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Thursday, July Mk, 190
WINGliA14 ADVANCt-TIME5 VAG '14 ZEIRM
Vote To Elect jOHN
HANN
Otticial
Progressive
Conservative
Candidate
Huron and Bruce
to Ontario Legislature
Worthwhile Objectives
1. More Money circulating for the farmer and small business man.
2. A sane and practical system of giving the returned men the
break they deserve after the war.
3. •A simpler system of rationing administration . . less coupons
and red tape,
4. Equal opportunity for the rural and urban dweller in matters
of education, health and business.
5. A better price for the produce of the farm to provide prosperity
for the farmer.
6. Better highways and bridges for Huron and Bruce.
7. Just and honest treatment for labour.
8. Rural, and Urban boys and girls afforded equal opportunity of
education as compared with the cities.
Nogues Cannot Enter France
London,,-Gen. August Nogues, for-
mer president-general of French Mor-
occo, has been refused permission to
live in France by Marshall Petain, a
report broadcast ,hy the Rome radio
and recorded here by Associated.
Press, asserted. He was dismissed by'
the French Liberation Committee.
Roosevelt Wins Over Congress
Washington,--T h e o n-a g a i n-off:
again subsidy battle in Congress end-
ed in a complete victory for the Roos-
evelt administrittion, with both. Hous-
es abandoning efforts to hamstring
the food control system by outlawing
subsidies in price, rollbacks.
Nelson Talks On Production
Toronto-IThe war production of
the United Nations speaks to the
world "in a big voice," Donald M. Nel-
son, chairman of the -United States
War. Production. Board, said in an ad-
dress prepared for delivery to the
Canadian Club of Toronto. "And if
the Nazi and the Jap war lords are
Not completely insane, they will re-
cognize that the voice is the voice of
doom," he added.
Curb To Save Coal
Ottawa—The Munitions Depart-
ment said in a House of Commons re-
turn that a saving of 1,000,000 tons of
coal is expected to be effected by a
conservation program in industrial and
domestic establishments.
PHIL OSIFER OF
LAZY MEADOWS
By Harry J. Boyle
It's tunny the way PeOple look at
the same thing and see such different
things, I gt 2ss it all goes back to
that old saying about the fellow who
looked at the •jail window and saw
stars and the other fellow looked out
and saw mud, We're all the same way
whether we're happy or not ..
whether we have trouble or no troub-
les . . , . ..all these are what influence
us when we look at the same things.
Mrs. Phil and '1` went for a ride on
one of these passenger boats, the last
time we went to the lake. Of course
she doesn't like boats but it had been
such a watam day that she was game
for anything that would get us away
from the infernal heat, It was just
dusk and about all you could see of the
sun was a reflection above the water,
The lights carne twinkling on all over
the town. It looked as is somebody
had scattered an enormous handful of
stars all over the hillside in very or-
derly fashion. There were rows of
the same kind of stars propped up
along the docks that ran away out in-
to the lake.
The breeze came leaping up over the
prow of the slow, old boat like chilly
gremlins out for a frolic. Everyone
stood with their faces to the coolest
sort of feeling the heat of the day dis-
sipate from -themselves, Little boats
wer scooting around the water like
illuminated, water-bugs and a 'big
freighter stood aloof and lonesome like
at the docks. You could almost ima-
gine that the big boat was wishing it
could shed it's bulk' and get it on the
frolic.
From somewhere up behind the
town searchlights started combing the
sky with long silvery fingers, An air-
plane darted back and forth, as elusive
as a moth until finally .the stabbing
fingers located it and traced it's outline
against the night sky, Darkness had
come on, accentuating the beauty of
of the cool, calm night.
I heard two young lovers whisper-
ing and unshamedly listened. They
were vowing to never forget the scene.
I believed them. An old couple wrap-
ped in a steamer blanket was sitting
there quietly and finally she said,
"Remember that night at Niagara'
Falls?" His hand groped for hers and
he said, "It was just like this."
A heavy-set man stood shivering on
the deck and said, "Let's go below
where it's warm. This darned cold
gets me down," A crabbid voice as-
sailed the little sailor,, with the query,'
"Can't we go any faster than this?" A.'
man stumbled in the half darkness and'
complained bitterly about the lack of
lights,
This was nature at her best. Dark-
ness blotted out the squalor of the
waterfront and threw a shroud of vel-'
vet over it All. Then to make the .
scene complete she studded tile shroud
with twinkling diamonds and man add-
ed lights that were intended to be pra-
ctical but which fitted into the 'scene
in a' perfect way. From somewhere
up the harbour a little boat hooted de-
risively at the big one and the steady
lapping of the waves against our boat
and the swishing of the water seemed
to blend with the chug-chug of the
boat's engines.
