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_"Tho Strongest Memory is Weaker than the Weakest Ink."

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 194i,

\Var Savings

rleavy as is the ivartinie budget introduced hst week by Finzince Minister llsley,it would require to be much heavier but for the Domin- i0n's voluntary war bond buyers and war savings certificate liziyt-i-s. \\'ar savers from Char- lottetown to Yiiucnuvi-i’ have tindertalvcn to stip- ply the country's war coffers with $10,000,000 every month in the year for the duration of the struggle. And according to the last available re- port from national headquarters at Ottawa, Can- adians are meeting the task set tliem_

1n addition to war savings certificates, citizens took into their national stride the two war loans floate d during 1940, one for $?0°-°°°.°°° and the se con d for $3°°-°°°-°°°- And on lime 3, as ztiinotmcctl hv .\lr. Ilsley, a third loaii will be offered to the public. Tdicitigh figures for the Victory loan have not been released, uti- doubtedlyr, in keeping with the present and ever- increasing expenditures to beat Hitler, it will exceed the combined 19.10 loans by a healthy margin.

By buying war bonds the people have loaned $500,000.00] to the Government during 1940. Through the medium of war savings certificates they have contracted to supply the Government en additional $t2o,o0o.000.

Basing our calculations even on these figures for a single year ignoring the heavier demands that must surely follow, they meean the war ef- fort will be boosted by $620,000.000— 61 pcr cent of one lllLlslOX dollars-

Tliis is a very large amount of money when measured in tanks and ships and guns, planes and munitions and all other things necessary to give our soldiers, our sailors and our airmen the all important r-pprvritinity- to meet the enemy oncven terms, so necessary if they are to win.

It is the grave responsibility’ of the Govern- ment t0 sec that none of this money is wasted on party patronage or other non-essentials.

\\'hen hlr. Ilslcy drew up the amount of money necessary to carry along the war effort, he took into consideration the amount the Government eould count on through voluntary loans of the people. Placing that to one side, he then calculat- ed the balance necessary to he raised through taxation, The result was the budget.

Now is the time when each of us must search for the maximum sqtieezability of our way of liv- ing. We must reduce it and reduce it as the times, the circumstances and the Government demands. There is no "easier way" of carrying on the war.

Sittings In Camera

Ihere has been some difference of opinion at Ottawa as to whether the Committee of the Commons which is itueslig-itiflg WHY ex‘

nditures should or should not not sit in secret.

here may, says the Montreal Gazette, be a very round reason for conducting the inquiry behind closed doors xvlien outlays are related directly to military’ operations -#ir naval 0r air —-llie na- ture of which it is undesirable to disclose. In any event the Committee has decided that ses- sions of its three sub-trummittees are to be held in Q-mm-m (me ni these committees is to inquire into contracts and other matters connected with air defence operations: another is to study mili- tary health service expenditures, catering costs, etc, while the main committee will deal with questions of finance, military pay and so forth. Each of thtse suli-coiiiiiiittc-es has a Liberal chair- man, tlic u-uzil procvzliirc under party govern- meiit but just a little bit suggestive when a na- tional war effort is conccriierl.1\ rather heavy responsibility is placed tipon these three govern- ment followers who will be held answerable for anything but tlic most strict impartiality in direct- ing the invcstigatioits. and it must be ltcpt in mind that these stili-coimiiittccs will be probing closest to tlic sources of all war expenditures and tlic reasons for thcm. if llicrc is any ground for criticism it is these committees that will find it, provided they curry" out their mission faith- fully, and it will be itpon the rcstilts of their work that the parent b1 idy will have t0 form its judgment and base whattvci" recommendations it may decm tiropcr.

British Children Overseas

A wise and commendable move. says the G/(Ibc and Jluil, is the decision of the British CJOVCFIIHICHI to pass .1 hill authorizing the ap- pointment of legal guardians for the British childrcti who, since the war lit-gait, have been evacuated, under (itiveriinicntal auspices, to this Continent. It is estimated that tlic total number of voting evacuees now hatipily ‘enjoyiing im- Iiitiliity from tlic ravages oi Hillel's aerial blitz- kricg on this side of the .‘\il.'ililiC 1S 13.300, and of these $000 have come to Canada and'2,o0fl to the [jiiitcrl Si. cs under private auspices. llut the British (iovériinient, through the Cliiirlreiis (),,.@,-§¢;|5 RcQ{")Il()i‘l"'B01li'd, which has enynyetl the co-opcrntion of committees in Canarll and

{he United States, has made arrangctuenlf for i m; transference of an additional 1,500 childien unds and that, as a rule,

to Canada and 800 more to the United States. The children evacuated by private arrangement are nearly all the guests of relatives or friends, but the 2,300 for whom the Government has assumed responsibility are mostly harbored with public-spirited Canadian or American families who had previously no tie or connection with them.

