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y Anglican Archbishop In Christmas Message

miners at present have one Week's.

vacation while those i Ganade have two.

By The Ottawa. Staff of the Canadian Press

n western

RDNIO, Dec. 19 — (OP) -

TO Contrary io the statement he iSi Most Rev. Derwyn T. Owen, Angli-

Nlvorted to have made when

he

18ft Ottawa after resigning from

OTTAWA, Dec. l7 -— (C P) —. Dlle cl llli: most impottant events on lilc labor horizon ls a, move by 1h; united Automobile Workers iC. I. OJ to obtain a. national ag- rcenlent covering employees in three general motors plants in Ontario—,

l: agreements covering I

for review nnd Gorge Burt of Wind-z sol", Ont, Canadian director of the

the Cabinet Hcn. C Power. former Air Minister. is not “this should be a hopeful christ- definitely through with politics.

G. (Chubby)

ican Archbishop of Toronto and Prinlate of all Canada. said in a today that

Christmas message

mas because, as Christians, we

a]. Power has not Yet decided know that where there is cour-

C€mm0ns in Quebec East

M whether he ‘viii run again for the‘ age and sacrifice there is also the §°.“‘f. °‘ t u Dre ti’ sure h ca win it f ll lif I’ Cathurines and Wind-_ he does. In anv Gflseehexis keeping u er e his political fence. in order.

pledge of a better day and n

“Our men and women are mak- great sacrifices. Some of them

lng With another session of Parlla-l have made the great sacrifice But tI]\.1.e plants are about to come upyment. in Prospect for ihe end of

January Mal- Power ls not moving ltO Quebec yet. He is keeping

his

union, has advanced the proposal home in often-a and going go his that lwv should b: combined in a‘ Home cit-v each week while re-egtsb.

national agreement.

- iichin’: the law practice ho gave up

The Union l5 also seeking union nearly l0 years ego when he enter- shcp provisions which would zequirt: ed the Cabinet»

rill general motors employees become members of the Union. So, far there has been no reaction from the Company to these requests.‘ The Union bases its claim to a na- tional agreement on the ground that the existing contracts run al- lllCSi. concurrently and are generally similar in terms .

Hearing of m alT-pUCBtIOXI by Nova Scoiln coal minors iiol‘ wage czeaacs is scheduled before

fi-V. ' The Unllrd Mine Workers rcrBrit

C L \ is secltin" an increase of $11 a day in ill? wcrsnt barit- labor‘ rat,» of $5 67 a rloy and incremesl avcrngln’: about 2f) per cent for

‘fills War—F:ur

Years Ago

B)’ The Canadian Press

I DEC. 2‘. ln-v istrv announced at least 144 Italian the planes destroyed in first l2 da NaFonal War Labor Board TuesqNorth African offensive. l3 RA

lanrs lost. but five ish ixmbers

aly.

IMO-Bfltish Air ‘Min- vs of . F pilots saved. ‘raided Brilldisi,

Mlollry ERUPTION

The loudest noise ihe world has

other warp"; ‘Thc gqnpllcatign M“ ever heard is believed io have been

fccts about 10.000 workers employed , ' a

QUICK IFS

ti: eruption of the vclrano Krak-

a in 1883. heard 3.000 miles away.

“I know my Guardian Want Ad said ‘lnsi

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de bath-

ing poof-but just wait until we get another good pk)"

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‘that has not been in vain, for on Christmas Day we thank the Lora iwho came Himself into the battle {of life to share its sorrows and sufferings . . . He showed us that faith, courage. sacrifice, nlwlya produce results."

The Soldier's liour

The following poem was gem

Italy in a letter to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Deighan, Sum- nlerside.

It's peaceful in the twilight

As the shades of eve come down,

- And all is hustled and quiet

Throughout the mountain town.

Tllcre is something about thlsllour, Controlled by God's own hand AS ihoueu to bring a spell of pence l.) a nczlvillg, shell-rocked land.

The dogs uf uur, exhausted, .avc my them (lOWll to rest; ‘Tis the hour of the evening That the soldier loves me best,

' ind sitting in the twilight

Jeneath the heavenly dome, A soldiers thoughts are not sf wsr nut, of a far-oil’ home.

We are thankful, Lord in Heaven For the hour that You've set iPor us to dwell on days of yore In peace-Jest we forget.

