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Aucclate Editors: Prank Walker end Llcnt. A Burnett, LCJQNJL. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory l8 freak" Th" . the Weakest Ink.

TUESDAY, DEC. 2B. I943 _ The Late Senator Me Arthur

Senator Creeliiiaii .\lc:\rthur, who passed away at his home iii Stiiuitlersitlc yestcrdzty. was widely known both as a business man and parliamentarian. The success which he achiev- ed in both capacities may be said to have been due largely to his own unaided efforts. lrle possvssed tlynauiic energy, and ftbllll)’ which uoiiltl lime curried llllll Lu tlie tnp lll 81llll0>l any profession. It is ilot surprising that after acquiring a financial competence early in life, he should have turned his attention to public affairs in which lie lizttl alivzivs lllliCll keen tli-

igyegl, lll- pftlnd c "vntirvus in tlie dis- cltarge of all his tlutirs s a iueuzbei‘ of the Pru- vfncial Legislature and subsequently 0f thfl

Senate of tnnada. Nor was he ever deterred, by pnliiivil n1" other t‘l\ll§ltlCl'Il[l|lll>, from ("t- py.i..;u_; hi. llilllt'>l lllillllllll in either etiintcit). Senator .\lC:\l‘llllll‘ was also noted us‘ a sportsman and as a generous host and friend lo many ynuilgei~ men in whom he was quick to

dryer: r-riliuire of ttleut or ability. In his l. es lie iiizitle no tlis- t c"."cl‘ . or creed. lle beliewil

tlPlllllCFZlC), zid was a great booster

for his iizltive town, Ctniiity, and Prflvimf- 'l‘hese traits ivere never more worthy of emula- tion than tn'ln_v, \\'l‘.f‘ll the l(‘l‘.(l1‘llC\' towards central‘ ztinn {lllll i\\‘.l'l.ill\"l'll\‘)' is ;;‘.’<l\\ill'~' "ltllfl allCl ‘HUYC flllllflldlll!

N0 Excuse for Concealment

'l".t~ lll-uriiroii tioieriiineiits plain for dis- pttsnl of stirplus and tibwlcte \\':ir ZliTfl€llEii§ la an arrangement for inztrltetiitg ‘Jlillillls of dol- lars' worth of assets. If carried out without the

v ‘wcii has attended the "ctzlitultition and pm if ~.ip;,il{vs and ripitp .0111. says the .i._itl .‘l l tltis is likely to coiuuic-ntl it-

to the pn as ail orderly lll€llllld of li-

q.. . mu. A committee composed of civil ser- vants. administrators and one representative each of agriculture. labor and householders has liccu npiiuizittrl to get infui-ilialinii from all Gov- eiiuiieiit dt-plriiiicitis as to llll\\'ZllllE(l materials inquire as to where they iiiay be needed, and advise the Government. Decisions of policy will then rest with the tiribiiiet. and a Crown \‘Hll‘i\.'l|l\' will lizltlrlle the bli-iiicss opcizltitiiis. One point tli.lt cdiizziit llt‘ tlroppctl from the public itiind, however, is that virtually nothing is known of bow or why these vast materials were collected, and what value has been obtained from tlicir use. except as covered by the all-ll cuibrziviiig utiritl war. Of the tlirce leading wur-, i-i-r-iluctfnn countries Ctliizltla stands alone with :1 CifiSLTl book on these operations. Britain and the United States have conducted continuous open investigniioits iuto war expenditures. \\li-ii ib<v tzi-uic t-i tlisposc of tlie assets the

people \\;ll ltnou what is tzilltcd tlbotit; not sin

heir.

\\'li_v should riot the people of Canada be in- formed specifically about the value obtained from war coiitributiotis before the evi- tlrzici‘ i: i-ciiinvcrl? 'l"licre can be no excuse that it \\lll comfort the enemy to disclose the facts when these are no longer important to the war. Nor is there any political virtue in im- p Flllg on a conuriittee the duty to advise about winding up :iii enterprise without having a coni- tiiittec to disclose what the enterprise has ac- complished.

