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Prcnldent: Lteut. Col. W. Chatter B. McLuro Vin-President: J. B. Burnett. FJJ- Secretary: Llcut. Col. D. A. ltholflnnoll. ll-i-gl, ' Editor and Manaillll Director. J. B. Burnett. - - Asltaclate Editors: Prank Walker and LluutJanA. Burnett, R.C.N.V.B. (On Active Service)

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

WEDNESDAY SEPT. 29. 1M3.

Reconstruction Committees

One of the platiks in the 191195 Gm/elnmmt platform was to establish a Ministry of Recon- struction and a tron-partisan committee to‘W°l_‘l\' in conjunction therewith. It is to be hoped it will be as prompt. iit impleiltetttittg this pledge us Ill?- Drew Uorertittteitt has beetnin Ontario, whose policy for revitalizing Ontario agriculture i11- chides the pruYlslOtt of county advisory com- mittees. Ihesc cottttttittees are alftlfltly b91111! Se‘ up, and Wlllltllll regard to party POIitiCS. Hofldlid and manned by lettdittg practical farmers, it lS ex- pected that they will hare good results in boost- ing agriculture produciioit. 'Ihe personnel has been >L'lL‘L‘ll‘<l, llti: l)_\' the (jovertittletit, but by the furthers lll.'lll.\L‘l\'L‘$ lruttt among their owti tnntiltt-r, and llUllllIJl‘ tiitrerittttent itor Legisla- ture ls reptvn-tttetl utl it. _ _

The it.ee>>i1y' for establishing such provlllflill orgzntizzttiotts is explttitictl iii mi fillmflilbln ihe current i: te of the lFiitancial Post, in which the Drew p ll y i.» warntly iitdofsfitl.

“llitli:t'to," says tlte Post, “RIO-St 0f 0111' m“ ganizatioti has been at the lop. There i135 been little lllIlClllllCl'_\' either for carrying "Pltlollifl Plans down to the innit on the land or for taking ti“? laitens tirnlifeitts tt|t to thc ltead of the line. A5 a result there has been both delay and c011‘ fusion." _

'l‘\\*o striking examples are cited in this con-

nection: “For litany months after Ottawa W85 aware of the nod for certain war foods by Great ‘tritaitt, the titan on the land was in the dark as

to what u-zts actually required of hint. Arid. cott- verscly, Ottawa apparctitly‘ did not seem to lif aware of the grave farm labotir shortage until long after the Cfllllllft’ had been stripped bare 0f its young and experienced help." _ Premier jonss can hear testimony to the truth of the latter statement, since his own efforts t0 obtain farm’ labour on reasonable terms through the federal department met with ill success. . If the appointment of provincial fkllartmen‘ and coititnittccs on rCC0llSlftlCll0f'l'\\'lll help mat- ters, no time should be lost in getting them Hod" way, But the “non-partisan" nature of the ap- pointments is most essential to sticcess. 311d 0“? people will expect rigid observance of this H5- sttrance from Premier Jones and his Collt-‘agllfi-

ggripower Muddle

The Legionary, official organ of the Canadian Legion, is severely critical of the Defense De- partment's decision to disband the 7th and 8th

Divisions and partly disband the 6th Division. '~

Few informed people, it says, will disagree with the Government's conclusion that the Divi- sions are no longer needed for the immediate defence of Canadian soil, but to actually demob- ilize at this stage of the war thousands of ac- tion-less soldiers, trained at great fixpellie to the country, is nothing less than a slap in the face to our men overseas. The extraordinary decision must also be puzzling, to say the least, to otir Allies, coming as it does at a moment when it has become quite evident that the firec- est fighting and the heaviest casualties of this war still lie ahead in Europe, not to mention what may be in store for us before Japan is dc- leafed.

lVhat makes Colonel Ralstott’: announcement all the more preposterous is the fact that only a fcw weeks ago his colleague, Major Power, warned the people of the Dominion that the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan would have to be seriously curtailed unless many more men tvcreecnlisted at once. Surely it is a ridicul- ous situation \vhen_ onc dav the Air Minister broadcasts that thousands of men are urflfifltly needed by the Air Force, and the next dav the Army Minister announces that thousands of men are being discharged from the army and sent back to civilian employment.

Under a properly organized plan of National Selective Service. the Legionary contends, a contradiction surlt as this would be impossible. It quotes Mr. Alex. Walker, the Legion Presi- dent: “lt is not itt any’ spirit of smug, self-satis-

ficd Criticisllt that I say that if our Governmeitr_

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had only adopted the plan for Total War which the Legion advocated well over three years ago, and which, under really inspirational leader- ship from all our national and provincial lead- ers our people would undoubtedly have accepted as did the British and American people, our Do- minion's war effort would not be handicapped as it is today by a terrible manpower muddle."

