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THE CH ARLUFIET‘ OWN GUARDIAN

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‘The Strongut Memory i: Fyenkcr TMII the Weakest Ink.

MONDAY. JAN. 3. l9“

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Why McNaughton Comes Home

The Ljlube and .\lail gives ilie fullmtllll! '53‘ plnnation why General .\lc.\aughtuii is being rc- placed at the front: _

This itewspaper, as its readers will remember. irst Canadian These coluiiitts upposcil it trout the holdiut: the view lllilbCflll-fkilill)‘ llUll should be imposed tor llW CYWUQ" of L‘ . \\'e have tnaiiitaiited from the out-

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large Elllll). _ _ set that ivliat this couttirv had to do in the pio- (luclifln pf food and iii the iuztiiutzicture 0f

iiitiiiitiiiii» aiid ariiiuiiiciu llldlTtl ‘lulimllc Hmimi Lions Ollilllt sizc of the force tic could l‘l.\(‘ and ,~¢,nf(,,~_»9, (‘pnsistcttt with this, \\e zirgitcd fur

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lw tihich we riiiilill

n,- thg i~ttlv eiiuittihh‘ viii-ans ‘ Il liiiiaiiceil,

full/i all our tihligzitiitiis and achieve total effort. _ _ v d ,__ dew \\'hat has happened has vindicate tits \ But apparently the sham is to KO °“~ ‘esterday Defense Minister Ralston told a press conference that the First C"'.\2l(llI\tl .‘\l‘lll_\'~\\'lll ‘b0 mo"? 1",) ju>laliv llw prcsciwtittuu oi the title.

tziiited. _ .v l, w _ _ he explained‘. “.\n arutv has nu paiticu .ti sizc like a division. In its lllwmal Pa" 3“ army

consists of headquarters and army "OOPS- ‘tllcll troops. army‘ service corps, and a numhcr flf coinbattiiit units Ilia’- aic not attached to divisions, and can‘ be dirvclcd when they are needed most at att_vi_iiiie._ Technically, Col. Ralstons definition is col" Rd, But it does not cover the failure which hi! sec-ks to hide. The Defense .\linistcr_ aided Iiiid ébeued by the pcruiaiucut force, sci "ill l" create a sovereign force-an zill-Cziiizttlizin .\riiiy. It ‘v35 to be an army of eight divisions, aug- mented by at least two army tank brigades and gpryifg corps, cfllilllllllllCflllfvlls (In the word 0f lllfi Cmll‘

trrwps, and so on. _ "t-nust and shall and will

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. be all-Canadian. and Wmftleffi "m" bmlmll“? w

end " ~\ud so it would fight‘ The Plan ‘filled- and failed because it was IYHDOSSIIIlQTOI" Canada ti: provide the reintorcetitciils to maintain it 1.1 action. , Iiow was this great ariiiy plan bfvllfllll abolll- It was the product of a trovcrnnient which, atm~ iug to avoid compulsory service, sought t0 creole ' i larger twzirocltizil force than Canada had iitubilizerl iii the lztstwvr. It was designed by the Delmillhcrit force clique reaching out for raiilcaitd the will”? “ihlcll "sovereignty, ‘vould Ewe- Th‘! °bl°cme “as "credit not credit in the eves of the world for lhc cuiitrihtiiioii iuzidc. and which our troops are tviii- Aiitericaii and British t - ~ ' , I comrades, but credit in the political hooks on t.ie basis of numbers and evasion of a policy of selec- tive service. _ _ lfflflllllllfil)’ thc testing tuiic came bfilofc fl"? Our iucit

Iweut into action in Sicily as a divisioii with

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they should have done. Thus they were saved froiii a blood-bath which no circumstance of var coultl have iustifictl. This was the hrcak- lug |uiilll for the sliihhorit insistence on a Calla- blian ariitv, self-sufficient and sovereign. _.~\iid who would say that it has lowered our national prestige that our troops have won their latirels

‘and proved their fighting qualities as part of

"British zuid .\titericziti furiiiatitius?

ln September came further evidence of j-llé failure. The 7th and 3th "Operational" Divi- sioiis were disbanded, the 6th partly disbanded. The effect of this was plain to all. Our over- seas strength was fixed at five divisions, or two corps. It was an admission that the dream of sovereignty was past, that the army plan had Short of using the conscript

'll}lllfl’.‘(l units were the only source of trained -‘l'(’lllfi>l‘(L’ll'l4.‘lllS for the troops overseas.

'l'odav all that remains of the plan is the iiame. This the Minister of Defense and the clique still struggli- to preserve. This can be

, ~,tht- niilv justification rtf sending l.t.-Ccu_ Keit-

iii-iii $iuziri ti» liritziiii as (ion. Klcfxiiughtoirs "icuirioi'ary"' surccssftr. Certainly it needs nu recitation of the record to establish that Gen. Stuart is not qualified to prepare and lead a modern force in battle. This task undouhtcdlv

, will he passed on to LL-Geri. Crerar, long listed

for the post.

