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THE Clllllt‘ [GTTETOWN GUARDIAN

.\lur11lug Dally (Founded In I387)

PJIKHlPIIIZ Lil-lit. Col. W. Chester 5. lVlcLuro Vii-1- President: J R. Burnett, FJJ. .~'1-rr.-t:11g\: Lit-ut (‘nL l). A. llllu-Klnnnn. 9-5-0- rjilii 1| amt Managing Director. J. R. Burnett, F.J.l. ﬂsS-NWAIU liltlitilrs: Frank Walker and [an A. Burnett

SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Mull m 9.15.1" $4.00 per year: $2.50 for I mvﬂwl $1.25 for 3 months; 50c for one month cm Deliver) $5.00 per vear: $3.00 for G mnntlu $1.75 for 3 mouths; 60c for one Munth. By Mail lll Camilla and U.S.A. 55-09 P" W" saint-slay Weekly: 52.00 per year; $1.00 (or 6 monthl. 50c for 3 month!

The Qtiitrluttvt-tun hllllr-lllltt may bo ﬂllllllﬂPil at

“nutttngw Xl-tis \gl-ru), 'l'inn-~ bqllzlre, Saw bark; llld ﬁnulh News Apt-nay, (orui-r .\lllk untl \\l.\ll|llll|C|""- BIDIIOII; Metropolitan Sena i\ll"l"')'i I24! I'M" M» lluntreul; .1. r111». as: nu.» all Tvromut MW- IMMI- Chuteuu Luurler, Ottnwu; Wolfe‘: New: Bland. Hudbury.

om- lluh Tuhnccu ma“, Ilullvlurl N. B-t Ellen Bolwrtlv"

“The Strongest illemory is Weaker than the “rakes! Ink."

'I'HI'RSI)AY. DECEDIBER l3. I941.

Belated Assurance

It is t0 be liiJllLd that lloit. .\l.r. llowc is rigll-H csscd opinion that tlle car

ln his hciattilly c

fcrrv S'c‘ltl c1" (.n1.)lt)ff1‘fl.7'.'t'll can be Salvage-il- \\"ui- it 1...},- 5,» lon; to obtain tl1is reassuring I llViZH Wtawzt is somewhat difficult

stau-iucut lu tuidcrsiaud. .\1':cr the sinking of the ferry m, Ium- 1g la-t, it was szatcd that the prospects of iefloatitig her ivcre remote, Newspapers all over the MflfllllllﬁS urged that no time slwuld be lost iu $ll1'\'t‘\'illi1' the sizuaiioti, and in obtain- ’ <11 micr if salvaging proved tic-in, having placed the old

int; 2ll10lll.‘l' 111ml " itilpossiblc. Uff.

Prince Edztunl lr/tmtl on the route, seems to have considcrctl this procedure all that was ,,,.,.,.5><_-,n._ rim- [tuztrils of 'l"r;ide took the mat- h-y- up, 21ml llil llli\' l_' lliill. l). i\lCll1l)’l"P., Miuiswr 0E Public Works, went to Montreal

and Ottawa, the "tnain rczison for his visit", ac- cording to our local contemporary, being “t0 urge on the llomitiiou Government [the necess- itv for iuutic-lizttc action to replace the ferry C/lﬂlltll/FIJTUJ ' .\lr. Altllllyfc, it was au- noutlccd, i‘ will consult all the departments in Ottawa which may be able to help in obtaining the resumption of lis service, so important to

our iﬂfllllTS Jlll<l t lu-rincu." i\li'. McIntyre rcturucrl iflilll l "tlwzi ou _lul_v .22, after seeing the hliuister of National Defense (Colonel

