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PAGE TWO “THE LIBERAL” Estabtished 1878 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING CO., LI‘D J. Eachern Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Aswciation Subscription $1.50 per year -â€" To the United States $2.00 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban District Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 THE TWO ROADS , There are two methods of carrying on a war â€"â€" the democratic and the totalitarian. We have chosen delib- erately the democratic concept. It leaves something to the individual. He still retains, in large measure, his freedom of action. He seeks the work f0r which he is best qualified, he directs his effort towards the things which he feels he is best fitted to do. The state, it is true, may exercise certain powers of persuasion, econ- omic forces direct his steps, but he is drawn towards the task in which he is engaged by his personal likes or dis- likes, his training, his qualifications for the work, and by the reward which he receives for his effort. In the totalitarian state it is different. Direction comes from the central authority. Men are placed in in- dustry. They remain there until they are called to some other task. Industry takes care of the men engaged. The pay is limited. The standard of living is low. Rationing in food, fuel, clothing, started from the beginning of the war â€"â€" even earlier than that. The work is directed by the state â€" the state is everything, the individual is nothing. ' . There are advantages in both lines of approach. If the conscious effort of the nation is to be devoted at all ,times to the task of war, to the enslavement of men â€" if the individual is always to be of relative nisignificance and the. state alone is the sole factor, then it may be adâ€" mitted that for a time at least there is greater striking force and power within the totalitarian method. But it carries with it the seeds of destruction. It leaves nothing to the play of the human emotions. It does not measure the desire for freedom which has always been an element in the iives of men, and always will so long as men are free. It assumes that man is a machine, that he is capâ€" able of functioning as a machine. The tragedy of Germany is not that the people have become enslaved to a mad ideal but that they no longer care “to cancel their own captivity.” We desire to live in freedom, to live under a democ- racy. Me must mobilize the manpower and womanpower of the nation. That is the plan back of national regis- tration. which opens on August 19. It is an effort to organize on a larger scale for earlier victory than might otherwise be achieved. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT What should be done in a struggle such as this? There is only one way by which we can assure success â€" throw what we have into the conflict. It involves all the strength of the nation, human, material and spiritual. This is to- talitarian war. We will have reached the zenith of our power when every individual, confident of the righteous- ness of our cause, moves forward to the defence of free- dom, the defeat of autocracy, doing from day to day the work, which, in its broadest sense, responds most clearly to the national need. How far are ‘we succeeding in this task? The present situation in regard to unemployment is the answer to that question. We are moving rapidly to full employment, and therefore towards a tremendous increase in produc- tion. The index of employment in manufacturing, stood at 130.3 in July of this year. This is higher than in any other year in Canadian history. It is neaiiy fifty points above the level of the depression year, 1933. In that year it stood at 80.7. ‘ We have travelled a long way since the dark days of the depression. The national income is rising. Indus- try is seeking the worker. National registration is naâ€" tional stocktaking of the available human material. It should help to speed up production. We shall be a very busy people during the next few years â€"â€" but name one man who has ever discovered a nation idle â€" yet happy! ~ MAN-POWER - We can estimate, as far as numbers are concerned the manpower and womanpower of the nation. A recent speech in the House of Commons gave the following fig- ures. There are in Canada roughly 4,700,000 men and women between the ages of 18 and 44. Of these 2,400,000 are males and 2,300,000 females. Between the ages of 44 and 59 the total male population is 950,000 â€" female ‘over 820,000. Eliminating for the moment those of 60 years and over and those who are under 18 years of age, and in both these classes there are tremendous reserves of energy and capacity, and we have some idea of our manpower and womanpower. This