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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1946-06-13, Page 2• Cari ribtrir inat'tar l aatilliolzai st r Pre S, Limited Ot ra�teee >i stet eatiaacla Riad Great Britain, $ .00 eik year; r to Utited Sttatea PeUe. •• A avortigi Ratee ea ieeueste Lgt erized as as.econd•claass mail, Post °lice b3epartuueIht, Ottawa. Telephone 71 T11t'USDAY, JUNE 13th, 19,16 EDITORIAL COTE$ Thew are the vht'n • Gbderich mates, good her time as the prettiest town in Canada. . # The, great victory parade Me did London last week. was a demonstration that. the British Empire is still doing • business at the old stated. et, June 6; 19411, was one of the great days of history ; but hove many re 4. membered the second anniversary of the Allied invasion of France? .'Bow quickly we forget. King Humbert was the loser in last week's vote in Italy and was told to Icy Edward Sans get out. Mackenzie of Canada is the Someone has said that the death' only King wbo always --well, almost. always—wins elections. q he* Saltford Sage gays he is qui now returning home with the greatest Sage set of illusions ever gathered together. wi"1litig .to -mitt -:quit Ut- 4-lut s-tu_ the battlefronts of the world they -1 - Europe, but hP wants to -know wheli have endured a_ depseasitiecictae-up of- getGla 'ns b . �`t -it't i- r Fi`.'•-t-.the:.ab to"1o" 'bbb of human -he I tecl he 11 it l?,a :.� r , : -ne+se -°-b -t} ref gltiout - these years of overalls all next winter• awful effort they kept their hopes alive * * ' with dreams of home and the grand 'Canada's Prune Minister loses out. -new world" we at home were prepar- sometimes from being a bachelor. Now ing,-for .flu&ir-t" frit ut Ifl their h ti rilill ithus be but we fancy there arc quite a nuniber c "bid -fa hioned" people who would shudder at the use of the word "him" instead of "his" in the passage quoted— that is, if they read Globe and Mail editorials. The lapse in this ease is not the printer's fault, for it is nit the first time the G. s M. has committed the same error ; indeed, the (u• Sr, M.'s editorial columns afford 'from time, to time many glaring ex- amples of incorrect English. The management- ought to invest in a book on English grammar and make the members of the editorial staff study it. Rehabilitation 1 SF© Y ligrry J. Brn,kpk SOUNDS I114F, (1 Ly�>4•'T - There's something' good • about the sound' of children's voices. 1 couldn't help but think of that as I came by, the sehoolhoW on the concession the other day. It was 3tist after the last recess and ,$ guess they were having their song period. The windows were open and the sound swelled out and hawed all around nae. The voices stayed with me all the way down the road. I started humming the same song. It seemed the perfectly natural thing to do. • Somehow or other my heart was luted up just a bit, and by the time I got home I was i'ti a better mood than I had been for .weeks. Just think about the sound of a group of children . playing or sing- ing. I well remember being in a city a long time ago. I.t was my first real' trip to a big city and I was really only a boy. The acute pain of loneli- ness kept nipping at my heart with t that left me only • the ,h ' .GODTARIOII SIGNAL,STAR 1 WII.A.T I UNION SECURITY? ldditor The � fgilT $tar. Sir, --The time has arrived for Labor td pause long enough to ak and anuwer the question, "Whither are we alrlgt- Mg?" ?" The Present conflict between labor and industry theate+ns to destroy both alike. Many of the :strikes, like the Ford strike in Windsor, were not so much for higher wages or shorter hours as ° for "'Ohm seeui tty ." Wliat is union security? It is vastly difl`ereut from labor security, and the one is far' from affording a guarantee of the other. tTnioe security guaruntee,e perpetintt jobs at gooca pay .,to certain. uiliou leaders; blit the great mass of workers who nitt:e monthly contribu- tions to ,who pay of these leaders have no such guarantee. In fact, union security has been a: menace to labor security. Consider the inotiement in Canada and the. United States during the last several mouths: Ford em- ployees went on strike for union secur- ity, and after several months of idle- ness all the strikers got out of it was. the privilege (?).'of making involuntary' contributions to the pay of union a persistence leaders. This was .followed by strikes recourse of tears. I was too grown l iu other autos soon amobis. e plants. antuobite strikes up for that, however, and the dUiiculty of restraining the tears .only made me' a.ere strik strikesettled the steelunion leaders which feel worse. It was a hot July night. The cur- again threw the automobile workers tains hung limply, tired and just a bit out of employment. The steel strike of an illusion marks