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He stated that the scheme included land settlement plans for thousands of ex-servicemen and went much far- ther than re-establishment plans after the last war. Mr. Mackenzie also revealed that a system of health insur- ance was being thoroughly investigated. Rehabilitation measures will include unemployment insurance for ex-ser- Vicemen as well as for industrial workers, Compulsory reâ€" instatement in former employment, vocational training for fit as well as disabled soldiers, completion at the govern- ment’s expense of interrupted education courses and phyâ€" sical reconditioning of those handicapped by illness in 0b- taining employment. With the North Yonge Radials paying handsome pro- fits the time would seem opportune for a review of the fare schedules. The large population and heavy traffic is located close to the City in the small fare zones, how- ever many people question the high fare charged on the long haul to Richmond Hill. It does seem that with the volume of passengers now being carried on the North Yonge radials that the fare schedule from Richmond Hill is high for a suburban service. We would like the North Yonge Radial Commission to assure the people that the long haul, high fare passengers at this end of the line are not contributing a little out of proportion to North Yonge radial profits. We like to see the Radials paying but we want to be very sure the radial users in any zone are not penalized by an exhorbitant fare. Visitors from suburban areas of other large cities on this continent are amazed when told the return fare, Richmond Hill to Toronto. “This is everybody’s war and people should co-oper- ate,” said a councillor at Richmond Hill council meeting Monday evening in discussing the problems of the Salvâ€" age Committee. It was inspired by the remarks of a volunteer salvage committee worker who related his ex- perience in a recent collection. He told of being advised by a member of a household which included an able-bodied man that such-and-suoh an article which would weigh many pounds was down in the cellar if he’d like to go after it. The point is that the particular item mentioned should have been taken from the cellar by the householder and placed out on the curb for the salvage collector. That that particular item of old iron or whatever it was should be salvaged and returned to industry for necessary war production should be of as much interest to the house- holder as the salvage committee worker. Yes, this is everybody’s war, and until we get that kind of thinking we’re not going to be giving our best for victory. An extensive new rehabilitation scheme is to be in- troduced to parliament according to Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Minister of Pensions and National Health, who revealed the groject in a recent Vancouver speech. The sum required to carry on these humanitarian services during the current twelve months is $9,000,000. The $9,000,000 must be raised by voluntary contributions. This year the Canadian Government is supplying funds needed by various war service organizations. But the Red Cross is necessarily excluded from that arrangement. The Red Cross Society is international. Its position rests upon the Conventions of Geneva, ratified by acts of parliament. These require the society to be supported by voluntary subscriptions, and it is only by maintaining such support that the Canadian Red Cross Society can command the riyhts, privileges and immunities guaranteed under in- ternational law. No beligerent government may finance the Canadian Red Cross Society; to do so would be to destroy the international status of the Society and even Wipe out its immunity under fire. Now the British Government has asked that the number of parcels be increased to 80,000 per week. And foodjnust be sent to Canadian prisoners in the Far East. men overseas. Between January 6, 1941, and March 27, 1942. 726,â€" 158 parcels of food for prisoners of war were dispatched from Canada. In Toronto some 450 volunteer women workers, in Montreal some 300, are packing 40,000 pris- onersâ€"ofâ€"war parcels each week. In twelve months the cost has been more than $5,000,000. It is only through the Canadian Red Cross Society that any Canadian can do anything for a Canadian, Brit- ish, Australian or New Zealand prisoner of war. It is only through its enquiry bureau and its facilities for in- ternational investigation that information may be obtain- ed as to missing Canadian fighting men. It is only through the services of the blood donor branch of the Red Cross Society that those Canadians unable to fight can supply blood to make good some of that shed by our fighting Scores, hundreds, of thank-you’s have come from bombed-outs, whose loss and suffering have been eased, not only by supplies from Canada but by the thought be- hind them. In his memorable broadcast, in March, Eric Knight, famous Yorkshire author, said: “Only one who has seen the splendid and generous work of the Canadian Red Cross in Britain could say ‘thank you’ as fervently as I do.” ' Established 1878 $dvertising Rates on Application. In every community in Canada a drive will start next Monday to raise funds