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Mo ‘ _ Daily (Founded ln 1881) Authorised no Second Clue Mull, Poet Office Department. Ottawa.

President. Inn A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. l. 517ml"; Bust-Trans. G. M. Burnett; Editor and l! -‘ '“ ..|.st..|s “,- ' Editor,

Frank Walker.

“The Strongest Memory ie Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

TUESDAY, DECEMBER. 21, 1946

Even llnto Bethlehem

The Christmas anniversary is o reminder that Christianity encourages men to enjoy the good things of life and bids them live in fel- lowship with each other, not forgetting the poor and distressed. Therein lies its social sig- nificance. The pity is that so many who wel- come the festivities of the season disregard the facts they are designed to commemorate. Wel- coming oll that makes Christmas a day of merry- making, particularly for the children, we should desire to pass beyond this to reflect on the cen- tral fact of the Christmas festival. Tomorrow, in millions of homes all across the Christian world, the celebration of the birthday of the Prince of Peace will take place in a world once more at peace, but sadly out of joint in other ways. Men and nations have tried to live as if the Babe of Bethlehem had never been born, and today we see the fruits of this world- wide repudiation of His life and teaching.

A great opportunity awaits this old world, an opportunity for positive achievement on a scale never before envisaged by mankind. The visions so often conjured up by the greatest thinkers and teachers of the past can now bear fruit ln a score of complex organizations and institutions designed to translate ideals into act- ion. But those institutions whose foundations are being laid today will crumble unto dust if the minds of those who-operate them are not inspired and animated by the spirit that shines through all right Christian teaching.

More than at any other time in the last 2,000 years do we desperately need the comfort of the "good tidings of great joy." But only the shepherds heard the angels as they sang for the birth of Jesus, and only the magi saw the Star. For most men the night was no different form any other night, and the child in the stable was only the first-born of a carpenter, a child doomed from His birth to the lifelong labor and obscurity of the very poor. They saw no reason to rejoice, they felt none of the swelling exulta- tion with which the shepherds cried to one an-

other, "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and '

see this wonder which is came to pass!"

May lt not be so with us! Let us find a little time to listen to the music whose echo fills our heart; to look at the brightness of the night sky. For only those who listen will hear; only those who watch will see.

it is with pleasure that The Guardian tend- ers to all its readers, young and old, at this season, in the time honored words that never grow old: "A Merry Christmas."

P. E. I. llapltslates

The Provincial Government has tentatively lottled with the Dominion Government's offer of a minimum two million dollar grant under the new tax agreement which becomes effective next April. True, there are some other con- cessions which other Provinces have fought for and won, and which we shall benefitirom. These include Federal withdrawal from the gasoline tax field, and 30 per cent restoration of our subsidy under the White Commission report. In all, however, on the Government's own showing, the total estimated revenue under the agreement will not exceed $2,400,000—a long way short of the three million dollar minimum which the Province was reportedly seeking.

The Nova Scotia Government has been hold- ing out for better terms on the basis of fiscal need, and has placed all its cards on the table. In doing so it has been championing the inter- ests of all the Maritime Provinces. The capitu- lation, first of New Brunswick and now of Prince Edward island, leaves Novg Scotia standing alone. )

The island Government has maintained a policy of secrecy in its negotiations with Ottawa, and the details now made available arestill for from complete. If it follows a democratic pro- cedure, however, it will not attempt to sign the new agreement before opportunity is given for a full discussion in the Legislature.

The only hopeful feature of the situation i that automatically this Province will benefit by any further concessions given to other Provinces. There is little in this propect for our provincial negotiators to feel complacent about.

iisvsrsnient Wheat Monopoly

One aspect of the present wheat policy of the King Government with which all our farm readers should be acquainted, but which has been obscured by a multiplicity of political speeches, is plainly put in the report of the dir- actors of the United Grain Growers Limited sub- mittid at tho company's annual meeting in Calgary.

They point out that since the closing of the market in September, i943, growers are not allowed to dispose of" their wheat except to the Canadian Wheat Board. Establishment of this monopoly has greatly changed tho status of the Canadian Wheat Board. Previously it had been the duty of that Board to dispose of wheat, for tiieoccount of farmers, on the best possible boils. After September, I943, the Government itself asllnioii primary responsibility in connec- tion with wheat, the price and conditions of llligfl srlleii become subiect to government

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obi Wheat Btgard was transformed ‘ "eliminating agency it had farm- pflilishod by Act of Parliament,

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ernment instructions and policies.

