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Ire ident, LleuL-Coi. W. Cheater B. McLnre Vice-President, J. It. Burnett, IJJ. Secretary, LieuL-(‘nl D. A. llaclilnnma, 0.8.0. ldltor and Nliinnglnj- Director. J. R. Burnett, FJJ. p soriale Editor, Frank Walker.

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ARC,“ 23, 194

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The First Requirement

Liberal apologists are mucll concerned lest criticism of the King Govcrunlent be used by Loni 11,1“! Haw or some other Nazi broadcaster. Revt-huitius of glut-mutant patronage mongering and (lllllloi'lll".<$ in equipping our fighting forces would, it is "cued, “htlp Hitler."

As it Hitler's agcllts were unaware of these things!

ln Fnglatlrl they have learned that making clean the ulilSKlE of the Clip and platter for the heirs-fit pl Yuri broadcasters is not sufficient for Y!‘ l: Pwhl ll in! : l» v \ "Una-t Hurt] Plnirirzr, cleanse first Ihafulhich ix 1a "Illiiu f/rt’ App nuil flit/fer, Hmt {he outside 0f flirt/i may E's r/vnu fllkifl.”

'l‘lic ilil- talicn is not from Liberal caulpaigal illLQClll S.

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A Clearcut Issue

As c‘ z u! ilay zlppmaches the issue becomes t‘l~'.'All'l‘ ! trim: line jicople of Canada will de- citlt: "ll .\l nth _'l 1h is whether a National Gov- crlurcilt lfl'(‘>l'*?Cll\'€ of political affiliation shall ll of the administration of Canada perl-itl of the war or whether we shall

uulltr a purely partisan system. In

every nth-n‘ domain of patriotic endeavor there ts no qucszion asked about politics at all. There is no party jxllltics in enlisting;

none ' the fluids for greater production; tic-no in i hing to war funds; none in con- tli‘. nu in to t lied Cross, Salvation Army, Legion an/l Olll€f charities; there is no politics "'1 the \\'t'il‘!l’3ll \'."ho knit and sew fur our 1.1 sail-yrs; why lllCll slluuld lhvrc he piutics lll Parliament \\'llt‘n Hitler and . 'l of l\'u='~ia cllallcilqe our (lClllOCTZtllC free govcrzlur-utlts and in" .1 people everywvhere? 'l'h<-_v kuuv that if they can crush Great Britain ihr-v w.ll zl-iuifnaic the world.

'lhe prc<<.-lit Prinle Minister has betrayed lll~ up‘: of nlifhl in declaring that party gov- Efllllltfll ls the only kind that is needed in Can- tda at this time, and with the strange implica- tion that he is the only one who is fitted to be its lltnlll. (fhhcr Liberal Cabinet Ministers have also put forth this idea. One cannot think that thi. is the (tlllflifill of the majority of the people of tnnzula or that they are not willing to put partv and partisan irleas in the background until the bigger issue is decided on the other side of the Atlantic.

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Exploiting Canadian Patriotism

A motion picture on Canada's war effort was advertised by the Vancouver Liberal As- sociation as “a graphic record of accomplish- ment which is. in great part, the work of our British Colunlhia illiuislcr, Ian hlacl-zcnzie."

“This," says the Vancouver Province (ln- depcndentl “is [vlayirlg elcction politics and ex- ploiting the patriotism of Canadian men and women in this war with unblushiilg effrnutery. It is tncnn enough to arr-use a rczlctiiul quite the Contrary to that (l('<l!'('t,l by the people who have lcant thcnlsc-lvcs to such tactics."

Swilent As A Clam

lVith the election only a couple of days away, it would be expected that all Liberal cabinet min- isters would have been heard from. But Fish- eries bliuistcr l\llCll£1llCl, who is a lawyer from a. lumbering district-—-whcre is he?

He has been as silent as a clam about his department. Seeing that not so long back he was rapped ovcr the ltnuckles by Liberal newspap- ers and at least one prominent Liberal Senator for being incompetent to hold his job, it is no wonder Mackenzie King is keeping Mr. Michaud in hiding.

