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Unconditional Surrender

reople ask what the Allies mean by “uncon- ditional surrender." Perhaps one of the news items of United States’ Office of War Infor- mation offers a clue. According to O.W.I., German "tourists" have reappeared in tleutral European countries to “poison the minds of neutrals against the United Nations so that Germany may prepare a springboard for an- othcr try (at \var)." v

Stockholm reports a manual issued by the German High Command which declare; in a pep talk (lesignezl to halt the falling birthrate, “Every stiult boy born in 1943 can become a hmve soldier in 1903."

5dr plans were being made in 1918 by the Prussian militarists long before llitler aroused popular" (iernlzlil enthusiasm for the present war. The Allies didnit deter the Prussians then. But now tht-y- must. 'l‘hcy must hunt down and extirpzlte both Prussian and Nazi leaders. Any softness, any listening to the inevitable cry of "pow Germany” would be inviting another con- flict.

Allied Plane Output

1t is cheering t0 note that during May the American production of aircraft amounted to . about 8,700 planes, most of them combat craft to support the big land invasion of Europe now under w.1_v. This total, the Aircraft Resources Control Office announces, exceeds by about loo planes the May schedule planned by the Aircraft Production Board. In the text of its announcement the Board publishes some striking facts and figures relat- ing to Allied and enemy aircraft production. The output of planes of all types in the United States alone outstrips that of the badly-mauled German industry by a ratio of about 4 to l. Since the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, the statement says, American industry has rolled of a grand total of 171,257 planes with s total air frame weight of 1,430,000,000 pounds. In 1936 Germany, then arming for the war, was making more than 6 planes for every one the United States turned out. But by the beginning of 1942 American production had overtaken and exceeded Germany's. It is estimated that Germany's plane output is now about 75 per cent of her 1942 record of 27,000. That was hcr peak year. \\'ere it not for the bombing her industries have received and are still get- ting, her production would probably be exceed- ing 50,000 a month at the present time.

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Meanwhile Japan's airplane factories arc breaking all past records, and her rate of pro- duction continues to mount steadily. At its peak, however, Japanese production is never ex- pected to be more than I3 per cent 0f the present American output. Japan's present monthly rate is estimated at something between 1,000 and 1,400 [lillllfis a month. But by the time Hitler has been disposed of there will be a mighty aggregation of Allied bomber squadrons and aircraft of all categories to deal with the lurid and fitful menace of the Empire of the Rising Stm.

Feeding Rome's Population

Now that Rome has been liberated, the United Nations are confronted with the problem of taking over the administration of the city and of providing work and food for the population. This is likely to be one of the biggest civilian problems the Allies have had to deal with so far in this war. Rome ordinarily has a popula- tion of some 1.500,000 people, but it is stated that this population has been swollen to 4,500,- 000 by reason of the influx of Italian people who have come in from the invasion areas.

They have no means of support, and how they fared under the Nazis it is not yet known. but with the Allies now in possession 0f the city it becomes their responsibility and it will be no small one from the food standpoint alone. It has been estimated that some 50.000 tons of wheat will be needed every" tnonlh to feed this population and some 1.000 toils of meat. These supplies must be brought from overseas. thus aggravating the shipping situation which while better than it was in the intensive U-boat period, is still a serious one. This is seen in the short- age nl some needed commodities here in Can- ada which come from foreign parts.

So it is that the Italian people who have not yet been able to render any important aid to the Allies will become one of their biggest bur- dens in an economic sense, and thc whole of southern Italy from Rome down with a popula- tion of some 20,000,000 [ieople will become de- petrdents upon the resources of the United \’:1- tions. ll may not he an impossible problem, but it is a big one tievcrtheless and is likely to tax capacity of the civilian atlministration to its ut- most to find a satisfactory and early solution.

Many Promises

The electors of Saskatchewan, who go to the polls on June l5 cannot complain of being over- looked so far as party PFOIIIISES are concerned.

The Liberal platform includes an agricul- tural [nllicy to provide markets at profitable prices. crop insurance. maximum utilization and conservation of soil and moisture and inde- pendent ownership and operation of farms. Also an educational programme providing progressive extension of vocational education facilities par- ticularly in rural areas, old age pension in- creases. ltealth insurance, postwar rural elec-

thcse plants.

March every year.

on later occasions.

trification, housing and irrigation prospects, r and cooperation "in cl practical incomes aim- p

ruins of the church. ovided the oranges.

"ed at achieving

teachers.

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The Progressive Conservative platform c' tains a 12-point agricultural programme design- ed to raise the level of living on farms to a basis comparable with that of urban people 1t includes vocational training, increased farm extension services, electrification, crop insurance, a complete re- ogganization of the province's educational sys- tem, along with higher minimum salaries for extended health services and a reorganization of finance um- policies.

