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fill}! IOU! TllE “ARLIITTETOWII GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded in i887)

1 Col. W. Ch tu B. Moi-ll" rmliffél-riililnt= l. B. BuT-Inett. FJJ. lguretary: Lieut. CuL D. A. Meeliinnon. 9-54} like Ind Mlnlflng Director: J. B. Burnett. l-J-I- fociate Editors: Frank Walker and Lient. l-lll A Burnett, B.U.N.V.R.. (On Active Service)

$53 Strongest Memory is Weaker Than , the Weakest Ink."

FRIDAY, DECEMBER ill, 1943

Following Bracken’: Policies

Axcortling to tlie Liberal press, Prime _l\l1ri- istcr Muckcnzic King's announcement 0f his iri- teniioii to put a flour uudci- farm prices "is bound to make a tremendous impact because it deals with :1 subject that ls closer t0 the hearts of tlie iniijority- of our lwfltllc lllfl" 1110111111: else.“

Tliei-c l.\ 1111111111111 as to thc importance of mziiniziiiiiiig fan-111 prices. but ilie “i111pact" of .\ii-. l\'ii1_;'s inmuiiiicciiiciit is stnncivhat lcslsuil- cd lJV thc fact ilizu i1 was mcrcly a repetition of ilic policy cmiiit-izut-tl scvei-ul wcclvs ago by ll1111. vlttllll lii-zicltcii, lczulrr 11f the Progressive .'.li\1‘ l‘.'1i-1_\. .\p1.':ikii1g 1'11 Lcthbvidgc, _ 1.11 1111, _'(1, .\l1-_ lli-zicltcii declared: —- ".\':1111‘ /'1‘1'1‘1- 1-1‘: 111/r 111-i‘ 111ml 111-lily] 11111111111111011 ""11! /1111;1 /11-.-11-.\- 11-11111 1-111-1111/ 10 Iiiyli Ivvclr - 71111-1 , n11 rliiill x121- 111 it flint price flout-s - /v-11,~,-'1/1-1I 111 [own-111 _/'111-111 prir-i [r0111 111-0/1- [lllig lo 111111111- 11": h‘ 111 fftlff/flllf‘. film-c should 110/ Lip [vii-p 1-1-11':'1i;1.i- 1111 1111-111 fu-lct‘: In fl'£"i'f’ll.' iriffu/fi-iii 111 mit-flint‘, raw/lion! ffffé‘ floor: f0 fi-i-z-i-u/ 1l1'_1."1il11111 111 [ware linic."

'l‘h:1t is railici- l1c1tci- expressed than Premier Kings slutcmciit, luit the itieziniiig is much the same. l1 is gratifying, of course, to sec that the Coiist-rvzitivc lcaitlci", even without a seat in Pal-liaui-ciu, is doing l.1:1ck seat driving for the King timcriimciit, and actually dictating the course of its {111-i11 policies. \\iho was it said that i111i-.;11i1»11 l: the sincerest fol-111 of flattery?

Bu: _\lr_ llrzicict-n has thirty plauiks in his farm i-cliabilitaiit-iii ]l(lllL‘_\’, and cvcn if .\li-. liing stole them llll 11c wouldiit be able to make such a "tremendous iziipzict" \\'llll 111cm. It is Mi‘. Bracken \\li11 is making tlie impact. llc, afici- all. is their author 11nd “cirily bcgcitcr", and the leader best qualified to put ilieni into effect.

This is ivlizit 11in- farmers are thinking across Canada, n5 ngltxl by .\lr. Gordon Gray-don, 31.13., Opposition lcadcr i11 the llousc of Commons, who visited here recently and who has iio\v c011- cluded his tour across Canada. lii an inter- view in thc Montreal Gazette, T-Ir. Graydori notes that “the farm areas are leaning more heavily toward Bracltcn every day," and that they look with interest to the prospect of seeing a farmer elccted as Prime Minister of Canada for the first time since Confederation.