That was clearly shown in August, i945, when an export price ceiling of $l.55 was placed on wheat, although obviously the Wheat Board could have sold it for higher prices. The ceiling

to avoid strain on the larger loans to other countries which would have been required had wheat prices been al- lowed to rise.

lt was a very simila situation to that which had prevailed in September, i943, when the market was closed, in order to prevent wheat prices from rising further at that time, which the government then desired to ovoid. How completely the government had replaced the Wheat Board in administering the sale of Can- adian Wheat was shown when the wheat agree- ment was made with Great Britain, and the undertaking to sell was made, not by the Can- adian Wheat Board, but by the government of Canada.

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=1 EDITORIAL NOTES =

This b Christians‘ Ere.

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Tomorrow Christmas Day. k * I fl Thursday, Boxlngibaj. *

Santa Claus was still in doubt as to which party's stocking he would fill in Quebec when we went to press early this morning.

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The broadcast by Mrs. H. A. Jenkins (Marion ,Androws) from London tomorrow, Christmas Day, is between l:i5 and l:30 P.M. Atlantic Standard Time.

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Though not having as yet the appearance of a White Christmas, it cannot be said to be a green one, with its addendum about the "fat Kirk yard."

The only surviving member of the old City liire Brigade before it moved to its present headquarters is Mr. George M. Moore of Messrs. Moore 8. McLeod Ltd.

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Store clerks should bear in mind these days, that it was Mrs. R. E. Mutch who first started

and as farmers had been accustomed to think of it, into an instrument for carrying out Gav-

in question was imposed, both as part of the‘ government price control policy, and in order national treasury by

Norwegian food exports are fully in accord with their Oeandlen colleagues who soy that children should have one meal e. dny served them at school, but they believe that. the meal should be breakhet, not lunch. The micoeeeful reslei- ance to wartime disease among young people in Oslo ls attributed to the foot that breakfast were served In schools there from 1N1 io 1940. The meals consisted of whole train breed, whole milk. vitamin.- lried spreads. and orange and a C&l"l'0!—eltea1 sldwly in quiet sug- !‘0I.l!ldll'lIl.—O!lIWl. Cliieen.

Boone roan ego the noorch for a cider apple that was thought. oo have vanished was brought succeee by three readers of the Spectator. Th¢ variety bore the Mlbhaailous name of “The Bloody Turk", and its remarkable quality was that. it wee red all through. ‘A new and quaint query oimcemlm Jihad reached meAn Oxford outlier investigating the association o! names with "historical events, oe- pecially in connection with Turkey. is our to know whether any student can tell when this pertlqfl- or name wee coined. Cider epplea have won for eame unhiown rel Km. more Ploy names-fox wholly lbs- eiremple-than other apples, when beblille they belong m the more imaginative West Country. and their distinction in chemical quality b xenmrkerble. They contain more reruns-i. and more ruger- u do Pam-y peers-and wholesome dder ceamot be made without e Iii-Ire preponderance of their Dflfllillr quellfiu, a. fact that the Ministry o! Aeriwlture ha; some- itllau disregarded. - lnndim Spect-

FW "If!!! are better than n good chimm supper. We praise the women a! the churches of the Till- sonburg trading area foa- the splen-

out fear of contradiction that there are no better cooks anywhere. And we do not know of anything that Ill-ken for e bait-ea community spirit. than the suppers served by the women of the churches. No nutter whet OlllUOh one attends. all meet ee 300d friends at the church eupperz-frlllsonburg News.

The local Council of Women of Winnipeg has got to the place where it collectively wishes to know what size of shoes it. i; wear- ing. It is fed up with e long liet. of code flflllfil. and desired a. plain 4.5.0.‘ m. n. least m where the

the agitation for the observance of Boxing Day as a holiday here to provide for them a much-need- ed rest after a strenuous pre-Christmas rush.

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Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings. Confessing it "gave me the biggest lump I ever had in my throat," Postmaster W. T. Oakes

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read a childish scrawl: "To Daddy. Wlilllb WWI-z’ Then three "X" marks. lt was signed Dickey . But it couldn't be delivered. The envelope was addressed to "Daddy in Heaven."

