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

MONDAY, MAY 27, 1946

Representation By Wealth?

Carrying ro its logical absurdity an iQ frequently implied by Central Canadian inter- ests, a correspondent in a Toronto exchange comes forward with the suggestion that repre- sentation in Parliament should no longer be based on population, but on wealth. "The number should be based 0n the amount of money czrch Province contributes to the central government," and the B. N. A. Act amended accordingly.

ll that were dune, with the total nrcmber- ship of the llOllnC of Commons 245 as at present, Ontario uouhl hrrvg r15 members instead of 82; Quebec, ti; illslczul of 65; British Columbia, 2o inslciirl of to. But the representation of the three prairie provinces combined would be re- duced from 55 to l7, and that of the three Mari- times from so to r0. The Yukon would have none.

Just to cite these figures is to reject the proposal. But, as a western contemporary re- marks, the principle back of such an idea is even more to be condemned than the manner in which the idea would work out. The principle is that wealth is more inrportan-t than human- ity, and that, in consequence, the provinces where the most wealth is located should have an over- whelming preponderance in the governing body.‘ Nothing could be more foreign to democracy than that.

'l‘hcre is the further point that the taxable wealth of the great industrial provinces of Ont- ario and Quebec is derived in part from sister provinces which constitute a market for the in- dustrial oulpht of Central Canada, and which make a substantial contribution to the pros- perity of the financial institutions which have headquarters in these two provinces.

ls This Our Unity’?

Pointing the moral of the Canadian Legion convention at {Quebec City last week, the Ham- ilton 5'/wclntui' (Independent) makes the fol- lmving sad but true reflections:

"First it confirmed what all sane people who weren't chasing votes always understood, that if there was one way to create a perman- ent cleavage in the Dominion it was to dodge the issue of a. united Canada when the chips were down. Canada's Federal Government of the day dodged it exceedingly well. Now the chickens are coming home to roOst.

“In the first place, the Legion refused to admit N. R. M. A. troops who bear that ‘stigma through no fault of their o\vn, as they were 0f- ficially sanctioned and iustified in their stand by the Government of the country. liven those who fought overseas come under this ban. So that is one hitter" and permanent gulf created, not hy the Legion, but by political cowardice in war-lime.

“'l‘hen the Quebec delegation voted as a solid bluc at lcztsl three times in opposition to the general stand. This is merely a mild con- firmation of what every honest Canadian ad- mits;inainel_v, that the two-army system creat- Cd a two-army Canada, and that Quebec, which nevcr had the issue honestly put up to it, was encouraged to form a bloc against the rest of Canada, and the rcst d! Canada forced to stand —in spirit anyway—in vigorous opposition to Quebec. Very prnfitable—for voles.

"Quebec, the N. R. .\l. /\., and in the end the volunteer troops were thus all lct clown hv this classic betrayal. On the principle that to glorify a cancer is tn cure it. the refusal of Can- ada's Government to introduce a draft system which both the United States and England did without flinching for a split second, the politi- cians may have felt they won their point. If they did feel that way, they can now watch the unfolding of inevitable and sordid consequences. It will take high political courage and many long years to undo the deep injury that was

’ done to the Canadian people in a clay of great trial and peril."

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'.‘ Mr. Donald Ferguson Brown, the some- Jvhat garrulous Liberal member of Parliament [for Essex West (Ontario) got neatly told off .,_r:* the House the other day by the only lady member, Mrs. Gladys Strum, Qu’Appelle .,(Saskatchcwsn). Here is the story, as taken Hansard: . " mt. known: This is why lam opposed to the amendment submitted by the loyal Opposi- fion. New, as to the un-loyal opposition- a Sonia hon. MEMBERS: Oh, oh. by. - Samedfon. QIIMBERII Order.

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speaker is classifying two kinds of opposition or two kinds of "loyal" opposition. Am l correct in assuming we have an official opposition and then we have other hon. member's in opposition? MR. BROWN: Bless your little heart, I would not do anything- ‘ MRS. srxuru; Well, see that you don't then. Far be it from me to contra- I am married too. runs. srxuu: Well, you are not at home

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Dominion Atlanfic Railway, Pacific subsidiary in Nova Scotia, will half a million dollars on improvements right-of-way and buildings this yiear.

