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“Operation ilnforgetting”

A Commando "raid"—thcir last—-was rec- ently launched in Britain. lt has been given the title "Operation Unforgetting," and Captain John Birkbeck, one of the original members of the Commandos, described it in an overseas broadcast the other day. its object is "to raise sufficient money to redeem a promise made to every Commando, should he be killed." The broadcaster took part in every raid except two which the Commandos made, and he is in on this last one-on the Appeals Committee.

Ordinary men with "that extraordinary streak of idealism which rebelled against in- iquity" was Captain Birkbeck‘s thumb-nail sketch of the Commandos. They had a love of adventure, naturally, but of adventure "with a high purpose". Within a week of the epic with- drawal from Dunkirk Commandos were back on those some beaches. The code name of that first Commando raid of the war was "Opera- tion Charity". Subsequently flieir innumerable raids varied in design, scope and achievement. At one time or another, they were identified with every allied force; they were "farmed out" to tackle specialized tasks. Hitler's infamous ord- er; "No Commando shall be taken prisoner for the shortest time, for the least pretext. They will be slaughtered to the last man" . . speaks for their work.

Now the last Commando raid is in progress. lt has been coded "Operation Unforgetting" be- cause every Commando was given this solemn pledge that should he be killed, those of his comrades who survived would stand by the widow, the orphaned, the dependents, as well as the more seriously disabled among the men themselves. Those killed were forty eight per cent of the total strength. And on volunteer- ing for the Commandos a man voluntarily sur- rendered whatever previous rank he had held, and pensions granted are based on the Com- mando rank not that previously held. Hence "Operation Unfcrgetting" is the raising of a fund in Britain to carry out the promise made.

"On a little island of the Dalmatians, Yugoslavia," Captain Birkbeck said, "used as a forward operational base for the Balkans, we built a cairn of stones brought from the scene of every Commando raid in Europe, North Af- rica, and the Levant. These were all carefully cemented together and on the face we set

these words: COMMANDOS _ Here dead we l‘e, because we did not choose To live and shame the land from which we sprung, Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose But young men think it is, and we were young. "REMEMBER us" _

dunked For Good

Present plans before the Allied Control Coun- ril in Berlin relating to the final disposal of the giant Krupp works mean the definite end of the world's biggest armament combine, notes the Montreal Gazette. Foe under the scheme that has been worked out by a team of British experts all but some six or seven shops out af a total of 90 will be completely destroyed and dismantled.

In the case of many of the giant factories this will not be difficult. In Essen, where the Krupp works covered miles, there is building after building that is nothing but a mass of twisted girders and piles of unshifted rubble. lt is hard to imagine how these could ever be used again, but the British intend to take no chances.

For there is determination that the Krupp works will not be permitted to operate again. After the First World War a disarmament com- mission was put into the Krupp works to keep an eye on production. Output was shifted from weapons of war to such peaceful products as ploughs and pen-nibs. But the basic steel plants were not touched, and once the supervision lapsed, it was a simple matter to switch back to a wartime basis.

This time destruction is to be complete. The 'only shops that are to be left are three loco- motive-repair shops, which are badly needed, and a few departments such as the gas and electricity plants that service the city of Es- sen. Thus will come to an end a mighty in- dustrial empire that has twice wrought destruc- tion throughout the world. lts demise will not be regretted. '

iio Strife In Canadian Legion

An article in an American magazine on the organization and methods of the American Legion-how it is run and who runs it—co|nes as an interesting contrast to the methods and structure of its apposite number in Canada-—the Canadian Legion. According to Miss Amy Por- ter, author of the article, the American Logion's 3.500,N0 members are controlled to all practical purposes by a group of l0 oldor veterans of World War I whom she designates as "king- snalrors". This group, she contends, dictate the oloction of national officers and decide what tho American Legion will stand for. On its record of having obtained i7 billibn dollars in veterans‘ bonotits from Congress, tho "old regime" is con- fldont it can suppress any opposition- from tho

W"!!! veterans oi World War ll, Miss Porter ‘Odds

Vbtorans‘ organizations ars moulded in oc-

with their noods and with tho political

Iislonis of tho countries in which thoy live. Die- lltlggf by o small group at tho top may

in some instances bo productive of tho bost rosults—or at loast tho bost results financially.

Tho Canadian Legion, in contrast ta its counterpart in the United States, notes the Ottawa Journal, has no such "inner ring" to can- trol policy and shapo election of officers. Far from attempting to porsuado the younge veter- ans of World War ll to follow pre-war policy, the Canadian Legion has elected younger veter- ans to the highest office on its Dominion, Pro- vincial and local commands. Its president, Major General Price, is a veteran of two war Of the top six officials, threo are veterans o the war ended last year. Policy is formed at the National Convention, and it is left to the national execu- tive to carry out that policy in the spirit of resolutions passed by the convention.