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He missed the bus but got to Heaven. Very Rev. Dr. Inkster, former Moderator of the

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Canada, while running to catch a bus in Tor- onto, was run over by an auto. Rushed to hos-

eighty-four, and in toogreat a hurry to keep an appointment. i

John, King of England, born this date i166; was the youngest son of Henry ll, and suc- ceeded his brother Richard l in il99; he murd- ered his nephew Arthur in i203; on his moth- er's death ho lost Anjou, Normandy, Mains, Touraine; quarrelled with the Pope over Lang- ton's election as Archbishop of Canterbury, and was excommunicated; he signed Magna Charla in l2l5; John was unscrupulous, false, gross- "the worst King England ever had,"; so much so that no successor to the throne has risked using John as a Sovereign’: name.

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Ah, friends, dear friends, as years go on and heads get gray, how fast the guests do go! Touch hands, touch hands, with those that stay. Strong hands to weak, old hands to young, around the Christmas board, touch hands. The false forget, the foe forgive, for every guest will go and every fire burn low and cabin empty stand. Forget, forgive, for who may say .that Christmas day may ever come to host or guest again. Touch hands!

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In Britain, the switch-over from cool to for generating stations is making still further progress. The generating station which sup- plies the entire London Underground railway sys- tem with current is now to be converted to oil- burning. The London Passenger Transport Board announces that a saving of 70,000 tons of coal will be effected by this conversion. Working con- ditions will, as a result, be cleaner and more economic.

The necessity for religious teaching_in the schools of today and for closer co-operation be- tween the home, the church and the school were stressed at the annual Speech Night and Prize Giving of Lower Canada College, Montreal. Ad- dressing students, old boys and guests gathered in Jhe auditorium of the historic school, -Pro- fessor John Hughes, chairman of_ the Depart- ment of Education, McGill University, and guest of honor at the ceremonies, said that "the one great need of our day is more religion in the home and in the school.” Democracy was the highest and most satisfying form of government yet evolved, Professor Hughes said, but religion and education were needed to make democracy workable because the "finer and sounder loat- ures of ‘our civilization draw their strength from these two sources." Above all, he said, it wast necessary today to strengthen and elevate home life since experience had shown that the prob-

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clot/hing, that; is, qr course, l! you can get it. The women come out for wartime chrjggmue, “d ma; qt "uniformity as to finished measure- ments rather than age. and correct

clothing overnight. u, li ls. without

General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in new. The local

having it an uncertain size when council feels the eame way about adults’ clothing.

higher calculus taken over. when it comes to textiles the women wish it plainly stated on the tag whether li, is skim. milk they are buying soy bean. or fibres from the old pine tree. Also they think that directions should go along as to use and care of the material. 'I‘helr nerves are taking a beating from the garment

the iron. becomes the shirt. which

isn't there. Then take children's

labelling". Children, Canadian children anyway. grow out of their

They wish to be able to rely an the information that. the dress they bu)’

or a thirty seven. The resolution asks "Uniformity in sizing. estab- lishing e standard of measurements for all sizes in all classes of gar- men ". — in Winnipeg Free Press.

When delegation from 30 housing authorities in Devon and Cornwall q ‘s ’ to n. regional conference an housing and town Plfl-"nillll Bi Plymouth. they were confronted bl’ e, large blackboard bearing wonis like: Conmrispuntal, Polynucleaied. micro climatology. blolechmic economy, polarisation of social life. constitution. ecologically. 8W8?!" phlc-plexus, agglumeraiicln. 50PM!- flcnted urbanliy. urban integration. J. Paton-Watson, Plymouth citli surveyor and J01!"- wmllil" °i l" Plymouth plan for rebuilding the blilzed city, said: “These are Wflfdl 1 have come across in Publlcfliim“ on planning. You can search the 0x- fmd and Cambridge dIOtIOIIMiE-‘l and not find some of them. "If the planning profession is ialklnfl 0V" the heads at i-he People we shell not. see much planllmtl Bcwmlllish" ed “It, l; the common man rwe are planning for. and 111% 91mm" should gpegk English which he 0BR understand." Then a rope supliflfic ing the easel broke and the black- board collapsed with n crash on the floor. few downwards. "Thar is the but, plane for 81ml Dlmmfi" jargon," sold m. Paton-WsteonP Iondcm Dally Main.

