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Dispensing With Parliament

Parliament expires on April 17 and Prime Minister King says its life will not be extended. That nieans that when the session which has been summoned for March 19 gets under way it will have not more than 2o working days to deal with war appropriation matters, plus odds and ends which, almost inevitably, crop up during a session. In the circumstances; asks the Ottawa Journal, why the long delay in calling I session? After all, this country, at war, has a right t-i hear occasionally from its Govern- ment-: right to get reports from it through Parliament, where the reports can be checked.

As it is. the country hears nothing. .\lr. Churchlil reports again and again to the Brit- ish llouse, and Mr. Roosevelt, apart from his weekly conferences with the press, reports to Congrcu. .\lr. Mackenzie King, with some sort of idea that the war is a private matter, something that solely concerns himself and the fortunes of the Liberal party, contents himself with a belated appearance on the radio, and then onlv to announce that there will be a short session of Parliament.

What is happening with regard to rein- forcements and other war matters, what views the (iovernment holds with respect to the Crimea Conference, whether we are to have a general election soon or lntc—all these matters remain unknown to its: are ltept as the private pro- perty of .\lr, liing.

Bloody But Unbowed

This 51:1‘) C-HHCS out of a Norway, occupied but UIICOFNILIUICG.

Odd .\'a.*.sen, son of the explorer, and him- self an architect, has been punished by the Nazis. Prior 1o llie war, Odd Nansen gave up his pro- fession am! travelled about Europe warning all who would listen of the ilziugers of Nazism. “lien .\'orv.ay was invaded he refused to leave.

tgiiisziiic, who had been his father's secre- tary, \'.\‘lll to great lengths to win Odd Nansen ti. the Xati ctiuse—in vain. Finally, punitive nicztsmes were taken. lle was marched through the streets of Oslo with a large placard hung round his item. bearing the inscription: “l am I larkey of the Jews."

Tilt people of Oslo turned out en lnasse. As he passed, every hat was doffed in honor tn him. Later the statue of his father was decorated "Vlfll flowers.

Meat Production Record

Lin; stock and meat production in Canada dni-iny; 19.14 exceeded any previous year. Slaugliterings of live stock at inspected estab- lishments included 8.766.000 h0g5. 3 24 P" “m increase ove‘ I043: 1.354.000 Calllfl. 33 P" C91“ higher than in r943; 656.000 calves, 1o per cent higher than izi 1943 and 959.000 Sheff’ 311d lambs, or 8 per cent more than in 1943.. As a result, the I944 output from meat packing es- tablishnients was the greatest on record.

The record volume of live stock which farin- ers sent to market in 1944. WFllQS H- K- l-eckle in the Economic Antialirf, placed considerable stress on handling facilities. During peak runs. packing plant facilities, already enlarged during

- wartime, were strained to the utmost to slaugh-

ter, prrnress. chill, store, and distribute the num- bers of iire stock available. Transportation and cold storage facilities, stockyards, and other ag- encies concerned with the live stock and meat trade were wls. utilized to capacity.

Although l‘ie output of meats in 1944 was the largest in history, there was no surplus. Under the terms of export agreements with the United Kingdom, substantial quantities of bacon and beef WCTC shipped overseas, and at the same time domestic consumption per head of population of meal soared to new high levels.

‘Age Of Plastics

A lecture was given recently before the Royal Canadian Institute on " iakelite plastics today and tomorrow" by a representative of the Bakelite Corporation, New York, the "to- morrow” being prefigured by the numerous, in- genious and live-saving uses of plastics which today arc devoted to war. For instance a transparent plastic film, which tomorrow niav make attractive curtains or window drapes. now makes the so-called "Zunyon bag" which has been credited with saving many lives, especially of merchant seamen badly burned in oil-flam- ing seas. This bag fits over a burned limb in place of bandages. Through tubes medication is inserted completely surrounding the wound and, ls the bag is transparent, the surgeon can ob- serve the progress of the treatment without the necessity of removing bandages.

Other war-time uses of plastics demonstrat- ed by the speaker:

Non-skid floor coating for gun emplace- ments on battleships which have increased the accuracy of naval gunnery 35 per cent.

The plastic desalination kit containing a chemical which turns sea water into a potable drink.

A film bag for rifles which besides pro- wling them in amphibious landings will, when :flaterl, form a temporary life-jacket for llic

" Ind keep it afloat if it drops from the

the Czar delayed, and the rising of the garrison in Pctrograd followed and the arrest. by the

soldier's hands into the sea. A moulded plastic bomb rack used on Mol-

or magnesium.