There is c1juz1l significance iii M1’- GFUIIOIYS report zlizit fitrllt areas are responding to Mr. Brackens progrniii for preservation of free initiative adz-ipicr! to miitlern demands by “ra- tional reformation," and tlizit these sections are "definitely opposed to socialisnif’,

Highlight of his general summing up, one that is supported by previous evidence, is that regardless of political affiliation, Canadians generally’ recognize the sincerity, honesty and tlefiriitive leadership of .\lr. Bracken as the na- tional leader of the Progressive Conservative party.

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Tl-ie Windsor Star canvassed I20 persons and found that o11l_\- one iii that number had heard in full Prime Minister L\lZiCl(f.‘l1ZlC King's Saturday night address on the Fight Against Inflation, Two others had heard part of it. The remainder had not listened. “lt is probable,” adds the .\lon1:1oii Transcript (Liberal), “that a similar CZllT\'{l.~s' taken in any part of the D0- minion would l1ave shown approximately the same lack 11f listeners. When a public state- mgm i5 made 111-er thc radio, thc people must ivait for llC\\‘.<]l(l]lQl'~ :11 furnish the news, and, sjncg it conic, (n 11111111 secondhand, tlie news- papers cannot 11c cxjict-tcrl to give it the proiu- iiit-nce and spart- il111_v would otlici-ivisc. Mcaii- uliilc ilici-c ziit- ii1Iniiulci-striiitliiigs of what htsd 11111111 ‘l. 111111 i11 :1 11i.1‘11c1- 11f importance garb- lcd \'i‘i'\lIl||\ c111 c.1111 Ct1ll>ltl/.‘l‘.'ll1lt? CHFFPHCV in tlic limt- 111:1! 1 . lll‘i\\'i‘(‘ll :1. $:iliird;1_v night lPFHZlIlCPi 411111 1. llli~l 11111111i-ti1i1ii_v 111114 i11-o- pic l1::\-1- 111 l'l'l‘.ll 1111» ll“\\_~1]1.'l[tCl' reports."

Britain; Example

n EDITORIAL NOTE§ — The voice of Princ:l?:l_n'ard Island is at 1851 being heard at Ottawa. More power to it! 111 111 a in

\\'e are in the dark and. dreary period both of the year and the war, but there is a bright star of hope to cheer us on our way.

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Should Col. Ralston be made Chief Justice 0f Camila. and General lllcNaugliton succeed him as Minister of Defence, would Prince Conn- ty be expected to provide the latter with a seat?

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The Streets Committee have decided to re-

commend that the City Council take over the

keeping of the footpaths free from snow, pro-

vided the necessary machinery can be purchased. 11 m u- 1a

Clothes rationing is resulting in a sort of strip- tease in reverse in Britain. \Vonie1i are spend- ing three per cent less for undies and three per cent more for coats, trade figures have disclos- ed. Retailers report that there is little demand for their large stocks of undci-ivear and night- ClOIllCS, but that Britons are tlolliiig 11p on the silt-face with incl-cased spcntliiig for stills, ovt-r- cmls and (lrcsscs.

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At least five Canadian provinces will use window stickers 0i- transfers iii I944 iii an effort to save mzibsrizils llSCd iii ziutoiiinliile licence jilatcs. Single plzitcs will be uscd iii {Quebec 11nd British Columbia ivliile Alberta and Prince Edward Island have not decided whether to use plates or stickers. In Nova Scotia. a single I943 plate will be cari-ictl. along with a vcvzilirlzitiiig ti-aiisfcr bearing the serial iiuiubcr of thc plate. No plates will be used in New lirllll.\\\’lCl(, ivliei-c stickers will be PlZICCLl on windshield and rear window. \\'ii1dsliit'ld sticltcrs will per- mit motorists in Ontario. Manitoba and Sis- katchcivaii to CZll‘l'_\' I943 plates. n1 111 n1 v

