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‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker than the lattices! Ink".

FRIDAY, APRJL 8. 1938

The Labourer And His Hire

Who were the critics and "mean insinuators" I whom lion. B.\V. LcPage was replying in the Legislature the other night with regard to the salary and expenses he was drawing as chair- man of the Fislicrmeifs Loan Board? Until he stated the zlniounts himself, nobody outside his colleagues in the llouse knew what he was get- ting. The (iuartlizufs comment on this poiiit was CllllllllCtl to pointing out that the Board, of which .\lr. Lelfiige is chiiirmziii. exceeded its Estimate for administrative costs by over $2600. and to fishing how much of the $5,083 total was paid in salaries to Board members. .i\lr_ LePagc must have been smarting under more pointed criticism when he complained of being “scan- dalizetl" at the abuse he was receiving 0n this score. Prnlizililv it was to a caucus bombardment that he “'11s replying.

\\'hiit The Ciuartliau emphasized was that Mr. Gallant. the only member of the Board to speak on the Draft Address, confessed that many per- sons had improperly received loans; that both he and .\lr. LcPage had been “fooled” on occa- sions. \\'e suggested that it would be fairer to all conccrnetl to take the administration of this fund out of politics, by itesting it in a non-par- tisan (jomiiiissioii. On neither of these points did Mr. LePage nfier one word of comment.

One wonders, sincc he is busy from morning till night on his S900 job, plus expenses, in the Loan Board office, how Mr. LePage takes time to discharge his presumably more onorous ditt- ies 0f lixcctitive Cotiiicil president, for which he gets $1.000 annually. Or how he could spare the time to fC])1'€>(‘11[ the Government at the Coronation. at the cost of another $1.000 to the Province. or journey t0 Ottawa with Mr. Doug- nlrl Macliinnoii, ‘i\l.L.A. at the cost of $225, on a free railway pass. Was a substitute appointed for him at extra expense while he was away, or did he run the Board by remote control?

We pointed out that in addition to these emo- luments, and his $400 sessional indemnity and $43 job as Fzilconwood trustee, l\Ir_ LePage, according to the 1037 Accounts. drew $200 as u member of the Treasury Board. We are dis- appointed that he did not explain this item be- cause it is the one to which chief attention was drawn in these columns. Prior to the special Libcral session of I935, Treasury Board mem- bers received nothing extra for their services. The Election Act was amended by the present Legislature in order, as Premier Campbell ex- plained, to allow non-salaried members of the Government to draw “a nominal compensation” us members of the Treasury Board. Mr. LePage at that time was a non-salaried member and pre- sumably it was for his benefit that this prece- dent was established. But when he became President of the Executive Council at $1,000 salary he ceased to have any claim on the extra $200 he continued to draw. Mr. LePage boasts that he "owes nobody anything"; but surely he owes the House and the public an explanation on this point.

Up to the time of writing. the Falconwood report has not been tabled. The previous year's report shows purchases of $865.76 from the LePage Shoe Company Limited, of which Mr. LePage is president. and according to the Pub- lic Works report his firm supplied Falconwood with boots and shoes last year to the tune of $015.85, and Queen's County jail to the amount of $67.50

This year we note an item of $47.45. under Court House expenses in the Public Works Department accounts, paid to i\lr. LePagefs shoe company as “legal fees". Can this be an in- vasion into the domain of otir lawyer members? Also to Mr. l.cPage's company $1.80 for “car- tons”. \\'hat on earth has a shoe company got to do supplying the Law Courts with cartons, cspccizillv in view of the fact that the Prohi- bition Vendors could have done so free, gratis and for nothing?

These inziy he "small pickings" for a man of Mr. l.cl‘zinc's ambitions, but at least they indi- cate that he is glcaiiing the field pretty 1lior- oughly.

Canada Fiddles

‘The lack of leadership in Canada, while tilt world may well be headed directly toward cataclysm and civilization threatened with a shock which it cannot absorb, inspires The Ottawa gournal to submit a treueliant editorial for action

y this country in the only helpful and feasible way possible, the building up ‘of an air force which would be typically Canadian, and a power- ful aid, should the time ever come when it is heeded to be thrown into ‘the balance of defeat 0r victory for democracy. a

The chief complaint, and a vital one, says the Sydney Post Record, is in the moral support which Canada fails ignobly to provide to Britain la her time of trial and tribulation. It would be worth many squadrons of the air, etron flotillal of battleships and batalions of men, if t is Dom- inion, directly and officially declared, in language which could not be misunderstood, for the unity pad solidarity of the British Empire and the

reservation of democracy. If this country were ‘ ‘ i i» by a-murdcroua potential enemy, ti"

-. would be appealin to high Heaven for 1h- m ft, but the iniou in eublimely

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suggestion is by no means far-fetched. The Ger- mans would show something in rigid crush- ing demands which would outdo anything ever contemplated at Versailles in 1919- NOW Wt have the solemn declaration by Prime Minister Chamberlain, of British aims. The destiny of Canada lies wholly and irrevocably within the British Empire, and it is high time that Canad- ians, including the Canadian Government, woke up to that fact.