Ralston) the Bliuistei" of Transport (Hon. Mr Howe) and the President of the Canadian Na- tional Railwntvs (hlr. lluugcrford, since re- tired). 'l'l1v_v' all assure-l hint that everything possible was bciiit; done tn find I1ll0ll1Cf boat, and that, "at any rate two iccbrcakcrs would be within twelve hours reach of Borden and Tor- mentitle during the coming winter if their ser- viccs are found iicccssaryx" Apparently it was not suggcstctl, either by the federal 0r railway authorities, that there was any hope 0f salvaging the Charlottetown, As Hon. Mr. Wright pointed out to Mr. Ilotve on the present occasion, the assistance of rriicr iccltrcrtlvrrs, even if they were available, would he of little value without fa- cilities for loailinq and tinloading. Subsequently, the new C. N. R. President, Mr. Vaughan, ltated that the situation with regard to the Charlollerozt-n had been looked over by experts, and that it was ilwsuierl “quite impossible" to salvage the steamer.

Mr. Howe, we are glad to note, does not now share this view, whatever opinion h: may have had when Mr. McIntyre visited him. He says no salvaging action has been taken because there was no equipment in Canada capable 0f doing the work. There is, however. such equip- ment in the United States and it will be obtain- ed at the first opportunity; Mr. Howe himself being "fully confident” that the steamer can be floated.

The incredibly long delay in getting even this "assurance from any authoritative source is a sad commentary 0n the ineffectiveness of our rep- resentation at Ottawa.

Nazi Control Of Moroco

Following the Pctain-Goering conference on Vichy-Nazi Collaboration, reports ltave been cir- culated that Vichy has aqrectl to allow the Nazis to garrison French Blorocco. The fact seems to be that the Nazis have long been in control of Morocco. Vaughan Henry, an American news- paperman, who recently made a tour of North Africa, has reported that the Nazis already have an army of 20,000 tl-iere and are virtually in com- plcte control.

Soon after the collapse of France the Nazi! sent a swarm of agents into the country dis- guised as armistice officials, At Casablanca they built a powerful radio station. German soldiers in ever increasing numbers are seen daily scurry- ing around the city, into the air bases and through the coastal batteries at Fart Lyautey, Agadir and in all the other North African ports. German $lll)lll.'tl‘lll\‘< tnakc frcqucitt appearances on the Morocan ocean front where they are scr- viccd and rcfuclcrl. Giant German airliner; and troop carriers have been common sights there for more than a _vear.

More than 1,500 l7uitcd Slalcs built plane-s were dclivcrcrl to Xltirricco and have been taken over by the Nazis. After the fall of Franco, French pilots in considerable numbers flew off t0 Gibraltar. Tibia rcsiillcd in the French air force ltciuq grounded l)\' lb» Nazis. Since then the order has bcou revised, but when Frcuclt planes do go up for coastal patrol they are given only limilcrl zfas sitpplics.

Evading The Issue

,\l’,§.~,,- ill,» llorr ("hut-Ina G. Poitier, says the ‘.\lui1i-;~l <‘ ‘HIP, uitcred strong, brave words 111a 1 . on ib» !1l'\'(l for national selective <t'|'\lt‘<‘. l‘. ivv» tli- m 1st heartening statement we bavr had from any (‘zlbiuct Minister.

Mr. I‘u\v<-r‘s szaliurul of the Government's

llllllflfll)‘ to coiwcript "its may be deemed ne- cessary or cxpcilicitt for sectiriiig the publli safety" was a. direct quotation front Section

'l'tvo of the National Resources Mobilization .\ct of 1940. But when he went nu and drew cheers from the assembly" with tht- words "These powers we propose to use in this ciuurgciicy," the Air Minister slid over a very important point, He omitted to quote Section Three of the same Act, which provides:

“The powers conferred b_v ihc ucxt preceding suction may not be exercised for tllc purpose of requiring persons to scrvc in the lllllllilf)’. naval or air forces outside of Catladzt and the terri- torial waters thereof.”