“A twist of the designer's pencil and the applications which you saw devoted to wartime production will take on new life, new beauty and new applications to serve you in everyday life," the speaker promised.

-EDITORIAI. NOTES-

Provincial Legislature opens tomorrow. v t it: a

Dictators are all very much alike. Hitler, broadcasting his defeats uses the pliraseology—- "Our forces withdrew according to plan." Gen- eral McNaughton now announces that “our re- inforcement programme is fulfilled according to plan," adding, to give emphasis, "in fact the numbers despatched are well ahead of sche- dule." Hitler will be sorry he did not think of that, for it might have meant winning the ivar-—oii paper.

is s ii w Quebec is persisting in its demand for a free pert such as Mr. Hemming advocated for Charlottetown. The Legislative Assembly iin- auimonsly adopted a motion asking the Federal government to make Quebec City a free port. During debate on the motion, Hon. Bona Dus- sault, minister of municipal affairs, said that canalization of the St. Lawrence River would “come sooner or later" and that, then, Mont- real would lose its prestige as a port and “ex- perience what Quebec is experiencing 110w- adays."

is Russian revolution broke out this date, 1917, when Rodzianko, president of the Duma tele- graphed to the Czar urging that immediate measures be taken to safeguard the country;

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ievolntionists of the Tzarist ministers; the formation of the Council of \Vorkmen’s and Soldiers’ delegates (Soviets), followed by the selection of the Provisional Executive Commit- tee of the Duma; a new government, with Prince ti. Lvov as Premier followed: later in April Lenin arrived from England via Germany, and in Oct. Trotsky was elected President of the Petrograd Soviet, and the Bolshevist revolution ensued. U i 1i l

Saint John Common Council has abandon- ed the intetitiori of appointing a City hlanager, for the present at all events. Councillor Wassoti said he “very much doubted the wisdom of the city manager bill," and “agreed with mucliot the criticism of it." “I have heard a great deal of criticism of the bill, too," Councillor White- bone said, “and l entirely agree with Council- lor Was-son." The vote then was taken, all the councillors being in favor of withdrawing the bill. to have a city manager came when the city's 1945 budget was announced, late in January. The list of approved estimates included an item of $5.000 for a town manager's expense for part of the present yea-r.

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Out Vi/est they are racing as usual and with no let up on account of war or otherwise. Win- nipeg is going back to having aspring and fall racing meet this year. The spring meet will be held from June 16 to July 2, and the fall meet will extend from August 3 to Sept. I5. It has been announced that the $5,000 added Canadian Derby will be held at \Vinnipeg's Pala Park July 2 and the Winnipeg Futurity will come off at the fall meeting. It has also been announced that racing will return as a feature at the Edmonton Exhibition this summer, fol- lowing a two-year absence. The regular Ed- monton meet will open for seven days or more August 14. The prairie racing season will open at Calgarfs Victoria Park on May 24. The next meet will continue until June 6, the day of the Alberta Derby. lll 1 lll ‘l! Prime Minister Churchill's second cousin, the Duke of Marlborough, visited Montreal over the week-end en route from London to New York. Interviewed he volunteered the opinion that the war was near an end. “I give. it to the cud of July," he said and added that there was a general feeling of optimism about it in England although everyone was very tired. He hastened to remark about his guess re- garding the \var's end that he was "not in the know." Arid still landing on England's east coast were the V-Z bombs which, according to His Grace, "make a frightful noise." The im- poi-taut thing to the Duke about his Montreal visit was that he had "two jolly good eggs for breakfast." And like any Englishman living on wartime rations, two such jolly good eggs have some meaning. I i I

Canadians must soon take an inventory of their domestic, their national and their interna- tional position, not so much because of the ap- proach of a general election but because an end to the fighting in Europe is within sight. By the time the five and a half years of strife have elapsed it will have cost this country at least $I5.00°.°°0.000 in cash and an irreparable loss of manpower through relatively heavy casual- ties, also the inevitable dislocations to the Can- adian way of life. It is not too much to say that through this struggle the entire civilian population has been working for the Federal treasury. Before Canadians mark their bal- lots they have an opportunity of deciding how much security they want, how much security is demanded by those who left their homes to fight, how that security can be made to last. And they will probably also decide that as be- tween a social and economic security system flowing from a national demand and a C. C. F. platform that could only be implemented liy the very totalitarian methods this war is being w-iigeil lo extinguish, there can be only one

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First official intimation of a plan-

the rlch. gr belrcalns to be had fn a Co-op.