One Liberal paper (the Eastern Chronicle) suggested it was no use telling Mr. Michaud he should resign; he should just be "thrown out l" Yet he is still holding down one of the most important portfolios in the cabinet so far as the Maritime: are. concerned.

This is the man who in conjunction with our own incompetent Liberal representatives allow- ed Sgooooo voted by Parliament to rehabilitate the lbllcry’ iurlinlty lapse uncxpcnded a cou- plc of years ago. Between them they Qidlft have the initiative to devise ways and mcans of utilizing the money properly, The re- stilt was that many additional thousands had to be expended in fishermen?» relief.

Inactive Mr. Michaud got the job which should have gone to the late lamented A. E. MacLean in I935; which is just another ex- ample of the discrimination practised against this Province under Liberal rule.

Manion's Youth Policy

At the enthusiastic Conservative mecnng at the Sporting Club on Tuesday night, Messrs. McLurc and l-lynclman both emphasized the im- parlance of Dr. Iifanionh pmpogal to appoint a blinistry of Youth Welfare to work in co- operation with the Department of Labor and other departments concerned in the problem of uncmplovtilcut.

Dr. .\lauiou's youth policy has bccn criti- cised as an election-eve gesture, but the facts speak otherwise. It was back in July, r938, un- ntédizltcly’ uficr his election as lcntlcr of the Na- tional (Ionsvrv;ttivi~ lklrty, that llr. blntliott au- nounced his intuition to establish a Department

of Youth. Now, u leader oPthe National Gov- ernment party, he hafcontinued to emphasize the vital importance of such a department to be included in his cabinet if elected on March 26. In accordance with the recommendations of the Purvis-Moore Commission (ignored by thc King Government) Dr. Manion proposes to take steps to organize the Employment Bureaus of Canada and to include Youth Employment Bureaus which will work in close co-operation with agriculture, industry and commerce to assist in placing all our young men in gainful employment and to disseminate employment in- formation throughout the country. The Depart- ment, will also dcvelop and extend the existing farm placement plan, removing its present de- fects and nlalciilg it applicable to the special needs of each agricultural province.

Is not this a policy well worth pursuing, even in war time? Its importance in solving our post-war problems will be still more apparent.

Farm Implement Prices

What about that promised reduction in farm implement prices on which Mackenzie King got imo power five _years ago?

Ollr farmers know the answer!

Hay mowers cost $115.50 last season as against $96.00 under Bennett.

Binders $267.00 as against $31000 in 1935-

Mauure sprcaders $205.00 as against $13599

at that time. A _ 1n the-c tlucc essential farm unplclncnts ulimc an iurrulsl‘ uu-lrr .\l.'l\'l\'(‘!!/!C king of

$140.50.

The Better Way

As a reason for opposing National Govern- fnent Hon. Mr. Ralstou says it is very necessary that there be “the check and curb of Opposition criticism and inquiry so that Government will, as they say, keep on the rails.”

If Mr. Ralston was luorc familiar with Is- land pltllllCS he would kuQw that this theory is anathema to the Campbell Government.

Moreover, it didn't keep the King Govern- ment “on the rails,” because at the first threat of Opposition criticism and inquiry hlaclteilzie King scuttled Parliament.

A better “check and curb" would surely be a government constituted along non-partisan lines, which would be amenable to criticim, atld representative of all our people.

— LDITORIAL NOTES —

Orle- morc day. and that a statutory holiday, before our l§rl~'tt-l' clcvtii-u. t t a The $200 a day plus living and travelling ex- penses‘ candidate is mther an expensive luxury

for an agricultural community. v a v a

Tomorrow Easter Sunday when all good peo- ple, politicians and others, will go to church in celebration of the Resurrection

w m e v

“Carpet baggers", is the epithet applied in Britain to candidates who hail from here, there and everywhere in search of a seat to raise themselves by their shoe strings.

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One thing nobody can dispute Messrs, Mc- Lure and Hyndman, Drs. MacDonald and Mac- Phee have the interests of this, and no other province, foremost in their thoughts and minds, and are not distracted by other interests, mone- tary or otherwise.

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Viscount Milner born this date 1854—one of the greatest Imperial statesmen of the 19th and 20th ccnturics, he trained innumerable outstand- ing statesmen and diplomats, including john Buchan, Baron Twccdsmuir in what was known jocularly as "Nlilncrk Kindergarten."