How, asks the Gazelle, can I\lr. Power cou- ll'll(l that a Government tlills hobbltd has “the fullest authority and jursidiction t0 bring about national selective service"? How can he an-

nounce plans t0 mobilize manpower "so that there shall be no chink in thr- ariuor of thc democratic front"? Last wet-k the .\l:1_vor of

Victoria anilouuccd that the laps wcre in the Aleutian Islands, that string of little dots on the map between the Alaska Peninsula and the In- ternational Date Line in mid-Pacific. Last spring and stuiimcr there wcrc numcrntis re- ports of (icruiau submarine stations 011 the coast of Greenland. and evcn secret ltideaways on the wild north shore of Newfoundland. None of these stories has been confirmed, but none is unlikely; were any of thcm to prove true, Can- ada could not scud a couscript force against the cncmy under the law as it stands. Were the State of \Vasl1iiigt0i1 to be attacked, Canadian conscript units would have to watch the battle from the ititcrtiational border.

But though these arguments are valid, they evade the real issue. The real issue lies in the question “Where is Canada's front line?" and the answer can only be “Wherever the common enemy is to be found."

:- EDIIURIAL NUlIiS -

To all intents and purposes, Sunday to many licre will be all the Christmas observed. ll‘ >l< I11 days of old it look a puny David with his sling to slay Goliath; today it takes a giant D011-

ald with his ceilings. 1F i

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Today the Provincial Premiers and Federal Goveruincut mcct at Ottawa to endeavour to iron out their financial differences.

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“The Boston Tea Party" this date I773; in the height of the agitation zintccedcut to the Am- Qfica" rcvollllitiii, :1 party oi lltisloili. l5, (liS- guised as llltllllllS boardctl ccrlaiit ships laden with tea, and threw 350 chests into the harbour; this “tea party" has been celebrated in song by Oliver Wendell llolmcs; in rctaliaticit the home govcrumcnt ilcclarctl tlic port closed:

“Man wants but little licrc lx-liiu‘,

But wants that little strong." Ii IF i‘ I

Legislation to require the registration of all men from l8 to 64, iucltisivc, with :1 view of malciitg those from l9 to 44, inclusive liuble for military training and service has been introduced in the U. S. Congress. At selective service head- quarters, it was estimated that there are about 40,000,000 mcu bcttvccu 1S and (14. Officials calculated that tlicre are 253300.000 ill Illt’ 19'-l~l age group, including the approximately 17,000,- OOO already registered under the present selective service act applying t0 those aged 21-35.

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Mr. Walter S. Thoinpsoit the well known and highly esteemed director of publicity for Canari- iau National Railways, has bccu appointed di- rector of public relations, it is announced by Mr. R. C. Vatighan, president. The appointment was effective Dccctnbcr l. lu making lhc announce- iucnt, Mr. Yaugllait said that .\lr. 'l‘l10tnp- sou would “continue t0 have jurisditxiou over the general publicity and advertising of all cle- partments of the system, in addition to other duties assigned to him.” The ZtPIIOlIllHlCIlC is a popular one with newspaper mcu_

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One of rulings of the National War Labour Board commands wide interest, for it applies to the much-discussed and very ivclcome Christmas bonus. The board states that Christmas bonuses to employees are pcrnlissible this vcar provided they are in accordance ivith established practice. This ruling is not new. It was a. principle laid down by the Labor Minister at the time the wage ceiling was set tip, but the board uatv emphasizes that the inauguration of any ucw policy in this respect is prohibited “titilcss it is a monetary Christmas bonus in an amount not in excess of $25, and is not charged as an expense for tax

purposes . "

Willi

Magistrate J. R. Gilleu, of Bratilfortl, savs the Pctcrborough Examiner, is putting the pres- sure on car drivers, drunk and careless. The first one up was found guilty of coming through a stop sign and hitting another car. Ten clays in jail and his license to drive suspended for three years. Another drunk driver came from Hamil- ton. He goes to jail for seven days, his car is impounded for three months and his license to drive it has been lifted for three years. The third man was fined $35 for reckless driving. A few sessions of that sort and drivers who stiil think they can drink and drive may revise their estimate. Admittedly that is cracking do\vn rather hard, says our contemporary, but those who per- sist in drunk driving "have been sticking the chin out a long way asking for it."

