,,-10 Prince Runert Doilv News Monday, December 24, 1951 As I See It Catt'rins for A Million: Task Financial Crisis Major Problem Facing Britain By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Stuff Writer Change of Government Sets New -Minds to Work iy to be bidintt t'neir time in opposition. Although defeated in n.c Octooer election, they had polled more votes than any other single party. Some supporters expressed hope their enforced absence from office would provide a breathing space In which to work out political theories replacing those which time and experience of political power had .shown to be unworkable O;' inefficient. ' I Tnere were two other decisive events for British socialism in it - 4 h I, "xW ,. i .'- ' I I .;.. 'VI ,V ' k -" '--' i ,.. . ..' '.-".:, 4t wMMiifc VfrniJ LONDON (CP) The return to power of Win- wn. one was the death April ,,. , ., V. , , i H ,lf firmer Foreign Secretary ston Churchill s Conservative party provided the ue- Ernest Be:n, who ruse from ob-cisive event of Britain's political year in 1951. U oneo,Labor, marked the end of the first epoch of socialist majority which roughly coincided with rule and set new minds to work on another crisis in ?"",',h 'he Hethlehem 1931 A FEW .MONTHS ago I stood on a hill outside Jerusalem, as close as I could fret to Bethlehem. Maybe the very spot on which I stood was the hill where the i.. f i ,ii iv. ' '"Si'-3'-- ; the country's financial fortune. In the October 25 general elec I - t - " y ... fv" ; Vi I lng the rtsignatian of Aneurin : i Nye i Bevan and two other mln- i Isters, Harold Wilson and John ! freeman. 1 The three resigned in protest tion, the Conservatives gained a time of financial crisis. At the hepherds heard the angels .sin i lit th younj(. gootlwill'to- mairlty over aU otner Pa"s opening of the 40th Parliament of peace oh earth It the old. Fr ih of nearly 20 seats in the House November 0, Churchill promised limid. for the bold. ( hriscmjj is fat all. Ye, all of ui art as on oa tt "lull and li Jk" statement on economic difficulties he described as worse than tlio.se encountered in the devaluation crisis against the size of Britain's 4.70lU)()0,0O0 three-year arms budget which they said was too big. They become a focus for Labor's traditionally-restive left of Commons compared with a sinle-ligtire majority for Labor in the pre-election Parliament. Tl.- Conservative margin was S 1 I ,-51 - this happint of happy holidays. A Mtrrj of 11149 and in many ways worse Chi.simas anjd Happy New Yearjo you. Ci.V:-- - - ia."x' w'n members, with tlio.se of the convertibility possib.y smaller vaan ;uany observers ,n v. dyke McMillan Hals oi 1947. Next afternoon the 11-day-old " anadian l ife Askuranre t:it Conservative administration an party. Some forecast Bevan a.s a luture Labor prime minister but at tut'i end the iiiuueralc right-wing leader.s, such as Att-lee and Herbert Morrison, .still were in command. One of Hie m:nn tasks facing the I'mted Nations Relief and Works s . .Ajtrucy for Palestine Relugees (l'.NEVA) is that of feeding the i-.-hundreds of thousands of refugees of the conflict in Palestine. This " entails distribution of 11.000 tons of food to a population equivalent to that of Brussels or Washington. I). C, over an area of ltKUMM) square miles, in five different countries. Here, 5.000 boxes of dry .Jigs' bought by INK'LF in Yugoslavia are transhipped in Beirut. In the foreground, a cargo of sugar is shown being hoisted aboard. itounced drastic measure of austerity to ea.se tile drain on her goal and dollar reserves a reduction by nearly $l.()0O.Ot(l.(W!J in overseas spending, a curtailment of new building and .strategy' .stockpiling, and fiscal steps to make money dearer for bor-r.me: s at home. These were deseiibed as 'Tiist aid'' measures pending other r.aa expected out the first weeks of the new Parliament suggested it would prove enough for effective feovfc.nmt-iit, tiuu ending the melancholy deadlock between the two big parties which had existed since the stalemate election February 23, 1950. Cnurchill, Prime Minister ' for the first time by the votes of the people he wa.s summoned by Parliament to be wartime premier moved swiftly to name a new cabinet in which Anthony Eden as foreign secretary was No. 2 man. A novel feature of the 16-member cabinet was the appointment to important co ward men. But there was no peace that ! day near Bethlehem