Sherbrooke daily record, 24 janvier 1949, lundi 24 janvier 1949

[" 1949\t\tJANUARY\t\t\t1949\t S\tM\tT\tW\tT\tF\tS 1 2\t3\t4\t5\t6\t1\t8 9\t10\t11\t12\t13\t14\t13 16\t17\t18\t19\t20\t21\t2° 23 30\t24 31\t25\t26\t27\t28\t29 WEATHER RAIN Rain in afternoon.Mucii miliot and ,cal\u2019tain, of ;hc maje \"\t\u2019' \u2018.ssiutance Hall, where the Pia'no.:\tvvas oy the grace was held, Guindon told the|of 00(1 that we we,e lu=k-v ,n land* lowing a return leg of the trip iSi;;.c;ay trial and in which a num- Indian leaders Pr: that they should expect to !in* whn V?,li The weather threw another solid punch today at the western United States livestock industry.An estimated 2,100,000 sheep and cattle were snowbound in the Rocky Mountain area.Sheepmen said the heavy January storms, which have hampered and blocked (Editor's Note: This is the first j Dmytryk, a native^ of Grand of four stories describing the Con-1 Forbes, B.C.gressional investigation of Com , All 10 were cited for contempt munist espionage in the United'of Congress.Two\u2014John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo By GEORGE RONALD \u2019tried, convicted, sentenced Canadian Press Staff Writer 1 year each and lined $1,036 each, i Washington, Jan.21.\t®- j One other person has been *r'_ | T CJ \\7 i i The Congressional spy hunt, a \u2018'an dieted as a r< ult of months of in- U «O,\t* tlCil lSniCll tastic hodge-podge of real-life j vestigrtion following the Holly-mystery, Consistently jtshines! wood inquiry, lie is Alger Hiss, Hollywood; the make-believe city j formerly a key state department where it started.\tI official, who is accused by Cham- Now popularly known as thej hers of having been up to his ears Whittaker Chambers ease'' be \u2022 in a pre-war Communist spy ring cause of the sensational charges ; which stole top-secret government by a self-styled former Communist papers.courier\u2014the inquiry was launched] Hiss, now on louve from his job in 1947, with th ¦ film capital the'ns president of the Carnegie Encontre of attraction.\t; dowment for Intcrational Peace, :1c of a ski-on tho Dakota m had ed rental e, said he would end the hunger strike to be able to carry his campaign by \u201clegal nml democratic means to recover the freedom of my people.\u201d When his trial concluded with a guilty verdict January 15 and date of fentencc was fixed for January 17, Sioui reported sick and unable to appear in court.Sentence was then fixed for January 21 but was advanced two i days by crown authorities when Sioui launched his hunger strike as a protest against conviction.I'i'cm the time ho was commit-ted after preliminary hearing lest June for Criminal AsMzcs he di put.l.ed a scries of motions to the court contenting its right to try him.He said the ease of Canadian Cattlemen expected boxcars lion, Nev is l to the ill be dir were , to Utah >PPcd $1,700 for men.They were seeking tops of $2,500 and $3,500, compared with present maximums wele of $2,000 and $2,900.( 10 I Held By Dutch been fixed by wireie; Indians was due for study b l'nil 1 Nations and that i officer of a government be \\v\u201e Continued on Page 5 the an mi- ls It Romance ?mgupore, >4 i/P Two ; American yachtsmen have been held by Netherlands authorith s ! at a Batavia concentration camp j for two months on short rations, a Canadian said here today.The Canadian, Philip Stacey of was sailing I ginxi, Sask,.said he The House of Representatives , has steadfastly denied the accusa- with the Americans when their i nii.\u2019-man standing committee on lions made by Chambers.The 47- yacht, the Lucky Boot, was picked] un-American activities decided year-old writer who says ho broke up off Dutch Borneo and all three: that year to dig into rumors that from the Communist party in were interned by the Dutch on llo'lywood was packed with Com ; 1938, last month quit his job as suspicion of smuggling, munists plotting overthrow of 'heI a senior editor of Time Magazine.Stacey said he was released United States government.