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The Manpower Question

xul\\llll>l;lll1llllj_{ that a million alld a half (ltlllillls wt-rt- >|>Cllf ill talking a plebiscite on the tllznlpmlt-i- llllUslltlll, 1hr Liovcrlllllcllt scclns to ll‘ lll! llt'ill'l'l‘ .1 solution of this [lroblcln than it \\ ,1. it your or l\\\) yc-tlrs ago. \\'e are 110w ap- prtntcllillg the time when adequate reinforce-

lll<‘lll$ fl-l" lllc fighting forces will be 3ll'ltt‘lp0l't-~

ant. llt-ilcc thc concern voiced in Parliament on \\l-1lllt-.~<l:l_\ by llun, Iv’. B. Hanson. Ill ten <plrs1itins llt.ltll't'.~nt‘(l to UClEHCtE MiUiSlCT Ralfif-m Mr. llnnstln szlid be wished to know the estab- lislnnt-nt ill fighting men and auxiliary units of the seven Czlnatlian divisions; lTOiW the estab- ll>lllllt‘llt wits living lnaintlliltctl: requestions for lllen ill lllt; lust fourteen months; numbers re- ceived into trzliniltg centres in the same period ls active service volunteers and as draftees; the number of men returned from overseas and discharged because of disability and unfitness; tlle nunlbcr. qllzllily and training of men sent to replace them; the ratio of reinforcements or replacement; overseas and in Canada to the number of fighting men in the divisions over- seas; how long the present ratio of reinforce- ments could be maintained if tlle army went into action; the prcstnt position of voluntary enlist- ment and whether the Canadian army establish- ment could be maintained, and at what rate and for how long if it were engaged in large-scale action.

It might he inadvisable to answer some of these question publicly, but Parliament should be placed in possession of the information in order to discuss our war effort intelligently.

The whole cplestion of selective service calls for investigation, Recently quoted in these columns was an analysis of official figures by Mr, Grant Dexter, Ottawa correspondent for the Winnipeg Free Press, which revealed an extraordinary state of confusion. In a sub- sequent article in the same Liberal paper, Mr. Dexter explains in ‘one short sentence why the crisis in manpower last November failed to develop. It was because the strain was eased by the advent of winter. The margin, however, was narrow and the strain, even with the pres- aure relieved, is still great,

For example, the facts regarding the army asl-ls show that up to July, i942, the required number of men were obtained. But from July to December the army asked for 150,390 men and received only 107,673. Selective service tried to fill the requisitions, but failed. As a result of this failure the draft was extended to married men, and the way was thus opened for a further diversion of manpower from civilian to war purposes. Also, the requisitions for many industries were unfilled. A statement is- sued on Feb. 8 showed that as of January 7 the lumber industry was short 46,064 hands; coal mining 2,622; other mining, 2,406; iron and steel, 21.728; construction, 13,352; rail- way-s, 3,340, ()\‘el' thc ivhole area of employ- ment there was all unfilled demand for 153,811 workers.

Hence the apprcllensiolt with which the inan- power experts of lll(‘ (jovcrnnlent look forward to thc silring tilnnllls, wllcn tllc demand for

lll;1ll|1(>\\‘t'l' will llc rt-stlnlcd. lll the meantime, thc slczldy llrilin of thc army for home defence is continuing. \\‘ith thc coming of spring the ftlrln \\'1lt‘l\t‘1‘.\ who have been helping in pro- llliclittn of (‘will 111111 lllltlllCl‘ will return to the

f.'tr.n-. .\i Illv >illllt lllllt‘ a very large war

\.‘ll.l~ll'llt‘i on ilrogrzun will gct under way. The efilrls of >Ull‘t'il\'c' service to ease the strain on ('\\"llliill industries luust continue. There is nolliillc 11. Jwlw that the army will not g0 i~i;»,.:l ‘all 1- ii n; nnn for lllmlt,‘ dcfcllce and, 11' ' \ :1 ~i':1il\' .~trc'-nl of rzittforcelncrlts f- " l" ~ s lll lll; zlir force, navy and army

will ln- :1 t ‘st (‘~;$('llllIll. ,

"llvltw- tl lit-cumstrtncvs." concludes Mr. llvrclm". “lllv 1'1 ~is n1 lfhl filll is regarded as but tl:.- lll l \'ll'Jll' llllllCilllllll uf \\‘l1£ll will happen this sllllllllvl‘, "he obvious procedure, in these

