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WEDNESDAY, APRIL l0, 1948

Government Running Wild

.\ scvcrc castigation is administered to the King tiorcrmnctit for abuse of wartime emerg- encv powers by the Liovernmcnrs leading llC\\_>]lll]l('l‘ supporter \\'cstcrn Canada, the HUuuI/‘cy/ [Vie Prints". The case. reccntly dis- cussed in Parliament, of a Canadian citizen who, within a few months of his return from lengthy Overseas service, was arrested and threatened with deportation to the United States t0 answer a charge of army dcscrtion to years old, is taken as a text.

Regardless oi the disposition of this case, says the 19mg Press, “time is something else that can Only be scttlctl by the immediate withdrawal of the iniquitous ordik-in-couticil, PC. 6577 under which tile proceedings were instituted. That is the careless, indiscriminate and culpable use of the special powers, apparently possessed by the Government under the War Measures Act and its successor statute.

“This order-in-council embodies the terms of an arrangement apparently worked out be- tween the Canadian and U. S. Governments whereby Canadian deserters apprehended in the United States would be handed back to us, while American cleserters apprehended in Can- ada would be turned over to the appropriate U. S. authority. Rounding up deserters may be a reasonable enough business as between two na- tions ivibh relations such as those existing on this continent. Desertion is not, generally speaking, an ext-raditable offence. Deserters crossing a frontier have been able to get off ecot free. Whether it should be made extradit- able is something on which rational argument is possible. But, certainly in time of peace, it is both curious and reprehensible to do so by sec- ret order-in-council. '

“As a matter ‘of fact the existing Immigra- tion Act provides normal machinery for the de- portation of aliens illegally in Canada. if that were not considered adequate, an amendment to the Extradition Act could easily be passed, adding desertion to the schedule oi extradit- lble offences, and Parliament was actually in session when P. C. 6577 was passed last Oct- ober.

“instead, however, 0i employing these normal methods, the Government, in secret, put into force the extraordinary provisions of an order-in-council which pays not the slightest re- gard for the liberties of the subject. Its terms have to be read to be believed. In its preamble it statcs that it is deemed necessary, by reason of lllg war, for the security, defence, peace, order and welfare of Canada that provision be made for the arrest and deportation of persons in Canada “suspected” of being descrters from the L’. S. forces. Not descrters as such, be it notcd, but persons “snspcctcd" of being dc- scrtcrs.

"llaving got off to a flying start the ordcr-iii-coiiiicil bestows the right to all pcacc officers, uumigrzttioii officers‘, or members in uniform of the Canadian armed forces (mun- bcriug at tlu: time some hundreds of thous- ands) to arrcst, without warrant, "any person whom he bclicvcs on reasonable and probable grnuurls." to bc nu Mncricati dcscrtcr. Above fllc puivcr of nrrcsl without Wilffltlll, they are all also givcu the right to hold the arrested per-

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Still) 1n custody ldaccs of custody arc not dc- fincl; nor is tlu- cxtcnt of the custody in 131110.

"liiulcr [lit-c provisions a pcrfcctlv iuufi» cvm llvrnllll can be JllTCStCIl l1}: any soldier lic liict 111 thc .\ll't'l'l and hcld iudcfinitcly i11 the

cellar of thc soldiers ltousc. if he escapes the ivictim could llf’, scut to iail for two years. If anyone hclps him to ‘try t0 escape, a similar penalty hangs ovcr him. Further provisions of lhc order provide for hauling the suspect before au iniutiurntion board of inquiry. if tlic hoard is satisficil that tlzc suspect is :1 ntcmbcr of thc- l'. S. form's. he is to bu forth- with handed ovcr to the U. S. authorities.

_ “This treatment is more summary, more arbitrary znul. t0 put it mildly, more liable to abuse than tltc treatment a suspected Ameri- ca11 murdcrcr guts at our hands. ii such a IDCTSOII is arrcslctl, he is brnitgltt into court and he cannot he extradited until the court is sat- isfied that it is rcasotiaiblc to do so. But what is cnnsidcrcd just inr a suspected murderer is I right flClliCil to a suspected deserter in time of pcacc. This surely is a Government running

Taxes Too

t iVhcn we i11 Canada boast about bow we

11m, kept down the’ cost 6f living, savs' the . jDflmI/u Journal, there is one thing we shouldn't

forget. That is that price tags on goods aren't

only factor in living costs.‘ Goods are paid

p more swan than one. "They may be paid -- purple, hrgugh subsidies-subsidies s: - moo, m.

wit»! the =9»

total-paid ouLin February was $5Aoo,ooo.

living as money paid directly to the merchant. Canada's taxes are as high as any in the world; higher, if anything, than taxes in Brit.