Close Harmony

“I don't think that anybody can say the Do- minion has not used this Province fairly well during the past two years. Compared with other Provinces l think we are getting our sharcP-Hon. B. W. LePags in Legislature, April 6.

“This province is not getting her just rights in direct relief or in many other ways. It should be getting something in the way of a guarantee for seed grain as compared with the western provinces. Saskatchewan is receiving $14,500,- 000 and Alberta $1,900,000, and the farmers in Prince Edward Island are practically as bad off. This province, too, over a period of three years has been receiving only 85 or 90 cents per capita for direct relief, whilst New Bruns- wick has been getting $3.10, Nova Scotia $2.50 and Ontario and Quebec $7.o0,.whilst the wes- tern provinces are getting up to $8.50."——Patriot editorial, April 1, suntmariziug statement of Hon. J. P, llfrlutyrr, lllinislrr of Public Works.

I‘ Editorial Notes I

One hundred years ago the SS. Great Wes- tern first steamer to steam to New York, this date i838.

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“No democracy can be healthy without free- dom of speech, real issues, and an effective op- position party.” Thus said Dr. James N. Means of Boston, president of the American College of Physicians, and his words are especially ap- plicable to our legislature zit the present time.

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It is reported that Dr, Lcopoldt, secretary of the South African Medical Council Cape Town. is offering free board to a pair of identical twins for an experiment to determine whether milk or wine is more beneficial to health. A similar experiment was carried out some tlious- ands of years ago iii Babylon, when Daniel proved beyond dispute that children fed on pea soup are healthier than those who eat meat and drink wine.

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Prime Minister Eamon de Valera has iioni- inated for the new Senate of Ireland the fol- lowing: Dr. Douglas Hyde, founder of the Gaelic League; Sir John Keane, member of the old Senate from i922 until it \vas abolished in 1936; Frank MacDcrniott, former independent member of the Dail (lower house of Parlia- ment); former Senator T. V, Honan and Wil- liam Illageiinis, Professor of Metaphysics at University College, Dublin. Under the new Constitution. which went into effect at the year- end, a Serial; of sixty members was established. Of these, fortyi-riine were elected, while the Prime Minister has the right to name the others.

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Scheduled for sentence in Montreal on five charges of champerty to which he had pleaded guilty, Jean E. joubert, 28, was fined $300 in one case and the sentences were suspended in the others. The accused was convicted recently of several cases of champerty and maintenance fol- lowing a. drive against “ambulance chasers” who financed damage suits for a portion of the pro- ceeds. On that occasion, Chief Judge Gustave Perrault, who passed sentence imposed a $500 fine. Three other adjusters, arrested at the same time after investigations had been made by the Montreal Bar Association, are awaiting trial on similar charges =1- : n- “Premier Duplessis, in repealing the French Text Priority Act, candidly confessed to a realization that his sponsorship of it last year was a mistake. It was, everybody will be pre- pared t0 admit," says the Gazette, “an error of judgment, not of purpose, and resulted from the application of a mistaken theory. The spirit iri which Mr. Duplessis has so punctually correct- ed the mistake—and this is admirably manifest in the preamble to the act of repeal—reflects at once the Premiefls fair-mindedncss, high-minded- ness and intrepidity. The forthright manner in which he accepted full responsibility for the adoption of the priority act and its repeal and acknowledged that he had been wrong in the first instance, will win for him from all parties an admiration equal to that which his courage commands in promptly righting the wrong. Mr. Duplessis’s action is the more commendable» be- cause it demonstrates that Quebec has a Prime hlinister who, skilled as he is in the conduct of the affairs of the province, is prepared to re- ceive new information from experience, profit by his errors and thereby act the better for the general good.” a n a e The number of pound sterling millionaires in Britain increased from 842 to 860 in the last fiscal year recorded by the Commissioners sf Inland Revenue. Thus there are now eighteen more persons whose incomes exceed $150,000 than there were in the previous year, and this despite a rise in taxation and huge sums spent by the government for rearmament and other public necessaries. Persons with incomes of £2,000 ($10,000) or more numbered 88,951, an increase of 1,357. Their aggregate income to- tailed £446,5z5.5o6, a rise of 113,352,368. There were seventy-one persons with incomes be- tween £75,00o and £100,000, compared with sixty-one the year before, and eighty-five with incomes exceeding -£1o0,oo0, against seventy- two. Incomes of this last class amounted in all to £15,442,485, an increase of £3,484,329. Some 3,450,000 persona were charged with income tax last year, compared with 3,350,000 in the year before, In addition, 4,950,000 were ex- empted from tax by the operation of allow- ances. Tllll figure showed a lump of 200,000. Net receipts from death (little! were £87,862.6f0, a decreue of £181,339, compared with the pro‘ ‘Yiblll ; ‘There were 507 amen t;-