ClfClllllwlilllibfi, ivnnld be for the Government to survey w:~.r needs and declare priorities in man-

pnwcr. lt niigllt wvll l»: that wc have plenty of int-ll in 1b» llnnn- ilt-lcnct- divisions alld this (ll\'L'l'.~lI>ll could llQ stopped. Tentative ap-

proacllts tn this solution are apparent in recent instructions by Arthur l\lacNamara, Deputy lllinistci- of ldlllfll‘, to thc military manpower boards. slrvssltlg lln- inlportzlncc of leaving agri- cnlturlll \\'(.1l'l\'L'I'S on the llultl. But no overall manpower plan has yet appeared.”

A situation, assuredly, which does not call [or complacency.

Luxembourg Fights 0n

On the 10th of May, 1940, early in the morn- hg, the Nazis, despite their solemn pledge 1o respect the territorial integrity of the country. began the occupation of the little Duchy of Lux- embourg, wedgcd between Belgium, on the west and rlorth, and Germany, on the east, with her southern frontiers bordering France. It was a mere trifle, militarily, for the German en- lossus 1o subdue the duchy, the entire defence

Alana-y, corner tlllk end Iaahlnflu

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five hundred men. Totally unprepared as the country was to repel the attack, there was no thought of surrender. An immediate d¢¢i5i°n was made to join the Allies. The Grand Duchess Charlotte, with her husband, PTHICE Felix, and her aged mother, escaped to France and the members of the Government likewise contrivqd to get out by roundabout routes. Since then a provisional government has been set up ln Montreal as well as London, and relentless op- position has been offered the enemy within and outside the duchy. There are many young pa-

people in the homeland bravely defy their brutal tormqntors.

nothing which the tyranny of the Gauleiter can impose can break the valiant spirtt of the popu- lace. Daring acts of sabotage are frequent, slow-downs and strikes and every foim of non- (to-operation make the task of atltninlstering thc duchy a most vexatious problem for the Gcr- they can so ill afford to spare from the Reich it- self, in order to exploit the lllillcs and other ill- dugtrial resources of wllicll they stand in 116011.

ptUllURlAl NUIIA-

Dr, R. H. Coats, in an address on “Popula- tioll Relations Between Canada and the United States" at the Royal Canadian Institute, dealt lalso with Catlada’s postwar policy on assisted immigration. Some information that ‘should bc ascertained in reaching such a policy was, llc

said: Has immigration driven out the native l borll in Canada? Would Canada be as big today

had we had no immigration since 1860? Wlly lhave three and h half million left Canada since 1900? Then he added, which particularly inter- ests us: "Another nlatter which should be stu- died, was the cause for the rising birth rate itl Prince Edward Island which counters a do\vn- ward trend almost all over the world.” So this is another record of which we have every reason to be proud.

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Sir Sven Anders I-lcdill, Swedish Asiatic ex- plorer, born this date, 1865; first gained his reputation by crossing the Pamirs in the depth of winter in 1893; two years later crossed the desert of Takla-Makan, nearly losing his life; he dug out of the sand evidences of Chinese civilization 'of the 3rd century; subsequently explored in Persia and Tibet; discovered a great range of mountains in the north of the Him- alayas in 1907-8, which was named after him the Hedin Mountains; was knighted in 1909 in recognition of his services and discoveries; dur- ing the Great War I was war correspondent with German armies for Swedish newspapers and became distinctly and actively pro-Gcrnlatl. Has many scientific publications to his credit besides his "My Life as an Explorer.”

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Having evidently abandoned his policy of "dollar a year" appointees for wartime govern- ment jobs, Prime Minister Mackenzie King is now experimenting with part-timers. The able, in some respects brilliant, President of New Brunswick University, Dr. Norman A. A. MacKenzie, has been asked to assume the yllair- manship of the Wartime Information Board ill addition to his position at Fredericton. It will be marvellous if Dr. MacKenzic succeeds where his predecessor, full-timer Mr. Charles Vinning, failed. Dr. MacKengie is a good Presbyterian, son and grandson of Presbyterian ministers. He surely must be familiar with St, Paul's de- claration-“This one thing l do"-—atld he tirade an undoubted success of it. On the other hand, his pne of the dollar-a-year-men, or part-timers serving two masters accomplished anything to be proud of or even to justify their appoint- ment?

