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The stupendous industrial effort which Canada is making in the war had its turn in the House this week when the Minister nf Muniâ€" tions and Supply gave his annual recital of the activities of his huge wartime Department. Mr. Howe entered into an informative review of the whole war industry effort and a new conception of its treâ€" mendous extent was given in the revelation that Canada has enterâ€" ed into and largely excecuted conâ€" tracts summing up to 9% billion dollars with employment given diâ€" rectly or indirectly to over a milâ€" lion people, and with 183 million dollars reauired for war producâ€" tion for the coming year. The great expansion of Canadian indusâ€" tries to reach their achicvements should not, however. blind us to complexities of the reconversion aspect of this monstrous industrial setâ€"up to peacetime. Whether that time is near or distant. immediate steps should be taken to prepare for it; although Mr. Howe is right in saying that the immediate job is winning the war. Judging from Mr. Howo‘s stateâ€" ment that from now on Wartime Housing Limited would merely adâ€" minister and maintain its present properties indicates that the Govâ€" When the Committce reâ€"conâ€" vened this session. I. and others, protested against holding of secret sessions. I later contended that no such right had been given to the Committee by the House and I apâ€" pealed to the speaker. He, howâ€" ever, made a private ruling and sustained the Chairman of the Committee who had contended that my point was not well taken. Quite unconsciously. the Speaker in his observations to me supported the contention that sessions of <the Committee should be open to the public, and that when it was deâ€" sired to hear some special evidence which might be considered T likeâ€" ly to aid the cnemy the Commitâ€" tee could hold private sessions. This, however, docs not satisfy the government who insist that all inâ€" formation, civil or military, routine or specific, must be heard .in seâ€" eret. It is becoming almost imâ€" possible for the elected represenâ€" tatives of the people to brink to the public attention matters which. in their opinion are irregular or of such a type as to warrant closest scrutiny With regard to the War Expendiâ€" tures Committee in particular, I am thoroughly disgusted with the growing practice of invoking the exigencies of war to cover up inâ€" formation to which the public is justly entitled. This committce has insisted upon holding secret sesâ€" sions, although a very substantial proportion of the information subâ€" mitted to it is not of a secret charâ€" acter, but, on the contrary, is such that the public is entitled to know and peruse. While every effort is made to keep these weekly reports on the activities of the House of Commons nonpartisan and unbiased, and also impersonal, the subject of the growing number of "secret sesâ€" sions" of Committees mceting beâ€" hind closed doors is of deep interâ€" est to all Canadians. It was with this point in mind, that the peoâ€" ple of Canada have every right to know as much as possible about what goes on in Ottawa, and espeâ€" cially how, where and why their money is being spent, that I have made a prolonged effort to have every Committec mecting open to the public, except where security reasons definitely demand secrecy. Prevention through sound forest management is the key to the whole situation. How this can be achieved is a matter to be settled by experts in forestry and forest entomology. Give them the tools and they will do the job. Forest management calls for new forest roads and permanent stream improvement. It will cost money, but the investâ€" ment will yield returns in perpetuity. Even today, the nation is paying dearly for past neglect of its forest resources. It is no secret, for instance, that within the next four or five years the Province of Ontario will be forced to expend, in addition to its regular appropriation for fire protection, at least five hundred thousand dollars to cope the fire hazard created by the present budworm outbreak. Make no mistake, Mr. Taxpayer, this is your business! e â€"The Shawinigan Standard. The forest is one of our most precious national assets. It belongs to the people of Canada. Since 1909, an uninterrupted series of budâ€" worm outbreaks has exacted a toll of well over 300,000,000 cords of wood. Fires, following in the wake of the budworm, have caused untold and almost irreparable damage to forest sites. And conditions favouring outbreaks are becoming more potent year by year. When and where infestation is in full swing, little or nothing can be done to stop it. Salvaging of what is still salavable is the only course open. Attention should be centred on the regions which, though not yet affected, are likely to become so sooner or later. What is the spruce budworm? It is an insect, a brownish