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Morning Daily (Founded in llfl)

Prald ildabCoLbhflhulerllolllro vfiinmimi: .1. a. our-mt. l'..l.l. Secretary: Haul. Col. D. A. Maelflnnon, 0.8.0. Hitor and Managing Director: J. L Burnett. IJ-I- l-oelato Editors: f-‘ronk Walker and Lie . A Burnett. LUMNJI. 10n Aetlvo tilervleol

‘The Strongest Memory i: WWII" "III the Weakest Ink.”

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Pigeonholed indefinitely

Refergncg ha; been made in these columns to the report oi the special committee on recon- struction and re-establishment of the H0115!‘- of Commons, which contains strong reconi- mendations for the improvement of conditions i11 the Maritime Provinces. Fhe committee urggd lllc tjovernnleiit to give "serious consid- 61311011 1., certain proposed improvements in iransportziliou facilities,“ first on the list 11¢- ing "iiiiprovciiiciits ilcsigiicd to mike 60m‘ liiuiiiciititiiis between Priiicc Edward island and 111,-, 111111111111111 constant, reliable 111d 114611111116-

Lfnforiuiiaicly for these excellent ‘recom- mendations, i1 1s doubtful 11 they \vill ever li;1\'(' ;1 iliziiicc o1 l1isiiig discussed 011 the “Q01” o1‘ 1111- llousc. 'l'hcv were tabled, along ‘V1111 other important rcporis, oii jail. _26—1h1:, last 1,1311 111‘ 1111- old 11:1rl1:1111e11i;1r_t' session. larlia- iiieiit ilicii prurogucd 111d 111C} 1119 IlCXl d3)’ l“ a ncw session. lllC 11'5"“ 15 lll?" our lranY purtzitiou ftfCtllltlllfilldflybltllld have ‘been pigeonholcd iiidcliiiitcly. lhat is_ practicahy 1111111 i1 :11ii11t1111s 111, 21$ Mr. M. _l. (oldwell: ll“? 1_1j_ [<1 lgmlgl‘, (ll>k‘4_1\'(‘1'(‘(l when he asked l iiipe Minister lung, 011 licb. .1,’ whether it is ti. 1111mm)“ 1O 1111113 111g \'.'ll'lOtlS committee re- ports 1111.1 were tabled 011 the last day o1 the last session. llcre is l\lr. lungs reply, as rc- poncd 111 llilllnlllftlf

~My ,,,,,,,.,.5.,,,,, ,3 11,31 11-11o1-is Illil(l€ a1 any session must 11c 1111111 uiili at that pariiculai $555011. 11 woiihl rcipiirc the 1111111111110115 ¢°"' sent 0f the Hoiisepr 11113 fldollllo" of “Fpepal ,c5(,]._,111,._. 1., 111-1-11111 o1 (lisciissioii at llllS lllilL 111' rcprirts llliHli‘ 111 a |'l'<‘\'lt1\lS scssioii. l 8111 1101 'll11‘l'cl1,ire 111 ;1 11~1slliUll 11.1 give my him friend n11 assurance."

None of our lslziiiil stalwarts had any com- wgm 111 11111116 on this tllllOflllllillC‘ SlltiilllOll,

TliCv missed 11111111101- tipporlunity two days 1am.’ ‘Hm, 11111111,; _\.11111<1er l\111g‘lll0\'C(l’lll£1llll reconstruction commiibrc be appointed 101 prgsqm 5551011, .\li'. liordoii Vraydon, lca E1 (if {I113 Opposition, expressed regret that l e 111-11119 ftlinistei- took thc attitude tllfll 10139115 brouglu douu 1~r1 thc last day of the last session £01111] 11111 11¢ rciiied for discussion. l-lc (thought i, was .111“ 111111111 ihe power of the ioierii ment aiid the llousc, to PYOVK-le 311 ‘llllmnulfllly n; dcbagng 1111-111__"1 1101111‘ that outdo tllic Prime 311111151121 now,’ said 1\l1'. Liruydoii. so 11:11 \\ 1011 caiiiinivcc. are being formed he iiiust iioi ex- lcct tiebatc ‘i1 ‘lc avoided when we have not had ' ' ‘ ' 1 - r _ . ' . an opportunity of COIISILlCYHIg-Viilltl (llSLLlSSlllg 1hr previous committees reports, h_ 1 u

Herc. surely, was something 1r_1_vi ici out lsland lllifllllwrs Cfllllil give uiiqtiailifietl supptirl. 151,11 a5 usual lhev contented theiiisclvcs with

i ' - , ,1 ' Saying nothing. Nor did Mi‘. lung add anything ,0 “.1131 111- hatl 17T€Y10ll$1y said. lhc motion to reappoint the committee was 831C911 1° ‘Whom any committmciu 011 11w 1iovPF11111<111V$ Pa"? the House went 1.111 in discuss 1111151‘ 111flll<71'5_ 11nd auoxher excellent chance olf gelhlwit)’ rransportation problems aired ieiore ar ment and the country went by the board.

