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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
TIURS,, SEPT. 23, 1943;.
Rehabitulotion of Canada's
s Fightingtg Men
Nutrition and Physical Fitness
Disclosures' regarding the general.
fitness of Canadians, resulting: from
medicalexaminations - for enrolment
in the armed forcee, are very disturb-
ing. When fifty per cent of the risen
offering themselves for, service have
had to be rejected -35 per cent for
physical disability and 15 percent for
"emotional instibility" — the only
conclusion that can be reached is that
Canada's health problem is" serious. '
That much of the trouble is due to
lack of nutrition has already been de-
monstrated to this committee and it
is not necessary for us to elaborate
here. That physical fitness is to some
extent depdendent upon adequate.sub-
sistence is also a fact that needs no
further elaboration, and we Can only
add that the Government and the
people of this .wintry `must now face
this issue as one of the basic needs
of our reconstruction program, and
action on a permanent basis should
be .taken immediately to deal with
the problem, even if considerable
sums of money are 'involved. In this
connection, The Legion regards as
sinful waste the destruction of stir -
plus foodstuffs produced in any part
of the country. We insist that in fut-
tune provision be made through pro-
per methods for the distribution of
any and all such surplus foodstuffs.
Maintenance of Canadian Armed
to income tax, succession duties and
sales fax. Various nuisance taxes,
however, should be eliminated.
The war has demonstrated that the
people of Canada will cheerfully pay
taxes so longus they know they are
reeeiying value for the outlay in, terms
of their own and their country's well-
being.
Agriculture—The Veterans'
Land Act
Agriculture is a basic industry in
Canada. Farm products are a world-
wide necessity, Futhermore, we will
be obliged to assist in feeding the
people of the countries ravaged by
war, Just what effect this will have
on the economic position of agricul-
ture in Canada we are not competent
to say, but we do know that' the
man who produces the foodstuffs
must he adequatelypaid for them,
end this is a problem for Government
to determine.
Special provision has been made
for veterans to become rehabilitat-
ed in agriculture. The condition of the
industry will be an important factor
in the success of those who undertake
farming under the Veterans' Land Act
We urge the Government to em -
.bark immediately upon the purchase
of suitable lands for veterans so as
'to forestall any sudden demands for
land which will tend to raise prices.
Settlement on poor land must be avoid
ed.
The possibilities of veterans en-
quiring intp`roved properties should
be explored. .There are owners who
through age or illness are unable to
continue operations. In such cases
the Government' might well consider
granting the owners an annuity on a
generous basis but having relation to
the value to the property.
We would, also suggest that, in the
clearing of Iand, use be made of the
tremendous accumulation of con-
struction machinery assembled during
the war for the armed forces.
The Legion would also urge an ex-
amination into the possibilities of the
development of co-operative effort
among farm communities, both in res-
pect to the purchase and use of farm
machinery and in marketing.
We believe that the actual process
of settlement should not be precipi-
tate but on a gradual basis, spread
over a period of years, which wiIl en-
sure orderly acquisition of suitable
Iands at fair and reasonable prices
and the avoidance et -misfits among•
those who desire to avail themselves o
the provisions of the act. The actual
volume of settlement in any year
should be rationally controlled if we
are to get the best permanent results
from this scheme. 1 yl,. +n ,
In any event, the rate at which vet.
erans can be placed on the land will
depend to some considerable degree
upon the possibilities of obtaining es-
sential farm machinery, stock and
construction materials.. The period of
chaos and necessary re-establishment
of Europe on the termination of the
war will undoubtedly draw heavily up-
on our production of farm imple-
ments and other agricultural require-
ments. Preparation to meet the need
should begin as soon as possible.