Superforts In Fresh Raids

WASHINGTON, Dec. l0—(AP)- The big Omura aircraft factory on the Japanese home island of Kyu- shu came in for another blasting from American Superfortresses to- dllf While other 349's hit tatrlgetl at enemy-held Shanghai and on- klmr on the Chinese mainland.

These new blows in the stepped up air war aimed to Japanese sources of sirpower and

in China were reported in s War

Department communique. (Irina-based n-aau in

geclsion instruments. 1t was s huge aircraft assembly works has been hit since last July.

ttzroulh the 1Q. crack

home by Pte. Charles Deighan from,

knock out supply lines for the enemy forces

"medium force"—-an expression which usual- ly means about 40 planes-bombed Omura through an overcast wéh

e th time that Omurs, which has

an: then disjoint the les from the

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Discussed By Members In House of Commons

illumination of statements made. ln the House of Commons by General A. G. L. McNaughton. waists: of National Defense, on ~ e manta: from the Hsnssrd official report, Nov. 23. Continued from yesterday's Guardian.

Mr. McNaughton: There msy well have been complaints, but the con- ditions under which men are sent back on prisoner of war escort were orescribed and laid down. and selec- .!on for that duty is very, much ought after.

Mr. Brooks: Thew are liome for

flirty days, I believe? '

Mr. McNaughton, Yes, free of ransportation time.

Mr. Brooks: I asked the minister

f he had received many object- ions from these men to returning overseas while there are under the N. R. M. A. young men who they feel should take their places.

Mr. McNaughton: ‘fliers were reports, but I am not aware of them personally.

Mr Brooks: I believe the de- partment intends bringing home inen who have been overseas for four and five Years. which I be- lieve is a splendid thing.

Mr. McNaughton: Yes.

Mr. Brooks: Thcse men been away for a long time, and they are war weary. How long is it anticipated they will remain in Carlada?

Mr. McNaughton: The minimum Period is thirty days. clear of tlmc| taken up in transportation. As a, matter of fact. although I cannot he specific on the point I think we "hall find that a good many of ‘Iiese people with special experience will be kept here u instructors and 1'2 on in the training scheme.

Monthly Absorption

Mr. Brooks: You would not say ‘vat you could absorb four or five wrldred of tirase men each month.

Mr. McNaughton: Our difficulty r working it out has been the wallability of transportation from he theatres of war back to Can- -:la. I believe the number we have

rhis month is about 450. 1 gm hope- ful that in subsequent months the iotal may be very much greater. I

Mr. Brooks: anticipate any objection from these men to returning ovcrscas?

Mr. McNaughton: No; I should say most of them will be anxious to go back. The old so.dier follows the call. after he has had a bit 0i’

have

expressed alarm at the mantra usdwlused

subject of oversees reinforce- to

acted tly the telee

more serious. th

brought to

considered much situation was not minister or dbl

attention of the

war cabinet. um y the inet staff officers were on an esrlv end to the war nored the oversees requee. when Colonel Balaton arrived o

th b

ly two and s. half months had sed. Had the matter been with in early Augum and a number of men diverted into infantry pool at that time present crisis might never arisen."

I should like to know if thr minister has anv knowledge of the truth or otherwise of tht. statement.

Col. ltalston Replies

Mr. Ralston: I do not imagine the minister would have any knowledge of it. That would mile to do with my own administra- tion. I know of no telegram that was sent from overseas with rc- gard to a matter of that kind IihlCh was not brought to the attcnticn of the minister. wire on a matter kind would be brought to the attention of the minister. The real situation is that it was found that in! were “very much have always used those words, sl- though I could give the percent- ages-when had been anticipaad, and that goes not only for the Canadian forces but for our allies as well. The over-all casualties were practically the same, bu‘. the infantry casualties were a much higher proportion of the total than had been estimated on the very best information available. The result was that the infantry‘ pool became exhausted. Immedi- ately vigorous s were token by Canadian mi tary ‘- -‘ - ers over there to remuster men from other arms and train them I was going to tel‘. an- other if it does not invade security

leave. My hon. friend has been through it, and so have I.

Mr. Cruickshank: I should like to ask the minister one question-

Cape Breton South has the floor.

