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The Seaforth News, 1943-07-29, Page 4Tx E Sias 'ORTI NEWS THURSP.AY; JI Y 9, 1943 I't's I:. iEA]�i)RTTI NEWS CRQMARTY Snowdon Oros., rublQberi j ton and little Frankie attended the church wedding of ;John Houghton and Anna Marie Sehtn)alts at MYlild• may. 1VIrs. Darrell pallier and daughters of Thames Rohd with M. and Mrs, �a1VOW Walker lath family' and 'other lie ds and Mr. And Mrs, Lloycl Millon little son, Stratford, with Mrs, S. A. Miller; Private Frank Scott, Niagara, with his Parents Air. and Mrs. John Scott. 1 Kr, and Mrs. John Landers, Mit- eboll, with Miss Lila McCulloch andoliday) her father, John McCulloch, 'young leeently. 1FIrs, Wr, Glover, Detroit, is visit- hlg her sister, Mrs, E, Yenngblu'tt And her brpther, IVIr, Willis Moun- rain, Miss Alicetl•i)tgland spent a few days at the home of het• sister, Mrs, , .nes near •St. Thomas. flora Jo Mrs. Stanley'Lyon, who recently' underwent a serious operation in the Clutton hospital, was able to leave the hospital on Sunday and is con- l township. oof Mrs. Bert Lobb, at the picking is the order of the day for -many the women, Wild berries are reported as plentiful. Mrs, Donald McI{enzie of with herIn spent the week end ppotentyarn,g parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cartelas and attended the ReidiCarter wedd- mg on Saturday. • H A RIij 6 F T Seaforth r7 c SIIOWING^ 1HU IPS. I'ItI, SAT,. . .Richard. PIX ' Leo Carrillo « • >f, American Empire ' The siiectacular romance of Aiierica's greatest adveutnre; The sacrament e£' the Lord's Sup- WAL7'QN per wits observed in Crornal•ty pros- laytet•)an ehnl'ch on Sunday morning Service was held in St, George's With a tooth attendance, A telling aGlmoli was delivered by the minis -Ott Church, on Sunday, July 25th, at 7.30 . , isthinkfriends. p.11l.:- with Rev. M. F„Olclllalar lar tel fro • m the NOtdS.. What t a0 charge. The sermon was on the lite of Cllrlst.” and work of St. James, one of the ltev, W. A. MacWilliams leaves on Twelve •Disciples, whose day in the his' holidayS this week. Christian Churoli. oalendar is July Mr, and Mr's, James Scott, have 2 none to to visit', 5th. 1'{ e are to nlalte titie best of •.' Woodbridgetheir opportunities for onristion service daughter, Mrs, R, G. Mac4a who is and submit ourselves to Gods will at quite ill. all times. Mrs. Nethercott has let to attendy 66'gese. of Holy•c,Sunday Aug.st, i thesummer Christian conference at George's Church on Sunday, A. lst, Keswick, in Northern Ontario. at 3 p.m, Sunday School at 3.30 pus, Mrs, Wadsworth of Mount Brydges An Orange Lodge service for Br p is with her treats, Rev, W. A. andnow sels and district will be held in St. Nirs, MaCWilliam at the manse. s Anglican Church, Brussels, at Roy McCulloch is under medical care 7 p, m, on Aug. lst, All brethren in, having been hurt while shoeing an viteci. Meet at Brussels Lodge Hall at unmanageable horse. 6.45 eau, Dr, Fraser Oliver and Mrs, Oliver Mrs. Pat McGale of Toronto spent and, little child' Belvedere Oliver the week end with her parents, Mr. Q and Mrs. Jahn McDonald and attend- holidaying ' with Mr. and Mrs., Thom, ed the Reid_Carter wedding. as Oliver. - Mr, and Mrs, H. E. Sinclair of Lon': William Houghton and f g4 don 'WAWA visitors with the latter's ily and Mr, and Mrs. Leonard Hou hseveral MONDAY,TUESDAY WEDNESDAY ioii, (Civic I at 2.30 P.M. Gene Tierney John y �� ►r Sutton Thunder Birds Technicolor A authentic in scion and material, with a plot as real . lite itself LONDESBORO Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Shobbrook. of Ola are visiting atthe home of Oshawa,B his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shoobbi'and Mrs. Gordon Howse, Chin- ok. +on, were callers with Mrs. Jennie Lyon on Sunday, Mr, and Mrs, J. P, Manning and E Phyllis, Clinton, visited with Mr. W Manning and family on Sunday. Mrs. Rose Waters, London, spent days with her friend, Miss L. . NEXT THURSDAY; FRIDAY, SATURDAY ��On The Beat" Starring GEORGE FORMBY "Hey! How did your tulip bed come up this Spring?" With the aid of somebody's - Spaniel!" Springer Matinee each Saturday and Holiday at 2.30 p.m. grandparents, D. and Mrs, Livingston 00 Sunday on their wedding trip, Mrs. L. E Adams who has been a visitor with her parents, Mr, and Mrs Livingston for the past month, whsle her husband was relieving in the bank at Mitchell, has gone to Southampton where she and Mr. Adams will holiday for a short time. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Attila and family have returned to their home on the 8th con., Morris, after spend- ing the past nine months in British Columbia. The winter in Ontario ap- peals much more to them than did that of British Columbia owing to the damp weather continually encount- ered there. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Bolger of Sea - forth visited with relatives on Sun- day. Mrs. Walter Broadfoot has been visiting friends at St. Thomas and . London. Mr, Wm. G. Bolger and Mr. Russell Anderson who have spent the past two months in Huron, have returned to their home in Lacadina, Sask.' They came down to work and help the farmers out in the shortage of help. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pollard are visiting in Hamilton with their dau- ghter Mrs. Edgar Hollinger. Mrs. Peter McTaggart who spent the past month in Tuckersmith, has returned home. HARLOCK Wedding Bells — Those from this neighborhood at- tending the marriage of Mr. Watson Reid and Miss Beryl Carter on Satur- day at noon at the home of the, bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carter, were the groom's father Mr. David Reid, and aunt Miss Mary Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Reid and Bobby, Mr. Angus Reid, Mr. and Mrs. A. W, McEwing and Jim, Mr, and Mrs. Geo, Watt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack McEwing and Beth and Miss Lydia Bell of Toronto who is at present holidaying at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bell. Little Beth McEwing was flower girl. We wish to extend congratula- tions to the young couple and wish them a long life of health, happiness and prosperity. Mr. and Mrs. Herb Coleman of To- ronto who have returned from holi- daying at their summer cottage at Southampton, called on her brother, Mr. and Mrs, A, W. McEwing on Monday. Mrs. Jennie Knox and little grand- daughter Elizabeth Marshall of Tor- onto returned home on Sunday after holidaying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Neil. VARNA Word has been received by Mrs. M. MaClymont of the death of her bro- ther Rev. Henry Diehl of Grimsby. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Appleby of Ing- ersoll are holidaying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith Sr. The United Church of Varna held their annual picnic Tuesday. Miss Fisher of Cleveland, Ohio, has returned to her home after spending a month with her sister Mrs. Jack Smith Sr. and family. Billy McAsh of the RCAF, spent the week end with his wife and kid- dies at the parental home. Several members of St, John's An- glican Church attended the dedica- tion service held in St. James' Angli- can Church, Middleton. Miss M. Reid of Toronto is visiting with her grandmother Mrs, NI. Reid. Mr. and Mrs. Aldington spent Sun- day with the former's parents at Cromarty. Mrs. E. Chuter spent Sunday with her daughter Mrs. Billy Townsend, Goderich Township. . Mr, and Mrs. Mantis of Brantford were guests at the home of 'Mrs. Mossop Monday. Mr. 11. Elliott of Windsor spent the week end with Mrs, Elliott and Ml's. Massop. Mr. Russell Austin in company with his mother and sister, motored to Londesborough Sunday. The Varna chopping mill is now prepared to do custom work, The proprietor Mr, Aldington has spent a lot of time and has installed good equipment at no small cost. We feel sure the convenience of such a mill in this community will be much ap- preciated by the farmers and poultry men. We hope to see a busy mill, as it formerly was. The Colonel noticed a long queue of men outside one of the stables. Each had a lump of sugar. "I'm glad to see you love animals so much," he remarked to one re- cruit. "1 suppose the horse you're giving the sugar to is the pet of the regiment! "Not 'arf he ain't, Sir," replied the recruit. "He's the one what kick- ed the sergeant," Country Editor Shows How Socialism (CIICIF.) Leads to Dictatorship Two -Minute Talks on Socialism (C.C.F.) by George James, Editor Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville Who Will Control The Controllers ? In our latst talk we asked "Who will con- trol the controllers " One of the great strengths of democracy has been that it sought to leave each man to lead his own life as free as possible from outside interference, Government or other- wise. The one limitation on the individual has always been that the exercise of his freedoin must not interfere with the free- dom of others. As life has grown more com- plicated, the danger of one man's freedom interfering with that of another has in- creased, and we have found it necessary for the State, which represents all the people, to exercise more and more control, even in peacetime. Supporters of the individualist system recognize this. To ensure that the exercise of power by any individual shall not be excessive, the State, representing all classes, maintains it- self in the position of judge, controller, reg- ulator, arbitrator, and, in the main, it con- fines itself to .these roles. It does, of course, supply numerous public services such as non-competitive natural monopolies, not- ably water and light, but it has expanded its economic activities gradually and has been content to act in the main as the regulator and not the mainspring. AN IMPORTANT QUESTION What will happen if it steps out in a big way to operate virtually everything itself? If the regulator becomes the mainspring, then who regulates? The answer can be got quite clearly by looking at Germany and Italy. In these countries, once the political power began to operate the economic mach- ine it at once became