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THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 19M

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Mr. Dictator

In five years of government by Order-in- Council, Munitions Minister Howe has develop- ed quite a formula for imposing his rule while, in the words of Mr. john Diefcnbaker, “pre- tending to be the servant of Parliament." It is in his capacity as the “servant" that he has ar- ranged amendments to tlte Aeronautics Ac: which would establish him as "master of the air development of this countr_v."

The purpose of the itmentliitg legislation (Bill 133) is to “provide for tlte establishment of an .-\ir Transport Board, to advise the Min- ister 0n matters coituected with the develop- lllfllt 0f civil aviation, and to perform the func- tinfl of a lrcensiug and regulatory body in II- lpect to commercial air services."

The board of three, "subject to the direc- tions of the Klinistcr," may do certain things, such as make investigations and surveys relat- ing to the tlcvelopitient and operation of com- mercial air services. The board, "subject to ap- proval of the .\linister," may issue licenses for the operation of commercial air services within the limits of tht/eriititeiit polity Appeals zigains: the boards rein-til to grant a license, appeals against the board's action in suspending or can- celling a license would, however, be made t0 the Minister.

In other words, the same authority which must approve the actions of the hoard sits as the court of appeal zigaiitst those actions. Mr. Howe would be supreme, the itnchallengcd ruler of all civil and commercial aviation. All power would flow front him.

The .\linister's only answer to criticism is that there must he a choice of t\vo evils: Me or bureaucracy. "Certainlyg" comments the Globe and Mail, "we ltave too much bureaucracy, but chiefly because we have too much government by Ministerial decree. Sticli bureaucracy as we must have need not bc as evil as Mr. Howe would imply. It does not have to be, as he wants to be, above the challenge of the courts and the ord- inary safeguards of our democratic system, if and when that is restored."

Wartime Tourist Traffic

It is generally expected that the tourist traf- fic which was such a. valuable factor in Canada's international balance of accounts before the war will be restored to post-ivar dimensions tip to and probably beyond pre-ivar volume.

A recent report of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimated total spending by U. S. trav- ellers in Canada last year at $87,000,000, an in- crease of $8,000,000 over the low level of 1942 though still $20,000,000 under 194i.

With this evidence that a substantial number of Americans want to come to Canada even with the comfort and flexibility of travel by auto denied them, there is good reason to look for- ward to a marked rise in the tourist influx into Canada when the warsend brings relief from restrictions on gasoline, tires and the supply of new cars. But, as an exchange observes, it must be kept in mind that there will be the keenest worldwide competition, and especially within this continent and hemisphere, for tourist fav- or after the war.

If Canada is to hold her own in that competi- tion, and both attract and please tourists, there must be fttll preparation made now for close. intensive cooperation in tourist activities be- tween Dominion, provincial and private travel pgencies.

li Hitler's Trojan Horse

It is estimated that there are tcn million for- eigners, most of them taken from hostile peo- ples, working in Germany on war production. It has become a question of tnajor importance to what extent this l_‘lllllC‘llSC recruitment will continue enabling (iL‘l'Ill.'tll_\"§ war production to stand tip to the strain of .»\llicd bombing. l-iqual- ly tincertain is the ultimate psychological effect of the presence inside Germany of these ntyriads of foreign wt» itiostly ytitiiig and fit, and all enforced t" itions of enemy itiihtstrv. Nazi propagzntdzi is already urging German workers not tn mix with these aliens, but to maintain a distant reserve. Their hope was that the aliens ittiglit he converted to National Socialism. 'l'hat hope chattpc-rl to fear that they may corrupt their (iernian associates. Dr. Goebbels ltas deridcil anxiety that these ten inil- lion foreigners, in the hour of tiermanys most desperate military ordeal. tuay prove a Trojan Horse within the citadel of the Reich.

