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A Weekly Review of Developments on the Home Front 1. Budget debate ends in Comâ€" mons, new Demecracy amendment and C.C.F. subâ€"amendment negaâ€" tived without recqrded vote. House now considering budget resolutions l;P to strength, to replace units of ‘ourth Division which had been transferred to Armored Division and to reinforce units of the Third Division and others). 3. Cameron l'lifihlnnden of Ottaâ€" wa relieved in Iceland by other Imperial troops. Departure of Camerons ends Canada‘s garrison duties in Iceland. 4. Canada‘s Third War Loan will be for $600,000,000. Subscription be for $600,000,000. Subscri?;ion books open June 2. Bonds available in denominations of $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. 5. Canada sells 120,000,000 bushâ€" els of wheat futures to the United Kingdom. The wheat is to be deâ€" livered during next crop year beâ€" ginning Aug. 1. _ _ _ _ ; ; _ ; ; in Committee of Wn'yl and Means. 3. Minister of Defence issues call for 32,000 men to join active army within next two months. (Men are needed to bring Armored Di\(isior: Fares of soldiers, sailors and airâ€" men proceeding on leave will be exempt from the transportation tax imposed by the budget, Finâ€" ance Minister IIsley said Debate on the Budget ended Monday night when the House of Commons adopted, without a reâ€" corded vote, Finance Minister lisley‘s motion to go into commitâ€" tee of ways and means. The budget, adopted in principle, still has to be passed in detail. The adoption of the budget without a recorded vote is unprecedentedâ€" and this is a record budget of over two billion dollars. _ _ Another announcement had to do with the minimum price for butter. Last fall butter was pegged at 35 cents a pound. That peg has now been removed, and a miniâ€" mum price substituted. In place of safeguarding the consumer against the market going too high, now the producer is protected against it goâ€" ing too low. The new scale is a sliding one, ranging from 29%c this month to 32¢ in September. Adopt Defence Tax increases Steep increases in the national defence tax were «dopted by the House of Commons in Committee on Thursday night Appeals to have the exemption limit raised were rejected by Finance Minister lisley. Mr. lisley argued it was more fair than a sales tax increase which bore upon all whether they had a taxable income or not, and it meant an additional $80,000,000 revenue which must be obtained somewhere. The budget proposes to increase the national defence tax so that a person who now pays two per cent will pay five per cent, and one who pays three per cent will pay seven The question of national service was broached in the House on Monday. Dr. Bruce (Conservative, Parkdale) advocated conscription strongly and brought a quick reâ€" ply from the Minister of National Defence who said that "this was nothing less than a blow to our naâ€" tional unity." _ ___ _ 22. "I say to my Honorable friend," said Colonel Ralston, "that this country in 1917 was seared, was divided by the very issue which he mentions. We have at this time unity in this country and I ask my honorable friends to try to help us preserve it, and not at this time to attempt to drive a wedge of disâ€" union into a war effort of which I think Canada ought to be proud." Colonel Ralston said Dr. Bruce‘s stand was particularly unwelcome since it followed the appeal he made by radio on Sunday night launching Canada‘s first real reâ€" cruiting campaign of the war, and calling for 32,000 recruits in the next two months for service overâ€" It was on this radio address that Dr. Bruce hung his argument. He claimed that it was not for the inâ€" dividual to make up his mind as to what he could do best. "From now on", he said, "it is essential that the manpower of the country be used according to a national serâ€" vice plan. Waste of manpower is the most criminal of all failures in war, and it is unforgivable waste to have men serving in one place, when they are better fitted to serve in another." Dr. Bruce called upon the government to take steps to meet the urgent situâ€" ation and to do it by selective proâ€" cess, so that the forces may proâ€" perly represent the fighting might of the country. Sale of Wheat To Britain The Minister of Trade and Comâ€" merce, Mr. MacKinnon, made an interesting statement with regard to the sale of wheat to the British Government. This amounted to 120 million bushelsâ€"the largest transaction in the world history of wheat marketing. However, the surplus on hand last month was 474 million bushels, so the quantity left is considerable. In the same connection Mr. MacKinnon said that the British authorities wish the wheat market kept open, which means the continued operaâ€" tion of the grain exchange. A definite announcement with regard to the Unemployment Inâ€" THIS WEEK IN PARLIAMENT "THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE;:*~ :\stedt #, (By L. O. Breithaupt. CANADA‘S WAR EFFORT of the Canadian price fixed for butâ€" SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE $1.00 per year in (;unb §$2.00 per year ou FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1941 Canads. Single copies 3 cents. ter by order of Dairy Products Board. Butter mduoer to receive pewund for â€"grade creamery solids in May: Saskatchewan 26 %4¢, Alberta and Manitoba 27% ; British Columbia, Ontario, Sueheq New Brunswick, P.E.I., Nova Scotia, till October. 7. Production of creamery butter during April, rose 54 per cent from the level of the previous month,. ‘ Aitention. Farmers | _ This week I wish to address my | letter particularly to the farmers.