This gradual settlement would ne-
cessarily call for some extension of
the existing rehabilitation ,benefilts
wbieh are not presently available be-
yond a fixed period of 18 months fol-
lowing' discharge from the service. It
is suggested •therefore that the right
of the ex -service men to that feature
of the rehabilitation scheme which
provides for assistance during the
time required for re-establishment in
a new venture should remain open to
those seeking establishment through
the provisions of the Veterans' Land
As one avenue for employment The
`Legion believes that Canada should
maintain a navy, army and air force
of some considerable strength after ;
hostilities cease. This war has .taught.
us the Lesson that right must have
might to support it. Therefore, there
should be no return to the state of
disarmament that existed in Canada
at the outbreak of the present war.
We believe that wan industry should
not be completely dismantled, but
that a policy should be adopted of
subsidizing shadow factories for the;
potential development of new mili-
tary inventions.
Labour Relations
The Legion urges the development
of a definite Dominion labour policy
and the firm application thereof. This
policy should be designed to encour-
age good relations between capital.
and labour. It should provide ' for
greater representation by Iabour on
Government policy -forming and ad-
ministrative bodies which can affect
their interests. The Legion believes'
that there should be provision for.
compulsory arbitration of industrial -
,*pates, the finding of which should
be enforeible. The right of workers tol
full freedom, of association in Unions
of their own selectionshouldbe re-
cognized by law.
Taxation
•
While advocating the continuance
of taxation for re-establishment pur-
poses, there should be a gradual re-
laxation to permit of the individual
taxpayer and companies developing
their holding out of earnings. This is
the basis on which this country has
been built up. We believe the maintene
tame of private enterprise and init.
!give, the granting of an incentive
to individual and company effort, and
the utilization of the profit motive is
possible under a'.properly designed
taxation program. This program
should be flexible and should bo util-
ized to eliminate extremes in business
cycles.
We strongly urge the establishment
of one taxing authority for the Do-
minion, with distribution to the pro-
vinces on .a basis to be mutually ar-
ranged. This has particular reference
A.T.S. Women
Keeps Tanks In Fighting Trim
At a British 'Royal Army Ordnance Picture shows: ---Private Mary Lynn.
Corps Depot, women of the A.T.S. e;' Orrell Park, Liverpool, learning
are learning tode important mechan- to weld a Churchill Tank at a Royal
ical repair and maintenance work' to. Army Ordnance Corps Depot.
war machines.
Act and should commence at the date
of their actual establishment on the
land.
Where virgin or undeveloped, land
is acquired by the Government for the
purpose of settlement, the opportun-
ity should be taken to utilize the ser-
vices and labour of potential Settlers
in clearing such _ land and otherwise
preparing' it for immediate cultivation_
and settlement before any attempt is
made to settle any veterans on it.
Lands suitable for agriculture in
Canada are limited. A survey and
classification of all land should be
undertaken with a view to indicating
its economic possibilities. For exam-
ple, in the Province of Manitoba .a
Successful scheme Tot the flooding of
waste areas has provided facilities
for the development of the fur trade.
No doubt other uses, can be found for
land unsuited for agriculture. Veter
ans finding sources of Livelihood from
such land will still be eligible for
consideration under the Veterans'
Land Act.
Diversification of Industry : e
The Legion urges that the Feder-
al Government should take steps, in
conjunction with provincial and muni-
cipal authorities, towards the div-
ersification ofindustry throughout
Canada. Such steps are essential to
the maintenance of population in the
western provinces, where the estab-
lishment of light industries in rural
agricultural areas would provide em-
ployment to sons and daughters in
farming communities who otherwise
would be compelled to move else-
where to secure a livelihood.
Development of the use of agricul-
tural products in the manufacture of
plastics and other substances—made
possible as a result of modern re-
search --would give great impetus to
progress in the Western Provinces
and indeed, in other rural areas
throughout Cada.