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(fharlottcpuvti is no! lltf’ only Rlrlvlrl ceulr( that has suffcrcil uudcr the l\l{lL‘l\'(‘l!Zl(‘ King (ioverulnent. The Ilalifnl" C/irouir/r (Liberal) says the attitude towards Nova Scotia in the matter of Thins-Canada Air Lines is "com- pletely lacking in sympathy" and that the pub- lic is tired of haling to (lcptud on feeder lilies to link them with a so-cnllcd national system.

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Evidently Senator Sinclair has been accom- panying Dr_ Grant to offset some of his more outstanding blunders. At Georgetown he told the electors that it was not against the Govern- ment but Dr. Grant that the returned soldier, Mr. Jay had a just grievance for illegal dis- missal. Similarly at Souris he told the electors, in spite of Dr. Grant's assertion to the contrary that it is not the intention of either the Dr. Illaniou National Government or the Mr. Mac- kenzie King Libcral Government to enforce con- scription. '

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blacltenzic King's lieutenants are bragging of having saved “national unity" in the Quebec provincial election. The fact is that they entered that contest to restore the unity oi Quebec Lib- eralism and to get their Liberal machine men back in the Quebec political trenches in prepar- ation for the retreat from vulnerable positions in parliamentary debate to the czuuouflagcd de- fcttscs of a general election. Anything but heroic was their threat to resign their seats at Ottawa- to quit their posts on the Liberal anti-conscrip- tion ramparts-if Dnplcssis won.

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One thing this election has demonstrated — the inadequacy of the radio as a substitute for public meetings. Only those vitally interested listened in. A politician took the trouble to as- certain from a cross section in a particular dis- trict the effect of a broadcast. Result -- Eleven had no radio; I6 were not interested in the speaker's views; 7 were not home at the time, 8 did not time in, 3 listened in part, one listened to the whole. And this is not merely a local experience. Sydney Post-Record says: "Report says that both major party headquart- ers at Ottawa express themselves as dumb- founded over the proven ineffectiveness of political broadcasting in this campaign, and as being resolved to revolutionize their publicity methods before another general election rolls round. Meanwhile this one has been lulled aJ- most to a comatose condition by the sad swan songs on the air which have become the order

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NOTES BY TNE WAY

Nod: had no mine: 1o far. No planes to bomb his ark: ‘Ililere were no submarine: about, More ruthless than the shark: And yet we fee! that Noah would have hailed mine, sub or plane as a, cherry little interlude in the rain, rain rain. - Ibronw Star.

About the "nerviect" Individual that. the election campaign has so far produced la the Communist candidate standing in the Si. Mary's division of Montreal on a platform of bringing back frcm Elazland the Canadian trocps who have crossed the Atlantic. -Br0:k- ville Recorder and Times.

With the earliest of the Elsi‘! County cucumbers already on the way to market, growers are en- thusiastl? about the fast start this seascn, The heavy shfpmenta don't begin fcr anotbrr three weeks or so. but the "cukes" will soon be flowmsz steadily to the tables of Canadian homes. - Wlndror Star.

'l'lrcre ls a suit going on at Pitts- burizh for 525.030 because part of a girl's finger was snapped off by a timber wolf at the zoo. And Jim Curran. in his Scull Star. has al- ways been telling us that. a wolf would not. eat any person. Well, that. wolf in the 2:0. at. least. made n. start. on the vcurg lady. —Pcfer- borough Plxaulincr.

Have the well-meaning innocents who cry "Stop this war now!" con- sldered vrlmt their brand of peace wcul-l mean to this country? I-i; would mean tl-e destruction of evervthinz that, Br't/lln stands for -and everything they pretend to stand for. The British coverrment has taken certain measures agatrvt underground subversion, They have been far too tclerant of those who are openly preaching lt. —- London Dally Mail.

