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Jliornln: Dally [Founded In I881)

l“ Idont: Lieut. Col. W. Chester S. Molmre Vice-President: J. R. Burnett. F. J. I. Secretary: Lleut. Cul. D. A. Msolilnnon, 0.5.0. Iilitor nnll Managing Dlreeto . J. R. Burnett, F.J.l. fiooelutcgfitlltoiis: Fnnlt- Walker and Lleut. In:

‘ A, ism-noise, R.C.N.V.I. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is ‘Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15th, 19M

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invading The Home

Under the above heading the HamiltorrSpec- lafar raises a pertinent question in connection with the family allowance, or baby bonus, leg- islation which comes into operation next year. Many parents must have asked themselves the same question, and stumbled upon the some- what disquieting answer. The question is this: How can we be sure the children will benefit? On the whole, parents love their children and they ivill see that the bonus is spent in their offsprings’ interests. But tllcrc will be a inin- ority who, with extra cash in hand, will spend the money in foolish ways. Instead of new shocs for the bdiy it may go in a new hat for mother: “iillic may do without the uciv pants he uccds, while father has a‘ fling at the daily double. As the state will have a direct interest in the family income, it will have a right to say how the money shall he spout.

In the interests of public health, the state, represented byrfhe local department, has a right to interfere in the care of infants. With the com- ing of the family bonus it will have a right to say how thcv shrill he clothed, fed and educated, or at lcast, will have some say in these matters. \\'licre jiarcnts have up to now said, "I have the right to do as I wish with my own," the answer will he, "not absolutely, you haven't. The Government has a stake in younfamily." The bonus may easily lend to abuses on both sides.

New Zcaland, which has alrcatly experiment- ed with the fdITlllV bonus, has solvcd the prob- lem. it is reported,’bytbethrcat to cancel the payments if the money is squandered. But is this fair to the cliildrcn? Without some modifi- cation it cannot bc a satisfactory solution, and l sense of justice as wcll as the urgings of wel- fare workers will not be content with such a cutting of the Gordian knot.

The public should give some consideration to these questions- ivhichare soon bound to arise. so that tentative policies and attitudes should be adopted before the actual payments commence. The baby bonus may lead to in- tolerable I\llI'\‘.'lllCI‘.'lC_\‘, ivhilc, 0n the other hand. it will give the state moral power for dealing with ncglcctful or moronic parents. There was l time when the home was said to be a man's castle and what wcnt on itisidc was the concern only of the inhabitants, but this is not so true

todayn-Tihe baliynliotiusds another invasion of-

its privacy.

The Soviet War Loan

The Soviet Government recently carried through its-third war loan. When the books were closed on .\Iav 12 the issue of 24 billion roubles was ovcrsubscribcd by three millions. The Soviet war machine, which has been so great ;,_fa¢;0r,.iu.tli¢. winning of this war, is certainly now-going to stiffer from lack of money.

The details of the loan, however, afford an interesting glimpse into Soviet economy. To manv it will come as something of a surprise that-the Soviet svstemiinclurlcs a national debt. This particular ibond issue, incidentally, was composed of 20-ycar bonds. No choice in mat- urity date was given, but the bonds were issued in five denominations ranging from 25 to 500 roubles.

Some of the capitalists of this country may wonder if they have not been a. little let down by anti-communist propaganda. when they dis- cover that this Soviet loan, as far as Sir John Anderson, chancellor of the exchequer, report- ed oniit in the Jritisli House of Commons last June 23, will cost Bloscow the equivalent of 4 per cent per annuni, tax free. The loan was divided into two series. One series was sold amongurworkers‘ gnildsc-co-operativcs and co- operative farmers. No information on interest rates is given here.