is only a quantitative analysis â€" it tells us the numbers involved. We must also know the experience and training of the Canadian people. Within the ranks of tln nation are men capable of filling almost every posiâ€" tion. The task of today is to search them out and find the work for which they are best qualified. That. is why we hold, on August 19, 20 and 21, a national stockâ€"taking of our human resources. It is a plain recognition of the fact that the veins of wealth do not lie in silver and gold, nor in bonds, stocks and bank balances, but in the producing power of the men and wo- men of the nation. The mechanics of the problem are very simple. When you register you answer several ques- tions. These answers help to measure the qualifications of the millions of men and women of the nation. The ob- ject of registration is to increase production, to mobilize the manpower and womanpower of the nation, to carry on, more efficiently than ever before, the struggle in which We are now engaged. as * a: * >i< * >i< a: National Registration is a necessary step in the as- sembling of all the resources of the country. It is necess- ary to help win the war which is the most Important job at the moment of every man and woman in Canada. Every loyal Canadian will do everything possible to facilitate the work of the army of workers engaged in the task of taking this National registration next week. It is a patriotic duty to help in every possible way. * * * * * SF * * It has been stated many times in the past and will be many times in the future that pedestrians on highways should not walk with-the motor traffic but should travel on the opposite side of the road and facing the oncoming 051‘s. But, probably as-long as there are both cars and pedestrians using the one roadway, the walkers will. per- vei‘sely, do the opposite of what is in their own best in- te l taxisâ€"Perth Courier. i British THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL. ONTARIO By Paul 1.. Fox About the year 18-10 there lived yin Richmond Hill a quaint old lady lived in an ancient building ltas of course been removed. . who which the products of which provided her with an honest livelihood. With a Scotch name and a Scotch parentage she inherited a love for a neighbour- ly chat. Her circumstances were comfortable according to her posi- ition in society. She was notable for three characteristics, a very ‘lively . tongue, a long clay pipe and an ever ready switch with which she edu- cated her own boy, and any other boy that came within her reach. Her curriculum of public education was principally “object lessons", and on the object her instructions generally left very deep impressions. The old lady was antique in man- ners and original in dress. She lived before Paris began to govern the world of fashion with its latest. Her designs were local, but none the less were distinguished. She wore a frill of huge dimensions. Parasols colonials so expansive frills were used as sunshades. used to see the frills ceining along they would know that their owner was not far behind and make them- selves scarce accordingly. Later the old lady died and as Locking BACKWARD _\ WEEKLY GLIMI’SE She was the owner of a village lot,, as a headress a great white cap with ‘ were not in style among the early, When the boys' AT I.()(‘.\L HISTORY l i l the custom in those days she ‘wakcd'. In those days wach were very much more attended than they are nowadays. Everybody thought he ought to go and every- body wcnt. On this occasion there was a large icrowd of sympathizers. Towards midnight the hours became longer ‘and all the current topics were ex- haustcd. A group of boys were out- side the residence (for boys were not allowed to attend the wakes). They, however relieved the tedium of the moment by watching their elders through the window. The late lamented old lady sitting upright in her bed her huge [white cap with its inevitable frill .perched on the top of her head and her favorite long clay pipe was in her mouth. She sat there apparent- ly enjoying a quiet smoke as though iin real life. Around the bed were a number of half tipsy mourners convulscd with ill-suppressed laughter. The arrival ‘of the coffin changed the scene. Levity gave place to seriousness. In 0 due time the remains of the old lady were deposited in the village ceme‘ tery. What would now be thought the' setting aside of the properties of‘ modern society were then looked lupon as the pranks of the thought- ;less and among the humours of the ' day. A “'88 \\' 2’- S Men of the By “Taffrail”, the In spite of the large number of ships that have been added to the Navy since the war began and the need for a continuous sup- ply of trained seamen, many hun- dreds more young men wish to join the Navy than