayo doctors, Dr. William J., declares his personal property to ex- ceed $xoo.ooo. Exccutors and trustees named are Harry J. Hsrwick, chairman of the Mayo Properties Association: Albert J. Lobl» who last week was appointed a regent of the University of"Minnesotn to succeed Dr. Mayo, and the First National Bank and Trust Company of Minneapolis. The will bequeaths all personal and household goods to the widow, Mrs. Hattie Mayo, with the remainder of the interest in sev- eral life insurance policies, after specified pay- ments to individual beneficiaries, to.go to the Mayo Properties Association. All bond and stock holdings were placed in trust ,for the

estate» was bequeathed to.Mrs. Mayo outright. Upon the death of, tltewldow,‘ the wili_ pro- vided. the principal of the trust is to"be div-

obs ided»: unlly between the two daughters, Mrs. CnrriseqM

ayo Balfour and Mrs. Phoebe Mayo ‘Walters. Dr. "Mi! o_ lltld disposed of part‘ of

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Non Booth oolllq-y diltrlcts thou!!! but with some Anxiety upon the nnnounoesnent. ttututiae llgnltc fields of Normern Ontario will be given commercial dcvelonnent with the support of the Ontario Govern- mfnlu I-llnlte ll to grade of coal much below that producd here and for below anthracite. fro put it into use in the central province W01-lld bell! the contaentlans"’somc- times heard that Nova scoffs. coal l-I “I1-58t181Wl0U and not as good as that imported from Untied stats. But. that would be little belpifsmneofourawnconlwu dimloeed. —- New Glasgow Ne-wp.

'.l'hcllIIacrap,_ peclsiulhc West, though not so good now as they were is while ago in some areas are already taking mcn off relief rolls. In addition to the unemploy- ed ln the West, an average of 200 men from Eastern Canada arrive there each day. The primary ef- fect of 1 good crap on the Prairies is to benefit the farmers. Bul~oniy secondary in interest is the em- ployment. to be provided, directly or indirectly. Men will be given work gamerlng the harvest trans- porting the grain, etc. The money that results from the crop will permeate to the far comers of

les, stores and all fields of industry. It is worth remembering that Lu ployment was never a serious problem in Canada wh:n the west- ern farmets were get‘.-lng good crops and good prices Pcor croft? and poor monetary returns have been concurrent. with unemploy- mcnt throughout the Domlnlon. That. is why all Canadians are hop- ing for a bumper crop ln the West —-Windsor star.

Britain, of course. hrs knuekled under to Japan, this time —- but- what. else was possible? It is im- posible that Britain should risk war with Japan while Germany threat/ens and Russia is unsertaln. —Ott.awg, Journal.

The recent improvement in em- ployment is fairly well spread over L-he different regions. and has also affected the great majority of in- dustries: it is by no means concen- trated upon industries directly af- fected by armament orders. In- deed. by far the ‘argest improve- ment over the past year has been in t-he cottcn industry, which has reduced its unc-mployrmrnt roll by 87,000, as against 28,030 for iron and steel, and less than 17.000 for

engineering, —- New Statesman and Nation. Last month 492 people were

killed as a result of read accidents in Great Britain. This was a drop of 44 on the total for June, 1938, when the figure stood at 536, and of 61 compared wi‘.-‘.1 last May. when the killed numbered 553. It was the lowest. fgure since the March total of 457. The injured, at. 20,619. showed a drop of 16-’). compared with the ltlal of 20.733 in June. 1938. but an increase of 599 on the May figure of 20020. of the total hurl- last l'n’.‘nl.l.l 4.369 were reported to have received ser- ious injuries, compared with 4.591 in June last. Year. A9Cl‘vmiJm.ViY18 the Ministry of Transports month- ly return is a. statement for the six months ended June 30. This shows that on all roads :he killed totalled 2.964. compared with 2.989 in the corresponding six months of 1938, 3. drop of 25. Of the total killed 1.35 were pzdzstralns (de- crease 2): 170 drivzrs of mechan- ically propelled vehicles other than motorcycles (increase 15): 402 motor-cyclists (decrease 19): 80 plllion passengers (increase 17): 598 pedal cyclists (decrease “ii and 319 "other persons" (decrease ll). The six months’ total of mill!‘- ed was l03.l72. a drop of 407- - Manchester Guardian. -

"Heracles," veteran lmlflflll 5,1" ways alr-liner, known as "the Stand old lady of the air." has 1“-it emerged successfully from her eighth annual exaxnlnation for her official certificate of alrworthincm. "I-Ierneles" first came into com- mission in 1931, and has spent over 13,000 hours aloft, nyins a total distance of approximately 1,300.- 000 miles. she has carried more than 100,000 passengers. Examina- tion showed that. there were no major parts that needed renewal- -—‘imperlnl Airways Bulletin.