Plastic Houses People who expect lioiiie and housework to be just a gay round of push-buttons after the

-war would do well to consider the words of the I Dominion Housing Administrator, F. Nicolls, ' that the average Canadian home in the post-war - time will not be made of plastic, nor will it be

heated by the sun, nor will the cooking be doiie without effort. In fact he gives it as his opin- ion that homes will be pretty much the same than as tbey~are now; a little larger, a few im- provements but ttot much different.

Comments the Winnipeg Tribune on this statement: It would be well if recognized experts in other fields dashed a little cold water on the over- heated imaginations of some persons. For in- stance anyone in the automobile industry knows that the potato-bug shaped car built of glass may make a pretty picture but it certainly will not be the first model off the assembly line when car production for civilian use is resumed. In fact. the I04? model will look very similar to the i941 job.

The same holds true of refrigerators, stoves.

4 - EDITORIAL NOTES p The Week of Prayer. a a n a 1t will now be dated 1944. u a u w

Prime Minister Mackenzie King anticipates another visit to President Roosevelt before Par- liament resumes on January 27.

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Under a new scheme, members of the United Kingdom forces can learn bakery by a corres- pondence course so that they can take up the trade when they resume civil life.

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Brazilians to the front. Two Brazilian ex» peditionary divisions are posted to leave for Eu- rope early this month. Under an agreement, a iiuntber of Uruguyan army officers will accom- pany them as special observers, in the expecta- tiUn that a force from that Reptiblic will follow later.

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The Priitie Minister intimates he will be pre- pared to attend the next Imperial Conference in London whether it lakes place iii mid-\\'intcr or Spring. He will endeavour to itiake his attend- ance subject only to the convenience of the other Printc .\Iltli5fOl'S, ivliich means that he may be Zllisflll from (litawa the greater part of the coni- iiig >L'\\llll\ of .l'ill'llillll(‘lll.

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Speculation is rife regarding the successor to the laic Hon. Crecliiiau ;\Ic.-\rthur in the Senate. 'I‘lu~rc ltzuipeits to he plenty of iitzilerizil to choose from, ziiiiuitg those already mentioned being Capt. j, L. Read, Mr. \\-'. H. Dennis, Hon. George Barbour, Hon. Horace \Vright, Dr. lohn MacNeill, Mr. Lucas Allen, .\Ir. I. A. Bernard, and Mr. l. LeRoy Holman. These fire not necessarily in the order of uierit, of course: and there is such a thing as the last being first.

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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, died this date i070; was both a soldier and sailor; saw iiiucli service prior to the Civil \\'ar, ziiid was for some years in the Dutch army as well; W35 ROY-llist but after capture by Fairfax and iniprisoiitnent. accepted Parliamentary Command in Ireland; distinguished himself as a licuL-Col. iiiiilcr Liroiiiutdl at Dllllllill‘ in 1050, and three years later as ziii Admiral helped to defeat the Dutch at sea; in I600 was instrumental in bring;- ing about the restoration of Charles II who created him Duke of Alhemzirle: was a. typical “soldier of fortune" willing to serve on either side, so lUllg as theie was ytrttcpeqt of a fighr

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Two problems face merchandisers in view of a sudden termination of the Earopean war. One is. the iiced of iito "ig out of retail inventories as quickly as possible reiiiziiiiiiig stocks of "crsatz" or so-callcd “Victory" types of 111L1- cltandise, which are already meeting compara- tively little consumer favour, says the New York Tiiincs. The second problem is the change in re- tailers’ buying policy froiii a sellers to a buyers intirket". The belief is that reconversion in many lines. ranging from textiles to home furnishings, will be more rapid than many think. arid it will require no long period of time before intense competition between manufacturers produces a lbuycrs‘ market.

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Soviet cities and industrial centres are sup- plciitentiiig their food supplies in wartime with meat, vegetables and dairy products front their own fnrtiis. livery factory, iglant and institution has a subsidiary farm. Some grow vegetables, others breed pigs or poultry, and there are even fisheries. The result is a greatly increased stip- ply of food for workers and office employees and their families, and for the workers’ dining iwims in factories. Iii lf).l;.’ the factories of the Pennies Commissariat of the Iron and Steel In- tliislrv received 62.000 tons of vegetables from their own farms, and this year the area under cultivation is C\’('ll larger. In the I943 coin- yelition of subsidiary farms, the farms of the Pyoolrfs Couiiitissziriats of Armaments, Aviation and Chemical Industries were awarded first prizes.