to carry on the work of the Red Cross. In Victory Loan and War Savings campaigns we were only asked to lend, but here is an opportunity to GIVE to the war effort. Despite any petty sniping aimed at the Society, we believe the Red Cross is one of the most commendable and most deserving organizations in Canada. When the canvasser calls at your door next week, give generously to an organization working for the relief of human suffering. Give, and thank God the privi- lege of giving is still ours. AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL 'I‘HE LIB‘EIR‘AL PRINTING CO., J. Eachern Smith, Manager ‘ Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Covering Canada's Best Su'bunban District Subscription $1.50 per year â€" To the United States $2.00 GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THE RED CROSS PAGE TWO ARE RADIAL FARES T00 HIGH? YES, IT’S EVERYBODY’S WAR THURSDAY, MAY 7th.. 1942. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE “THE LIBERAL” TELEPHONE ' 9 I have never done work for child- ren before, [but there have been no complaints up to date! The rule is: ‘nothing about the war.’ Not an easy motto, as you can imagine, but somehow one manages to keep to it. I suppose the poor little things â€"â€" to say nothing of their parentsâ€"are glad to get away from war for a- while, now and then. The pay is shooking, alas! But I am afraid I do find the work rather amusing; though I wonder, sometimes, just what those parents think of my ef- forts â€" especially the rhymes. While I am doing my chores I ponder the question of rhymes, and every week sees something which (to the im- mense relief of the kiddies, I am sure) makes not the slightest ef- fort at Improvement or high moral "tone. This week’s, I suspect, has been vaguely influenced by the re- moval, as you will guess on read- ing: A foolish old person of Slough Made no end of a ‘pet of her cow. So well was it fed I have now taken up another queer activity which keeps my harrassed brain 'busy. Well, it is a bit more grist to the mill, and harmless en- ough, in all conscience. Every week now I turn out some stuff which is pulblished to amuse the kiddies. It seems that it is still needed, so somebody must do it. Newspaper space, in these days, is very restrict- ed, but most of the provincial pub- lications still keep a corner for the children; and there I burst out into crosswords, puzzles, articles and rhyme. l Last night I met a charming (but ‘temp‘orarily bewildered) friend who had made a date with me for the purpose of getting a spot of laundry done for me. I turned up at the rendezvous with a nasty looking newspaper parcel containing a blan- ket and sheet â€" it having become quite impossible to locate a laundry â€"â€"and found her pondering deeply on something she had seen. An old lady, she explained, walking up the hill in front of her, towards the public shelter, with a gas-mask in one hand and a large alarm-clock dangling from a finger of the other, and all at teaâ€"time. For her comfort I ex- plained that there had been a warn- ing note just about that time, so the old dear, very probably, was off to take up her duties as a shelter warden. (But why the alarm-clock?) The warning, after all, was judged to be a mistake; somebody, prob- ably, pushed a 1mm or pulled a handle absent-mindedly, for most of the people heard nothing at all â€" including my friend. When I ex- plained to her what had happened she was extremely disturbed, and convinced that she ought to patter all the way back to that shelter and tell the poor old dear â€" who probably still nestling in there, with her mysterious clock, waiting for the “All Clear”? Amusing the Kiddies is | l u i Our island situation makes the position peculiar, naturally, but any country at war, one imagines, might feel after a time, a shortage of these things â€". eSpecially metals and fatty substances. Such cOmmodities have a way of suddenly getting- ex- pensive, or disappearing altogether. One walks into a store some morn- ing asking for safety-pins, for in- stance, to be met with blank looks or apologies. Then there are screws, nails and thumb-tacks, all liable to disappear. A spare box of these bits and pieces put away somewhere on a shelf, saves endless worry later on. The Iblackout, for one thing, simply eats up curtain-rings, wire and thumlb-tacks; so if rationing, to any extent. is coming you way over there, you might find the hint useâ€" ful. Off to the Shelter By Margaret Butcher “We have 'been discussing the new soap rationing â€" which I, for one, saw coming, a long while ago. I dare say we shall find it adequate, with care â€"â€" like our other rations; lbut it certainly does raise thought, especially in such devoted soap-fans as us British. It is smart now to be a bit sha-blby, but will the day ever come when it is chic to be faintly dingy? I hardly think so. Of course, there is a way of tacklâ€" ing this rationing business, when you know how. Remembering short- ages of this and that, last time, I laid in a small stock a couple of years ago. It is quite possible to do that without ‘hoarding,’ and then when rationing eventually comes, it eases the strain. I bought safety- pins, hairpins, scissors, lengths of surgical bandage, lengths of elastic, and some soap. I also started to save all good paper bags; and I have been glad, plenty of times, for these simple precautions. THE LIBERAL. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO LETTERS FROM OVERSEAS No more lacings or zips with 21 Yo, ‘ and Heave-Ho, She doesn’t mind that, for she’s proud to divulge The re-arming strength for her alto- relievo With its Bundles for Britain in each little Ibulge. â€"â€"Stuart Davidson Hemsley. Adm/.ea'tising in The Liberal bring-s: results. Milady’s been rocked to her very foundation; Milady’s for Freedom as never (be- fore. The Government says the defence of the nation Calls for her corsets as weapons of war. She has no regrets that she Once was a willow, V Artfully formed as a Sheba-like girl, And now she resembles a well-slept on pillow That moves with a sort of amoeba- like swirl. Gone are the garments that once used to pinch her, Gone the restrictions that kept the girl in: Part of her now is a Dover six- incher, Part was a. Mondayâ€"night bomb on Berlin. This slim, graceful, capable wo- man is my idea of the right sort of body to have around in a crisis; may she lbe there if it happens They are both excellent talkers, too. When I nip across, every now and then, for a coffee after the evening meal, we have grand discussions about every- thing under the sun; those lovely discussions full of disagreements that never become disagreeable. The doc. listens to what one has to say, his monacled‘ eye regarding one astutely, and then, hitching up his trousers at the knees, he leans for- ward and jumps right into the ar- gument, so that one has to think fast. I always come away from the pleasant, softly-lighted lounge with the feeling that I have been given a grand tonic. And one needs a mental tonic. now and then in these days! I’ll say we do.” Foundation garments may yet provide a. serious problem for those who wear them. Steel, which for- merly made substantial stays and zippers, is now being: used for muni- tions. He and his wife are what one would call sensilble enthusiasts. They have a charming house, a lovely young daughter and a large practice to contend with; but still there is always time for other things The Wife is now off to the West of Eng- land for a three weeks’ intensive training in A.R.P. She is aIread‘y our local expert, but wants to be better still. The tests will be very severe, including real bombs and a genuine whiff of gasâ€"without any mask, to test reactions. They get a stiff medical overhaul first, of course. [My friends, who are usually re- garded as grown-up and responsible individuals, display a constant and feverish desire to know what is go- ing- on in this line; so maybe the children don’t mind. One thing I have always noticed, and that is that the average nice child is really very polite and indulgent towards the strange whimsies which seem to a- muse its elders. So my evenings. nowadays, are given up to this odd occupation, and all sorts of people dig down into their childhood meâ€" mories to supply me with game: and puzzles, if I am feeling stump- ed. The general notion is that if it’s for the kids it’s worth whileâ€" and that is quite right. We’ve got to do all we can to keep them healthy and normal and safe, consid- ering that they’ll still -be a going concern when we’re out of the runn- ing for good. Even the folk who don't really care much for children â€" preferring the company of.the more mature human, as some doâ€" must see the cold common sense of this. Those selfish and overâ€"anxious parents who’ve dragged their kids back to big, dangerous cities are just trying to commit national sui- cide for the sake of their own small personal feelings or prejudices. You should. have heard our friend the doctor on the subject: Sensible Enthusiasts That it went to It drove the old' My Odd Occupation the shed, And lives in the 0f Corset Helps its head. person to sl‘eep in drawing-room now And then there is the stenographer in the front office who can’t decide whether it is more patriotic to erase and save paper, or to use a clean sheet and save the eraser!â€"Strat- ford Beacon-Herald. Tires and Gasoline 29 Yonge Street 65 Yonge Street _AT_ Cities Service Garage National W’ar Finance Committee. Eave Troughing, Repairs to Heavy Metal Parts Farm Implements and Equipment PATRIOTISM GENERAL TINSMIT‘H-WORK FINDLAY FURNACE DEALER TIN SMITH "You want them to win, don’t you? Well then, buy War Savings Stamps every week . . . That’s how you can help them. Besides, by saving, you’ll help keep prices down and have something for a rainy day. Let’s be really smart!” Buy War Savings Slumps from banks, post offices, druggisls, grocers and oOher retail stores. "We’d be a lot smarter if we put less of our money into our own outfits and more of it into the outfits of the boys who are defending us. How? By pledging ourselves to do without so that they may have plenty to do with!” "Yes, you’re smart . . . or are you? I thought I was smart too, hack in the 20’s. Then the depression came and taught me a lesson!”- BY PURCHASING A SET OF WHEEL LOCKS GASOLINE TANK LOCK PAUL DUBOIS SAVE YOUR â€"ANDâ€" Phone Richmond Hill 147W THURSDAY, MAY 7th. 1942. Richmond Hill