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Other Provinces and United States $12.00 per annum. » “The strongest memory 1s weaker than the weakest ink.” SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1958, The Status Quo The talks between President Hisen- hower and Prime Minister Diefen- PAGE 4 ‘baker have ended without, apparent. ly, having resulted in any definite commitment on outstanding issues— save the generalized one of promising to work together in trying to prevent surprise attack from the Arctic. This, however, has been understood all along, so there is nothing new or ex- eiting about it. Se The one tentative agreement in the economic field—which, after all, is the only field in which there are ser- ious differences—was on the sub- ject of sales to Red China of com- -modities manufactured by American subsidiaries in Canada. But even here there is so much sonfusion in inter- pretation that it really means very little, if: anything. The official8tate- ment from the conference was: “The Canadian and U.S, Governments have given consideration te situations where policies and laws. of the two countries may not be in complete harmony. It has been agreed that in these cases there will be full consulta- tion between the two Governments © with a view to finding through appro- priate procedures satisfactory solu- tions te concrete problems as they arise.” That just about leaves the dispute where it was when an American sub- sidiary in Canada wanted to sell 1000 automobiles to China and was pre- | vented from doing so by the U.S. State Department. Finance Minister Fleming's statement that “the inten- tion of the agreement was that only Canadian laws would apply on per- sons and corporations doing business in Canada and seeking to export goods te Red China” would appear, on its face, to be a remarkable ex- ' ample of wishful thinking. The hope | _that out of the conference would come American recognition of Canada’s rights in trading with other countries was, clearly, not fulfilled. It is easy to imagine what would happen if the situation were reversed and a Canad- ian subsidiary doing business in the United States were told by the Can- adian Government not to ship certain goods to' some particular country! Ottawa would be told—in unmistake- able language—te mind its own: busi- Parliamentary Truants . The 24th Parliament of Canada has been in session for less than two months; and already, according to Arthur Blakely in the Montreal Gaz- ette, parliamentary absenteeism has reached heavy proportions. The long- weekenders, composed for the most’ part of Ontario and Quebee M.P.’s, arent members of any one party. They form a brigade of their own which has begun to operate with its usual. clockwork precision—leaving Ottawa for parts east and west on Thursday, returning to the capital for parliamentary duty each following Tuesday. The fact that they are skimping their duties and cheating their constituents of their well-paid services in the House doesn’t seem to worry them at all. mags mA According to Mr. Blakely, it is the veteran M.P.’s who are the pace- setters. Rookies of the classes of °57 and ’58 haven’t yet assumed a lead- ing role in the “brigade.” Many of them, in fact, have tended to remain on deck on Parliament Hill whenever ' the House is in session out of sheer curiosity: But they are coming to un- derstand that the long weekend is “an old custom.” Ga The new session began on May 12. When a vote was held some two weeks later on Wednesday, May 28, no fewer than 233 M.P.’s were on hand to vote; that was the best at- tendance registered for a vote at any time this session. The most poorly attended Commons vote of the session came on June 9—a Monday—when the total number of votes cast was 159. Absentees numbered 105. On at least one occasion, absenteeism creat- ed an embarrassing situation for the Government. This occurred during the Canadian visit of His Excellency Dr. Theodor Heuss, President of the Federal Republic of Germany. The distinguished . visitor addressed a joint session of the Senate and the ote ' thinking about it. pine geo eae Commons on June 2 — another Mon- day—to a chamber containing many . empty seats. Fewer than 100 M.P.'s were present, of 265: Senators in at- tendance numbered about 40. A good half. of the Cabinet were absent. In theory, the personal service of members has been compulsory under the British parliamentary system from ancient times. The. standing rules and orders at Ottawa provide that “every member is bound to at- tend the service of the House, unless leave of absence has been given him by the House.” At one time stiff pen- alties were imposed upon absentees. But we are living in a free and easy age; and what life freerer and easier than that of a parliamentarian who is unconcerned about his responsibi- lities? At Professor Norman Ward observes in his ‘The Canadian House ‘of Commons”; “All in all, the oppor- tunities for members to draw their indemnities and other emoluments ‘ without too much wearisome attend- ance in Parliament have been rémark- able, and there is no doubt that many’ have taken full advantage of opportunities,” pce We are pleased to add that mem- bers from this Province have rarely these fallen into this category of offenders.’ For the most part they have set an excellent example of diligence in their attendance. This is as it should be, With the small representation that we enjoy, we can’t afford to have any of our elected members playing truant from their duties. at least habitually, More Work For APEC | Tt seems that the Atlantie Pro- vinces Economie Council has an un- expected task on its hands, Besides trying to attract new industries to the area, it has to make strenuous efforts to keep the industries we al- ready have from pulling up stakes. Should the Acadia-Atlantie Sugar Refineries of St. John decide to move to Central Canada, it will be a hard blow to the region, Not ‘only will it result in a higher price for sugar; it will adversely affect other indus- tries which, in turn, may be persuad- ed to go elsewhere, At least three firms have already mentioned that possibility; and, doubtless, others are It is understood mittee of APEC is now studying the refineries’ position to see if there is anything the Couneil ean do to make the proposed move unnecessary. It is to be hoped that, with the co-opera- tion of all eoneerned, including the company, some way will be found. But it would be a pity if APEC’s energies and resources had to be ex- pended in helping one company after another to stay in the region. In that 4 that-a special eom- |. ease, it would be seriously handicap. | ped in its main function, that of at- tracting new industries. ~ EDITORIAL NOTES — _ A woman in Perry, Kansas, talked for 93144 hours without stopping and received $1000 for her achievement, Almost any woman would do as much just for pastime, to say nothing of a = Moe Little things like riots don’t seem ‘to bother some Governments very much. An official statement from Colombo reports that in recent fight- ing between rival religious groups “only 158” persons were killed — a mere bagatelle. x *% * 3 Whatever troubles the British may have, large scale unemployment. evi- dently is not one of*them. A late re- port gives the number of workless as 429,000—less than Canada’s, though the population is more than twice as large. *% * w > The Newfoundland Hospital Plan, now in effect, provides for expenses at ward rates for people who have been referred to hospitals. outside the Province. The only stipulation is that before leaving for hospital on the mainland or elsewhere approva} is given by the Provincial Department of Health. * * * The Provincial Government is to be commended upon its ambitious pro- gram of road building which will more than double our mileage of paved roads within the next five . years. The cost is estimated at $12,- 000,000 and will be in addition to the Federal Government’s “roads to re- sources” expenditure. As Premier Matheson pointed out in his state- ment in yesterday’s Guardian, good roads are essential to our farmers and fishermen and no government need fear criticism in its efforts to meet these requirements. With the Trans- Canada Highway projects nearing completion, the prospect of greatly improved transportation facilities within the Province is now definitely in sight, == BIA” U.K, OPINION P. M. Scores In Reply To Moscow By’M. McINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent for The Guardian. LONDON — Prime Minister Macmillan has expressed very accurately the views of the rank and file of the British public in this latest. letter to Prime Minis- ter Khrushchev of Russia on the subject of a summit meeting. He stated very clearly, the differen- ees between the British and the Russian viewpoint on such a meeting. He told Khrushchev that the Russian objective was sim- ply to hold a meeting, whereas the British objective was to ne- gotiate a settlement of some of the differences between the two ideological groups. And he asked the very pertinent, question of how any negotiations could be successful if the two sides are unable to agree on the subjects for negotiation. — : _ The man in. the street has a the Russian leader with the sug- gestion that if he wants to play ball, it is time the rules were set down in black and white. Now it may be possible to find out if Russia really wants a summit meeting that is likely to produce results. : RESERVES GROWING For the ninth successive month Britain’s reserve of gold and dol- lars showed a substantial increase in June, The increse amounted to some 37 million dollars. brings the reserves up to the high- -est point for the last - seven ‘years—to $3,076,000,000. This is figure a year ago. In June, Britain made a pay- ment of $7,500,000. to Canada on its interest-free loan, Two -simil- ar payments will be miade in September and December. A pay- ment. of $6,000,000 was made on the United States Marshall Aid city regard the increase in. re- serves as highly gratifying in view of these payments. In June last year the addition to the re- serves was $13,000.000. STABILIZING ECONOMY Coupled with this is the state- ment made by the Chancellor of feeling that’ Macmillan has tick-- | ed off Khrushchev very astittely. _ He has passed the ball back to This higher by $700,000,000 than the loans. Financial authorities in the. _ "NOT ALL THE PERFUMES OF ARA the Exchequer, Mr. Amory, that Britain’s economy is in better ‘balance that at any time in the last few