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gcusnmrnrowu rnrnsv. APR-Ii: 's, 1951 A short campaign

The present election campaign is char- acterized as being a ”snap election" and various purposes are attributed to the Gov- ernment in giving only twenty-six days notice of the polling. At the same time Premier Jones and his colleagues give their own and more favorable reasons for the iecision.

One probable result, however, would be all to the good although it is highly unlike- Ky that it was taken into consideration. The frequency with which elections have been zalled at short notice leaves at a very great disadvantage any political party which con- fines itself to organizing only when a campaign is in the offing. It puts a pre- mium, s high premium, on the unbroken maintenance of party organization and continuous activity by all its branches.

This in turn means that the rank and file of the party w'lll exercise a much great- er influence on its month by month policy and that all parties will require to remain in closer contact with public opinion than has usually been the case in the past.

It is to be hoped that the lesson is not lost and that interest in political and party matters does not again fade out with the counting of the ballots.

lio Painless Process

Reference was made in the Legislature this year to the "buoyant revenues” deriv- ed from Ottawa, due to the increase in gross national product. This would be an encouraging factor in our Dominion-Provin- cial fiscal relations if it were not for the fact that it is due directly, as are the evidences of decreasing unemployment and booming stock market, to defense expend- itures. Speaking to an American audience recently, Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of National Defense, came through with a sharp and timely corrective to the optim- istic theory that heavy spending on arm- aments can be an advantageous or even fairly painless process. Unless the stagger- ing costs of the tools of war can be slash- ed, we may have to go on an all-out war economy with all its penalties, austerities and red tape. What we are facing now is a demand for money from every ones in- come for war equipment that would other- wise have been spent on food, clothing and other consumer goods. The new pressure of more money on relatively fewer of the articles the householder wants is not a sign of buoyancy but of inflation.

It is hoped that other Government members will follow Mr. Claxton's lead in stressing the unpalatable phases of the cold war now in process, which in any case will be revealed when the tax bills come to be rendered.

Monaco or "Montlolde"

'A few months ago the French magazine Esprit launched an enquiry among leading psychologists and psychiatrists to ascertain whether it was possible to make a man ac- cept an ideology that he loathed and to steal his intellectual freedom.

Dr. Joost A. M. Meerlo, outstanding United States psychologist, now comes for- ward with--the assertion that even the strongest will can be broken, that confes- sions to political crimes are easy to ex- tract, and that Soviet psychiatrists are probably the willing tools of the Krem- iln's secret police in this attack upon man's intellect. Dr. Meerlo calls this breaking down of the mind "menticide", and sug- gests that it should be held in horror as great or greater than that of genocide.

In totalitarian countries the term

A "brainwashing" has been coined to describe the process whereby resistance fighters are transformed into subservient "yes men" of the police state. Under the probing, batter- ing assault upon the reason, the victim in time begins to doubt his own convictions and beliefs and abandons himself to hidden

False confessions, and

former

Dr. Meerlo believes that people's minds may be fortified against this diabolical new ideological weapon. Yet even this form of protection, he fears, may in itself be dan- gerous. Certainly "mentlcide", a crime

against the mind, is the only possible ex- I plsnstion for the seeming "confessions" of normally would fear death itself. History is full of ex- of heroism which contrast sharply Whs,tt.itudoI,of than whohsvc fallen vic- '” l & .

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Apparently the divisions in the Commun- ist ranks in Prague have reached the point where Moscow tears. that dissenters will es- Cape to Yugoslavia to join with Tito. What lies behind this rift is made clear by reports in Communist papers. Czechoslovakia, of course, is a puppet state belonging, in all but a formal sense, to Soviet Russia." Trouble has arisen chiefly because of Russia's ruth- less economic exploitation of Czechoslovakia. . Until recently Russia insisted upon receiving one half of the exports of Czechoslovakia. Very little by way of Russian goods was paid in return so that, in effect, the Czechoslo- vakian people were taxed this huge amount.

Now Communist Russia is insisting upon raising the levy from 50 per cent to 80 per cent. In consequence, antagonism has been greatly increased in Czechoslovakia. It is being commonly said today that most of the Czech ministers are secretly opposed to Rus- sia althought unable to move openly. In addition to economic exploitation by Russia, the Czechs are said to be shocked and dis- turbed by Russian overtures to Germany.

There certainly appears to be no lack of

divisions and troubles behind the iron cur- lain.

EDITORIAL NO I ES

Good news-Poliomyelitis cases in Can-

ada fell from 2437 in 1949 to 706 last year. 0 I 0

Prince Edward Island leads in elections;

other provinces follow. 0 I

U. S. A. has restricted the use of castor

oil-but not for children who will be en-

titled to their doses as usual. 0 I O

The sympathy of all our readers will be extended to Mr. J. Watson MacNaught, M. P., on the death of his father, Mr. Robert C. MacNaught.