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In llfotitreal there has already been a whole list of complaints about disregard of the prices ceiling. A number of complaints of increased rates for latinrlry service featured coitsumer re- ports of‘ alleged violations of the new price ccil- iug made to the “lartime Prices and Trade Board and to the Better Business llurcaii. Laundcring and cleaning are among tlic scr- vices for which ralcs are frozen at the maxi- tutim chargcil during the price control basic per- iod, September t5 lo October II. ln some cases, complaints said tlic charges had been raised for genera‘. laundering or for particular types nf yvork: In others, it was alleged that so-callc-tl ‘service charges" bad ltccn lacked on to regular rates. Steps ltavc bccti tall-cu to probe the com- plaints and to consult with the services ad- ministrator of the Prices Board, Mr. James Stewart of 'l‘oro11to_.,

NOTES BY TllE WAY

Scarcity of cups-owing to labor shortage and the rest. of lt-- has ted cne Glasgow restaurant owner to order a ccasigntnent of tln mugs ti) eke out the crcckery. In an- other restaurant a waitress Cﬂlhld- ed that the service was slow be- cause she had to follow up the cups from her table to the dish- washer to see that they did not get snatched for a rlvalLs table. - Glasgaw Herald.

War or nu war, America's march of progress gees forward. A butti- ing suit ununufncturei- tells _M111e- apolitans that. sults me going to be shorter than ever next year -— carrylng on an observable trend. Sing 11o for the knee-length affair in the attic-trunk that Aunt Cynthia laltl aside when she want- ed to keep up with the times. We've seen fomifittlng lastlex come 111, and abbreviated giwments whose staying on seemed nothing short of phenomenal. We've held our breath as the mild-riff made its appearance. And now SllllS are going to be still more “brief and strcamlizied "

es to show what. it nation, mak-

g sacriﬁces, can get. along with- out. if it has Minneapolis Star Journal.

In an official survey of work be- ing done on behalf of New Zealand prisoners of war, an approximate total of names now on record ll gtven—3,230. Nothing could illus- trate more vividly the change which has come over military operations that. the cont-rust oe- twceri ltlis number of members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force captured by the enemy 1:1 the last. war. The number officially so reported be- tween 1914 and the signing 0f peace ln June, 1919. was 501 ‘Fhe difference Ls no reflection on the men serving 1:1 this. war. At Galli- polf, when evacuation was finally undertaken, cz-mplete command of the sea, and the absence of alr at.- tack enabled 1t to be carried out without loss of a mun as prisoner. flow (llll4‘l‘(‘11l- tho cirt-utnstaztces were in GFPCCL‘ and Crete needs no retelling. The list of ovcr 3,000 prisoners of war, with more t0 6001c. L! l result of the transforma- tion. - Auckland News (New Zcaland).

_\‘l'c have both the tales of our clulchopd 11ml the ttislirltoll)’ of one of our island pacts fcr the preposi-

on The camel excels tn a number of

ways; It. can go ivlthout drinking for Several days.

Acciirdiii: to in report. frcm G H Q.. Cairo. that G-critmiis have now thought of 11 new way in which 1t may pflSSllJl)‘ excel; their desert patrols in Libya are driv. 111g camels in front, of tliem to try to locate the mlncfielcis that, would t1i11rl~r the r ytr _ ' of nominally "

What the tramr-ls thin . "1111, dcvice ‘1 not known, L111’. 1t 1s at least a slight inzprovctttent on driving civilian refugees 1:1 front of German ca‘ "cnns lll order to Dlviﬁft- the lrrc s from machine- gun fire; or on the scizitig and slatighter of 50 itinoceilt lmstnces at a t-Itue. 1t is not disclosed

whether canlcls are much good as minefield detectors. but it seems poslble, that the Italians at. in have 1112b llcipg. of their c. ' 1n that. brunt-ll of rt». i, For if the 0.1111025 fail at

the throwing v.~ c! r1 screen pf Italians. — Manchester Gll8fd- an.

