per. month, 81.00; per, year, $10.00 he Peat ‘Office ! ‘Department, Ottawa hel sniterent: ne vin which. it, ~ | of pages:to argue™ out. ‘his ‘own theory. ‘of | ‘history. * , ‘le -| seems. to. me that: guad’ or bad _ [actions by individuals have: ‘little. | more ‘effect onthe rise, and fall . people do, the total: course: of} . history runs just about. ‘the. same, I CANNOT fully agree. with: rol! : | influence on he: “course we cht ss 4 Germany: “ “| évil genius: “bobbed up. ‘just. how! vw, ran 4. ru vane ‘not yet arr ived in these Elpve Plt | ® Tolstet and Hitler {I AM eagerly’ waiting to’see one new movie which has pation of Tolstoi’s: masterly, , novel, War: and Peace: ~*~ parts—that is the picturi- vA good’ many: ‘experts and .a® ast-number of.other people who stoi’s famous novel is the great- est. such work of . figtlon,. ever, written: superb | movie,. insofar . the! -| story itself. goes.’ It could he "aS | great a picture-as Gone With the -|Wind provided: they have actors as good -as. Clark Gable and: Viv- jan Leigh. TOLSTOI'S' novel » is hailed: by “most. critics as*. being aniong ‘| the’ gréatest novels ‘of all time, notwithstanding the :fact that Tolstoi ignores: “what is supposed |.” to-be: the: most fundamental rule} « of: good: novel writing: ane: ty “ght He’ comments. ‘gt. steat' ength on’ chis - own: ‘story = as. he. Goes |. -| along, - Indeed’ -he:-takes “scores |} “That ‘theory: of: history, is that of: nations: ‘than; have. . floating’: corks on., ‘the course of .a’. river People: are, carried’ along. on’ the tide.” “Tolstoi Teasons, ‘and’ not | matter: what. leaders © ‘or little. ‘stol’s: ‘theory. myselt, : Lor, ‘it individuals ‘do: have: an Same iis. [tory rod “For: “instance, take ‘witler. andi; The’ fact - ‘that, that and. when. he did’ “was: one of; ‘the great’ - misforlunes of modern times. epee DP : ' Gerinany’ itight have ‘been a .| “problem” ‘under ‘any leader” at ill the erid of the First World: War'l. “1 But Hitler had the precise. com-: bination‘ ‘of -bad:, qualities ” plus | personal” genius, j ito. lead ‘Gere. S many andthe: while: world. to the} ne ruin. for which hé-was" o lat bely Fs ve personal) respond “h “4 Was" a’ near- genius. in- his Hand!- jing of cto ds /and.ts many” other things: we to ‘1; “Also, contra ‘y to wha the German. generals are trying to say now,'Hitler was: -personally | i responsible - for, many. of . Nazi Germany’s s earlier, great midit yp and, polities 1 stigcesses, nota in showing, that:in the end -Hit= ler’s stubborness was responsiiile. for Much, ofthe sompowndin soy.) 4 ‘tastrophe which, overtook. Ger. many, Itvis prue’ ‘that he ordei'- ed his armies to.stay where they were and die, rathor than: tali back, Hence ;such: setbacks as gantle agtastrophe. for: Germany. ‘But what-tlic’ ‘Goyinan, military apologists now forget. is {hat the suine qualities of Hiller soe aT OSr “ + Gama ult ight aity dirgt trom Terrace, . Convenient surface: Iintporiation Prince Rupert “ -Terrnees A Dally Conai Liturtine Might froin Ternnce via Port Hardy, ‘Convenient surface connection Prince + Rupert Terre, . oe x ety fin ts ra Mahe RIM Nos) ee Set ete “Fa Now. ae ae i ae ol = dW 1-8:00 aim; |", Lv. Prince Rue Ar, |.$:00 p.m, [11120 p.m, 28 ain, 0 pm; ly Terrace «At, 110,00 aime | 7:25'p.m, Bu pn 0 nm, An Varcoine Ly. | 7140 nam | 4190 pam. ' y af od tH Brqute hour Conan Paci revo Fan Plan Farstuer ve Pra dun or muy ‘Mv , Milo avitace rontportotion ; ‘DOS ‘ght dally from Sanidenl via Port Hardy, Ye Cano, Aight Prince, ‘RupertsSandopt aa au Pac Sec Phone Wat burt, Andean re ve: weno. oneareoy VRAves ovevenw ne hy , | hy “aes . it hes Vy 4 aioe on RH ponsible fdr many. of .the most davaling carly” ‘sitBcosses hy. the! L tee. : : ‘ting: cater tne ha ambled i. fguinst the’ aliless Sivdys against’ ifie! niliuary y, protesston| ‘fla’ ice AG wallet * MAA "But of ‘course it’wads (ie VOry many dagzling *eénrly’ successes that led to his own. ruination and. io the runation of of Germany in the. end, “he madman had convinced, himself of Us: own Antallibility, . N nite not experts, think that. Tole! It. has all ‘the. makings of ah ‘Veent last years). vo INCREASING: CONCE we wery But! hae fact: “48° that: shel ‘a! to, fight: inflation. The. generals” are” “quite: ‘righ Stalingrad were: “tained: {nto ai-| eye SRT ’ y "7 WAS Hitler insane? Y think the answer is clearly, yes; — “But like. many insane :people he’ was in some ways: extremely clever and able. The. main source | “of. ‘Hitler's ‘success is that -he literally had no scruples whatever. He would literally do ‘anything which he thought would fur ther his ‘ends. So far as I. know,’ ‘there. was no earlier leader in all history who 0) completely lacked ‘the ‘inner inhibitions which hold most hu- mans hack from : doing evil things. pe ee Bank ‘OT TAWA. a: —_ _ The Bank “ot -Cariada may suggest to the: stock exchange today that too. much|: credit Is being employed: in stock | ‘deals, hindering ‘federal anti- in- flationary moves. ne ‘Informants :- said: James. | Coyfie;: ‘bank igovernor,’ will con- fer ‘with :Toronto and ‘Montreal exchange ‘chieftains. in secret talks: to deal with the stock ere~ dit, problem. . ; | OTTAWA DIARY ee een nnn en eT rr * Fe rye . Lo . wok . . . : seh ty NORIMAN M, MacLEOD ; othe pattern of trade statistics ls beginning to change notice- ably. Whereas’a few months ago most indices were ruining as hilgh as 10 per cent over a year ago, the increase now Is settling down to an average ‘figure of a little better than’5 per cent. “Does this meéan that the tempo of the boom is beginning to slow down? At first glance that might |! seem’to. be the. obvious infer- ence, But Parliament Hill econ- omists are’ quick: to- point aut —| that often: there is a. consider- able difference between appear- ance‘and reality. And they cite the current pattern in statistics as a case in point, ! Bor-all that is happening, gov- "ernment economists emphasize, is that:current statistics, are running into an era of greater competition than was the case a few months ago. Comparison now is. with the weeks and the ‘months of Jast year when: the economy had gathered’ momen- tum and was approaching | its peak. velocity, From ..now on, therefore, if will be more diffi- cult, for the: ‘present year. to re-, port gains, over 1955, . . Corisequiently, ‘the fact’ that department store sales ‘may be gaining: only.5 per: cent weekly now: whereas éarlier.in theyear they were gaining 8 percent and 10 per. cent means nothing” in ‘terms of recession, but rather ‘l the opposite; It means that they dire’ still exceeding comfortably a’ steadily. heightening. base’ of pamiborisen ‘The same thing ts generally true of all other phases in the economy. “phe truth. is lhat the late Simmer ‘and early Fall: months of - the present: year have been perhaps: the most remarkable in ‘late Summer when from economic slowdown, Usual- ly there is a perceptible dip in the business barometer In the industrial plants close down -for stock- taking and holidays, This situ- ation was Intensified this year by the fact that most of the automofive plants closed earlier than .usual for model echange- overs, oy TRY THE Grand Cafe > For the Best Selection of Chinese Foods.* _OUR SPECIALTY —, TAKE OUT ORDERS DIAL . | 4 3215 Open Gam, to b ame os G35—2nd Ave. West -But for once the hallday per- lod jn industry, even when ac- centuated by the curtailment in’ automotive production, failed to pull down the general. level of industrial activity over the na- lion -as.‘a whole. Persons who,’ were ‘temporarily’ idle didn't come into the employment mar- ket generally, nor did they cur- tail. their scale of spending to}. any noticeable degree. The result was that employ- ment has remained consistently tight. Now that the universities and high schools are re-opened |. and student labor has traded its sweat shirts for text books, the employment picture is tighter than ever, And the prospect is that it will remain that. way for the fore- seeable future. Expansion of the use of natural resources is stlll the order of the. day, and while that situation exists, govern- ment economists see no prospect of any slowdown, |. PLAYS! IN MOSCOW MOSCOW Py — The London Philharmonic Orchestra opened a two-week tour of the Soviet Union Thursday night with a performance before’ ‘a . sellout crowd at Moscow’s Conservatory of Music. 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