The Canadian Legion is an organization for all veterans of all the Services. Far from 'at- tempting to retain control of its policies and voting power, older Canadian veterans are training their successors of World War ll to hold high office, and in time to assume charge of its policies to meet best the needs of Canad- ians who have lost years in the service of their country.

-- EDITORIAL

Has Stalin put another one over tho Mother Country? He has sent as Ambassador to Lon- don Georgi Zaroubin, who was ambassador at Ottawa during the period the spy ring was op- erating.

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As the result of disclosures in the House of Commons, the Governors of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have withdrawn the free privilege given Toronto Daily Star to broad- cast its own news service.

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Owing to the great scarcity of laundry soap, a lady suggests that the soap which would ordinarily go to Sterns Laundry should be distributed among local grocers so that housewives might benefit.

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The Boards of Trade of Saint John, N. B. and Summerside secured interviews with and ad- dresses from Transport Minister Chevrier. ln Charlottetown, the Minister of Transportation was unusually interview-shy and reserved for a man hoping to make good in public life. Or perhaps he had better political advisers in these other places.

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Mr. John R. MacNicol, M. P., is highly en- thusiastic regarding the tourist prospects’of this Province. Nowhere has he seen finer scenery or experienced more friendly reception from all classes from Wood Islands to Borden. He says we should, and could, have l0,000 tourists for every one we get today, were the Federal and Provincial Governments to pull together ta make a real effort to remove the bottle necks at Tormentine and Caribou.

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President Roosevelt left sufficient funds to keep his widow from want. His net estate, sub- ject to New York State taxation, amounts to $1,085,486.80. The late Resident's gross es- tate, before deductions for funeral expenses, debts and other costs totalling $736,400.90, was $l,'82l,877.70. The total estate also included $ll9,lll.50, not subject to New York taxation, making a total gross estate of $l,940,999.

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Mrs. Annie Besant, theosophist, lecturer, and author, born this date I847; in early life associated with Charles Bradlaugh, M.P., in free thought campaign, but turned to eastern philosophy and associated herself with the theosophists of India in I869, where she found- ed the Central Hindu College Benares in l848, and began the Home Rule for India campaign, which has now blossomed into the Indian Con- gress, and seems destined to accomplish its ob- yect. Was one of the early members, with George Bernard Show and H. G. Wells of the Fabian Society, for which she wrote essays. ln- cluded in _her many publications are Reincarna- tion, Religious Problem In India, Theosophy and the New Psychology.

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Announcement is made of the offering of a new issue of $7,000,000 in Province of Nova Scotia 2, 2 l-2 and 2 3-4 per cent non-callable serial sinking fund debentures. A syndicate headed by the Bank of Montreal submitted the highest tender and was alloted the issues on an overall price of $99.19, representing an av- erage cost rate to the province of 2.742 per cent, a record price. Purposes of the issues are $2,507,972 for refunding balan s: of I946 maturities: $1,000,000 for new Victoria Gen- eral Hospital in Halifax; $556,500 for cough-M. tion of vocational schools, agricultural college dormitory and other public works; $435,527 for loans for construction of school buildings, cold storage plants, and to fishermen for purchase of boats and gear; $2,l00,000 for preparatory work and paving; $100,000 for bridge construc- tion and $300,000.for* CditlIzllCtlflll of ferries.

Changes in headquarters of Maritime Mili- tary districts are in contemplation. Saint John Telegraph-Journal says headquarters of Military District No. 7 (New Brunswick), which has been located in Saint John over since the district was organized as such 30 years ago, is to be trans- ferred ta Fredericton, and in future tho army's permanent staff in that provinco will bo locatod thore and all military administration in tho provinco will stom from that city. it is believed that the official reason for tho change will bo givon as "centralization and faaility of opora- tions and command." Tho Telegraph-Journal also has loarnod that tho Canadian Army Coun- cil now is considering tho moving to Moncton from Halifax of the headquarters of tho army's Eastern Command. This command, which takos in the throo Maritime Provinces, was sot up early in ‘I946, following tho and of hostilities and tho "desire of notional dofonco headquarters to streamline poaco-tlmo arm operations." flood- quartsrs of the lostsgn ommond has boon loco temporarily ‘at Dolsort, N.S., and Hall- lox. Motor-General ti. Wt Foster is officer commanding.

THE CHARLOTTETOWMGU ARDlAN

Notes By The Way

To talrc television from Lflldflll l0 "'19 Provinces an elaborate cable. Well-I'll 910.000 is mlle to run 1mm London l0 ijhmn, lg now being made says The London Dally Mil-ll AIIIPII-lylng apparatus will be necessary every seven mlla.