\t,\tWhen he repeated the Hiss-was-u- Jan.IS through intervention of ; Some 60 movie personalities spy charge outside the protection the British consul.He sai l the ware summoned to Washington of the committee hearing room, American consul was working to amid a glare of publicity t at I Hiss sued him for $76,000 for libel, get the others lekased.They were I hasn't faded yet.As newsreels ! Meanwhile, another libel suit has identified as Robert Smith, 26,] hummed under hot klieg lights, arisen from the multi-angled in- former United States navy Teuton-j s nrs such ns Adolphe Metij ,i and ! vestigation.The defendant in this ant.from Pori\u2019an 1, Ore., and Fos-j Robert Montgomery testified about one is Elizabeth T.Bentley, 40-, ter Pimo, Jr., of Snohomish, Cominunh; nctivitiy in Hollywood, particularly in the Screen Writer: Guild.Ten alleged Communists\u2014writ ers and directors\u2014refused on con stitutional grounds to say whether they were or had been Commu nists.Among them was Ed 1 Today and Tomorow Afternoon ! Tuesday Evening: Concert! ,\t, present at the home of her son and tno i daughter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs.Roy \u2014 | Mosher, North Hatley.I Mu.and Mrs.N.S.Hartson have moved from their small home into I their new home or.Pleasant Street HE SUSPENSEFUL STORY FASCINATION! OF A FATAL AN (ACll HON Council is being hold this evening to consider tenders for a $440,000 bond issue authorized last November when the ratepayers approved by-law No.094.The bond .issue bears interest at three per cent and matures over a period of twenty years.The purpose of the bond issue is to finance improvements to the electric system, one of the chi-'f items being the installation of two 7,500 kva transformers on which delivery has been promised in February.Onistian Churches Are Urged To Retain Their Missionary Zeal osEtl ¥'*$$$& fin»*.f\tIP 1 BRIEFLETS Card party, the Catholic Women\u2019s League, at St.Patrick's Churen Hall, Wed., Jan.26th, at 8 p.m.Tickets 50c.Dr.Lionel Darehe will be absent from his office Jan.24th-Fcb, 1st inclusive.\u201cAny Christian church that loo-1 ! es the mssionaiv zeal ceases to be' a living church,\u201d said the Rev., Gordon Barss, Indian missionary,! in his address to the congregation ! of the Sherbrooke Baptist Church ! yesterday morning.Dre.-t-ed in the white garb pe-1 culiar to the section of India where ! he worked, Mr.Bares pointed out 1 that Christianity is the only way to God and that it is the respons -j oility of every Christian to carry ; the word of God to all parts of! the world.The speaker also nhted that a campaign lias been undertaken in : India to strengthen the church ! there.Many native churches have 1 already reached a state of self-j support, financially and otherwise, ! he stated.\u201cAny church that looks only to , itself is no longed a living Chris-] tian church,\u201d Mr.Barss said, urg-j ing the congregation to support | the foreign missione financially ; and with new volunteers.At the evening service, Mr.Barss | discussed the changes that Chris-j | tianity has wrought in the hearts i of the people of India.\"Their en- | tire lives are changed,\" he said.\"India's leaders (in Christianity! have come from the poor and humble folk, not from the houses of the great,\u201d Mr.Bares stated.\"The educated leaders \u2018peter out\u2019 because they have no real foundation.\u201cThe strong i espouse to Christianity cornea from the poor and outcast.The Gospel means most to them.\"Outcasts are known as untouchables.One who is not an outcast feels that even the shadow from an untouchable thrown upon him will pollu\u2019e him.\"i! is as had as the superstition here in Canada of the black cat crossing our path .it means an evil omen.Sometimes even missionaries hav< been branded outcasts because they associate with untouchables.\u201d The speaker stated that officially India is trying to rid the land of the caste system, that it can he made illegal.\u201cThe outcasts are a depressed class, kept little better than slaves.Continued on Page 6.The upper picture shows the group of members of the Canadian Association of Memorial Craftsmen, whose annual convention opens in Montreal today, who visited the plant of the Stanstead Granite Quarries, Co.Ltd., at Beebe yesterday.The picture was taken in front of the recently-dedicated gates of the Beebe Memorial Park.The lower picture show a group of Association and company executives: Reading from left to right are; Maurice L.Moore, Beebe; R.W.Beck, Montague, P.E.I., 1st vice-president of the Association; Norman Davis, Toronto, president of the Association; Charles Hepburn, Bsebe, managing director of the Stanstead Granite Quarries; Harvey Creber, Toronto, secretary-treasurer of the Association; and J.M, Thomson, Beebe.