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llnd Air Force have destroyed two ~sunk more than half the German

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TllE llllAliLllTTEllsnN GUARDIAN

Jlfornlng Dull; (Founded tn I881]

President; ueut. Col. W. Chester S. Mel-Ire Vice-President: J. B. Burnett. iJ-s. Secretary: Ueul. Col. ll. A. Maelttnnon, U.5.0. Edltor and Mauaglrig Ulrector: .I. IL Burnett. FJJ. hssoclnte Editors: liranlr Walker and Lleni. Ian A Barnett, B.U.N.V.tt. (On active servlcei

"The Strongest illemory is Weaker Tlull . the Weakest Ink.’

SATURDAY, MAlfCfl 1944

Refusing Passengers Now

Th.- car fvriy situation Es much worsc than the (l\'-'l‘;l;'l' cilizcn rualizc-s. 'lihc inattcr was Lll$("ll\\l'il hricflv in tho l..v;.;i:-l:lllivc ycstcrdziy wlicn .\lr. llccilh §ill'l)ll;_’ callcd the utlcnlion of thc lfiltllfil‘ oi thc ljnvi-rnnicnl to a statement in 'll1.- Liuardian to thc cffcct that thcy had rc- fliscil to a cpl frl-igln on thc car ferry",

Prciuici" _ll|ll\\ rcplil-il lhzil this was col‘-

before the effect of the bombing affects ithg enemy in the front line of flying.

That is why the raids are diversified. It is an attempt to bomb every part of aircraft man“- facturing facilities in Hunlaud. Every inter- ruption caused the enemy production of sir- craft means an advantage will be felt sooner or later by our airmen in the fighting skies.

Every city nearly sccms to be sharing in the Federal Government's housin scheme except our own. Another $5o0,o0oi1as been allotted by the Federal Government to Montreal and (jucbcc City for the conversion of buildings under the national housing conversion plan to help relieve the housing shortage, Mr. Harold Glover, regional director of the National Hous- ing Administration, statcd at the same time that 15o converted apartments will have been com- plcted under this plan in Montreal and occupied bi- the end of May, and committments have bccu made for a tolal of 45o apartment untis in Montreal and Quebec City to be completed within the next six months. The $500,000 al- loticil to this province is the second half-million dollars granted for the purpose of converting

rccl. Thc situation was icry" ssrions. .\'ot only’ have ihcy rciuscd lrviglll, lac and, hut "they have iclu-cll lo scll ihrough tickets from .\loii- trczll l.) Chariotlciown."

The Estimates

.\ risciuwl for many years was set by the Leg- islalurc in ihi- lviijqlh of limc it sat in commit- luc- on thc listinmlcs lhis neck. 'l‘hcrc were u“, 1133.111: for this‘. (inc was ihat thc listi- inalcs this var arc vcijv confusing and vcry lengthy‘. 'l'hc. wcrc ‘l.\\'u complete scts 0f figures, one covcriug estimated rcvcnile and expcndilurc- up l4) .\l:u'ch 3i of this your, the otlicr-the i 1 c-linnatcs --— ilcxiling" with v- i-nuc and C.\ll('lllllllll'~_: for lhc llL‘.\'L fiscal yczir, April l, 104.; 1,. .\larcl1 3i, 19.45. This gavc scope for a good deal more (llSCllS>l0l1.

liut thc chic-i reason for thc marathon com- mitlcl: scs-iun lasting from 4 o'clock Thurs- day zlftcrnonn innil 5 o'clock Friday morning, ivas that the Liovcrnmcnt nicnibcrs were POOrly schooled in their tasks. The Ministers frequently had to admit that they did not have the information l't‘l|ll("~lL‘(l by the Opposition. Time was w trd -tiil lc>s i-xcnsably in al- tcmpts lo ofu alihis and political cxcuscs for their lack 0f iuforiiuxtioii. Sonic of thc Min- isters, of conr>c_. arc new lo lhcir jobs, and llllll‘ mar nirllow ihcm. lndccd, lhc Provincial '.lil(‘Zl~lZl'(‘|', .\li'. llnglic» who pronmlcrl llll’. ESlllllIlli‘\, ailmiiicil that thcorclicnlly‘ hc should all the qllC>llL7ll5 askcd in connection “ill! b§< own dcpzirtmcnt at least, hut that he found hinzsclf unable to ni_c_a_sure up to lllis stanihiril. llc \\'('ill iurthci‘ and promis- ed to do bctlcr ll(‘.\'l time: an atlitude ivhich might be commciiilcd ln all his collczigucs as the only proper one in such a case.