One other committee is needed, or the powers of the advisory committee should be extended to report to the people 0n the cost and use éciavle of the materials as they become surplus -lnd obsolete. Still better, a judicial committee thould get this information for the people.

their

Tribute to Infantry

and courage. takes ground and holds it. What- ever other branches may do to soften up and break down the enemy, the war will be wor when the infantry, en masse, enters the enemy’! last stronghold. On the way to the victoriour encampment the foot soldier fights and bivouacs in fearful heat or cold, in seas of mud, hurri~ canes of sand or dust, enduring hunger and thirst and cruel fatigue, torment of insects and the threat 0f wounds or death."

- EDITORIAL NOTES -

The Tay Bridge, two miles in length, cross- lng the River Tay at Dundee, Scotland, blown down this date I879 with a tremendous loss of life; the passengers for the most partrivere holi- dayr-tnalters proceeding to their homes to spend the New Year; a new bridge was built in 1887.

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Perhaps General McNaughton’: regrettable indisposition at this time, may lead to his ac- ceptance later of the portfolio of Defence, per- inittiug .\lr. Ralston to succeed Sir Lyman Duff as Chief Jitstice of Canada. Both appoint- ments would be well-deserved and popular. O i O i

Reference appears elsewhere in today's Guar- dian to tlie fine Christmas spirit shown by tlie ‘tifficers. X. C. 11's and illeli of the R, A. l7. ‘Station at Charlottetown. Their generous con- ‘tributions to the sanatorium, hospitals. orphan- lage and other institutions are greatly appreciat- led bv all our citizens. I - 1 Ottawa goverunlent officials, like Montreal ‘city police, seek an increase 0f pay. A special subcommittee of the federal cabinet has coin- pleted study of civil service demands including ‘holidays with pziy. Tile committee is expected ito zmiioliiice shortly what action has been or ‘will be taken to meet the demands. i i O I

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Cardinal Hinsley, Archbishop of “lestmiuster, has been succedt-d by the 44-yiear-oltl Rev. Bern- zlrd liriffi. .'lu.\'iliai'_v Bishop 0f Btlfllllllgllillll. Bishop (iriffin is the son of a. popular former Birmingham alderman and he is a native of that city. He is greatly esteemed by civic author- ities of Birmingham and the Midlands and ziizltle many public appezlrailres.

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The Ontario Provincial Government is con- mmmlV

THE CH ARLUI"l'E'l‘0WN GUARDIAN

Are Cartels Advisable

(he Times. lnndcn) International industrial u tmlulehod cer- wvcr primary pmducte. 21.. wheat. sular, rub-

ber. tea, tin. &c.. which today it t; more fashionable to call Com-

dllif/flfln are examples of indus- trial materials which have become

the subject. of cartels C t-belr origin has drive

axtele often 11nd

1n competition which n prices below a zenerelly lflbflfi- able level. They IN flcllltnbcd Lt there exist strong organize- tlons of local producers. er if eecb local industry. by reason of its technical charactefiiilci. is orien- ized 1n large-scale imlts. The few- er the number of authoritative personalities tn the industry 1n each country. the more llkely l; agreement 1n a cartel. Dr. Her- mann Levy claims it ls "the re- volutionary progress of transport which has createc concentrated mass demand." That demand lles at tlie toot of international cartels, for it leads to the ration- alization of lndustrlal undertak- inizs into lame units based on the fullest. employment of ma- chinery. in order to achieve a miuinitun cost. of production. Industrial cartels are not a negation of a competitive econ- omy: they rise inevitably out or lt. Their office is to regulate, butl not. to abolish. competition Wltb-| in this field they have many pur- poses. They aim at a moi-c stable level of production. at ilz: exteri- slon of volume and therefore at the reduction of costs; they seek stability and. maybe, unification sales concltious and thereby rcdttctlnns in marketing costs and 1n the ratio of sales price to qual- lty. Exhaustive statistics of mar- kets and sales", Dflces and sales‘ costs, can provide a. complete ple- ture of the structure of the 1n- dustiyv and the trend of its move- ment and can lay bare the tinder- lyint: causes of expansion or con- traction and strengthen accuracy of forecasts. The costllnes of large capital installations and the 1on2 time required to erect new plants necessitate early and accurate. information 1t future plans are to have an economic basis. Trails- nort costs ciin be reduced tbrourzb the allocation of nmrkets — the