A two-pronged platform designed to appeal to both urban and rural sections is the CCF contribution-to the campaign. The agricultural plank promises to stop foreclosures and evic- pel reduction of debts to s figure at which they "can reasonably be paid at pre- vailing prices of farfl products," and to place a “crop failure" clatlse in all future and agreement of sale.. the party offers regular employment, “ade- quate wages" and the right of collective bargain- ing. It also proposes to set up “a complete sys~ tem of socialized health services with special emphasis on preventive medicine", increased old age pensions and provision of pensions for “the crippled, the deaf and other who are phy- sically handicapped." The Social Credit League proposes mone- tary reform, establishment of a national ac- counting system, and "creation of increased pur- chasingkpower for all." The latter plank is t0 be implemented by the creation of (l) (livid- ends, paid at regular intervals. increasing as the national wealth increases and (2) "a subsidy or adjusted price, on all wanted goods for sale by retailers."

scientific research,

university scholarships,

Lalbour- Progressive Party

_________i__ EDITORIAL NOTES ....

Feast of Corpus Christi, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, its observance was enjoined by the R. C. Church in 1264 in connection with the doctrine of transubstantia-

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Rear Admiral C. E. Rosendahl recommends in the current issue of Colliers construction of at least a dozen dirigibles-each of 10,000,000- cubic-foot capacity, or half again the size of Germany's destroyed Hindenburg-to the United States supremacy in postwar inter- national air commerce. The admiral offers the dirigible (airship) as Uncle San1’s dark-horse entry in the air commerce sweepstakes and tells Colliers Kyle Crichton “I am convinced that the airship is a downright cinch bet for the United States." He reveals that there already has been begun the design of an American air- ° ship of l0,000,000-cubic-foot capacity, which will have not only marked superiority over the Hinrlenbtirg in performance but also the enor- mous safety of American helium. ship is “the one form of oceanic air transporta- tion which no other nation can copy, the one which together with suitable heavier-than-air craft can give U. S. supremacy.”

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Employment of women in the first year af- ter the war is expected to be 58 per cent higher than in 1939 although 17 per cent less than last year when ashortage of men forced wide- spread female employment, The MacLeair Pub- lishing Company's postuvar research department reports. In a survey covering some 2,400 manu- facturing establishments, the department was told that employment of women in 1939 was 11o,559,—25 per cent of total employment in The firms estimated they will need 175,284 women in the first post-war year, or 31 per cent of their total staff requirements of 559,505. The number of women employed in the reporting firms last year \\'as 210,384 and women made up 33 per cent of total work- ing strength. In figures, the anticipated increase of women in the 2,400 reporting plants is ex- pccted to be 64,725 over 1939 and 35.100 less than in 1943.

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'l'\vo years ago a BBC producer who happen- ed to be sketching in the much-bombed church of St. Clement Danes in the Strand, found five farthings there; and as everybody should know, there is something about five farthings in the old nursery rhyme :—

Oranges and lemons,

Say the bells of St. Clement's; You owe rne five farthings, Say‘ the hclls of St. Martin's. . . . On this slightly gimcrack foundation the BBC, abetted by tln- clergy and churclnvardens of two churches, on Friday erected a sort 0f annexe to the ‘.‘Orange and Lemons" observances which froln 1920 to 1940, under the inspiration of the late rector of St. Clement's, the Rev. W. Peltuitigton-Bickford, and his wife, filled the church with happy children on the last day of The new edition was the handing over of the five farthings so providen- tially (llSCOV€l‘C(l in the ruins to the vicar of St. Martin-in-the-ltiicltls; the Rev. l5. Having touched titcm, the vicar gave them back immediately, on the principle of "touch and re- mit", to remain in the safe keeping of St. Cle- ment Danes for ever—-or perhaps for use again The ceremony was broad- cast. Earlier in the day a distribution of oranges —there were, alas. no lemons-—\vas made by the priest in charge, the Rev. P. l). ltllis, rector of St. hlaryh, Alrlermnnburyl. to 26 children from St. Clement Danes School at a service in the The Ministry‘ of Food

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advocates provincial wartime dcbt reform, ltousing, health and education, labor reforms, and a provincial veterans‘ re-establishment policy. festo pledges the party to support “candidates who stand for Saskatchewan unity, the unity of all Canadians and the huiltling up of the new world charted by Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin at the Teheran conference." If Saskatchewan gets even a modicum of the good things promised in the party plat- forms after the election, how ha