The McNaughton Mystery

General .\lci\'atiglituii, retired commander of the Canadian Army "rcrscas. 11115 1611111194 home. and with‘ his arrival there has issued 1'6- iieivcd rcasoii 1111' clarification of the "1,1'5lc")' attending Rdlllqillallllltflll of his C0111111Z111Cl- A" exchange l‘CCZ1llS_lll€ following 51211131181115 011 ivhich thc Canadian people were asked to r01)’ {Q1- iufrirniatimi. _ _ 4

lilii Jan, 2f» Miiustci- of K211111118] Dflcfliw‘ Ralston. who had returned ihrc: da;rs-_p1'evi11us.y 11-0111 ($111111 Britain and 11:111. attributed the commanding officer's resignation to ill health in 1111 announcement reading as follows:

The lilinlsiei‘ of National Defense announced loday that. following the recent. illness of Lt.- (3911 A, G, L, McNaughton, medical authorities have advised that he has developed a physical condition which ivlll necessitate freedom from 1111 military responsibility for an extended period.

Gen. McNaughton has advised the Government (,1 1115 mobility physically to carry on. and has iiskcd to be relieved as soon as possible.

t)11 the stun: (lat. the text of a lllcssilgc from l'1-i111c Minister King to the general, expressing rem-e, 11m he 111111 111 relinquish his post, was released i11 Otlziivii. li contained this para- graph:

I sincerely trust that. freed from the very heavy responsibilities which have been yours over the past four years. 110111‘ 1199"“ “M strength may speedily be rcstorerl i111 lit-h, j, ;11 .1 ifclock in ihc morning an of-

ficial S'.tli(‘l1l(’l1[ was issuer! 111 "1111111-"1- ll 11'1" ls follows:

LL-Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton and Mrs. Mc- Naughton are now 111 Canada, having returned from England. ivhrrc Gen. McNaughton was commander of the 1st Canadian Army. He Will granted leave or absence late in December ow- ing to lll health.

Later i11 ihc day. a1 the Seigiiiory Clubuthe General was asked by press representatives about his health. llc said in his reply:

There Ls ‘nothing wrong with me. I have n0 idea what reasons for my resignation were given liere. It la up to those WlIO made the state- ments regarding my health to explain them. 'l‘l1i,11 is i111; record.

(ieii. .\l1"N:iii;.{li1r1ii llii> czillcd for an explana- tion. The 111111111: ivill agree \\'ll.ll him. The ex- planation should he forthcoming promptly, and i.- Should l), pin-n imciily mid frankly in Parlia- iiiciit. lfzilliiig hack 111i tlic laiiic cxciisc that it \\’0lllfl give comfort 111 the eiicinyi will not lit‘. accepted. Those uho inzirlc ihc statements to the public are before the bar of public opinion.

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Civic election today. Contests in Wards 1 and 4 for City Councillors, and in every Ward for Water Commissioners.

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The Salvage Brigade are once more in ac-

tion, and will prove s timely aid to Spring

cleaning.

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Australia has one in eight of her population in the fighting services, compared with one in 2o in Canada (to the end of i942), one in nine iri Britain, one in l1 in Germany, one in t3 in the United %a'te.s apd pnc in 25 in Japan.

Disastrous fire seriously damaged the former French liner Normandie i11 New York Harbour this date, 194.2; subsequently it was claimed to have been the work of saboteurs; the fire was got under control in four hours. but it 100k nearly two years to effect the necessary re-

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It is interesting to note that the war is no res- pccter of persons. Blondes now are being ra- tioned in Britain. A London correspondent writes: "They are getting scarcer because of the lack of dyes and bleaches," and adds: “Beau- ty parlours will not make any new blondes, saying they prefer to keep their stock of hair dye and bleaehes for their old customers."

