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KING'S R. 0. P.

" Like our local cohtem, It], Mr. Mackenzie King has the habit of in- viting odious comparisons. He has undertaken to criticise the Bennett unemployment insurance legisla- tion and to claim credit for having

ipoved the way” for such reform ‘jeasures during his own regime. Hint us see how ‘these statements Jlomparc with his "R.O.P." or record of performance, ‘as recorded in the gages of Hansard.

Li.“ With regard‘ to aid to the prov- "ilnoes in highway expenditure, by

"f? Which means the Bennett Govern-

. I

i J would be the case if federal aid were

~ League of Nations that, if a very

. for foreign unemployed! That WM

-.llld down April 3, 1930.

S sfilech at London, Ontario, definite-

- 8°

‘ s. motion to go into supply,

Winks immediate ovcllon to deal with "the question ol unemployment” Y nabs of the Kins govern- ,’ merit was forced; no longer could .3 the pledge of its minister. Publicly ~made and not mplldllifid. "(flute for azilau.

‘$4.11 a pledge, it exhibited no doi-

aftsrpubiio puppies-universes!!-

merit has materially assisted in re- lieving unemployment. the Liberal leader's stand was emphatic. l-ln ‘vow: flatly against continuing the .Dominiori Highways grant which

he Conservatives had initiated arid Jtatod that in his opinion for one w vei-nment to raise grants for an- other gomrnment to spend, as

accorded to provinces to: highway purpcms, was "a. thoroughly vicious lnclple." (H _ ’, Feb. 21, i929.)

With regard to unemployment re- lief, Mr. King said he might be pre- pared to go a. certain length in meeting one or two of the West- em‘ provinces that had Progressive premiers at the head of their gov- ernments, but he "would not give n. ‘Ilnflg cent t0 any Tory Govern- ment." And. when protest was raised he repeated the statement, only changing the phraseology to read "riot a five cent piece." (Hans- 1rd, April 4, 1930.)

Mr. King now seeks to give the impression that there wcrc consti- tutional problems and that time warrequimd to surmount the dif- ficulty of "divided authority be- tween the Provinces and the Dom- inion." This does not coincide with his offer to help the Priegressivl? premiers but not. "any Tory Gov- ernmentf‘ nor does'it correspond with his answer to a question ask- ed in Parliament in i980 by Mr. I. D. MaoDougall. Thn question was:

_ Mr. MACDOUGiALL: "is bhene anything in the British North Am- erica Act to prevent the Govern- ment giving assistance to the pzov- lnoes to help relieve unemploy- merit."

MR. MACKENZIE ‘KING: "Noth- ing that I know of,"

MR. MACDOUGALL: "Then why don't you do it?"

MR. MACKENZIE ICING: “Be- cause we have other uses for our money."

In practically the same breath, the Liberal leader went on to say: "It might be reasonably argued to be a part of the obligation of the

serious situation should arise in in. one country, where there was great distress, the league might well appeal to all other countries to enable some fund to be raised whereby immediate assistance could be given to the particular corllntry affected."

’ In other words: “Not s five-cent piece" for’ Canadians unemployed. but money to the League of Nations

Mr. King's expressed declaration as

A fortnight before this ‘atement was made, the Liberal Minister of Labour, Hon. Peter l-leenan, in a

ly admitted the existence of a na- tional unemploymeh‘. problem in Canada and pledged the King Gov- Vcrn ‘ to action. including unem- ployment ' surnncc.

His statement was allovmd to uncontradicted by Premier King, and was re-aftirmed by Mr. l-leenan hiruself in the House of commons on March l8. 1930. in M!» King's presence.

The statement stood, like other pledges of the King Government, until it became venient to ig- »nore it. ‘that time, however, occur- red sooner than the goverlunent had forseen. On March 31 Mr. A. A. Heaps, Labor member moved, on an amendment "that lu the opinion of lhls House the goyerniueat should

substi- Faced with the alternative o! Illlflllilli 01' filllldiat-

iiarrasunent in suslglilvvay ‘ill-- slslniiogglts obligation. on April l

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, ‘ sol! opinion llll muo-

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY ll. 1985;

islotkm . . . Our peoplebave not a true, understanding of ‘what un- employment insurance really means."

On the following ‘lilursday Mir. King was forced into the debate. He too repudiated Mr. Keenan's London statement. saying that it was merely intended as a predic- tion that “eventually Canada would have unemployment insur- ance." "I think that," ‘he said, “a perfectly sound prediction, but it, is a lery different thing from say- ing that I was committing the government and parliament to ‘a system of social or unemployment insurance."