^omuneislal Craftsmen Pay Visit To Mislead Granite (Carries At Beebe 17 [7 : * 'v UÔ BISHOP'S WOODWORKING & REPAIR SHOP 14 Magog St - Tel 4798» Store Fixtures, Book Shelve* Cnpboards Doors, Cabinet* FREE ESTIMATES B\u2019nai B\u2019ritk Kiwanis To Hear Rev.R.D.Jones Rev.Richard D.Jones, Director of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, will be guest speaker next Wednesday evening at the regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club and, later in the evening, at an open meeting being held by the B\u2019nai B'rith lodge in the hall of the Jewish Synagogue, on Montreal Street.Mr.Jones is a noted speaker who has been active in eflforts to' foster harmony among people of diverse faiths.He has been associated with the Council since its inception and was appointed Director of the Canadian Council in 1947.In addition to teaching at the Athens College in Athens, Greece, he has made extensive visits to all European Countries, including igitivia and Lithuania and also to India, China, Siam, Mexico and Alaska.During the war he served with the merchant marine and spent time in Northern Africa, Italy and Southern France.For 13 years, prior to taking up his present vocation, he occupied Methodist Pastorates in New Jersey where he organized the New Jersey Round Table of the council and engaged in speaking tours with other ministers, priests and Monthly Meeting The monthly meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses \\va.-| held in the Order\u2019s offices, 100 Wellington street north, on Tuesday, January 11, with a good attendance.The president, Mr.A.C.Skinner, was in the chair.The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs.G.A.Sirois, and adopted.Mr.Kenneth A.Bryce, honorary treasurer, gave the financial statement for the month of December, which showed receipts to be $431-! 92 and disbursements $1,230.18.j The nursing staff during December included Miss Vera Bruegeman, nuree-in-charge, Mies Olivette Roy, M:ss Gabrielle Dai-laire, Miss Camille LaBrie, and relief nurse, Mise Lucille Daigr.au.Miss Bruegeman, nurse - incharge, reported ae follows on nursing activities: Eighty-eight new patients were admitted; 40 medical and surgical cases; 13 new pre-natal; 13 women admitted after childbirth; 22 new babies.620 visits were made: Obetetricals, 37; newborn, 41; chronics, 37.; medical and surgical, 284; maternitv care, 96; infants, 104; others.21.Child welfade clinics were also attended by the.nurses.It is expected Miss Christine Livingston, who has recently been appointed chief superintendent of the V.O.N.for Canada, will be the guest speaker at the forthcoming annual meeting in Sherbrooke.The date of the meeting will be published shortly.Sweetsburg, Que., Jan.24\u2014vcn 5\\jVTk Buy n^'.^deP0' d sa** stun wi n'ffc set'\"'* ,sM any base- $59 .50 EttV£* ftR\\ï)C>£ SETS ^ CHROME $36 D ANETTE CtfMES Reg $6 25 $4 .96 .T A'i?'\"''1 ' citv/lMO^S SUITES $230 cHRJ RY OWE .TCWf T /yREE 1 rd K'®* * S^MtooI tot* tY /s,RGE AR^ , GEERS ro( ton' .rV-VT0' $35 $4 .25 Sherbrooke\u2019s Largcal Furniture Slore. ; i\th > ; i.i u -, 11«?-our Sherbrooke TDailij Beeord The Oldest Daily in the District Is incorporated (he Sherbrooke Gazette, established 1837 and Sherbrooke Examiner, established 1878.Established INinth Day of Eebiuaiy, 1897.with which The Record is printed and published ivery week-day by the Sherbrooke Daily Record Company Limited, of which Ldna A.3eerworth is Secretary-1 reasurer, at \u2018he office, b9 Wellington St.North, in the City ot Sherbrooke, incorpoiating the news service ot The Canadian Press, The Associated Press tnd Reuters.[he Record is a memoer of the Audit Bureau of Circulation, its circulation being regularly auditejl and guaranteed.Subscription Rates: Carrier delivery in Sherbrooke and Lastern townships: 25 cents weekly, SI 3.00 per year.Mail subscription in (.nada.Great Hntain or the United States: I yeat $b.00, 6 months $3.25,\t3 months $z,.00, I month $1.00.Single copies 5c.