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Abandonment of Daylight Saving Time next October for the winter months will be urged on the Dominion government by organized municipal leaders, Mayor _]. W. Cornell. Van- couver states. He said the proposal will have a place on the agenda of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities’ convention i11

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A government plan to limit tax allowances to business firms 011 contributions to charitable institutions was criticized in the Senate by Seu- zitor William Duff (L., Nova Scotial. llc, quoted an announcement by Finance hlllllSlCl‘ llsle_v of the government's intention 1o {llllflllul the Excess Profits Tax in the next budget, thus limiting company donations. fishy i111- poriant charitable and educational institutions had for years been largely dependent on such ilS$lbléillC2 and persons who had supported siich causes tor a period of years now would find

themselves unable to continue. I

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Producers of wool must protect their mar- kets by a comprehensive and intelligent pro- gramnie of experimentation, education and pro- motion without delay if these textiles are not to become blending fibres of secondary impuri- ance, subject to the dominance of synthetic fibres in price, style and usage values. accord- ing 1o F. litigciic Ackcriiian, executive director of 1111; American Wool Council. Mr. Ackcr- man warns that the competition is skillet] i11 the mechanics of modern merchandising and amply equipped with fuiids to implement their plains.

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Sir Henry li\cl_\'|i \\1'00d, \'.(.'., British liicltl- Marshal, born this date. i838; had a distin- guished career both in the Navy and Army; served with the Naval Brigade i11 the Crimean War and was severely wounded at Sevzistopol; exchanging for thc Artriy, he ivzis ztivardird tlic \1".C, for gallant coiidtict in the Indian i\lui'i11_v; he later served i11 the Ashanti, Kaffir, Ziilu 111111 Transvaal wars, being promoted field-marshal in 1903; his published works include: "From Midshipman to Field-Marshal", and “Wiiilioiv- cd hiemories”: “The eiid 110i infrequently di- rects and sanctifies the means."

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“The morale of the men of Canada's navy was never at a. higher peak than it is 110w," is stated by l\‘ev. B. (T. Martin. assistant principal Catholic chaplain of Canada's armed forces. i11 charge of all Catholic chaplains in the naval service, who has just returned from a tour of Canadian naval establishments i11 Britain. The fact that they were so well trained and had al- ready beaten the C-boai menace contributed to this high state of morale, he said. From both disciplinary and efficiency stzndpoints, Can- ada’s naval men, many of whom came from in- land provinces and never sailed before the war, were “second to none.” Father lilartiii said. He added that everywhere he went he found these men most anxious to takeipart i11 the coming invasion of Western Europe.

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Says Mr. Churchill: “An altogether unwar- ranted optimism has taken possession of large numbers of people. There is a vain and fool- ish belief that the war will soon be over, that it is now as good as won, and that anyone is free to push personal _or party ends without rc- gard to the common interest.” This, if it be true of Britain, is doubly true of Canada. And it applies not merely to the people who, without knowledge of the tremendous tasks ahead, talk f00li5hly of the war being "over by the Spring"; it applies with even greater force to those who, in a position to know better, have begun to act in their old peace ways, says the Ottawa Journal. The Speech from the Throne, laden with things that should have no part in the war, is evid- ence of that. Yet Mr. Mackenzie King said in the House: “Does anyone realize how diffi- cult the invasion is going to be? I'n1 far from believing there's going to be an early conclusion to this war. The fighting is still all on eon- quercd territory.”

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Mr. Hanson in not very sure, if he can trust Mr. King. He said in the House the Prime Minister had said he wanted no election before the end of the statutory life of Parliament in June, i945; but he had hedged his position with qualifications. A11 election at present or in the immediate future would be. a distinct detri- ment to successful conduct of the war. Mr. King interjected that he had saidhe 135F211 nn election in tvarfinte and Parliament had until Juno, i945, to rtlri. He had said he did not wish tn continue beyond that time. “l do not want the impression to go abroad I had given an undertaking that there will lic no election before lune, i945." the Prime Minister said. Mr. Hanson replied: "The Prhiic ltliiiister lclt the door wide open. and l suggest ln him that l1», could always find an excuse. llicrcforc. do

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not take this promise of no election this year too seriously.’ " ' '

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Mr. McGeeRs Retirement

(Ottawa Journal)

The once miownert G. (Gerry) through with Parliament. The member for Vancouver Burrord will not sek tie-election. having something to do "besides waste time hanging around

There was a 11111-141 n! 11116 Old MB- Geer fire, l5 nothing of the motori- col splendor, about the explanat- ion: "Western members don't up- pear in the picture at all. They an merely tolerated in a poor sort of way. that's as for as it goes."

11o his friends than may be amusement in Member Mcfleerh

. Perils y life bu not been at all what Gerry Mofleer inn-aided it to be. The uuloun Quixote of monetary reform, he had a place tn Parliament once upon a tune, and filled lt- Ho could on occasion jump the trues and speak his mind. letting the chips of an honmt wrath fall whore they would. usually on the heads of hlil “peerw on Ihe Cabinet benches. But u the sessions "nosed, and party discipline use dependence faded.