It was a perfect night but we didn't
all see it the same way.
SUBSIDIZE FEED
GRAIN FROM WEST
Ontario Government Makes This
Move To Boost Hog Production
P, M. Dewan, Ontario minister of
agriculture, announced a subsidy to
Ontario farmers buying feed grain
from Western Canada, as part of a
program to increase hog production.
F. F. liOMUTIi
optometrist Phone 11$ Harriston
The subsidy—in addition to any
freight or other . subsidy offered by the • Dominion Government is an .a Slidigeg:
scale. Subsidies apply on carload
orders, based on the the. following
scale and dated at the time orders are
placed and confirmed: On and after
July 12 to July M, 2 cents a bushel;
during August, 2% cents a bushel;
during September, 2 cents a bushel;
during October, 13 cents a bushel;
during Novernbe*r, I cent S. bushel;,,
during Deeember, % cent a bushel.
Then there was the student whit)
claimed that "Class Hatred" made bins
stay at home,
* a * *
Infinitely greater than human yitYs•
is divine Love,—that cannot be un-
merciful. — Mary Baker Eddy.
YOUR EYES NEED
ATTENTION
Q4r 20 Point Selentlfic gxamin-
ation..enables 144 to give yon
clear, Comfortable Vision
World Wide News In Brief Form
analysis, fingerprints and interroga-
tion." fiN July 3rd, an all day organization meeting of
"--7 Progressive Conservative Party candidates and
officials from all over the Province, held at the Royal
York Hotel, listened with rising enthusiasm to a highly
constructive and inspiring address from the Provincial
Leader, George Drew.
Mr. Drew presented a series of pledges to the
people of the Province—each one of which was
unanimously applauded. The pledges, twenty-two in
number, constitute the platform upon which the
Progressive 'Conservative Party enters the general
election.
It was that programme which the Leader announced
to the public in his radio address last Thursday night.
Mr. Drew said:
"The programme which the Progressive Conserva-
tive Party in Ontario undertakes to put into effect is
based upon the conviction that under a strong govern-
ment the vast resources and producing capacity of
this Province can assure employment and good wages
for all who will work and security for those who find
themselves unable to work because of sickness,
unemployment, physical disability or old age, It is
based upon the belief that the spiritual and material
welfare of our people, now and in the future, can be
best assured under British democratic institutions
and within the British partnership.
The Progressive Conservative Party undertakes to
put the following programme into effect in the
Province of Ontario.
U. S. Votes Great War Fund
Washington,—The United States
78th Congress in six months appropr-
iated $114,000,000,000 in new money—
enough to, aim $7,000 worth of bullets
at each Axis soldier.
those who find themselves unable to
Work,"
U. S. Financing Oil Pipeline
Ottawa—Prime Minister' King said
in the House of Commons that tinder
an agreement, the text of which can-
not yet be revealed for security reas-
ons, the United States is hearing the
cost of a pipeline from the Fort Nor-
man, N. W. T., oil wells to White-
horse, V. T. Canada was granting the
right of way and securing sites re-
quired,
'Drew Has 22 Point Programs
Toronto—Lt, Col, George A.' Drew,
announced a 22-point program for the
Progressive' Conservative party in On*
tad° "based upon the conviction that
under a strong government the Vast
resources and producing capacity of
this ,province can assure employment
for all who will work and security for
Ready To Meet War Needs
Ottawa,—Members of the Combin-
ed Production and Resources Board
gave assurance at a press conference
that l3ritain, the United States and
Canada' are "ready to meet" the pro-
duction needs of an all-out offensive.
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Giraud In Washington'
Washington,—General Henri Hon-
ore Giraud, commander of French
forces in North Africa and co-chair-
man of the French Committee for Na-
tional, Liberation arrived by plane at
Bolling Field, army air base in' Was-
hington. Giraud' came here to confer
with President Roosevelt and the
British-American leaders on the -war
against the Axis.
Central Price Control To Stay
Otta74,—Finance Minister Ilsley
said in the House of Commons that
price control must remain centralized
in the Prices Board and that to give
the Agriculture Department the right
to set the prices for farm products
would be a "grave mistake."