Sir William Fenwick \\'illia11is, Bart of Kars, G.C.B., lieutenant-govcrnoi' 0f Nova Fcotia 1865-70, born at Annapolis, N. S, this date 1800; educated at tlie Royal hliliiary‘ .-\ca- tleiiiy, \\'(iolwicli; commissioned in Royal .~\i-iil- l€i‘_\’ i11 I825 and rose to the rank of gciicrzil in 180$; was sent to Tiurkcy iii I841 and zippoiiitcd British Coiiniiissionei‘ with ilic 'l'1i1-ki.-li .\r1ii_v iii Anatolia, t1l1iiii.'1tcl_v beiiig- appointed practically coniniandcr-in-chicf of the 'l'url<ish forces; in the Russo-Turkish war greatly tlistiiigiiishctl himself by his gallant though uiisucccssftil de- ffnCc of K1115: as liciitqqov-ci-iioi- of Nova Scotia assisted greatly in getting it iiicludcd i11 (Ton- fcclcrzitioii; was allll>k'l|lli'llll_\' uppoiiitcd govci-iioi- of Gibraltar, and died lll London in 1883 wliilc holding the appointment of Constable of ilic 'I‘owcr. 1v 111 n1 -

lt is sometimes amusing to dream of lllC laws one could make 111111 eiiloi-ce If one 11:11! the powers of a dictator, S1'l_\'> Primed \\’ni1l. Some of 11s would be content with such .i:il1l measures as jiassing :1 pcn-iliy- of lifc lll1])‘|'l.~ 1 ment for anyone singing 'l‘i-ccs oi‘ ll-uiiiv in public, and tlcci-cciiigg 1101-1111 for 1111 Rvtfl-trvir of a zoot stilt. The lcss litiiiiaiie \\'Olll(l lizivc :1 longer list of crimes bnscrl on tlicii- personal prejudices. Sonic of thc more fcnzitii-zil migli. even make Slll0ltlllg a crime. Pvz-liups foi-tiii1~ ately for the rcst of the Cfillkllf)", tiur 1l.1_\-1l1-ca'~.s of dictatorship arc unlikely to be rtalizcd. But as each of us knows ivhat ho 11111111: 11c lclllpictl to do, had he the powers of :1 dictator, we can assess the danger of giving absolute power io men who have no doubts about 1114-11 ability to enforce socialism, with the aid of the army and police. 1

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Chemically treated wood which will eliminate stick-lug doors, windows and (ll'<'\.\\'€l'5, make it easy to remove scratches from furniture and permit wood to be bent and shaped, is in pros- pect for postwar homes. These treatments prc- fountlly alter thc natural jirojiei-ties of ivnoe‘, widening the scope of its tisefuliiess. Soft woods such as poplar, now employed for such ordin- ary items as ironing boards, shelves and bread- boards, can be iriatle as bard as lurd maple, forecasting possible use as :1. furniture 1121s.‘. Beautiful woods like C_\'j‘1l'C.~.>. at jii-csciit tiscd for paneling, siding and shingles, could go into furniture and floors. .f\= disclosed by Dr. ]. F. T. Berliner of the duPoiit company's ammonia department, tlie new treatment of poplar, for cxziinple, imprcgnzitcs wond with chemicals that produce resin Wlllilil the wood. \\'hci1 suffici- ciitly treated, the wood ltccps its shapc iiiirltzi- \'£ll'_\‘l1l§,' llllllll(lll_\' conditions, is liardcitctl, c411 ltc highly polished and has incl-cased ivcziring qualities llccziiiiw of the TCSlll fiiii>li foriiicd within thc wood, scratches can bc iakcn off \\'l‘ll sandpaper and the surface polished just as a

plastic i: buffed. U i‘ I Ill

The Ottawa journal makes a rather strori

.\li111 1.1: .\l11i>it1- lloivc 1171s made another “numcnt f0 U _.’. p L , . . h’ 1~p1-c;l1 1-1 11'-vl1 i111 1'11i-1-s1-c.~ ]|I1.~l-\\‘1'll' pruspcr- ;0’;_cr"n]c t f "i; migpoblilonb hi.“ hllmmuui ilv 1111- \ .111;-.1l;1 1l'lll :1 rlllllllUll to the pi-oblcni 0f The w“ "It T“ ‘o? “Hllnot e mllucell all“ "111111111111; 11111 ;'-l11_\iii1-n1 iliiriug thc pci-ioil 11f e i ' ls gumscd “at than: Wm be a "m"