Forever England

Under the caption "Forevcr England", the

large buildings into small apartment dwellings in .\l0ltll‘€E1l and Quebec. This second grant was made undcr order-in-council dated January 24. The first allotment of $500,000 was grant- ed last August 3o. Cash allotments for similar operations in Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton. lirantford, Vancouver and Victoria had previous- ly been made to the National Housing Adminis- tration.

- EDITORIAL NOTES .-

Who was it fiddled while Rome burned -—

siirely not our Legislature? 4

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The Provincial Government bad not the cour- age to introduced their own Prohibition amend- ment nor the backbone to officially oppose it.

I ll U ‘F

Th5 House of Commons, by formal motion, has invited the United States Congress to send a delegation to visit Parliament. Members hailed the action as without precedent in Par- liament's history.

III‘

The Dionne Quintuplizts and thc Ontario government since soon after their birth May 28, 1934, will be under sole physical guardianship 0f their father, Oliva. under provisipns of a bill introduced in the On- tario Legislature by Attorney-General Black- wcll. However, the Ontario courts will con- tinuc to pass on all cont thc Quiiits and generally handle the financial

survival amazed the medical world. w k k v

The Guardian did an injustice t0 Mr. F. C. Ramsay, First District of Prince, i_n stating that he had voted with his party on the resolu- tion to discontinue Daylight Saving Time in the Legislature. Mr. Ramsay, as the official count shows, voted with the Opposition. His inde- pcndcrice was as commendable as it was rare

New York Times salutes Britain's contribution to victory The occasion is the recent speech by .\lr, Churchill. In reproducing this tribute it should be rcmcnihcrcil that Mr. Churchill

on this occasion. The votes were: Nays: Hon. Messrs. Jones, McGuigan, Hughes, Wright, Campbell, Gallant, Prowse, Messrs. Dennis, Cox. McKinnon, Savillc, Linklctter, Kickham, Cul- lcn, Bernard, Francis. Ayes: Messrs. McKenzie,

included the Canadian .-\ir Force with the Royal Air Force in speaking of the bombing of Ger- many.

“Many murmurs from Russia, some from the Dominions and perhaps even an echo from our own shores undoubtedly impcllcd Mr. Chur- chill in his speech last weck to give the world a reckoning of ivhat the British Isles alone have done in this war. He did not tell it all; he told some of it boestfully. It was the more impres- siv: for that. .

Mr. Churchill igriorctl completely ling- bdi proudest claim to glory, the will to fight 9n when all around her had been beaten down.

"What Mr. Churchill did tell reveals the fiolght of the burden England has carried ever

N. Since the beginning of the war the

oyal Navy, that; is, the flcct of England, has l ninety-five ships of war and 41,000 men, lgroat navy in itself. A fifth of her merchant leemen will not come home. The British Navy enemy navics, U-boats yield- ing prisoners, and 4o per cent of others known to have been sunk. The R.A.F., carrying thc war to Germany, has lost more than the navy, 218,700 mcu and 10.400 planes. The l3rilish Army, recruited from lingkanil, \\'alcs and Scol- land, has fought all over the world, suffering barroiviug defeats yct winning victories that will ring through history. lls ranks have bccn illlllllPll bv \\'.'ll'lill'fl in lllll('l\‘(‘ll scpziratc coun- l|'ll'~ (‘Hlwilicm tin cvcry front its contri- lilllion ha. llkCll far out of proporiioii to thc

Ill‘

H. Strong, Hunter, McGowan, McNeil], Bell, Matheson, E. H. Strong, Ramsay. a a n: n-

The retail merchant is so fundamentally an institution of civilized suQcly, says the Tele- graph-Journal, that few evcr stop to think of his supreme importance in the entire scheme of affairs. So familiar are we with out retail merchants and their services that when one is reminded that they face a man-sized job in pre- paring for post-war conditions, one is inclined to accept it with a mixture of incredulity and pride much as when the same sort of thing is said of one of the family. Nevertheless it is true, basically trite. Many have man-sized jobs ahead; none has a. more vital one than the retail merchant. It may be added that to none may we look with more complete confidence to shoulder that job. The whole record of retailers everywhere and throughout thc ages confirms their ability and high sense 0f public duty.