How many pcoplg have the trim. blur-cud. young fcllowxs l_~1 41.1 who carry the letters the shoulders? They

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being

lng numbers an answers to the that this war

United States. the issues trio and

_\v11nt 1S at

want Slﬂkc $0 they gﬂve up their loss

their college courses, their homes and their families to trek north- WRrd and enlist 1n a. foriegn army

t-o fight for fTclzllﬂlll. A recent Govcrnmcui. 51:111.)’ llllfulffl ittzit 0154111; Dreccut. cf '.i.2 air ctcws Lflllllltlg in 1&1." It C A 1-‘ are American". and mill lnczs t1". r11 me United s 1c» 3.0

structors fc-r ‘the air Sc .rcs of

fl is AlmCst 10.0110 Americans are scrvln" ‘ the Canacllatt act ve axtnr F s a" » be ' ‘ u the

n1 :11’:

1.11 u r‘, Not

tlons frcm the R.C.A that all

British‘ plants and tanks are rc- ported fighting cu the Russian front AllWflCJn stipplzcs are only bcgtnning to arrive, I; ‘ [lead of schcrltilc cn do Russia. the United S a‘. ed not fulfilling its 1. Moscow The Whit» llstti-ze tnitkes lt clear that any failure ls not due to intention; the Government is determined to honor this pledge ln "fullest measure." Apparently tti the first two months there has bscn a slow start: Waslttigtcn linpcs that. over a six mouths 1:0 m.‘ l-hc commitment. will be amply tuct. The reasons glvm for a lag have shortage of

lng sitppllrs alze *._ ni-kcd for British cr Alnerha Them Ls gcod ltopc for an improvcuicnt 1n the shtnplilg situation at the llciw of new American bottoms tn- crease. There is hope tco for pro- duction gitlns Yet the demand for arms nn all the fronts ls so vast that the amcutit-s supplied so vast. stlll lcok like trickles. For Russia the big test is likely to ccme tn the Spring. Whether the eastern trout holds their may depend 011 how man tanks and planes and other "too " can be made and shipped 1n the next three months The "Battle of Russia" may be won on an American assembly line, That

is the point. about. aid to Russia. - .

Christian science Monitor.

Evidence of the effect! of Social Credit repudiation of debt obl a- ttons ls to be seen in the fact t at Alberta's cttluns are finding lt dlf- ficult to secure loans fr m the usual sources ‘Ilils ls ucl hard to understand. [ﬁnders naturally are unwilling to lend with the prospect that. they may not be able to n lect Interest 0r principal. And that. ls wh Calgary, one of the Wests most substantial cltles, ls in the throes of the worst. hOllSlhg shzrtnge in tts history. HOllslhg construction not only tn Calgary but throutzhoi t. the province Lt at a standstill. emler Abcrhnrt has succeeded ln chasing the mortgage lenders out of the pr l

arm-t ciimitiojjn.

and the total ‘l

to Poitxr, tr..- lvlnnstcr

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Plain Questions For Ottawa

(Toronto Globe and Mail»

11m time has come for this coun- try Lu take scour: of its position. A during and competent enemy alreauy 11115 b-Jgtlv but. but: tJALDIUSAIApS Ct CH1‘ Americuir allies and them while they were stilt tieu to their berths. liosttle aircraft made reconnaissance flights over the Anlerlcan coast, and were repoluecl on the Aleutian Islands tn the North Paclnc, within flying distance o1 British Columbia. Canadians are tmcet" ﬁre at hung Kong, and, as ivu. Churchill has poluteu out, the buvtresslng of Anlerlcan defenses will create a gap 1n the flow of munitions to countries enjoying the beneﬁt of lease-lend supplies.