\u2018Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.THE PORK BARREL OPENED i he old pork barrel has far from disappeared in Canadian politics judging from the efforts being made to hold the electors of the traditionally Liberal county of Nicolet-Yamaska within the party fold.Reports coming out of this keenly-contested area say that the sturdy farmers of that essentially rural constituency are being promised a bridge over the St.Lawrence River linking the South Shore with Three Rivers.Now this is an important matter for the residents of that riding who find that the existing ferry service is unsatisfactory for a people who do most of their business with the Tri-Fluvian City.The question of a bridge has been on the tapis for several years and Three Rivers residents and the population qf the South Shore Counties have been, conducting an intensive campaign for the construction of this affair.That the idea would receive a sympathetic hearing from the Provincial Government is not surprising under present conditions in the Ancient Capital.But to date, any pourparlers directed to Ottawa have been given the brush-off with the excuse that either it was not a federal matter, or that there were other projects of greater importance which must be proceeded with first or inferentially that certain individuals who had their habitat around that section of the St.Lawrence were not in the best graces at Ottawa.But wûth a critical by-election on the cards, the b ridge has suddenly become an issue of national importance, with the promise being held out that if the voters of Nicolet-Yamaska showed their traditional intelligence they would soon be riding instead of ferrying into Three Rivers.Of direct interest to the large families which feature the riding is the promise that the restrictions on family allowance payments will be removed, something which is aimed at replenishing the pockets of the individual family head.1 his, like the bridge, has been urged by the public but pigeon-holed by the Government.There is something rather significant about the opening of the pork barrel, out of which a juicy tax-reduction item has already been taken.The constituency has*been overwhelmingly Libera] over the years.In the general election the Conservative candidate polled less than one thousand votes to sixteen thousand for the combined vote of his Liberal opponents.i his would seem to make the outcome predetermined, but judging from the frantic promises coming from the Government supporters, there has been marked change in the prospects in the light of recent events.passed on to the consumer at more than the gross profit on the same article in 1940.Even when prices were low, the sales tax was bad but now when prices are high it is even worse and the Government, with a surplus of $700,000,000 will have some difficulty to justify the continuance of this levy on the SHERBROOKE DAILY RECORD, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1949.THE HAND OF FRIENDSHIP consumer.ASKING FOR TROUBLE A recent news item tells of two \"impartial\u2019' jurors in a recent Georgia lynch trial who left the jury box for the witness stand, testified they would not believe the lynch victim's widow under oath, then rejoined their fellow i jurors and found the defendant not guilty.The next day Governor Talmadge\u2019s forces presented the Georgia Legislature with a new voting program, it would revive the poll tax and otherwise tighten and restrict registration requirements to a point where a lot of citizens, white as well as colored, would certainly lose their vote.The State Government of Georgia appears to be doing everything within its power, through such obvious and clumsy methods as these, to force the enactment of the federal anti-lynch and anti poll tax laws that it is fighting against.com,com OLP MAM.YOU HAVE NOTHING Waf'ingïon Column By PETER EDSON SENATE SMALL BUSINESS GROUP FIGHTS TO STAY IN BUSINESS Whether or not small business will get any kind of a break before the new Congress will have to be decided by the Senate :n short