Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 26, 1943, Winnipeg, Manitoba Freedom of Trade Liberty of religion Equality of civil rights. Winnipeg free press printed and published the Winnipeg free press company 300 Carlton Street Winnipeg Manitoba. J. W. Dafoe Victor s1fton, president general manager registered at the general Post office London. Eng., for transmission through the Post in the United King Dom at the newspaper rate of postage. Winnipeg tuesday january 26, 1943. Close up of or. Millard will be a fair degree of wonder in Many minds Over statement in the prime minister s letter to or. Millard the of the 4 4.1____ there time of the steelworkers Union that there agreement that the strike began without any author Avion Tho officers of the technically c in its Inal 3tagcs this May be True but memories Are not Rort in this country As to have lost sight of the fact that Willard As Back As last August was inciting the men at Marie to action. After telling them that under War labor regulations anyone inciting workers to strike was o prosecution and heavy penalties he went on to say to the Toronto Star notwithstanding this i advise b to doubtless or. Millard would have Many explanations of bit of business on his part for instance that he was not ally trying to get the men out but was trying to open the Way further negotiations or for the appointment of a Royal com Mission re Rains that his statement was i Flamma Ory Rike last August Are not too eager to accept his present urging i acceptance of a settlement he has Only himself to blame. Those who sow the wind Are invariably surprised when they reap whirlwind and this newspaper for one rejects any that or. Millard has been a moderating influence. Thanks to him in the past or. Hepburn was Able to Hole snap election in Ontario in 1937, and seize that unfortunate province More firmly in his grip. Thanks to him the i Flanc Joe miners a year ago were led into an impossible situation beaten. Thanks to him today we have had an ill Advisee illegal steel stoppage on the eve of one of the Grea Jima clerics of the War. If this is or. Millard s idea of service Canada there will be few found to agree with him. He like a Petty edition of John l. Far More the poli Cjan grinding axes than the honest Leader of a Trade Union ind it May be added that if or. Millard is our John l. Lewis or. Mosher the president of the Canadian Congress of labor Foj be called our Philip Murray for it is apparent that i leeches and his influence have been on the Side of moderation d that he recognizes with a clarity lacking in or. Millard the facts not Only upon the War Effort but upon the future of the Jabor movement in Canada of such strikes As that which now Ripples our production. Or. Millard we Are prepared to admit make the headlines with an ease denied to or. Mosher. In her respects his capacity hardly commands an unswerving National admiration. Or. Millard s services to Canada in the steel strike amount Othis he told the steelworkers that they were entitled to More Money and that they ought to go out after it in any Way they a fit. Then when they struck he tells the world that it is be employers fault the government s fault anybody s fault it his. Has not been captured will not be captured and has become one vast and Frozen graveyard of Ger Man soldiers and nazi expectations. The admission by the Ger mans that their army there has Icen surrounded and is being Cut o pieces is conclusive on this Point. The tremendously risky inva Ion of the caucasus made with iut rendering impotent the Power us russian forces on the German flank is now turning into a re Reat which in its Speed resembles a rout. Military experts pointed out the risks Long ago. They said that it was madness to extend communication lines so really through difficult country without ensuring safety on the flanks. They said that the Ger Man High command was attempt ing not the destruction of the rus Sian army which should be always their prime objective but were being lured southward by the do ire of territorial Conquest and economic spoils. The Gamble they then took is proving a disastrous one As their precipitate flight now shows. Russian forces pursuing them northward toward Tishko rets and southward toward the same Point from Salsa show the great danger in which the German caucasian army now stands. Only Stern rearguard fighting make extrication possible. Is this a Sample of Hitler s generalship from Voronezh the russians Are plunging toward Kharkov and the momentum old this offensive does not appear yet to have been checked. But at the John Burns by . Cabled news of the death i posed to great Britain taking part of John Burns after nearly years of almost Complete retirement turned the memories of this writer Back to a Day spent with others in his company when he was in the full tide of his remarkable career As a minister in the government great Britain. The Day was june 12, 1909 and the occasion was the holding of a Sham Battle at Aldershot in Honor of newspaper men who had Gath ered from All parts of the Empire to take part in the first of the n the first world War and with lord Morley retired from the government when War