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alt-Frequently one been the statement. that ln

grind and passed on by the mullble are another llnk 1n their system of gratuitous mlver . What I have seen suds to tl-Erllvtgdllfoghenghcongluslon. pod I w e ooulmns o your paper to state that; government control ls no manic formula for the extermination of bootleggem. On the contrary, they llve und multiply ln the sections of Cape Brebon with which I am faml . and while government stores close at. cert-sin hours and on certain days. thclr llllclt supply ls always avail- able. Inde-cd. the armament advan- ced by n looul paper recently ln slur-wort at the opening of beer par- lors was the necessity 0f having places where citizens could pur- chase ln-toxlcants at all hours. at standard prices. instead of the ex- orbltnnt rates charged b_v bootlert- gers. I am reliably informed by many residents that these houses exist ln theu- vlclnltv ln large num- ers but. true to form. when ln- criminating evidence l; sought. it is never to be found.

All or‘ this litdioates that govern- ment control is a misnomer. Here. as olseivhere. it ls the liquor ln- terests that control and the boot- leggei- and the government store a- llke contribute to their avowed aim of ‘lnmlllimz the beer-drinking hab- lt mo» thousands. even millions. of the rising generation who, as yet. do notpknow the taste of it’. Until our lBRlSltU-Org are us willing to dare tzolltlcnl death for the future of their countrv as our soldiers are to are physical death on the battle field. this objective of our deadliest enemy-the liquor interests-ls In a fair wav of nchievnment.

The brewers have the blueprint of bost-ivnr Canada and their cho- sen mstrlnnent is so-cnllcd trovcrri- ment control.

Rise uD- beoble of Prince Edward Islan-l and say. "It. shall not h-IFD- ‘Den here."

I rim. Sir. etc. LOUISE (‘Alilrlll-ICK. Glace Bay. Cape Breton, N S. APPRECIATION

Bin-Mr. MacAdamlr recent let- ter ln the Guardian whlch-lvas real- l.v a resume of the various articles which Interested, him ovtt- the pa;- lod of time while he was ill. has Drcmptod me to write you and ulth @890 nvbreciazlon. thank you for the mnny Rood things which are Vrlnted daily. First there lrthat splendid col- umn bv Agricola. I often times wonder lf -\ve Island beonle realize what u JCWCl we have in our midst. A 501101331‘. a scientist. a historian, a hlllllflflst, and a thorough Chri- - Ian gentleman. Ills writing ls on a bar wlth aniv of its kind. ln nv magazines ‘I huveever read across Canada. Wit-h gratlzutle I enjoy this weekly column,

Next, comes the Poets‘ Corner. Those poems just thrill me. They RIB 80 twbrobrlate from clnv to my.

Then comes our own Is. nd ‘Doets. My favorite of late ls Con- stance Heckbert. I value also.

those 13020115 written bv Mrs. Foev. John o; the Lilacs," Mr. Cameron and the late Mrs. Cahlll. Where has ur Mr. F.J MacArthur conch H15 Doelns are especially noon. Mrs. Frank's. work ls superb, but where 1s she this last. whlle buck? I also izreatlv n-nmlre Lucy Gertrude ems

Clnrkins’ no .

Then thorn is the "Woman's Realm", which surely L; mi1@1~_.¢in_ Ithus evenrthlniz that any wcm- ans magazine l1as—uoem.s. house-

“Illsf Ilousn Illll i sun‘

(By Roger Burlingame in the New York Times)

Ou the stops, fn the cornsyl. .

The women wlll soon knit main. ‘

In the wlnuhopl. 1n the bistros.

Hands and yam under the sine burl. . Needles cllcklng ln eharcuterles,

Stitch on ltloh. steady in the dark,

Under the larldgebeuds. by the sewer mouths,

Click and click, u little, even sound

Forgotten lu the rhythm of the planes.

Watch them, Hitler. Watch them. Hlmmlor

I-Iarken warlly, Plerroihvsl . . . The needles clicked before. Widows of bouchers, ”' ’ do taboo,

And little, pour” ‘ c-hourdlng conclerzes, Widows of boutmen. fishers of the Seine; 0f dunghlll farmers, IO!!! to feed the flelfl And grow new grsln for Bohwarbrot from their flesh; Mothers with mllk dried blttter ln thelr breuta

And til-remembering on which nightmare mm

The llps ol Joseph-Marie Jacques turned cold;

They do not mourn tonight; they only knit.

Watch them, Goerlng.

Watch them, Goebbels. -

They do not understand your ‘strength through joy,’ Nor will your fine blockade keep out their yarn. There was such yarn before. sheared from Hench lien; The Bourbons spun lt. but they spun too much

And what was left was gathered ln the dark

To make s. fabric of the Rights of Mon.