Franco Trims His Sails

(Bchlnfl) 1f fresh evidence were needed urn use etu- of Nut Gen-manila , waning, it. can be found 1h "l9 d!‘ - sllsgpin of Gen. Franco. the

u imprisoned on the has‘??? fililluiw w nu mam. simultaneously the secretary of

B ins Party. the - gfffs, has announced that it does not aspire to a dictatorship. but m q, zovelnmmt

right-Q 0f min. lint it

native

tione th nationalist movements 1n other countries. and that it! mtlltla. which has been the Spen- lsh equivalent of Hitler's Black- shirts, will now be disbanded. by

Nobody will be deceived trim wludn which

Franco's belated moves to his sails hrcaten to

tal shlD upon the rocks. Ever a e the armies of the ted Nations won their decisive triumph 1n

belligerent friendship toward the Axis powers. Influential leaders tn the army and in the worlds of business and finance. upon whose support Franco depends, justifiab- lv formed a conviction that the Nazis were doomed to eventual defeat. and that, if Spain did not want to be involved in the con- sequences of that. defeat she had better dissociate herself from Germany a; soon a5 possible. They foresaw that Russia. which had supported the Spanish Reptibllcisns durlnz the clv1l war, would em- erge from the war u tlie strong- est Milli-MY lwwer on the Euro- pean Continent. and that. her Government would have no kind- ly feelings for the Spanish ele- nients which compa-ssed the clown- fisll of the Republic. So their sus- tained pressure upon Franco and his close associates for a drastic change of policy before lt. was too lute is now bearing fruit. 1n the moves latelv made.

Tlie peoples of the United Na- tions know full well that, lf the fortune of war was stlll favoring the Nazis. Franco would be eon- tlnulniz to ald them to the be“ 0f his Hbllity- 50 he cannot. ex- pect to wln by izestures of an- ieasemeti. forgiveness for his deep complicity 1n the great. con-

eqitivalent 0f tnoeern wur-ttme Splracy Bltalnst democratic free- dom. However, it ls all to the ' ' ' 100d that some 34,00 Republi-

DECEMBER “zs. 1943

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BE SURE TO SEE THE

' FULL-COLQR P A I NTI N G

. by

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Here's e souvenir you'll went to IOO and

QUANTITY AND QUll-ITY The poor have eblldber and ‘.0

BDIIG- lBut with the uuallty they're me Where money's sea-me the chill I bar's many. Where money's thick you'll satires find n

u Y- . ‘Home wanted h . we there- ore “m” It's qucxc. _ Now. l1’ the rich and. poor could s are. ‘more? soon be cblldher every- where;

5511i: God have blty th u»; [That glylgsnher cblfdn “be w lAn' so voufll find a mansion one, lIAvC8$gglCh in all that's ftm-_

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-W1nifred M_ halts, HELD RECORD

| ___.__ I Paris was the largest, clty in eh; f world for 1.000 Years.

l ONE TASK DONE

At, the conclusion of the African Icampalgn, Winston Churchill said, ' “One contlnen‘. at least has been lcleansed and purged for ever {mm plaeclst or Nazl tyranny."

For Foot Ailments CONSULT H. J. A. BROWN. D.P. ORTHOPEDIC

GHIROPOIJIST .

14s ores‘: George Street onsnnornzrown rm.

keep . . . a full-color reproduction of an original painting by Prime Minister

Winston Churchill. S00 It In The Sten- rhrd’: rotogrevure section this week . . .

the first time it has been reproduced anywhere In full eoiorl It’: e master- piece by Winnie himself!