order.For the Senate\u2019s Special Committee to Investigate the j.Problems of Small Business is itself about to be merged out of business on Jan.31.Sen.James M.Murray (D., Mont.) has introduced a new resolution to continue this committee through the Rlet Congress.Sen.Murray would probably become its chairman.But Sen.Scott Lucas of, Illinois, Democratic major-j ity floor leader, says the Small Business Com-i mittee ought to stay dead.Lucas\u2019s main argument is that the Senate should keep within the LaFollecte-Munroney Congressional Reorganization Act, and not have any i special committees.The problems of small business, says Lucas, could just as well be taken i care of by some sub-committee of one of the 15 i permanent standing committees of the Senate.* * * SMALL BUSINESS WORK OVERLAPS OTHER COMMITTEES BUSINE# 6 *\tFooR WUIOM COLLAR TAX INCREASE/\" * From The Record Files 5^5?Press Comment TAXES AND LIVING COSTS People who are hopeful that the recent rractional decline reported in the cost of living in Canada may presage a general lowering of the outlay for the basic necessities of life would appear in the nature of wishful thinkers.I here are too many items which combine to keep living costs high and by no means the least of these is taxes.The sales tax is one important factor by which the federal government helps to keep the expenditures of the individual at a high level and one of the ironies of the situation is that while the administration professes to favor any move to cut down the cost index, it benefits directly by every advance in prices as the sales tax works on a percentage basis, with the return to the government increasing as prices go up.I he sales tax also contributes indirectly to the cost spiral.High prices plus high taxation result in the merchant having to increase the amount of money he has to keep tied up in stock and the interest and other carrying charges on this have to be reckoned in computing the cost of goods for retail sale.An executive of a department store has explained the effect of the eight per cent sales tax on the price of a pair of overalls.In 1940 the tax on this article amounted to 1 I cents.Now the tax is about 25 cents, being passed on to the consumer at 37Fi cents or more.This item alone on a pair of overalls is being **\u2022*****¦ '\ti i-r -\t?- r*\t« While Lucas\u2019s proposal makes sense organizationally ami economically, the catch Ls that Small Business Committee work cuts across the fields of at least five standing committee.Anti-trust laws to protect small business go before the Judiciary Committee.Tax laws to aid small business go before the Finance Committee.Legislation to give RFC loans to email busine-e goes before Banking and Currency.General business legislation goes before Interstate Commerce.And legislation to protect farmers\u2014who are really small businessmen\u2014ie Agriculture Committee\u2019s exclusively.Several attempts have been made to write bills setting up a Small Business Committee as one of the Senate\u2019s permanent work groups.So far, no one has succeeded in this effort because of these conflicts of authority.There were a number of nice fights behind the scenes in the last Congress because Republican chairmen of the standing committees\u2014Senators Tobey, White, Millikin and others\u2014thought the Senate Small Business group was stealing their stuf:'.Sen.Kenneth S.Wherry of Nebraska, Republican minority floor leader in the Senate, who was chairman of the Small Business Committee in the last Congress wants this committee continued.While it is only normal to expect Wherry and Lucas to be on opposite sides of every question, it is a little unusual to find New Dealer Murray and Conservative Wherry on the same side of anything.This is it.WHITE HOUSE HAD AN ANGLE, TOO The White House has an angle in the argument, : too.President Tuman\u2019s State of the Union Message to Congress gave small business two nods., \u201cSmall business is losing ground to monopoly,\u2019\u2019 the President said in listing his II things wrong with the country.Later in the message ho said: \u201cWe must aesure small business the freedom and op-; portunity to grow and prosper.To this purpose wo should strengthen our anti-trust laws by closing those loopholes that permit monopolistic mergers and consoiklationfi.