The other series was offered to the general public. In place of a normal interest return, the Soviet Government will hold two lotteries

each yea‘,- dnr-lng lhu life of the loan. Numerous"

and generous cash prizes will he paid to the. lucky bond-holders. There will be, in all, 330." mo prizes, with o. value of 89 million roubles. This workg Qu; at 4 per cent per antium on the loan. Bonds which do not draw prizes are re- deemablc ut- par by annual drawings between Nov. l, i949, and Nov. l, i964. Bonds not so drawn for redemption may be presented for payment between Nov. 1. 196d: "l4 NW1 L r965, and if not presented during ‘ICIllS period will l»; cancelled. The state's liability to repay will then cease. - - "

In Retrospect

It is clear that Premier God-bout was the victim of Quebec's disapproval of the national leadership of Prime Minister King, says the Globe {wild ‘Ilfnilt Mr, (‘lodboufs efforts to con- fine last week's issues to Provincial affairs and to campaign on the “progrcssivc" record of his Government failed roinplntcly. From liis open- ing speech ha ivas drawn into debating the sins of the Federal Administration, chief among them tlie manpower pcilicy, which he could only dc- fciirl as :1 "favor" to Qlicbcc.

TIIIIS nppcnsciiiciit has travelled the full circle. The Federal firivcrinncnt subordinated the will of lIl(‘ majority to tlic (lcmands of the minority rind ailoptcil the two-army policy. Iii trying to be ‘all things to all incn it has hccn lion- est with iioiic. lt has lost Illf‘ rcspcct of the ma- jority, and it has lost the political support of Quebec; he retain which it sacrificed that fe-

|pcct. But it has sacrificed also the national unity which appeasement was to have bought.

Within its own frame. the re-election of Premier Manning's Administration in Alberta is scarcely less significant. The people of Alb- erta, like the people of Saskatchewan, had a choice between tivo things-continuing the Social Credit Government or switching to C. C. F. socialism. Premier Manning joined the C. C. F. in making that party the issue. It ivas a question of “either them or us." The pen- ple of Alberta quenched the Socialist prairie fire.

The Social Credit Party, its "funny money" theories greatly modified by nine years of re-

From the national view, it has other policies in equally sharp contrast to those of the C. C. F. It is a total-war party, and also a stronger sup- porter of the British commonwealth system. Both Provincial and Flicral Social Credit leaders put their group on record as such at the outset of the \var.

Mr. J. H. Blackmore, speaking in Parlia- ment on Sept. 8, i939, committed his group to "the tiiiqualificd support of Britain and her allies," and declared: “The only way to attain ef- ficiency is through universal service. This means complete direction and control by the State of finance, industry and manpower." Two years later Mr. Blackmore and his colleagues stood by "complete tnobillzation of manpower" and voted for Bill 8o, which empowered the Gov- ernmcnt to impose conscription for overseas service. The C. C. F. stood In opposition with the dissident French-Canadian groups.

EDI IURIAL NOTIL) _

.\Ir. John Bracken has gone on tour in the \\'est, and will be in Kamloops, B. C., today, Courtenay, B. C., Thursday, and later will visit Peace River, Alta., and Battle River, Alta.

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A visitor here on yacation suggests that, if at all practicable, the reading room of the library should be kept upcn all day until lo P. .\l. in July and August to accommodate vis- itors who would like to enjoy leisure trading there safe "from the madding crowd."

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Reforestation is the order of the day, not only here but elsewhere. The Forest Depart- ment of Jamaica hopes to produce 2,000,000 trees for planting by the end of this year. Dur- ing the past year, 250,000 trees have been set out on t2 reforestation projects.

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No politics in war pictures! The motion pic- ture, Wilson, dnamatizing the career of the First Great \\'ar President of the United States has been banned by the Army for distribution to troops, as has the picture, Heavenly Days, starring Fibber McGee and blolly. The Soldier Voting Act prohibits the distribution by the armed forces of books, magazines or other ma- terial containing matters calculated to influence the results of national elections. The U. S. \'\-'ar Department report bothi pictures were banned by a board of the Morale Services Divisions as containing material which might be construed as violating provisions of the act.

