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THE EVENING CITIZEN, Ottawa, Saturday, October 6, 1945. 1 Parliament and The People Father Charlcbois Dies at 73 Rev. Father Charles Charlcbois, OMI, widely known as the founder of Le Droit, Ottawa's only French daily newspaper and of the French-Canadian Educational Association mw mil uiiiiiu mi i imp iipihi i mi mil im mmmmi n. hi.ui.him. i i Wet 'V' tew lebois became the Becond parish priest of Holy Family church in Ottawa East.

He later served for a considerable number of years as curate at Notre Dame church. Hull. He served for 18 years -as director of Le Droit and was associated for 25 years with the work of the French-Canadian Educational Association of Ontario. The body is resting at the parlors of the Oblates' provincial house in Montreal and will be brought to Ottawa on Monday. The body wilt lie in state at the parlors of the University of Ottawa.

Says. Commonwealth More United Now The British Commonwealth is more united today than it has ever been and this unity is not expressed in terms of colonial or constitutional ties but in devotion to, the democratic objectives of world peace and welfare. New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain are all bound by a common faith in the need for democratic socialism. This was the belief expressed by M. J.

Coldwell, GCF leader, last evening in a public lecture in the Chateau Laurier under the auspices of the Ottawa CCF council. Progressive opinion in Canada must support the great experiment in Britain, Mr. Coldwell maintained. There is danger, he felt, that certain reactionary elements, here an? in the United will try at all costs to withhold and prevent aid to the Labor government. "We must OCTOBER 8th DAY ALL DAY MONDAY Emergency Powers In the Commons yesterday afternoon, Justice Minister Louis St.

Laurent got first reading for the National Emergency Powers Act, to run for one year only, unless extended by Parliament. The act is in terms somewhat similar to the War Measures Act, but with much more limited scope. It proposes continuance of controls considered necessary to avoid the danger of inflation. Mr. Howe got first reading for a bill to establish the Department of Reconstruction and Supply by merging the functions of the Munitio'ns and Supply Department and the Department of Reconstruction.

Mr. Hsley, replying to Mr. Bracken, made a statement on revision of the coupon values in relation to cooked meats. He observed that the use of "tokens" is now being generally accepted by meat dealers throughout Canada. Mr.

Howe, replying to Mr. Bracken, gave credit to Wartime Housing for making good progress in building houses for veterans in different parts of Canada. He explained that WHL has the advantage of buying building supplies on a mass production basis, but, otherwise, has no monopoly in that connection. Labor Minister Mitchell reported no change in the Ford Motor Company strike situation at Windsor. He added that the Ontario Labor Department, as well as the Dominion Department, consider that the effort of bringing the union and the company together offers the best hope of ending the strike and getting the plant back into production.

As to the threatened strike in a Vancouver packing house plant, Mr. Mitchell stated that the parties concerned are meeting next week to seek a solution to that problem. Mr. Hsley announced he will bring down the budget on Friday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m.

He explained he will leave the following week on a trip to Western Canada in connectiop with the Ninth Victory Loan campaign. A further one-twelfth of the main estimates will be sought by the government, by way of interim supply, on Tuesday. For the afternoon sitting, the Commons proceeded with further consideration of the air force estimates for the current fiscal year. CCF Committee Mr. Coldwell has organized the 28 -member CCF group into 19 committees on a wide variety of subjects to be discussed in Parliament this session.

The committees, with the chairman, are as follows: Agriculture, P. E. Wright (Melfort); external affairs, Privy Council and legislation, Mr. Coldwell; finance, S. II.

Knowles (Winnipeg) fisheries, Wm. Bryce (Selkirk); justice, F. E. Jaenlcke (Klndcrsley); solicitor-general, Eric McKay (Weyburn) labor, Angus Maclnnls (Vancouver) mines and resources, F. W.

Town-ley-Smith (North Battleford) national defence, Capt. J. O. Probe (Regina); national health and welfare, Mrs. Gladys Strum (Qu'-Appelle); national revenue, Ross Thatcher (Moose Jaw); post office, Max Campbell (The Battlefords) public works, Wm.