Moreover, while the United States appears to be getting down to cutting government costs,

- clearing the way for still lower taxes, Canada

l! EOiHg on with deficit spending, shows little sign of reducing taxes.

Any Government, conceivably, could keep down price tags by heavy enough subsidies; could boast about keeping down prices. _It wouldn't be keeping down the cost of living- not while heavy taxes for subsidies, plus other deficit spending, took the consumer's money in some other way.

The Butler Situation

\Vartin1e Prices and 'l‘1'ade Board are do- ing their level best t0 allow retailers to have a fair share of the butter quota for their custo1n- ers, but are severely up against it, so tnuch so that in larger cities and towns there is a line- up every morning on the part of housewives. Why should this be? is the question. Canada always provided enough butter for her own re- quirements, and even during the \\';tl' when car- loads were shipped to the Army. The Liberal Leader in the Senate let the cat out of the bag. Answering questions, Senator Robertson gave figures of butter export to the British \Vest Indies showing that it rose from 670,000 pounds 111 1941, to 4,471,500 last year. This export was based on an agreement among the British, the West Indian and Canadian Governments orig- inated in 19.‘! to save shipping space in over- all Empire production. And now, though the need in this respect is gone, the trade developed has remained.

The latest news is that gradual improve- ment in the butter situation can be expected from this month onwards, according to offi- cials in the foods division of the \Vartime Prices and Trade Board here. The officials point out that the butter shortage resulted most- ly from the seasoned drop in production dur- ing the winter months. The production was always heavier during the summer months. they state, and information obtained by the foods division officials point to an increase in pro- duction during the next few months. Increase in the butter from four to six ounces a week about May 1 is expected in Ottawa as a result of increased prices and a seasonal upturn in production, although Prices Board officials said they saw little hope of increasing the ration be- yond that figure.

N uremburg Reaction s

From the general tone of discussion amongst intelligent observers, says a London correspondent, it is apparent that opinion about the Nuremberg trial is changing. A great litany of the firm sticklers for formal legal procedure are now coming round to the view of those peo- ple who emphatically favored trial by drum- head court-martial.

Under the latter prOCCdllfg these Nazi des- pcradoes would have been either hanged 0r shot long ago. As it is they are being afforded a unique opportunity of playing up to the Junk- er-Nazi gallery, indulging their ovcr-weeuing sense of exhibitionism, and doing all in their power to encourage the German underground movement. Gocritig is obviously bidding his utmost for a halo of respectable martyrdom, and the proceedings, at the present rate of pro- gress. look like dragging on until the Greek kalends.

-EDITORIAL NOTES-

A. C. Swinburne, English poet and es- sayist, died this (‘lfllg 1909: .-\t the door of life, by the gate of breath, there are worse things waiting for mcn than death.

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For the first time since the start 0f the last war. every pcnny of Dominion Govcr11- mcnt expenditures for the coming fiscal year will appear in dctail in thc cstituatcs prcscutctl

to Parliament.

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“It is the unsuccessful people in the ivorld," says Gertrude Stein, “who want to discipline everybody." This, comments an exchange, is an adequate explanation 0f most oi thc totalitarian a11<l send-totalitarian planning of the llitlcrs; the Communists; thc business mcu who lilte lo ttsc Governmental authority to put thcm inn) a better competitive rmsitiou; the Socialist agi- tators; the parsons who fccl that they have fail- cd to Christianizc the world. and want the State to do it; the civil servants who like to 1105s thcir

ulaters.

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The schools, school commissions and the Province of Quebec generally are again breath- ing freely as the rcsult oi the Provincial Gov- ernrnenfs decision to ivipe out tlic Commis- sions iudcbtedncss ltllll allow tl1c111 to start anew, through the laSlliillCf‘ of new bonds guar- antccd by the Quebec (iovcrumcut. and also by $2,800,000 of the revenue of the Quebec Hydro. The amount involved is approximately $90,- 000,000 including the sinking funds. The bill \\'lll relieve the school commissions of all past

obligations as rcgartls interest and amortiza- tio11 charges. a a o The Wartime Prices and Trade Board