On the other hand there is some neutral cvid- encc that .'irtua|ly lllt'>l,' anxieties are well- founrlcd. The foreigners are not ivithout their iecret oijgrzttiirziitiiiii ivh: . when the crisis ar- rives, will develop widespread and concerted action. llnce the (iernian .\rm_v is clearly beaten, Hitler may encounter a terrific internal upheaval.

Nazi Counter Plans

\\"ltile attention has been largely concentrat- ed 0n Allied invasion plans, it is worth rememb- ering that the iiCflllflllS have a cottnter-invasion plan. .~\n tinoffirial British military coni- mentator has ivorkcrl out the pattern, based on reports front itcutral countries and on German military pcfinilicals. Front this it appears that the plan is constructed around three (ierittan armies. 'l‘ln-rr~ are the nccitimliim troops, mi- ilcr Field hlarshal fit-rd von Ritndsteilt. 'l‘hese are spread all over western Jiurope, and their part in the plan is‘(i) to deal with any tiprising cmong the populations, (2) to cope with any

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deep penetration by airborne troops. For this, all the German garrison troops, from Norway to the Bay of Biscay, have been undergoing the most intense training for many months. Then there are the coast defence troops which have been assigned to man th'e Atlantic wall itself. right along the coast. These are crack German S. S. Black Guard Divisions and probably the toughest that the Wehrmacht can offer. They are under the command of Colonel-General Sepp Dietrich. Since they are highly special- ized troops, there are not enough of these S. S. Black Guard Divisions to cover any but the key points. So behind them is the third ele- ment—tbe mobile reserve, who are the key to the whole German anti-invasion strategy. and probably under the command of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel himself. They are placed at various points behind the coast defences, ready to be brought forward at the point where need- ed. They are highly mgiie, fast-moving troops, many of them armoured divisions, and are the backbone of the whole anti-invasion forces. Their mobility is such that they are prepared to move not only towards the coast to help the coast defence troops, but also inland to lwlp the occupation troops in case airborne latidings should develop on a large scale. Tltis, in of course highly oversimplified terms, seems to be the general pattern of Germany's anti~in- vasion plan. -

EDITORIAL NOTES -

The Festival of SS. Peter and Paul. i lll l l

National income in 1943-44 was about i2 per cent higher than lll the preceding fiscal year. Aside from the pay and allowances of the arm- ed forces, much the largest increase relatively \\'.'ts in farm incomes.

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“The Order Of The Boot" seems prevalent in Montreal these days. Senator Bouchard has been deposed as chairman of the new Hydro- Electric Commission; Dr. Albert LeSage has been ousted from the office of dean of the fac- ulty of ntetliciitc in the University of Montreal; and Major Laureat St. Pierre has been suin- marily unseated as superintendent of the play- grounds by the executive committee of the blunicipal Council.

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How western agricultural interests were looked after last year is indicated by the follow- ing statement front Finance Minister llsleys budget speech: “Special expenditures ainouitteil to $37,000,000, and were $6,000,000 higher than in 1942-43. l-Iigher payments under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act and the wheat acreage re- ‘duction plan accounted for the whole of the in- crease."

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Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter, born this date I577; court painter to the Duke of the Netherlands; in 1611 began his greatest work, “The Descent From The Cross"; the twenty- oiie pictures commissioned by Marie de Medici (now in the Lotivre) \\'(’I'C planned out hy Ruh- ens in Paris and were completed by his “school" at :\nt\verp; after visiting Spain, he was sent to England where he decorated Whitehall bau- queting hall, and was knighted by Charles I; he delighted to paint the EXWDCIYIIICC of life, and his pictures are notable for marvellous spou- taneity, vigour and magnificent colouring.