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“An average of 4.6 per cent of 30,257 em- ployees of l6 industrial and commercial firms in the Montreal area X-raycd by the Anti-TB. League travelling clinic since last January have been listed as “suspect" cases while 2.4 per cent were found to be definite pulmonary T. B. cases. The percentage was reported as “very high" compared with U. S. figures and also well above the average for other industrial areas in Can- ada, The present campaign to discover cases of T. B. and halt the spread of the disease was launched early this year when the League sec- ured new equipment for the purpose. If addi- tional equipment desired can now be obtained, the campaign will be enlarged to cover all em- ployees of both large and small industrial and ‘commercial firms every three years.

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Sir Walter Scott, novelist, poet and man of letters born this date I771‘; first attained popu- larity as a poet, “The Lay of the Last Minstrel”, “.\larmiou", "The Lady of the Lake" captur- ing the fancy of critics and public alike; later finding his place in popular favour threatened by Byron, Scott turned to prose and published "Waverlcyi" anonymously in I814; other \\’avcr~ Icy novels appeared with phenomenal success in quick succession; his master pen vivified scenes indoor and outdoor, Highland and Lowland, characters heroic, humorous and pathetic, liis- tory and romance, the Middle .\gcs and the days in which he lived. I'll! exalted and purified literature and made Scotland known throughout the world:

"Just at the age ‘twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech and speech is truth.”- - I I i I

About 8,000 of Canada's operational post office employees will get annual wage increases ranging between $60 and $180, retroactive to July I, under an order-in-council. The in- creases are forecast for 3,000 letter carriers, 7 5 i mail porters, 3,100 postal clerks, 1,100 ma. clerks, 25 chauffeurs and 20o senior carrier.- arid supervisors. These employees had recently petitioned a cabinet committee for annual in- creases of $300. Schedules attached to order-in-council show:

Old Range New Range

$ $ $ $

r,2oo-l,62o l,62o-l,8oo !,2oo-l,86o r,2oo-l,6zo l,62o-l,8oo l,2oo-l,62o l,5oo-l,74o l,62o-i,860

Letter carriers r,o2o-l,5oo Senior carriers . .. l,560-I,68o Postal clerks l,o2o-l,74o Mail porters l,o2o-l,5oo Senior porters .... l,5oo-1,68o Chauffeurs l,l4o-l,5oo Garagemen 1,44o-l,62o Garage forcmcn l,620-I,800 Railway Mail Clerks First liiradc LOISO-LBOO Second Grade l,38o-l,86o 'l‘liir(l grade l,§60-l,f)20 Fourth Grade . r,62o-l,980

l,2o0-l,86o 1.3804320 1,560-l,98o

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Fifth grade 1300-5040 1305-1100

sponsibility in office, is a free enterprise party. hem

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A content uyl that house- hold scraps should not be wasted: the wfn ows should be opened to let the neighbors hean-St/rhomu ‘limes-Journal.

Yv- lrllmbie if you lum w wulu u block to get a piiIl of honey and z Izmglaflvilhfilflgp mtlu to gathir mutoJ-Ibrundm Billie i. lppmx _

In this time of sorrow, the 0c- mans are getting rm sympathy from their eastern neighbors. On the contrary the Russians are B offens ve In elght dtfferent places and eighty dtffeient ways.- New Yorker. I

Gluty Goebbels won't so he “Ofiqmiri his description of Hitler's as t dearest. Ilfe In the world." It has certainly cost the world more blood and’ treasure than any other Indlvlduals Insane ambition ever dIiL-Stratford Beacon-Herald.

There are some who contend that navles are out of date: but after the "1111! om Played by the nuvy In the Invaslon of fiance and the establlshlng of an AIIIed beachhcad, the world wlll have to admit; that there 1s sttII an important place for navtes 1n the conduct of mod- em warfare-Chatham News.

The large number of who are parading maln dressed 1n scanty attlre must they are zlvlniz the local people a lhrlll- But What the men wan- dering around stores In bathing trunks think they are provldlng Is another matter, and If they were mind-readers, they'd appear more fully cI0thed.—Port Elgln Times.