Selective Service Officers Arrested
Toronto-:-Three Toronto men arres-
ted by Royal Canadian Mounted pol-
ice on charges of • conspiracy in con-
nection with military call-ups have
been released on bail, it was announc-
ed by John Robinette, special crown
prosecutor. The men are Robert A.
Allan, former Liberal member of the
Ontario Legislature for Toronto
Riverdale, Naif.fe M. Stephen and
Norman Stephen, brothers. The ar-
rests now total five in number.
Fort-De-France Favour De Gaulle
Port of Spain, Trinidad,—Crowds
15,000 strong, took possession of the
streets of Fort-de-France, Martinque,
for two days recently in demonstra-
tions favouring the Fighting French
leader, Gen. Charles de Gaulle, it was
reported here and the demonstrations
were said to have forced the action of
the Government of the French island
colony in seeking an agreement with
the United States and a break with
Vichy.
Allies Invade Sicily
Allied Headquarters, North Africa,
—The zero hour .of invasion struck
and strong force of British, American
and Canadian 'troops stormed the gun
studded shores of Sicily. As the alert
fighting men piled from barges and
other landing craft, booming guns of
naval units off shore bombarded en-
emy defences in a thunderous accom-
paniment and swarms of aircraft kept
tip the attack they had begun before
the landings started. ,Canadian, Brit-
ish and American troops made up the
landing forces.
Oakes' Sett-in-law Under Arrest
Nassau, Bahamas—Alfred de Marig-
ny was booked at the police station
here nit a charge of killing his father.-
in-lavv, the multi-millionaire, Baronet
Sir 1-Tarry Oakes. Capt. E. W. Mee-
hen, of the Miami pollee dcpartirient,
summoned by airplane to aid in the in-
vestigation after Sir Harry's bbdY WAS
found on a bed which had been set
afire on Thursday morning, said the
attest and charge Were based on "bait
1. We will maintain British institutions and
strengthen the British partnership by every
means within the constitutional power of '
the Government of Ontario.
2. We will at all times work in effective
co-operation with the Dominion Govern-
ment and with all other governing bodies in
Canada in all activities which win assist in
the prosecution of the war to a successful
conclusion, and in establishing a sound
basis of social security, health insurance
and protection in their old age for all our
People. At the same time we will insist that
the constitutional rights of the people of
Ontario be preserved, and that the Govern-
ment of Ontario exercise full control of its
own Provincial affairs.
3. The farms, the factories, the mines, the
forests, and personal services which con-
sti lute the five major groups of employment
will be supported by appropriate legislation
in their efforts to increase employment at
good wages. In every field of employment-
iedividual initiative will be encouraged and
hard work rewarded by reducing taxes and
removing bureaucratic restrictions.
4. Fanning will be organized in every
county under committees of Outstanding
farmers who will be given authority to plan
production and regulate the processing and
distribution of their output. Cheese boards,
etreameries, milk distributors, central, pro.
duce markets, and other marketing organi-
zations will be under the supervision of out-
standing farmers in each line of production.
WILL TAKE OVER STOCK YARDS
Stock yards will be taken over by the
Government and operated as a publicly
owned enterprise so that speculation and
manipulation may be stopped and fair
prices assured.
A conference will be rolled immediately
of leading farmers from the whole Province
to assist in drafting effective plans for the organization of food production.
S. Legislation will be introduced assuring
the workers and ernployere of this Province
the fairest and most Advanced laws govere-
ing labor relations, following an inquiry to be undertaken immediately by a committee
of at least 15 members to, be known as, the
Ontario Labor Relations Committee, upon
which there will be equal repreeentation Of
labor, employers, and the general public.
Recognizing at the outset the right to proper
and enforceable legislation regarding collet-
Live bargaining, this Committee will. he
asked to examine the laws dealing with
!aber relations in other countries and draft
for' Ontario'an act which will establish that
basis of justice, co-operation and respon-
sibility which is so necessary for the welfare
and security of all our people.
6. The mining industry will be assisted In
every way possible and placed under the
direction of a Minister with practical
knowledge of mining. The tax burden will
be lightened and there will be a more
equitable distribution of the tax between
the different taxing bodies. A larger share
of the taxes will go to the Provincial and
Municipal treasuries. All restrictive mea-
sures which deny prospectors and others
the inducement tei find and develop new
mining properties will be repealed and
every encouragement will be given to
geologists and prospectors to discover new
mineral areas. Every practical measure Pos-
sible will be adopted to expand this great
basic industry so that it may offer the
widest opportunities for employment when
our turned forces are demobilized.
