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"Electioneering By Innuendo"

Under the above heading the Halifax Chronicle (Liberal) has this to say about a sub- ject of wide current interest:

“There have been several aspects of the electioneering in Grey North which have lmcn anything but elevating. Some of them have almost brought one to the point of wondering whether we still live in a democracy in Canada. But, while some things are better left ivithout comment, it is extremely unlikely that the lat- est outburst of General hlchlaughton will go unanswered.

"Speaking last Wednesday, after an absence of a iveek from the constituency, the Defence Minister felt it necessary to account for thit absence. He informed his hearers that ‘today the North Atlantic is, as it hasn't been for months past, alive with German submarines.‘ ‘We are having ships sunk day by day,’ he cin- tinued. Then he proceeded to inform the world that only last week ‘a large draft of reinforce- ments was on the high seas.’

“That is precisely the sort of information that could not have been published by anyone less than a Minister of State at a time so near to the occurrences noted. To print it so soon wit?!‘ the event would have appeared to any reputable newspaper as breaking the code of moral cen- sorship, if nothing else.

"The Minister apparently has his own views on censorship. He remained at his desk in Ottawa, he said, because ‘it was essential to keep out of the press any information about troop movements.’ It was essential to keep this information out of the press, he declared, ‘despite the wild and careless demands of cer- tain newspapers.’

“This is a remark which certainly will he re- lented by the entire press of Canada. It pre- sents the public with a picture of a virile two- gun Ministerial watchdog valiantly doing his job in the face of semi-moronic editors and news-hounds, most of them prepared to betray the interests of their country for the sake of a scoop.

“That picture is absurd. So is the impllfil" tiun that the Minister of National Defence has the duty of acting personally as a Press Cen- sor. There is already a Censor 0f Publications in Canada, to vlillOlll newspapers are respon- sible. The only yardstick used by the censors in treating material is the Defence of Canada Regulations. Any newspaper which prints ques- tionable material becomes immediately liable to heavy penalties.

“There have been subtle efforts made before now to impose other censorships oh Canadian newspapers. They have been resisted, and they will continue to be resisted, _on the prin- ciple that s free press is a. necessity to a free people."

(Touring from a staunch Liberal party news~ paper. this outspoken criticism of the Defcilifi Minister's campaign tactics speaks volumes.

The Canada Medal

rrime Minister Churchill announces that all members of the armed services will receive the British war medal after the war. As members of the Canadian forces are eligible for all Bri- tish ilecorations presumably this award wiil he available to them.

Meanwhile what has happened to the Can- ada medal, a Dominion award that was crested more than a year ago? So far no one has rc- ceived it. although there have been two New Years honor lists since it was decided to strike

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When Prime Minister hlackenzie King an- nounced the decision to strike the new medal in October, i043, it was revealed that a list of the first recitiicnts was already under considerzitivn. The medal wzis to be awarded to both military and civilian persons, not necessarily Canadhns, for "meritorious service above and beyond the faithful performance of duties."

Since that date there have been a number of oCc-‘tsioils when ihc medal could have been au-arilctl. 1t would have brought added pride tn those Canadians who have poi-formed dil- tinguished service.

Greatest Stock Movement

A million head of dairy cattle, sheep and goats have been moved from the interior of the Soviet Union to liberated areas in thc west. This was done with all the precision of a military more- ment. Plans for it were made for six months before the drive began last May. The ‘whole movement was conducted from a headquarters set up in Moscow. The first intention to move the herds by rail was set aside, for it would tie up a whole railway system already strained by military requirements. Instead, twenty-three routes overland were laid down by scouts who mapped trails through forests, over steppes and along highways. Watering stops were selmted and 540 supply depots established.

Twenty-five thousand persons were detailed for the drive along the trails that covered 25,000 miles. Most of those accompanying the drive were women and children and war invalids. but they were supervised by a corps of sixclally trained men. A short course of instruction was glvcn 4,000 lierdsmen and special instruction given 2,500 men with previous experience in driving cattle. Seven hundred veterinarians were detailed to look after the cattle on the move, and 70o Soviet doctors are reported to have hem sent along to care for the multitude of hetderl.

i Gangsterdom will become a major industry and

-proach to their problems," he said. “Retailing

Tlw 3.400 "Pirate herds on the trek we" followed mile by mile from Moscow. The ex. lit location of" each group was known daily, the numbers reaching the river crossings ivere watched, and the necessary fodder estimatt-d and laid down..