-- i1-ii i-w 111 \\;ll‘—IllllC to jicztcctime produc-

l-Iinjilnyi 111111 pi-11~p1:i'it_v arc illllVCYsillly tlusii-cd 11l1j1 cs. 'l'l1<~_v arc, iii fact, the es- sciitizil C<'lllllL‘l'l11'll'lS i11 ihc political tlemocracyi which i~; :1 fiiiitltiiiiciittil war aim. Widespread 11i11-i11pl11_vi11ci;1 111111 social insecurity threaten iiulivirluzii iiiiiizitivt- 111111 llllflCflllllltf the basis of (lciiioci-zitic govt-i-iimeiit. But tiiifrii-ltiiizitclyl l\lr. ll’l\'-‘L'. iii flPiCfllllllg objectives, is very much liltc thc 1-1-<t of 11s. We have great cx- pectations but \\'f‘ litivc vcry little in the way of a plan cvi-ii on papcr, by which thc goal may be i'(‘1lClll‘(l.

.\t l)l12l\\il and i11 1111.- provlnccs ctniimittccs have been busy tlisciissiiig various post-war ob-

icciivcs. lllll there is lack-lug a clear-cut, ccii- 11-111, cu-m-dinzitcd program for action stating ivliat iiiii.~i 111- givcii iii t1l’K‘lCl' to zittain tlie Bet.- tci‘ (Xiiirulai.

liritziiu in t-stzililishiiig :1 national .\liiiistr_v of l\'(‘("1l1.\‘ll".lt‘llfi|l has tnlzcii one illiljltl‘ filql H1011: tlie logic-111 rond i11 \flClill pllllllllllg. We have yet to f11ll11n- lit-r lcnd.

ioiial debt of fifteen billion, that “ordinary” gov- ltflllntllf will cost 600 million, a stantling armed foi-ce half a billion and increased pcnsiciis I00 million. Then tlici-c is the uncertain ntal cost of social security measures, to which 1111 tlzrce parties are more or less committed. ()1:e is i11- clincd to agree, say-s the Printed Word, that there will not be 111i early reduction i11 taxation. Neither will it 11c denied that ihc total rcvcnuc, iii tlollars, may be just as great as at present. bole the phrase "iii dollars." What we stig- gcst is that, soon or late, the people of this coun- try will dcniaiid, and get. a reduction iii per- centage 11f tax pci- income. Otherwise, Ottawa will bc confronted in the long run with tlie phenomenon of a tax strike. After all, an in- dividiial may be forced to pay taxes or go to jail, hut thc people pay taxes to their govern- iiiciit voluntarily. Present rates and volume "f taxation are tolerable to all of i'.S l1ccause we aic freed from tlie fcai- 11f cnciny bombers nvcr- head 211111 thc majority from that otliu fear —- tlic greater fear-of :1 telegram from the g1ii.i l1r:uich of 1'lll' force, army or iitivy liaviug to do with casualties.

ruin _cn1\iz1.<vr'i'e'rowi\1 GUARDLAN

Notes By The 1111111‘

tlie Cleveland street cars Nomi

step . —- Ottawa Citizen,

That new “ Plane with 11 carrying capacity of 130 soldiers ls not likely to venture within range of Allied fighter alr- craft -Stratford Beacon-rlerald.

Mussolini in said ta have suicid- ecl, Petain ls reported lll, while victor Emmanuel and Badoglto have their own troubles The Nazi blight appears to be spreading. - Toronto Globe and Mail.

What we need in thin woriil il not a balance of power, but, rather an overwhelming superiority of power on tlie side that; stands for just-ice and freedom- -Chathan1 News

0n December l4 of this year the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert Koch whose scientific contributions inaugurated a new era in medical research and public health prac- tlec This pioneer contributed much to human welfare, but his greatest gift was the discovery and isolation of the tubercle bpcillus. the cause of tuberculosis --Metromltan Life Bulletin.