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A cab driver in Gulfport, Miss. jantes D. Slaton. patriotically decided to enlist shortlv after Pearl Harbor. was rejected as under- weight, succeeded in gaining ten pounds and was accepted. Today Corp. James l). Slaton proud- ly wears the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Soviet Union Patriotic .'\\va.“(l of the Second De- gree and the British .\lilitary' Medal for his amazing feat of wiping out three German mach- ine gun nests in Italy in one hour. \\'hen pre- sented with the Russian award in North Africa, he was told he was the first Yank soldier to be so (lecorateil. His explanation: "God was my good luck charm. l know it was prayer that saw me through.”

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“There is in this war but one alternative: either Germany in a suicidal ohstinacy destroys itself by resisting to the liittit, or it recognizes its desperate sittiatioii attd does as the good los- ef has to do. But as soon as one supposes for a moment that the Allies could "talk" to that scum of the earth which rules Germany now and “talk reason" with them, one has taken the first step on the road to the third World War. which will be bigger and better than anything we have seen so far. It seems scarcely possible that human folly could be that grea " So writes a Belgium editor iii his own news per.

i 1i Ill lll _ It is an ironic situation that Anglo-Canad- ians should make every sacrifice in war to ert- sure the immediate survival of their group, ye: show not the slightest interest in its survival thirty years hence, said Professor Watson Kirk- connell, of McMaster Ijniiaersity’, addressing the Empire Club at Toronto. Present trends will re- sult in Anglo-Saxons constituting twenty-five per cent of Canadian population one hundred years hence, he said. Their stock is withering at the roots in the soil of commercial prosperity, and nobody seems to care. To seek a blood trans- fusion of British immigration would, if econ- omically possible, prove only a temporary ex- pedient. Birth control has advanced even furth- er in Britain than it has in Canada. v n- n: w

The origin of the Boy Scout Hat is inter- esting, because it happens also to be the origin of the hat worn by the Royal Canadian Mount- ed Police. When Lord Baden-Powell was org- anizing the South African Constabulary he was seeking a uniform that would prove most suit- able for the outdoor man. So, the story goes, he wrote to john Stetson in the United States and said: “For goodness sake make me a hat that won't fl0p_ all over my eyes." The stiff hrimmetl Stetson hat ivas the restilt. When late."

L-l’. tirganizeil Scouting he selected this hat as the ntosi sitilahle for Scouting activities. It is interesting to nole that before the Scout type hat came into existence the R.C.M.P. wore the pill-box type hnls. They too selected it as the

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THE GUARDIQN

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Bathlng cults are to be even shorter because of the war. Never- theless true patriot wlll keep hla eyes on the mat tuh con- frontlniz us-l! he cnm-Strutford Beacon-Herald.

One of those aturiu from Vienna has the Fuehrer In his casket and belnz lowered Into the irrave then mined 12 times to acknowledge m, applause-Dewitt Free Pres.

When a Bed Army nun put a pistol to n German scldler’; head at the front. the captive screams "Hit- ler kaput" (Hitler's through), out In Amer-lea they put the prisoner on the head and he re lles by butting

la feet on the ta le. — Int/ema- tlonal Revlew. Russlan publication,

Alexander the Great was a Iii-st- class looter and Napoleon I also fancied himself along that Ilne. It: appears that both were chewing Bum hleves compared wlth a cer- tain A. Hltler. Another differ- ence 1s that the last named wlll have to out 1t n11 back. —- Wash- ington Star.

Already at this early date, the Thames has claimed Its first vic- tims. Two London boys, eleven and twelve years of aize respectively. have lost thelr lives. They were seen playing wlth "parts of an old boat." They were not. In swlm- mlng. Thls tragedy should remind us of’ the ever-present danger when children play ln or near water. It emphasizes also the sad fact that far too many boys of this age are un- able to swlm even the few strokes which would mean the difference between life and death. Every healthy boy and izlrl ln a modern community should be nble to swlm fifty yards by the axe of twelve.- London Free Press.