Doctor: are skeptical about un- cer cures. It ts their buslness to be skeptical. But publlc depart- ments that have supervision over the health of the nation should not, lack the power or the wlll m follow every lend that; may lead to a possible cure. Perhaps there L! no cure. But It would be most unwise ever to admit that. We must keep searching. -_ Vancouver Province.

women street thlnk

For all we know, smoke genera- tors were used to conceal the Al- lIed trooils as they landed In France. One of the newest was devewped by De Vllhlss engineers for the National Defence Re. Search‘ Committee of the Office of Sclentlflc Research and Develop- ment and In co-operation with the United States Navy. The genera- tor Ls mounted on wheels and can be set In operation on landing craft, transferred to a beuchhead, then moved to any Dolnt. required. —NcW York TImes.

M"! "Bo boiii complaining. Ills first utterance Is a cry. As a chIId, he bowls when something hurts him- As a man. he often learns to cry out before he Ls hurt at all, ll the d5!’ is Warm, he ls affront- ed- If ll; ls cold. he l5 unnqyggl,

over “TIRE flnYbody. outside of self titty? Wise are those who learn to p35. kétltlle hurt, and m go ahead, The word h l'ttl _ __v!cwri<1§ éoloiilépom for self pIty.

Th0 President has nominated

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_ war started. Our commander in the Burma-India. China theatre will stand 1n the Brflllp with Marshall, Eisenhower, lélfairlArthur. Arnold and Malin Eh"! R- vHls elevation Emphasizes

e grovilng Inlportance of the war 1n the Fiir East. General StIIweII eflrflf-‘d his promotion the hard WHY. Driven out of Burma, uiuol and almost alone, after what he bflfikly acknowledged a5 "u he]; o; a beating." he 1s back again at the pend of a conquering army. Salty n speech, shrewd, exacting. able and tireless, he I185 used American and Chinese troops with equal lvdiwltv to clear the enemy from northern Burma and shake their hold on the entire country. Hi5 men arc devoted to him. When he 11s spam they call hlm "Vinegar fie . When he Ls gentle and shares 5 thelr Dfllvatlon they call lllm hlllncle Joe. America wlll call

rn General Joe-New York Tlmes,

A “"1"” bllrlher of Beverley 111115, wrltes Irving Hoffman, re- vently ordered a record filled with the deafenlng rumble of elevapd trulns, the crash of milk bottles belng dellvered, the screams’ of flghtlniz children. the clatter u; a dumbwnfter going up and down the shouts of street vendors, and the hurrah of ZOSslplng mam-nag “P55 Courtyards and areaways. wr tes Bennett Cerf In The Sat. wlfdflY Review of Llterature. 111N880 of uproar was to be m1,- quintessenoe of Ilfe In the slums. 111V '1'"- dlsclosed that the agpd and prosperous Hollywoodfw w o had ordered the record was pjnce of humble origin. Although e Was surrounded by all m9 d5. "$11185 of affluence and luxury, every so often he llked to recall the scenes of his youth when he had. bee" a “Mk b0!’ In a publlsher’: warehouse. So now, when he feels 111111111810 of an evening, he fun “Y5 10 the butler, "Parsons, the First Avenue disk," and 1n u gwlnk. 11ml he 1s transported u; the u . mar and clamor of the aldewalb 0! bOYhMd. where there were ""11" powdered footmen, private ‘Wlmmlfll P0015. nor the custom of

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Goth- had the misfortune whlle carrying up ttle. He wu severe- 1.-' cut; on both hands and cannot ivork. Rev. Richard Stewart, Knox Presbyterian Church, can. ned overalls and took over. Pinch-

bllI pinyin Then cams u difficult day for the duh-y- mim preacher. His clerical duffel found hIm burdened wtth p wed. dfnir. funeral and m1Ik rout/e all on the same day. He surveyed his congregatlon for help and chose (390118 Dunlap. a retired (LEE. engineer, to do some pInch-hlttlng for him-on the mIIk route, of course-Hanover Poet.