Ilnqusctionably the “first come first served" plan 10f selling can ned vegetables) is s. failure. Ap‘ pai-enily it 118$ failed because there are too mnny Canadians who, de- spite fill tlie condemnation heaped upon that type of persons, are boarders. It is not necessarily all the first come first served people who make the plan a failure. but lhosn in that group who deliber- ately rim from one store to 1m- otliei- to net more than their fair share nf limited supplies. —Calgiiry Herald.

According to th, News Biulietln _ the National Geographic S0- eiety, quinine may again be pro- aucccl 1.11 South America. It seems that there are 700.000 "forgotten" qumlntrbcai-intz acres in Colombia. The quinine prescribed by doctors ls _I_10t native to The Netherlands Inches, the pro-war source of sup- PlY. but a foster child left on a foreign “doorstcp" less than a century ago when seeds vi-erc ear- gflil abroad from parent. trees :11 eru

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That was a good radio story about the English M1355 officer who out. on :1 grand turkey dinner for American guests on Thursday. H13 lliiCl gVfllfllilllllli‘, but didn't kiiow the significance of American

nflnkszivlns. A11 American 11111- ccr told him that the Pilgrim Fathers started it. In thanks to God for the harvest being glim- ered. '|‘By Jove,“ said the Engnsh. man. ‘I bally well thought i; was because _\'Oll_Cllfi|)S once kicked n; out of America." —St Cathai-lnes Standard.

The first American “s-peakeasyi." We learn from "The British Trnvc-llci- in Aiiiri-lcu, 18351860." by Mzix Berger, ivas 11 13301.1! ad- Vvlllfilllli :1 marvelous stripped pig‘ l'(‘lti1l'S PlPLlSUYCS of Publlslilnc: Admission W115 equivalent to the llflce of a glass of rum. Having paid the foo, tlie speciator found within lllt‘ b00111 a clay pig with lltl-llllfifl stripes and r1 glass of rum| Slllnlllllé’ lletu- by. This example Qt’ Yaukt-e iiigtiinity ias the British.

ers termed it) was occasioizc-l by :1 law which M. ClTUFGlt5 pass- ed m I838 prohib 1; lhg S319 o;

hard liquor to taverns for bever- age purposes. —Excli.'1nge.

On his return from a tuur- of Canada and the United Stat-es with three other British agricul- fllrlfil-i. the representatives of the Scottish Department of Agrlcub tux-e testifies to the K661111855 WhlCl} he found everywhere to lielp Britain ln the Will‘. He was much Impressed by the achievements of the Canadian farmers, whose ob. jecffves for 1943 he Chafaclgrisgs as amazing." These figures, lie Says. are being attained by ventral 11nd iirovinclal direction cmnblngd with self-sacrifice on the part of the ffllTftlcrs 311g fljg general poqu. latlon “If Britain needs it, fir)- tnln must have it," was the senti- ment on the lips of everyone in Cnnlldfl The task shouldered by tlie Canadian farmers this yegg- 15 justifiably described as a chal- lmglnc PPOBPBm n called for larger quantities of foods than the Dcmlnion has ever undertaken to produce before particularly pieiltls. diary products, eggs, fresh ru s and vegetabl __ ' Weekly 11011110111. es Canada“

'l‘l1e Russians can't forget that, the United States, Britain and France, tried to suppress 1,1191;- revolution and for 20 years made their diplomats "go round to the back door." The P0105 can’; forge; t-lielr suffering under 11m Russyan Czai-s._ And some people 1n 1111,; country BIB still fl8htin8 t1 Brit- ish Redcoats of I776. To Wpe of! llle 5181451 lo Iorzive and forget and start afresh is about the hard- 951» ‘M118 to do in this world. The cynlcs say: ‘You Just can't change human nature." Bug, Nor. mall Ansell has an answer w that, f ypu cannot change human na- ture, says he. "you can change llllmllll behaviour. which ls what; matters "—New York Times.