I O The C. P. R. is to be permitted to lower freight rates on Canadian potatoes to the New England area. It is to be noted that the reason for asking the reductions was

because of motor-truck competition. I O 0

Ice cream manufacturers, of whom Mr. J. A. Simmonds has been elected pres-j ident for New Brunswick and Prince Ed- ward Island, are to be commended for de- ciding to continue to sell the Sc cone for

children.

Scotsmen must be on the rampage for royal mementos. First they stole the stone of Scone from Westminster Cathedral, and now they have stolen the three historic silver-headed arrows belonging to the King from Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh. I I I

Albrecht Durer, German painter and engraver, died this date 1528. Durer is the culminating point of mediaeval art, a great pictorial moralist. His copper and wood engravings, and oil paintings show rich creative fancy and an insight into and hostility towards the conditions and evils of his day.

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British actress, Ann Wrigg, has been selected to portray Lady Godiva in a page- ant at Coventry, Eng., on June 23. Ann is 28, a brunette, but, alas will not be in "the altogether,” as the original was hav- ing been instructed by the promoters to wear tights and a flaxen wig in her por- trayal. O The bill before the Commons in Ottawa giving the Government wider powers to take away citizenship rights from disloyal persons is no doubt necessary for the wei- fare and security of this country. There was a time when a man without a country was exceptional enough for one to be the subject of a story. Since the rise of Hitler his name has been legion. O O O The month of May will be anything but is merry one for tenants. It is the first month following the expiry of Federal rent controls April 30 and is also the month which will provide a yardstick for future rent control under the Provincial act. The general result is that landlords who are not bound by leases extending beyond May 31 can set their own level of control. If house proprietors do not increase their rents by May they won't have another chance with- out agreement with tenants or by arbitra- tlons, or lawsuit.

Lawyers disagree on whether or not judges should be permitted to accept pos- itions as commissioners or arbitrators. The Ontario section of the Canadian Bar As- sociation has gone on record as approving appointment of members of the judiciary to serve on such boards of conciliation and arbitration in industrial labor disputes. The action is directly opposite to' that taken by the Canadian Bar Association at its last annual meeting. The national association endorsed a. resolution opposing appointment of judges as chairman of such boards claim- ing such action tended to undermine the prestige and confidence of the judiciary in the eyes of the public.

PUBLIC FORUM

'.l'lsls column is open to tho discussion by correspondents of qucctlolu of Intoroot. The Guardian does not ncoouc ll! onoono the opinion of correspondents.

AIBIJFT APPIIOIATID

Sir, - The airlift inaugurated by The Guardian newspaper will, I am sure, be a. mighty fine service for the people of this portion of the Province. and while in Alborton this morning many of our people there expressed their satisfaction with this new and up-to-dntc ser- vice.

Kindly accept also my thanks for your kind cooperation in pub- lishlng my speech recently delivered in the Legislature. I find that very many of my tltuents look for- ward to hearing what we have in mind for them during the session. I am sure many of them join me in expressing appreciation.

I am Sir. etc,

FRED C. RAMSAY Monti-ose. Prince County.

ROWDYISM AT GAMES

Sir. - There was an appropriate editorial in Thursday's Guardian anent uncouth conduct at hockey games.

There should be an embargo against spectators grabbing sticks off players or interfering with them by bodily contact. It should be con- stnled as "assault and battery". Personal epithets also should come under a ban. Those players are un- der high ncrvous tension, and it is quite natural that they would re- taliate in kind.

Proper applause and vocal en- couragement are legitimate and praiseworthy. but the possession of a 52.00 ticket doesn't give the hold- er the right to 340.00 worth of hol- lering - besides, he must have a mellfluous voice, or he will surely antagonize a lot of people. "Boeing" is generally too promis- cuous-puerlle. A "labial" (lip) ex- pression can be made by anyone with a 150 vocabulary and 9. zero I.Q. some one "booed" at Robbie

was instant, viz -

"Ye're like a. bull among the kye, That boos at folks as they go bye."

The players should try 5 hold their equanimity - "Stand pat, - civll and strange." I am. sir. etc., JAMES PENDERGAST Kensington, P. E. I.

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Old Charlottetown l Mud P. B. I.)

STATE OF THE M1CMaACs From a dematch to Lord Glen- elg, secretary of state for the Colonies. from Sir Charles A. Fits- roy, Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. 8th October. 1838: "The Indians who reside on this Island form a very small portion of the once numerous Mlcmac tribe. the aboriginal inhabitants of that part of British North Am- erica. out of which these lower Provinces have been formed. and of which tribe the remnant is now scattered over the Colonies of New Brunswick. Nova Scctie. Prince Edward Island. and the Island of Cape Breton.