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

Welcome to the Maritime members of the . Canadian Press and directors who hold a meet- ing here today.

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Prime Minister King announces there is lit- tle prospect of a. general election this Fall; let us hope he is not fooling us.

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Twenty-five delegates from French-speaking centres in Canada and U.S.A. met in Quebec City September 2i, for the seventh annual con- vention of La Survivance Francaise en Am- erique. Convention host was Mr. Adrien Pouliof, dean of the Faculty of Science at Laval Uni- versity, and governor of CBC. It is not reported officially who represented this province.

Louis Pasteur, French chemist, died yesterday's date 1895; best known for his work on micro- organisms; showed that alcoholic and ascetic fermentation and putrifaction are caused by living organisms, aitd that when these are killed, or excluded decay is prevented; he opposed the idea of spontaneous generation, and introduced sterilization; the Pasteur Institute, Paris, is his enduring memorial.

w a at u- F rotn no less a person than Winston Churchill comes this advice on what to write to the boys overseas: “Write often, keep the family bonds strong enough to cross the Atlantic, send pic- tures of the faittilyi, neighbors and street. Pic- tures warm the hearts of men away from home. Fill your letters with the homely, everyday happenings that make your soldier know he is still part of the home." I F i i St. Michael aitd All Angels Feast; Michael, {who according to Hebrews, “is like unto God") one of the seven archangels, viz. Michael, Ga- briel, Raphael, Urel, Chamuel, Jophiel, and Zadkiel; according to Daniel he is the guardian prince of Israel, and New Testament references bear out this view of his character and function; he is also, according to the apocalyptic books, the recording angel, the angel of revelation, and even the intercessor for mankind. u at The Bloc Populaire has repeatedly declared that its nationalization policy "was the sole means whereby French-Canadians can recover .their lost riches." Mr. Marie-Louis Beaulieu, a Quebec lawyer, specifically states, ltowever, that the Bloc does not desire to stifle free enter- prise. He said: “It is our intention to allow large industry to remain in the hands of private inter- ests, such as the forest industry." Mr. Edouard Lacroix, M.P., Beauce, principal backer of the Bloc, incidentally became extremely wealthy -— and still derives most, of, his inconie—tlirotiglt exploitation of the so-called forest industry. it u it w

recent election it is interesting to note that a few days before the declaration of war, the French Government revised its electoral sys- tem and adopted what is known as “proportional representation." According to the French sys- tem, pai-ty candidates who poll a certain num- ber of votes during a general election are per- mitted a proportional number of representatives. For example: a party which succeeds in having five members elected, but polls a. total number of votes equal to ten representatives, will be permitted five additional representatives, de- signated by the National Council of the party. U I It! 1*

When Lord Linlithgow remntly took formal farewell as Viceroy of India, General Auchin- lcck entertained the members of the two Houses of the Central Legislature at Delhi at a lunch-

Indian troops, by the cooks from a neighbour- ing Indian unit. Dehydrated goat meat and unpolished rice were two of the more interest- ing dishes. Referring to India's constitutional problems, Lord Linlithgotv said: If there is to be any progress Indian public men, without dc» lay, should start to get together and clear the way for it. The post-war phase is drawing ra- pidly nearer. His Majesty's Government, as you will remember, have voiced the hope that, at the conclusion of the war, Indians themselves may sit round the table and hammer out a con- stitution having the general support of all the principal elements in India's national life.

of race or lanqutmt. Expositor.

ltnn; . t! it n t “m... “in; y‘ lumber bzcame hvtrlfitible ln Van- wlilllg wm-tout. 33 1011mm: n" P". ll "l" V’

couver the mcment the prlce went nearly everyone 11D? VBHCCUVCI‘ PYOVITICG.

Some day, perhaps, the authorities will write an tncometnx law in the English language._l=‘rom the Chic- ago Dally News.

Thousands of Germans have been killed in Russia. 1t‘s their own fault; the Russians were at home minding their own business. —Sher- brooke Record.

- “Painted On Hose for Bummer Cool and Economical," says a wo- man's page headline. But watt tlll winter when the clears try to get their galoshes out of a bottle. — Wlndwr Star

Steel-bladed knives can be cleansed by rubblng with a slice of freshly-cut potato dlpped ln knlfe

wder — if they have been used or flsli they should be stabbed into earth to remove the odor.

A correspondent who ulvlled that the Bey of TunLs "has been llvlrtg quietly with lwentyflva wlvcs" ls naked to check further on hls ln- formallon, _H. V wade ln the ‘letrolt News.

