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“‘The members of the Commission, in my opinion, occupy a fiduciary position, administering public funds, and are subject to the principle of law that a trustee must not have a personal inâ€" terest in conflict with his duty as such trustee. Controller Saun» ders’ brief states that Mr. E. G. Farr, President of J. T. Farr and Sons Limited, was present and voted for the purchase of trucks from his company and for the sale to his company of two old trucks. This, in my opinion, is enough to vitiate these transactions if they were attacked, and any personal profit shown to have accrued to Mr. Farr for same might be ordered repaid to the Commission.’ Investigations made by Controller Saunders lead him to be- lieve that the cost of repairing the Commission’s trucks was much higher than the average on trucks of the Toronto Street “Cleaning dtpartment. He reports that repairs amounting to $429.67 were made on one truck in 1940 and 1941 and this year it was sold for $75. Repairs in 1940, 19451 and 1942 totalling $687.02 were made to a second truck which was sold for $75 this year. In the last three years repairs amounting to $75856 were made to a third truck which was sold this year for $100. The Controller states that there are other similar cases. “Controller tSaunders states that a delegation from the ‘Com- mission spent $1,050 attending a convention in Quebec and $760 attending another convention at Niagara \Falls, but no itemized expense account was turned in. He rightly inquires if all five commissioners went to each convention and how these very con- siderable sums were spent. The bare vouchers for these amounts were certified correct by a Commission official who was himself the creditor for the amount. “He further criticizes the Commission for purchasing new trucks without following the customary practice of asking for tenders on new vehicles on the [basis of a tum-in allowance for the old ones. “‘These are practices which call for an explanation. As yet none has been given. It should not be delayed.” “The statements which Controller Saunders has made about the ibusint’ss of the Commission are too grave for further silence. He says the minutes of the Commission will Show that Chairman Farr, President of J. T. Farr and Sons Limited, was present at a meeting and voted for the purchase of trucks from his company and for the sale to his company of two old trucks. Members of the Toronto and York Roads Commission are not subject to the statutory provision which disqualifies members of municipal coun- cils who vote on matters in which they have a personal interest, but City Solicitor Colquhoun has made this statement to “Controller .Saunders with respect to the position of members of the Toronto and- York Roads Commission:â€" "‘Following his examination of the books of the Commission, Controller Saunders reports that he found that Chairman E. G. Farr’s aut<mobile firm had done considerable business with it. He also states that the Commission pair! very large repair bills on its trucks and later sold‘ the vehicles at a fraction of the cost of the repairs and he has found that large amounts have been paid in travelling expenses of the members without the details being supplied. The Controller also states that the Commission has failed to supply a committee established by the Board of Control with details of all business done by it with persons, firms and corpora- tions during the period in which the present commissioners have been members of this body. These details should be supplied. :Cer- tainly the city’s representatives on the Commission, Messrs. Laid- law and Leslie cannot adopt the attitude that they will sit tight and say nothing. In an editorial “Resignations are Due From Roads Commissmn” the Evening Telegram says: “Controller Robert H. Saunders ha.< disclosed a state of affairs in the Toronto and York Road-s Commission which Justifies him in demanding that the members resign forthwith. This Comm‘s- sion, which “as established by statute twenty-five years ago to build and maintain roads adjacent to Toronto is now composed of E. G. Farr ans1 J. Ray Price, representing York County; John B. .La:dlaw and Robert R. Leslie, representing the city, with C. F. Mavety chosen by the other four. County and city each contri- bute oneâ€"quarter to the maintenance of suburban roads and the province puts up '50 per cent, hence the joint management arâ€" rangement. We hope the City of Toronto will do what York Coun- ty Council failed to do, insist on a thorough clean-up of the Toronto and York Roads Commission. and judging from reports so far it looks like a job that calls for a house- cleaning from top to bottom. The revelations by Controller Saunders are in them- selves amazing, but most amazing of all to York County taxpayers must be that a special committee of York Coun- ty investigated the affairs of the commission and appar- ently were satisfied to apply a coat of whiteâ€"wash and do nothing about it. The state of affairs as revealed by Controller R. H. Saunders is startling and the fact that they were condoned by York County Councillors is even more startling. If this is a sample of the service rendâ€" ered by York County Council we suggest that the indemni- ties paid members might better be given to the Red Cross, the British War Victims’ Fund or invested in War