years. He expressed the view that certain reductions in prices, working — gradually through the economy, have not yet, in all cases, fully reached the consumer. He also sensed that stability in wages was be- ing achieved, and that there was a better balance between wages and prices than at any time since the war. ‘ The levelling-of in ecommidity prices, particularly in foods is quite noticeable to the British housewife as she does her week- ly—or daily shopping. Lack of refrigerators makes daily shop- ping necessary over here. FLOODS HURT BUSINESS The serious floods, as a result | | of many days of rainfall, haye hit some sections of Britain a hard blow, particularly the hol- iday resorts. For the last two weeks, there has scarcely been a day without rain. Many vil- lages and towns have suffered from severe flooding. Crops are in danger from wet feet. . Down onthe coast, the holi- day resorts are sounding a gloomy note. Brighton and East- bourne are showing heavy los- ses in takings from deek chair charges, pleasure cruises and their many outdoor holiday at- tractions. The day trippers to the coast on whom many summer entertainment attractions depend, have been almost entirely elim- inated in the past two weeks. Sports events, especially cric- ket and the Wimbledon tennis, have taken a bad beating. In the last two ‘weeks, the New Zea- land touring team has had only two days play, and the test match opening had to be ean- celled because of flooded grounds. Summer has not really started over here, and for once there has been something definite to talk about on the subject of the wea- ther. : FREE T.V. SHOW SEATS Something new has turned up in union demands, Organizations representing motion picture thea- ire owners, actors and musicians: are backing a move to have the BBC and the eommercial tele-|. vision operators make studio au- diences pay for their seats. The growing spate of entertainment provided by the free audience ar- rangements for T.V. shows are hurting the box office receipts of the cinema, They estimate that nearly half a million free seats for radio and T.V. shows: -are now being given away each year, Their suggestion is that a charge of one shilling a seat, the proceeds to go to entertain- ment charities, be made for sats for such shows. The feeling is that the practice of inviting au- diences, free, to T.V. and radio shows, has been abused and has become a menace to the en- tertainment industry. NEW ATLANTIC CABLES HMTS Iris, a post of ice cable ship, is now on the Atlantic mak- ing a survey of a route for a new transatlantic telephone ca- ble. This new cable of a spe- cial post office design, is to be laid from Oban, Scotland to New- foundland. On board the Iris, the very latest radio aids to na-~ . vigation have been installed, in- cluding a receiver for long range | Position findings. A. specially de- also on Q When the: survey for the new. line from “¢otland to Newfound- land has been completed, Tris wil? lay. the shore ends in Canadian waters of the second transatlantic telephone cable which will be laid. from New- foundland to France next year. The annual Dominion Day din. ner of the Canada Club in the posh Savoy Hotel, was one of the most-star-studded — functions we have ever had the privilege to attend. We made a check from the guest and head table. lists, At the head table there were five British cabinet ministers, 12 |. knights, one baronet, four lords and one earl, an archbishop and three bishops, three high com- missioners and official represen- tatives of five other dominion countries. There was not room for all the notable figures at the head tab- les. We noted that seated in the hody of the banquet hall there were seven other knights, four baronets, three lords, and a member of parliament. We very much doubt if any Dominion Day function held in Canada on July 1st could boast such a galaxy of VIP’s in at- tendance. ON PARLIAMENT HILL Canada is fast becoming an in- ternational centre and here in Ot- tawa we have many distinguish- the world. Not long ago Presi- dent Theodor Heuss of West Ger- many spoke to the joint Houses of Parliament. Shortly after the Rt. Hon, Harold MacMillan, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, performed the same role. In a few days' time Prime Minster Nkhrumah of ‘the new Arican Commonwealth member, Ghana, will be our visitor. Last week a parliamentarians’ of Nigeria was in Ottawa under the auspices of the Common- wealth Parliamentariany As- sociation. These legislators, are studing various forms of gov- ernment and the pracitces Jegislatures in a number of countries in the Commonwealth and in the United States also. Nigeria looks forward te. re- aching Commonwealth — status and this will be a great day in the history of this grand associ- tion of which Canada is the sen- ior member, - i PRESIDENT EISENHOWER On Wednesday President Hisen- hower paid a state visit to Ot- tawa and received a great. and enthusiastic reception from — the members of the Senate and House of Commons who assem: bled to hear him. He spoke of the long-standing cooperation be- twees Canada and the United ed visitors from various parts of’ delegation from the African state: of |: Distinguished Visitors By Heath Macquarrie, M.P. States and referred