Rural Road Building and Public
Utilities
In the Tura] districts of our coun-
try great scope exists for improve-
ment in the general standard of living
of those engaged in agriculture. For
example, building, of all-weather
roads, extension of electric power,
light and telephone systems, and 're.
juvenation of agricultural dwellings
would result in benefits that would be
twofold. First, it would make agricul-
ture'attractive,not only to those now
residing in rural areas, but also to
those who might desire to settle on
the land after the war. Second, it
would create employment in order to
provide the goods and materials that
such a program wouyd require.
(CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE)
V
Ontario Farmers Given
Potent Voice
The new government of Ontario im-
plementing one of its pre-election pro-
mises gathered nearly 400 farmers in
Toronto last week and invested a com-
mittee of 21 chosen by the conference
with, more, authority than possibly has
ever been given to any farm group in
Canada. This committee virtually has
authority to draft the future agricul-
turaI policy of the Government, such a
drastic departure from the usual that
the experiment is bound to be watched
with interest by all parts of Canada.
There was no suggestion in the
speeches of either Premier Drew or
Col. Kennedy, the Minister of Agricul-
ture, that the committee which the
Conference was called to name would
merely be advisory body. Here are
Premier Drew's closing. words; "The
committee chosen will be given full
powers and an opportunity to organize
and plan for the production of food
in this province. I believe this is the
beginning of a new deal for agricul-
t ee in Ontario."
The Govermnent •had no part in the'
choosing of the committee. It invited
some 31 farm organizations to send
delegates to a two-day meeting and
when a nominating body reported sel-
ection of the permanent' committee it
was given unanimous approval by the
meeting and acepted'by Col. Kennedy,
In the beginning it will be largely a
fact finding committee empowered to
take evidence and make any investi-
gation necessary. But later; the Minis-
ter of Agriculture made clear, its re-
commendations would result in neces-
sary legislation empowering the com-
mittee to carry its plans into effect.
This is something farmers have been
asking for year after year. It may
come inter the heading of a noble
experiment and the effect, may be far-
reaching. If 'farmers can so direct
their own affairs why cannot we? oth-
er organized bodies will ask. Of course.
an obvious defect in the plan as a
cure-all for agricultural troubles Is
that so many of the difficulties about
which farmers complain bitterly have
their root in prices -which, during war-
time at least, are a Dominion and not
a provincial concern.
In Britain county agricultural un. ching'the Post Office'on or after the
its have almost unbelievable power to
direct farm production and Premier
Drew has' frequently stated how im-
pressed he was with their work. These
units, however, do not decide policy,
simply apply the decisions of the Min-
istry of Agriculture in their own dis-
tricts, The committee set up in Toron-
to last week :differs in that it has
been directly, charged with advising
on provincial farm policy. It may
advise the setting -up of county- units
to carry the policies decided upon
directly to the individual farmer,
Premier Drew told the meeting he
considered the committee the most im-
portant'body ever chosen in Ontario.
said the haste in calling the meeting
so soon after the new Government
came into power was dictated by the
"crises on the food front, the serious
danger of our falling down as a peo-
ple on our obligations to feed others,
and to evident necessity of organiz-
ing production for next year."- Ot-
tawa Journal, Sept. 7:
v
Abandoned Farzns in
Eastern Canada
(Experimental Farms News) ,
In Eastern Canada are between
12,000 and 13,000 farms, covering
about one and one-half million acres,
which have been abandoned and have
been idle for scene time, This condi-
tion exists despite the fact that many
thousands of acres of new wooded
land have been cleared and settled in
some parts of Eastern Canada dur-
ing the last ten years, states P. C.
Stobbe, Central Experimental Farn1
Ottawa.
Should this abandoned_ land, which
to a large extent has already been
cleared of its forest, be used for land
settlement purposes instead of
clearing new land of its original for-
est cover? In order to answer this
question satisfactorily a very care-
ful survey of each individual piece
of abandoned property must be made
and the reasons why it was abandon-
ed studied.
Many farms abandoned because
the land was originally submarginal
for agricultural purposes and no far-
mer could be expected to make a sat-
isfactory Iiving on such land after
the forest resources were.. exhausted.