LONG-TERM FOREST POLICY
7. Our vast forest resources, which under
proper administration are capable of creat-
ing employment for hundreds of thousands
of new workers, will be placed ander the
control of an Ontario Forest Resources
Commission which will operate under long-
term policies of conservation, reforestation
and soil control. Immediately after its
formation it will review all existing con-
tracts and will cancel those which have
disposed of great areas of forest resources
without proper consideration.
S. An Ontario Housing Commission will be
created to plan a great housing program
throughout the whole Province for the
purpose of creating employment in the
period of readjustment and at the same time
bring to an end the unsatisfactory housing
conditions In many parts of Ontario.
SCHOOL TAXES TO BE CUT
0. There will be a sweeping revision of our
whole system of real estate taxation so that
the owning and improvement of homes and
farm land, which arc the very foundation of
our society, will not be discouraged by
excessive taxation, As an initial step in that
direction the Provincial Government will assume et least 50 per cent of the school
time now charged against real estate. It is,
hoWever, to be dolly understood that this
change will not affect the authority of the
local school boards.
10. Our educational system will, be Om-
Intothbt:
l Province
ete y devisedw ll hsaov et haant eovpe r 0 r tcuhni ttorly
educated to the full extent of their mental capacity, no matter where they live or what
the financial circumstances of their parents
may be. Vocational training will be made a
much more important part of the school
work, so that children may be prepared to
earn a living by practical vocational
instruction, The important place of our
teachers in each community will be fully
recognized.
11. Steps will be taken to assure that every
child is given the greatest possible oppor-
tunity to face life with a healthy body and
mind. Health measures will be established
so that medical, dental and other health
protection will be available to all.
12. Steps will be taken immediately to prepare plans for great public undertakings
which will create employment in the period
of readjustment immediately after the war.
TO REVAMP HYDRO
13. 'The Hydro-Electric Power Commission
will be removed froth political control.
Recognizing that the publicly owned
Hydro-Electric resources of this Province
belong to all our people, there will be an
immediate adjustment of the rates for electric energy upon a just and equitable
basis. The service charge in rural areas will
be removed. Power Will be extended to
farms with full recognition of the fact that
food production in war Is hardly less
essential to our success than the military
effort.
14. Plans will be made for land reclamation
throughout the Province, so that all areas
which can be brought
be
into production will
be fully developed. These plans will
drafted immediately, but the actual development of most of the areas will be
deferred so that they can be placed under
veterans' otganlzations in the period of
readjustment. This will open wide oppor-tunities for Immediate employment when
the war is over and will also offer to veterans
and their families the chalice to settle in organized groups in areas where their eco-
nomic security can be assured,
1$. Taxatioa will be reduced and efficiency
of Government increased by the elimination
of all Provincial departments arid services
which duplicate those of the Dominion Government and are not necessary for the
purpose of preserving fundamental con-
stitutional rights,
10. An efficient and permanent civil service system will Immediately be put into effect
which will protect civil servants from dismissal or interference, thus
increasing administrative efficiency by giv-
ing to all civil servants a greater sense of security and pride in their work,
17. All legislation 'Will be repealed which
denies any individual the right to defend
his person and property before the courts.
OLD AGE PENSIONS
IS. There will be an immediate increase in
mothers' allowances and old-age pensions
in keeping with theencreased cost of living.
There will be an immediate repeal of the
shameful provision that old people who have
a home of their own, which they have
established by their savings throughout
long years, must dispose of that home before
they will be granted the very limited allow-
ances which they are entitled to receive. In
future the ola people who have played their
part so well in making this great Province
what it is today must not be forced to
mortgage their homes before they can
receive their small pensions.
19. Adequate supplies at reasonable prices
of fuel, milk and other basic necessities
will be assured by effective organization and
administrative control. Representatives of
labor, veteran organizations, and the con-
suming public will be appointed to all
boards dealing with these matters.
20. Men and women who have served in
the armed forces will be assured Priority
in the public service and protection in their
employment. _....„,....,*oostqwww.---
21. During the war those who are in mill.
tary service will be given legal protection
against the economic consequences of their
service. In all eases where the ability of
those in military service and their depen-
dents to meet their financial obligations
have beet', materially reduced by such
service, effective legal psotection Will be
given against seizure of property for
arrears of taxes, forfeiture of instalment contracts, cancellation of life insurance policies up to $10,000, judgments or other
legal proceedings for debts Incurred before
entering military service, and other embar-
rassing financial obligations, These Pro-visions, however, will be subject to the
express condition that those able tO pay
will not be. permitted to evade their obliga-
tions by this device, and that just protection
will be assured to Creditors under simple
and effective procedure before the court,
This does not provide for cancellation of obligations, but merely deferment with justice to ail cemented.