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Lenten Homilies

PUBLIC roituM .

velopmezits from the recent mg- lsh ministerial aids provoked by the fell of Anthony Eden. former

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merit 1e committed to nothing Then why the negotiations? The $lgdbelilifi€ are. 111g“ more

. ‘Ihrmigh rig con-s . the Domllrilons will wind up by be- lieving that, me have something toaayintlwsetlliiqoftilieprob- leans which primarll concern Eng- llli interests. Fur ermore. that 1s wliwt. London wants. If Canada does wish to find herse‘! mixed

taking part 1n con- ems which are foreign to her and out o! which the next weir will urlsef-L. Action Catiholique.

Communism: Chief Dangle: “'I'lie most dangerous feature of this Sflviellc dictatorship. apart from its subtle and - propa- ganda spread throughout t e world to the ignorant especially, is thatit; gives Fascist dictators tihe mddve they are seeking to justify their despotism and menace the very existence of true democracies. “The third intranet-tonal 1s there- fore rearing wliuk it has sowed throughout tihe universe, 1f 11: 1s true that 11s most. intelligent eons are committing treason 1111101111 themselves. "D‘d they not. devote themselves to preaching revolution and treason to others. and seek to brdriq tlunnoil into every ecvuntry they managed to make their way to? Whatever 1s sown by the wind will be reaped by the ternoest.'— L'Aven<lr National.

It ls impossible to discover grounds of justification for the 1e- furnl of tihe Abel-hart Govem- ment. t0 submit a brief to the Bowel! Commission on Dominion- provrncial hold sesdons 1n this province short.- ly. It ls an indefensible attitude 1n view of the fact that the Govern- menif employed American experts and Alberta counsel to-pmepare a brief at. a eon of the province d! $10,000. In addition there 1s $1.- 445 to be paid mainly 1n authorized fees on cmnrfetlon of the brief. ‘Further expenditures will be 1n- ourred for salaries. incidental ex- pewes. fee: and prlnting- Ed- monton Journal.

Emily Post finally broke dnwn the other duly and admitted that 1t was O.K., 120 put crackers 1n the soup if only a few are ut 1n at. a. time. This probably w l not interest confirmed cracker soak- ers. who are pemons of individual- ltry and strength o1 character. but a. ruling from the tlircrie will be e. boon to those timid people who are more afraid of dlsregardlng a rule o1 etiquette, made by Heaven knows whom than they are of smashing the moral law. For tine first time 1n years a. lot o1‘ folks will now know hcw soul». uud nur- tlcularly oyuer soup, tastes when consumed as the cock and nature lnteridecL-Detrolt Free Press.

Mr Bennett prefers undiluted: Mr. L. I shall never forget. a ge emuin from Claredliolm complalnlm to me that. one of mu chartered hanks would not. lend his money. l‘. said: "Yes, I have a few dollars 1n that. bank: 1 have an account there. They will not lend that mimey to you? What. have you got?" “Well? he said, “I did have a quarter-section. but I mid 1t. and I have not. got. much-well, I haven't. anything to oif- M all." Listen.’ I sold; "I would not. lend my money to you with any hope of get-NBC 11- blwk. 811d now you are complaining because someone who has control of my

lend 1t p0 you’ If he did lend 1f ho you I should like to have him d ." 1t ever occur to 111m. gentlemen that. that is the whole story? Mir. G: But. the hon. genfemen in the corner do not, intend that. money borrow- al shall ever be Md heel‘; spflmre

hon. MEMBERS. 01h. . DUNNYING: I llstaied with my own ears to Mr. Alberhart saying Just. that. on the rudllo on Sunday night. and donens of other hon. members doubles heard 1t. I do not lmo-w whether the leader of the opposi- tlon (Mr Bennett.) heard 1t. Mr. BENNETT: As amatter of fact. I prefer no attend dhliTCh. I prefer to lake mine undiluted.