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COURSE IN CIVICS

.—'.l'he elm in clvlcl ll cltlzeiu

lnchsdol a study the relatlbn- ships between the individual. the fumlly, the neighborhood, the community. the province. the nation and the world at. large. lzenshlp lnvol-ves nblllty toactlnsuehawaynstomake u» greeted‘. v o but!“ to society and to receive the great- ebt: personal satisfaction ln so do- fng. A good cltlzen wlll endeavour to rnalntafn hls health. both phy- sical and. mental. at its highest of- flcleiwy. He wlll acquire what he oan of the great heritage of know- ledge that citizenship has be- queathed to us and be able to ap- ply that knowledge ln meeting me problems of llfe. He wlll feel a some of personal obligation to serve the best. interests of country ln whatever capacity he may be able. He will co-operate willingly wltli his fellow cltlzens showing tolerance for their 911- lnlons as well as an understanding of the asplrntlons of the peoples of other countries as an exlvvnefll 91 fair-play between individuals, groups and nations. He Will 111mb’ this co-operatlve attitude in all economic and social relationships. The training of such a citizen through the development of the controls of conduct 11681115 will‘ the cradle and ends only ll/lth the grave. It depends upon all the ex- perlenices of the child find later of the adult both 1n and out of school The home. the church. the coni- munlty at large. all have the" part to play as well as the school. e speclal task of the

all his experiences toward the alm we have in view-Good Citizen- shlp. The goal ls not so much the cltlzen as the citizen who performs efficiently his various responsibilities.

The objectives of education wlll be attained lf children are so trained. that. they become healthy. moral, cultural, self-supporting and co-operattve cltlzens. Grades 1. 11. and lll: In these grades the objectives wlll be to develop right. habits of conduct; honesty, truth- fulness, punctuality, obedience. etc. Advantage should be taken of the many incidents of school llfe that are flttlng for the teaching of morals. An aecldent. resulting from m -‘ ” or carelessness can be used to point a moral of a warning applicable of course to every mem- ber of the class. and so training the pupils to judge between rlght and wrong. Grades IV, V, fllld VI. Soc- lal training can be developed by the following suggested formal ways: (l). The formation of habits tending to cleanliness ln body and neatriess ln dress can be strengthen- ed by an inspection parade such as that used ln the army for pre- cisely the SllmE purpose.—Ci-lt.lclsm to be given privately.

(2). Proper forms of greeting; Flag salutation. Have pupils rlse immediately and stand to atten- tlon on the entrance and depar- ture of school vlsltors.

(3). Promote habits of discipline and thoroughness by having classes assemble and dismiss in regular order; and by having n11 articles in cloak or lunch room kept ln their proper places when not ln use.

4). Impress upon the pupils that the school bulldlrigs and fumll-ure are properties given 1n trust, and as such should be kept free from defacements, especially sucli as are an offence to cleuri minds.

School games under the super- vlslon of the teacher may be used to lnstll:

(a) The value of and sportsmanship.

lb) The spirit that should be evident lii seloctliigthe team.

(c) The proper attitude on the part of the winners and on the part. of the pupils looking on.

The teacher should select games that emphaslze oo-operatlon rather than competition. If compotftlve games are played they should be "team" games rather than individual competition. I purpose next week to discuss Grade VIII.

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self -control

TEACHER.

THESE CO-OPEBATIVES

Sin-At present we are hearlng quite a blt about these Co-operutlves and many nre wondering just what the are. why they have not pzild the r tallest’, wh they have stirred up this commot on? 1n ivbat. way do they differ from prlvate enter- prise?

The Co-ops do pay rill the reg- ular taxes but refuse to pay tax on the savings which they return l’. the people who rightly own them. As to the difference between Co- ops and private enterprise ft can be compared to a pull of mllk from which you flll bottles. In the case of the (‘Jo-ops you are holding the bottles over the pull and llll that runs over (the rebnte) hill.- back Into llie pull. or lii other words back luto the customers pocket. On the other hnnd you nre lioldlnq the bottle over the slnk and that runs over goes down the drain lnto the pocket of one man. Whlch enterprise helps the country mosl because ft: helps the common man‘ The rebate may be small but ll ls a constant draln back into the pocket of the producer.