caterâ€" pillar, about an inch in length when fullâ€"grown. It is small, but has a terrific appetite and its numbers are legion. It devours the opening buds and the young foliage of balsam and spruce, literally killing trees by the billion. That, in itself, is bad enough and constitutes a real fire hazard. But, when the trees begin to sprout a beard, things grow even worse. This beard is no figment of the imagination. To scientists it is known as Usnea barbata. To fire rangers it is "Old man‘s beard" and plain dynamite. They look upon it with dread. It is a long, hairlike growth of lichens that hangs in festoons from the limbs of dead and dying trees. When dry it becomes a highly inflammable tinder, ever ready to send the decadent forestâ€"like a lost soulâ€"on its way to a blazing hell. In any event, beard or no beard, increased danger of forest fires is just one of the evil consequences of a spruce budworm outbreak. There are many others. In northern Ontario, fifteen thousand square miles are grey with dead and dying spruce and balsam, and another thirty thousand square miles are following fast due to the nefarious activities of the spruce budworm. In all, twentyâ€"eight million, eight hundred thousand acres! THIS WEEK IN PARLIAMENT (By Karl Homuth, M.P.) Canadian Forest Grows THE WATERLOO CHRONICLE he-h newspaper, devoted to the interests of the Town of. mmww.%nmmuvm Street, Waterloo, every . is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association and of the Ontarioâ€"Quebec Newspaper Association. DAVID BEAN & SONS LIMITED Owners and Publishers SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE DN ADVANCE §1.00 per year in Canada; $2.00 per year ow FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1944 Canada. Single copies 8 cents. He enlisted again and this time [inded in North Africa. During his confinement in a Canadian prison he had come in contact with a Salâ€" vation Army officer who had done much to restore his belief in God nd his faith in himself. 1 have been waiting for this| year to end and now that it has I feel that a great load has been liftâ€" ed from my mind, and that I can look forward to better times. | "I am going to keep in constant ing of the C.C.F touch with you because you were‘ You sincere and I feel that you are still | a great friend to me and one da&y |Clarendon Apts I hope to repay your generosity to[Toromo Ont., me." March i'l. 1944. A year passed, and after proving power to direct them as to the ‘imself to be a true son of Great | work they must do: they would be Britain, and distinguishing himself powerless. If we look to history in the service of his Country, he for guidanceâ€"and it is our only wrote to Salvation Army Territorâ€" guideâ€"we will find that bloody reâ€" ial Prison Headquarters in Toronâ€" volution would be the only remeâ€" A man who had served long years in @n castern penitentiary, after coming in contact with a Salâ€" vation Army prison officer, was so inspired by the simple, direct way in which the officer interpreted his beliefs to him, he said upon his release: ~Nothing that I have ever done; nuthing that I have ever been will ever prevent me from becoming the man that I originally intended to be." An R.A.F. man, stationed in Canâ€" ada, found himself in trouble with the law. For his offence, he was confined to jail for one year. Upon his discharge he was returned to the Old Country, and thereafter enâ€" sued a number of questions which he found difficult to answer: Why had he returned to England? Why was he discharged from the Serâ€" vice. "The reclamation of humanity is uphill work, but for over threeâ€" quarters of a century The Salvaâ€" tion Army has assiduously applied itself to the task of making rough places smooth and crooked places straight, so that man, created in God‘s image, may walk in His ways end keep His statutes. The prison work in Canada strikingly illusâ€" trates this." places smooth and crooked places _ At this point, it might be well to straight, so that man, created in consider what would be the posiâ€" God‘s image, may walk in His ways tion of, say, a farmer‘s son who, end keep His statutes. The prison after the death of his father, would work in Canada strikingly illusâ€" present his father‘s will for proâ€" trates this." bate in order to obtain a legal title A strong plea will be made to to the farm his father had willed to the prisoners to search their souls him. I know of no specific proâ€" tor tne cause of their downfall, and nouncement of any leader of the having found it, seek to blot out C.C.F. on this point, but I presume the temptations and habits which the farmer‘s son would be told by first led them astray. They will be some government official that his urged to turn away from the wrong father‘s will was null and void; and und do the right. that he must satisfy some Board A man who had served long that he is a fit and proper person years in &n eastern penitentiary, to manage the farm. If he satisfied after coming in contact with a Salâ€" the Board as to this, could he get a vation Army prison officer, was so legal title to the farm? If he could inspired by the simple, direct way not satisfy the Board, what would in which the officer interpreted he do? If he received a title to the his belicfs to him, he said upon his farm, could he sell the farm, and release: ‘if so, what could he do with the "Nothing that I have ever done; ‘money he would receive for it? nuthing that I have ever been will Could he invest it in shares of a cver prevent me from becoming Company? Could he do anything the man that I originally intended with it except spend it without to be." making any investment? Bands, songster brigades, special religious music and gospel mesâ€" suges will feature these religious services which are to be conducted by Salvation Army officers. Commissioner B. Orames of The Salvation Army says: Prison Sunday Known as "Prison Sunday" the Salvation Army has established the tradition of holding an annual service in all penal institutions in the territory especially planned for those whose misfortune have led them to prison. More than 10,000 men and woâ€" men behind bars in Canada, Newâ€" foundland and Bermuda in 91 inâ€" stitutions will hear a special mesâ€" sage dedicated to their welfare on Sunday, April 2. ernment has definitely formulated a policy with regard to its assistâ€" ance to future housing projects. The National Housing Administraâ€" tion will now take the responsiâ€" bility and it is expected that the extent of government aid will beâ€" come greater. Informed quarters are talking of the Government proâ€" viding 25 million dollars to assist in the construction of new homes in the Dominion with the probaâ€" Lility that the present top price of $4,000 per home will be increased to $10,000. _ Getting back to the question as to whether or not the Socialist Government could be changed in a democratic way if it were found to be unsatisfactory. The Governâ€" ment would have control of the Dominion General Election, and it is well known that such control is an advantage to any party in powâ€" er. The influence of all the Departâ€" ments of Government would naturâ€" ally be used to maintain the Sysâ€" tem. Those opposed would not have sufficient means to make any effecâ€" tive opposition. In order to oppose the Government, they would have to take the risk of preg‘udicin(‘ themselves with those who held the power to direct them as to the work they must do: they would be _If this reasoning is soundâ€"and 1 challenge the CCF. to show that it is not foundâ€"then it is high time the people of Canada thorâ€" oughl‘y understood the real meanâ€"~ ing of the C.CF. i It would be impossible. Why?, {All control of property would be| ‘centred in the Government It| would decide what each individual ,would or would not do as far as his | work is concernedâ€"in order to do ‘this, a Board would have to be constituted similar to the present: |Sclective Service Board. Speaking ; of the Selective Service Board, how . many people would wish to see it : continue to function after the War? , _ _A comprehensive survey has been made by the three armed serâ€" vices in regard to the availability ‘of adeqauate medical service in ruâ€" ‘ral and urban communities. Phyâ€" sicians may be supplied from the services in some cases where the need is urgent, a report made to the House by Hon. J. L. Ralston inâ€" !dicates. Some very interesting figures were forthcoming. For inâ€" stance, in March, 1943, Canada‘s medical population was 12,235 of {which number about oneâ€"quarter | were in the armed forces. Of the remaining 9,229 some 615 were reâ€" tired. Before the war, medical schoolsâ€" graduated an average of 491 students annually, but since 1940 this has been stepped up to ;630 a year. Another fact which |came out in the report was that we have 52,483 registered nurses, but ’one-half of these are housewives now, not nursing. Of the balance 8,306 have signified their willingâ€" ness to enlist, but there is a waiting wlist of 3,741 nurses not at present {needed by the armed services. } Tradition was upset when for | the first time in history a woman was called to act as Speaker of the House of Commons Mrs Cora Casselman, Liberal member for. Edmonton East, did it gracefully. Anyone who has seen this strikâ€" ingâ€"looking motherly Parliamenâ€" tarian in the House would agree ‘she would do honor to the Speaâ€" \ker‘s throne. . . Patriotic slogans on envelopes should be k:})t off letters going to prisoners war, because the German Reich has adâ€" vised it will confiscate such. This warning comes from the Post Office department. . . National Seâ€" lective Service officials say that shortly a Dominionâ€"wide survey ! is to be made of all male employâ€" ees between 18 and 35 years. Reaâ€" son: to locate persons evading callâ€" up regulations. . . Soon 30,000 govâ€" ernment em?