was declared. John Buchan in his history of african expectations Imperial press conferences. The newspaper party was reinforced a distinguished company notables diplomatic military and political for the mimic Battle was held under conditions which excited general interest. The great reorganization of the British army had been undertaken in 1906 by r. B. Haldane Secretary of state for War was by that time Well advanced and the manoeuvres of the Day were to be carried out by the first and second Divi Sions and the first cavalry brigade of the expeditionary Force that had been called into being As part of the plan. This was a try out of the new system and when the mimic show began the Crest and sloping sides of Fox Hill carried very least this attack will com plete the recapture of the 1942 conquests. The number of prison ers captured is a fairly Good Indi cation of the extent to which the German Retreat is disorderly. Great victories Are thus assured but real disaster awaits the Ger mans Only when their major de Fence line is cracked. This line roughly speaking runs from Ros Tov in the South to Kharkov to Orel to Smolensk and thus North Ward. The Points named Are the bastions of the nazi defence though it will be remembered that a year ago the germans were of Tagan Rog a few Miles to the West. Only when these giant fortresses have been stormed it be said that the germans have suffered strategic disaster and excellent As the news today is it must be remembered that most of the present advances Are preliminary to the assault upon the major line. He even goes the length of backhand edly blaming the Ien he leads for striking without authorization. He explains 1v.h to nit however that they have done it because of intolerable m ready to leave Rostov and ustice and inadequate pay and using the minority report of be Barlow commission urges that the government in Dering the question should take into account their Over Allar policy and not concentrate upon any single aspect of it Rufien the Lauer interferes with the flow of War material from be plants. But. As or. King Points out in his letter to or. Millard the r Leader in Iii Public statements refers Only to the lowest Aid and least skilled Section of the steelworkers and that the gurus he cites if compared fairly would stand up very Well with the average wages paid across the country. Nor is there n or. Millard s statement anywhere so far As these be checked any recognition of the enormous benefits which have accrued and still do to the nation As a whole including the steelworkers of the Price and wage tiling policy. Ever since those policies have been in effect the basis of criticism of them has always been that they Are excellent for everybody else except the critics themselves. These always make an exception in their own favor and claim that the prices of their goods Are unfair though All others Are very fair indeed in that their wage is unduly depressed though of course no this was sharply if politely pointed out to Ashington Only a premonition that the North african muddle will shortly have the correction of. A sound and Basic settlement has kept the appoint ment of Pey Routon As governor general of Algeria from producing More serious criticism in this country. Informed sources were Able to state that the appointment has been made with British approval which relieved the Situa Tion of the danger of a breach be Veen president Roosevelt and rime minister Churchill. That Ilief however did not suffice All lose americans who follow the Orth african events closely. Some inside red the appointment of a Crouton an unnecessary addition what already is an irksome Bur in. Contrary to the casual in ression it was not the state de Arment which inspired and Spon ored the Choice of Pey Routon. So was not a Choice made in Lim Ith what some critics have called n ideological Bias favouring Vichy the state department would ave been far happier to see some rebutting the former s else s or. Millard by the prime minister. Laim that the total wage increases asked for not Only of the West paid men but of the highest paid As Well would amount o Only two or three million dollars or. King said that it would Cost hundreds of millions a fact which or. Millard knows As Well As the prime minister but which he is. Not prepared to Oit. Or. Millard As this newspaper has said from the be ginning of the strike does not care if his policy explodes the ceiling policy. He is not interested in it a fact which Marks him Down As an irresponsible Leader to whom Broad National policies Are valuable not in themselves but Only to the extent to which they suit his purpose. If that purpose is no identical with a National one it is the National purpose that Aust suffer not his. Winnipeg s unemployed Hon. C. D. Howe minister of munitions and Supply has sent Shat seems a reasonable reply to tie City s protest against the Lay workers and to its War contracts Fulg of War Appeal for More evidently he give Little help end the City Council has been worried not merely about getting More business for Winnipeg but about the problem of the men and women who Are registered As wanting employment. Or Howe says that the business of