the Navy can poss- ibly absorb. Numerous applicants must necessarily be disappointed at being unable to serve at 5921; but with the British Empire mobilised for the hardest. struggle of its existâ€" ence the preference of individuals cannot always be met. The needs of the other fighting Services must also be filled. In the course of the last week I have visited two naval establish- ments. in Britain where men are beâ€" ing trained for the Navy. One was a barracks which has been in exist- ence for many years, and the other a hutted camp which did not exist at the beginning of the war. In these two places combined something like 4,500 men were in training â€"â€" men drawn from every profession and walk of life. Marine Officer who had rejoined at the outbreak of war, and was re- and during his retirement had had a great. deal to dowvith the train- ing and welfare of the young. He told me that he was dcaling with in his long experience. Indeed, as he had written in one of his reports â€""They are wonderful material and tremendously keen." At the barracks I saw a large number of men on parade who had been under training for a few days to a few weeks. Some, indeed, had not been kitted up beyond their uni- form caps. One outslze fellow well over six feet tall could not squeeze himself into any of the garments in the store. His clothes had to be specially made for him in the tailor’s shop, instead of merely being alt- eied. Australia, New Zealand, India and Canada have their own navies; but idad, and other places abroad, in- cluding one who had a job at £700 a year in South America and who had worked his way home for the set purpose of joining the Navy as an ordinary seaman. I asked about some of their calling-s before they. had joined up. “We’ve men from every conceiv- able job ashore." I was told. “There are several commercial travellers, a civil servant, a taxicab proprietor, a men's outfitter and a dance band conductor.” The camp I mentioned was built on about 250 acres of what had been meadowland at the outbreak of war. Huts and buildings began to spring up: but on January 10. when it was commissioned as a man-ofâ€"war with about 400 trainees. it still looked rather like a devastated area. I saw photographs taken at that time. with l the roadways halfâ€"completed, piles of timber and buildings material lying here and there, and the skeleton At the camp I talked to a Royal: sponsiblc for the physical training; [He was something of a psychologist, the best material he had come across 1 I saw men from Newfoundland, Trin- ‘ lolly started fr in nothing. ~ way [men under training â€" as comrades -scrving in a common cause. not as was ! ,lower 1940 tax rate, the members British Navy 1 famous naval writer framework of huts, and a huge cin-, ema and canteen, rising out of a sea of mud. And now that camp has four great blocks of huts each complete in it- self with messroom, kitchen, sleepâ€" ing quarters and washing accommo- dation. It has its cinema to seat a thousand, offices, canteen, sick bay, officers’ block, food and clothing stores, and a huge concrete parade ground. ‘ It takes on an average of 230 new entries a week for an intensive ten weeks’ course in discipline, drill, sea- manship including boatwork, and gunnery. There were about "3,500 men there under training at the time of my visit; but the eventual total will be larger, for the place is still being added to. Likely men of all ages between 171;; and 40, many of them volun- teers, but some enrolled under the National. Service Act, have been tak- en into the Navy for the war. I watched them at drill under arms on the parade ground, at gun drill with 4-inch and 12-pounders, on the ‘rifle range, and in the gymnasiums engaged upon those recreational ex- ercises which encourage mental and physical alertness. I noted the diff- erence in physique between those who had joined a few days beforelmarvols of the day. â€" (From the uni those about to leave. The goodlAl'g‘OHaUtJ food, combined with the regular rou- tine and exercise, had done marvels. i The men under training represent- ed a true cross-section of Britain's population, Practically every sort of calling and profession was repre- sented. There were architects and surveyors, a sign writer, a music- hall comedian, an operatic tenor, and armor who had been in an acrobatic troupe since the age of fourteen. IA football player from a famous league team mingled with three un- dergraduates who had been studying theology at Cambridge University, and a man who had worked on the fish dock at Hull. There was a pro- fessional ratcatchcr from the West ' Country; a man who had earned the Polar medal for Antarctic exploraâ€" tion; another who had been in the Black Watch, that famous Scottish regiment, for ten years and had .risen to the rank of sergeant; and a gallant Canadian who had served in the British Army in the last war, and had joined the Navy for this. What so struck me was the keen- ness and vitality of the whole estab- lishment, keenness which had infect- ed the contractor’s workmen still employed about the place who in- sisted on doing voluntary drill four nights a week to make themselves efficient in the use of arms. Yes. The whole atmOsphere of the place was refreshing and full of bustling energy with every officer ‘and man out to do his best for the country. 