and there u no real peace now. Near me .stood a very businesslike looking Irsaili soldier, carrying a machine gun. And across the .valley, directly in line with the -spire of the church which marks the spot where the Prince of Peace was born, were Arab ; sentries. Their machine guns ! pointed in our direction. Neither side wa.s shooting, for the uneasy cease-fire still pre- i vails. But both side' were ready to hhoot as the Romans, Greeks, British, Americans, Russians, Germans. Jews Gentiles, Christians, Moslems, Hindus have been ready to shoot, or shooting before and since the heavenly messenger proclaimed "glad tid- ; ings of great joy which .shall be lo all people." ' IT WOULD BE easy to be gloomy this Christmas, if one thought too much on the negative side of hie human .story. ; You might say we are no close: lo peace on earth today than Alcan Workers Home For Xmas i plans for halting inflation which Kilimat and Nechaco flam the government promised It workmen, in thss hundreds, are would try to work out during a by this time in Vancouver' to two-month adjournment of Par- spend the holidays with friends nui5 ordinating posts of non-party Reflects and Reminisces men .such as lord Lsmay, Lord lament, starting early in De- and families. Some are also In eeniotr. Pilnce Runert. Clierwell and l ord Leathers. lacnarti Biuier, ciuincenor oi xney have with them mxxl 1 ems the Exchequer grimly said that sued cheques, as well as uniquv unuvs Doiuin quiiMy 6iu iiy- souvenirs of Uietr isolation in I Mi Ht BKHi 'IVKKI.OKl)S" Lord Wool ton Lord Readiti ; and Lord De la Warr were otht r prominent peers in the govern -men and promptly won the poji- I i mi "onz: mg oeyono tneir means, ner the lugge! wiidtt ol the north. fJL-':' pray- peopie wouiti iino inenvseives s,,me OI trie mt.n according to ' "God bless us everyone! ed Tiny Tim were people 1951 years ago.- You ular title of "overlords." Labor, uaiiKiupi, line aim nungry. whaf Is heard, since they rejoin- ! might say the only difference is in opposition for the first lime iy nit mmt ed tlielr kinsfolk, may not return It was an ironic situation for u the Alcan camp. This is not the Conservatives. ChurchillJbecau.se of any dissatisfaction, who hatf long campaigned on.iney were quIcK to say the food ;inat now we have atom bombs since its 194a victory at the polls, 'instead of bows and arrows to criticized the new Conservative shoot and kill with. You might cabinet a.s representing "govern- .say that as killers the Roman ment of the people, for big busi- ' Caesars were Dikers eomnared ness. hv the Lords." 1 1 - a cry oi oei me people iree, ts as gK1 s the pay, and the 1 iound nuivseii obliged as prune camps "miles ahead of anything i with the war makers of our own The Conservatives, who broad- minister to continue and occa the uirny ever had. 1 Crippled ami tiwarrcu oibody, yet so tall Of soul, we tiptoe earth to look on him, Hii;h towcriiiM over all. - James Whitcomb Riley. f lliv.li in the. valiant men and free, Th? luiKer heart, the kindlier hand; Rini; out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ, that is to be. Qreetinm r Mayor Hume of Vancouver, bearing that Princess Klizabeth 'ir.ny return by way cf the Paci-lic, lioni the royal' tour of Aus-. trnliti and New Zealand, ask.-d Buckingham Palace to have the jourutty ineliidc (lie part of V'ari-ftrrilW. The mayor has received 4i .iACkn',wierl;( i;eit. !t i.s the. vwwv tiiiit two possibilities are I iip'W .being studied, Just what.; ks that mean? The flip.lrt will t;" iij'Mjy or June. . December snow is not hint; new ; in Prince Rups iL. A'ld the beauty : it is tiiat there can te plenty of .-.now without plenty of cold. Ever know there is a Yankee ljwr: : called-Snir a Cluu.s. Located ft: Irk'liana, tlicre ia nothing unu-hui ! about Santa Clans, except tlie nam. For '.hat matter, visit-in:1, tourists from south ot the line ' itrhki: .. v.iia'. p' l'P'c were think- .' i.!!' of when Medicine Hat was. sJo'od. Ih' re's always the other side -J.n, a. picture. Pafsengcis were; day. . Iy dominated British politics in sionally to extend the socialist But if you said that you would 'the years between the two world 'apparatus of control and re-; be more than hall wrong. For v.ars, tame back to power at a tnrtion. The socialists charged in .spite of the superficial cvi-: the new government with break- ! dence to the contrary, God's in- " ' Jng its election