Irvine (Cariboo) reconstruction and supply, Clarence Gillis (Cape Breton South) secre tary of state, E. L. Bowerman (Prince Albert); trade and com CLOSED of $150 and $50 respectively are granted in each of three groups: oil, watercolor and tempera, and black and white pencil; along with a special award of $300 for the outstanding picture in the competition. While the first Canadian Army Art Exhibition, held in 1944, was open only to army personnel In Canada, the exhibition this year is open to all personnel and one-third of the 500 entries come from overseas. ARMY ART EXHIBITION "Lugger Hoist," an oil by Capt.

Charles Grosberg, RCE, Is shown above and is one of 62 paintings and drawings which will be on display at the 1945 Canadian Army Art Exhibition. The exhibition opens at the National Art Gallery on Oct. 11. Under the directorate of Auxiliary Services, NDIIQ, the second annual Canadian Army Art Exhibition offers a total of $r00 in prizes to winning Canadian artists. First and second prizes, of Ontario, passed away early yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Montreal, following a lengthy illness.

He, was in his 74th year. Father Charlebols was well known in educational not only in Ottawa but throughout the province, and news of his demise will be received with keen regret by his many friends and admirers. Pupils of the bilingual separate schools of Ottawa will pay a special tribute to Father Chariebois on Tuesday morning when they will attend in a body a solemn high mass of requiem which will be chanted at Sacred Heart church at 8 o'clock. The solemn service for the beloved educationist will be celebrated at 9.15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Burial will take place in the Oblates plot at Notre Dame cemetery, Hull.

Father "Charles," as he was affectionately known to the majority of the French-speaking population of Ontario, was throughout his life a staunch supporter of bilingual education in Ontario and his fight on behalf of the bilingual separate schools won him the admiration not only of his compatriots but of the English-speaking element as well. Second Parish Priest As a young priest. Father Char- 1 Dept. 19G2B 2 STORE Foulkes Given Award Defence Headquarters announced last night the award of mention in dispatches to 787 members of the Canadian Army, including Charles Foulkes of Victoria, chief of the general staff. The list, which embraces every branch of the army, includes R.

H. Keefler of Westmount, commander of the 3rd Division, Brig. J. D. B.

(Des) Smith of London, officer commanding Royal Military College at Kingston, and Brig. J. P. E. Bernatchez of St.

Jean Baptiste, former Infantry brigade commander. busy at Lachute with his duties as senior Crown attorney for the district of Terrebonne. Justice Minister St. Laurent, no less, complimented Major Fulton most highly on his facility in speaking French. Col.

C. C. I. Merritt, VC (PC, Vancouver-Burrard) it is understood, speaks French with an excellent accent. Shortly, he, too, may venture to address the Commons in that language.

Col. Merritt attained fluency in speaking French while a prisoner of war in Germany after the Dieppe action in 1942, along with many members of the Mount Royal Fusiliers regiment of Montreal. Incidentally, Col. Merritt's Conservatism goes back a long way to hie great-grandfather, Sir Charles Tupper, one of the most prominent of the Fathers of Confederation. Col.

David A. Croll, KC Toronto-Spadina) has the distinction of being the only one amongst the 245 members of the Commons to have a man as his secretary-stenographer. Frank Dillon, young bilinguist from Windsor, and Col Croll's sergeant-clerk In the army auring ine war, is nls man Friday. Discharge 20,051 From Services In One Week Defence headquarters last night announced the discharge of another 20,051 men and women from Canada's armed services during the week ended Sept. 29 and at the same time made known that war service gratuity payments to ex-army personnel totalled $51,439,719 up to the end of August.

Continued discharge on an accelerated scale brought total separations from the three services since May 1 to 162,900 men and women, including 18,302 from the navy. 87,935 from the army and 56,663 from the RCAF. The discharge of 20,051 in the week ended Sept. 29 compared with 20,401 for the three services in the previous week. Breakdown by services for the week was: navy 2.356, army 9,783, RCAF, 7,912.

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Towsley. A discussion period followed the address. Miller -C. Anderson spoke briefly on the party's finances. It was announced that Mrs.

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Bench, KC, Liberal, brilliant young St. Catharines lawyer, made a suggestion in the Senate this week which was not only both timely and constructive, but one which has Important, far-reaching Implications affecting the general public Interest in Canada from several angles. Witnesses from both the labor and management side of the current packing huse dispute should be called before a Senate committee. Senator Bench urged, by way of seeking a solution to the dispute before it leads to a Dominion-wide strike. Particularly at this time, with meat rationing recently resumed to enable Canada to send more meat overseas to help feed the hungry, starving millions In liberated, war-devastated European countries, undoubtedly It is In the public interest that a general packing house strike should be avoided.