SOCIAL, SECURITY PLAN
22. A rehabilitation and social secu rity committee will be appointed immediately
with instructions to draft plans which wilt
assure social security for all out people, and
Also provide for the rehabilitation and
employment of the members of our armed
forces and munition workers after the war.
George Drew
as I know him,
By George W. James,
Editor Canadian Statesman.
Bowmnnville, Ontario
An Ontario provincial election is td
be held on August the fourth. A
duty now falls upon the weekly
press. That is to make known to
readers and resident voters the
issues involved. More than that,
and equally important—as local
editors are aware—the hardy, hard
working, clear thinking, war con,
scious farm people of Ontario want
to know something about those who.
lead the parties soon to seek their
support.
Issues and controversy, as the campaign heightens, will be dealt
with in the press in due course. The•
time is now opportune to say some--
thing, without political bias, about.
qualities of leadership. Personak
history is -a fair test of prospective
performarice,
Let us then introduce George A.
Drew, leader of the Progressive
Conservative Party of the Province
of Ontario.
His political opponents have
sought to picture George Drew as a
person aloof and visionary, Those
of us who have come to know
George as man to man, can deny
that. He has vision, yes indeed!
Vision of profound and practical
character. He has demonstrated
that ever since he entered public
life, and before. His exhaustive
searchings and stern indictmentee
have won the inarticulate respect of
those presently in power. For he'
has forced corrective results. Often,
they have sought to disparage and. intimidate him. His complete fear-
lessness and devotion to truth havo
completely disarmed all opponents•
who dare meet him upon legitimate•
and proper grounds.
George Drew is first and foremost
a Canadian, yet deep and strong;
and true for the British eennection.
He is 49 years of age. His grand--
father was a member of Canada's
first parliament after Confederation.
George was an officer in the Guelph
Battery at 20 years of age, enlisted at war's outbreak in 1914, was severely wounded in 1916e spent
many months in military hospitals,
George Drew entered public life
in his native city, Guelph, as am alderman and at 29 became mayorr
of that city. His administrative:
experience began early arid has C011..
tinued through to his present poste.
non as member of the Provincial; Parliament end, leader of the
Opposition. But he heegeee far
beyond that, Holding the view
that Imbue life demands the widest
possible knowledge, George Drew-
has travelled throughout Canada,
has established world contacts and
pereonally toured the British isles
during the present war, seeing, seeking and obtaining vital infer:use
don effecting Canada and the future,
Outstanding is the fact that while
overseas he made particularly
exhaustive enquiry into agriculture and intensive production. leo other
aublie mania Canada-has enquired
So ;10.eply into this vital question. Public officials and Canadian ratihara should be deeply indebted
for the writings and speeches of George Drew, since his ratite froth tritain, touching the Present and future of Canadian agriculture. He-
has acquired both the "gtass•roma" amid world view on catieda'si.
greatest, yet most neglected
thistly, There is pltAsPre indeed lit tailing tothethihe of this man whom• life course has thabed Steadily
UAW Antitinaissliiil.
Our Soldiers In The Forefronts
Ottawa,--,Armed forces of Canada,
are "in the forefront of an attack which
has its ultimate objective the uncon-
ditional surrender of Italy and Ger-
many," Prime Minister MacKenzie
King said in a statement confirming
that Canadians are in the Allied force
which attacked Sicily early. •
Yanks Sink Sub A Day
Washington—United States sub-
marines, slicing through Pacific wat-
ers in ever-mounting numbers, are
knocking off Japanese, ships at the
rate of one a day. This toll of what
Japan needs most—ships to link her
far-flung outposts of stolen empire—
has prompted the Navy. Department
to issue three special bulletins. in little
more than a month,on the activities of
,its undersea arm,
Jobs Security Aim—Joliffe
Toronto,—Establishment in Ontario
now of a planning commission to lay
the groundwdrk for "employment of
all after the war" was urged as a nec-
essity by E. B. Joliffe, leader of the
Provincial Co-operative Common-
wealth party. With such planning Mr.
Joliffe linked release "from the grip of
the great corporations now in control
of all important business and indus-
try,"
VOTE AUGUST 4 FOR THE