The vote on the Heaps resolution was matched April 8. i930. Mr. King. the Minister of Labour and their Liberal colleagues voted against it, and thereby against any relief. Every Conservative member voted

for the resolution calling for inl-

mediate relief.

So‘ much for Mr. King's attitude and actions with regard to unem- ploymcnt relief and unemployment as revealed, not In the academic treatise which he mo‘: on the subject twenty years ago.

insurance,

but in the PIIBI of Hansard!

WIIY AN ELECTION 7

It has been suggested that the con- ceded to the Conservatives; and no doubt many people are wondering why the country should go to the

coming Federal election be

expense of holding a. general elec-

tion now that all parties am agreed

that Mr. Bennett is pursuin the

right and only policy commensurate the

with the present needs of

people of Canada. Although the conceding of a

general election ls without preced-

ent we think it is worthy of the

most careful consideration of the more sincere embe s of the erst-

while opposition, and now support- ing parties.

After the first bitter realization of another four years in the cold Mr. King should not mind it, forti-

fied as‘ he would be with the peace of mind that comes to one who has acted according to the dictates of his own conscience, for it must, indeed, be womlillg work decrying s. man for carrying out what he himself "put in a book.”

The Liberal press would hail the

glad tidings with the greatest Joy.

N0 longer would they have to make bricks without straw trumplng up a. defense for their bewildered

leader, facing as they do the terrify-

ing prospect of fighting a. campaign with a. policy of "not a. live cent

piece to any Tory Government."

Alone of all the Liberal press in

Canada would stand our local con- temporary, with the determination of the would-be sailor who wfl drowned when he refused to let go

the anchor his captain ordered

overboard.

NOT S0 SIMPLE

The London, England, Stock Ex- change has removed from its board all listings of Vancouver bonds. ‘This

action followed upon the arbitrary statement of Vancouver's ,Mayor

Gerry McGeer that the London holders of the city's bonds must ac- cept a. lower interest rate than the bonds call for. London's interpreta- tion of Mayor McGeera attitude is

that it is a "threat of partial de-

fault." Mr. MeGeer, in his crusade for

lower interest rates. is not liely to

be alarmed. Indeed. h; had already

anticipated London! action, "dis.- misslng it lightly with the state- ment that" Vancouver hasn't sold any bonds in the London market since the war, is not likely to sell any there, or to try to sell any, or

some time to come.

The matter, however, suggests the Ottawa Journal, is not quite as sim- ple as that. Vancouver may be con- temptuous of all London money markets. And what Vancouver. or Mr. MoGeer, has got to~conslder ll that Mher money markets are pretty sure-to note well and remember what Vancouver is now doing in the ‘they may decide, and very reasonably, that a city which defaults with one set of in- vestors is not unlikely to do the"

same thing with some other set of _ ~ men and women are fit to marry-l .

London market.

investors.

‘ EDITORIAL wows

- following tho example or Prince nswsi-s Island, um leotia has de- clsssto open its-legislature this

year on mam. I. or» mysterious manic Albert.

l

mamas-mausoleum

all]! ETOWN GUARDIAN

an ever present help to the boot- lsgging fraternity here—with four ahipbsds landed in one mason and one seized.

well, well. things are cominl to a pretty pass when s. great organisa- tion like the Associated Press sends siltbewaytc Germanytosskthe grief-stricken mother of an accused murderer whether she thinks he will be convicted. ~

A "corner" in white pepper is nothing to sneeae at. An Armenian wholesale grocer trhd it in London, tying up 23.500 tons valued at 810,- 000,000. Now his firm has gone broke, and more than half the $10.- 000,000 will be a total loss.

‘Ib reed Mr. Mackenzie King's tirade against the Bennett govern- ment for its social and industrial reform program. one would im- agine he had gone out of his mind. Imagine any person in his senses claiming, as Mr. King did, that "We paved tbn way for them," and almost in the some breath alleging that theareforms partook of the nature of a "stone" and "serpent." The header of the opposition must have been screeching mad. -

What are the Prime Minister's plans for handling the present un- employed? According to an Ottawa correspondent they are involved in s. huge buildlngscheme such as has been in operation in Great Britain during the past three years, and which is to be further extended this year. Such plans would be doubly welcome here, for they would get rid of a lot of insanitary, unhealthy property, and provide profitable employment by substitut- ing modern, up-to-date housing ac- comodatlcn.