Further, such a strike would mean a heavy, unwarranted monetary loss to Canadian farm producers of cattle, hogs and sheep. Already, with a shortage of manpower, the slaughtering facilities of the packing houses have been taxed to the limit for some time past and any further Interruption In their operations would be little short of chaotic. The public Interest Is Involved also from the important angle of the maintenance of existing price celling and wags controls to avoid the dangers of post-war inflation. Packing house workers are seeking a 30 per cent increase in wages and that constitutes a real threat to anti-inflation controls. Something to Do Still a third angle of considerable importance in the public interest is that Senator Bench's suggestion points the way for the Senate, as the upper chamber of the two Houses of Parliament, to do something practical and worth while to Justify Its existence.

It is the simple truth to say that, in recent years, the reputation of the 'Senate as a useful chamber has sunk pretty low. It would seem to be up to the senators themselves to do something to work out their own salvation in this connection. "Some branch of Parliament should come to grips with the problems raised by the threatened packing house strike and what better instrument than the Senate?" Senator Bench asked in elaborating for the writer his suggestion made earlier In the red chamber. "Labor unions have indicated that they intend to resist continuance of wage ceilings. That intention seriously jeopardizes all Canada's anti- inflationary controls.

Parliament must find a way of educating the public. Including the wage and salary earners, as well as producers and consumers, as to the vital need for maintaining the fight against Inflation, the dangers of which are greater today even than they were during the war. What better way Is there to Btart the necessary education program than at the seat of government? "It is an easy thing to get up on a soap box and demand that wage controls should come off," Senator Bench went on. "But wage controls are the obverse side of the coin, as it were, to the continued maintenance of price ceilings. Workers should realize that arri avoid sticking a dagger in the bottom of their own pockets.

What good would ib do the packing house workers, for example, to get a 30 per cent increase if. later on, they are faced with a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the cost of the basic necessities of life? Inflation starts a spiral and a race which' the wage earner cannot hope to win because prices would go up faster than wages would. The sad experience Canada had with inflation after the last war proved that. Before Inflation Starts "The time to stop Inflation is before it starts," Senator Bench went on. "Inflation would endanger the welfare of the workers and it would do terrific violence to Canada and the future of all Canadians.

No country in the world has done a Job comparable to what Canada has done during wnrtlme In preventing Inflation through the price celling and wage controls. The average Canadian wage earner has never had so many real dollars In his or her pocket as during the recent war period. Today the Canadian dollar Is the most valuable purchasing medium in the world." Senator Bench, who served as a member of the National War Labor Board in 1943, until ill health forced his retirement, made it abundantly clear that he is a strong believer In the trades union movement, in collective bargaining and all the normal processes of labor-management relations whereby the status of the individual worker 13 Improved. Incidentally, the writer believes that labor itself should embark on a program of educating the public as to its alms and objects. The public generally understands and approves of the right of labor to organize and to carry on collective bargaining with employers.

But the public is not nearly so well acquainted with labor's objects as to the closed shop, union shop, maintenance of membership, check off, etc. Labor feels it has a strong case in these objects: it should not be afraid to inform the public about them. In a closed shop, union membership is a prerequisite to employment. In a union shop, all employes must join the union within a specified time or lose their Jobs. Under maintenance of membership, union members must keep their membership In good standing or lose their jobs.

Under a checkoff, the employer deducts union membership fees from the employe's pay and hands the amount to the union authorities direct. Welcome Appointment For the first time in history, all three members of the Civil Service Commission are now what might be termed "career" men, promoted from within the service. The announced promotion of S. G. Nelson as a commissioner, after six years as chief examiner of the commission, will be widely welcomed, not only by Civil Service organizations, but by the public generally by way of eliminating political patronage in appointments to the commission and the government service generally.

C. H. Bland was named commission chairman in 3955, after having been assistant secretary. Arthur Thlvierge, I prominent commission official on the French side, was named a commissioner in 1942. REOPENS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9th, AT 9.30 A.M.

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