‘loyees will have unâ€" dergone the Xâ€"Ray checkâ€"up to deâ€" termine prevalence of tuberculosis. To the Editor: I think ‘the Leader of the C.â€"C.F. Party would say that a fair interâ€" pretation to put upon their propoâ€" sal is that they intend to form and maintain a Socialist government in a democratic way. _ >z I admit at once that a Socialist government could be formed in a democratic way. This is obvious, for the reason that already those who believe in its principles have formed themselves into a recogâ€" nized political party, and they have done so without violating any law, and in perfect accord with demoâ€" cratic principles. _ 2e As to their ability to maintain it in a democratic way, I wish to make the following observations: A WEEKLY EDITOR LOOKS AT Now that shipping from the West Ottawa Letters To The Editor By Jim Greenblat Yours truly, C _ Mrs. Cora|°°°""C‘> who supplied milk to Libenlmembertot"h’“'“mb“m t. 30, did it 1943, and who are now to Eas!:. i gneehlllym "| uid milk distribu ; motheriy â€" Parliamen. | 204 to concentration plants, are reâ€" mfiouuwotdd agree quired to resume deliveries to mmwmsm.mwnmumibu e % Patrintic «incan&| The Agricultural Food Board says M. J. Kenny | . Recent consolidation of Mobilizaâ€" tion regulations brings in another | group of men. In future, a married man who is not supporting or ‘maintaining his wife or children is liable to get his call if he is within the age group in which single men were liableâ€"that is, if he was born |in any of the years between 1906 |and 1912 inclusiveâ€"providing he \ has not reached the age of 38 years. ® « * | _ As Canada swings its mighty weight along wnto the fifth year of ‘war our tremendous mass of war | production hasn‘t slackened very pended farmers can slaughter liveâ€" stock without permit for direct sale to any household consumer for personal or household consumpâ€" tion; but they cannot sell direct to butchers or quota users such as hoâ€" tels or restaurants without permit, and they have to continue to stamp meat slaughtered and comply with previous defatting regulations. Farm workers who have moved from their homes to essential emâ€" ployment during the winter will be drifting back shortly now. It is beâ€" ing worked outâ€"by regionsâ€"by the Selective Service people so that the men will be getting back to each area when they are needed. Valid to April 1st some 73,149 perâ€" mits were issued to farm workers to englxg in other industries. Exâ€" cept where provincial officials agree to certain extensions after April Ist, they will be returning before then. The United Nations are looking to Canada for tremenâ€" dous quantities of food and agriâ€" culture will have to maintain all the mannower possible. 1943, and who are now lelfinc to fluid milk distributors, creameries, and to concentration plants, are reâ€" quired to resume deliveries to cheese factories as soon as possible. The Agricultural Food Board says that those farmers who were sellâ€" ing cream to creameries, or milk to :t))fwentntion plants, before Sept. 30, 1943, are required to resume sales to their former markets or to other dairy products manufacturers between now and April 30th Purâ€" chasers of milk are responsible for making these adjustments. lleohnluudinroduund priority war dvi.lhnm!-'hfl nwhu‘lynfl:'e‘tkmbbe. Andvat:. each piece territory libera the demand on the sugar pool inâ€" creases and when freedom comes to Europe as a whole, the need will be more desperate. Borhntwmnyuusinm armers who supplied milk to U.S. needs 800,000 tons this year ® ® & !’ronilheDominhnchMt of Agriculture comes this item imâ€" ‘gfi'o t an answer and got }Olhv When rationing t a. rei w 'mum-nnmm. year was down to half that at the end of 1943. From this pool Canada must import fourâ€"fifths of her suâ€" g:‘wfly 'lhb’-cld‘po&l_i'u United States and Canada The from our main task. If we concentrate on secking, individually or jointly, higher prices, Wommmfitmymflohpfln& gain or individual selfish ends, to distract us We in Canada must support and strengthen this attack with all our effort. This one purâ€" pose must command our work, our minds and N these decisive months all Canada‘s effort I is concentrated on one great objectiveâ€" the attack that is to destroy the Nazimenace and all that it represents. Years of work have gone into its preparation. The best of our young men are staking their lives on its success. First Objective This advertisement is one of a seties being issued by the Government of Canada to emphasize the importance of preventing further increases in the cost of living now and deflation later. Will postwar readjustment spawn a new horde of desperadoes whose ruthless deflance of law and order make Baby Face Nelson and John Dillinger seem like mere beâ€" ginners? J. Edgar Hoover. .. writâ€" ing in The American Weekly with this Sunday‘s (April 2) issue