Thai 1.; where the tragedy eomel in. Gerry McGeer is to be pitied. But the greater pity is that Jeiii symp- tomatic of a. general condition. Oowed and depressed, he is but: one of the host of victim; of the tyr- ramiy of party discipline. His gloom and discouragement are shared widely by tlhe private mem- bers. Mr. McGeer has said “why" for them all. The time they spend in Ottawa is “wasted time."

Scorned by the Ministers, neg- lected tlroughouit the session, rar- cly consulted on policy, they are there on sufferarwe, and, as in an animal act, perform as told. The whip cracks and they rise to vote confidence ln the Ministry. it cracks again and they subside into silence, and keep silent until another vote is called. Once during the session maybe a fraction of them manages to squeeze into debate 11nd recite a piece for the record, something to send the constituents in hope o! being remembered kindly.

This is the other condition of which the McGcer gloom ls sym- ptomutire. Having surrendered their voice in Parliament. the private member; are no longer of ally use to their constituents. Having surren- dered authority, they have lost touch with the Ministers who hold iitfflhe constituents could get 11.11 audience with the rulers as easily as tliemsclvcs- Much of tfho dlzll1~ uelonment they feel ls in reality a reflection nf the greater disillus- ionment old suppcriers feel even more keenly. It is not surprising then that the cyrilcs should find in

‘ie McGeer announcement evid- ence that. ilic Vancouver member has seen llie writing on 1h:- wall: that it is not a matter of Oftawa failing m recognize the West, but of the West refusing again to rec- ognize “Ottawa? That may not be wholly wrong. On the rcctzrd of the Vancouver - Burrard rmmbcr. as with most private monibrrs, them is r11 little 1'1 shou‘. for the time spent in Parliament. and so much of that cannot be explained. And the first lavalty cf the member is not to “P1171 but. to th- people. It is to them that. the filial accounting must b1: made.

Forces 0f Destruction

il-lamiltim Spectator)

lnstrumchts_ of dasLrucLioh are reaching such terrifying perfection in this conflict that sober thtnkxis lire uneasy. They warn that. if the process continues the viprldfiii statesmen had better make certain that no further wars follow this one or civilization would bc wiped out in such fashion that 1'1 could not be restored in several generat- ions

Some militarisLs agree with them. but they hold to the conviction that. the very deadlines of weapons will be an ever present brake m1 agg- ression and have the effect of c11- forcing a permanent peace by mut- ual dread. Every lover of freedom desires to see the oppressors, en- slavers and atrocious mass mur- dcrs utterly crushed 1n this strug- gle, for there would be nothl else for humanity but a revival o the Dark Ages were Germany and Jap~ an to win» But the power of Wat's engmery i11 this day, and its rapid evolution under the stimulus of this conflict. are something to make thoughtful persons dwell eamestlv on future trends.

New types of super bombing planes have been created which give more than a hint of the shapii

hings to come. Eventually they may usher in a warless era when the peace has been won; for the present they are to be employed to smash Axis resistance and impose that "unconditional stirrender" for which the Allies fight. Those plan- es may be seen in action soon. The enemy must know of them, for in the United States no effort ha: been made to conceal ilho preliminary trials of 3-29. a draft which is said to be capable of carrying half a

tic and. return without stopping- Prom bases on this bide i1 could reach Berlin within a matter of hours, or from points in Alaska or Hawaii it could easily fly on Tokyo and back.

So much for"1.h'e' auper bomber and the jet propulsion planes, now

physics, electronics. and the dev- astating capacity of cyclotron: and betafrona with their 100 million volts? laymen know little of such strange terms, but laymen should be concerned just the came, for these mysterious forces are not just laboratory dreams.

Allied aircraft are credited with having dropped at least 111000 ions of TNT bombs on Germany in this war. But only five pounds of uran- ium 215. excioed by slow neutrons. would probably cause more destruc-

. it is contznded- A medium sired atomic bomb would be esp- of wiping out. New York or don. . Irving Langmuir, No- bel prone winner in physics. is re- ported to have sold that a quart of eleotronueparofod from associat- ed prgttgiighand neutrons, I gopgd expan an energy aqua a explosion of o cube of TNT 500 miles on n aide and renchin from don Berlin. solentio sol- emnly declare that these forces of havoc are not the weird fictions of a warped mind, but appalling pom- ibiliiles. , This had better be the last. war.

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The 1M3 broad grain yiroduction of the British mucire was the high- eot of tho war years.

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carload of bombs across the Ailim- .