These children are removed from the guard- ianship of their parents, and their temporary hosts have no real authority to make decisions about a variety of problems which are contin- ually arising in connection with their lives. For example, action which at times may be neces- sary for their health or welfare-such as a sur- gical operation or removal to a new home-can- not be taken without the consent of the parents or some substitute legal guardian. If the matter is urgent, it is virtually impossible to consult the parents in Britain and secure their acquiescence, and so the authorities on both sides of the At- lantic have become convinced of the necessity of appointing, both in Canada and the United States, a legal guardian who can act for those children in loco parentis. It is not the intention that these guardians should interfere in any way with the day-to-day work of the officials and organizations who are charged with the duty of supervising the welfare of these children; the latter will be helped in their task by having available close at hand some one who has the legal authority to endorse their actions.

Business Man's Comment

There is a right and a wrong way of doing everything, as was shown by Mr. G. K. Fraser, M. P. for Peterborough West, in the debate this week on the budget:

“Last year" (said l\Ir_ Fraser) “this Govern- ment spent many thousands of dollars extrav- agantly and unwisely for many things not con- nectcd with the war effort. Lct me give an ex- ample which was brought to my attention on Saturday. On March 24, the hiinistcr of Fish- eries (Mr. Micliautl) told the house that it cost the Dominion Government $58,514.39 up to January 3t, 1941, to merchandise 4,410 5-8th cases of lobsters of e. value of $81,079.20. lifaga- zine advertising accounted for the greater por- tion of this sum, $44,294.30 being spent on ad- vertising and $12,756.46 on marking. In other words, merchandising lobster by this method

half-pound tins, 13.8 cents a. tin to sell a pro- duct retailing at 27 cents. To put it in another way", it cost 72 cents to sell a dollar's worth of goods. I understand that the Minister of Fish- eries has also arranged a programme of adver- tising for this year, but I hope it is not all maga- zine advertising as was the situation last year. There are many business men among members of this House and I know they would not run their own business in that way. There is some- thing wrong some place—someone to my left ‘says there is something wrong every place. The Government should have cut out a little of this tnagazinc advertising and done a little more newspaper advertising; and when I say that, I atn not holding any brief for the newspapers."

Mr. Fraser is a prominent building contrac- tor of Lakcfield, Ontario, and presumably knows wlicrcof he speaks.

EDITORIAL NOT ES -

Onr farmers are about the only ones who do not seem to be demanding “cost of living" bonuses.

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This day 1940 the world was shocked to learn that Germany had invaded the Low Countries, circumventing the Maginot line and practically’ overnight throwing the strategy of years into the discard.

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“For once," says the Moncton Transcript (Liberal), “we find ourselves in agreement with the leader of the federal Opposition when he says that the people would (lcmand that tlic Govern- ment set a good example by reducing non-war expenditures —-and that goes for all govern- merits."

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War audit accountants employed by the Aud- itor General at salaries from $3,000 to $4,500, and munitions and supply officers, Depratment of Munitions and Supply, at from $2,400 to $4,- 200, are included in many positions exempted from the operations 0f the Civil during 1940.

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special significance, with so many of our young mcri away from home iii the service of their King and cotintry_ “They also serve who only stand and ivait" may well be said of the mothers

their duty of writing home, not only on lllotlicrs Day but at every opportunity. I ll ll! 1i‘

The Parliamentary cafeteria, says Canadian Press, is plastered with "Don’t Talk” posters. One big one warns members of Parliament: "You know more than other people. Don't let tlic fighting heroes clown." If our local M. P.'s have no more to say in tlic cafeteria than they have in the House, there will bc no danger of

them betraying any secrets. II‘ 1U >0‘ i

Tomorrow is tlic anniversary of the famous battle of Ifonlcnoy (1745) in WIIICII the French army tinder hiarslial Saxc defeated the Anglo- Allicd army under the duke of Cumberland. ll was here that Captain Ord CliflFlCS llziy of the First: (irenadier Liuards is reputed to have taken off his hat and bowing to tlic French command- er offered to allow tlicni the first volley. The French with equal politness tlccliucd.

l‘ Ill It‘ U No gasoline rebates for our farmers and fish- , crincn tinder lhe new fcdtiral budget. Finance ‘hlinistcr llslcy said on this point: “The impos- ,iti0n of a inucli higher tax than lhrcc cents coupled with a system of refunds to farmers, fishermen and others was considered. lt lms been tlccirlcil, however, to FCCOITIIIICIHI a

smaller tax and make no provision for refunds."