clear that complete regimentation was necessary, with the nec- essary force behind to make sure that the decrees of the dictatorial power were carried out. The question of controlling the con- trollers here, of course, never even arose— who could regulate or control the supreme power in the State? Once the regulator be- comes the mainspring then the mainspring has nothing to regulate it. This seems so clear that one wonders why the Socialists do not see it. They do, in fact, see that there is a problem and try to answer it, but being unversed in the practi- cal working of Government their answer is. entirely unpractical and unrealistic. They fall back on such statements as "The prin- ciple of Cabinet responsibility or ultimate democratic control must be retained in the running of State industry." But any one who will reflect on the way Government is carried on will realize that "ultimate demo- cratic control" must be entirely confined to principles and policies and cannot possibly have to do with the details of day-to-day business. I n other words, a few men comi- prising a committee of Parliament (the Cabinet). must niake all the day-to-day decisions. BUDGET AS AN EXAMPLE Take as an illustration the budget. We all know that in practice (and it is the only practical way) the Minister of Finance and his expert assistants prepare the budget, that it is approved' by the Cabinet, and then goes before the Parliament, where the Gov- ernment majority puts it through. Under the socialist plan, instead of the Govern- ment confining itself in the main to regulate measures to direct and control other people, it will be carrying on the great bulk of the nation's business itself, and to suggest that there will be "ultimate democratic control" is merely playing with words. Frankly, the situation is that a few men, without any one to control them, will run the whole show. There will be no one to control the control- lers, and remember that the proposed con- trollers almost certainly will be men with- out any practical experience in affairs. And yet they are ready to assume responsibilities from which competent men with a lifetime of training and experience would shrink. How Socialism Affects The Farmer In this talk we shall deal with socialism as it would affect farmers. After stating that the major proposal of socialism is the public ownership and operation of such things as banking, railways, flour mills, pulp and pap- er, heavy chemicals, the Research Commit- tee of the League for Social Reconstruction, in its book, "Democracy Needs Socialism," says: "Agriculture, retail trade industries which are really competitive, and small bus- inesses will probably continue for some time to be privately owned, although their out- put and its distribution will be related to the national plan." It will be cold comfort to the farmer who wishes to have some control over his own affairs to be told that "probably" -not cer- tainly—he will be left in control of his own land. It will be still colder eowifort to have' the words "for some time" added. There is, however; one certainty that is, "output and its distribution will be related to the national plan." PART OF CONTROLLED SYSTEM What is meant by the phrase "related to the national plan"? It means, of course, that it'. will be part of a controlled system. It could not be otherwise, because the final ob- jective of socialism is the control of produc- tionand distribution. In other words, the farmer may continue to produce but the Government will look after the business end by==taking over and controlling the distribu- tion of his products. All' this is'to be done whether the individual farmer likes it or not. It is . obvious that this totally disregards what becomes of the farmer's independence and personalitZ as a factor in the life of the country. MEANS CHECK ON PRODUCTION There is another point in this type of con- trol which should not be overlooked. If the bureaucracy is to know what a farmer is doing with his products, and is to make sure he places all his production at the disposal of the Government agencies, as indicated by "Democracy Needs Socialism", it will be necessary to check every' farmer's produc- tion and prevent him circumventing the 'Government's arrangements for disposing of it. The "Gestapo" methods which will necessarily have to be used can be left to the imagination. The Socialists, of course, would question this. Mr. T. C. Douglas, Deputy Leader of the C.C.F., for example, would put it differ- ently. He would say that the Socialist plan means giving workers, farmers, trade un- ionists, consumers, a real voice in managing their own affairs. The C.C.F., he says will establish a planned economy, but an econo- my planned and controlled by the people for the people. Commenting on this, Mr. Bruce Hutchison, the well-known and widely tra- velled student of public affairs and a close observer of politics, writing in the Vancouv- er Sun, says: "Whether a C.C.F. bureaucra- cy would be efficient, would represent only the people and remain