War has been brought. much closer 1Q us. Though our front line in Brit- uln still stunus and the Atlantic bar- rier is unbroken, we now have a front line 1n the Pucttlc too. and this already has been badly dented. Real- izing their peril more acutely than before, the people o1’ Canada are asking, as they have every right. to ask, what extraordinary measures their Government is prepared to

We suppose it just lake

How does the Cabinet. stand on conscription now? If the force a landing at Seattle and a. oall ls made upon Canadian forces tn British Columbia, must we refuse ald to our American allies on the grotuld that the 111011 are enlisted only for service lll Canada? Surely the time ltas come to place the sec- urity of n11 those things which tho Prime Minister says that. we "cher- Lsh most this side of the grave" above a ntcre mutter of political 5e0- uglty for the Liberal Party. 01' has

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By_ "lying at anchor in the stream of Lune," the present Prime Min- ister has held power for better than ﬁfteen years, on and off. But ev- entually the tide turns, the storm mounts, the cables part, and ships without steam up and. steeragctvuy get driven on to the rocks. What ltlcsmeric ower does this mun pos- sess that. e can compel his col- leagues against their proper instinct; and their better judgment to con- done the oblique and devious met.11- otls adopted for tit-tiling with the ])1‘Ul)l£:1l1 ol ltlunpoivcr to strengthen tlle armed forces, tho war industries and agriculture? Men are drugooncd into the armv on the promlse that they will never be conscripted for overseas service, and then are sub- jected L0 a species of moral third. degree and tire rcftiscd their frec- (10111, so that they have little choice but to transfer to active service. This ls undeclared conscription. It. isn't hottest, and 1t Ls an insult to Canadian manhood,

Canadians did not. need be tricked and deceived by their own Goverilittclit. the alleged let-ling 111 Quebec and tunong the foreign element in Canada to be permitted forever to stand in the way of a clear-cut and straightfor- wato. policy of mobilizing Canadian manpower for total war? Aud must we be reconciled pcrmancutly" to the spcctaclc of our Prime Minister colnproittistn; what 11c knows to b? just, straightforward and practical 1n the interests of what 11c believes to be politically expedient?

No amount of specious argument designed to show that; a, large enough tlrcportiou of our popiilatLn 1s zilrcutrv in unilcrm. and lliat iny mcre would lmgisverisli the iucltistrcl and agricultural subsoil in which the forces are rooted, c1111 be given any weight. The only way to ﬁnd out Ls to introduce compulsory selective

l0

- service and put the right melt in the

fight, job and enlist wouleu where tlicy can do as useful work as 111.111

- in llldllSlfv and agriculture. s0 that

more nlell can be released for ﬁght- ing. This is the only just; way, the only practical way, and. the only way which \\'1ll enable our Aclmntstratlve authorities t/o know what material they have at their command, 11nd plan to use iatuttln‘: Dist advantage,

Where do Mr. King's colleagues

1s stand on this question? 1t ls a mat-

ter of common knowledge tllttt some of them have not always been of the same tnlnd us the Prime Minister. Some of tllc-m may not be yen l-Lw about Colonel Ralstou’! H = a 1':- ttlructl sotcilci" witll a dustiugulshed recuru 11110 subscribed to tuc gm- eral belief o1 the veterans‘ organiz- ations following the last war that

conscription should be tntroduced cn c,

the t st day of any war 11ml; mlgh. fullo 1111s . gone D30; on l1ls .1; ml .21" c; Nil-

11.1.» t1 sLn solving ‘zftill

iuicxs 111 tllc Lrltls

and 11.5 (Unil- tklhnu . Cuttudtan slxtil r should be an ulnty 111 training su1.-

~ u11s.,..cnl.11l'.1l11,11.)- brouucllir; 1.110 noel for clothing, 11 c libfts, mu CJllUlCoC and cther rat. chelmcnl saint; tn

u 5:11 in xtoltg lkoilg, and aillilhlﬂ‘ .11 Britain. he went overseas us a, bu.- man tn tne lust war and rose to the rrltlk uf nlajut‘ on tile field. He wtn the Nlllltary Cros and was badly wounded. What ~s he think about coulpulsory selective scrvicz‘? Cnn he have any tyntpathy vllth subter- tugc nild vacllltltloll?