his department has to do Only with the speedy production of War sup plies to meet the changing needs of our forces and those of our allies but that he tries to have displaced War workers re engaged wherever possible and that full attention has been Given to the productive capacity of Winnipeg plants and that contracts have been sent Here when possible there Are however Only employed in War industries in Manitoba. With unemployment at its pres at height in Winnipeg the nex step for the City Council is t the situation to the attention the minister of labor. Ther be no other City in Canad a the so Many Cut of work. Mas was supposed to b 5 thing the past but we hav Here in this Community. It Fiot due to local conditions and 15 a National responsibility. A fee unemployed to be left idleness until they become forges upon the Public if not Dominion government will ave to find some Way of dealing Ith the situation. The government has a National advisory committee studying How o put men to work after the War iome of the Means which it pro oses might be applied to the Solu Ion of the problem in this City ome of the unemployed will nov a receiving unemployment insure Jice. Others will be living on heir savings. But the position o All will soon become worse unless hey find employment. Those who have come from farms an i return to them should do so my people should be warn. Against coming Here looking of Obs. But much More than that re quires to be done. Neither win Progress of Hospital services the announcement that another increase in benefits has been arranged for the subscribers of the Manitoba hospitals services association underlines the remarkable Success of this co operative institution. Organized Only four years ago it now has More than subscribers who pay a smal monthly fee to take care of hos ital Bills in Case of illness. When started the plan allowed for pay Tient of 21 Days hospitalization his was subsequently increase o 28 Days then to 31 Days after he first year and now to half Thost for an additional 90 Days. The subscribers to the Schum ave reaped substantial benefits of too have the hospitals. Thou ands of patients who otherwise Ould occupy Beds in Public Ware Are now taken care of in Semi private rooms and this reacts t he financial Benefit of the hos Litas. The Success of this undertaken 3 an indication of the uneasiness which wage earners feel Ove threat of sickness. It shows tha Peg nor the government Shoul accept our Large scale unemployment As a situation again be endured. That mus russian victories the tone and substance of Bot the russian and German Folicia communiques now confirm the High Hopes which have hard a Large number of our citizens a interested in health insurance an Are willing to pay for it when it offered to them at a Price the afford. Be in charge of administration in Forth Africa who would have combined Pey Routon s experienc without his history of having sternly suppressed free elements n France while Secretary of the Interior under Petain. The View f the state department however Ould not be pressed since the insistence on Pey Routon s appoint ment was general Giraud san eneral Eisenhower backed Hin wholeheartedly. It. Would be untrue to say tha Here was any conflict Between the state and War departments of differing views Between depart ments and within department Are Normal in All government they Are not conflicts and polic itself is based on the analysis o differing views. That too is thay that policy for concert by Raymond Gram swing action is made by associated gov Ruments and undoubtedly it is be Way it has been made by retain and the United states in tie matter of North Africa. The premonition that a Basic and sound settlement is com no in North Africa has been Nur ured by the recurring statement hat the affairs there Are certain o engage the attention of the resident and the prime minister. These two men have Learned How o work together they know better ban any two persons living the responsibility resting on them hey Are not motivated by a sense 3f rivalry and they see Eye to Eye he distinctions Between first Anc second things in the War. Sense of value May explain the insistence on the continuing priority of military considerations in North Africa. But this emphasis does not constitute indifference to he political aspects of everything done there. If the War comes first in Africa that of itself does not relieve the two governments of the responsibility of representing their Politi Cal Aims satisfactorily to Public opinion in their own countries As Well As in the occupied countries. This View is held in All responsible quarters in Washington. Because of the necessity of stat ing these political Aims by actions not subject to misrepresentation observers Here Are sanguine about a practical and sound solution being found for affairs in North Africa. The nature of the Solu Tion Only be a subject for speculation but some of the ele ments in it Are no secret or mys Tery. The problem itself suggests some of its own solutions. It would be one in which a non military French personality not tarred with the Brush of Vichy could symbolize Unity in the Field of political administration in North