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The chief of the War bureaucrats Mr. Donald Gordon does not believe in peacetime bureau- crats. “Naturally (he saysfyvartinie controls cannot suddenly bc abandoned but thc process should be steadily in llic direction of lifting them at the first opportunity. It has always been my personal view that controls imposed for meeting the emergency of war should be removed as soon as the reasons which gave rise to lllClll have passed...Thc best hope for re-

pupnlalion 11o lll'ili\i| l>l(':~. \\'hal more can a nai on do to proic ii. Yilllll‘ and lllblllll- ed sa '31‘ _ “linolaurl is pii-p" Flil‘ flll'\"l'_ -,ill lh- l iiairzoli- I [iroduvii .\lr. (l:i:1'\""l. ~l:rl1 ldoi im d. '.'

will . , an our nu n. ' lllllllllll»ll.-.

oi

»-l lo do much more. llcr

l of our own ilrspilc our . \\lll dcal ll('l'lllilll'\', says n- llZ1\L' not vcl lr ‘n

i ~ion vomcs silt! l‘l|1\’ nll lill‘ (inliillidll ('i|li:1l- in i- has l\l<‘.'l'fl'll h"|' all in lupin-y‘, shin. zixol nzcn to thc vomnioii vic- torv. .\ml \'.li<'|\ .1. s: ,l ilic nzu- shall cud, linu- dri-ils oi ihon- I of ornvr» will lii- sulttcrcd in llJlll'('ll‘~.\ s. oi" thc >(‘.'l and ovcr the- furs of lln- ("r1 _ ‘ill, l" I1‘- ninin m bur lii-ooluFs nobll- ]Il!l'.'l~lll_'{ "for- evcr ling-laiiill"

Bmubing An P.\'i'il(1ll:_i hz; ~nrrrl (till ihzn if thc |lri-, is]; and .\llll‘l',l'llll f ‘l'~ bomb the fll“ asst-m- l)l_\' plain ol l Kilfllly ,'lircr.'lfl fnadoi; thc (‘f- fccl of llrlt 12nd i-- foil all llll! front uilhin lwo m ' g lllllll‘ .1»

'13-; .. , ll lnc \ll|\~ bond, bu‘ i V ' fcll nl lllc front]

Iclliblv frictions, flu: (‘f in from llll‘t'(‘ it. fab v . .

If our .'lirlnru bomb n plant lurniiig" oul scmi- finisfv-d part» ' "aivircs from iivi- in lcn “Wk; 3;,- tmkr ilir effort m’ thc raid fch nl thc front.

And, if the L'ni:r.| Nations hit a lhnnp of raw materials, it will hc iron! ten to 25 wcc

ks

' should bl: zibzlntlnncrl, Ill

establishing a souiirLainl hcalthy economy after we lizlvc rid ourselves of the disease of war is to lcave business as frce as possible to develop under its own initiative and responsibility. Mr. Gordon takcs issue with those who argue that Mllllt‘ controls should be permanently retained. llis opinion bring that it is quite impossible to pick and choose in this manner and as soon as possible government regulations of this type IF

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.\ Royal Commission has set out in quest of a solution of (ircat Britain's declining birth ralc. described officially- as “one of the most sombre znixiclics of thc limc." The Commis- sion cxpccl l0 intcrvicw- a representative num- hcr of wlnncn who havc bccn married sincc i018, when thc dcclinc in the birth rate began. More children wcrc born in i042 than in any _v.-ar since 19:3 statistics show, but a. commis- sion mcnxln-i" d this was inst a “wartime dc- vclopmcnl nml is no indication that the real prulilclll llils ll(".‘]| solvcil." "Unless something can bc llfilllf thc situation Will he vcry serious i lo or 5o _\<- " a commission directive slid. "Thi- lllClllll‘ in thc llrilish birthralc is largl-lv ilclihcrali- bcrausc young pcuplc for thc past :5 your.» havi- either (lclihcratrly not had rhEIdrl-n or haw limited lhcii‘ familics to one or two. ll is ihc task of this commission f0 l‘('llll>\'l‘ 1b.;- czuiscs WiIlCll on thc face of it are lzirgclv cconmnic." The commission members include a viscount, a knight. two ivomen of filll‘, out? lionscvvifc, two elderly professors and one historian. y

, wards of the King 00a

racls entered into by m.‘

affairs of the five little sisters whose birth and N

rue cnsizumvrowu GUARDIAN

llotes By The Ev

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Canada's supreme hold ls ll tonal unity. '

Natale’. xyvlfe of the man

time a synonym treachery. boudht. six new coats the other day. Why dtdn‘ she "make do" by turning tier old one? Goodness knows her nus turned him-Toronto Daily Star.