Death ls believed to have ended the career of the perpetrator of the ‘Suitntsh Prison" letter hoax. Now we won't be able to look for- ward to any thrill 1n our mall ex. cept tn the sprltu and Fall, when the mall order catalogs arrive..- Wlndltor Star.

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need of htlnan

handdup_ o, M come” A gm u transforms the property Into a. oom-

P friendly smlle.

on n, berm- yg]gflgngi no; u n Winchester has long been ln need its lllnatured ones-Victoria O0 _n- °i 8W1! fl 59°91 "WWW l" "l!

3|, Wm“, gnaw" h“ . “h. anclal undertaking for this enter- eral party lunch-hour meeting 1n Drill"! club» but W6 ‘"1 “"11"

London that ln

port on aoclal insurance and allied the WW" Wm °°m° 1W5"! "m!

service: be was slgn a complete

annual t, mmmm" m the local 100 cub on lts declsfon

encouragment, t; to purchase the Fair Grounds and

The worm mm; munlty park and recreation centre. convenience of the younger gener- ation. It's going to be a bl¢ fln- betng asked w n. that local and former citizens of

u, d . ome blg fat donations to help the “Quintin: 1,13 fnembers of tho 100 Club raise the

With references to our voting fiasco at the u“

eon prepared from foods supplied as rations to s

be recorded as Canadian, regardless -Brantford

LIBERAL DELEGATION

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Stewart. W12. Hinton of Bummo

tend th ttnll mberal UOXL"

contractor Ind three la rs. We

led to bellcvc M. tho uiberals always sent Farmer do" agate: to their convenuons Elli that. trlps even to Ubera. conven- tlorts could not be made by o!" l"

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REPLY T0 "FARM!!!"

shz- In view of the sellout period our world ls passing throush would it not. be wlse to use our daily paper for instructive roach!!!- ralher than for such childish writ- ur; as "Farmer" used 1n aaglna’ Premier Jones. Even if he dla- appoilnted at; the electlon returns, m htm be sport enough to ubldc by the wishes of the people, and let him and everyone, aaslst 1n every way possible to bring about peace and goodwill ln this war- orn world of ours. I am qultie sure that all sound thinking people must. have a. laugh over such child- ish writings. Cavendish, I under- stand. was once noted for being

lblrth. But, alas! I wonder if the descendents of these wise ancest- ors have fallen from rriwe. I also wonder how farmers can really notice the deep drains lrt the public roads. when bhey allow their own driveways to get lnto sttclra tier- rlble condition. Would it not be wlse for the Jones Government to start their road building prosrnm right on some of those private driveways, but. then they might be chased away, as lt can easily be seen. that anything oi anyone bearln the name of Good Old Liberia must. be the bltterest; of bile ln tjhls mrrnefs estimation. He mentioned those men as being good Samaritans, even being Uon. servatlves, and wondering to whom they would look for their pay. Well. my dieflrntlon of a good BBmBTlIB-fl ls one that. does good deeds, not asklng for anything ln return. And. let me remind Tanner that the willingly glve their time and strength, yes, and even their llves ln defense of theft country, such as the class cf men we have ln our Reserve Army. do not ask for an easy road. let alone an air-cushioned one.

I plan to vlslt Cavendlsh on the first of October, on which date the

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that I will not be dliraprpolnted. as ln previous years, when we found that the crop had been picked by so few. I tmi fully con- vinced tthat t-lte readers of your valuable paper would like u. see a ban out on such useless writing, and would lt not be well for Farm- er to put his time to a further study of the twelfth chapter of Romans. esprcltilly wltere It says, "not to thlntk 0f lfmself more highly than he ought- to think." "Bf not wise ln your own con-

I am. Slr, etc. A MEMIPIR. OF HIS MAJESTYE FORCES.

Not So Sugiry

(Hamilton Spectator) ' An increase in ten mid coffee rations ls expzcted next month, according to a mpcrt from Ottawa. This, when it occurs, will be the second boost lri the availability of these commodities. firm the orlglnal ration of one ounce of tea or four ounces of coffee a wzek. a restriction which we took with soznethlng between a groan and a grin, we have already had our supply increased by one-third. For these benefits we have to than): the seamen luidthe aviators or the United Nallons. and our extra cups of these beverages rrltxlght well be drunk its a toast to em.

Four ounces of coffee bulk larg- er ln many a housewife! eye than one ounce of tea. so there has been a tendency for Canada to become more coffcs-consclous than ever. Ftrom the point cf view of trans- portation this ls to the good. for coffee sources of supply are near- er, “ ,, we noticed the other day a report that the Brltlah Gov- ernment had bought the available world crop of tea. whlch lt will apportion to the needs of the free clvlllzed world.