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Are we in danger of losillg our Ontario mar- ket for potato table stock? It looks like it! Faced with a Dominion Government request for a ten per cent increase in the Ontario crop this year, members of the Potato Section of the On- tario Crop Improvement Association called a special meeting to discuss the situation. Mr. R. E. Goodin, of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ontario Dcpartnlcnt of Agricul- lllfe. presented a, report showing thc downward trend of the Ontario potato industry during thc past ten years. “Production in-the province has decreased tremendously while imports have in- creased trclnclldously." lle declared. “While potato production has been on the decline," lu- continued, "quality has not inlprtlved. Until this week or so, when a shortage of potatoes br- came acute, the name of Ontario potatoes was usually despised in any Ontario lllarkct lIT com- parison with thc product from tllc Mzlritilnes."

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A1 the prescnt time tlle Canadian Army is the anchor of Britain's defence, says thc Lolldon correspondent of thc Montreal Gazette. It is the one complete, lllOl)llC forcc in (ilTill Ilritzlill, and it is COTITIIIHTKlCd by a gcllcrul who knows intimately tlle problems of invasion. Ill this delicately balanced period, the Canadian Arnly is Britain's guarantee of territorial safety. The recent reorganization of the Czulatlirln Army, however, was plainly dictated by considerations of attack. It meant that tllc Canadian Army has become wedded to the British Army. Its pllr- pose was to make‘ British and Canadian units quickly interchangeable as reinforcements. It was a guarantee that heavy castlaltics will 1101 tlisrupl either organization. The conclusion is that a Britjsll-Canadiatl force is bcitlg prppared for heavy action. It may be ready now to give effect to thc decisions taken in Casablanca by Allied strategists. Whether it will be used to deliver an openingblow or a counter-blow, of as a defence force cannot be predicted with any degree of certainty. All depends on the spec-d with which flitlcr is wheeling the cnsc of his army 1o the west. The atmosphere in London is electric. About 40 days of winter weather remain. The great plans-our owll alld Hitler's-have been worked out to the last detail. lrlow they will clash, where they will clash, remains the desperate secret of the fates. But clash they must in the near future and the Battle nf Europe will be engaged. The Can-

forces, including the police, numbering less than

adian Army awaits rcstlessly its zero hour.’

triots fighting with tlle Allied armies, and the d;

Persecution of the vgrossest kind- torture, death, enforced labour, crushing fines-

mans, who have had to import the man power

l llotos By The Way

Umbrellas are aald to have been known as tar back as Nfneven and Persepolis. And we‘ll_ wager boys

as Nineveh and Pérsepoiu. -Fmm the Louisville Courier-Journal

to be rationed. "Doctor. I have a pain in the neck " “Let's sc-r YOU!‘ card , . . I-Pnl. . .1 treated 5'01! for a pain 1n the neck last Thurs- y. Your next coupon won't. be valid before the fifteenth . . Nurse, show this chtseler out." ._From New York Times.

Berlin radio Intimates that hund- reds of thousands of business firms. including retail shops. are to be closed ln order to free manpower for the army and war Industry. More and more the German people are being made to retrize that Sher- man's description of war was an understatement. -Amhers1 News.