Alberta's Crusadlng Spirit: De- feat. of the Social Credit. candidate

in Edmon - holed by hostile out Canada as e _ monetw reform movement. Act- ually th more peciple voting ln the try-election than at. the fed- eral election ln 1986. the Bcclal Ckedilt candidate. Orvls A. Kenn- edy. reeelved more votes than ever. The by-electlon result. is en- other ,_l‘lflbl0ll demonstration of the political consistency of Al- berta. Nowhere are bhe people of Carbide mom awake to l-he need of political action b0 move for- ward out of the eoonomlq of

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powerees to control the present." —S1r Edward Poulbou. President of the British Association.

“I apologise to Slr Edward Poul- ton. and to you for having out, his sentence short before he ended. He eald that u put of infinite duration 1s werleu to control the present- bu he went on: ‘while the brief hlato of the present. can readily cont-m the future.‘

"I should like to have him here to say whet exactly he meant by that. Since it 1e impossible. let me tell you what 1t means to me.

'"I‘here comes a int when we dare no longer be ow of heart to understand. The process of genera- tions has its crises, and these tlmee of crisis, short enough though they may be. change the course of the future. We call those crisis ‘revolu- tions,’ or ‘reformations’; or, may be, ‘revivals.’ After them. matters are no longer quite what they were.

AN ALTERED OUTLOOK

"A change of, heart has come, and the common outlook is altered. There mayostill be battles for the Kingdom fight; but they W111 be new battles. with new weapons against. new enemies in new arenas. “You may work out from any knowledge of history ou have how tlil; has been prove time. and time again. Slow program through no ma. ter how long a time yields scarcely any result: but. a sudden dramatic movement. concentrated 1n a fragment of the presentgmny make all the difference to the ages to come.

"That is the ground of our h ;

that. is what we are prayln or. longing for, tolling for: a c tinge of’ mind brlnglxig nearer the final victory, with no more conflict, since Christ 1s Lord of all. ‘The most s1 nlficant chapter in Dr. Stanley 0119's new Christ and Present World Issues, 1s a. rev-translation of the parable of the Prodigal son in a social appli- cation. I offer 1t to you with thank- ful acknowledgments that; eve;- p, was written.

THREE PHASES

“He says that the parable may be summed up ln three phrases. ‘Sick of home. home-sick, home.‘ ‘The younger son was sick of home because he had inwardly broken with his father; the outward break followed almost naturally. So to- day human society has inwardly broken with God, desiring Life to be centred in its own will instead of 1n His will; and the drift from religion 1s inevitable.

“The first step dowrl was when the son said. ‘Glve me’ —t.he cry of the moder competitive order and of peope everywhere; the acqulsltlve society. 1t has been cal- led. In the fer country the prodigal wasted his substance, and our prodigal age 1s doing the same; t 1s a wasteful order lu which we live. and we can make our own illustrations. Then he began to be 1n W811i; Mid We have poverty 1n trig midst of plenty

I must refer you to the whole of the splendid exposition; but if society to-day 1s to repent 1t must begin at the centre; at the place Where fellowship with God and man ls most desired. Then, back in tire home. all things are provided,

The fatter! caf and the best robe. s bcls of the material well- beliig or all which the Father 1n- tends; and the ring, symbol of g filed-ale relationship of lasting good- will. Everythlng waits on the will $0 return. upon dissatisfaction with the far country lnto which we have strayed; then the human story will 9nd 1181111111’. even as the parable.

ARMISTICE IMPOSSIBLE

"The mural victories of our fu- thers do not avail for us. We have to face the same temptations to lust and greed and hate against which they strove; and 1n social affairs the twentieth oentury has to face the evils which were rampant 1n the eighteenth century and 1n the eighteenth century be. fore Christ. Each generation murl confront the issues of good and 0W1. 0f right and wrong, fnr itself, anti must. fight its own battle.

e stage 1s never reached where the christian community can sign an armistice; the war 1s nev. er finally won. Yet this 1s no cause for despair; for the change in habit. and structure acquired by 811118818 in any use l8 passed on to its children as an lncreazed capac- ity. when exposed to the sumo cir- cumstances. to develop habit; of their fathers."