Two fuels are obvlulu. One II that three non-European Powers, however powerful. cannot organize Europe without the willing support and active help of the nations of Europe. This 1s just as Imposslble u peace Is Impossible If the great victors are dlvlded. The second fact is that decisions are being

made now, with every advance o the . 1n ovefl Union

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A TRAFFIC SUGGESTION

81r.— Just u Itne of suggestion to all whom 1t may concern: No clug of Eirhlbltlon workerl, during Old Home Week, w be more rush- ed and Inconventeneed and temp- ted to be short of temper than our tuxl drlyera. ' One way-and the shortest way- to uvold the rush and the crash of car travel wlll be to make the 111111.; thoroughfare through the nthtbttiou grounds a one-way street.

GIve the taxl drivers u break.- and In giving our taxis a faIr chance at uninterrupted travel. our guests and all others who are Jut to enjoy themselves wlll feel bet- ter for an orderly thoroughfare, wherein speed and comfort wlll g1 hand tn hand.

I am. S11‘. etc., NEIL HERMAN On behalf of the Taxi Drivers.

Pliooey On Fitness

' ti" l (By J. H- G. In the Winnipeg Free Press)

We have no objections to physi- cal fitness as such, or even to physical Jerks, or good health, or Playiniz sames, but If the Hon. Mr. MacKenzIe and his Major Etsenhardt would ask us. we‘d tell them that their whole physical fttlréesc campaign we; u lot. of mal- ar

We have been reading Major Elsenhardt‘; panegyrlcs on physi- cal fitness. What; the Major seems to have In mind Is to turn the country Into one gigantic athletic field. All the klds wIII be rounded up] and put Into playing games w Ich wlll build thelr bodies and character. 0r, as he puts It:

"It Is on the playing fields, during leisure time. that. society can be shaped. To the child, physical training and games wlll glve the Incentive to strive for perfection, to fight fairly, and In the fortunes of sport. the winning and the losInZ can. when properly used, Instll gentleness and strength. Games and sport will teach the chlld obedience without. retlcence. They can brlnz out individuality and at; the some tJme make the Individual- ity dlsappesr when the team splrft. demands It."

A11 this sounds pretty tilgh- falutln’ but it. Is stIIl malarky. Un-

scheme of things. ere 1,; n0 place for the boys and girls who fInd games a monumental bore, who would rather sneak oft and read a book, climb s. tree, lIe in the sun or go fishing. And, they. Incident:-

Whnt the Evangellsts of sport have their eye 0n 1s organizing everything fcr everybody. They wlll spcnd millions of dollars, eventually, laying out. fields which they will use to regiment every- bO Into engaging In games,

.V whether they like It. or not. true. of course, that the war ha; shown us that we are not all potential physical instructors when It; ccmes to the state of our bodies. All kinds of queer defects show up when army physicals are taken. Yet one fact which the sporting cult never mentions l5 the extreme- ly tilgh proportion of athletes who are rejected for military service because ‘of physical defects—de- feats often traced directly to ath- letlcs. Literally scores of star ball plasters have been rejected In the United States. Yet these young fellows can hit. baseballs. catch, throw and run with superb sklll. N01‘ are 111088 W110 are accepted exactly what the country need; as fighting men.’ They won't do as front llnc soldiers so they are sent to the training grounds as physl- cal instructors. o o I There has, moreover, been allo- izether too much Iocse talk about the superlative mcrlt of athletics as an agency tor character building. If there was anything at all to t-he WWW. the German herrenvolk would have the lovlest, characters on earth for reglrnented sport has been a prominent feature of the German natlon. It was used not, to build character but strong bodies 101‘ the 11111137; "Ct i0 obtain "0bcd1- ence without retlccnce" but. to oh- taln blind obedience and fonatlc- at faith In an unspeakable despot-

m. The peeullar quality In 1nd!- ‘Vldllflls wlilch we call character comes not from development of muscles but from the dEVCIOlTtTIEnL 0f personahty. It Is the flnal pro- duct of a ersons Inheritance. his

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LOST ATLANTIS

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