spends $4,431.78 a wcclc tn produce and broad- cast a radio program, "Soldier's Wife", it WZlS rcvcalcd in a return to the Commons. infor- mation in othcr returns iucludctl: Over the last five years, individuals having incomes of less than $2,500 have accounted for 46 per cent of total government revenue from income tax on individuals. For the calendar year 1944, this group paid $248,000,000 in income taxes. War- time Housing built 1,618 houscs in 1945, and in the past four years it has built 27,173 houses. The total of monthly benefits paid to unemploy- ed persons by the unemployment insurance mm- mission was nearly seven times as great in February, 1946, as in September, 1945. The

ain, much higher than taxes in the United States.-

Tll 5.. L? QR.LQU.EIQ.WFHEHAEPlAN -

The world may be 15111;; h Pieces, as some persons fear, but the breast of the early robin is still as red as ever, and the soft flut- lng of his enchanting song is still Something to implant hope anewl in the human heart. - Hamilton fiwctator,

Natural scientist; are reported In London to be perfecting a shell which will travel at right angles a few seconds after leaving the muzzle of the gun. The Comment of the British humorist iver-kly, Punch, ls that this is too had for world peace which ls said to be lust around the ClJrD€l‘.—Christiall Science Monitor.

During a lecture by the lamonn Professor Harold Laskl to a nronp of American soldiers in London re- cently, the laugh of the evening came when a Kentucky voice drawled loudly: "I wouldn't trade my shack ln our mountains for life in any regimented state. I just want to be free and trap muskrats. Guess I'm an isolationist." --Ha- milton Spectator,

We are again having a mild spot ln the weather. Frankly the fruit growers don't like it in this month, nor in April. They prefer a mod- erately cold Spring season for the obvious reason, that frost alter too early development of buds and blossoms is the real killer of tho crop. But there are hazards >all over this northern cllme, hazards on which millions of people in Eur- ope might very well depend for exgstence. —St. Catharines Stand- ar .

From a legal point of view, the installation of parking meters es- tablishes a couple of important points. It implies, first of all, that a fee for parking ls not a tax, but a proper method of traffic control. The Ontario municipal board al- ready has decided this point ln its ruling which permits installation of the meters by municipal coun- cils without specific permission. The meters also should make it clear to one and all, that unlimited curbside parking is not the inalien- able right which many people seem to think it is.- Cornwall Standard- Freeholder.

Cannda has at last achieved a reasonable balance between crop land and fallow land and it cannot be lightly disturbed in the inter- ests of agriculture. While such a program is essential as a long-term plan, it can and should be modified to meet a sudden and special em- ergency this year, th most serious famine and hunger o recent times. If fallow land ls cropped this year it. should be done with a full un- tier-standing that this is an emer- gency measure only. that when the emergency passes the basic fallow program should be re-estubllshed Also, when world danger has eased, Canada can return immediately to the expansion of its livestock out- put. - Winnipeg Free Press.

Production of wheat and vege- tables in the musket: country of Soviet Russia's northland is a tie- velopment that might be studied with considerable profit by the authorities, According to a recent. despntch fro-m Moscow, farms in the Soviet sub-Arctic regions are experimenting in grmvlng grain. potatoes, cabbage and melons. In addition, experiments in stock- breeding in these reczions arc go- ing forward. In Canada, tho devol- opmvnt of such varieties as Marquis and Durham threw open vast areas of tho last great west to settle- ment, But any scheme for settle- ment of the Canadian north wouldl , lt must be admitted, require fart more careful planning, and far more knowledge of the possibilities for agricultural enterprise than iri those areas. _ Winnipeg Free Press.

Winston Churchill has acknowl- ledged the receipt of a song com- posed and dedicated to him by d priest who was dying when he pledged a foreign correspondent to deliver the document to the for- mer Prime Minister, William H.‘ McDougall, Jr., of the United Pres: Associations, was interned in Su- matra with the songs’ composer, the Rev. B. E, Bakker, u Roman

Notes By The Way",

ers that

t e future than most of his

Catholic Dutch priest, McDougall was fleeing Java in March, 1942, when his ship was sunk in the In- dian Occan. He reached Sumatra ln a lifeboat, and was interned at Palembang jail, where he met Father Bakker. Nearly 60 percent of the original lntornees died dur- ing the ensuing three years, hé said, and Father Bnkker himself succumbed at the ngo o-i’ 43. Be- fore he died. Father Bakkcr 001111 mlssloneri McDongnll to deliver the song when the war ended. — United Press.