Sav- ings Stamps. The York County Council variety of whitewash is slipping. It’s losing its “stick”. The coat administered by the special committee appointed to investigate the af- fairs of the Toronto and York Roads Commission has failed to ”stick” and the City of Toronto on its own start- ed an investigation the results of which promise to cause some fur to fly and which may mean the end of the Com- mission. Controller R. H. Saunders of Toronto has deâ€" manded the immediate resignation of members of the To- ronto and York Roads Commission. and the suggestion has been made that the Commission be abolished. COUNTY COUNCIL WHITEWASH FOR TORONTO AND YORK ROADS COMMISSION FAILS TU STICK Established 1878 $dvertising Rates on Application. FIRE 12 Wellington St. E., Toronto Phone AD. 4646 : EL. 3119 TOMENSON, SAUNDERS, SMITH & GARFAT LTD. DISTRICT HERBERT R. BUTT AGENT 18 Elizabeth St. RICHMOND HILL Telephone 25- AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING 00., LTD. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1942 PLATE LONDON ACCIDENT BURGLARY GLASS LIFE SICKNESS THEFT PAGE TWO “THE LIBERAL” J. Eachern Smith, Manager TELEPHONE 9 AUTO In Britain today, every fit man between 181/.» and' 41 has already been drafted into the Forces, unless irreplaceable in an essential job. The age limit has now been raised‘ to 51. The British people have gone in‘ for war savings in a big way. Over $15,0‘00,00I0,‘000‘ has already [been raised â€" an average of $320 per head. In 1941, National :Savings covâ€" ered more than a third‘ of Govern- ment expenditure. For every dollar spent on defense in 1938-39, Britain is spending over $16 in 1942. In June M342 Britain was spending $48,000,000 a day on the war. and had: spent a total of $34,4‘0«0,-0‘00,0'00 since September 1939. 60% of the National Income is spent on the war. 15,500,000 women are already workâ€" ing in industry and the number is mounting rapidly. Millions more, mainly housewives, are working part- time. Britain is mobilizing its field's a§ well as its factories. The home proâ€" duction of food has- almost doubled‘ since the outbreak of war. 6,‘0‘0‘0;0'0'0 more acres are under the plough than before the war. Britain is now the most highly mechanized farming country in Europe. Ev-ery fit man and‘ woman is train- ed to play some part during air- raid’s, or in the event of an invasion. Aibout 1,500,000 men and women are engaged in Civilian Defense work, and‘ over 4,600,000 in the Fire Guard. A'bout 2,000,000 men are enrolled‘ in the Home Guard, receiving intensive military training in their spare time. Workers and employers have sac- rificed peace time rights to ensure maximum production. 8,000,000 workers in essential industry cannot quit their jobs or be dismissed, ex- cept by permission of the Govern- ment. One home out of every five has been destroyed or damaged by air- raid‘s over Britain. Over 44,000 civil- ian-s have been kill-ed' and over 50.- 000 injured. 1,000 were killed in April of this year. Working time lost in labor dis- putes in Britain is less than one hour per worker per year. Because of the need to conserve shipping for Vital military supplies, the people of Britain have willingly accepted severe rationing of almost all foods. No one can 'buy more than 2 ounces of butter, or more than 2 ounces of tea a week. Many fruits are completely un-obtainable. Clothing rationing has released 300,000 tons of shipping a year and some 750,000 workers for transfer from clothing industries to service in the Forces or War Industry. Even boys and' girls are helping in Britain. :Sev‘en out of every ten be- tween the ages of 14 and 17 are do- ing‘ war work. 7,000,000 women of Britain between 19 and 41 have alreazqy been regis- tered and are being directed into war work. Unmarried women between 20 and 30 can be drafted into the uni- formed forces. In 1930, 1,000,000 weekly wage earners in Britain paid Income Tax amounting to $10,000,000. By 1941, the number had risen to 6,500,000 workers, paying Income Tax of $500,- 000 ,000 In the huge raid -on Cologne on May 30, 1942, the bombers employed, which num’bered over 1,000, were all British made. The production -of British planes has doubled in the last year. 87 per cent of the RAF. planes operating from home bases, and 715 per cent at bases abroad are British made. Britain is now producing twice as many tank's as in August 1941, three times as many as in February 1941, and five times as' many as in August 1940. Everything in Britain is mobilized for the winning of the war. Two out of every three persons between the ages of 14 and 65 are working fullâ€"time in the Armed Forces, Civilâ€" ian Defense or War Industry. This[ is equivalent to a mobilization of 60,000,000 people in the U.S.A.. The production of luxuries- has ceased. Civilian necessities are severely cur- tailed. Facts About Britain at War THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO l . As regalds how the down is ob- tained' from live fowls, perhaps ,I should hasten to add that it is the lfemale e;de1 duck herself (not 'the eider down gatherer) who does "the plucking. The plumage of the adult male is white above and .black below, with a patch of brilliant sea-green on its head. The female is dressed more sedately in dark reddish-brown, barred with brownish black. She usually nests in a hollow among large stones along the coast, making the