Premier “Mitch" Hnpbum is not popular with the good people of ‘Toronto. Th: Gospel Witness of Flebzuar-y has this (besides s. great deal more along the same lines) to say of him: "Ontario will survive- even though such survival neces- sitates the use of smolmd glasses- Ohtario will survive the daring, dazzling. unprecedented, unparallel- ed, incomparable, incomprehensible, superlative, political brllliancp of Hepburn! She must suffer this for her sins? Perhaps. For he: discip- line and deeper humility? Very bably. ‘lb let patience have her perfect work? Yes. To test her temper, and her qualities of endur- ance? Almost certainly. But surely with equal certainty, that she may learn, and never forget. how not to do it!”

"There are in the world today many so-called ‘Youth Movements,’ ” (says ills Ziilxcellency the Governor General), but of all thoeiz cf which I have any knowlege the one for boys that appeals to me most 1s the Boy Scout Movement. In my opinion, this organisation which lays such stress on honour, on loy- alty, on neighbourllness. and on ‘playing the game’ is the one that is the finest and is best suited to Canada. Naturally, its emphasis on loyalty appeals to me. for is not life made up of loyalties, loyalty to one‘s friends; loyalty to those things that am beautiful and good; loyalty to one‘s country; loyalty to our King: and above all, and most im- portant of all, loyalty to God."

Inst Friday was a rollicking one for formers in Chicago Produce Ex- change when peak prices wem ob- tained for various farm products. The surge in prices lifted hogs to the best level since July. 1931, but- ter to the peak since mid 1930. and eggs to the highest in four years. Cattle. selling st s. nominal top of $14.00 a hundredweight, were quot- ed at the highest price in five years.

Germany is fast reducing human- ity to the status of ordinary animal life. Its latest project is the publica- tion of several millions of a “pedi- gree" book, in an endeavour to make their dream of an Aryan Uto- pia come true. Their goal is an Aryan, blond and prolific Germany, without Jews, criminals, childless couples or anti-Nazis; their meth- ods, encouragement of Gnrman families to have more offspring, and insistent emphasis on the virtues of trile Ge. anneal, Nazi-ism and eugenics. Health centres are to be opened April l in all cities and rural communities. These will con- tain complete files of inhabitants’ well-being, showing, for example, family trees, results of physical ex- amination and vaccinations. ‘llieir most important function, however, will be to give advice "on an lu- divlduafs heritage and the cam of the race." on whether individual

this on the basil of the health cards --ond regarding the selection of mates. Altogether, it means the‘ love led is to -bo entirely excluded: anditiatoblhopcdthatvflfnrla degree,“ perfection. ls reached ths ‘sutliorltitsfwill no: recommend the the "prim winnth" as ed here in the case of

Notes By Tile Way

The re-srulalnent of Germany is to the

Europe Ind the rest "of the world. There is no doubt thottberuoceseisunderwelnfiot- withstanding the inhibitions oi’ the Treaty of Versailles Gerlnsny has in secret been bililding up the lmterial for a. Ireat army. Her confidence in arms was shown with- inoweekbythreatstoflelgiumon the west" and to Lithuania on the east. Shepard Stone gives in The New York Times the facts about German preparations of all-kinds, and adds; "What is going on to- day in Germany is only a beginn- ing. The foundations of a vast military edifice have been laid. But now the time has come when the real construction Job can be done only in the open." -

Come to think of it, the medical pi- emion is about the only one thatisdoirigitsbesttozeduoeits own income. It; members are con- stantly advocating tho Plevention. rather than the cure, of disease. Yet the general acceptance of his ad- vice can only mean fewer patients and thus lower professional rev- enue-Brockville Recorder.

To interest people as they be- come enthusiastic in support of any public service, they must make contributions to it. There fore com- munity libraries in towns and vill- ages requiring local aid are found to be the most efficient means o! plsmng books within reach of everybody, without whichthere can be no organized study of nature, which Dr. ‘Tory head of the National Research Council, states is the basis of all progress.—Mariti.me Library Association:

Great is science. Great is ef- ficiency. Nonetheless we seem to stride along these paths reckless of adjustment in the old order and so bringing a curse on men out of what should be nothing but a bles- sing. Look at the motor car, the trawler. Here are prominent examples of science and efficiency applied with promise-and, to a. great extent, perfonnance-of benefit to mankind in general. Yet they present problems of grave im- portance to many.

A new paradise is being opened up to motor cars by means of one of the most remarkable rosd- - engineering feats of modern times.