One nf tho few pleasant. cue. 1101115 of Ottawa is to lle in becl on Sunday morning. I SUDDQM. People do it in other places bu not tn the lusty, whole-hog rash ion of Ottawa. Hem "1, Sunday ln bed is not merely a habit. It is an art. It arises ou cf llle exhaustion of war. Your v/omout executive has been told by his doctor that he Ls going to dle if he keeps working until 8 r1. m- before golniz home to dinner, He has been told to res! at the weekend. 5o lie rests. A great hush descends upon the capital. The liotel where I write this is as quiet m a cemetery, with each cornst- lald out. asleep, in his own cell. That is why vour reporter lav ln bed all last. Sun- dav reflecting on life and the first snow of Winter. But even ln h=ti Ottawa does not properly rest. By nnon people begin to stir about. Men who are g-rlnped by great Zdvas come siirgtnq into your room 11nd hurl the contents of Ilinli- mind at you. —Bruc.~ Hi1‘,-

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Pilot Fatigue

(By Colonel Walter S. Deputy A11‘ Surgeon. U. S. A. F" in the New York Herald Tribune.)

Pilot fatigue is one of 0M1‘ strange impcnderubles. It. ls the re- suit. of the Stffllll of tivinii 1n the, stratosphere where a man needs special equipment even to venture“ of limited physical activity lit‘. a: fighter Ol‘ bomber, of tension which L; inescapable in the nature of an tilrmanKs work, and of suppressed fear. which I believe any filer will admit-at least when he first. takes to tlie upper air. It ls fear of the unknown. rather than fear of the enemy; fear of not performlii at 11B best. even though he ls ti-a nec and ready; a perfectly huma-n and normal Llllll2—-l)liC it takes its toll in strain.

Pilot fatigue is the result. of all these things. Its onset. ts insidious, its symptom-picture vague. and the laboratory llllCllXUZS ‘apparently llCf-Zflllvt‘. We do OVQIIVUIIlIE 111 our power to apply the only cui-e—a separation of tlie victim from the environment which has caused its CIJSCL.

Certain standards have been set sortie theatres of war, 11s in the United Kingdom. Men in the United Kingdom theatre are sent to rest after they have been on a specified number of missions; 1n different theatres of war, the stan- dards vary. In North Africa, _or in the South Pacific. where mi:- sious of one or two hours in length are more common, men take forty, fiftir. sixty mtsslozis before showing signs of ullot fatigue. It is the fiifht surgeon's lob to watch for the time when they don't sleep well, are irritable. are hare to get] alonz with. or don't eat well.

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camp for a week or ten days, given a furlough and allowed to go to a nearby city for relaxation and amusement. Under this system. the number of actual physical break- downs which have occurred are sin‘- pi-islngly few. First. we have nicked men who can “take it." Second, we watch them to see how well they can take it. And third. we rest them before they have tried to take too 1on3. Occasionally there are psychoneurotlc cases. of course. but the UCJCCTIT/B-KG Ls low. azncl which have occurred so far ‘l5 D61‘ cent have been sent to active duty after brief periods of treatment.

Golden Fire

(London Times) In the acco ‘ from Moscow of the celebrations of recent victories there was one feature that. for many people must have mingled a touch of envy with their joy. This was the picture of the fire-works, of the rockets soaring in triumph and the clusters of coloured lights tossed wildly into the at

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tongue oi flame. Of these elabor-

ingenuity. b111- lle "emwls dcvm-e to the more emphatic. the 111°" popular rocket.‘ . ' i m- k re beautiful. and thfil, “still-iii tiasabeen artfully en- hanced by a mysterious vocabulary of their own. About aerial seuois- ‘"11"’ $.11 ‘llfbffmi. m‘ e l“ gomcket 111m realms of pure mag, zany onethipk fora moment if he can do so without tears. swarms of silver fireflies and aerial daffodils and bluebells- Yet. even these must "W19 Bllllll‘ ln‘ effectual fires" before batteries o! Jeweller! cobras. so @6113’ Clwlll‘ llnlntl the ban! an the rad ince- The orilooker mlKht describe t H111 with miserable acidity. as 201d“; curleywjggf’ but gerieratlonsnntév nyrotechnicians have known L- l‘