above reproach, or whether any bureaucracy will soon become as force uncontrollable by the people and determined to control the people, is a mat- ter or opinion. But it is only childish to say that Governments can control an economy without a bureaucracy or operate without tools." PLENTY OF EVIDENCE Mr. Hutchison might have gone further and said that in the last few years in Germany and else- where we have had convincing evidence of what happens when Governments undertake to control economic life. No one who understands that Gov- ernments must govern can be deluded by any vague suggestion that there can be direct control from the bottom except on broad, long-range matters of principle and policy. The day-to-day decisions must be arrived at by the few and carried out by them through the steadily increasing power of a huge and growing bureaucracy. We have already in wartime a foretaste of what that will mean, and we endure it as of necessity in wartime, however much we dislike it. But we should remember that what we have now is a fore- taste only of 'the regimentation and control which we shall have to endure in peacetime if the Social- ists have their way. How Socialism Affects The Trade Unionist There should be no doubt in the mind of any trade unionist what will happen to trade unions in the fully planned economy con- templated by the Socialists, in which, as pointed out in our first talk, they propose to take over and operate practically the whole means of production ands' distribution. What will happen is nota matter of conject- ure. We have clear and striking 'evidence ' from Germany, Italy, and labor elsewhere. What happens is that under the fully plan- ned economy the supreme authority, .which • is also the supreme employer, cannot toler- ate any opposition among its employees, and, therefore, it cannot tolerate any inde-, pendent employees' organizations. • That is why in Germany it was inevitable that the Nazis should stamp out trade unions, which they did promptly, complete- ly and ruthlessly — within six months of coming into power. SOME IN ITALY • • In Italy ittook longer. The outlawing of the trade unions was, not complete until 1925, three years after the Fascists came into power. There are, indeed, still tame tra!die unions in Italy how tame may be indicated by the fact that under the law nu trade union official can be elected to office in the union without the consent of high Fascist officials, This makes it clear that the trade union continues to 'exist in name ' only. Indeed under the Fascist state the trade union becomes merely a propagandist and administrative organization under the direction and dictation of the Government. How could it be otherwise? Trade unions exist to assert and maintain the rights of employees in any negotiation with employ- ers. When there arises an irreconcilable dif- ference it becomes necessary to have re- course to a higher authority, namely, the will of all the people as expressed through Government. This superior will can har- monize and adjust differences when they arise between employer and employee. But what happens 'when the higher power takes over the property of the employers and it- self becomes the virtually universal em- ployer? It is perfectly evident to any one who will ponder the facts that when this happens trade- unionism is doomed. Its final disappearance may perhaps be somewhat delayed, but is nevertheless inevitable. Let us look at the plain facts. Under socialism the trade union nu longer deals • with the individual employer who is subject to the higher authority of the State, but it deals with the State itself, the supreme authority. In these circumstances any nego- tiation between the trade union and the new employer would be like the negotiation be- tween the fly and the spider. BENEFIT BY EXPERIENCE With the experience 'of Germany and Italy before us, it ought not to be necessary to labor this point further. Surely it is clear that when socialism steps in at the front door trade unionism goes out by the back. The union may continue to drag out a shadowy and useless existence as a tool subservient to the • Government, like the case of trade unionism in Italy already men- tioned, but that is all. It would be well for trade unionists to ponder these things, and to stop, look and listen before they court the fate of the trade unions in Germany and Italy. While no one suggests that in this country they would be. put down in the ruthless and brutal fashion employetdl in Europe, nevertheless under so cialism the trade union as understood in this or any other democracy could not con- tinue to exist. Its disappearance would be the logical outcome of the fully planned economy, and experience in other countries has shown that it would be folly to expect anything else. MAKE IT A CLEAN SWEEP ---VOTE FOR THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE The Drew 22 -Point Programme Ensures Social Advancement of all Classes Along Sane Lines Published by Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario