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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1937-06-03, Page 3• • THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937. THE SEAFORTH NEWS PAGE THREE n*urrwh,Rbgrx.wmtliatallagr amxoeamt ,...,.,.r,.wm,.,,.mngv .ui \ \ CBC DR\11 Schedeled for regular appear- ances on programs produced in the '11"orcnto studios of the Canadian 'Broadcasting Corporation is Anita Byeroft, versatile dramatic actress. A IC ACTRESS \lis.. 1 ' roft. who played "Peter" in the motion picture presentation of Sir James Batrie's "Peter Tan," was a popular personality on con- cert and theatre stages in London before coming to Canada. • Mr. Brockingtan Makes Some An -toners in 'Ontario, more especially in nouncements and around Toronto, will be 'benefited The 11 annenneyment made over thea. ORCT, which will •become ten nalienal network two weeks ago hytnu05 as powerful as at present, will L. W. L''rorkingtcn. chairman of thele strong enough to eliminate to 0 CRC 'board u, governors, that worklarge extent •the interference front Mik- is to start immediately on the con- side sources, The locations selected struction of two P111 '1) watt transmit- by the 'C'orporation for the stations ring Stations in eastern Canada, is evi- are national ,centres of broadcasting. den're of the rapid strides that are be- ing 'made •hy the Corporation to pro- vide a satisfactory radio service for this country. Nle Ilrccleingtou spoke From Regina following the first meet- ing of the board outside of Ottawa. The two new stations, one to he si- tuated near 'Toronto and the other near Montreal. will make for greater coverage and vastly improved recep- tion •in the 'two provinces. Radio lis - When You Have A • HORSE ©r COW YOU WANT REMOVED Phone or write to WILLIAM STONE SONS, LIMITED PHONE 22—ING'ERSQLL They are expected to he in cnperatiuu :his fall, 'Within two or three years C'IlC also plans to augment its chain by construction of -high-powered sta, tions in the :Maritimes and in western Canada. Mr. 11rockington announced that it is the hope of the Corporation to have goternfnent support in the construc- tion of a high -•powered short-wave station which would 100 bit broadcas- ting of Canadian programs to 'Europe. and other parts of the world. -It also sonld be, he said, a medium for Ca- nadian r statesmen to talk to the world and in this way play a larger (part in her destined role as peacemaker. Another ambition of the Corpora- tion, a•ncl one which 'will be received, we believe, with unanimous approval, is to increase its number of hours on the air. At the present time CBC broadcasts six hours daily, but by fall plans to be on the air 'from 1112, to 119 hours a 'clay. 'Coupled with this is 'the statement by Mr. Brockington that efforts 'will be made to 'have a large increase in natian'al and exchange pro- grams with Great Britain, United States and IF'ance, 11 r, '11roakin.gton further ann'o'unc- ed that steps ase being taken to clear up 'the question of interference with reception by foreign countries. The conference held 'hast March in Hava- na, Cuba, 'between Canada, United States and :Mexico was in a large measure successful, and it is hoped that, during another conference to be held this '.November, agreements would be signed that :would enable each country to operate on ,assigned ch'annel's 'without ip:terferen.ce. Censorship also was referred to by Mr. Brackin:gton. The only .positive rule, he said, will 'be that there Ibe no attack on races or religion and that discussions of ''birth control and eu- genics would be banned. Fair pres- entation of,controversial questions is one of the policies of the Corporation but it must 'be realized that the noes= sage of broadcasting is received at the fireside in the relatively unguarded at- mosphere of the 110010. ."*.• Dr. Stewart On Tour Dr. H. h. Stewart, -CHC commen- tator who reviews the news every Sunday for national network 'listeners of the Canadian. Broadcasting Corpor- ation, will ibe engaged during the next few months in a speaking tour that will take him far from the scene of Itis broadcasts in the :Halifax studios, Dr, Stewart, however, will 00ntill Ile his weekly series and v111 broadcast from the city he happens to he in on Sundays, :Engagements i11 eastern Ca- 110da w'il'l occupy his time during May and 'June. Then he will go to Edmon- ton where he will lecture at the Uni- versity of Alberta Summer School, 1)r. Stewart, who is a noted anther. educationalist and commentator, has an extremely busy period ahead and be even now is looking forward to July when he hopes to join his family at "Inni.sfree," Thissummer home on the INnva Scotia coast, Corporation Features Day by Day 11A'11 Times !Eastern Standard) Thursday, ;Inne3: 9.00 p: 1 . Canadian lfan11facturers Association Annual Meeting, Armees. by flee Hon. W. D,' Euler, Minister of Trade and 'Commerce. 