The i\linisler’s rtuasons were that ii would cost ltoo much to atlniinislcr the higher tax with rc-

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Tomorrow's observance of Mother's Day has I

ofthese gallant lads who, we hope, will not forget ‘

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

NOTES BY TIIE WAY

1f you were asked on one of those popular programs 1f Uulllhli had n dryuock or; enough no ac- commodate the Quem Elizabeth, largest strip in the worln, would you answer yes or no? If you en.d “yes" you would be right -— tniee tiniest This Dcminion has three docks which could take the giant liner and the largest is at. E-squi- mnit. The Queen Elizabeth is 1,030 feet. 1on3 over all, with a beam of 118 feet. The drydock at Esqutmnlt is 1,186 feet. tong, 149 feet wide and has a depth on the sill of forty feet. Saint. John, New Brunswick, bmsls a. dock 1,150 feet long, 146 feet WldB and n depth of forty-two feet on the sill. Quebec has a drydcck 1,150 long, 120 feet wlde and a depth on the sill of forty feet. -_ Bv Ronald Kenvyn in Vancouver Province.

We have gained some points in Greece, even if the pressure of overwhelming numbers ls forcing the British and Greek annies biwk. First. of all, a lot of Germans have been killed. The gallant. stand of the British and Greeks disputed every inch of rhc way. Cline Boche pfl-ld heavily 1n lives for every yard gained. The battle has been un- even, because the Germans have had the manpower and equipment to tlirow GiVISiOD after dlvision into the attack. Thousands of Germans have been killed anti that is the first time the Bosh’: 1121s stiffcred heavy casualties since me war be- gan. Secondly, we have gained villu- abie time. The focal point of the entire war is still the Battle of Britain, A victory 1n Greece will not win the war for the Nazis. Hit- ler must. crush Great Britain or lose everything he has gained to date. Every day gained 1n Greece has been an added day m whicu the British and the United States can build up the supplies and muni- ttons to win the Bat-Lie of Britain and the Battle of the Atlannc. ‘Ihuuiy, the defence of Gieece has thrown the Nazi schedule out. of kllter. The Gennnns had planned to absorb Yugoslavia, but the brave Yugoslevs refused to SUITEHQGI". They held up the Nazis for o. few days and that stand helped the British and Greeks hold off the Bache borders. Fourthly, .114; Brit- ish have proven that they are more than o. match for the best. troops the Nazis can muster in anything like an even battle. Don't. be down- hearted. This war has a lung way to go yet and we are going to w.11. —Vv1nds0r Star.

Instead of tokinx e long range view of the war and looking on the bright, side, we are apt to be un- duly cast. dawn by temporary reverses in Libya and the Balkan».

Benioauing the fate of Greece, niiich was itievltabie we over- looked favorable factors. Triere is

scarcely e. qerimen ship on the seven seas - most of tlftetn have either been scuttled or are rusting in harbors under the protection 0i shore batteries. what would ne £8.10‘ by Herr Goebbels if the ‘nosuton were reversed and there was not a British ship at. sea? Germany virtually ceased to be n mantune nation the day war broke out, thanks to the British Navy. How effectively Britannia rules the waves is well demonstrated by the experience of the official British trade mission which recently com- pleted a. tour of South America, under the leadership o! the Marquis of Willingdon formerly Governor- Gencral of‘ Canada. Travelling in British merchant. ships, without es- ceri. or convoy, except. for a. couple of eat-American destroyers on the inst bwo days before reaching Liverpool, the mission covered more than 20,000 miles, and in all those vast. stretches of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - they travelled by an indirect route to Buenos Aircs and returned from Valparaiso through the Panama. Canal —- they

PUBLIC FORUM

Th1: column l: ovvl "I “l” dlnounnlon h, enrrelpunrlenl: e! nueetlon: o! lntereel. The Charlottetown Onnrdlnn do: neeeunrlly enderee ti: on!!! u! eerrelneldolll.

EDUCATHINAL REFORM

s1r,_1 em e farmer but do not consider myself gn authority on educational matters. However, I wish to take exception to the sent-i- ment. expressed by your correspon- dent who slgns himself “F'8l‘lll8i'." 1 believe that such letters, though they may be masterpieces o: subtle ridicule, tend to bring more heel; than light to any discussion of this important subject. I am convinced that the great; majority of farmers of this Province are behind the teachers in their campaign for much needed refer-rm in our edu- cational system and that they ree- lize that any reform must. 116068!!!‘- iiy include a living wage for teach- ers.