The alcohol scheme ln Iheland has tslkctt satisfactory shape from the agricultural the lmlustrl l and the economic paint of v.ew. n ac- cordance with the purpos for which they were originally c cted. the factories are purchasing from the runners all SLlTDlUS p0 toes. They can also work any surp 0f home-produced molasses an are supplemental: any shortage o the latter by importing foreign las- scs. Even in years when thrre 1-. a good manic-ct. fcr potatoes, sub tan- tlal quantities are outgraded for lvar and seed purposrs as ether too small or too big. The dist-t ler- lots provifc a useful outlet. for t lose cullgradcd potatoes. Morr rr, farmers ziffcn prcli-r to avoid lthc high cot. of rcrting potatoes. by delivering them as thry c me from the fields to the factor es. 'I'he total production of alcollo ln Ireland Ls approx mateiy 1500000 gallons per annum. From one on of washed potatoes, having an average starch content of 14.1 per- cent. 22.9 gallons of undenatucd absolute alcohol are obtained a. from One ton of high-best moles:

give: fifty-eight. gallons, -_ Bra . don Sun.

Gentlemen, it la not your fo d dwire 6r mine that can alter tlei nature of things. By contend" against which, what have we g t -or shall ever get-but defeat a shame? I did not. obey your l structxona. No. I conformed to th instructions or!’ truth and natu and maintained your interest, against your opinions, with a con stancy that. became me. A recentative worthy of you ought, to be a person of stability. I amt to look, indeed, at your OPLIUOHSH butt to such opinions as you and I‘ must have five years hence. I was not. to lock to the flash of the day.‘ I knew that. you ch/‘se ms, tn my place, alcng with othczs. to be a niliar of the state and not. a wea- thcrcock on the top ot the editzre, exnlt-"d for my ilvlty and virsatf- m". and 0f no tin" but. to indicate liw slllft

Adolf llitier in his Munich speech declare-Cl that Gcrnlany waulzi have wcu t-llc Llriat War had no bccn at. the helm. ‘File natlcrfs leaders then. he declared wrrc “seeond rate." But. in hzs Wllhelmsliaven speeh ccl April, 1 1939, he sad as quolcd in the Brltlrn blue botk: "Germany at that time remancd unbeaten and ultvanqu shed on land, sea and in the air. And yet We lost the war. We know the power which at that time vanquished Germany. It was the pcwer of falshocd, the poison of a prepa- Elmda which did not shrink frcm distortion and untruthfulrles and WlllCll caught the German Rem because it. was unprepared and de- fenceless.” 'I'ht--. is the doctrzne which the Nazis have fed the Ger- man peoplc for years» that the lza- tlon did not suffer military defeat in the last war. It. is one of the great reasons why Germany has entered upon anothtr conflct. The fighting was never carried into G-emaan territory and Germany did not experience the demolftlon or towns and cities and slaughter of civilians as in Belgium and France. As General Pershing, former commander of t-he American Expeditionary Force, recalled recent. ly "the armistice permitted the Ger- mans to nlarch back with colors flying and bands playing and pos- ing as vie-tunes of polivcal condi- tiorla." But for all that, the Ger- man armies were soundly defeated in 191B. Frrm the Battle of Amlena 1n early August when the Can- iuflem penetrated the enemy line for eight miles in two days-and kept on going-the Allied forces ad- vanced wltih few checks. A history of the "final blow" by General Home's First Anny provides‘: narrative if! which the record for August. 27 is typical, "The attack was renewed and the advance 0on- tlnued over the old German ltnea into country held by the Germans since 1914. At night one Canadian battalion had got 9,500 yards from that morning's Jlunlping-off posi- tion. Powerful defences of oftfaniz- ed trenches villages and woods had been overcome. Names that had figured ln reports and communi- ques for years as active Iposlvom in the enemy lines were flung over their shoulders by the on- rushlng troops. Counter-attacks, indeed, and good ones, the enemy made. But. our lino went on and the organization followed - guns, 11cm. railways, telephones, ambul-

Public

PROPAGANDA

Slr,-Ixtatead of Right I-lon. Mac- kenzie King censoring the speech-ea 0f his political opponents, he should rather censor some of the C. B. 0. broadcasts. notably one in last Monda morning's March 18th. news, in w lch it was stated that "Canada was drawing nearer to the United States and drawln away from England and Imperal ." Ls this American propaganda or Nazi? I esume the latter. Ia there any ot. er nation in the world that would tolerate such unpatrlotic dlsloyal. and false utterances to ‘be widespread?