the birth of a dirty and dejected -looking. The room settled, then the soft coal miners,,, led b '�''S,000•a year John L. Lewis, went • x ew unrest. It is certain, that the wan stuffy. I didn't want to go. oiit i Y $2 young warriors we sent abroad are on the street. The milling crowds of , plants,strike,eagain naclosing s the steelautomobile tomobi e people only made me feel worse than • ev.er. All of a sudden I -heard singing. When the miners went back to work • 'n A group of .children down in 'the street under truce the railway trainmen went t wore singing. The words_. have long on strike and threatened ddto all over shops ps faded:_frommy memory, but- even to and mines of. every .da I `can eel the heart-warming a'ountry. Now, the rubber unions are sensation that cine to me from laving teMingbitril lant icli tue againcclpse heard those children . , ,. happy and run without tires. nhot excited. Had President Truman been a less •The ether time I remember so vividly eottratgetius man, and had he been more was on a - Chriatn]as Eve. -.I had gone TuITRSIA , JUNI] 5t.ba iaja CARLQW CIAB�j • and ti'D© 1[i 'Q'fT 3t Hamilton anal )itui ray, o .Thedford, 'Spent Sunday_ with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Stoll. merrily Wedding lel are ringing ,. in our lou .unity, Mrs. Essar, from the West, is spend- ing a few weeps. vvitb her 613ter, IVO. A. Errington. • " Y Margaret 'Wallis, t4 . a� all g - ttF�. , Mrs. h $. and 1� � glad Carol. Ann, from fear ]i3a�llelda spent Sunday cwith Mr. and Mrs. D. Bean. $r. Hugh Hill' and. Mr.'and Mrs. rather Feagaln attended:the graduatfon of -Miss jean 1E1111 at Stratford hospital. • ] interested in, votes than in the public welfare, the workers of the United States and., Canada would soon have been rendered idle, and the world would be 'faced N' ith starvation because two men, drunk with the power of'$47,000,- 000 tribute paid to Caesar'' by the.rail- t , g `to -i 1` o P C b e 'e•lf'ttrenin enz ing to U as 1? destroy •the economic life.of the country ;they could bring the nation to its knees before the shrine of the union boss. The velvet glove of President Tru- man led many people to believe him- "to im "to be a �cvetikliiig ;1ttt when -teei rowed - the hand of steel within the velvet glove he, raised himself in the esteem of all fair-minded people who place the welfare of the workers above that of the union dictator. C. MORTIMJ R, BEZEAU. Kitchener. - ulruut thin hoiue t v if he had a wife she might persuade sustained, if ,the hopes they fought for , to attend the fuueral of a dear .friend. him t0 stay in England for a while are not to d1e; there must be an MI- The train service was bad and I longer and have 'a good time instead mediate right-al,yut face in the minds morning gBeingt home alone onlChristmas • a Christmas Eve in a strange place is not an ex- perience that a man can. count as being happy. • .. of snow that came tumbling down as if they were anxious to get ' to Perth for the holiday. The stores were - bright and gay and the happy chatter- ing of the crowds of people only added to • my- misery.. I didn't- . ant. ta...-ge to a show=and I had eaten about six times just to be sitting dowu- in a warm. plltce. There was a church doer open and I stopped by. I walked on. .Finally, as the crowds thinned out at midnight and I had four hours -until traintime, I popped in -to, the church. A boy soloist started singing "Adeste Fidelis." I cried with the sheer jey of listening. All the pleasant, warm memories of, home and Christmastime and the faces of people I knew kept crowding in on niy mind. • That boy's clear voice served as the background for the most pleasant dreaming I've ever enjo ;ed, in my life. There are those with babies at home who will dispute my argument, espec- ially when the youngster starts seren- ading thein in the middle of the night. On the other hand, who is there that could argue against , the gurgling and cooing of a happy -'baby in a cradle? of hurrying back to Canada and its strikes and other troubles. Fn� . + _former atzntl' ing or status. T heu p er-t * * Vhecavoif.