The London Zoo has yeeelypd news tihat. Mr. 0.8. Webb. the ZIII-OKIQI-l Soadctyb. collectoncir- adorn now in East Africa. has capt- ured the longest smoke the Zoo Manha‘ §i."“.‘°'a‘°';‘.i rests" i.“

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In Oklahoma City a klaalng club has been omanim by the Rev. William E. Webb, The St. ‘Ilhomas Times-Journal reports. Lfanled mcir. are picdfled to kiss their wives Once daily. wmD-l-Ilusmt them on their cooking and othe; household ($11195, and tell them they have ll em.

In London is reporter looking for, sccops started foilcwlng Gandhi at, four a m durm; his early morn- lag \h“i'i.l.kS. Gandhi changed his schedule to three a.m So did the persistent reporter. He greeted Gandhi with the question: "Mr. Gandhi do you believe in the here- after? Being n saint. of course you must be declined for Heaven". "Young man” said Gandhi "I do not know whether I am destdned for Heaven or a Jess comfrmable place: but of one thing I am certain; I shall be met by n press rna-n at. the dour”, —-Amcricar‘. Mercury.

A new device that should com. mend itself to household efficieirity expert ls the electric mousetray, Perhaps it hasn't appeared 0n this side of the line but the gadget is 1n pmductlon across the border. In miniature, it has tihe ruthless- ness of Sing Sir-rs electnic chair. Tihe mouse walks fin, nibbles at the tefnpvtlng bait and in a flash ls eieotrocufed. It is, on the strength of the claims made for it. the better mousetrap. But in view a! this it may "at be irrelevant to observe that the inventor ls n for- gotten man there Ls a beaten path to his door. the neighbors and the delivery/mm put. it, there. g: L. MaoPhemon in the Windsor

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White canes lloulil be devoted solely to use by the blind. it Ls urged by the Canadian Oowncll for the Blind, meeting at Wmr-ipeg. ‘The request for such a law ls em. lnently reasonable and proper. In fact, lt is iriexpixnble that. it was ncvt loin; ago aloud on the statute books. The vrhlite cane has become a. symbol. Manly provinces require that motmisits give rlght-of-way to anyone oan-ying it. It has came to be almost universally necog-niz. ed as the badge at these folk who merit consideration. if not plrty. Such general acceptance has open- ed the way to abuse and exploita- tlon, if no curb ls applied. Slgiht. less folk should have the exclusive right. to its use --Windcor Star.

A new system of high-speed pre- cast building, which enables houses to he completed within arr-e week. has been introduced by a Sheffield. England engineermullder. Techni- que involves the use or‘ moulds of steel casting, cellular cor-trete sec- tions faced with imitation brick, stoma chlppings O1‘ pebble- which tum out units like pieces of jig- saw all dovetailed to make a rapid and corrupletc fit. It. was first em. ploycd in tihe erection of two ex- perimental houses in Sheffield. It Ls claimed that by the some sys- tem, factories can be built in a few weeks and a cinema. seating 1.100 people in one month. —U. K. Information Office.

It was laid of William Words- worth that. he qct the best of his critics simply by outlivlng them. At. the age of 90 George Bernard Shaw 886ml! to be well 1n llnc for the same achievement He finds that people are softening up to. wards him. even. to the extent of wanting to celebrate hi» birthdays with a lot of huhabailoo. Which is hard cin Mr Shaw. he admits It does seem that when a man reaches 90 the celebrations should be eased up, although they may be. partly the work of former critics Ilhere ought tio be a law says Mr. Show. n law that would prohiblit any birthday observance after the age nf 89. —-K.ansas Cdty Star.

Three hundred and thirty-moo llve beaver were transplanted by Saskatchewan Government crews up to tihe end cf August in the province's program to stock fur farms crd improve water levels, Natural Resources Minister J L. Phelps said recently. Four crews have been active in an effort. to speed up the yircgram this year and they exoe-st tc. transplant, from 100 to 200 more beaver this year. In 1945, 80 beaver were moved. said Mr. Phelps. This year's animals were takers from tihe central and southern parts of the province. fol- lowing complaints that they ‘wean causing damage. They were flown nonth to restock lakes nind rivers, and mhers were taken to the pro. vlruwial parks at Moose Mountain and Cypress I-lils. Some went to the oa-opemtive fur farm ait

, the minister. -Sas.k- a-ochewim News.