The Honorable C. D. Howe‘, the overworked Minister of Munitions and Supply. has a son serving with the Royal Navy 111 the Far East, and the Honorable James Gardiner l1cs a. son serving overseas trrlill the Roy- al Canadlait Atr Farce.

Surely the Honorable Ian Mac- kenzie ts chafing nt this limitation of Crliladian effort tm osed u n tre people bv hLs leader. ls ou pokcn Celt, whose hot Highland blood fires 111s tongue and inspires him to elo-

he has fallen to supply any other form of crcdit. And so Calgary and other Alberta clllrs are short of hcmes while building ls act-tile tn other prc-vlnccs. - Mont-real Fl- nanclal Times.

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run 11"!” 1' I1! "I

J apanele I-rﬁl-ﬂ

quent champtonslup of closer 11..- penal ttes—.1u.s 11a naming to say aOOUl: mobilizing Cmuuiun man- power for total effort? ‘rue 1101101"-

mlieu upcn uole Ian Mackenzles cousutuetlts ln o; n5 own beau“, 1S the “and d1s_

nrltlsn Columbia are digging alt- ralci shelters 1n their zaraens now- wkwt. can't. happen here nus nap- pened‘ I I O O

Are all the fathers of ﬁghting sons who slt on the Cabinet Council con- tent to watch their bachelor Prime lvllnlster play chess with the various political elements 1n Granada-sacri- nclng pawns to get. bishops and care fully protecting his castles? A sub- stantial proportion of the personnel of the Commonwealth Afr ‘Training Plan ls composed of American citiz- ens who Wlll want to return to the United States. How are these to be replaced?

We know that Mr. King ls cooking up l. new scheme for mobilizing manpower, a scheme which ls de- signed te molllfy the critical without offending those who op ose enn- scrlptlon. These 11y _rl teal half- measures won't do, his ls a world war which knows no boundaries or c1111 dlvlatom, We are ﬂghtl with Russians and Chinese, wlrfg Hindus, Cubans and Sudanese fuzzy- wuzzles. Postertty Ls not going t thank Mr. King for setting artific- lal boundaries to where a man may ﬁght. British Columbia will not. love Quebec the more for oppoalng a. measure which would make he west Coast defenses more eﬂecttve, and the Canadian tmlt which the

O

Prime Minister consl ers lt his ﬁrst period

duty to preserve will crumble before 1115 eyes.

The time has come for plaln speaking. It la neither trlotlc nor democratic to stt 1n slence while your chosen representatives com- promise with p nctples and ignore 1m important body of public opinion, Party politics are bad enough in peacetime when the most serious question WhICh Governments admit to their consideration a one of tariff Policy or the dlstrlbulon of taxing Dower. Mr. King's policy of leaving well enough alone may have some- thing to commend it ln time of iteuce. but he ls 110' better ﬁtted than Mr. Asquith was to lend a nation in peril and at war.

T0 Forstall Inflation

(Royal Bank of Canada. News letter)