Mr. Gillis: f listened to the dis- cussion all afternoon. and in my o9- inion the information we have ree- eived to-day has added very little to the knowledge of hon. members. although it has provided the Min- icter cf National Defence with a good deal of mental exercise. As to this matter of reinforcements. and whe- ther or not the order in council tabled "to-day meets the situation, we are not in a. position to say un-

ion is in Ulevarious theatresofwar. To what extent are our forces deple- tedJTo what extent do they require immediate reinforcement? To what extent mlust we create reserves in order w suD- forward? The minister is not in a position to give that informa- tion to hon. members, but I think we must have it

Mr. Mitchell: Not publicly.

“No Information whatever’

Mr. Gillie: That is so: not nubiiv- ly. That is why I say most of the stuff we have been given to-dsy has given us no information what- ever. I am not intrested in find- ing out whether the minister can raise 16.000 men next month or the month after or the mnotli after that. That mm] not be adequate. We hove met here to make some definite and complete arrangements to see to it that our men overseas are reinfen, ced adequately. and we cannot det- ermine what i5 required until We have the infcnnat-lon which the minister can give this house only in private session

I srn interested in one point. and that is how this matter came about.‘ Why are we in this situation at the present i-imelwe have had combat- ent staffs. The war has been in

' progress for five veers- Oili‘ trawl;

sat in England for four years As, soon a< they go into action we strike a crisis in the matter of reinforce-I ments. Someone fell down on the job. and if that is so. then in mYi opinion the answer for the future is to correct that initial mistake. i I rose at this time for ihe DUYPOSB of asking the Minister of National Defence if he has an!’ RROWiYiEi? cf 9, statement contained in the Financial Post of November 1944 1.f this statement is cor- rect it is a serious accusation ag- ainst certain peorle in Canada responsible for ihe management 0f military affairs; if it is not accurate it should be denied. This state- ment deals specifically with the reinforcement situation: it is Writ- ten by Kenneth R. Wilson. and I am going to read that part which is sermons to this dbcusslon: that the

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when carving turkey, first out the i0

—I do not think it does-that st one time our units were down by something like 8,000 in the aggre-

ate. I think that happened about the

middle of August, if I am not mi:-

taken. By a very effective re- muste ng ogralnrne they had built the un ts up w strength about s. month later. and had a small margin. It was expected that the pool would build up through the remustering that was taking place. and that what had occurred was more or lees a splurge in act-vitles and that the pool would buid

gin. That

til we know exactly what the gitust-g

port them if and when they rnovei

shortage " thstufurisler ~'

holed. Not only was no action taken by the military. but what fs now

e the

figuring - and iZ- - Only v_ erseas in October did he learn lab-i out ilhe matter. By illat time near- ‘ ; 08s-

ire the have

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realized. The rate of casualties continued in view of the kind of warfare we were undertaking. The result was the losses continued. putting us in the position where we are-I am not going to anticl- pate what the general is going to say about the expected position at the end of November—in a situa- tion where it seemed to me, after having gone over the situation lfl the battle areas both in Italv nnd lih France and also in the United Kingdom. that we, had to provide a very substantial lump sum num- ber of additional trained infantry [in order to re-establish the pool -whicll was so depleted as to be almost exhausted at that time, Mr. Gillis: I am trying to get

up information because this story had expectation__wa_s_jggLjleenjirculstednin ampaper n; m.

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fl tio cusntlon. Mr. Ralston: I had not seen it or heard Mr. Gulls: It is s very serious ac- cusation against a responsible military official in Canada and should be cleared up. I asked the question to get an official answer. I am very glad that the forrvicr Minister of National Defence has cleared it up. . (To be continued) PS

' wm-r nus cannons con. ON THE ADRIATIC. . 15 — (OP Cable) — Capt. Peter Hertz- berg. son of MaL-Gen. H. F. H. Hertzberg. couunandant of

Royal Military College. -Ki

Ontlislnlssing ss a result of an

uential as the one Ixhave men- ned. It is a very serious nn-

action along the Lamone River, 1t was permitted to disclose today.

In the course of an unsuccessful attempt by s permanent tom rql. ment to obtain s, bridgehead 1mg the Lamone. Capt. Hertzberz m s Dlafoon across a railroad bridge is the west bank of the rim,

A shell landed in the vicinity, ren. dering 16 of hi5 men casualties sue t-line captain ha, not been reported S RC6.

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