I am, sir, etc, LOYAL CANADIAN WAR VETERANS STATEMENT

Bin-In the Patriot issue of March 21st, a letter by a. party caning himself “A Veteran" makes the following statement: “Living veterans are the ones who can give reliable information." Well, Sir. I can give the information quickly and on oath if necessary,

We had been l action around Paschendale and had been grant- ed a furlough which I intended spending in Scotland. My C. O. came and spoke to me and asked me tf I wished to vote before I went on my holiday. There was no question of co-ercion. and no at- tempt, made to in-flacnce me in any way.

I am. Sir, etc. WM. V. GAUTIIIER, Veteran

FIFTY MEN ARE TAKEN FOR A RIDE

Sir: —Many citizens are wonder- ing why the new trucks of the Canadian National Railways pick-nu and deiivery JQTVlCE have been driven over our streets continuously for the inst couple of days. The ex- planation ls that; it is lust another attempt: by the Idberai politicians to fool a large number of men into thinking they are in line for a. Railway job after the election.

However the old mime ls beinfl given a. new twist in that: a number of Railway oftflieals are being coin- pelled to assist in trying to hood- wlnk the voters.

Some time arzo word was =sed out that several men would e re- quired for the new service. and in manv cases Liberal committee men were obllglniz enough to contact. the list of victims. advise them that the mrtv would be clad to recommend them to the Railway and make sure they were elven preferred at- t-uulmq, of course the result of all this was that. lliernllv dozens of ap- ‘nllcnllon: were htlndod in, each ac- commm-wl by the special recom- ll'!"\'|(l:lllOllB. -

‘Phc ucrst mnvc in lhc came “'38 tho visit or g1 cerialti offi- cln! who intcrviryvcd each appli- cant. just lo ic! hnn kncw he was not forgotten and mltrht expect: rc- sults as soon as thr r-lcciloiw was ov- er and lust to make sure no one would feel slanted another official arrived a couple of days ago with ln=trtl"t’cv~ to "cute"? each tum!‘- cant, "TAKE HIM FOR A RIDE" nr" "w! cu‘ “cw he rlrlw- 1» car."

While the oblect of all this is unite clear. what is hard to under- sf ml l: how anyone could hope to f‘ l the men concerned. for even if th titre-c trucks were manned 'rcm th. half-a-hunrlrerl "luckv" selects, their chance: would be only a twen- tv to one sh i.

But. here's tine run.

‘ YYLEWTTON EV?" . c WPRF? RE‘- TITRNED T0 ‘POWER. ‘Pl-YE JFW-‘G WILL BE ‘FILLED AS‘ ALT. RAH.- wAv vfitstTmvc Ann FYI-Y “W.

FROM TI-IE QITAT-TFWVD SPARE MEN NOW TN THE SERVICES OF '1???‘- RATLWAYS."

I am. Sir etc. Tlltlfik rmrvER

EASTER. ELECTION

Sin-At this Easter season we remember the death of our Lord. ll/c partake of the emblems of His broken body and shed blood. We also recall that. Judas Iscariot be- trayed His master for 30 leces of rilvrr. Judas regretted tis act and fEllFIlfll the money. Befrve we arc fit to tak: in our hands. or in our mouths the sacred cle- ments. we will need to do at. least m. wcl! as Judas it'd flFd return lllf‘ stuff if nlrczldy taken. Poor Judas sold himself. There are many things such as health. trap- pincss, or a good name, that are loo precious to s21 at any pzlce. Our citizenship tn a democratic country ls also very. very precious. I rmukl not sell mv mother's pir- ture. Neither would I sell my fkllPlllfif’. I have sympathy for .<.:.:~~.c vsho on account of poverty or ignorance, give their note to the lliQllPSl. ‘Jldder. But. I have none the agents of the big interests, win ccme to our canitals-ear to the ground-ready o offer the "slnews of war." Having fall-en for this. the Government la en- slaved and obliged to buy the goods from such people, whether it be road machinery. or the product of the still: and that at an enhanced price. ls is one way to sell our Province, and in a. similar way our fair Dominion.