In Edmonton. 348 permits to build homes of an average value of near- ly $3.000 each have been lss ed so far this year, compared wit 212 ln the same period last veer. Cal- gary veports a home building boom. wlth more than i1 hundred Der- mlts taken out last month and some 300 since the first of the Y0“?- I" addltlon. 400 apullcatlons for ner- misslon to build are in Ottawa awaiting action b_v the controllers of essential materials. Vancouver also 1s lssulnz more permits to build homes than 1t. has for a lmuz time. Hundreds of dwellings will be built there this summer-If 1n- bor and materials can be secured. —-Edm<>nl.cn Journal.

A: business vras n blt dull In town, the carpet-sweeper stiles- man thought, l1c'd trv the wide open spaces. Presently he PM“? to a rpmote cottage. at. the door of which stood an extremely tough-looking man lncloccl. But when he began his usual line of sales talk the cottaizer Interrupted hlm. "Don't waste your breath," he said. "I've got a carpet-sweetl- er already." “Good. Then I can make you a splendid allowance for your old sweeocr in part nziyuiwtit for this snlendld new model." The cottager thoutzht for a few m0- mctits, then h.- sald: “No, I won't do a dflll. After Illl. I took ‘or for better or wuss. didn't —'.’" »CJDDC1' s Weekly.

A mlgratlnn unique In Canadian history, large numbsrs of B ll=ll children temporarily domiciled in this country Iiave been recalled to their homeland. and safe qrrlv- ril overseas cf about 300 from Toi- nnto art-a. including some adults. ha". been officially announccd- 318st of the war ffllests were sent to C11‘.- ada and the United States as _rc- sult of the devastatlntz boinlnu: raids upon Brltaln In 1040. In tint year nbnut 7.000 came to Canada. ht some cases accompanied bv thel mothers 0r other aonlt trial T. Mostly of schCnl ace. they ltove — celved for lll!‘ hast three CI‘ four years _a Canadian cdticatlon. chum- med wlth Canadlan companions and 1n general adapted themselves tn the life of the nommtmltlrfi lll which they happened to hr; set down-Toronto Telegram.

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These western farmers of ours never seem to know when to nult.

. <3. 1.. Strange. world wheat king of I923, points out that. lll spite 0f shortage of help 11nd ma- chinery, prairie farmers have '.- slgnated thclr Intention of sc-w f! the greatest aercaize of M11111 611103 in the history of the west-Mill].- 000 acres as against 403197.000 acres seeded 1n 1940. the prevlfill! high total. These same farmers have been swiimplng the llvestoek markets for several months post. They are producing 022s and D0111- try at an unprecedented rate. and they have been dome b falr 10b of mllltlnlz cows to keep up the butter and cheese supply- A south Alberta 01d timer who settled here durlnz the rush early In toe century tclrt the Herald the other day he was slck of these fellows who go round tn.- eountrv earn-it: that western iiizrlculturc was all washed out. The truth ls that western azrlculvure never bro- dueed more wealth at filly lime slim» settlement of the wrest start- ed than 1n the mist few years -—- Lethbrldize Herald.

Corn syrup 1s a standby with many a housewife. The syrup l: made from the starch In corn. and m; a very wide use and dlstrl- button. But syrup from when" That's another question. There are many people who wllt tines- 1:10“ the feasibility of ustnz tzood bread min to produce svrun which can be secured from other farm commodities. A few years H we all laughed when scientists to d ua that. coal. water and alr would produce a sllk substitute that would be better than iinytnlniz Japan ever exported. But. nylon has told it; own story. What izlrl doeant want a- pnlr of nylon stockings? so why should we malntaln that. wheat Ia tzooi-l only for mnklnrt flour? Wheat t: m-selv starch- Tltatfis where lt zeta its food value. And suBur and starch are the same elements but tortether a 11t- tle differently. They're both carbohydrates. The starch 1n wheat would make a ver! fine brand of avru the demand for and the D 0e of the ayllll? makes 1t feasible to use wheat to supply 1t. We've been told re- cently that wheat 1s olniz to make alcohol for power fue. Now were told that wheat and other farm product-i wlli make coal and oil bv it quick new method whlch has been discovered. It lll dlfflcnlt for the lnvman to understand the triirisltlnn of his crops Into these other commodities which nri- com- ing Into such general tiee- Ilnt the fact that. wnvs and tnenns itre heir-fl found to make more of the farmer's needs out of the crops which he grown 1s of izrent Inter- est to hlm. H9 wlll watch chem-