\u201d As if to back up these statements, several big reports are due soon on the work of the Senate Small Business Committee in the last Congress.; Under its lact two staff directors.Dewey Anderson i and George Meredith, the Small Business Committee has dug into many nasty business situations.; Principal concerns have been in trying to get oil and gasoline for the independent refiners and dis-i tributors, and to get stee! for the small manufac-! turer.s.In the past there lias been considerable boondoggling and phony propaganda in the name of small business, by both the government and private industry associations.Some of the small business lobbyists in Washington have Peon unmasked as nothing but fronts for bigger business organiza-! lions.i Politically, being for small business is a good bit like being for the flag, home and motherhood.! It is a sacred cow which every vote hunter wor-.shjÿ.', but nobody has done much about it, constructively.Nevertheless, informed big business as wall as the little fellows and the politicians realize that in the present growing trend towards mergers and monopolies, there is a real danger.The next step after overconcentration of economic power in the hands of a few giant corporations may be government ownership.Creating conditions under which there can be healthy competition of many small business establishments is recognized as absolutely essential if the private enterprise system is to be preserved.MR.COLDWELL\u2019S PHRASES NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM.Toronto Telegram.CCF Leader Coldwell is adept in the use of evasive language.A.few ,evenings ago en a CBC Trans-Canada network he was plugging for j F.-ialism, but he was chary in the I use of the word.He talked about i \u201cpublic enterprise\"\u2014a phrase that ito many people has a less ominous sound than Socialism\u2014but in the , CCF lexicon public enterprise is synonymous with Socialism.Another bit of sugar-coating in the speech was Mr.Coldwell\u2019s statement that a CCF government would \u201csocialite only those things where socialization would bring I \"\u2019\u2022est benefits to the Canadian people.\u201d This has a pleasant soun i.but as a guide to CCF policy it amounts to saying tfie CC-1 p\u2019 'n-ners would set themselves up s the .ii'cl-cs of the enterprises which v.uld be taken over by the st, i and those which would be left in j private hands.What, in Mr.Cold Î well\u2019s words, may sound like a fine orincinle could, in practice.v \u2022ome dangerous to the nation\u2019s wel fare.Socialist doctrine could casilv replace the public interest as the\u2019 yardstick in determining the in-, dustries to fie socialized.This is ! happening in the socialization f! the steed industry in Britain today.; There is a widespread belief t at I this highly efficient industry is be-j ing fallen over by the state, not be- j cause g ver\" \u2022 nt ownership w:h reduce more and cheaper atout because the socialization of ha.; long been a plank in he Labor party\u2019s platform.Similarly, under the Coldwell precept, Socialist doctrine could take precedence over the public welfare, Mr.Coldwell staked out a lot of territory when he claimed that Socialism would provide greater ser-j vice at smaller cost: more effici u-cy ard less red tape; democratic control; profits for all instead of a fc end a financial base for s t -oeurity.These are claims more easily made than- proven.We doubt that a planned economy such as* he CCF proposes would provide more efficiency and less red tape.The opposite con-\u2019iMon would seem r likely.Mr.Coldwell spea\u2019 s of Socialism providing democratic ec\" \u2019\".it what does he mean bv, it?The methods of Socialist gov-! ernments are frequent!