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a Canadian spend to its

More potatoes will be planted in Nova. Sco-

tia this year. Agriculture Department reports indicate 24,600 acres will be planted in potatoes, 20o acres more than 1945.

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Protestant Reformer, this date r564; after being ordained a priest of the Church, he withdrew and studied law at Orleans, and later a Brourges; he imbibed the doctrines of Reformation, and in r536 publish- ed his Institute: of the Christian Rcliqion; his influence increased year by year, though he was constantly engaged in warfare with the enemies of his new faith; Calvinism, in the extreme form which it assumed in the 17th century, has long been losing ground in Scotland and England, where the quater-centenary was celebrated in

who told the House of Commons he was going to England unwillingly, declared in London he was “eager" to begin his discussions with other Empire statesmen.

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lets where it takes from four to six weeks to get mail, there would be main highways and inter-town communication ‘roads. . . a young man, instead of marrying a girl from my own village I would have an Opportunity to see what the girls in other towns look like and avoid the calamity of marrying a blood rela- Certainly a prime optimist, and one who knows not Ottawa's “bottleneck? a n- ni -

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Should war ribbons be worn on civvies?

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“We in Canada (says Saint Jc/m Telegraph- Journal) consider this a iron-military country and in peacetime ribbons are carefuly stored in safe places only to be brought into the public gaze when something special demands their display» Perhaps we are too modest in this respect, but we are proud of honors won by our fighting men just the sanre; and if wearing ribbons on vvies is favored by the former fighting men we are all for it, but we think ribbons repre- sent far too much to be worn on working clothes where they are likely to become soiled and be- draggled."

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The, King, smoking a cigarette and wearing a checked suit and thick shoes, put his feet on the fence Saturday last with fellow-farmers from around the world when they discussed his ca‘.- tle, pigs and sheep at the Royal Farm at Wind-

The 15o overseas visitors are in Britain

for an international farmers’ conference. King described his Scotch Shorthorn hcrd from which champions have come for nearly years and asked lack WCssOn of Regina about the Saskatchewan wheat crop and how much grain the Canadian west could provide

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that it will have to fight any other country at any time would be very foolish indeed not to neutralize that other country at once," Maj.- Gen. G. Brock Chisholm of Ottawa, Minister of National Health and Welfare for Canada, told the National Conference of Social Work at Buffalo in a. prepared address. long as children are brought up, on the un- questionable authority of their parents, to be- lieve in the exclusive validity of whatever social, economic, financial, legal, ethical, educational or other customs happen to be approved by those particular parents, only rarely will any of them be able to develop beyond these local certain- ties to any real understanding of themselves or of‘ her kinds of people, Surely . that the development of children who will make or destroyi tlie world as they‘ Will" come to adulthood, i: the ‘moat, important prob“ lem of any generation. “In the face of lhi: fact we go on paving movie actors ‘and actresses zoo and 30o time: the aallrlea vie. my leathers who htfrglngup of on: chil- ,

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t the Russian 1e not Permitted to know —Vl’rs§iiinq- ton Journal.

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Montgomery said: “We have built _ a Control Commission worthy ‘o our country, which has success- fully overcome man l: marching forwar with confr- deue ." What have been the Con- trol o I ' achievement: ln the year that paued since Ger- many surrendered? Following the immediate task of clearing up the concentration camps, the problem of repatr sting their vlc- tims and foreign workers. Eizht hundred camp: were established for displaced persolnr. of whom a

rations higher than the Germans and levies of clothe: for them have been made on the German

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Pear-shit d pigs rue bgl d . Sllfhed by fife u s n‘ e Axrlgulture scientists.

ha: been the problem of the trans- fer of German: displaced by vari- ou: war causes. eration "Swal- low", now proceed ng. bring: Ger- mans from the are: taken over by Poland. The total influx into the British zone has been estimated st over two million. compared with a prewar population in the zone o! twenty million.

