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In the midst of many appeals don’t overlook the im- portance of a continual stream of war savings purchases. NOW everyone is working, it is well to look ahead to the future. Keep on buying war savings stamps and certifi- cates and thus help the country and at the same time prepare for a rainy day. Salvage committees have been organized in almost every community in Canada and are doing a worthwhile service to our country. Too often the tendency is for the majority of citizens to leave all the salvage work to members of these committees, when they could greatly lighten the work by taking salvage to the central depot inslead of sitting back waiting to have it collected. Help the war work of salvage collection by delivering your salvaged material to the collection depot. Do a bit rather than “let George do it all”. RESERVE ARMY CALLS FOR RECRUITS The Reserve Army which is Canada’s counterpart to Britain’s famous Home Guard is calling for recruits. A drive is now on across Canada to build up these reserve units for the defence of Canada. . “It couldn’t happen here,” was What was said in France, Norway, Denmark, and the rest of an unprepared and now conquered world. But it did happen, and it can hapan here. Canada cannot afford to be unprepared for an attack on our own shores. To meet this need of home defence a call is made fpr every able bodied man who is not eligible for active service to apply for enrolment in the rapidly growing Reserve Army for Home Defence. There is a registration booth in every community. The Red Cross Society will make an appeal for $11,- 000,000 beginning May 11. That there will be the usual response goes without saying, but in View of the numer- ous demands it is well that thought should be given the matter in good time. Of all the appeals none are more deserving than that in support of the work of the Red Cross. Vote “Yes” and work for a large “yes” majority your own polling division. We know not what the future holds for Canada or the world. We hope the tide of battle which has been against us, will turn in our favor. But on the other hand the situation may get much worse and we must be pre- pared to rally all the resources of the country for its defence. To do this the people of Canada must answer an overwhelming majority of “yes” votes in the coming plebiscite. In North York a Citizens Committee has been organ- ized which solicits the support of every citizen in seeing that a large vote is polled in this riding. Volunteer to help in your own community. As citizens in a free land we must face reality. Whe- ther past commitments were wise or unwise is aside from the issue. These commitments were made by both major political parties and conscription was not an issue in the 1940 elections. In a democracy we do not see that any self-respecting government with any sense of its responsi- bilities to the people could do otherwise than keep its pledged ’word. The electors are not asked to decide if conscription is necessary. This decision will be made by the govern- ment in possession of all facts of the war. The govern- ment asks in the plebiscite that it be freed from any anti- conscription pledges So that it may recommend conscrip- tion to Parliament should an emergency arise in the future. In urging our readers to vote “yes” we ask you to .conmder in all its national and international Slgniflcance any other but an overwhelmmg aff1rmat1ve answer. We are without a shadow of doubt facing the great- est crisis in the history of our Empire. Our leaders have done everything possible to warn us that the situation which confronts us is grave and threatening. In this crisis the government asks to be released of any past commit- ments restricting the methods of raising men for military service. Can a people really aroused to the seriousness of the present situation answer otherwise than “yes”. The electors of Canada on Monday, April 27th are asked to vote on the following question: “Are you in favor of releasing the government from any obligation arising out of past commitments restrict- iz‘g the methods of raising men for military service ‘3" Don’t lot anyone tell you the Don‘t let anyone tell you that it or not you cast your vote. Phone 86 PARIS AUTO SUPPLY AUTO WRECKERS NEW AND USED PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS AND TRUCKS RECONDITIONED CARS AND TRUCKS CARS WANTED FOR WRECKING Advertising Rates on Application. TELEPHONE 9 AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING 00., LTD. Are you in favour of re- leasing th-e government from any obligation aris- ing out of any past com- mitments restricting the methods of raising men for military service? PAGE TWO HELP YOUR SALVAGE COMMITTEE BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS THURSDAY, APRIL 16th, 1942. VOTE YES “THE LIBERAL” RED CROSS APPEAL J. EaC'hem Smith, Manager Complete Stock of Established 1878 NO YES outcome doesn’t matter. doesn’t matter Whether Richmond Hill Then comes the element of Pass- ive resistance comprised chiefly of those groups who wish totake every advantage and opportunity afforded by this country to establish them- selves as citizens but care not to take upon» themselves the responsi- bilities and obligations of this coun- try in its hour of need, they main- taining that they shouldv have no ' Then comes the super-patriot. who, ‘in a wave of hysterical patriotic fer. vor decrees that every man in the country should rush into uniform and be outfitted with weapons and shipped across the ocean as rapidly as possible" Without giving due thought and- consideration in his en- thusiasm to the fact that the facâ€" tories still have~to be maintained to provide the weapons of war, he not realizing that the older men whom he sliggests might replace the younger men are not all skilled in airplane or radio or modern war time industrial work. He does not see-m to realize that the people of Britain and our allies and our armed forces have to be fed. So, in his Wild enthusiasm, he thinks that ev- ery man should be taken from the farm. Yet, when Defence Tax, In; come Tax, and Gasoline rationing comes into force, his patriotic en- thusiasm suddenly dampened in his criticism of the curtailment of in\_ dividual freedom. Then we have the complacent cit- izen who is content to smugly sit by living on the glorious traditions of the past that “Britons never shall be slaves”, and with a shrug of his shoulders says, “We have no need to worry, Britain has always won”, and then goes on about his busi- ness and simply does nothing about it. When he receives his daily paper just aumere glance at the headline War news but an hour or so spent on the sporting or financial page of the same paper, feeling secure and safe in the thouigiht that “Britain has Never lost a battle.” we should