Coveys Of Diplomats (Globe and Mail)

Th“ l5 oomant lb- out, the problem of full employ- ment in the pixiiwa-r era, but at least. one homtul oontrzbutiou to its solution can be seen. The en- terprising liooeanen at. have announced that they expect each of 1.11s l6 constituent r ubllu of the soviet system to direct dtplonutzc Marlena with foreign countries. It la uh that countries like lntvin. and Lith- uania. h have had their own diplomatic service, will not Avril thctmelves of this privilege, In the rest. will follow suit on the prin- ciple of keepLig up wit-h the 1-2:; m. Bo we can ualla- a _ covey of Soviet ministers scatter- ing all over the worlil as IOOILIJ the war ends, and Ottawa will certainly have to weicimo one begin oldéseui. . atria-tic rapreuotltion does not mean lust. one Ambush- dor or one Minister. These tumult personages must have staffs 8o in each soviet I

a press relations officer Allow, lay, seven members for the male per- sonnel of each of the l6 soviet le- gotions established 1n Ottawa, Ami the total viilll b9 112. Add abenogra- pliers, messengers. chauffeurs, up! the roster of their working stats will exceed 150. Same of their members may be unmarried, but. the majority will be in A state of conjugal bliss. Now Ruasian famil- ies run large, four or five children per household. so then. :f only half of the Soviet staffs are married, at no distant dire we ma‘; have a Russian colony tel/ween 400 and 500 strong established all Ottawa. It is a gcod thing that it will not. have votes, or we would have pol- itical candidates 1n Jttuwa mak- ing special u ipeals to Lilo Rumian vote. But it - Tlld be as interesting and onllvenlng social ieaven in the none to bright life of our c tal. Consider also the revers- s e of lhe picture. It is now an establish- ed rule of our Government that when a foreign country accredits a diplomat 1o Qblfllwa wc must re- ciprocate with one of equal status. So our Deparmciii. of External Affairs tnighl. as well start now re- crultlrlst at lcas: 70:) y0ulig men for diplomatic jobs east of llle Vistula. President Cody (1.'.Cl not begin a moment too soc-n 1,0 lay plans for better facilities for 311i,- study of the Russian 1111-1 other Slavic lan- guages in the ' lveslty o! onto. There i 1y i115 been a swift expansion c-f our diplomatic service. but it 11 nothing to what lies ahead. if we QSfXIDlISh relat- ions ln each of ihe 16 swirl repub- lics. we cannot 11o less tui count- lltts like Derumrk, Eg' 1. and Irak. 5o we can fcrsee at is: 50 Am- bassadors 11nd Ministers 011 our liRlZlOXlfll payroll in the near future. And. if we give each of thun a stuff of only five sii.':11rdi1i-.11es_ a very modest. allciwari" . than: will be av- ailable about. '31'10_ very white coll- nred jobs with good. iiable sal- aries and comfortable piriisions at- tached. Thls will surely take up some of 1111c s1 ick of unemployment for university graduates, ' Other consequences will follow. ilto diplomatic ser-

Traditionally vice iiliviiys '1a~ cia-l prestige. l‘. may

much in Otiiiivri. \Vhl.C.'. 5s surfeited with diplomats. or in great. Jaded cities like Toronto and Nfontzeal. But it will be a i: “at feather in the cap of, say. Ti or Skidtluiiltvillc. H11 boast 111111 one of its native sons ‘ “

‘est daughters inc cf the Canadian Lcgation 1n Bynln - Rllfblli. An item that Mrs, Bundcrbv Jenkins is giving a ‘en for the wife of lhe Canadian Minister to Traiisjorii- 1111111 will also 2G1 spice tn the soc- itil columns of ihc local press. and make all her local relatives swell with pride. - Again. it is settled polizy r101. b0 leave diplomats ‘no long in one post‘. Mid. as every wuntry wil‘ be mov. ing 11,; flcck around arid they al- rviiyis get priorlzy on planes. there will be lllllc room for anybody else on international airways, Then a big dentls going to be mode in parochialism. Oil: diplomats, when they come‘ home on can. are cer- tnln 1.0 be invir/l-j to address every Canadian, Rotary and Kiwanis Club within .1 .a.1ius o! 500 miles of their birthplace. Of course they will all talk about the country in which they have been living, its 0011111110115. 811d Has robletns A vast process of politica education for the Canadian iniblio w!ll to set on foot. ‘Ihiuiks f.) it. we may all be lrrlizrnaitionalily minded l0 mam hence. and isolztfionism may be a forgotten creed. Such a change may fit us better Lo help in building a