| I do not feel that enough considerâ€"| iatinn has been given to agriculture | this session. In speaking on the| Budget I made reference to those men who are practically formulatâ€"‘ ing the agricultural policy of this country and I do not believe that‘ any of them are practical agsiculâ€", turists. The general feeling among| the farmer Members of the House and those of us who represent| large rural areas, is that the Govâ€"| ernment has not taken advantage of the most important committee | of the Hbuse of Commons in tryâ€" ing to deal with these formidable problems of â€" agriculture. _ We have an Agricultural Committee composed largely of practical farâ€" mer members of the House. Canâ€" ada badly nceds this particular committee. As you can readily see the House itself is too large to deal with indirect details or technical, problems. Consequently we have Committees of the House, numberâ€" ing about fifty members each, which deal with the various matâ€" ters regulating railways, banking and commerce, and other importâ€" ant matters. In these comtnittees the members can hear outside eviâ€" dence, talk much more freely, and party lines are completely eliminâ€" 10. Priorities system for raw maâ€" terials and manufactured goods inâ€" stituted by Deg’artment of Muniâ€" tions and Supply. o _ tions and Supply. be handled. At a time like this no 11. Contracts awarded bg D€â€"|stone should be left unturfed to partment of Munitions and SupPlY|solye these difficulties The Agriâ€" g:mgz':lelek gnfeg 11?.1”;52103';4": cultural commi‘txtaeie should be comâ€" and to ,100,948. f pract farmers, regardâ€" 12. Sum of $5,486 collected in !ess nlonartv Tinaeâ€" ‘Phiue not nniv surance scheme was made by the Minister of Labor on Thursday. "I am now in a pasition to advise the House", Mr. McLarty said, "that the plan will be in operation and start to function on July ist next." __12. Sum of $5,486 collected in Hull, Quebec, to aid Air Raid disâ€" I suppose that in the minds of most of my readers the flight of Hitler‘s second Nazi has been the paramount thought. It was such a fantastic thing, that we are still wondering what was behind it all. The general feeling in Ottawa is that Hess had some ulterior moâ€" tive and that it is just another of the many schemes which Hitler has been so fortunate in evolving. Is there fear in the Nazi mind that they cannot win? Did Hess leave Germany because he feared that he too might be eliminated as so many high Nazi officers have been in the past? Did he actually come over seeking peace terms, thinking Britain was ready to discuss them? These and many other thoughts are evoked as a result of his flight to Scotland. We can rest assured, however, that if there was an ulâ€" terior motive behind the act, he willâ€"be so well guarded that it will be impossible for him to do any The news that the United States has very definitely seized all the French vessels in her harbors makes us a little fearful that the French Government at Vichy is about to take the plunge, at least so far as indirect assistance is conâ€" cerned to the Nazi regime. My readers cannot appreciate to the full just how much these unpreâ€" dictable sequences of the war worry us down here. It is not a question of whether we are going to win, because we have absolute faith in ultimate victory. The question is how long? What will be the cost? THIS WEEK IN PARLIAMENT U.S. Seizure of French Ships By: in (By Karl Homuth, M.P.) nately too many of the solutions to these problems have been consid~ “m-guhl-:h.nthu than from point view of vmmufiehm-’. ou will understand how necesâ€" Tar hara ts Io wio ns wathere of thet"@reat puschaning: bedy, "te leommmae.a;Aflnflmh mthmhnodwbt t agriculâ€" ture is going to play a tremendous part in this war. However, the been ealled over hctithnot“mm tuted with a chairman and other officers, which should have been attended to immediately during the first session after war was deâ€" less of &"ty lines. Thus not only would the problems of agriculture get proper consideration, but the farmers themselves would feel that the House of Commons is concernâ€" ed more with the solution of diffiâ€" culties by competent men than by passing ordersâ€"inâ€"council, which is so often done to a point that from day to day no one knows what is the House, have not the practical knowledge to deal with them in the manner in which they should happening. "BLOOD...TOIL ... TEARS and SWEAT" FIGHT...WORK ... PAY Presently the Government of Canada will call for money. The money is here. We are si)ending billions. We are already heavily taxed. But most of these billionsg and those taxes are being spent in Canada. That money‘ comes back to you. Keep it rolling. Keep putting it back into the war effort, so that it may be spent again and again and again until Right prevails and the world is free, Complaints are still being reâ€" ceived by the police department of 'lj’?)f running at large in Waterloo, ee Chief C. E. Moreau reports. Officers are making efforts to loâ€" cate the owners. Great Britain has set us an example on a scale of heroic magnificence his'tor) doesn‘t record. Let us FIGHT! Canada has the resources. Let us spare nothing. When our soldiers offer their lives, let us be willing to share our livelihood. Nes There have been many and heavy calls upon Canada already. There will be more. It is freedom we are fighting for, British freedom, the freedom of body and spirit that makes life worth living,. | Cl If we fail, we fall. Be prepared for sacrifice. This is a war for existence. It is war to the death. It is a war to win or to lose. There can be no half wayâ€"no ;mpmmise. It is a war to WIN, _ Money is the fourth arm of the service. Whatever you are called on to pay or to lend, it is litle compared to the lives that our sons offer. Let us face the truth and the truth will make us free. Three cars were involved in an accident on King street north, Waâ€" terloo, about 12.05 a.m., Sunday. The mishap was amed(l:l a defect in the steering &ar the car g“ tX oing th, Kh:med > e auto, sou! to n semeaiiy o ons to cu so n n ue o ; aterloo, south. The Kennedy car also struck the car of Earl Erdman, which was Surely the i va wquhw@t'mw and many others similar in nature more adequately than a Price Conâ€" Mwlcflal' mâ€" lucers. _ The wheels of Government turn. What our next problem will be or how serious it will be none of us under discussion. 'b' ;*‘i&""m'â€""*u; F"‘h are carefully analysed. ext week 1 will endeavor to give various new taxes. STILL COMPLAINS OF DOGS arked on the street Fenders and umpers were damaged. 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