Africa. It would be one which gave both generals Giraud and de Gaulle Fuller scope to express their Genius in military affairs against the Axis freed from the enforced obsession with Only political and administrative details. It would be one which provided time for the transformation of the african administration from its present Hodgepodge of reaction Aries Semi fascists royalists and political what not to an efficient organization supporting the War Effort and ultimately administer ing the Domain in a democratic spirit. A since the fall of France was due in no Small measure to factionalism the liberation of France might be jeopardized by the same factionalism. That makes the first task of the political Solu Tion one of subordinating As much As possible the factionalism in North Africa. Co operation will mean the co operation of elements which have despised each other but it will unite them on the one Broad aim of liberating France. The second element of the task is to effect this co operation without the attempt in itself being mis understood As ideologically favor ing the reactionaries whose co operation is desirable. It is this contradiction which the american policy in North Africa has not eradicated to. The satisfaction of All its Home critics. So it is bound to be dealt with in whatever Solu Tion is ultimately found. Though the most perplexing it is not the main problem and it May turn out that once More the Public in both this country and Britain has been w6rked up Over a single theme losing sight of still More vital decisions simply be cause these could aired in Advance. A Large assemblage of deeply interested spectators. It was a Beautiful june Day and the show with its color and move ment was entrancing to the Eye. One remembers that the defending Force was commanded by major general Grierson upon whom great Hopes were placed should the real thing replace the mimic show. Grierson was fated to die with tragic suddenness while the troops were mustering in August 1914. The Bones of Many of the lads who marched and counter marched so gaily for our pleasure that Day Are scattered from Mons to the Marne for these brigades were in time to become part of the heroic company of the old contemptible. But saving Haldane and some of the generals it is doubtful if anybody was thinking on that kindly Day of War As some thing that could really happen. The great writes lord Morley the last of the Strait victorians and or. John Burns were men of an older world War was to them so repugnant that no compulsion of fact could persuade them to be a party to he entered into no elaborate and explanation of his course but retired into a silence that was never broken. Having regard to his temperament this represented an astonishing achievement in self control. The labor party of Battersea which had placed him in Nomina. Tion from 1892 Onward did not seek him As their candidate in the general elections of 1918, and he did not return to the House of commons. He continued to live in Battersea in a House crammed with books which he assiduously collected year after year. E. A Newton the famous Book collector of Philadelphia made him and his books the subject some years ago of one of the delightful essays on the Joys of Book collecting which he contributed from time to time to the Atlantic monthly. Writing from memory for the article is not r a group of perhaps Twenty available the Story As told by or. Newton was that while seeking certain rare books in a London Bookstore an old gentleman stand ing by broke into his conversation with the bookseller. He stoutly disputed or. Newton s statement to the bookseller that he had the greatest collection of books Deal ing with the history of London. 11 he wanted to see a real collection of books of this nature let or. Newton accompany him to his Home to which he was forthwith invited. Whereupon or. Newton departed with John Burns and this was the beginning of a Friend ship which was duly recorded in or. Newton s interesting pages. What the Blitz did to John bums books the record that is available does not say but it is a fair guess that it did not drive him out o Battersea where he had lived for Over seventy years. John Burns would Rise Superior to the threat nutrition is a big idea the dared to find expression on of those who have watched e june 1941, the magnificent conduct of the red army. The russian Winter offensive is obviously scoring great if not results and it seems altogether probable that it will at Leas we Back from the nazis All the Terri tory which the germans won last Spring and summer. How much further it will go nobody today 6 Hitler s proud boast that he would capture Stalingrad you May depend on gone of Idle words. Stalingrad be a Good Samaritan with our transportation Facil ties being taxed to the limit Rush hours it has become the or comfortable lot of Many to Shiv at bus stops for lengthy periods during which loaded buses pass them by. In weather such As we have experienced during the past couple of weeks this is no fun particularly for the Standee who watches a steady Stream of Auto mobiles going past without Pas sengers. It would be a neighbourly Ges Ture and one which would