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President Roosevelt created no precedent iii taking over the railways. llritziiifs railways ltavc been under government coittrol since September i, i939, two days before the outbreak of war. and are administered by the railway executive couimiltce appointed by the Ministry of Traits- port. Foritici‘ itiaiiztgeniculs were retained to operate the British railroads but through a com- tnittee and the Minister of Transport is the su- preme controller. In effect, the arrangement has meant that internal affairs of the roads still are the concern of their former iuattzigciuetits as long as there are no clashes with the over-riding cun- sideration of gearing the roads to the war effort The government pays the railroad companies a fixed .'im0uiit annually-Mic amount being equal to the average iiet revenue for i935-36-37—as revenue. The government has complete say as to the number of trains to be run, what traffic is to be carried and wiser: his t: be carried.

Lieiit. Gordon R. DeBlois, well known hockey player and former Sports Officer at Beach Grove, in a letter from the front says: “We, of the poor, ruddy Infantry do not live a very glamor- ous life, but I suppose that in the end, we are the ones who win wars, and decide the fate of ita- tions. The aeroplane and the artillery can be most spectacular in bombing, and blasting the enemy, his positions and his cities; the engineers, and the sigriallen in building and destroying roads and bridges, and keeping communications going; and the navy, in guarding the sea lanes, and carrying the armies of the world across the oceans; but in the end, in the long run, the air- force, the artillery, engineers, signallers, navy. and tanks are important for one reason, and one reason only, and that is to pave the way for the millions of unknown, unsung, and inconspicuous foot soldiers. Without the infantry, none of the above services or branches of the service could attain Victory. The foot soldier in necessary and essential, for in the final count, it is he who storms the beach head, occupies the towns and villages, drives the enemy back, and back, until Victory is won. and in all these operations, the other services are essential, insctmuch as they aid

and other impediments including polities.»

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llotos By The im

The folly d nmulenl In In Ihl futtltty of t-rym: w reach I nlnil thll ll cloned utd locked lfllnlt. a new idea. -caigary Alba-tan.

Kllltllon Whig-standard: Thlrly pounds of butter fell of a. truck and landed at. the feet of a L05 Article: woman. That settles tu- there ll l Santa Claus.

otantllls no uld to he Irylng to perfect an alrplane wlth nel- ther propellor noi- rudder. that, no doubt,‘ they wtll devise one wtthout Wlllll. By that. time, they wlll have to tthlnk up a more accurate deccrtptton than alt-plum. —-Brantford , .

A synthetic shellac has been de- VeIOPQG by the Arthur D. Llttla l-flboffllflrlu to relieve the aerlotu shortage of natural shellac, norm- Illy lmpcrtcd from Indls. 0. G. Harmrd. the Inventor. states that the new shellac 1s essentially a duplicate of the natural product but. surpasses 1t lxt adheslon to metal and wood and 1n resistance to water for which reason 1t ls be- ing used in ships, life ram com- miinicatlons, gas masks, fuses and other military purposes -Ex- change.

Vichy Frenchmen are finding little coffins on their doorstep: these ntornlttgs In each coffln ls a piece of tivlno resembling a hangn.'an‘s noose The souvenirs ate distributed to the followers of Laval uncl other traitors. It ls a. gentle reminder of the terror that ls tao come, when loyal Hench- men have a, chance to turn on those who sold out France to bh! Nazis, -Wlndsor Star.

The latest war jolte current lit occupied Holland, says Knicker- bocker Weekly, tells of a German waiting for a train at a. snvall station somewhere 1n ‘the Nether- lands, who left, the platform to wash his hands and upon his re- turn found the suitcase gone He complained to a Dutch workman standing near about st country where such things could happen. You should hear what happened b0 me, the workman replied laconic- ally While walling at the station at Cologne. l’ went to wash my hands. and when I returned my suiltcnse was gotta, the platform W85 gone, and the whole darned station was gone!-- Exchange.

Booth Tarkington has worked out a writer's plot for the last.

chapter tn dentin: with Hitler He. would have hlm placed 1n an in- sane asylum. This. he thinks. would prevent hlm from being martyrlzed and would have a sob- ering effect on the German peo- ple for it. would make them rea- lize that their ills were due to the fact that they peritltted a marl- mttit to lead them into disaster. Ifotvever. we haven't got Hitler yet, and probably never will gel him. Our guess is that his brnlns will be blown out. either by himself o!‘ by his fellow Germans. long be- fore the victory march into Berlin. “Montreal Herald

The New Year of 1944 that ls fast. approaching should be a lot luckier for most people than the year of 1943, but at least. it will not be any unluckler insofar as the number of Friday the 1301s are concerned. A glance at the calendar shows that the super- stitious have only one Friday the 13th to face ln 1944; exactly the same number as in 1943 The black Friday next year comes in the second week in October as compared with the second week- 1n Altégust this year -I-lal1fait Her- a .