Warmer" professes to be very anxious over the lot of the pupils but shows an entire lack 0f sym- pathy for the teachers and little understanding of their problems. To my mind such en attitude Just doesn't make sense.

In his last letter he attempts to manoeuver himself into the position of the victim of attack when in reality he is himself the party at- tacking. In one breath he accuses the spokesman of the Teachers Federation of being "hostile." in the next he says that he lacks the B- bility ro present his own arguments so is forced to quote from educat- ional authorities. A very mild form of hostility indeed, Had your cor- respondent taken the time to read the series of articles written by the spokesman of the Teachers Feder- ation during the past winter he would be convinceg of his familiar- ity with conditions as they exist. He would also know that he speaks out quite plainly not only for a living wage for teachers but for other long overdue reforms as well. If, after reading the above named articles “Farmer” is not satisfied, I would refer him to the Presidential ad- dress delivered by the present Gen- eral Secretary to the Teachers Con- vention two years ago which was one of the most complete and clear cut presentations of the education- al picture of this Province that. I have seen for some time.

Evidently "Farmer" has little re- gard for the opinion of our school inspecHi-u or even for that of our Chief superintendent. of Education

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I ..=.- off my hat to the teach- ers of this Province. Let us co-oper- ate with them a-s they have al- ways cooperated with us in all our community activities and in every

movement for the betterment of conditions among the farmers. Teachers, even now your prob-

lcs, which are also our problems are being sympathetically discussed throughout this province and espec-

saw no sign of enemy submarine. airplane or surface racer, nor. so, for as they know. were even mense- ' ed by mine, torpedo or gun. Such

German and Italian sh.ps as they‘ sighted were craft. that for manm months had been lying in South‘ American ports, fearing capture by_ the British Navy if they ventured. to put to sea. One German warship

did indeed ccme within their view.

She was the wreck of the once-i proud Graf Spec, scuttled 1n the

River Plate. Herc indeed was im-

pressive evidence of Britzsh seal power and British valor. - To- ronto Globe and Mail. | I

-__._ Mr. lvor Brown, sometimes o! Bailiol, essayist, editorial writ/n, dramatic critic, novelist. as pleas-q red us with many accoru, isiimcnts.| and not. least by sound views on cheese. The great. EngLsh 01198195 l are nclw but names for Americans l and are becoming almost. raritms at. home. As checTe detracts, Mr. Brown

Sgyvige Act lelks us, pudding, tco long the ne-

glected follower of meat 11nd cheese, ‘ has been restored to its old plnce.: What s. glorious filling word is "puddlng“, no matter if in its early years it was a sort of hnggis! The tnere sound cf the t.tle-s of some of these hcorties is a meal l Amy's Crumb Pie, Baked Alticrt Roll, Diplomat, Roly Paly, Spoiled Dog_ Sir Watkins, The Ameixcan 25 true both to pudding and pie. Mr. I Brown was here a. few years ago and he remembers the midday , "slab" of pie, "possibly heaped ivitii toe cream" - pie a 1a mode. He seems to forget in 1.111s article. hcw- ever, the cheese that. is the ac- companiment. to the grand .wect. , song of pie. - New York Times.

Last August n Newcastle steamer Graccficid, carrying a. crew of 40, was announced by to be presumed lost with all hands,’ and relatives of the men, after many months of suspense B1111 anx- iety, mourned them as dead. A few dnys ago Mrs. W. Hnnkpof Newbury street, South 511 aids. wife of the 54-year-old chief of- ficer. was overcome with Jr; when she received n letter in her ‘nus-l band's handwriting. Her 12-year- old son. the first; to see 11in letter

veplled: “It's a letter from dndl and it. has the Nazi pos!1nark"_.l “I almost. collapsed because 1t

seemed much too good to be trnefl‘; she said. "I have never abso- lubcly given up hope, out. it has been n terribl anxious time. I hnd heard no hing about m bus

band or the ship since the dmir- ally announcement. “The letter was written by my nusband in an internment. cnmp in Bordeaux and was posted on January 5. i-le rays: "Don't. worry about me. _[ am all right. but send us some tobacco and cigarettes, as we‘ have no money". He asked me to inform the owners. the crew were all safe and well". Mrs. [Frank inform- ed the owners, of Newcastle who asked IiPr to supply thzm iviih a copy cf her llilSI.‘.'.‘l11‘l'S letter, as it was the first intimation they had