frankly to the differences which: some time a- rise between our two countires. But ths distinguished wartime leader i# also a tribune of the people and a champion of De- mocracy, and his reference to Canadian-American relations in- dicated what type of leadership a free country like the United States is able to give the Wes- tern World. His closing para- graphs were most impressive: “Finally, there is no cause to ‘| be surprised or disturbed to dis- cover ‘that occasionally differen- “e@s arise’ between wus, The dis- tinguishing character of the peo- ples of the free world lies in the fact that differences between them can develop, be expressed and amicably resolved, “We in the United States have no more desire than you to seek in our relations with others the silent, sullen unity that else - where has been purchaséd or imposed, The hallmark of free- dom is the right to differ as well as the right to agree. “We stand together at a piv- otal point in history. All that we Canadians and Americans, and those who went. before us, have built, all. that ‘we believe in, is challengéd as it has never heen challenged before. The new hori- zons of competition range from the polar areas, and extend to the infinity of outer space. “lt is for us to bring te the challenge a response worthy of | ourselves and our nations, “As we do, we shall know the satisfaction of having built, in friendship, a safer and amopler home here on earth for this gen- eration and those that shall come after us.” : CUASEWAY SURVEY We were all very pleased ihe other day to see the supplemen- tary estimate of $160,000 in the Department of Public Works’ vote pass the House. This new amount is in addition to $200,000 already voted. for the survy of the pro- posed causeway between Prince Edward Island and New Bruns- wick, With the best of engineer- ing skill available and a thorough- going program of research and testing, we should know once and for all whether or not this pro- ject is feasible. The government, through the Minister of Public Works, the Hon. Howard Green, has given definite assurance that if the survey result is favorable a causeway will be constructed. It will be. a tremendous boost ta the economy of this Prov- ince if this long-sought transpor- tation link is finally eompleted, Everything now rests on the re- sults of the survey currently be- ing carried out. It will, of course, take some time before the sur- vey itself is completed and -if a causeway is to -be built there would be some time required for the construction but considerable time would be needed to. build another boat. Therefore, there is every reason to press for the completion of the present survey just as quick as ‘possible com- mensurate with thoroughness, {signed echo Sounder which will} the. OUR YESTERDAYS (From The Guardian Files) TWENTY—FIVE YEARS AGO (July 12, 1983) The school house at Clearmont was filled to capacity Monday night for the presentation ‘of a bronze medal and a. certificate respectively to parties for con- spicuous bravery and life saving, Humane Association of Hamilton, Ontario, The medal was awarded te Thomas Kelly of Clearmont and the certificate to Arthur So- nier of Summerside. Mr. W. Ralph Bryanton left yesterday morning for Ottawa where he intends enlisting with the R,C.M.P. Mr. Bryanton will he the first. person from the Is- dand to be taken into the service since the former provincial fore- es were absorbed, TEN YEARS AGO ~ (July 12, 1948) A resolution asking that tenders be called for the renovating and fitting of the Market Building basement as a bus terminal for ‘the I. M. T. was passed at the regular monthly meeting of the City Council last nighi, Coun. C. M. Cox said the plans and spec- completed, and that the tentative understanding was fhat the City would pay $10,000 in fitting up the basement and receive a bmonthly rental from the Com- pany. The Vice-Regal train bearing His Excellency the Governor Ge- neral, Lady Alexander, an ehildren,- Hon. Rose Alexander, Hon. Shane Alexander and Hon. Brian Alexander arrived in the City last. night. At neon tetay the Vice-Regal party will motor to Dalvay where they will remain until August 30, ‘ presented by the Royal Canadian. their’ | nal ifications for the project were | NOTES BY THE WAY A zoologist says that giraffes are mute, Perhaps with their wide view of the world today they are too disgusted to say anything.-Edmonton Journal The best way of stretching ie quor that we know is to have an open bottle in your car. Any pol- iceman will make a case out of it.—Stratford Beacon—Herald A Baltimore’ woman who was convicted of robbing a restaurant and tailor shop told the court that she forced her way in with a nail file, a lady's razor and eyebrow tweezers. Womanly in- genuity.—St. Thomas Times Jour- ‘Rem ember the people who only ‘a few years ago were telling us that the way to get rid of Com ist Party illegal. Well, we didn't make ihe Communist Party fllegal and in Manitoba the last Communist disappeared from a Canadian Legislature. A good jJes- son surely inv the ultimate ef- fectiveness of freedom and com- mon sense.