Then the monetary, gain ls only a small part of the eneflts of the (Jo-operative. Because ll: ls run and controlled by the people ft teaches them the value of motiev. buslness details, marketing, thrift and many other things. The knowl- edge that they are art owner gives them a sense of rde and n back- ground that. ls eyond monetary value.

We hear and read much about the need of education. but they talk mostly of book learning. A man may read all the books there

anyone who works and studies In the Co-operatlve movement wlll afn a practfciil education cer- afnly worth liavfn .

Then the studv c libs (adult. ed11- catlon ln action» help the social side. People are more friendly more willing to help because they et to know ozich father's prob- elns. (Jo-operation ls true demo- cracy-one man-one vote. The r man ls used just. the same iii There are no favorites

private enterprise where

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deviated from the course lnfd down on the whole matter of manpower. It has stood for a fllr. not an unfair call-up; for one army, not two; and for adequate reinforcements.

As for my own personal ‘“ , 1t ls clear for all to see who wLsh to examine the record. When the Canadian Legion issued lta call for total war, I was Premler of Manl- toba. Our Legislature passed that; resolutlo calling for the total mobilization of everything to wln the war - wealth, manpower, all our resources. That. was ln 1M1. If any group has the right to speak out on the conduct of the war, lr ls the Canadian Legion, repre- senting as lt does the vlews of the men who fought. 1n the Great War and who are fighting ln this. There were no strings attached to the Canadian Legion policy. There are none to mlne, nor to that of the party I lead.

I took no credit then for my stand. I take none now. For then. as now, everyone interested ln winning the war and not in some kind of partisan atlvan e know, and knows still, that uness vic- tory were won there could be nothing but dark despair ahead. They knew that our whole future was predlcted- on defeating an enemy which had set out. to lm- pose lt.s slave theories upon the world.

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You may remember my expres- sed feeling at the time wlth re- gard to that: political trick of Mr. Kings, the costly and divisive plebiscite of 1942. When I called lt a “crowning liidLgn-lty" I bur. started what. was felt. by the vast‘. majority of Canadians who want- ed a decent manpower policy and not party manoeuvrlng.

From the time of the formation of the Progressive Conservative party, its position on manpower has remained clear. It has re- mained unchanged because lt. ls the only fair, honest and straight- forward policy. The pruper alloca- tlon of manpower for the flglitlnlz of the war, including a fair call- up and a fair draft for service wherever required, ls not only the most. equitable method of organ- lzlng a niitlon for effective war but ft. ls the only method that \vlll prevent such divisions and dlssenslons and inequities and un- falrnesses as we see on everv hand today.

In the days ahead heavy tasks await the nation. We nre winning the war. abroad. We must wln the Deuce, at home. The dawn of a dlffererit era ls walling to shed its light over manklnd. The task of readjustment wlll be different, but it. wlll be scarcely less difficult than that of war. peace with the same courage we faced wnr. We have knowledge L RFQQFE

prices for the favoured few and the ordinary customer paying for n, Why then is thls movement not better known? Becnuse have never studied 1t Let any Emu}! take up thesstudy of Co. operation and they will soon real- ize the many benefits, and they will never tire of it ff they tlior- oughly wider-stand It.

IMPORTANT 1.011711. BUSINESS

Sin-As one of those who were at the nnnual meeting of Messrs, Bruce Stewart; .3; 00,, Ltd,’ hem on Monday evening. March s. 1 would like to make a. few observations. Frankly I W115 disappointed at the small number of shareholders pre- sent, notwithstanding all were noti- fled several weeks ln advance. Here ls a business that has been running continuously since 1893, a period of Szkvears and which was founded by the late Bruce Stewart and by my father the late An- drew nfacNalr, two good men. even lf 1 do say it. myself. Now to get back to l\londny‘s meeting and the annual Pellort that. was tabulated for the shareholders for the year will"! Jan. 31. 1945: here was a report. that told us ln a clear way the business that was done during the year, n. business that: nearly leached the million dollar mark, a payroll that. nearly reached $500,- 000 and a weekly payroll that reach- 9d B! 1118b as $12,000. with over 300 men employed when the plant. wii “itiiisipeaiir r

o\v s sn o o money to pay out ln n clty the size of Charlotte- town. and who benefits from all this? I would say everybody do- In: business does. directly or 1n- dlrectly. That being the m“, why then ls the annual rneetfn so poor. ly attended? I think 1t ls hlgh tlmo that our '“ mgr m service clubs, nntl all other organ- llflllflll. Pitched ln and gave this Brand old firm the benefit of their support and let them know that they are 100% behind them.