The result is said to have been an achieve- ment unequalled in all cattle driving. I-lerds and flocks which were carefully driven in west- ern America have in the past arrived increased‘

in numbers and with calves and lambs running 1

with them. But the magnitude of this drive as: the extent of the distance covered must give" to this Russian cattle drive identity as the most remarkable ln the history of all stock migra- tions.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Probaibly more perturbed than any others by the threatened compulsory evacua 'on from the city, are the wives and families o the officers and staff employed at‘ th: Airport. -

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It has just been divulged by Canadian Press that when Queen Mary and the Princess Royal did their Christmas shopping in Bath they took their own shopping bags, paper and string witl them, as‘ their contlibiition ti: wartime economy

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Now that the Government through Mr Mu- lock, Postmaster-General, announce that the by- election in North Grey will take place as sche- duled, it may be taken for granted that Prime Minister King has received assurances _tha' all will be well with his Defence Minister. Of course, there is still the horse-race uncertainty.

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When it comes down to brass tacks, ivha: we want at Ottawa representing us, are, as Mr. S. A. McLeod declared, men of weight, who will refuse to budge when a bureaucrat shouts "get out—I don’t want to see you.” They must Le able to stand their ground, and let the bureau- crats know it.

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"Ottawa reports rising indignation among the ex-service men at the total incompetence so far shown in setting up machinery for reestablish- ment, (says Th: Printed Word). It is still a fact that there is nothing practical being done be- yond placing a few returned men in universities. At NSS offices, especially in some centres. sez- vice men are dealt with as though they were released prisoners, and, in too many cases, by young men whose deferment from military ser- vice must have been obtained by political pull. The first step which the Government should take is to clean out the draft dodgers from pub- lic departments, and replace them with service men."

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_ Not a very pleasant prospect under bureau- cratic control. Mr. J‘. Gibson jarvie, prominent. British banker, said wartime controls have led to so much graft and crime in Britain-more than at any time in history-that “regimenta- tion” may lead to gangsierdom becoming a major industry. “There is not a market which has not its racketcers, no department which is not riddled with deceit and evasion," he said; “If we carry our regimentation much further you will find in England the same conditions that existed in America during prohibition.

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President Frankuin Delano Roosevelt. B.A., LL.D., American politician, born this date i882; admitted to New York bar in i907; member of New York Senate 1910-13; Assistant Secretary Navy; Democrat nominee for Vice-President in 1920; Governor of New York, 192933; President, i933, now re-elected for the fourth

time; publications—-Whilher Bonndf; The Happy “ York World Telegram.

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Warrior; Government-Not Politics; Looking Fortuard; On Our Way; The Public Paper: and Addverse: of Franklin D. Roosevelt: “I confess to pride in this coming generation. You are working out your own salvation; you are more in love with life; you play with fire openly, where we did it in secret, and few of you are

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Since there are some 137,000 retail estab- lishments across Canada doing an annual busi- ness of three and a half billions, retailers can play an important part in post-war employment. but manufacturers may be forced to establish “factory-controlled” retail outlets if retailers fail to rise to a post-war challenge, said Mr. George S. Hougham, Dominion secretary or’ the Retail Merchants Association, addressing a convention of the Men's Wear Association at Vancouver. "Retailers will require a new ap-

now has become a science, and days of the old- time storekeeper are largely past." It may be home in mind also that a large proportion of the lads being deniobilized declare a preference for store keeping as their occupation in civil

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A glance through the new McGill Univers- ity Directory of Students for 1944-45, reveals that 22 bearers of the name of “Smith” are registered. Of these 2a, one hails from the Bahamas, one from Newfoundland, a third from Jamaica, another from Bermuda, and one from Barbados, while the rest represent an as- sortment of towns, cities and villages in Ont- ario and Quebec. The Jones clan, on the other hand, are represented by only seven mem- bers, all of them from the Montreal area, with the exception of one who hails from Massa- chusetts. As usual Scottish names beginning with _“Mc" or “Mac" take up several pages of the directory, four and a half pages to be exact this time, including such cognomens as MacDougall, MacDonald and ‘McKay. The Irish are there too, with a pair of Fitzgcralds, a Fitzpatrick, an O’Flaherty and three Murphy's, to select but a few. First name in the list of students representing nearly all parts of the Allied world is thatof n Montreal arts student, Marjorie Abbey; last Mme is also that of a

' a distance of 2.600 miles.