A wnp ml! fl! in I W’ "l"' dow, sting the driver and cause is wreck. A rat may carry bubonic plague and kill off thousands. and I out may look at a king. All of which is by way of pointing to the somewhat desperate efforts ‘Prem- ier Aberhart. and his Government- aro making to attract attention mug days away from the main point of their total failure to pay the $20 a month dividend promis- od in all and sundry four years ago. We have Social Credit banks being run at B. cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars 3 V65!‘ 0‘-It 01' the public tresi.sury—-but they don't: loan a cent. to the producers of Alberta to help thtm in their rinisnciol problems. We have debt mrudtatlon — but the Gave’!!!-

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Why this should have been. we don't know. Alta’ all. the!’ W930 feasting Mr. King, not waking him.

and it. seems to us (much we may have a. perverse idea of humor) matabitof honeat.mlrhhuidoun- vtvtallty would have helped the oc- oasltm mlsh .

the situation being who be und-erstanable. Never-theies. we couldn't. help thinking btnt A bit of humor and 9. little more restzulnt would have been better.

x x x Tlientlierewastliespeeoliofur. King. Mr. Kings speech wasn't. ex- actly a speech: it. was a litany. It may be pennisslble, of course, on

roll, but why‘ Mr. King should have fumed t-he t lng into is sort. of can- on‘zst.lon ceremony .wli.h A few dubious characters. to say the least. elevated to salnthoodnis beyond us. The “boys", we feel sure. didn‘t. like it. There they were from fat and near. wantrrm to be comforted; to be told the great things Liberals do in the next e‘ee- tion; and all they trot was a story of what a lot of liberals had done twenty or thirty years ago. Instead of rope, they sot b1D8'!'IPl'IY- In- stead of being assured that after next. election a lot of them, would be back in the House of Commons (or pr~*r‘:aps in the Senate)" the’? were told only that a lot. of _izood Liberals of the past. must surely be in Heaven. That would disappoint them. We feel sure, for example. that Mr. Ian Maoxerizle would prefer to feel - ta"n that am: the next. efecuon 9 would still be Mlrisber of Defence than to be merely certain that Mr. Peter Larkin la in Paradise wearing solid gold inozans and with some Tory nausiiinc them. We know how “Chubby" Povve-ruwoud feel about it. And 'J‘mmie 08!- diner. 1-Ionwtly we should haw! ike'l being up In one of the rooms of the Royal York to hear what Inn and Ghu‘:b_v and Jimmie said when the thing was over.

.’,§e’é.i‘. odd in Mr. King's was other ways. We're -not. thinking of what. he didn't say about an elec- tion; it. was his privilege to say nothing. What. we'd like to know. thouvth, is just what Mr. King is thinking of when he uses is passage like this with respect. to the threat of war: “One thing I will not do and C811- -not, b-, persuaded to do is say what. Canada will do in to a situ- ation that may arise at some fut- ure time and under clrcum-stones of which we -now know nothing." What of clrcunistanoes of which we do know somethlnlz? The cir- cumstaric of Poland .far example. Great. Britain has given p‘ledrges to Poland; pledges that are definite and specific. she has said that if Germany violates the lnte-rgrfty and in-fieoeridenoe of Poland. whether t.hrou<z¢h Darizlg or in some other way. she will stand by Poland. Mr. Klnsz knows about that: it oer- talnly earmoi. be is circumstance about which he knows nothing. That. being so. would there be any- thing verv strange or mom in Mr. King cominiz out and saying that. he. stands behind Great. Britain's ylnir that if she has to

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of “co-operation". Wouldn't his pro- fessions have n truer ring he made them n-tore renlistlc? If he came out and said: “Canada will

merely because they are moorings. The development of such a critical attitude is the inescapable respon- sibility of the citizens of a. demo- cracy. —Washln_& Post.

Journal) stand and much with the Hatha- lond ' her.

And It's So__ Simple

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5' lhe traffic signals and t.rn.f- flc lnws——on foot as well as at. the wheel.

When you have to reach. read) for is ladder instead of is chair.

In case of fire. even if it's only s blaze in the waste-basket, always call the fire department.

Be careful in the bat.h.mom; wet. surfaces are slllmery.

Beware of worn or defective elec- tric wiring.

Be careful with gas Jets not in

short. steps. When you're on the stairs, watch your step.

The bigger the rush. the greater the disnger—take Ybur time.

Preach safety to others. today, to- morrow. always. Nothing in all thae that the dumbest. specimen of liumaniy doesnt know .uxen to “When its 165’ or slippery. take snort steps?’ Any animal instlnctvely. “When you're on the stairs. watch your step" scents like assuring I person 1's cold when the ther- mometer indicates twenty below. “Be careful in the bathroom; wet surfaces are ppery." Even the Sat- urday—ulght-only bother knows that. And so on through the list.

But. simple as are the rules, their Ls:-egard what. causes accidents. Every car driver knows the danger that lurks at railway level crosslnglp, yet. at intervals the Board of Ra - way Commissioners for Canada. is- sues is pamphlet conmlniiig is to list, of .. ‘ lug accidents on near-accidents, the result. of cl rght idiocy in taking is ch

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