There was enough. And there was endless tlme. Time has no meaning ln o woman's mind

When she has ceased her mournlng. closed her heart: Only her hands move then. stitch after stitch.

On the steps, ln the corners,

The women will soon knit again.

In the bistros. high behind the culaae:

Un Clnzano? Elh b‘en, Mbleu, un schnapps? Ca n't‘alt rlen. I have not dropped the stitch, This ls for you, my boche. this little knot.

It ls too weak? So, you will tear lt, then.

As you have torn the baby from my mllkf

Be tranquil, soldier, there are many years, And runny, many knots and endless yarn. Here is another for egallte,

You would not know the meaning of the third. Non. non, my boche. I knit to pass the time And time is longer than the Solssons road.

Come. come. another schnapps, ‘y en a beaucolupu- Non. non, my boche. I rlld not always knit.

I once made shells and once turned bolts for wines. I once made flags and once I sewed the stripes Upon a sergeants sleeves. and even once

I made a man and left hlm by the road, _

A little target for your splendid dlve,

Non. non, monsleur, I did not always knit.

But. I nm knitting now to puss the time.

I know. It tires you to see my hands,

It gives you crlse de nerfs to see them work

So fast: upon my unproductive task.

You'll take it from me? Call the Gestapo?

Be tranquil. then, my boche. for in your world,

In all your total world there are too few,

Too few police or '"“ or machines

To take our little knitting from our hands.

In the lmpasses. under the gas-jets.

On the worn steps. ln the dlm doorways,

In the forgotten culs-de-snc,

Behind the fish piles ln the market stalll.

On the carrot wagons. up and down the Butte, In the lost. shadows of the Sacre Coeur.

In Notre Dame, behind the Madeleine,

The knitting women ply their yarn, click-click, A row of stitches for egallte, ' Ono for the Rights of Man ln total peace. And one for Brotherhood —- the yarn ls there: We sruv them shear the sheep to Irlve us yarn And there ls tlme enough for Llbertr

Watch them, Hitler.

Watch them. Himmler. Watch the knitting women. Watch the women of France. They have not lost their art.

The cllok of the needles ls soft.

It will grow loud ln the dawn of new communes. You cannot tell 1t. then from the spitting of fire.

You cannot tell it then from the bursts of the mltrallleuse!

S. Loveday.

hold hints, humorous articles etc. 0n the sa-me ISIJZC nmbem‘ the neerllecraft and nattem depart- merits-sill blessings to country women.

From time to tlme fine sermons and lectures appear. One article which was a nmsterblece was printed recently. that WlllClh was written bv Tlnney 1n the Interests of the .M 0 . . The “Educational Horizon" ls Drlceless and must indeed prove a oon to teachers all ovrr the Isl- and who ore handicapped for tench. ers’ helps. The "Montlnst Smile" surely ln- vites a motrmnz smlle, while Cap Stubbs and his dear old nmnd- mother are quite irresistible. A stronz character ls Grandma. Bal- ley. not even the shiftv Scrozgins’ Wm but a first one over on her. Now we come to our newest fea- ture.’ Ellen's Diary. Well Ellen, yollre lust tlrnndl You were mean to bum poor James‘ 034p and than 86111-5111? forget. to purchase hlm a. new one!

Now. as one tam‘ lar commen- tator suys—"'l‘hats all". Mv s e reason for writing this Ls to than}; hose who make 1t possible for us w efllqv so manv fine llterarv gifts each day.

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I “m siiiltegc 1112A . . mm. Hunter River, 11in.

BEA-CHANGE Wind-flicked and ruddy her young y glowed

In sunny shallows, splashing them to spray:

But when on rippled silver sand ahe ay,

And over her the little ween waves

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(Ibldly translucent

oolored showed

Her frall young beauty. us lf rapt. away

mom p}: the ll|ht and Insights: of

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‘Do some twlllt, forlorn sen-gods

abode

and moon-

aln Into the sun with happy cry e lcapt alive and sparkling

from the sea. Sprtnkllng white spray against. the h bl sky,

ot 0e A laur-hlng girl . . . and yet, I see her he

Under a deeper tlde eternally In cold moon-colored Immortality.

-Wllfrld Gibson. EARTHQUAKE REPORTED

BATHURST. N.B., June 5 —- 1cm »- An earthquake was felt in this northern New Brunswick town early today. No damage o:- curred and no report. of the shmk

was received from an other com- winks.

Tlittes By The Wat

The man who talks through his hat nll the time usually ends up by having to pass lt around-Fort Erie Tunes-Review.