stand united, they are en- flamimg the passions of racial and religious bigotry. Just recently a Reverend Gentleman made the sug- gestion that, should Canada be bombed, the first price he would like to see bombed would be the Province of Quebec. This follower and representative of the lowly Na1arene who said, “Should-st thy brother go With thee one mile, be willing to go with him two", seems to have forgotten the purpose oi’ his mission, that of spreading peace and contentment in the. land of his livelihood. Statements such as these and others of a like nature, could and do accomplish more than any fleet of bombers that the enemy could send over, to damage the War Effort of Canada. We have the unhappy situatiOn in 'Canado today of perhaps well intenâ€" tioned people who are creating racial strife and religious animosity by setting one Province against the other and, in a time of “far when There are those today who tell us that a squadron of planes from an aircraft carrier could- bomb our coastal towns andl cities which is quite true. They also claim that, should the enemy set up bases in the region of Hudson Bay, they would be within 900 miles of [bomb- img the important industrial centres of Canada which also is true but there is no need for the Axis Powers to go to the trouble or the expense of sending planes to hinder our War Effort when already certain peri0d= icals and people are accomplishing more in this country than any of Hlitler’s Bombers to damage Canada’s War Effort by setting one section of people against the other. Those who are acquainted with the facts realize that there are opposite views throughout Canada today as to what constitutes a total War Effort. We have speakers today going across from one end of Canada to the other, on the air and in the press, stress. ing the fact of the possibility of the Axis Powers invading- the North American Continent. Herr Hitler has intimated on more than one occa- sion that there is no necessity for him to invade North America from without as the invasion has already commenced from within. THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO The question arises in many minds todayâ€"Why the Plelbiscite? Some say there is no need of a Plebiscite when members of Parliament :have been elected and that the represent. atives of the people should speak for them in no uncertain manner on an all-out War Effort. Why the Plebiscite ? Why Vote “Yes” on the 27th? (By James Butler, Chairman Vote Yes Committee of York County Veterans Association) Calla lilies, white and yellow snapdragons, daffodils and fern formed a beautiful spring back- ground at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hurrell, Unionville, for the wedding of their younger daughter, Dorothy Beatrice, to John Chester Weir, son of Mr. and. Mrs. James Weir, Unionville. The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a streetâ€"length dress of powder blue, matching hat and navy accessories, with corsage of Talisman roses. She was attended by her sister, Miss Evelyn Hurrell, whose gown! wan British Blue with corsage of red roses. Mr. J. Mervyn Rainey of Markham was the groomsman'. Rev. A. E. Owen perform-ed the ceremony. Following the reception at the heme of the bride, the young couple left for Montreal, the bride wearing a flowered dres's, navy plaid coat with navy accessories. They will reside in Unionville. ‘On Saturday afternoon, April 4th in Christ Church, Woodibridge, the marriage of Agnes Jean, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilham Kersey of Castlemore and William Kenneth Fry of Nashville, was sol- emnized by Rev. J. H. Kidd. The bride wore a turquoise blue dress- maker suit with pink and blue ac- cessories and a corsage of white carnations and- blue sweetâ€"pea. Their only attendants were Miss Aileen Kersey, sister of the bride and Mr. Earl Fry, brother of the groom. Af- ter a short wedding trip, they will reside at the grooml’s home at Nash- ville. It is, therefore, up to every loyal Canadian to get out and talk and work and organize, his friends, his neighbours, his community, to bring out the largest vote accorded any measure placed before the Electors of this country and‘ that the result of that vote shall be a huge “YES” that Canada and her Citizens shall feel that they have preserved the glorious heritage handed down to them by their fore-fathers and that generations of Canadians yet un- born shall be able to rise up and: call us blessed because we have done our part to preserve that freedom it has been our privilege to enjoy in the land of our birth or adop- tion. Therefore, see to it that you play your part. “Spoil Hitler's guess by voting ‘Yes’ ”. Let us work as one people with one aim by voting ‘YE‘S' on the 27th. The citizen who is nonest in his conviction realizes that he had no choice in the time of the 1940 Elec- tion on this matter as both major Political Parties committed them. selves to the same pledge in regard to the securing of men for overseas. There are those who suggest that this pledge made .by the Prihne Min- ister on behalf of his Government should: be forgotten and that we should fight the Dev‘n with his owm weapons. These people do not seem to 'realize that the only nations who failed to keep their pledged word are those controlled and dictated to by the Axis Powers. Therefore, they would have Canada take her place with those men whose word cannot be relied upon. It would hardly be consistent with the Christian found_, ation of Democracy that our Kin-g should call upon his Empire for a National day of prayer invoking the aid- of the Almighty God in the winning of. the War for the preset: vation of Freedom, justice and" truth and yet have we as a nation break the fundamental law of Christian Democracy, namely the pledged word of the Government to its people. Then we have the steady reliable cool headed Canadian citizen who realizes that, whilst Canada is mak- ing a magnificent contribution to the total War Effort, yet he feels that there are some restrictions placed upon the Government because of a previous commitment and he, in his honesty and sincerity, would like to see these restrictiogxs removed and is there-fore anxious that the He - iscite should be held- and that the people, once and for all, should go allâ€"out on a total War Effort. part in the War, not even on the side of mercy such as Medical or material aid to the victims of such a catastrophe. ‘ WEDDINGS WEIRâ€"HURRELL FRYâ€"KERSEY Take Good Care: iof Your Clothes i Take Good Care i Tires and Gasoline FARM and POULTRY Stelco Fence 29 Y onge Street 65 Yonge Street _AT_ Cities Service Garage Phone 259J Eave Troughing, Repairs to Heavy Metal Parts Farm Implements and Equipment Norman Bone All styles of Wire and rail fence erected at reasonable rates. 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