Althonyh forbidden to military secrets, I'll tell you this much-strictly on’ the record, you understand. The invasion. if there is gain? to be any.‘ ls closer today gig!) t was yesterdsy-Sudbury r.

Amos-law's garbage gath- w on ashes-collection day makes a chimney sweep‘; job seem eeasn-Arrvprlm‘ Chronicle. Ilse - craekln, Mickey ey has bean wwopted for ser- vlce in the American Army. Auth- orities in control of our armed forces can s-rnlle with indulgent sympathy at the officers across the llne. He's Windsor Star

_____ If the Russians ever get ls far 1113f. s31 ‘Iawow. ‘we hop; theydwbilil, e 1v on .e ou wor changing its name beck to the more prmi e "Lrmberg." Brockville Recorder and Tim s. Minus both Winn and the tall a plane carrying 14 army personnel was laridied safely tn Australia. It's time to revise “Coming In On = var. - rm-

Goodrlch chemists have chosen the name "Goon" for a group of unique» polyvinyl resins. Goon

derived from "Geo" (the earth.) It was chosen because the basic raw the resins are of min-

. e or vrlcs. paper, foil, is. insulan: wire, make film

. and other products. ‘They combine rubberlike properties with non-lnflarrunabili and re- sistance to oxtdasion and detona- stlon at high temperatures.

A mobile brigade of U. S. farm workers to be used hi unexpectrd his summer is bcing quietly

by Hllflculture chiefs. . 1 be made uP (mostly Ivlrxl-

of foreign workers can) and boys’ iii-cups. and will number 500,000. They'll be rushed

y locality where a. crop is threatened. ' a cam- Dflhm to enlist 3.500000 city folks as farm hands in areas where they will be needmi will start soon. Bus! ness-men. factory workers and ex- ecutires will be told that. it's up to them whether they have enough to eat next year.

The things that can happen to a nciwly fledged 2nd lieutenant! The thkiks that can l cinoom! A wealthy but. hannless young man who axrlved at a Ivfld-

tern Arimlv

Wes post w 1 a new commission and a bride hadn't. been there a. week before he W85 seint for by the commanding offic- er of tho post, a colonel "My wife 211011115 me that your wife has

the Army regulations, course. There la nothing against it in tine . u ..

Articles of Waz. B t lelL-‘Phe New Yorker.

Door prize at. a Brockvllle dance was cords or hardwood The item fails to sav who waltzed ofl‘ with it's-Ottawa. Citizen.

"Mummle, look! They've put neat big lights on in our street!" Clusterl-na in the doorway of thrir little home

lev. in . ‘ i .Tei-ry

(

(threel. and Michael lehzht; gaze upwards at the 4Gitl-watt lamps that havo suddenly lit up their street. They'd seen nothing like it before, at least not that they could rt . What a day it will for British children when they can buy candy without coupons. no to the store and buy oranges and ban- anas. and grapes: haw: currants in their buns. .Yes. the ‘var has hit the chlldre hard. But they are getting ready for The Day; in Mal pas road at dusk that. evening the electricians were trying

street lamps. madv for the mom- ent when Prime Minis-tor Churchill

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o dOinP-ilnndon Oallliig,

The British llouse of Commons. ad _ lie at flasrpiniz the 4 by the horns. has ucmc to grips with no pensive Ferdinand when it, tack s the ouvsdan of wcmens hats. observes The Stratford Boa- con-I-Iercil, Hugh Dalton, chair- man of .1: Board of Trade, when challenged l0 explain the nrlcc and shape of the Latest Spring millin- ery models. promptly Jumped for the nearest fox-hole. A man who coulid undoubtedly stand his around hrough no end of parliamentary orks over partition for Ire- land or the lndoirnndence of India. Mr. Dalton knows when to take cover. Who. indeed. that. wished t0 cnloy the benefits of his social sic- uitty would be so brush as to tempt tn place an arbitrary value upon a wccnanb hat? It can't. be done. A hat may have any one of a. number of values-all of them in tangible. Fbr instance. who can deny the valve of hats as a morale build? On the other hand, there are hats which are noted chiefly for their nuisance value-particu- larly ln the movlcs. Then there are hats that have. shall we sav. a cer- tain "face" value. After all. a woman doesn't buy a hat Just he-

for her that counts. For the hat that catches the eye may be the one that also "catches the any." R5 every mllllnery-consclous knows. l-lavln

"Now. Mr. Dalto moving over?"