Disposing of half u mllllon tons of explosives. The dlsbnndment of

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The Toronto Telegram. Use being deviate-pad are eggs wltrh harder Shel-Ls. quick aging cheese and new knockout drops for chlggers and roaches.

by a system of priorities. Thus Operation “Barley/corn" release

half a mllllon for last year's har- vest. Operation "Coalscuttle“ then provided some twenty thnurancl miners. By early thl: year de- mobilization of all three services ln the zone was almost complete. ex- cept for some two hundred thous- and war prisoners retained for es- sential lnbour. German war mater- ial destroyed includes half a mll- ion tons of explosive: and ever A

Some of lhe gentlemen of the press who are wr ting qt the alder days and the all m4 foo" ohbefn habits and practices of uno er genera. tron might well vrrlbe something 810M the line 0f an inquiry as to what has become of the old-fash- loned farm hand. The Guel Merc- ury thinks. The old- adtrloned farm hand, we gather, is an extinct. specles—he no longer exists. The patient. calloused. hard-headed 1n- dlviduul in overalls who formerly slept Ln the rr-ttlc or out. in farm granary and was n the 00w 0r harnessing inc horses at 5 o'clock 0t spring mornin s hiss one com-

is the destruction of all vltal parts of U-boats still on the stocks in Hamburg.

and for crimes szalnrt the British forces. In extensive denszlflcatlon, eighty-nine thousand ha: been dlsmlssedtor Nazi asloclstlons by Marc and well over fifty thous- and tamed.

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Reform in Local Government. A start has been made with recon- structing the German administrat- lon on a democratic balls. The local permanent official he: been subjected to the control of the loc- al council, merely retaining cutive authority. Pending the umn elections, the local govern- ment bodies are nominated. Ad- ministration has been built up to A provincial level.

The year has seen a growth of democratic political parties and trades unions. British policy is to insist on the parties being devel- oped from the bottom up on a democratic basis. The Unions allowed to settle among themselv- e: the form of organization. Strik-

have often been awarded for wor which was not. of particularly high standard. Though it. goes against the grain with us to oppose any att-snrpt. to foster the arts in Canada we doubt 1f Sen- ator David's plan would produce the expected results». Of course. if the Government wanted to give some encouragement to our au- thors, it. could always stop taxing their eamlngs on its present. un- enlightened plan. -Pet.erbomug'h Examiner.

One hundred and thirty-six years a o a Welsh soldier, his wife and fve children, while on s frcm Ireland. shelter

rsvel pit. near Castle Douglas. Dur- ng the night. the overhanging bank of the plt caved in and the entire family was buried alive. A stone in the clvuirchyarrd or Twynholm, which describes tihe soldier and his wife as nunstrels was erected to their memory by four local ministers in 1871 Two members of Glasgow Galloway Association have now dis- covered that the soldier was none other than the prof/of. of “Wlan- deirdng Willie" ln Sir‘ alter" Scott's ' novel "Red gaunt-lot)’, and recently a ceremony was meld at, the grave and a tablet. rec-curing the facts mas dedicated. —-L:0rnd0n Times.

Even In this age of feminism, in which outstsnclznr; women are no longer a rarity tart ccmmmlace. it would be difficult ind to find a woman whose innate tal- ents. vision and breadth of activ- ity exceed those of lvlirs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wlf-e of the late Presi- dent, of the United State-s. It. could be said that Nh-s Roosevelt. could not have helped beln Drvmlnelll’. in that her Prusban ‘s ltlons. from his days in the W1 son Ad- minlstrauon,untu his death dur-

of the occupation forces must be maintained. The formation of local cooperative societies has just been authorized.

Schooling for all children -Edu- cation has shown remarkable pro- gress. Despite the lack of sol-table textbooks and the necessity fcrr the careful vetting of teachers and damage to buildings, by February over twelve thousand schools ere open ln the British zone and all children receive some There are twenty-three teacher- trslnlng institutions and over six thousand democratic youth groups. Pro-nazl text book: have been re- printed. new books written. and an excellent system of school broad- casts inaugurated on 3.15.0. lines. From August last. licenses were issued for nawlpapers, which in- eludes several of a political ch11‘- scter though not party organs. The British-controlled news agency, D. P.D.. supplier some thirty th and words daily. Well over one hundred publishers have been 1h:- ensed and lltitature banned by the Nazi: is appearing again.

to world prominence. wives have remained unnoticed. Who can name the-wife of 81W former president who achieved even half the sts/ture of Mrs. alt? —Toronto Globe.

Official functions usually savour of the formal. but them was soone- thrng almost. of a famll circle st- mosphere at the Fore Secret- ‘s farewell dinner to the Am- erican Ambassador. That, was due