Few people will frown upon thd use of a-n apt, colorful slang ex- pression ln a sentence which wnuldl be deflated by the use of more prosaic words. However, 1t takes! no literary mastermind to discover that the average conversation heard these days, particularly among younger people, is o pitiful thing of‘ wedgles to a battleship, These, of minutes of talk with the average person met on the street ls hound to produce at least one of: "Gosh." "heck... ngepn‘ “screwy. uscranin’ "you betcha", "ls it ever", “sure ls", “oh. yeah," "sez you" or "nuts." Not to he overlooked is that great- est of all "swell? which may be applied to anything from a pair of wedgles to battleship. These, of course. are merely a cross-section of the hourler phrases. Not to he overlooks-d are expressions such as "bye now“, which are quaint whvn first heard, but which rouse homi- cldal urges otter the fortleth repl- lltion. - North Boy Nugget.

The scientific development, of sporting equipment has been very pronounced during the past half century. Firearms rmd ammuni- tlon have been so lm-oroved that It is now comparatively easy to shot with accuracy and deadly cf- fect. In the days of the sling-shot. the bow and arrow or the old muz- zle-loader the odds against game were not so heavy. If the flrat shot was unsuccessful tho quarry had a better than oven chance of getting away. It look time to prepare the rllng flt the arrow or tamp me pow er. Today these antiquated weapons have given place to auto- mate firearms, pump gum, tat bolt action magazine rifles and for greater accuracy telescopic sights. 1110s; rapid-fire weapon; are den ly and have greatly Increased , f

vantage of the sportsman. cum. on the other hand, hn able to strengthen its defenceftc meet the new forces arrayed against it. It still depends noon tumou- ftele. speed and new"! lnlttitml‘ to protect Itself. es it dld in the

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PUBLIC ‘FORUM

This column la open lo‘ the discussion by oorre epoudeutl of question: o1 lllfilflb. Th0 Chlrlnttetoiln Guardian does not neocasar ll: en‘ the opinion o1 correspondent.

ANOTHER LANDMARK

' GONE Sin-Dominion Day has been celebrated for the lust time.

Along with other antiquated con- ceptions it ls to be thrown into tie discard. That the Fathers of Confederation "bnllded better than t eiv knew” is just another of these idle fancies.

Jtgtv the 1st this year and I sup- Dose hr all subsequent years, will bg-known as Canada Day ivith the

cent on the last syllable. The {grin has .11 pleasing connotation. It goes nicely with Canada Day and Alcan. the new political name for the Alaska Highway.

A few months ago lt was the Union Jack that was particular- ly obnoxious. It needed to be re- hpbilltated. It did not just suit a country with such possibilities as

. Next lt will be our National A them. “God Save The King" ‘does not quite express the nat- ionalistic basnlratlons of the pow- e.

Dominion Day was good enough for Sir John A. Macdonald, and S Wllf d Laurier: for Sir R10- b t Bur n. and R. B. Bennett, those great names in Canadian history. But they saw the Do- minion of Canada only as a pert of the British Fhnpire. This new

idea: Canada grown up: Canada swing alone had not: yet taken

shape. In the presence of problems of statesmanshlp that baffle men of

wisdom one wonders sometimes why so much time ls spent on trlvinlities.

When Mr. Winston Churchill

sold that he had no intention of presldlnz at the liquidation of the British Commonwealth of Na- tlons he was seelnlljurther into illus- tr ous contemporaries.

Come whet may there is one P ovince in the Dominion of Can- aia that will celebrate Dominion

D v on the first of July as usual. and that is Prince Edward Island. I nm. Sir. etc.

VERNON CROCKETT.

Charlottetown, PEI.

Resea rch and Defence

The estimates for the tlirce arm- ed services of the United Kingdom. WhiCll have been presented to the Ho so of Commons. have one con- sDl uous feature in common‘. they recognize the need to rest: military p0 er upon scientific research.

I the proposed estimates. a smaller proportion than ever be- fobe will be allocated to the actual manufacture 0f armaments, and a greater proportion to an effort. to keep abreast of the scientific prin- ciples that may be applied to war- fare. For this reason the first Lord of the Admiralty, though declerlnk that sea power would remain the primary line of Brltalrfs defence. announced that only one buttleshlv, and that. already well advanced, would be completed. 'l'he money that would otherwise be spent on actual construction will be spent in investigating new forms that naval shipbuilding may have take in the future.

In the estimate-s for the army and the air force there was the same expressed conviction that, if scientific msearcli is slackened, or if there is an insufficient coordin- ation of the scientific and military resources, the armaments of the nation, however efficiently they may be used. will become relative- lY- and perhaps critically. obsolete.