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Spends ‘Time Building Synthetic ‘Teaining Equipment {9 fares a tl sett Fes apg td i lay Se ie ee Ui of course not—yon oRSERVER, | E Di I TO RI A L | SERVICEMEN AND THE POST WAR WORLD ECENTLY the Dominion Government, and in fact the reraments ofall the United Nations have been giving | increasing attention tothe many problems of postwar Fecom: ‘Of cours, i is realized quite definitely that there must be | no relaxation at tht stage in our forts towards the earliest find mot decisive conclusion of the war, and to this extent we | hive the positive snsurance that the government's plans repre seat no interference to, or interruption ofthe war effort, Never {eles there can be no doubt that we mast have the bulk of our moothest and most expeditios transition from war to peace Indeed the lesson of the period between the two Wars points emphatically to the dangers of an unplanned or transitory Repatriation of servicemen iz one of the bigest and, rom ‘our pont of view, one of the most vital problems of port-war ‘econstruction, This concerns elf not only with the demobi- ‘ation of our forces, but also with the vast fed of pensions medical tcatment, marrage allowances training for industry tn commerce, and most important, the placing of each and {very uerviceman in a job that will guarantee him something more than the mere necessities of fe Somehow ot othe, rightly or wzonys he lst war did not do that. Te was & wat fonght for heath freedom and sanity, but out afi eame only revolution and counterevolution strikes and hunger marches, ws eprssons and bread Tne. I as 8 epic and allsoned generation that grew out of the troubled ears between 1929 snd 1000, [No one can really be bled forthe conditions that ate, ‘The problems were so vast and. complex that they simply proved too mich for those handling them at the time. This time atleast we have al the experience Behind ws. Quite apart from that however, ti quite certain that servicemen will nok bbe satised merely to return to prewar conditions: they are ina postion to aspire to and obtain something far more than that Tn this regard, itis noted that several constructive and specie proposals for ostowar bevels have been advanced in ‘ical quartere—to cite the Beveridge report for example ‘The immediate problem of the post-war years will be to rota mean between what is soil desirable and what facts Ally economically practicable. The long range problem will be, S| to ensure that sacl and economic anarchy doesnot Break ost ‘once ag "To this extent official pronouncements upon the post-war reconstruction and repatriation wil be watched with consider tle interest in the next few months. OUR FRONT COVER ‘Our foot corer this mont shows LAC A.M. Bamsey, ‘Aerts home fs in Guegh and he ented inthe RCAF aly 34 {btn Since thn he as spt moe of hi time here a Eng preparations snd plans lid belorehand if we are to ensure the |i FINGAL’S REPUTATION SPREADS OVERSEAS Personnel of Many Stations Have Heard and Know OF Friendly Fingal (Pingel Ober Wat Covenpond teres ne tera erwtas Set tke Bae Soe "ing oy come ha RULER oud ae ieee Bee eerie Sent Inne lt you dr, oe etore i SP i i at aeenie ee rl each ee as eS ae ian aon 1 Peo nate nowt”Fingal Observer B No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Friendly Fingal, Ont, September, 1944 “STRIKE UP THE BAND” “IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, PLAY ON”FINGAL OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER, 1944 te STOPPED A 20MM. When se Red Fes ral NAVIGATION FLIGHT NEWS CANNON SHELL Back Home as an_Instrctor [ter Some Thirty ale in 7 Je, |FINGAL OBSERVER, SEPTEMBER, 1044 IMMIGRATION TO CANADA? 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