Dr. Evan's Stomach Mixture

very hereon who I troub-

sideringm hospital scheme to insure every On- tario citizen over the age of l7 at a uniform mouthlv sum to cover reduced public ward and tliagntwstic costs in QQSlllllll. 'l‘he plan would provide free treatment for children. Dr. R. P. Vivian, Ontario health minister favors a hos- pital insurance plan as a means of bringing pub- lic ivard care within reach of all.‘ Complete cost of the proposal-"irhictr is likely to be a considerable sum in the agytgrcgate but most rea- sonable for the individual pocketbook"—ivill be known by Feb. l. This information will be deduced from a provincial survey now un- der way. it Ill i I

A valuation Ol $06,000,000 on the estate of Edsel Ford, onlv son of Henry Ford, motor magnate. who died last .\Iay, is set forth in an affidavit on file in Hancock count_v PYOlJPIlIC court. Detroit, with a copy of his will. The affidavit listed the property valuations as: Per- sonal estate not in Blaine, $64,980,000; per-

Maine, $150,000; real estate not in Maine, $850,- ooo. .\lr. Clifford B. Longley, Ford counsel m Detroit, said the $64,980,000 figure was an estimate made at this time because of the Maine requirements, and that actual valuation awaits completion of inventory and appraisal, which was not expected for two or three months. Ii! ll it u

l\lr. Ian Mackenzie, says the Ottawa Journal, having discovered that the wicked Progressive Conservatives are plotting with the bankers and financiers to do away with the pure and righteous Liberals. Mr. llarold Winch says that as a detective .\Ir. Mackenzie is a. good politician, that the real plot, which he has dis- covered, is a $10,000,000 “Tory financial con- spiraev" to do away with the CCF. Ten mil- lion dollars! That certainly in Canada would be a political rtrgtiuizefs paradise; especially in these days of excess profits and income taxes. If our Canadian industrialists can muster up that much money for a political party at this

"It is making no obvious comparison with lny other branch of the service today that the dirtiest, hardest and most continually danger oils ditty is the job of the foot soldier." obser-ves an exchange in aptiroval of (iencrlil Eisen- hower's tribute to "the gallantry and fortitude of our ground forces."

The infaritryman does more than march — march-march. The exchange says:

"lle is the onlv one whose business it i5 to close in primeval liziiitl-to-hand combat. lle is

iflf It is necessary i0 reduce the, Ships

the man who with his own body and brawn] 5h0¢-1a¢¢_

— Notes Bil‘ he Way —

underlo

ICanada would take enough interest in politics |to put up money for policies deemed good for Canada. There would be nothing sinister about it. .~\s it is, the party which seems to have inost niouev to spend on t-lectioiieering at the pres- ent time is the CCF party, which has spacious headquarters now in Ottawa, and organizers and paid letter writers all over the country, and motintains of leaflets, pamphlets and other mfg,- 0f propaganda. It's the Tories and Grits who “em f“ be bmkfl Sort of running things on a

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enemy losses, 'pnrt.ic'ulnrly when H11’ Bunneri- are able to see their attackers and the effect 0f their

"M, ‘rum’ "W11 fife DOWN- At wectal train-

Qlllter ration. lt. wlll be the most unpopular move that Ottawa has Arid lt has mace — 8t. Thomas Tlmes-

"Dunnvlllc Chronicle would like know: "Why do people spend money they have not trot. to buy they don‘: need to impress peopo they don't like?" All we can sutltzest, 1s the standard wo- an‘g reasnn-because. — wen ‘und Sun-Times. I

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. Dr. 1‘. ll. Bendemn-Wclls. Iced lducntlon Society chairmen. told fir‘ London of e perfectly balanced chemical meal, cnntainkuz ell the neeessnry vltamlnes, which was m a number of rats. They Lll dletb-Londnn Dally Mall.

phvslcal strain durinu launchlnu. Most. critical moment 1e when the

stern 1s in the water and the bow gmngyqly, m (orgy per “m! 1515331 °;1 till" WBYB- the“ ‘he Pupils are taken from expert- w” 5h ° l 9159mm" W "41 B; enced operational crews. Even m“ ‘is 5X "t ‘m4 "l" bl" air gunners with several night.-

the Ship's back if the vessel 1s not movinl; fast enoulzh to relieve the strain in s. few seconds-Colliers.

A good talker should nlwnyl be held under suspicion. There are men who can merely through LlIClr choice of words and the flu- ent. spell of their speech. make

mg schools the "cat's eyes" vlslon of bomber crews can be develop- ed to show m improvement of

fighter “kllls" tn their credit. l0 to the trelninl schools. — 1mi-

don mentng News.