pledges. They I visible armies are on the marcii cause one great and enlightened said the Tones had promised in the hearts of people every- man. Charles Wilberforcc, r-1 red meal and then cut off the i where. World peace under ju. t- gued tjr abolition of slaves with .Christmas food bonuses. ice and mercy is more nearly such persistence and intelligence 1he government replied that 1 possible todav than it ever was that in the end parliament gave the socialists had leit such a before. It's coming vet. "for a' in to him if onlv to silence his : mess there wa.s no other course. May the spirit of happineii and good will thai fills this season live in your home and blest your loved ones for the many yrara ia come. A Merry Chmtmas and a Happy New Year to all that upsetting proddings. In the One Conservative member said the country had averted fina.i-cial catastrophe under the labor government bv onlv a IF YOU or I could .suddenly be Slates it took a bloody war. Th" lesson seems obvious. War . will go the -ay of slav- transported back through time to be. alive aeain in the riavs of cy because we will get world , "hair's-breadth I I ' The socialists under former, ' jesus Christ; and if we could tKU,x "'aue uy laws oi a worm Prime Minister Clement Attlee.-J take with us the same enlarged 1 government. The real question consciousness, ideas of ri-'ht and wilJ this come before or after awarded the Order of Merit dur anoier war? NORTH STAR BOTTLING , ing the year, appeared general- wrong that we now have, we A MtARTY WISH Z I x Si Z FOR HEALTH AND 2 f A would find life utterly unbear- xxvt'i ' able. ; itf fttitt'f.iifttw it v tTtT';- PROSPERITY TO ALL I V,-A Alfred Tennyson. A Have you any old grudges you would like to pay, Any old wrongs laid up from a bygonv day? Gather them now and lay thorn away When Christmas comes. A Although it's not a popular rule, a man should remove a terry from the mistletoe each time he steals a ku.s. When the berri.-s are gone, no more kisses are available. A Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend, And life is short from beginning to end; Ee kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes. William Lytle. A The sale of. Christmas seals originated in Sweden in 1904. d(1)tk'.ss, wi.ihinp, one another th season's compliments, the wHiT-tlay, as the Danish liner 2 ra .sailed off Portland. Oregon. mhtrmmokr out and eleven were, "fifc-ftHng at, the week-end. Just now. there i., no happiness and it. l-a.st said of merriment, the J bi tter. ' Dr'lrothy Dix died a, week ago. lReri.)!;l'.-s. h-r sage counsel f-:r:i inner to be a feature of the I 67 TAX. tfp "JJ H Ross Pros. I vT J' Reason .5 (Q , J CjreeluirjA Jf0j ' " u iiiatan-jt;, iiiusl OI US WOUiO be slaves. Ail people captured in wars would be killed or enslaved. If you examine the history of J the human race you see "how ; " slowly but surely the battle against slavery was fought and won. There may be "slave camps" in Russia today. We are not sure. But if there are, that r fact has to be concealed from 1 ' the whole world because the, conscience of mankind abhors slavery. , Yet it is le.ss than a hundred 'J years since the now-mightiest, 1 ir most Christian, civilized nation 1 1 on earth fought the till-then1!!' Jerry s bloerdiest of all wars to free its PV-i ).-' Dorothy had num-i'os oru'spondents and believ-1 in advance questions and ..ui.sv.ers. A pood idea put into pra:iifc, in many other lines of i 'i,ruan affairs. iOr.e' would rather not snEEostJ it but. it must continue to be ad-, h.iUed that, the postoffice i.s the ,ihomc of hard work. Yulctide f,',wn called Santa clans? Located , Jtii'ih i.s still on, Mail, by the way kei pi movmR. And if heaps of ; letters are coming in its a stub-i Lorn fact more u!e doing out. s if lu n a n SCOTCH AM) WHY Barber Shop and own slaves. Ye.s, "the world do i r m s i n j move." g i; IN BRITAIN S world kingdom,'; slavery wa.s wiped out 61 years 'bel'Orp it. u;nJ in thn II c & I,., 1 H mj) Beauty Parlors;! IS? I IKZ'1J f I Vf CiviMf (IW I A Scotchman living in America, who had been the target of innumerable stories about the thriftiness of his race, repaid everyone in full measure one Christmas. As soon a.s he received each greeting card ' he ' promptly returned it to tho sender with this message rubber-stamped at the bottom; "Mal-;colm McLeod wishes you- th" same." 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