�a��BOesn't i�Ettr haps its "��l��e in �orXS Near mass destruction by atomic bombs. create a bit of -noisy fuss at the depot, With.industrial disputes holding up ,parade him to. .his ' flag -draped home and they],' with a final set of three coal mining, lumbering, transportation cheers and a tiger, abandon him to of • those who stayed at home. According to the dictionary the word "rehabilitate" means "to return to, of grain and other commodities, civiliz- I the job of trying to tind the place where than he would alk of us. He finds -the suicide before the bombs can get in their work. "If the current trend toward central- ized authority°.i.s not stopped; municipal governments will soon be restricted to granting poolroom and dog licenses." So the Reeve of Weston declared the other day. Out here in the sticks we daily with death ur blighting injury, • have been saying such things for -years, and have seen beloved companions an - but we didn't know they were„thinkini niliilated in a single murderous flash. the same -way almost' within shouting Theyhave seen' the worst that human perversity could devise-, but they 'could distance • of ,Queen's Park.. grin. aucl 'carry oil because they knew * * * r”. things would be different at home— The Toronto Star is impatient si•ith the one place where selfish-rgreed and the "dillydallying" at. Washington in ation is on the way to committing he Left off.--1'erhape'evert that is --more real Belseu of his hopes and illusions in the selfish moaning about rationing and other restrictions,, and, worst of all, in the protracted bickering be- tween 'management' and. . labor. This is where rehabilitation is creating its iuost dismal failure. • - These boys .have seen starvation. They -have seen self-sacrifice 'at its most heroic heights. ,Thly have gambled other baser emotions • did • not exist. And there, my friend, is an illusion 'connection with the deeper Great Lakes that could be transformed into a real waterway project and , says: "The ity by -our conscientious individual 'benefits that would accrue to the re- efforts. public froth a deep ship channel be= Wepositively must shed our common .indifference to the welfare of our fel- low -man: - Those of us who have any measure of -understanding• at all know that. as far as human necessities are receive."--Ttie--Star-is right for once on c uucerued, Canada has been the spoiled ° child among all nations during the this matter. tsar years. We have fared sumptuous- • * * * ly while others have fought for crusts. 1 -China, of currency a in- \V'e ii°,ive__wasted -while others starved. Ir flatiufi•1 prices have reached fantastic Yet we contiuuu°e to, squeal at each tween the sea and the heart of the ' continent actually are *many 'times as great as those that Canada would slightest imposition df rationing. And heights. For instance t«.,u fried eggs NV flu -o .knowing ••that tile" foiod we on a hotel menu arepriced at• $150. spare '�` 1s going • 10 11.eo1,10 who are Things could: hardly et that bad in desperately hungry. Surely all the (,tli[.110. butthe danger of inflation ' shame in :f ui.iture ltuu,ttii soul must must be takeu iut�r account. There'; writhe at t he thuugltt 1h.tt some Of � us 8at.y "No - he]i,our brother begs • are influences dressing strongly against' for food.- IE:a-teh ratiuuiug cuniplaint anti-inflationary' control, and ur]less� ]t]euns just that. - • thk are successfully resisted Canada And the bickering bl't�veeu manuge- ' meat and .labor is equally Miniature. Caul ut • escape the results that have i To be sure. it is a problem for economic bee:: severer- felt iu other cutuitries• experts and plant engineers, but view- ** * 1'ing the expediency With which industry «•e acclaim Ontario. as the banner l• was geared for war • Surely the same i minds could engineer at similar ex- - Prt,viuce of Canada, but a drive Perhaps for peace. I erhaps . manage- through- the rural distr%ctss even -in nrernt is- �ustifred in its contention that this splendid county. of Huron,- saddens' the mdrgin of profit will. not meet the one with the sight of abandoned farms', demands of labor•; and labor may be • equally justified in reasoning that man and of farms neglected by their owners . was not created to spend every day - front one cause or another—most fre 1 light hour in attainment of bare neces- quently, Perhaps, because the owner :cities, but there is an obvious readjust - is struggling -along without help and I nient of idea's waiting to • solve this apparent stalemate. It isn't the' prob- has tiiiie only for the most pressing lem that makes this nut tough; it is Kwork. There could 'be hardly any i the lack of right spirit between oppos- ing factions. ' And the solving of, this difficulty would, constitute one of the geatest..contributions to rehabilitation.. There is work for everyone, .if common- weal could replace common -greed. Charles' Stienmetz said it this way, "('o -operation. is not a sentiment ;. it is an economic:, necessity for common 'undertaking more- worth while than that of repopulating Ontario's rural areas. bringing back", to production the thousands of abandoned or uncultivated farms; and 'restoring agriculture in general to the place it should 'have if Ontario's. prosperity is to have a con- gond:. tinning and solid foundation. , - * 4 * THE TAXPAYER PAYS IT ALL 'Fire in a Chicago lintel last week ( Exeter Times.