The National Institute for the lBlind slates 111.1. over 600 blind pea-l lple hale recently been given posts jnl fwar industries, and it Ls hoped w‘ ‘double the number 1n the next two. 1110111115. A firm of acre-engine build-l ers which is employing bind men dis capstan operators, lathe turners and burr fliers intends to take orlf mire, having found them Lo pos- lsess great powers of coltccntrution panda verv delicate sense of tout-ll.- Engineering (British)

l Du Punt chemists have devised a‘ new continuous bleaching process which, turns cloth white in two hours lat rates up to 200 yards per min- luie. says The New York Times Hydrogen peroxide 1s the bleaching, Risen}. By means of the new process,‘ app led 1n seven states. cotton goods for soldiers‘ and nurses’ unlformsl shirts, sheets. towels. harldkerchiefsl 11nd other mllllnry textiles are be-' 111g bleached at unprecedented‘ speeds. o

Troops In Northern Australia makc_ their own billard table; out of pBCk-y 111g cases, using grev military blan-‘ kets for cloth and scraps of rubber and calico t0 fashion tho pockets‘ Cues are very llome-nlnde. Says a‘ Y. M. C A. renort: "At one unit blllards final Tllflyed with FOmE-lllifit?‘ equipment. men came miles to see the D1113’. There was as much excite- ment as at r1 Lindrum match 1n n, ‘city. Markers and scorers officiated} ‘with one man giving’ a running] commentary of the pay " _Ft~ed-'

erictorl Gleaner. l

The culinary excellence of the llam- burger has long been recomfzsd and flttlngly celebrated by 1h» genera]; 11013111809111 America. There has: been. however. a certain llesitzlncyf in some clrc es to admit the merits of this delicatessen, Hamburg. for all its popularity, has not heretofore been considered a dish flt. to setl before a king Nmv however. 1f the‘ king does not care 1n dene 1m ham-f burg, his chances of having meat are Dffilliv slim. for htltnburlz these‘ davs 1s about the only meat avail. able at manv butcher counters. As a result hamburger bids fair to con. quer i119 last remalnln-v domain and establish itself as the universal American dish. -Bost0n Post

More than 18T1l00 pounds of Rug. plan dandelion have been hnr\lp§i‘hgd 10m experimental plantings madg in we summer "f 1943. l0 dctermine| the feasibility of larodlteinq rmbe,» from the roots, says "r119 New york Tlmcs. Last summer the Fcrest Se)". "l? blunted 130 acres in Minnesota, Mchlcan, WlSCOITSZII and Montgtm With Russian dandelion. On the basis of these plantings, the Denny-p rnent of Agriculture rcnorts that. the dandelion can be crown successfnltr ln the northern tier of states from Vermont to Oretton, with an av...“ 8K6 root production of 5.000 pounds 0!‘ more nor acre. The highest yield was at sl- Plllll- Minn. where on unthlnrled rllots lt reached the rate 01' 116E111’ 8.000 pounds new acre. The work 1s exnrimentwl. It offers no 1m. mediate re 19f from the muber shortage. Nor for the time how-g will any dandelion seed be avail. able for farm planting.

Sin-Since the Cbrlstmu of 11:40 we have been giving rm- n19 aching Willie's of Bunvnnfis “Pilvritlvs pm‘. 2188s’ to membens 0T the torce- tn uniform. '1'!f‘l up to now plmggr‘ 1%,. 000 bool‘; have been given, These Eocks are sneclrlllv bound 1n ser. vice colors, imp cost 2< oer copy, Great care 1s taken to see that they are placed only in the harms of men who will npprecitte them, but 9V9" 5° "l9 demfmd ls considerable.

COPY 0f our edition and has W"i:- ion to us expressing his interest 'ncl {ipprfll/Bl. nnd we have r-rcently earned that General BT41]? ntnery

always carries tl cnpv of t s ‘m- mortal work wlttl hlm v - 1:9, Hoes. Another edition 1.1 .1 l crmes!

1s on order. Brian 1... Gzlndon. Gen- gal Secretary, Glasgow Y, 1v c

Some days ago The Ottawa Jour-

nal silglzcstcd that. in vi>lv o! the

rationing of manv ltslns, lntrltlding newsprint 11 might be a good thing to put sort of a ceiling on speeches“ Then The Journal followed thronyzhl with a pertinent criticism nf the Soc-och from the Throne. which 1s estimated 1n be 1hr- loricrst on rer- ord Rcclllltlg that Jchn Morely once slfd of the oratory of Jnscnh

Cowlm that 1t was "ike rty coaches and one prssenner." the Ottawa paper said the Throne

Srlecrih fell 11310 the same cntwrnry _"tm endlesc nror-esunn o1 plnus hours and platitudes the sum and substance of which could have been put Into a few hundred words 1n-