1 Knowing a little about these things I realised the tremendous effort that was being put into the task of turn- ing out these men for the Navy. and the forethought and work that had gone to produce the results I saw not only in the men themselves; but l visions. THURSDAY. AUGUST 15th, 1940. 1 7% £0 mafia Z‘oflacca JUST LIKE _ also in the camp, which had virtu- Ilary of the officers came from the retired list, with others from the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Most‘ of the potty officer instructor‘s were. pensioners. I particularly noted the they spoke to and treated the INSURANCE LIFE. FIRE. ACCIDENT. SICKNESS PLATE GLASS. AUTOMOBILE SURGLARY, GUARANTEE BONDS SPECIAL RATES TO FARMERS ON ALL CARS TARIFF & NONTARIFF CO’S A. G. Savage Old Post Office Richmond Hill raw recruits to be barked at. and chivvied. I came away greatly impressed. The men I saw undcr training were splendid material, as the Royal Mar- inc officer had told me. \Vhat neith- er he nor the Commodore in com- mand had mentioned was the truly magnificent work that was being done by the officers and permanent staff of the establishment. â€"â€" â€"~â€" 9 o WOODBRIDGE COUNCIL Charles Graham IN AUGUST SESSION MASSEYJLRRRIS _ . AGENT In session Tuesday night Wood- . bridge village c0uncil moved to clear Farm Implementsfl Macmue” up uncertainty regarding action on and Repa‘lrs the SChOOlbbffgl‘d‘S proposed school Telephone Richmond Hill 39 extension ui ing program. As a I - result. Clerk E. W. Brown received Beatty Farm Equipment formal instructions in a unanimously . . approved motion, to request the schoolboard for an immediate con- firmation or denial to reports that Bowden Lumber & Coal the building program“ will not be . CO. LTD. carried out this summer. Earlier in the year council approved the ne-J, LUMBER OF ALL KINDS cessity of the work, to be carriedi‘Insulex’ Donnacona Board, etc. out during the summer vacation, and a LANSING incorporated in their budget an item . ' of twenty-five hundred dollars as re- WILLOWDALE 42 HUDSON 0284 quested ‘by the board. ~ Council's action may result in a. haung decnlcd on a spec1al sessmn . .” .. ‘ to be held within a few days. It was 1924 1940 ‘ forecast that a new and lower budget would be adopted. eliminating the Policies issued through thj, item for building purposes, unless a statement from the board promises definite action on the proposed work. During the session, considerable debate centred around enforcement of a parks control byâ€"law. Alleged lack of life saving equipment on the Humbcr river caused Councillor C. Shannon, police committee chairman, to ask the council‘s authorization- for enforcement of the by-law’s pros “It‘s going to be too late after we have another drowning." he declared. Chief C. F. Lewis report- ed life saving equipment is not pro- vided 0n the river banks and indi~ cated the by-law calls for “adequate”. equipment. Debate on interpretation of the word “adequate” resulted in Reeve N. G. W'allace's declaration “It’s up to our police to say what’s adequate.” Councillor A. B. Cousins recom- mended the erection of warning signs at river points not connected with parks. Complaints from citizens regard- ing noisy swimming parties as late as 3 a.m.. made to Councillor J. Watâ€" son, brought a suggestion that a late police patrol of the river should be inaugurated. i t? D 9 Discussing the government‘s civil j" a: guard plan. ReeveWallace advocat- . office covering Farm PrOperty â€"Private Dwellings and their contentsâ€"Automobile â€"â€" Plate Glassâ€"Residence Burglary, etc. Claims Settled Promptly I oommoooeonom W i g l. J. R. HERRINGTON General Insurance Richmond Hill Telephone 87 WE DO ALL BUSINESS CIRCUMSPELTL‘I -- AND PRICE OUR LUNBERGUITE ‘ CORRECTLY â€" v:- . . ed giving “50, 60 or 100” local men a chance to train in their home town if they wished to do so. He report- ed the government plan is based on 1/2 of 1 per cent of the population. “We have a thousand people,” he said. “which means we could only appoint five guards and they would have to train somewhere else in the county." The village had earlier been advised they could not form a local unit. LUMBER. 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