- heavy-1 handed.The school boards anil hospital boards .Saskatchev ,| which are compelled to tak out; p.Il.ies in the CCF government\u2019s insurance office in order to obtain' their provincial grants, may think! CCF methods more dictatorial thanj democratic.With respect to Mr.I Coldwell\u2019s reference to Socialism providing a financial base\t>-J cial security, it would be enlightm-; ing to have the comments of the 50 workmen who lost fflteir jobs a few (' bqfoi C\ts when the S- ialist government shut down its shoe factory and tannery at Re-gina.The CCF leader's speeches abound in melodious phrases which .ar far from reality.They .st be carefully examined to find what they mean.THIRTY YEARS AGO The trustées elected at the annual meeting of the Granby Congregational Church were: W.H.Miner, J.C.Barr, F.R.Fogerty, R.K.Smith, W.W.D.Brock, James Duncan and J.G.Fuller.Officers elected lor the Sherbrooke County Wool Growers\u2019 Association were: F.R.Mitchell, M.Ste, Marie, W.G.MacDongall, M.H.Saunders and W.S.Armitage.At the animal meeting of the Dixville Creamery, the following directors were elected: J.Grady, H.W.Childs, C.F.W'allis, G.A.Cushing, J.B.Parker, Henry Hebert, Denis Mailhot and T.Belval.TWENTY YEARS AGO The following officers were elected for the Ayer s Cliff Library Committee: A.H.Slack, F.A.Johnston, Mrs.M.W.Johnston and E.H.Chadsey.Officers elected for the Sherbrooke Branch of the V.O.N.were : Mrs.A.M.Sangster, Mrs.A.W.Blue, Mrs.G.Edwards.Mrs.W.G.Cross, Mrs.W.B.Mc-Caw, Mrs.J.Rosenbloom and Mrs.F.S.Rugg.TEN YEARS AGO .The French Government has rejected the appeal of the Spanish ambassador for assistance to the Loyalists who are besieged in Barcelona.Germany appears headed toward uncontrolled inflation following the dismissal of the aides of Hjalmar Schacht.Officers named for the Women s Association of the Fitch Bay United Church were: Mrs.B.W.Brown, Mrs.Nettie Wyman, Miss Clara Wyman, Mrs.E.A.Scott, and Mrs.John Wilson.The following officers were elected at the Vestry meeting of St.Cuthbert\u2019s Church.Dixville: Jack Brown, I.R.Whitehouse, T.J.Grady, G.L.Fannar, Donald McEwen and N.A.Beaton.FIVE YEARS AGO Officers named for the Women's Auxiliary of St.Paul s Church, Marbleton, were: Miss Florence Hunt, Mrs.Clifford Weyland, Mrs.Walter Maskell, Mrs.William Hetherington and Mrs.R.W.L.Thornloe.Latest advances have brought the British Fifth Army within artilery range of Rome.A new beachhead has also Ffeen established at Nettuno.The following officers were named for the Lennox-ville Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society: Mrs.Lee M.Watson, Mrs.C.A.Prince, Mrs.C.Sterling, Mrs.A.E.Abercrombie, Mrs, J.E.Herold, Mrs.E.W.Gilbey and Miss D.Sterling.FROM THE PEN OF E.T WRITERS BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told.\u2014Psalms 90:9.( * + \u2022 Our lives are albums written through With good or ill, with false or true; And as the blessed angels turn The pages of our years, God grant they rend the good with smiles, And blot the ill with tears! \u2014Whittier, PR A Y ER F OR THE BLIND Ilz.ve mercy great, O Lord of light.On bii^ied ones who, lacking sight.Must foot it lonely through the night: 0\tsad that there should never be For them in wondrous galaxy, The scenes of earth and sky and sea.And yet so oft I find they know, Much more thiyi I, an inward glow Attending them on earth below: That I, perforce, must surely deem Direct from Thee some- lovely beam Upon their path must brightly gleam For I have seen a sightless one, Whose eyes have never seen the sun, Do more with life than I have done; With skill, and doing easily, And arid to that, more joyfully, Work far beyond that done by mo! Nor shall at these my wonders wane, And at their daily conquered pain, Who use abroad the whited cane: And if today, upon the street, 1\thear a tapping, tapping beat, May I my humble prayer repeat:\t\u2022 Have mercy great, O Lord of light, On blinded ones who, lacking sight, Must foot it lonely through the night; Yet, praying, let one wonder more Its flood of light full quickly pour Fast through my mind\u2019s wide open doori Interrogating me today, Just as to whether I or they Need more the prayer that I do say?Not that I should one whit forbear, To ask for them Thy loving care.Or help to guide their thoroughfare; Rut seeing them should me remind.That these no deeper darkness find, Than falls upon the inly blind: If sad are they that never see, The scenes of earth and sky and sea, How sad, who seeing, see not Thee?To see Thee in the beauty stored, So greatly in Thy