—Ottawa Journal The Canadian Tuberculosis As- sociation reports that deaths from tuberculosis in Canada dropped in the period, 1951 to 1957, from 3,417 to 1,183, a decline of nearly two-thirds. The fact that | free, chest X-rays are given much of the credit for this improvement. in the TV death rate must be a source of pride not only to the medical fraternity but also to the service club members who give their time and money to establish and promote the X-ray clinics. — Windsor Star : “THE ACADIANS OF P.E.I.. (Continued from yesterday) ‘To bring to a conclusion these sketches on the Acadians of the French Regime from 1720 to 1758, if may ve of interest to add a short account’ of their descen- dants who now. number some 16,000 souls, thus forming about one-sixth of the population of our Province. From about 5,000 souls in 1758, they were guddenly reduced to less than 300, as the following eensus figures will show: « YEAR POPULATION 1720 250 (Estimate) 1728 424 1730 456 1731 472 1734 = $72 Liao 2= 562 1747 653 1748 735 1752 2,223 1753 2,663 1755 2,969 : 1756 =. 4,400 (Estimate) 1758 4,700 (Estimate) 1768 203 1798. 751 1881 . 10,751 1891 11,847 48,117 11971, 1931 12,962 1941 14,799 © 1951 «15,477 Of these 15,477 Acadians, about 414,000 are listed in the census ‘returns of 1951 under only 22 they are nearly all descended from the 112 families in’ the sensus of 1798, that is 160 years ago, as these 22 surnames the only ones mentioned in that census. i i ACADIAN PARISHES To-day. the Acadians con- Most liberal plant, most yielding tree: : ‘so much to offer, so free, so free, so fluttered more by wing than weight. of morula fruit, so teased, so treated j to choosy hunger of: flyer, Look, beside you elms lift higher, yet loose no seed so good to give; -and spruces splendid in neglect receive | : no compliment. of thirsty seizure. 0 there are ti3e: and trees and trees, and those most favored must be most pulled at:their losses, look! re. placed : : with takers’ delight: the luscious growth ‘5 how robber-enriched, how mo- mently feather- foliaged; the rifle, stems stripped and re-strung with hird- forms, « delectable And still the exuberant branches beckon to plunder. And still they ar taken, taken, . s : : ~-Norma Farber in the Christian Science Monitor MAXIMS In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting ; there are only un- interesting people. CLAM DIGGER FINED \ YARMOUTH, N.S, — (CP) — John Amirault of nearby Yar- mouth South was fined $50 Thurs- day for digging clams in a con- anfinated area. Amirault was charged with taking clams from the closed inner harbor here. 91 REGISTER TATAMAGOUCHE, N.S, (CP) Ninety-one Nova Scotians have registered for courses at the 11h annual School of Community Arts here Aug. 12-22, Pat MacAdam, adult education division secret- ary, said Thursday registration is ahead of any other year. surnames; very good proof that | are j- ' The Years Between By J. Henri Blanchard, LL.D. stitute a large majority of the parishioners of the Catholic par- jshes of Tignish, Palmer Road, Bloomfield, Egmont Bay, Mount Carmel, Miscouche, Summer- side, North Rustico, Rustico and St, Charles. They also are an important element of the par- Bay, Hope River, Charlottetown, Rollo Bay, Souris and George- town. of a century, becayge of. their tragic experience, their lack of education, and the lack of an educational tradition, they made practically no contribution to the cultural life of the Province, re- maining aloof .from the British settlers, and of necessity, con: centrating their energies upon the mere struggle for existance. In 1828, they produced their first : priest, Rev. Sylvain E. Poirier. (Strangely enough he always | signed: S.E. Perry), From that munists was to make the Com-. ‘teacher, Mrs. Charlotte ‘belief that a.teacher need not ishes of Wellington, Seven Mile | date a new era seemed to have} Amid all the wonders ¢ scientific age, it is a humi thought we still don’t know how cows make milk,--B Expositor Convention business is sy in major Canadian hotels few are toying with the of some U.S. hotels that o¢ guests is pay is at days’ ging during busy iods — for a Grey Py / say--even though they . want to stay that long, new Hilton-run Queen steps in that direction to early - morning a be sure your room is it for the night before cost: $14).—MacLean’s } . v7 The Americans, like : mans of old, are bridge ma and road makers. They dicted to public baths. They sign, make and enforce engineers they shine at making, the. latest of su ploits being the five-mile span Mackinac joining the upper lower peninsulas of Mich; This is a span which will motorists a vast amount of in travel—getting rid of the ferry—and. is built, so its tors say, to last for centuri | London Free Press i A rural school teacher why plays baseball with her pupils in the school yard, says she hits as many homeruns as anyhody pq the team, but seldom gets pag first base any more, But the able woman comes from Stock. ville, Nebraska, to support the. tire until she gets good ready.- Cape Breton Post The Age Old Story. id Dearly beloved, I beseech yo | as strangers and pilgrims, ab. stain from fleshly lusts, which - war against the soul, ‘ 4 zs EL MORRIS ‘1000! AMAZING 50 miles per gal lon economy. makes it pos | sible to be a Two Car Family | — x for as month, little as $8.00 a] (Average driving.) 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