PUBLIC FORUM

PREMIER JONES AND PROHIBITION

Sin-With 13 deed 1n Saint Jflhll and 16 more daniierousl lll tn hospital as n result of t etr hav- ing dnmk poisonous alcohol. Pre- mler Jones chose a. most inop- portune moment to attack the clergyman of this Province for their stand on the temperance question. It may be stated wlth- out qunllflcatlon that: no group 1| more clearly aware of the temper- ance sltuatlon tn cc Edward Island than are the clergyman. They are equally nwnre of concll- tlons elsewhere, slnce many of them have served ln other pro- vlnces.

If the Premier Jntended to ask for the support of the Women's Institute 1n the more adequate en- forcement ol’ the Prohlbltlon Act and 1n the Improvement of tem- perance education, the Temperance Federation would be glad to add Its volce to the appeal. Indeed, members of the Federation execu- tlve have made just. such an ap- peul to the Institute convention from year to year. Any appeal, even one by a Premier, loses much of its effect 1f 1t ls based on grosl exaggeration. To have stated the plaln fact. that the legal and Illegal sale of liquor la a menace to the soclnl and spiritual welfare of any people, 11nd to have added that; illicit Slllc 1n some parts of the province was a vexing factor now, 11S always, would have been an ap- peal to common sense. In saying that much. the Premier would not have found 1t necessary to remind the audience that. bootlegglng and moonshine making were serious problems in other Canadian pro- vinces. Indeed. so far from ban- fshlniz the bootlegger problem. government stiles promotion has actually aggravated the condition. It. appears that increased legal sales of liquor have increased the tlri ‘dug habit throughout the tioptilatltm. with the result that the bootlrggci‘ finds a multitude of patrons ln every Canadian city. when the liquor stores are closed. or when the generous supply of liquor permits exhausted. Thus It. ls that New Brunswick, wlille con- suming almost; double its peace time ouantityi, has laud the terrible tragedy’ 0f :1 few days ago.

If Premirr Jones has found an Increase in moonshine drinking even In ii few places In Prince Ed- uard Island. he could find an cx- planation in the fact tli. liquor sa. through tho ventloi. shows have zloublt>cl and treblcd 1n the Inst few yc..s. One of the first. acts of his government was to ob- tain n quota of liquor to the value of more than 5600.000 for this province, Wlilmperiitgs were lteard

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' new Attorney-General. Mr. ' fairer. should not be sur- itrniy titntnbcrs of the _ ' fl'fli"‘l'llllfv’ have asked him to violati- IIIQ yirovisiuns of the. Prohibition Art. Lfl\Vlf?$SI'lf‘5S Is Clllll in of these people. It k ovrn that through vt-ri- method rind otlie I . Fl'filll“lllf‘ll was .‘ lied States. If Mr. reassurance he can flntl It 1n the results of the 19-10 plebiscite. 11nd 1n the fate of the filokham Amend- ment at llte last session of the LClllSlflbltil‘.

It is 1-1 be hoped that the Pro- ntlez‘ rind his ndvisors wlll do some renllsti" tlilnklnyz and study on one of Canada's greatest so- elal pvobl: s. The easy way o! uovernnte 11:5 promotion has proved ii fziilitrr. Prohibition and cdticalion are the hard way. But. tli: last IlVf‘ wars lvtve nroved that: tho ltorrl way is the only way of real achievement, ln war and 1n social reform. It ls time for some heads to be removed from the sand!