—Advocate) We have been accustomed to doing ° eansed the.luss of sixty lives and injury ;cine mischievous thinking in regard to hundreds of people ; and yet this to tax -paying.' A intiliicipality or •a hotel 'was claimed to be "the largest. 1)i)dy of well-intentioned citilens sets safest .incl _most_ lialokerne,hotel lin , itself to carrying (int sortie cal pro= jeet. Its. next step is lc) 1eTlosltft(1e the America outside of New York." Steel Gov?'rnnient, Provincial or Federal, to ears.�and safety device were supposed tom, Mli ay• travel free of danger; yet every now and again a terrible wreck disproves ,the claim° The Titanic disaster -years ago proved that all the money and ingenuity expended to snake ocean travel absolutely safe and.--coin- fortable Mould not render the greatest and most palatial ship proof against accident. Mata has done wonders in supply the funds foo financing the undertaking, urging, "This will cost us ora etic•ally;_ noticing. The Government, yoti see. will pay the shirt." Meanwhile other 'projects equally important ,tire prit forward - and supported by '.the satire speciouS' glen. A moment's thought reveals a- fact generally for- gotten, namely, that all Government money fomes out of the taxpayer's pocket. Our plea is that the more intimate and , direct the relations be - Do increasing comforts indicate man's progress? Or is real progress usually uncomfortable? 011/111.5".— S ®R1Grr1.1P► CANAQAASIC PIPE AR� �gp.CCQ•' For Summer Homes . and Cottages flaws cold air out of room "tads hot lir in to re- • Vane it instead of heating • outside-e1rculates air - saves' fuel --no more cold evenings at cottage. Write w ... TWEED STEEL WORKS 4s • LIMltto Woa.t MVINt BEST D aic D� =wee CSD C% � A� ltad t. iii siDDila� n Ai. ld. teen. ( 1 �4 q,r,,��Cp€il. ■W D 1#Ptl< P aoM*tad tooA a R41\1t inautol?a, flaepcato l4 Alberta. BatclIsla Cull ootold sand to QoDiYwcnlin.Wsko, wird essr pb000 for rc4uc.d iieiglat nates, . titobiltniactA Ahil3. 410 Una* �9., Toa�snt0.. iKDnaatflt D; 131111 *MIK-P,ACKGMii, SIIDPPIIIQ old $TARMIE Additions to _ Rural Hydro Service b Your Commission desires to bring to the attention of Ontario farmers 'who have applied for Hydro service, a condi" ion which is now seriously slowing up the building,of rural to . , extensions. Essential materials and equipment are in extremely short supply, and the prospects of obtaining. additional quantities in the immediate future are very meagre. Strikes in various basic :industries and the extraordinary national demand are holding back the supply of all equipment needed. • �1 effort to obtain .�_ .,.. ,, .� ... ���� -... . J..�F4 material and equipment for rural line construction, it can• complete this year only a small part of the full program which it had planned. Consequently, many applications already approved will not, ,of' necessity, be completed -'dais -Years` - Your Commission will endeavour to serve all applicants in order of receipt of applications, giving preference to all farm and similarly essential applications over those for other types of service. ° . These facts are presented for your informalrion,• and with the expectation that they will enable you to bear more patiently with a. situation beyond the control of your Commission. 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This thing of painless extras- %al]en some unpredictable factor comes tion of cash from the citizen is one of the colossal deceptions of our time. Into play.* , * Young Wife: "I bought three or four " N'o one. van challenge the Minister hares here a month ago and they were' astothe necessity of him being 'fair firiP. IIIIVO you any more of area]?" and decent'," says The (Hobe and Mail t Grocers "Yes, ma'am. There. are ten i of those haiii hanging up • there now." in. the leading editorial' Article its yes-' Yoting wire : '\S'ell, if they're oil' the ' ©saibly the editor of' statue pig, I'll take three .i;f them." (s aid't, y31a nti 4ll netvepaper" enie{ n ig.,t•";lay, Nue, 1 wonder' , i -f I tr r�ik>t� to the cl$c�tutti o4 the Ontarioeoulcd• ltorruw that neel; ti.e rrf veal t for Department or Education ttat I itglis3Cti today'1" Cpl.c "whait't °the', lar ter, Gf'iiar NIS no rtilee Worth $Birt find irl rQ'► Smart Girls Always Carry Paradol' in . their Handbags , They kiow that Paradol will re'• lieve theta quickly of headaches, and other discomforts, as 'yell as help to check, colds. , ' One °girl vrrites;-•-'t ntil 1 used Paradol every month 1 suffered: al- most unbearable paino. It is the most quickly effective relief I. have ever used and'there is no disagreeable ;after effect.' 0.re here 0-Sain Chc secs - PA ft A D.0 L For Quick Relief of Pain OW that repatriation needs have eased, releasing equipment for civilian service, you can once again enjoy comfortable family travel on Canadian ,National. 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