nest from dry grass, seaweed; etc. The female duck plucks down frgm her own breast to line the nest and to form a soft warm blanket cover- ing for her quota of five or six eggs. The down gatherers remove both the eggs and the down, whereupon the industrious eider repeats the process, continuing to supply new down and eggs time after time until the end of the season. The down gatherers are careful not to remove the last nestful of eggs and down, leaving the nest un- disturbed so that a family of baby eiders can hatch to become, in turn, isources of the valuable down. To foil enemy bombers, Britain has dispersed her huge production all over the country. Parts for tanks- are made in 6,000 small shops and then assemlbled. Underground quar- ries have been converted into factor- Where Eider Down is Obtained? Eider down, the matchless mater- ill for coverlets and comforters be- tluse of its unequalled warmth, soft- Eess, and elasticity, is obtained from flive eider ducks. Down obtained Hrom ducks that have been ‘killed‘ is known as “dead” down, and is of fiery inferior quality, lacking in soft- ness and elasticity. The eider duck (species Somateria Mollissima, from two Greek words meaning “body wool” and a Latin word meaning “very soft”) is found‘ chiefly in Arctic coastal regions. The ‘British have collected enorm- ous quantities of metal scrap, in- cluding 200,000 tons of railings: and gates, equal in weight to 12,260 med~ ium tanks. House to house collec- tions, buildings destroyed by air raids and other sources have yielded” in all 1,000,000 tons of metal scrapâ€"â€" enough to build 1,000 destroyers. Scientific research in Britain has given the Allies many powerful wea- pons of war. British scientists de- veloped and’ perfected “radiolocatioh” a revolutionary discovery in the de- tection of approaching aircraft. ies None but authorized persons are allowed to gather eggs and down in an eider duck‘ nesting colony or “raider-fold," and these dueks have so long been protected from hunters that they have largely lost their Hear of man, and often will remain quietly on their nests, offering no More than a slight peek when touch- Sh’pvping in Britain’s life-line: 1941 Iaunchings totalled 1,260,000 tons. Naval tonnage produced in the last quarter of 1941 was four times as great as that produced in the last quarter before the war; merchant tonnage, twice as‘ great. ‘ In 1941, Britain sent to .rbattle- fields abroad 9,781 planes (over four times the number she imported), and 3,000 tanks (1'5 times the number imported). Incidentally, the story that the drake plucks dme from 'his oWn breast to cover the eggs in the event the supply of the female is exhaust- ed has been branded pure fable. The latest British bombers, the Stirling, Halifax and Lancaster, carry heavier loads of :bombs than any other bombers in service in the world. The Stirling can carry 8 tons of bombs â€" much more than even the bomb load of the huge American Boeing Flying: Fortress. Britain produces today an impos- ing list of fighters which have prov- ed successful in every theater of war. The Sipitfire, Hurricane and. Bristol Beaufighter are without equal in their combination of speed and fir- ing power. Did You Ever Wonder SUBSCRIBE TO THE LIBERAL If you are, not now a regular sub- scriber to The Liberal, subscribe to- day. By mail amywhere in Canada, $1.50 per year. Some people feel so good when they can succeed in making you feel bad. 1. What I living â€" ex; would be. 2. That my health after 30 de- pended in a large degree on what I put in my stomach before I was 21. 3. How to take care of money. 4. The commercial asset of being neatly and sensibly dressed. ‘ ‘5. That habits are mighty hard‘ to change after you’re 21. 6. That worth-while things require time, patience and wofik. 7. That the world would give me just what I deserved. 8. That a thorough education not only pays better wages than hard labor, but it brings the best of every- thing else. -Ho, hum! It’s more popular to borrow than it is to ,give. 10. That my parents weren’t old fogfes after all. 9. The value of absolute truthful- ness in everything. TEN THINGS I ‘VISH I HAD KNO“"N BEFORE I WAS 21 61-5 We have just installed our new car hoist and with our ride prover we are now able to give your car that perfect lubrication which is essential in these times. LUBRICATE EVERY 1,000 MILES CHANGE CRANKCASE EVERY 1,000 MILES By using CITIES SERVICE OILS and GREASE you have that individualized lubrication. Cities Service Garage Phone 12 â€"Kansas University Witan Don’t Grease TrOJa n -126 actly what In OUR FAMILY went through hard times once. It taught us that you can’t keep your independence without foresight and sacrifice. We learned what we could do without when we -had to. So we know that a real nest-egg means more than just compulsory savings. It means all the War Savings Stamps and Cer- tificates we can lay our hands on. was going to They’re safe. And they’re an invest- ment every Canadian should make. Why? Because they help equip our fighting men to protect everything we’ve got. And because, too, they pay back $5.00 for every $4.00 we put aside now. We’ve got to win this war no matter what it costs -â€" and we’ve got to prepare against the time when the boys come home. hie-work THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd, 1942. 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