Nothing tn the nature of a sov- ereign remedy for the economic 111s which lnevitablv follow war condit- ions Ls to be found 1n any one de- vice; the problem must instead be attacked from all its angles. Essen- tially price and wage stabilization “P5118118 of a. comprehensive plan tic-signed to forestall Inflation. In any highly developed ecenomv. direct controls such as price-fixing and rationing must be co-ordlnatcd with monetary and fiscal mechan- isms of taxation, borrowing and the regulation of consumer CNdlt, The tuning of the various measures, and the sequence in which they are 11p- plted, are also of prime importance The introduction of relatively severe direct controls before it general condition of scarcity exists could conceivably cause more harm than coed and at best serve no useful purpose. The existence of large re- serves of idle labour and unussd plant and other facilities In the earlier stages of the transition to an all-out war eoenomy ls the bsl assurance that serious price spirals would not lmmedlately develop, At such a time, the use of direct con- trcls is not appropriate since thcy cannot supplement to any signifi- cant degree increases tn out ut which nonnallv result from 111g er prices. As long as these price tn- creases remain moderate, ndlcatlng adequate supplies of goods, direct measures should be employed sprtr- lugly In the relief of special situ- unons and bottlenecks. As full em- ployment approaches however, un- due delay 1n applyng such con- trols could very well stultlfy the entire anti-inflation programme.

A further shift ln production fronrconsumers’ nods to ntllitary supplies can only 1e secured in one of two ways: first, by permitting prices to advance without restrain. until they reach a level at which consumer purchases materially de- tne; secondly, bv establlshlng a system of direct controls under which goods are allocated on the

basis of necessity rattler than _cf,,

purchasing power. Canada has quit/e propsrly chosen the latter course, ut tn so doing she has served no- tlce that the normal operation of the law of supply and deman:. bssrd upon changes tn the nrlces of

EC-cds- will be suspcndrd fcr the duration of the war. A unlvcrsd price ceiling at the present time ls. therefore, logical, as

WORDS OF (‘H ALLIINGI‘

A Thought. A Ila! Fnr A People At War

"The one ovurpatvcrlitg lin- prcssluil 1 1111a my C011‘ agus tsrciugltt buck Wl-ll‘ us. was tuat me ccple of this csmltrv 1111a this continent have no. yet. an adequate conception ot the frlgntlul peril which faces us in this war-and cf lL end- lng ln a stalemat/e. That pert) docs exist, and the sooner lt ls better for the

known the G r a. t. ta n

democracies." O'Leary.

QllCEilBr-R 18. 194

lgiimg‘ li t N . y o Finer Gifts 4 I “win: uurum: ukuows ii Fur Anyone PILURIMAGE i

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Where are the forms th ul to’ soul hath seized? e 5c p rs

In 111m alone. Can Nature show so

Where are the charms and virtues yvh we are

Cvnwxy/leelaln boyhood and pursue as

The unretfched Paradise of our des-

pair. Whtch o'er informs the pencil and the pen, And overpowers the page where it, would bloom again? '-I-'Ql11._3¥f.9£*-

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price increases have no ftu-ther eco- nomic justification 1n Canada. To permit prices to find their own level at this stage would inevitably result. 1n an lnflattonal spiral, u;- companled b the cvu on of the glorify rei atloru u sellers strove

dispose of their stocks to the highest bidders. Living costs would "$9 51181111’. imposing an additional burden on those least; fitted to bear It; increments to the public debt. contracted ln de eclatod dollars. would be needless large; and an inflated prtce structure would be n. severe handles to foreign 111-ado during the medlate past-war

Perhaps the greatest advantage o: the price cetlln llea 1n its recognit- lon that all pr oes are interrelated. and. its preservation of a. natural glee structure based upon such in-

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The imposition by the - ment of a price celltnz and the concomitant suspension of the nor. mul operation of the law of supply 11nd demand. implies the eontlnued “"5 "Elva-ii"! use of priorities and the ruttontn of a. widening rang; of eommodlt es l! the most effective distribution of available supplies l: to be ensured. Many of these [11935- ures are bound to be trksome and irritating, But by no other means can the danger of tnrlatto averted and the success of these meal“ depends 1n the flnal analysts on the measure of support and co-

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FACTS or rivriiT-ssr

Steel ingot production tn c

8 the first nine months , 1941 totalled 1,737,163 long to compared with 1,464,548 long to ln the corresponding ported or i9 a. gain of 18-6 per cent.

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