Pictou-Cliltown Boat - (‘New Glaggtvrkvpening News)

issue. carries the following

moved to comment: ~ "We had, a visit the other _day from Capt. V. O. Peardon. well-

has recently been in New York and Sydney in connection with the B. B. rumor-til, owned by the Margaree Steamship Company. We asked Captain Peudon what they intend- ed to do with this steamer and he said they were in hopes that they could get her on the route between Plctou and Charlottetown, tenders for which route for quite a period are, we understand, to be asked for shortly. ‘rho Ilnrnorth, a. picture of which the captain showed us. is quite a steamer. Her length is 256.7 feet, breadth 85.5 ft. and depth 14.4 ft. She has a gross tonnage of 1712 tons and a. net tonnage of 975. She was built on the ‘lyne, Gt. Britain, is 350 horsepower with a speed of 1s knots. She was last running be- tween Prince Edward Island, New York, Newfoundland and Montreal. She has sleeping accommodation for 170. She is large enough to offer her guests everyocesn luxury, while still maintaining the atmosph of a private yacht. She is a fast mail and express steamship of sturdy construction, furnished throughout and completely equipped with mod- ern lifesaving devices."

What is wanted in our humble opinion is a boat capable of carrying a number of autos at a trip, which will be operated as a link in the C. N. R. service. If that were done and tourists taken on the Island via Sackville and ofl via Picwu it would bring a lot of business to Plctou Lodge and thence on to Halifax or cape Breton, and it would at the same time, with modern equipment. furnish a much quicker service as

now the case. Get away from the subsidized service and make it 100 percent C. N. R. This line of action was first promulgated by ylr. John 0. Hyndman in an address to the Charlottetown Board of Trade some months ago, and met with ready en- dorsation there. The Boards of Trade at Pictou and Charlottetown should also use their influence along those lines. The cost to Ottawa would be no greater than is now the case but the service would be definitely better. Pictou town would be the gainer in a substantial way as we see it.

Plans are now being carried through for completing the all- weother highway through the heart of the Alberta. Rockies from Jasper to Ilake louisc. It, will have s. total length of 147 miles, 5B miles of which are already mplete, and will enable the motorist to reach the heart of the Rockies. It skirts great glaciers and penetrates to the cradle of the rivers that water the great plains of Western Canada.- Empire Review, London.

Meafords Jeweller, M I!

l-luss. who had stirred his com- munity by such feats of handi- craft at drilling a hole through a common pin. from end to end, and writing words and figures on a grain of rice, has scored satin. He had built a steam engine no bigger than a. house fly.

Actually this working engine is somewhat smaller than the com- mon fly. Huss made it of brass. including the cylinder and fly- wheel. The engine works, he said. The steam-pipe hole is about tiwice the thickness of a hair on your head .—Wingham Advance ~'I‘imes.

"There ls magic in the choice of n. phrase or a word," said Mr. Henry St. John Raikes, Re- corder of King's 'Lynn, in Lon- don. "A friend of mine on the Bench had z. man brought before him on a charge of being drunk. "Asked how he pleaded. the man said, ‘No, certainly I was not drunk. I was intoxicated.‘ "‘Oh." said the magistrate, ‘I see the dif- ference. The usual fine in such cases is half a-crown. You will be fined 2s. Bd."'—lfl‘lldiflll Mirror.

This‘ much la certain . One company in Greoit Britain and one company in Germany are now 1n a position to provide a service of "high-definition television" of real entertainment value. The feat/urea and movement-s cif H9651‘- ers or of one or more artists in a studio, events of the clays or other film sobi¢m'"“"¢r. and certain indoor and outdoor events can now be transmitted either in- staintaneously or within a few seconds (depending on the sub- ject matter) for clear and faithful reproduction in the home on a screen about a foot square. w- companied by sound on the some receiver-London Spectator. '

it becomes highly lniurimu to the public interest; Britain, in the molt powerfuraaiiori 'in_ Europe Miler and one of the chief secrets of he; greatness lies in the fact that her newspapers are unfettered. that the Press mo? any what it likes and that citizens. generally have‘ the com- plete.rlgbt_to their opinions sud-to

have been received by the office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy andi the operation of the Farmers’ Auditors’ Armngemen‘ hardly stmted. In the Province of Saskatchewan alone, reports from the Official Receivers to the end of October would indicate that they had interviewed over 1,530 farmers, the majority of whom are likely to make proposals under the Act, and bear in mind that the operation of the Act has but, commenced. Now you are interested in our experiences to date. Are they encouraging or are they discouraging? They are both. Let us take the discouraging feat/urea first. When you find one of the parties, either debtor’ or éireditor, taking tho attitude of re- tention of the other side, refusing to concede and inch, refusing to make concessions, refusing to make counter proposals, then you will agree that it is dlscouragina. and wc have those oases. The attitude adopted by some creditors in this connection is distinctly improving and I would point out that success for the legislation must come from ‘co-operation on the part of the creditors Just to the extent it de- pends on co-operavion on the part of the debtors.