The town of Bled, Yugoslavia, ls a peaceful place, inhabited by simple human beings. whose greatest do. sire is to llve in peace and to be left alone. ‘There an extraordinary event tocl- place. American filers.

shot down by Yugoslav gunners. were buried“? the townsfolk, who reverentily d fired: flowers on

the newly-dug earth. What were theee obscure people of Bled think- liri: as they looked st. their flowers ai fudlmg in the aunt were nklng of the rnlhtary glories of heir Oommuntat dlrtotiar. Mar. ahol Th‘! Of were the thtnkl of other tillers-from t Uni Bushes. from Iilrtglord and f

PUBLIC FORUM I

This column |l flllll h‘ tho dllauaaloss b! ""9 opaaslanh or ail-slim d Interest. Tho Charlottetown Guardian does not neoosnr- l lly andoroo tho opinion 01' ccrredpouaorsh i

NEW LIQUOR. PREMISES

Bin-In Thursday's Guardian I note that the temperance pea?" of Charlottetown are greatly dis- pleased with the Government for appropriating the Orchid res- taurant for a new liquor store; and rightly sol

Such an action at such a time should enrage not only "l? 13m‘ zens of Charlottetown but all resi- dents of Prince Edward Island. and especially the returned} men who are finding it impossible to obtain homes.

Only recently I heard of s dis- charged veteran. a veterinary doctor who with his wife and child are forced to llve in a cabin out of town. and this man is only one of the many!

Is this Wllfll these men deserve? Not oven an adequate shelter. to say nothi-nrz of "their old labs tuck“, as they were promised? Is this promise just another "scrap of paper" similar to that given the temperance people to respect their wishes as recorded by the pleb- lscite?

The German people are criti- cized because they did not object to their leaders (those that did resist are now "displaced" per- sons with no home and not even symplthy from us) but are we not as much to blame as they if we take everything "lying dawn?"

There is such a thing as right- eous indignation,

I am. Sir. etc. OBSERVER. Middleton, PEI.

PUBLIC FORUM

$1r.~ As this curse of strong drink is growing to such vast pm. portion: ln our nudst. that tihe powers that. be have to enlarge lhielr premises a-nd mplmish their sticdrs ln evar increasing quant. ides. 1t ls beyond the ken of mica and men wihat: the end will be.

A few days ago tihere was a voice sounded out from Imus-m Prince deplorlng the conditions which are cbtalning at the present tllme wherein he says: "I read with keen. interest ln your column. the account of the war vetemns "WW-WE. which included o. speech by Hon. Walter Jones in which he assured the men of a hearty wel- come at the Government liquor store wihere more startling room is provided and a large-r stock on hair-d. According to Mr Bentley's letter, I would conclude that. about one-third of the tirymes on the Island are contributing to this method of paying off the Provinc. lnl debt. Now it" about. one-third of the homes c-n the Island are smitten by that awful cuase, what. is to be done to save them?

g they could with no notlcable results. it Jesus was here Himself. He could mt save them for He tells tn H's word of a place where He was smd could not do many mighty WOFRS because of their unbelict.

Qn September 16th a letter came out by a man naming him- self a threeJnYI-pl-nlter. in reply to n letter by Teelc-taier of the 12th and after telling ‘Ieetot-sler what he thought. of his letter he sold “my advice to Teetotaler ls tio Join with the thousands of other Islanders who are clamoring for free liquor as ln US A. and 1n other parts of Canada". So his estimate of the mousnnde of Is- landers clamoring for free liquor would correspond pretty well wl the estimate of Flourth Prince ac- cording to Mr. Bentley's figures of about. one.1hir;i of the homes on Prince Edward Island contribut- ing to this notched of paying off the Provincial debt. What a. spect- acle: it should make Prince ward Islanders blush; If these estimates are anyway near correct Prince Edward Island Ls tn a very low level of life. Wihet a that. poor fellow made of himself when he came out. amd published himself a three half ptnt rum bottle and included wlth himself thousands of Islanders all clam- ourlng for free ilauor and advised ‘recto-later to loin them. what a brotherhood, how Prince Edward Islard should be elated over hav- lng thousands of three half pint. rum bottles stumbling around or- cloven feet, and to make a 1016 of them it would help their gap- ularlty to have o. few of t om rounded up into on iurt gallery and have their picture taken and r0 doubt some of them in the picture would look as it they would hold more than three half pints Haw is Prince Edward Island going in rise or fell. i: depends 0n the people who are erriaved under this cures cf strong drink such as this three half pinter and hla brother- hocd of mouse/ado of Islanders that he claim are clamourlng for free liquor they may think that while the Government is prostate‘ lt. with such a lavish hand they ‘can shelter behind the Govern. men-t. but not so. Every ma is

guilty for his own sin but the Government and its Sh!!! will b0 brought. to Justice for their reqsonalblllty to from the curse