'Front ,Ottawa. 10.310 p.m. "Soliloquy." Novelty pre- sentation 'with orchestra direction Lena fRotrnan. From Montreal - Friday, June 4: ' 8.311 11,111, "Frost a Viennese Har- den". Music of old Vienna presented by steamy 1Dvslitrdins with piano and all -string orchestra directed by Jean Deslauriers, !Frons \fontrea•1. '110;011 pan. "Promenade 'Concert". Roy Shield and his orchestra with Chicago A C''appella •Choir and solo- ists. NBC - CRC international ex - Mange program. 'Frani Chicago. Saturday, 00t1eb: 8.00 pm, "Piano Magic". Modern music for two •pianos and orchestra, arranged and presented by Allan Mc- Iver with Gerald ;Duranlean, tenor. From \Iatttreal: l0,00 p.m. "La 'I-Iaeienda", Latin- t\I ierican music, Soloist with orches- tra direction .Harry ,Prices. From Vancouver. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN STEPS INTO OFFICE It 'vas a dramatic moment in. Brit- ish history when a Chantlberlain went to Buckingham ,Palace last Friday to receive his seals of office as Prime ;iiinister from the King, 'For 'Neville 'Chamberlain, son of Jec,eph, 11011 brother of Sir Austen, inheritor o'f a rich and glowing. tradition, it will be the 'fulfillmen't of personal and fam- ily ambitions that go back half a century or more, Brit when Mr. Chamberlain moved into 10 Downing Street a few days ago, lie will only he walking from one room into an- other. •Between the unpretentious brick home of the Chancellor of the Exchequer at No, (11 and the equally unassuming house of the Prime Min- ister at No, Iib' there is a communicat- ing door, leading as easily from one to the other as if the two houses were one. In this instance the emumnnicat- ing door is a symbol. Mr. Chamber- lain will be able to take possession of his new home without the feeling of strangeness which so often affects an 'American •President new to The White li-Touse. The responsibilities of high office are nothing new to hint; Ile has not only been 'Chancellor of the Exchequer during years of Un- precedented financial and economic strain but he ha, been :Prime Minis- ter in all but name for more ,weeks thaneven the British public realizes, One. by one the great decisions of public policy have been entrusted . to his clear and lucid nine. Mr, Baldwin Ira, shed the responsibility for any- thing which might safely be left to his slceessor-part'ly because, as he told his neighbors in Worcestershire, the burden of public office at his age is "beyond the strength of 1111111011 na- ture," but !partly also becanse he tried to stake the transition to the new 00 - gime as easy as passing through the communicating door from 'No. 911 to No. ------------- Sunday,Juned: 7,0) ,p,111. ''Madeleine de Vercheres". Drama by 'John 1L French, 'produced -by Rupert Lucas, 'From Toronto, .8:00 p.111. "International • Varieties', Imperial 'Grenadiers of the Air, male quartette; Caro Lamoureux, sopra- no; novelty orchestra direction Itav 1)enhez. From Montreal. 9!00 pan, "Fairy airy •Cor nation", Chil- dren's dramatic fantasy direction 11er- cer McLeod. 'From Vancouver. Monday, .11111.0 7: 830 pill, "Melodic Strings". Or- che tra direction Alexander •Chuh,dd- in.. CRC—CM—IC international exchange program. :From Toronto, 10,00 put. Mart Kenney and his Royal York Hotel ''Dante Orchestra, Front 'Toronto Tuesday, June 41: 930 pm. (These. 'fines tiety- conuttentary by C. E, 1::'\mi , •From ,Winnipeg. • 111.011 p,111, "Piccadilly Music Hail", Variety show with Al'Short and his orchestra. NRC-CB'C international ex- change program. From Chicago, Wednesday, 3•unc F): 930 p.m. "Ranger Reminiscences. Forest fire ,prevention dramas. ,Front Toronto. 111.110 "The !Pleasure Bowl", •Varie- ty show direction jack Riddell, 'From Winnipeg, Counter Ceck : ook • We Are Selling Quality I� ooks. Books are. We11: Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black' Back, Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere, Get our Quotation on Your Next Order. t "cap News HH,Hl' he � � ',.:- � u.,�a1• r � SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, r 'the preparations for the imperial t cerferritcc' were left in Mr, Chamb- erlain's hands: the reshaping of the !nation's tate system under rearnia- ' Ine111 has :been his own policy, and even the major decisu.ns in foreign affairs, in which 1-11. Baldwin kept at least a power of veto until recently, have been Mr. Chamberlain's as the future leader of 13is Majesty's gov- ern'inent. Thus the change -over will he as smooth as the passage of an express train over a well-built switch from one track to another. The pas- sengers, asleep in their berths, will not know that the change has occur- red until they notice that a •fresh and confident engineer has taken the .place of the tired man who has been driv- ing the train for so many years. Ev- eryone who has seen Mr. Chamber- lain in 'public or private in the last few weeks has been struck by his conlfident bearing, although at 68 he faces the greatest testing-tineof his life. INC stood the other clay in the shadowy entrance of the 1-Pon.se of Commons Behind the Speaker's chair. waiting for the :moment '10 wa'l'k to his place and begin the most contentious bucdget speech since David Lloyd George proposed the taxation of land values back in 111409, Most of those in the packed Ilionse 0(1111(1 /101 ser him as lie waited off-.stagefor itis cue. His arms were folded he stood "at ease," witli a confident smile on his lips, He had Within hien a secret, a tag of such unexpected severity that it wa4. to=preaci consternation - i'1 the financial market, 01111 precipitate 0 major callan-e cut the Stock Ex- change. Yet there was a sense of easy mastery in his manner on that day. 011 attitude which tnkght have re- senh'ed arrogance in almost am.. ether Ivan.: Mr. Chamberlain simply knew, with superb '.e -assurance, that he could meet this emergency and triumph over it. So 11e will stride unto the world stage, to shoulder responsibilities which might crush a man of lesser calibre. No British Prince Minister since 11r. Lloyd George has faced his task with such unshakable faith in his own ability to toaster it. His 11001111 is frail and his •power, of phys- ical endurance are not unlimited; but to leen of 11 r. Chamberlains stamp difficult decisions 'bring exhilaration •1 they are faced boldly and withnnt flinching. \Vorry and strain do not leave their mark on 0 man who 1155 the courage to weigh unpleasant al- ternatives and stake his choice, tonne ani unafraid, 1 king at hint for the first time. •,10 might sap that 1115 is not to be trusted, Iiis face is dark and inse'nt- thle, with hollows in his dtee•ks and deeply sunken eyes and in photo- graphs it senlctinte., has a sinister ',sok 'like that of 0 Sven tali. ,Perhaps his jet-111aek hair, with the wisp of :fray brushed carefully hack from his forehead, helps to heighten the im- pression; or perhaps the long fingers, or the wing collars which always seem too large for hint and make his neck look scrawnier than it really is. Yet nobody in British .politics is less devious titan lir. Chantherlain. The subtlety of Mr. Baldwin, the heavy drama of .Ramay MacDonald the quicksilver changes of Mr. Lloyd George find no counterparts in lir, Chamberlain's nature. There is no pretense in his mental make-up, I -It may be tactless at time:, ,but he is at 'east a "straight shooter" in all his '1c'litic'ai and personal dealings; a man who does not pledge his word lightly. hut never strays from it P11te his word is ei,'en. It is difficult to get to know hint, he has few intimate friends. There will be no Colonel House in the Chamberlain ad'minis- ration. if you want to know what 11r. Chamberlain thinks of a'particul- 10 ,person or problem, there is no one n the political clubs to whorl you urn and he sure of getting an aceta- te answer, Instinctively and by del - berate choice lie is 0110 of the least pproachable meat in British p11h•lic ife today. He shies a'war from con- iria!ity because he does net enjoy t, and also because he knows he vonbl not play the part of "hand - baker" easily or gracefully. He is sill a little afraid of people, although has lost whate. ver erne of infer- vity he had in his early -years. The (or of his office or hone 1s not open visitors unless hheknows them and uses them or cannot avoid .recon: 10)11 0 i bes!ness. I;eCalise there is s, tt'e sham in his personality, he can e a charming host at the Imieheon 011.1•, but essentially he is a family n 'r.r whom society has no appeal. Even his reereatinns are those hick :10 no: require him to be .sooi- 11e. ('aiu ;till n+: sec hint int tilt ,tf links, for golf is a companionable ante and few real golfers get any ease c out of playing it by them- styes,c He is not a recluse; rather just ighth• aloof in his tastes and his inner. If he wants to take his mind nlpletely 'f 1,1s work and is able to cape to the -nr.n lags hisgreatest joy fly-fi.hi :. At hi- titieof .100,5— dering last Faster- AWeek wheel they :dem was takir.,q ema'1 shape' in 11i,‘ a a 1 11 t.t:r t1 Ii 111 a9 q p1 sl m co es is as tb;1 a mini -.--he fled to the hills and woods of the Dee \'alley and fished hour af- ter 110110 ,iia Old clothes and .hoots that faille to his hips, thinking his thoughts alone. It Ile cannot leave London, he ent30) going as incon- spicuously as possible to a play or concert with his wife, or, still better, sitting; at Brume with a good cigar, listening to chamber music at his radioOnly one person .,hares his secrets, encourages hint gives him counsel when he most' needs it --his wife, all attractive and sweet -natured hostess. On almost any fine morning the two Chamberlains can be seen walking together in St. 'James' .Park, a. oblivious of 'elle otter world as if they were on , their honeymoon. Mr, Chamberlain gives an impres- sion of austerity, yet be is an incur- able romantic, with a vein of grim or playful humor that becomes more pronor:need as he :¢rows older. His long years at the 'Exchequer have given the British public a belief that he is a cold and 'unfee'ling reac- tionary. IHe has had to deal in hun- dreds of millions of pounds; a stroke of his ,pen has unposed taxes of crush- ing severity or decreed' such gigantic. financial operations as the conversion of Britain's £401h1)00,00) War Loan. I -Ie has had to refuse more often than to grant the demands made upon hint. He did not have to impose his profits tax this year; he needed only £L',- (00,0111) additional revenue to balance his budget—a mere bagatelle 'by Bri- tish budgetary standards. But he knew that if he did not take the un- pleasant course of taxing corporations this year his snecessor woad have to ' rlo so in 'thr future, when the deat'rancts a1 rearmament might - become too great to he met without enormous ad- ditional borrowings. I1 he had not made his decision now, his failure would have haunted hint in the future. Suclf exhibitions of sheer character help the British voters to discover . that \ir. Chamberlain is not a Tory in the reactionary or unfeeling sense of the world, He lacks the comfort- able belief of most clic-hard Tories that all is for the hest in present-day England, that the "lower classes" are happiest with little money or advance- ment, or that the 'methods w-hich made Britain grieat in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries will enable 1147 to ser ei've in the twentieth, What a power over his family lose e(1h Chantherlain must have sheen! How lois energy and his reforming ideals must have communicated them- selves to his children. No single 011111 - once .in Neville Chamberlain's life has been so great as they example and the memory of his father. ''One " cannot understand his career fiteeto 4netw, or chart the pro'ba'ble course Gillis Pre- miership. without remembering the, magnificent intellectual background`' against which his life was formed, Nothing was the sante in 'England af- ter Joseph Chamberlain had touched it; no child or young man could 'come under the influence of that restless personality without feeling it to the very marrow of his bones. It is there in Neville Chamberlain's hones, and his mind and heart, to this day. Joseph Chamberlain was already a rich man in the year when Neville was 'bons, fn 1169. He had just launched his campaigns against the slums and the intellectual darkness in which tite masses of Birmingham then lived. When !Neville was a wide- eyed child of 5 his fattier had become Sfayor of 'Birnlinghans; when the child was only 6 his mother died, and the impact of the 'father's personality 11 13011 that young life became more powerful than ever. If 3oseph Cham- berlain had any favorite among- his children it prohahty was Austen, whom he trained for a career in poli- tics in his own footsteps. It was Aus- ten who made the maiden speech which Gladstone said at the time 010st have been 'dear and refreshin,g t, a father heart )Neville was ,de- stined for the 0011ntinghouse. He was • sent away as a young mean to manage a plantation in the Bahamas; then he carne back to Birmingham to enter hi, father's business, and did not ap- pear in national polities until he was 47, when his 'father was dead and his half brother. Austen, had 'been a •Cab- int't \linister for almost fourteen years. But Neville Chamberlain had watched his father carefully, not only in his early (phase as a civic reformer but in itis second incarnation as a crusader for a tariff with empire pre- ferenee. To 'Neville, far more than to his more conspicuous half brother, 00111( the opportunity to follow in his father's fotsteps. 'During tit.• war, when Rustem was at the India '0 Nice in charge of the disastrous Mesopo- tamian campaign, Neville was Lord Mayor of 13irminghanterea'ting the first municipal bank in the country and the most suecessful in the world. \t 'east two feints in Neville Chamberlain mental equipnlruf he did not initerit fr1n1 his father. lie is inclined, in comparison to his father, to he unadaptable. He probably will be high-handed in the future in deal- ing with the 'Cabinet and with the Hasse of Commons. and he may sof- 1(Car.tinued on Page 7)