works abroad, There to be known and there adored; For there, by might and grace decreed, Is shown Thyself to lie perceived, And who sees not is blind indeed.Then save me from the worldliness, That little knows the spaciousness Of all Thy multiplied largess, Where light its utter sj^endor flings On sights of sweet familiar things, And bids niy knee to worshippings, And never let me miss from Thee\u2014 Who gave me eyes with which to see\u2014 The vision of transparency: That sec- through thing- Thy glory bright, And with their using all delight, In serving Thee, O Lord of light! Kippen, Ont, REV.ALBERT W.HINTON.STILL THAT RAINY DAY \u2019 The Ottawa Journal With the Dominion\u2019s surplus up to $609,900,000 thus far in the fiscal year (there, are still three months to go, F.nance Minister Abbott continues to emphasize that he will have to meet a iot of bills at the year\u2019s end and thereafter cut something off our debt Not a word about lowering taxes.Now we know perfectly well that Mr.Abbott\u2019s desk will have quite a few bills on \u2019t around the end of March, that he will have some loans to provide for, and also the prospect of more spending next year on defence.Yet when we add everything up we still find that Mr.Abbott is goirog to have a that imping big sum left, about 3490,000,000 to say the least, and we submit that at this time, when taxation is making it impossible for many people to make ends meet, and making it desperately hard for some people to get along at all, it is not Mr.Abbott\u2019s business to have a thumping big sum left.Mr.Abbott keeps telling us that whatever he has left over in the way of a surplus will go toward reducing debt; that he must guard us against a \u201crainy day.\u201d Does it ever occur to Mr.Abbott that people themselves might be given a chance, to provide for their rainy days?This rather than having the Government doing it for them \u2014leaving their future to what the State may be pleased to provide for them in the way of \u201csecurity.\u201d Or is Mr.Abbott completely sold on the Socialist doctrine that people can\u2019t be trusted to look after themselves, or to spend their own money\u2014that the State must do it for them ?i In Canada today scores of thou-j sands of people, perhaps hundreds j of thousands of people, are denied the opportunity of providing for their own future because, the Government taxes away their earnings.If such taxes were taken for absolutely necessary outlays, with the Government the while practising reasonable economy, no one could object.But when the Government shows no sign of economizing, when most of its departments are spending more than ever before, when it embarks ever and anon on more costly commitments, and when, despite all of this, its taxes are so high as t» pile up a gigantic surplus (this in itseJf an encouragement to still further extravagance), it becomes a duty to protest.Protest, accompanied by appropriate action, is in fact long overdue.McKENNY ON BRIDGE By Wm.fc.ilsSteimy, America\u2019s Card Authority HIS POKER THEORIES INJECTED IN BRIDGE The ambition of every actor is \u2019 to appear on Broadway.Recently, when Jose Ferrer was in my apartment, we were discussing his unusual achievement.He is the star ; of the Broadway play, \u201cThe Sil-1 ver Whistle,\u201d and at the same time he is being seen in one of the leading roles of the motion picture, \u201cJoan of Arc,\u201d at two different Broadway theaters.Mr.Ferrer said that bridge and poker are the salvation of theatrical people on long train jumps when on tour.In his bridge he employs the same principle that he brings out ;n \u201cThe Silver Whistle\u201d\u2014that of bringing joy and happiness into the lives of others.He will not play cards with people who do not play for the fun they get out of it, To argue with Jose is to lose a bridge partner.He likes to inject his poker theories into the bridge game, as he did in today\u2019s hand.Not many players will underlead an ace J against a six bid.However, Jose had he#ird the opponent on his right bid spades and, hearts, and North had bid diamonds He knew that if he led a spade or a heart, he would be leading right into something in declarer\u2019s A