It than were any doubts held in New York City as to the efficacy’ of the recently ordered prohibition of parking on downtown lhosvulh- lures n. our city. these ere heme rapidly dispelled. According to a New York Times desoatoh. 81MB u“, m!“ we]? tléilto eféectb at. is: beginn ng c a We - "He! Fifth, Madison and Lexington Avenues, the moat. lmWfi-lnl 1'9"" sin-em in shes my. are movies s! X per cent greater, speed. “Excflbt for s few bctslanecks." reverts ills Tim“, "mettle moved more freely than at any time sloop 8150"!" rationing wee abolish .

Mach to hoard about filo dmnbnese of present-day youth. Much of it. however is fer from the mark. In fact. their insight l; often gym-ting. In e recent school exem- inatlon this question was asked: "Whit. ie the slflfllflclnne of theJ eleventh of November. 1916?’ And this is the answer of one cbserving

youth; "Thais the 'dey the Armistice of World War I wee nipped and there have been trwo

minutes peace such yasa- since. - l-rilm lxposttw. seeforih,

The jsafnth, brownish yellow variety of sis-con. was used es on amulet to protect the wearer e- gslnst lightning. wounds. injuries.

lams of many troubled youngsters in school stemmed from the home.

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May the Christiano Ccol Che»

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May the Season bring you pladneee,

Maw God bless you now

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Christmas Cheer In Britain

LONDON. Dee. 23 (By Goblet —

opened a Christmas letter at Clinton, lm. i0 which. at the too zealous touch of Robert, Waithem. formerly u s.

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correspondent of Chronicle, compares _ ma: cheer in Britain with

lest year. "Moderate Cheerfulnese"

It is clear enough that we have some reasons for at, least a mod- crate cneerfulness this Christmas. We have had no serious strikes. and no serious crisis of government.

pital he died. Coroner's verdict no doubt: he was u s thirty six. and not .1 thirty five And there ii lw doubt "l" m5’-

cities and towns in Britain. par- ticularly London. look more cheer- ful now than they did e week or so before Christmas last year. The? would look o good deal more Chef‘?- ful if we had more coal to spare. so that the restrictions on llghilflt! of shop windows and the use. of outdoor display signs could be lifted.

No Lighted Shore Windows

There still are no streets hi Lnn- don thag even remotely ‘approach the brightness of Fifth Avenue. New York. or State Street. Chl- cego or Market Street, San Fran- cisco or St. Catherine Street. Mon- treal. London after dark is a ra- ther dismal looking piece by rom- paflson with any of the biz U- 5~ or Canadian cities. We still get n- long with less than normal street lighting, no lighted shop windows and no lighted signs. We can't af- ford the fuel for more than this. But in comparison with London ‘rn the blackout, Imsdon now is bright and gay, Londoners remem- ber the blackout better than they remember the prewar radiance of the streets so that the helf-Jght- eri citv has n far lees depressm! effect than you.might. expert.

A Ills; Qhaw of Gooda- Buo the Prioeul

Beyond the darkened shop win- dows, in the stores themselves. the aspect is very conslderabiy het- ter than it -wes at this time Ins‘. year. There are plenty of radios. electric ftres. lempshedce. sauce- psns and kettles, fancy and ele- gont cigarette lighters. shiny jew- elry nntl toys -—e lot more toys. All their; things were. for the mast. pert. herd to lay your hands on last Christmas. It is often true that anyone who remembers what [hinge like this used to cost before the war is inclined to utter a faint yelp on looking at the present price flckets, which. of course. in- clude in most cases a substantial Purchase Tex, But at least the goods are on view and you orn inspect them. even if you cannot ni- ways buy them.

A Dismal Ioosl Picture

This Christmas. es lest Christ- mas, the subject of meior interest end preoccupation in Britain in food In s iiood may Wlys we are

the week before Christmas to buy 20c worth of extra meat, but it is compulsory to take 10c of the 20c worth in corned beef. You can‘_t do much in the wey of e banquet with that. We had en increase ll‘ the candy ration some time ego and this year only children and old people are la get extra half pounds at Christmas. We all get. some ex- ire sugar, but it has already been made clear-amid general groans- thet there will be no extra Christ- mas tea. And. just for the purpose of comparison, we are getting ra- ther smaller cheese. butter. lard. bacon zmd soap rations than we got this time lost year. _ _

Luxuries

If there were nothing to eat in Britain except the foods that are rationed-and rationing covers e pretty wide territory -we should be much worse off this Christmas than we were last. But, thve are foods in whet is officially regarded as the luxury category, and on this si-de of the ledger we are heifer off than we were lest year.