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Warsaw is at Int freed from the bestlal clutch of the Germans. The first European capital so feel the full fury of the Buns’ terrify-

ower. she hu suffered in- ducr bsble agonlu, and no pen can adequatel chronicle what ms and her peope have endured dur- ing the long years since September, i139. But the Huns have been driven out. and s new day. l: is hopded, now downs for brave Po-

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Because he didn't know pump- kins were grown in Eastern Can- ada, n soldier recently took a 65- pound specimen with him in shagging car all the way from Ba tchewan to New Brunswick, I If west- erners sometimes think that east:- ern Canadians don't know much about the Prairies, perhaps it. ls equally true that some ivesterners have equally imperfect ideas about the esshv- Brockvllle Re- corder and Tunes.

While no doubt parachutes ver Denmark sometimes drop arms as well as parachutists the Dunes through many daring tricks con- tinued to secure weapons for themselves. A dozen patriots, helped by the lnattentlon of the card-playing German soldier guards. took a whole carload of weapons and ammunition from the freight station at Copenhagen The patriots dlsguished as masons drove into a German military dc- pot in Copenhagen and told ‘ guards they were going to palr a chimney. Then they olck- ed up boxes meant for the west front with 1200 sub-machine guns and ammunition, loaded them on their truck and drove off. picking up some comrades who had been watching outside. No Germans appeared-Montreal Star.

The‘ achievements oi’ men with artificial limbs ls a frequent cause of amazement. Hundreds of them have been retrained to take a new place in industry and are well able to hold their by their ability alone. There are cases of men who have lost their hands retraining their skill at sports, others have established themselves in the cultural fields with handicrafts. Many of them are the amputation cases o! the last war. We are reminded that. 1.300 men who have losl: limbs in this war have returned to Gan- sda, and 1t produces a sense of pride to learn of their determina- tion to overcome their handicap. obtain training for whatever oc- cupation suits them best. and make thernselvm self-supporting. These men do not ask for sympathy. they do not want 1t; they merely oak for skill at a trade and intelli- gent. placement. Given these things, they intend to be as good as the next man-Vancouver Pro- vince.

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ALLDWANCES ,

Important. Message to Parents

0n or about July 1, 1945, the Donia- i Ion Government at Ottawa will start making payments under the new Fllll- If births of any of your children have not been roy- istered in the Vital Statistics Office,

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there. We have to look back u: this. however, and see where .he revenue was earned on which the taxes were paid. In the case of most provinces 1t. will be found that. a E0041 Dart of the revenue was earned on business done with People in another province. Slm- ilarly» Cllswmfi plutles iind stiles taxes collected in Montreal may paid in the price of Bflods sold ln Saskatchewan. In "sins any figures Blvirlfl the total federal revenues collected 1n one Dart of Canada We must be cal-e. ful to trike this into account.

to see the potential danger to man- kind of the possession of this wea- pon (the rocket. bomb) by an ag- gressor Power. An iinscrupluous people could rain destruction np- on s neighbor at n moment's no- tice.» and could hope _ S‘If‘.."i means to obtain such udvnnhses that lt. could impose its will upon the world. In peace-time such a danger must be warded off, 1n ‘he first instance. by political and dl- plomatic measures. The most. ob- vious ls that n11 peace-loving ria- tlons must get together to protect themselves against an undeclared assault from a llkelv aggressor. For many years a watchful eye will ave to be kept upon Germany. not merely by the World Organiza- tion but by those countries most closely concerned-in case Britain. France and the smallei Western democracies. The World Organization will not iarecliirle uch regional understandings. and he most likely development scents he fonnatlon of regional groups- ri the West. of Europe under the eadershlp of Britain and in the East under the leadership of Rustin-London Dally Mall.