A few dgys ago a woman walked barcfooted across the lawn of Gov- ernor Dwight H. Green's official mansion at sorlnqflctd, Illinois, and the guards did not interfere with her. Year, ago when Ell!‘ was a child. Elle used to look a: the lr‘n1 soft, la/wn and wished that she could run he; toes nver it. Re- cently she nn-t the Governor at. n

htrn what her ublldfiood ambltlcn was. He told tier in so into the

live away lo

Lenten lhilltstions _

iron . The London Times

UNIT!

The word "unity" stands for an ideal which‘ has exairclsed a dew

attraction noon birnion tbouzhtand

lria n. Prom an elrlv date 1n the history of Greek phtlosobhv a problem t received the closest lnvstlgatdon was that of the rela- 1 tion between "the one" and "tho many." The notion of unity eemcd to challenge men to take t ser- . It pasnd more and moie clearly from being an idea to helm: on iaoal. without which all thin men wished to achieve must com: snort of perfection.

Yet the attainment of this 1dr: has never moved easy‘. Unity in i State. unity ln an art tlc comm-s

. . xellzlous thmmht am

respects ls something

ese than that which num-

thelr headache. - . r

l8 ‘D

to when s man

foal unity. th figure ne. ieésgnts. Unity via aim seelies i0 B11

. unltv . Whenever such -a tv is emper- lenood. or the is an approach to inanextraar ryseriseofsals- fatlon follows. The grant assur- ance of unity. which justifies man's emotional conviction that life ts

ous owed to the Bible the of their belief. But there ls no tradition. no body or 1a no corporate zrnsp upon the dlvlne unity which can be brought into comparison with that which has its lam 1n ab‘?! Bible. and that plaice a can one. Ufe without ideals would life's ‘eeradeflon. But 1.1m ivondcrs whether. all. his ideals are wounded. not in his own feelings and astflr- atlons. but in the very nature of thinks. It is then that he may flnd hls security in the Biblical revela- tion of aJl his bat ideals already and for ever nnzsent and secured in God. 80 ll’. ls with his ideal of angry“ I-Ie reaches (‘apt towards it. ye. s iii-asp upon becomes sure only as he remembers the one God and Father of all. Whatever unltv creation already shows. with all that is still lo bi achieved and re- vealed. reflects in divers manners apd degrees the unity o! the Ore- n or.

PUBLIC FORUM

Ills ooh-l lo one II ‘OI (Inclusion I] onrnlnlllh er Internet. I'll

nlenrllnndocnn rlnrllyqlorlofie ornflolli

_ fairly w

. . T e not of the story is far too grim to la

be the 0.0

ders: "Put on the l. hts of 1.on- of 1a

REPLY TO JUDGE KENNY

Sin-The letter of Mr. Irv Toombs. 0.0.5‘. Provincial Pre- sid/mt, g in Forum on March 13th should deal

"ell with the one written by Judge MJ. Kenny of Toronto ap-

are. however. a few

points in Judge Kenny's let

ter which call for spzc- Mcliiflnnienti r ' l n m e am no cyrnca enoug believe that. people living far from our province and having little in common with Island farmers ml-ghtn’: take a benevolent, est in our welfarr, I can't help but feel that. the motives behind Judge Kennys letter are nut o! a partic- ularly worthy nature.

Judge Kenny is, apparently, very much concerned over the pos- sibility oil a 0.0.1“. governnuint not allowing: farmers to will their property or turn it over at retire- ment. to whomever they choose. He also suggests the possibility of lands now in possession of rumors be- lna taken over by the stat-s tinder .1“. And he sage from Social Canada to "prove" his often hapipezis when peotp e criticising th

a. pas e text Wslalfil ins.

privately-owned corporations to be cxplotted as they see fit. Nor docs it wish to see a large proportion o.‘ our farms fall into the hands of n1ci may. companies or other con- cerns which lnvest in farm mort- kagcs flflfl ormz about a Iargc a- mcaint of tenant faiminu, as has occurred in the United States. What it does want. is a fair deal for agriculture so the family tann pray become better than ever be- ore. Judge Kenny relern to the 0.01. proposal to nat larzcr industries , slncc agriculture is a laswe try. thn 0.0.1“ will natlonallz too. Here he betrays his limoraaice that ts what it ls-of 0.0.11‘. pollcv to the zreatest extent The lndustrlesthc C.C.I~‘. would mit- lonallz: are large co rations which halve become vlrtaia golies, ermloll: