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A Portrait of J. S, McLean, Esquire, President of Canada Packers,
painted by Wyndham Lewis was recently presented to Mr. McLean by
the employees of the firm to mark the Fortieth Anniversary of his
entrance into the packing industry.
Mr. McLean was recently appointed Principal Trade Advisor of the
United Kingdom Food 1Vlissicn to the United States. The Food Mission
is part of the British Purchasing Commission now at Washington. Mr.
McLean has already assumed his duties,
THE WAR • W .E E K --Commentary on Current Events
CANADA, UNITED STATES
COMBINE WAR PROGRAMS
"It was agreed as a general
principle that In mobilizing the
resources of this continent
each country should provide
the other with the defence ar-
ticles It is best able to produce,
and, above ail, produce quickly,
and that production programa
should be co-ordinated to this
end."—Joint statement Issued
at Hyde Park, N.Y., by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Min-
ister King.
An agreement of momentous im-
portance in the history of this con-
tinent and of vital concern to all
Canadians was last week reached
at Hyde Park, N.Y., by the chief
executives of the United States and
Canada, under the terms of which
the two largest countries of the
New World merged their econo-
mies, to most practical purposes,
for the production of war materials
for British aid and defense of the
hemisphere.
Economies Merged
In brief, the agreement amount-
ed to: 1. An undertaking by the
United States to buy between $200,-
000,000 and $300,000,000 worth of
defense and war material from
Caned during the coming year, this
to help out Canada's unfavorable
balance; 2. .A. further undertakiug
!by the United States practically to
include in the Lease -lend arrange-
ment with Britain all unfinished
war material which Canada im-
ports from the United States and
re-exports or transfers to Britain,
this making current payments by
Canada unnecessary.
Total Union inevitable?
Many and far-reaching would be
the results of such a pact. Numer-
ous thinking Canadians, taking the
long-range view, saw in in the
,agreement a big step toward the
ultimate union of the Dominion
;with the United States — Toronto's
0,te Goldwin Smith's dr ea m
Wrought to fruition. Total co-oper-
uation was sure to follow economic
awl productive collaboration, they
averred.
But of more immediate conse-
quence would Certainly be a vast
shipbuilding and armaments manu-
facturing boom In Canada. Incdus-
firial leaders last week estimated
that, with the United States now
heeding many things of which Can-
a/de has a surplus, an ernlrioyment
:ttep-up of forty per cent might be
necessary, drawing more women
tato industry and more western
'eters off the land,
Over the Border
The foreign exebeep! situation
'tab telt for Canada heti heel: grow-
ing 10ereasingli' rr'1ieal was taken
:.are of by the agreement; one of
the minor offshoots would be the
,',b�i�ting of restrictions on travel to
tl e 't7nitrd States by Canadian citi-
Joint Defence
Two days previous to the Hyde
*ark declaration bad corns the an-
ouucement from the 'permanent
4rint Defence Board of Canada and
United States, that strategic
One for the military and naval
efence of the eastern and western
coastsof Canada and the United
tttes had been ,completed d down
. the 'minutest. detail.
June, Peak Month
The question most -commonly
discussed last week by Washington
officials was reported to be not
whether the United States would
go to war but WHEN. Preponder-
ance of authoritative opinion seem-
ed. to be two -to -one that the Unit
ed States would get into belligerent
war. The time and incidents pre-
cipitating it -were still. uncertain.
Some guessed 30 days, some 60
clays, and very few placed the date
any later. The month of June was
coming to be thought the peak
mouth of the war. If Britain could
hold on till theu, United States'
weight would surely be able at
that time to help turn the tide.
No Slackening
There was a certain amount of
feeling in the United States last
week following the Allied defeat
in the Balkans that shipment of
Anxerioan war materials to ,Bri-
tain might drop off if the .admin-
istration believed itself backing a
losing cause, But to scotch this
wave of rumor, President Roose•.
velt at his press conference declar,
ed that the Axis victory in the Bal-
kans neither would win the war for
Hitler and Mussolini nor result in
any slackening on Lease -Lend de-
liveries.
Semi -Final Round
That the defeat in Greece was
not decisive was the opinion held
by most military experts on this
continent. Major George Fielding
Eliot pointed out that the setbacks
in the eastern Mediterranean by
no means meant that Britain was
losing the waar; for the Germans to
win, he said, the British Isles must
be conquered. Associated Press'
Dewitt Mackenzie pointed out.once
again that the Battle of the . Bal-
kans was only a phase—important
but still far from decisive—of the
general conflict. Should Hitler be-
come master of the entire Mediter-
ranean, he postulated, he would
only have -copped off the semi-final
round of the contest with the Battle
of Britain still to be won.
Decision In Atlantic
Writing fr'oin Washington, Kirke
L. Simpson, military expert also
with the Associated Press, declared
that it was in the Atlantic that the
war would still be lost or won. And
"provided British morale can en-
dure the strain," he said, "there is
nothing definite to imply that the
crisis in the Atlantic will come this
year." Of the same mind apparent-
ly was Prime Minister Churchill
when he said last week that Bri-
tain was iu for an "undoubtedly
long and formidable war."
But no one really could prophesy
with truth what would happen be-
fore the end of 1941. Russia and
Germany might go to war and the
entire world picture would be
changed.
* * *
Six -Nation Pact?
Things appeared to be shaping
up according to a new pattern in
the Far East last week, if the sen-
sational reports of the Osaka (Ja-
pan) Mainiohi were to be credited
with any degree of correctness.
This newspaper stated that a mil-
itary and naval pact had been con-
cluded between six nations—Unit-
ed States, Britain, China, British
India, Australia and the Nether-
lands East Indies—which pooled
their entire military and material
resources in the Far East for the
purpose. of strengthening their de-
fenses and opposing Japan's south-
ward advance, while proteettug the
communication: lines linking Son b
Africa, British India, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Manila, Australia and
the United States.
Under this pact, which this col-
umn believes to be largely authen-
tic, Sir Robert Brooke -Popham,
Commander-in-chief of the British
Forces in the Far East, is supposed
to assume the supreme command
of the combined land and, air *forces,
while Admiral Thomas Hart, Com-
mander -in -Chief of the American
LIFE'S LIKE THAT
By Fred Neher
"It all started when they tossed the coin for goals!"
Asiatic Fleet, is supposed to as-
sume supreme command of the
'combined naval forces, the head'
quarters of both being in Singa•
pore.
Russia and Germany
Tiro same paper reported anoth-
er .sensational, if true, development.
According• to it, Russia was dei'
mending the right to ocupy the
northern Provinces of Iran (Per-
sia) in order to protect the Baku
oil fields, as well as to Obtain a
possible outlet on the Persian Gulf
in the event of a German drive to
the Dardanelles, and that to back
up these demands Russia was con-
centrating troops around Tiflis.
VOICE
OF THE
PRESS
CAN PLANT TREES
Every farmer could plant at
least 500 trees. That can be done
some day after a rain when the
land is not in a fit condition to
work.
—Farmer's Advocate
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RUNNING OUT..
It is said that German generals
are taking over the Italian army.
Apparently either Italy is running
out of generals or the generals
are running out of Italy.
—Galt Reporter
—O—
A DIFFERENT LAW
Down in Gananoque the police
clamped down on slot machines
and as a result 18 men charged
with keeping slot machines, pin
ball games and punch boards paid
a total of $1,298.48 in fines and
costs. It seems there's a differ-
ent law for slot machines in each
section of Ontario.
—Amherstburg Echo
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THE WHEAT POLICY
The disappointment and con-
cern that the announcement of
the Federal Government's 1941
Wheat policy has caused through-
out the Prairie West were inevi-
table. But they are much more
acute because of the easy opti-
mism in regard to the situation
that has been expressed in recent
months by many who ought to
have been fully conscious of its
realities and have been impres-
sing the painful necessity of ad-
opting public measures in accord-
ance with these.
Edmonton Journal
The Book Shell
"UP AT THE VILLA"
By W. Somerset Maugham
This short novel of a beautiful
woman's indiscretion and its ef-
fect on the lives of three men who
love her presents as enthralling a
situation as Somerset Maugham
has ever created. It is the dra-
matic story of Mary Panton, a
widow at thirty, who finds herself
in a situation which threatens to
jeopardize her future life and
happiness.
The author of "The Letter"
and "Of Human Bondage," Som-
erset Maugham is the dean of liv-
ing novelists; the clarity of his
style, the perfection of his form,
the sublety of his thought, have
made hire an international figure
in the world of literature. "Up
at the Villa," so full of his shrewd
observation of the human animal
under stress, is a fine example of
this brilliant writer's mastery of
his craft.
The title is borrowed from a
poem by Robert Browning.
"Up at the Villa." . . ley W.
Somerset Maugham ... Toronto:
Mcx:lelland and Stewart, Publish-
ers . . . $2.00.
Turkeys on Farms
Tuakeys on Canadian farms to
the number of 2,715,600, states
tho second bulletin on the De -
camber 1, 1940 live stock survey,
showed an increase of 2.8 per
cent on the 2,641,800 on farms
lilt December 1, 1939. The large
increase in Saskatchewan from
880,300 in 1989 to 1,013,300 in
1940, together with the increases
of 1,700 in Prince Edward Island
and 800 in Nova Scotia, offset the
declines in numbers in the other
provinces,
GAINS SEEN FOR AGRICULTURE
FROM WINE IMPORT LOSSES
Replacement of.
foreign wares
follows trade
ban
Result Was Foreseen
St. Catharines, April 24—Col-
lapse of French and Italian trade
with British countries as a result
of the war promises to bring some
beneficial results to one branch of
Canadian agriculture, with na-
tive -grown grapes finding a
greater use in the production of
• vermouth. Supplies of Italian and
French vermouth have been ex-
hausted and already Ontario ver-
mouth has taken their place in
govermrient stores throughout at
least one province.
Long-sighted wine producers in
Canada, it is stated, began the
purchase of heavier quantities of
the compound of herbs from which
Italian and French producers
made their vermouth. For years
a small quantity of vermouth had
been produced in Canada, with
the result that considerable ex-
perience had been gained long
before the need for increased
quantities was felt. As a result,
large stocks of the herbs had been
gathered in Canada, and before
the demand arose Ontario produc-
ers had begun production of extra
supplies.
Vermouth is produced° from
sweet or dry wines, each native to
Italy and France respectively.
Because Canadian grape -growers,
mostly in Ontario, produce grapes
from which both types of wines
are made, Ontario growers stand
to benefit from the increased pro-
duction of vermouth. Excellence
of the Ontario produot, it io
claimed, Ls 'reflected in the reedit.
nese with which Canadian wine
connoisseurs have adopted the
domestic vermouth. Grape -grow-
ers also claim that this indicates
the extent to which the. Ontario
wine industry has gone in rata
ing the standards and improving
the quality of their wares in re-
cent years, inasmuch as purchas-
ers of vermouth were mostly in
the class of buyers who bought
imported wines.
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Sarah Churchill Learns Gas Mask Technique
Wing Commander Hodsoll, Inspector General of Civil Defence
Services in Great Britain, shows Miss Sarah Churchill, daughter of The
Prime Minister, how to don a gas mask in a demonstration of anti -gas
measures. Top, the first step is to put the thumbs under the tapes of
the mask. Centre, the chin is jutted forward and the mask lifted to the
face with the thumbs in the tapes, Lower, the mask over the face. It
is held in position by drawing the tapes back over the head.
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