Strange as It may seem In sortie people the earth would not stop in its tracks If there were simply no whiskey to be had anywhere. In the simpler living Imposed‘ by war shortages we have got. used to doing without many things weused to consider essential to our com- fort and well-being, and whlskey

ls definitely in the luxury class, _

measured by the standard of its contribution to the winning of the war. —0ttawa Journal

Nitrate Is one o! the chlef soun- es of Chile exports, amounting t0 many hundreds of thousand; 0f tons a your. being the world's greatest source of supply. But ow- lniz to the great need for war pur- poses the United States zovemment financed a large mmiber of urtl- flclal nltrate plans within its own borders. and the government of Chile is greatly mxerclsed as to what. will be done with those plants after the wain- If they are to be contlnued they will be n source of serious competition which will react disastrcusly on Chile's economy tn future —St-. Thonms Times-Journal.

Housewives right. across Canada are wmplatnlng bitterly because a considerable portion o1 the tt-utt, 1119M canned 111st Summer and Autumn has been spoiling. They are almost umtnlmotis tn blainln: the particular type of rubber rings they had to use this year. Tltelr klck is thoroughly justified. Next. season may again see shortages o! tinned fruits. and housewives are likely to b0 uraed onoe more to put down as much fruit as they can Federal authorities — no doubt the Wartime Prices and ‘rrade Board 1s the responsible brunch —should make sure that that. rubber band; that seal pm. perly. and do not. spell the fruit are available -Edmont.on Journal.

Birlllnh and American IIIIIIOI are training hard 1n thts country for their twat. important and danger- ous assignment. - second front duties. When our armies cross the Channel for the great. Invasion, they will be followed closely by skilled nursing staffs. Many of these ttlrls have been trained un- dc eullstlc battle conditions. With machine-gun bullet; whlntng plat thqn, V.A.D ‘a 1n coastal arena have stood wlth medical men whtla Brttla Invasion troop: fought lavage battles nearby. Sometimes the glrl; have had m tree/t. men wounudca ln then ex- ercises —I.nndon Bundny Chron- o.

CUT DOWN DIJLIVEIIIS

mutt (motif-Tilt Hrltnln h” been ratlonnllzed. saving 34.000 road vehicles and 25.007 gallons of

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pen-oi a year, or M per cent of the amount formerly uud.

Afterwed

‘Teachers In Politics‘.

(Globe and Mall) Polltlcal nctlvlty muons m

lylnlflm)’. Impossible to reconcile nttig o1 pollttca to teachers with the democr “ s. 1t 1| mo duty o! every olttan to Mk0 an mtelllgent part. 1n the management. of ht: own afhln, to fonnullta oglntom about (w rnment and to c 00cc sides. Doing no does nonu- ceasartly require the lndlvldunl to hlmsel! to one particular party until death do them part. Why mould teachers be consid- 1111C cutouts from the fundament- a pu- have a vote, and, having a vow, ' what harm 1s there ln (Mug volce to their views. as other: are free to do? Coming down to the ea- uet-itlaln of the teachers‘ functlons ln the community u ma: guide, tutor and confidant of the younger gemnttons. who should have a greater lntemt 1n the

evolution of sound democratic principles than school teachers? Inassegntsmbgthcbaahot

the new concern, teachers are turning to socialism for an outlet, there ts l reason. This, we submit, 1s a symp o! a condition. It will help nothing to umdemn the teachers for their choice. The thing to do ls search out and treat the cause. Frankly we do not be- lieve that the teachers generally 1n this Province or in the nation are Socialist or totalitarian - minded. We do not believe they are more critical of the system than other groups of cltlzens. They are crltl- cal of the mismanagement and the abuses which have occurred 1n the operation of the synmm, and wlth 300d catiae. ‘

Our teachers, grade school or university professors, are perhaps the most essential economic or pro-

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1n favor of

paid group. Just reflect an w at ts expected of the teachers They are responsible for the development of our children through the most for- mative years of thelr lives. In far

have allowed to to organize and

wrong habits o1’ the hon; and an eitvirunment beyond their control. ‘they are supposed to understand. the child 1n a manner some par- ents make no effect to do, to un- covet- all the llttle quirks of char- acter and temperament. and over- come the bad and develop the

good.

Asking this. we have consistently refused orialled to face up to an ltonest evaluation of Its worth. The teacher. 1t. 1s reasoned most tlloglcally, works only six hour; a day, flve days a week for nlne months 0f the year. N0 con- sideration ls given to the time worked after school hours or be- yond the classroom. for the ' time devoted to training to become it teacher. and the continuous pro- cess of ‘ ‘__ abreast OI’ the 10b. In the rural areas, even more titan 1n the urban centres, the teachers l5 at the Incl: and call of the community. In most of those he or slie draws a salary but slightly,