be deeply appreciated if motorists could help out during this emergency by offering a lift now and then to the stranded bus patrons. This would ease the Load on the Winnipeg electric company and Nelp hundreds of our citizens to get to work on time. The motorists would lose nothing by being Friendly. They Are going Down town anyway and who knows but they May themselves some Day appreciate a lift better nutrition movement x has come from two discoveries one the result of scientific research into food values and the other the result of numerous sur Veys showing that a great number of people were not eating the right kinds of food and were suffering for it. Science revealed the functions of the vitamins and the Essen tial importance of the protective foods. Then the surveys proved that the diets of a Large proportion of the Canadian people Are so deficient in the foods necessary to ensure health that a great Deal of sickness disease and lowered efficiency is the result. The scientists have proved their ase so conclusively and the Dif Terence in the effects of proper and improper diets have been demonstrated so often and so completely that the government the leads of the armed forces and Many employers in Industry have been entirely convinced and Are strongly behind the better nutrition movement. The diets of our soldiers sailors and airmen have been changed in the Light of the new knowledge. Many industries that Supply meals for their work ers Are wisely giving them the essentials of a Correct diet. The Dominion and provincial health birthdays miss Lucy a. Manhard. Winnipeg born Brockville. Ont., Jan. 26 1849. George Davis. Winnipeg born Southampton. Eng. Jan. 26. .1800 William Hunt. Ninette. Man bom London. Eng. Jan. 26. 1871. P a Gladu St. Boniface bom s vital Marri , ims. Whole Grain cereals meat eggs Etc. Eat these foods is the Junction. Then whatever else one wishes or accommodate. A Survey of the eating habits of he Canadian people made in re cent years showed that 60 per cent of the families surveyed were not eating enough of the kinds of Ood that Are necessary for Good Lealuh and this was not confined of people of the Workin g class. One third of the men rejected by the armed forces were suffer ing from illness plainly due to Lack of proper food. On an average Industrial workers Are absent from their jobs every Day largely through illness which in turn is mainly caused by the Lack of sufficient protective foods. If Only 25 per cent of the absentees were War workers it is said this Means a loss of Man hours this year. That is a serious loss in the production of warplanes tanks guns corvettes merchant ships. We have evidence that the nutrition Factor mean a 27 per cent increase in War declares the director of the nutrition services of the National health department. This would be through keeping workers on their jobs and through raising their efficiency. Departments Are All seeking to persuade the Public to recognize the great importance of nutrition and its bearing on their welfare and happiness. People have been told what to include in a healthy diet. The list has been drawn up by nutrition experts and it includes such foods As milk and cheese tomatoes and Citrus fruits or their juices Leafy vegetables Oor Are diets and malnutrition common among people throughout Manitoba according to the provincial health depart ment reporting on recent examinations which it had conducted examinations of Young persons Between 16 and 30 years showed 20 per cent to be underweight and 27 per cent anaemic while 90 be cent of High school students needed dental work. The department also sports that of High school students examined 441 students or. 14 per cent were underweight. Better nutrition is doing a Good Deal for the men in our armed orces making them fitter and More efficient for service. For instance if airmen Are assigned to duties that require particularly Good eyesight they Are definitely helped by an increase of milk and cheese in their diet. Wharf is Hap pening in general to the diets of he fighting men is described by Hiram Mccann managing editor of food in in an article n saturday night. The three services have different nutritional he says and their needs in this War Are vastly different from those in the last. A mechanized army does not need to be led quite so much from the standpoint of heavy muscular labor As would a non mechanized army. And a fighter Pilot or a. Rear gunner in a bomber needs St less work Energy food but More nutritional Protection for his nerves his eyes. His heart and his Kings. The Navy s needs because of storage and preparation difficulties Are still Dif Ferent and nutrition work for the . Is entirely separate from that of the army and the air Force. A comparison of the present Standard ration with that in effect in 1918 shows meat Cut from 16 to 12 ounces Dally bread Cut from 16 to 12 ounces Dally milk doubled in Quantity and either in cab pasteurized or irradiated whole evaporated eggs canned tomatoes solid materials and Irish. Fruits duly placed on the list and la Good Quantity. To Masc sure that the Soldier s diet shall at All times nutritionally adequate certain commodities have been made