of The Detroit Sunday Times. . . reveals the threat of a new postwar gang era. Get Sunday‘s Detroit Times! . Farmers can use their own trucks | to haul farm material or farm proâ€"| ducts anywhere. The regulations) limiting the use of private commerâ€"| cial trucks to a 35â€"mile distance from their home address without. special permit does not apply to farmers using their own trucks. By ’ April 1, when the new gasoline raâ€" . tion year starts, the Prices Board figures that every milkâ€"transportâ€" ing truck except that of the farmer hauling his own product will be under zoned permit. On the basis of these permits the gasoline reâ€" | quirements of each route will be calculated, for the protection of the dairy industry as a whole. Acâ€" cording to the Board estimates, zoned collections have resulted in‘ reductions up to 44 per cent in number of trucks used, with conâ€" sequent large savings in gas, rubâ€" ber and equipment. { J. EDGAR HOOVER WARNS ON The British destroyer "Foxâ€" hound", taken over by the Canaâ€" dian navy and refitted and convertâ€" ed for antiâ€"sub work in the North Atlantic, had been renamed H.C.â€" M.S. "Qu‘Appelle", for one of the prettiest spots in Saskatchewan. The former "Foxhound" has steamed 240,000 miles since the start of the war, a record said to be unequalled by any other ship of the Allied navies or merchant If you wonder why stocks of dry white beans, yelloweye beans and dry whole split peas in Canada have been frozen by the Prices Board the reason given is the necâ€" essity of ensuring that supplies are available to the Department of Muâ€" nitions and Supply for ships‘ stores and other priority users. The humâ€" ble bean and peaâ€"will become imâ€" portant in your garden this sumâ€" mer. _ What next? The RCAF. is now | training pifeons as paraâ€" troopers. Birds will be dropped in metal waterproof containers hitched to a small parachute when searching aircraft have located stranded airmen but cannot get to them directly. The birds can be sent back by the airmen with mesâ€" sages on their needs and condition. POSTWAR CRIME THREAT "I can‘t for the life of me tell you why most policemen are Irish," Inâ€" spector Blevins declared, but he is obviously proud of the fact that such is the case. "Jim" is Irish, like the majority of other policemen in North Ameâ€" rica, but. like the other Irish poâ€" licemen, he doesn‘t know why the majority of police officers have to be Irish! He came to Canada from the Emerald Isle when he was cight years of age. When "Jim", as he is popularly known throughout the city, beâ€" came a policeman, there were five men on the local force, including himsecif. Now there are 26. Many and varied, dangerous and amusing have been the experiences of Inspector "Jim" Blevins who, Saturday, completed 35 years of service with the Kitchener police department. "No Bed ot Roses" But Police Life Best, Says Veteran Our young men are fighting for a Canada and a world in which all men can have faith, hope and security. Each of them wants to come back to a jobâ€"or a farmâ€"with a future. We at home must keep secure for them a strong and stable foundation on which alone a post~ war period of promise and achievement can be built. ing our attention from the main task at this critical time. We shall also endanger the staâ€" bility of prices which we in Canada have achieved after great difficultiesâ€"a stability that is essential to efficiency and fairness in war, and to peacetime prosperity afterward. higher pay or higher profits, we shall be divertâ€" RENEWAL OF UNEMPLOTNMIETT HON. (AUMPHREy MITCHELL If you are an insured person protect your benefit rights by secing that your Insurance Book has been exchanged. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COMMISSH Offloeifnâ€"al{-nmlu’wfl All Unemployment Insurance Books for the year ending March 31st, 1944, must be &» changed for new books. Mimister m To Al Employerss â€"There are, severe penalties for !_dfiuu-ubw your insured employees and for failure to renew the Insurâ€" ence Books as required. To All Employees: am Chief Constable John Hicks, in lauding the service rendered Kitchâ€" ener by Inspector Blevins, revealed that very few cases investigated by the officer have gone unsolved. "Police work certainly isn‘t all milk and honey, but then, what job is?" asked the elderly officer, exâ€" tolling police duties for any man who is mentally and physically fit. It would require countless newsâ€" paper columns to recount "Jim‘s" experiences as a police officer, but despite his long service, his most dangerous _ assignment _ occurred only three years ago. It was in April, 1941, that Inspector Blevins and his "sideâ€"kick", Det.â€"Sgt. Alex Powell chased a pair of bank robâ€" bers at 80 miles an hour for sevâ€" eral miles outside Bloomingdale. A hot gun battle ensued, but the two men were finally arrested, brought to trial and sentenced ALLAN M. MITCHELL