The reflecffcn, of course, is not on the Governor General but. on his Ministers and Ilrflhllblll, 1n particu- lar. his Prime Minister, since some [of than. prepared the draft. su- spicion falls on Mr. Mackenzie King bBOILE he ls rarely given to brev- lty and he 1s oertalnly fond pf platitudes. Perhaps he and the rest of Parliament. will tllke a hint from The Journa and correct them- selves accordingly 1n the future. The Hansclrd men, at any rate, will de- voutly hope for this outcome] “Brevity," said Shakespeare, “ls the vul of wit." Horace offered a "lmflar opinion centuries before. So 91d Soohn "Ms. "in {fwd 11"‘ causes," observed Pliny the Younger, “noth- ing pleases so much as brevity." Unouestlona-bly there ls something ln this view, which might be studied, l --:v:-~~~ in‘ Ml" h" Pi"ll"""i"-» farfans and after-dinner speakcrsd u‘ also bv the member; of mun1c1-‘ a1 oounclls. And since edltorlall writers should practice what they pol-such, this has gone far enough,

disliked carrying them as far back the Inkln

Mcdloal care. they say. will have '

c0191!"- on the 22nd of June. 1941. he stll might be using [m

noualsk. And sulphuric sold u well.

world, a plant w crate the bl

Hls Majesty the King possesses alopenmearth departments — whim sary tron and steel for the cars.

' lnum plant at Kamlnsk and a If!“

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Additional c... Ferry» An Essential Service

as tlnugtn u"! were very real indeed. But Prince Edward Island’; vim lmwfllwll a producer of essential 1001M“!!! is a compelling reason for xlvlnl the fullest consideration to tlul rc- quest now being put forward for all additional car terrv and adequate drvdock facilities.

Durtng one recent interruption in the car ferry service-an, '- lon due to a broken shaft on one and only car ferry now In .09- erat1on—1itle only oommllnlvllilllfl with the mainland for a full three day's period was by afr. What would happen 1f the present car ‘fen’! met. wltrl disaster t: sinfully clear. Week; would probab go by with- out, anv but the most primitive sort o1 transport communicable .

The inUHuVGIIlBITOE and 1111189!‘ of such a situation from the point o1 view of resident-s of Prince Dd- ward Islam;- calla for no elaboration. no province of Canada should be gnlled upon to face the possibility of such a state of affairs.

But there 1,; another and oven more convlnclng argument 1n favor of an fmuroved ferrv service. That is the fact that. Prince Edward land ls an important source of 139d supplv for other parts of tho "Wltnffy. It 1s 1n the interests of ‘be coun-‘ry as a whole. and not merely to 301118 the prolfems of one province. that a delegation from the Charlottetown Board ‘n! '1‘"a"e 1s proceeding to Ottawa to seek improvement 1n the commun- ications with the mainland. Their renresentatfons deserve more than; a nollte nearing. There must be action 1n this matter without delay.

The Secret of Russia's Success

_By- J. C. LEWIS

On a modern map of the Soviet Ge

Union at, roughtly, 58 degrees North Latitude and 56 degrees, 30

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mil son marina. vim Bowl w“ Cub muffin. Mills. rnlllfl wd on”, “u; to give

tat of what the '?f|si:bu°hs=e:t ‘bxys’ movement aceka to do for the boys of Olnldl- ‘ ‘On Qunday. February 21. 50W" and Cubs will loin 1n special 8*‘ v19” tn the churches to commem- orate the life and work of their founder, late Lord ' Baden- Powell. Lord Baden-Powell; MIN)- da was February 1-4»! 110ml" ‘wlilclllenm the birthday M» 0! _1,gfly Baden-Powell, Chief Girl Guide. , on Tuesday. February 23rd, from 1.1a to uo us. Ii-b-T- the MP1’ of Olllula will have an ollllorlvn"! to hear the voice of lard Semen. 114ml Baden-Powell's successor ll Chlel Scull! o!’ the Brllllh lkfllllxe. wllo will broadcast a 158N880 4° Oamdlan Scouts from. lmnerlal Headquarters, London. It will be the um time that the Chief Scout. of the Empire has addressed ll special message 1o Canada's BOY Scouts.