Past BClIlEl/Elflflfilig 1n a refer- ence year or years commonly form the inltlal base of the quotas of trade for a future period. The quota ifettlcment sometimes Dro- virles that the hnuin market of local producers shall be reserved. thereby achieving the same ob- iectlves its a tariff Some central illPefvlslhtf body 1s almost essen- tlnl for coordination of Joint or several action It. may urldertake to ortzanlze the essential statis- ticalservlces. to promote price uniformity. to control sales con- ditions. to foster the standardiza- tion 0f types, patterns, and sizes of products. and to lron out prob- lems of comparability which may arise from fluctuating exeharnzes 0r political factors. Competition 1n quallty and service between the participants ls normally not. con- trolled. Achievements axe period- ically balanced against quotas and compensatory measures ap- ' the differences, eltber tbrotiub payments or internal manufacturing adlustments.

Such international strange-

, . , ments offer obvious advantages to sonal estate in lfaine, $20,000; real estate in producers.

Full statistical and other knowledge of what is hap- Dentut! over the whole fleld 1s a clear gain. Producers may look with more certainty to regularity of production. and a ltreater llkeltbood of tin ordered expansion or reduction of future output. as the case may be. A greater stab- ility ln profits. by reason of reduc- ed custs arlslnlz from standardiz- ed or common selling. or from c0- operatlon in research and ex- change of patents and processes. is not. unllkely. Publicity and transport cost, may well be emul-I ler without any loss ln the cf- flclency of either service. while more stable production may lead to economv of capital 1n stocks of raw materials and finished pm- duote. A closer b lance between capacity ant‘. pro uetion can re- duce the waste of capital inher- ent 1n unemployed resources, apart from the avoidance of ex- penditure upon plant. extensions before their due economlc tune. which should spring from more ac- curate forecast. Some Dart of these economies ts llkely to inure to labour.

time they have not only changed into politi- Evil?” file‘ wfihadlgfigdtaggs- aw‘ cians: they've changed into magicians. It clearly have their obvZi-se arfii would be a good thing if people with a stake in “Wm” °f ‘he °'~‘5f°m@‘”- 0"" l‘

period. a_morc stable price level mcv well be lower than the mean of an ilnreizulnterl curve of blizh and low prices. (Tncertalnty and hazard mav be profitably displac- ed bv conslswririr. Hudcon change; iinbiilanro buyers’ own snles con- tracts, whtcb can absorb Irradua! movement without suffering losses. The qllflllf-y of the product. f; llke- ly to improve. not only from deep- er and wider research but; also because competition has been shifted LO the quality and service level The customer can reckon with certainty on obtaining his supplies, buylnn tn small quant- ltles and thrusting the burden o1 stocks upon the producer, no re- dllfilgk his own capital employed.

A miniature stream bed eon» tslnlnz a tiny wooden dam is bc- lnff used to test. flood control of the Arroyo Beoo. behind the Rose Bowl 1n Angela County

themselves sound profound and cam m“ so‘ sew. umorltntlv. N ° ' u“ m“ c9. {now everyimnz gm, Ngewnexggs The baby canyon 1| eonetructeti

1n everythlnz- Riirm now. cut-mg our present war effort, there are hundruls of critic; of the mill- tary who never saw the inside of an urmv camp and never shoul-

of concrete. one foot zeprenentln: fifty feet tn the reel canyon. Floods of water end lend are lent down the tlny darn and measurements where the

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FRITZ WEISSLER Buying All Kinds of Furs

at:

dared a nun. — ln Your Life.

I

If even ihe moat modest fore- casts 0! technlc improvements ma ‘inventiveness ln the future and‘! be taken as any trulde, the lTk-day week and the six-hour cl y ls not. merely is possibility bums probability. Annual holi- day! would help spread the need- ei. work more lenerally. - Ottawa, vlslon la pmbab Oifliflni fiifll

blsck-tlnted

Playing football and hockey in Ilasses bomber air-gunners to shoot down more nlgbt-flgbberl many and occupied territory It 5“ is not always possible to victim crash, but improved nlzht

IIIGOICCUIIOO

Dr. Louis E, Blseh

mwssbed en

current. Instead of m new,“ dlfliflied by

0,," Ge,“ with a ‘Etarefggnepgllwcy

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Unlfbd BUM: FUND! J. W. Johnson d I10 V