compulsory issues. The application the science of nutrition to the diet of the b . Is part of the naval medical service. All the weight of food for muscular Energy had to be retained. But practically the game Vitamin deficiencies were found As existed in the army and air Force. Today the . Ration is is Good As any in the world and is nutritionally a Model studied by other a journalists whose Vantage Point was the brow of the Hill was a somewhat Short moderately Stout Man of about fifty who was wherever he moved the Centre of the group and the life of the party. He was John Burns who As a Young Man had five times seen the inside of jails because of his leadership in conducting open air demonstrations despite the taboo of the authorities who had been the Leader of the great Dock strike in 1889 and now after Many years of Active and Lively service in the London county Council and the commons had been taken the first labor Man to be thus Hon the Liberal government and As president of the local government Board was running the department to suit himself despite Lively encounters with his com rades of yesterday a Plain spoken Breezy cheerful Man adept in conversation and Quick on the trigger in repartee. But let us consult the picture of him As drawn about that time by a. G. Gardiner in prophets priests and he stands four Square to All the winds that blow solid As a Pedestal of Granite Short and mighty of limb like Hal o the Wynd. A Man indeed virile and vehement dogmatic As a time table with an argument As heavy As a powerful natural Man of Whitman s Ideal. Plain living and High thinking his alcohol no tobacco no rugs and mufflers no weak concessions to the flesh. A glorious swashbuckler of to z. His life an ebullient Joy. There is not a Page in it that he slurs Over. There is not an hour when he has not found it Good to be alive. His bound less exuberance jills you like a Gale at sea. What an asset he is to our National life what a Breeze he brings with him what wholesome fresh air what unconquerable buoyancy this was the Man who on that a off june morning led and dominated the conversation and Eft an impression of vigor Good nature Friendly Pugna City conversational brilliancy that prob ably not one of those who Gath ered around him Ever forgot. Certainly not this writer. And what did he talk about that has gone Down the except a ittle Story of How he had vindicated the thames As against the St. Lawrence a Story which after wards got into print and still turns up from time to time usually in form not strictly accurate. Once while visiting Montreal he was taken up to the top of mount Royal and shown the . Law rence flowing through the Countryside. Now where s your old said the Montreal Friend. Replied John Burns in his finest controversial manner the St. Lawrence is a River but the thames is liquid of less extraordinary than Bis Rise in Public life was his departure from it. He was of j about housing that he was authority upon the subject of bombs. Ohn Burns father Alex Ander Burns a Scot from Ayrshire there May have been some far off blood connection with the most famous bearer of the name. In the sketch of John Burns by Gardiner upon which we have already drawn there is in account of the loud applause which a political speaker got in a South London Borough when in the language of he made a Fine democratic and humanitarian declaration. His hearers thought they recognized the authentic John Burns speech. Though out of Public life for thirty years there Are still Many stories cur rent about Burns platform and parliamentary performances. As for instance his insistence in a debate in the House of commons an by reason of the fact that he had slept both in Pinto Neville jail and in Windsor Castle. There is the Story of his answer to the heckler who wanted to know How he justified his salary As a Cabinet minister since in his earlier Days he had declared that no Man s services could be Worth More than a year. Burns reply was that a year was the recognized rate of pay for his Job and his labor principles for bade him under the penalty of being a Blackleg to take less than the going rate. Also a Story illustrating another aspect of his temperament of what he said when sir Henry Campbell Bannerman broke All precedents by inviting him a labor Man to take a Posi Tion in the government which he was forming. Well sir said Brave John this is the most popular thing you have yet John bums was a great Man May his memory Long remain Reen. From the Golden books reincarnation by e. Wyndham Tennant Ypres. I91gi too remember Days Distant Golden when even my soul was Young i see the Sand whirl in a blinding pillar toward the band of Orange sky line Cath a Turquoise some Burnt out sky spread o i a glistening land slim Brown Jargo Ning men in Blue and Gold i know it All so Well i understand the ecstacy of worship Ages old. Hear the first truth the grea3 far seeing soul is Ever in the humblest Husk i How each succeeding Section its toll in fading cycles of old memory and each new life the next shall control until perfection reach eternity. Today s scripture teach me and i will hold my Tongue and cause me to under stand wherein i have erred. Job ;