On other farms the land, although
originally of fair quality, has been
gradually exhausted by unsound farm
practices. Some farms had 'to be vixe-
ated because the acreage of suitable
farm land was too small to provide i
livelihood for the farmer.
The farms wbieh have been aban-
doned for the reasons given are al
most invariably poor propects for
future settlers. Such land, in most
cases, if of greater value to the
State and the individual if it is left
to revert to forest. In some cases
it may even be advisable to assist
nature by planting young tree seed-
lings.
It should be observed that many
farms lobated on good soils have been
abandoned for various personal, soc-
ial and economic reasons. The right
type of settler could make a good
home and build up a sound, economic
enterprise on such land if he had the
opportunity and so it would be very
much easier to 'became establisheft
on some of these farms than to clear
new forest land and bring it under
cultivation. ,•
V
Mail Christmas Parcels
Overseas by November 1
Christmas boxes will have a much
longer distance to travel, entailing
more handling and reshipment' to
reach many members of Canada's
Fighting Service this year.. To en-
able all the Dominion's men and wo-
men overseas to receive their Gifts
from home in time for •Christmas
Da'r tt.e Pos.m,st r ,:eneral, l or.,
William P. Mulock, K. C., M.P., calls
011 the public to Mail Early for Christ-
mas Overseas—not later than Nov-
ember 1,
The date is 10 days earlier than
last year's closing time, .but with
many of our men serving in the Med-
iterranean areas, etc.:, the "deadline"
has been.advaneed to meet the rapid-
ly changing conditions,
The public are cautioned to Iose no
time to Mail Early for Christmas
Overseas—now and during October—
the earlier the better to ensure the
timely arrival of the anxiously await-
ed gift. The more distant our Forces
may be from Canada the earlier their
Christmas mail should be sent.
,Citizens are requested not to delay
until the last ininute to post their
gift parcels but to Mail Early and so
prevent congestion by giving the
Post Office opportunity to give: their
nails prompt handling and' to ar-
range for adequate ; cargo space,
which because of the shipment of
war supplies is necessarily limited.
Thousands of Christmas parcels (last
Christmas season more than 8 1-2
million pounds) and other mails Tea -
closing date would delay delivery; by
accentuating the difficulty of Speedy-
handling' and make it impossible for
sufficient' cargo space to be found
aboard the last steamships departing
with the Christmas mails to ensure•
all parcels" and letters reaching their
destinations in time. A: ,giftless
Christmas Day would dawn for many
men and Women in uniform overseas,
turning the holiday intoa day of dis-
appointment instead of cheer, fox
which even the later arrival of their
parcels could not compensate. Citi-
zens can prevent this from happening
by .Mailing„ Early—well before Nov-
ember 1. It is also suggested that to
help facilitate the' provision of ship-
ping space for the overseas Christ-
mas mails to the Canadian Forces
that each sender should voluntarily
cut down as far as possible on the
weight and Size of each Christmas
package, notwithstanding the fact
that the maximum weight of a par.
eelat reduced rate is set at 11
pounds. Theywill thus enable tho
Post Office to forward the maxi-
main number of parcels in the space
available aboard each ship, and so
makedeliveries in time for an, There
is the most vital need of full so -opera-
tion by the public, for this year the
Post Office expects an all-time re.
cord in the overseas volume of mitt-
tary 'nails will be established and is
already preparing in every way pos-
sible to handle and expedite the in-
flux. Greater care than ever before
is necessary on the part of mailers,
in the preparation of their overseas
parcels, in order to avoid delay.
•
Address all mails in ink,: fully,
clearly and without misleading abbre-
viations. Be sure to place return ad-
dresses on cover—also include a slip
in the parcel bearing sender's ad-
dress as well as address of parcel.
Prepay all mail correctly.
Parcel should be packed compact-
ly enough to resist the pressure of
other mails in the sack and the hand-
ling in transit—each article in the
parcel firmly secured. Use strong
corrugated containers, not light card-
board bosses, wrap in several layers
of thick wrapping paper, and tie se-
curely with strong cord. Do not use
fancy Christmas tissue paper or
wrapper, or coluored ribbons to tie.
Parcels may be sewn in strong cot-
ton or similar fabric.
Jams, syrups and any other sub-
stance likely to Ieak and spread, it
sent at all, must be enclosed in
sealed containers. (not glass bottles)
surrounded with absorbent material
in corrugated cardboard, and secur-
ely wrapped and tied. A completed
Customs .declaration form should
be affixed to every parcel. Apples,
grapes, etc., or any article likely to
spoil or become damaged, or to in-
jure Postal personnel, or the .mails
are not acceptable. The mailing of
Matches, Safety -Matches and Lighter
Fluid or any other inflmnable sub-
stance is strictly prohibited by law.
-Citizens by refraining from writing
to our Forces overseas that gifts are
being sent, until actually mailed, can
save much disappointment. Do not
disappoint our men by mailing their
gifts too late for Christmas delivery.
V
Apple Pickers Needed to
Save Ontario's Crop
While most other fruit crops have
been below average in Ontario this
year, the crop of apples is one of the
King George VI Salutes Malta, C. C.
On Sunday June 20th, Ring George
VI visited Malta, Britain's Island for- I
tress in the Mediterranean. His Ma-
jesty was'met by Viscount Gort, Gov-
ernor of the Island on arrival. During
the visit the King toured some of
the most bombed parts of the Island.I
The streets of Valetta, scarred by en
emy bombs, were crowded, as His
Majesty drove through the town, and:
when he stepped on to the balcony
of the Palace the people below broke -
into prolonged cheering..
Picture Shows: As the cruiser "Ans
rora" enters the Grand Harbour of
Valetta, His Majesty on the bridge of
the ship, acknowledges the cheering
of the Maltese people.
best on record. There is urgent need
however, for volunteer help in order
to ensure that this large crop is pick-
ed and saved for use in the war effort.
The Ontario Farm Service Force is
appealing to men and women who
have time to spare to go to work in
the apple orchards of the Province,
in order to help save this vital con-
tribution to our' food supplies. Calls
for help are coming in From ail the
apple -growing sections of the Pro
wince, both east and west of Toronto
and hundreds of pickers are required
at once.
The Ontario Farm Service Force
director, Alex Maclaren, recommends
that those who can spare time for
apple picking• endeavour to secure
this kind of work on farms in their
own neighbourhood. There are ample
opportunities in every apple -growing
locality, and by finding places where
they can pick, men and women can
make direct contacts with growers
and save time. Those who are unable
to do so, however, can be placed at
once by applying to the Ontario
Farm Service Force, Parliament
Buildings, Toronto.
The need is extremely urgent, and
must be applied immediately in order
to save the apple crop. Good wages
will be paid to apple pickers, so that
those who volunteer for this work
can make extra money for them-
selves and at the same time render
a valuable national service.
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HARVEST
The sun falls golden on this sloping
field
And mingles with the deeper gold of
sheaves
That hold all summer in their prec-
ious leaves
And bear the promise like an amber
shield
They follow proudly up the stubbled,
land
Their ancient pattern set to Time's.
first mould;
The sturdy stalks, the heavy heads
that hold
Their kennelled strength to bless the•
sower's head
These are the sheaves we dreamed of
when the days
Were warns on April uplands when,
the gold
0f noontide brimmed the valley's em.,
erald fold
And clothed the hillsides in an amber
haze.
Now with the full hearts, we garner
from these slopes
The rich fulfilment of our deepest,
hopes.
—Robina Monkman.
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MALTA'S FRONT LINE CHILDREN
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shown ,in the children of the George air war. ter -offensive,
Cross Island. Malta's: young citizens Picture shows: ,Maltese children