"From the best information within my reach, I do not believe that the number on this Island ex- ceeds 200 individuals: although it is difficult to ascertain this with any precision, as well on account of the roaming disposition of this people, as that their numbers fluctuate from the constant inter- course withthe mainland. From their habits of i temperance. and other causes, their numbers are rapidly decreasing. and, with few exceptions, they are sunk to the most abject and degraded state to which I should conceive it possible for human beings to arrive . . "I cannot ascertain that much effort has been made to reclaim them from their wandering habits, or to induce them to fix them- selves at any one spot; the utmost odvence which they have made to- wards settlement or tillage being confined to the cultivation of a few potatoes, by the small number who remained stationary during the winter months; the remainder subsist. by hunting, fishing. mak- ing baskets and toys of birch bark, and begging in Charlottetown and among the settlements.

"No provision appears to have been made. when the Island was so lmprovldently granted away, for the reservation of any lands for the use of these poor people. not has any application been made l.n their behalf since I arrived in the Colony: but humanity demands that some steps should be taken. in order that when the Island be-' comes fully settled, and when they will be of necessity precluded from rambling to and fro. as they are now suffered to do. unmolested. throughout the Island, they may have some spot. secured to them, where the small number which will. in all probability, than ro- msln, may be enabled to subsist. "It would be useless to endeav- our to settle them in any of tho ungrsntcd lands of the colony. The quantity remaining st. the disposal of the prawn does not amount so more than 13.000 sons. snd those of an inferior dcscrl tlon; sud it is dispersed in vorio s situations in lmll allotments. so thst s clcnt quantity could not be found in one place, which could be rendered available for tho purpose, even if than were no other objections.

"But t.herc- is s small blond. situated on tho, North-wilt coast of Prince ldwsmd Island. lylns bo- twsen Richmond sud Ooodwood Boys. cnilod Innnox Island. the property of lift. David Itowort. which the Indians hsvo long con-

Burns as he passed, and the retort 1

. wages and salaries have on prices

Cost Of Living

(The Letter-,Review)

Labour Party of Britain has pub- llshed a pamphlet called "This cost, of Living Business." It sells for reepence, which. after the soc list Government has applied its monetary theories, now means about, 3 3-4 cents Canadian. Naturally. published by a Soc- ialist Government ln its own de- fence, it contains some mild boast- ing about the beauties of price con- trol and food subsidies. rental con- trol and the resulting hcusing shortage. Readers will easily re- cognize these passages.

Many other passages. however. represent a complete retreat from all the nonsense that Socialists talker: before they won an elec- tion and found out what T05 they were talking. A few passages fol- ow!

'Although the cost of living has gone up by K) per cent since 1938. wages and salaries have gone up too. Wages have risen by over 90 per cent and! industrial workers' earnings, which include overtime and bonuses, have increased by 130 Per cent."

'tWlth more in the shops, and with the need to replace things In the home, people are spending more on the bigger things, like sheets and furniture. This inevit- ably leaves less money for beer and cinemas, books and meals out. jaunts and holidays. So everyone feels that tthere is less money about! This is not not only be-l cause the cost of livins has Bone up - it is because our standards have gone up as well."

"11 supplies of price-controlled goods are limited, they may disap- pear under the counter or it may be ecessary to ration them (afic- lslly or unofficia.1l.V)."

mum prices fixed by the Govem- ment are often used by traders ss minimum prices."

"There is a limit to the amount that the economy can best, and it is now Government policy to limit subsidies to H10 million a year.” Concerning so-called social ser- vices:

"Of course all these services have to be paid for. They are paid for by taxation."

For Western grain growers: "world prices are likely to so on rising for some time. If they do,l then when contracts run out there will no doubt. be pressure on Brit-l sin to agree to higher prices in" the' new contracts. Even with bulk, purchssc we may have to pay rath-I er more for our food in future, but we shall not have to pay as much as we would on a free market." "What effect do changes in

and the cost of living? About 60 per cent of the vsluepof the nation's output, is the cost of wages and salaries. Changes in wages and salaries therefore have a profound effect. on prices unless the higher wges are matched by higher pro- ductivity. or are met. from profits." "Profits cater for the creation of reserves to pay for expansion and re-equipment. and the additional money manufacturers want. to pay dividends to their shareholders. The more money firms put sslde to develop new methods of produc- tion, the more consumers have to pay now for goods. But new equip- ment. and better lsld-out factories mean more efficient production. low: costs, Ind the possibility of

"It is also true that the msxi- -

lower prices in the long run. If the money to pay for this were not raised from profits it would have to be raised in some other way." "Profits tox prevents the accum- ulation of excessive profits."

"A reduction in distributed pro- fits could do little to reduce prices. They on 3 very small but of

the cost of any item so. although there are very many excellent reasons for dividend lknltstlon

guid profit. control. their effective- ness :4; s moons of reducing tho cost of living is not one of them. Even if profits were climinrlsd altogether there would still be A cost of living problem."

"If prices were arbitrarily cut in order to reduce profits. then the inefficient firms making little

curly period. buried their dead. I bellows, ff they could have this Is- land secured to them either by I voluntary grant. from the prairie- tor. or by the Govemmont pur- ch it for their use. it would not my sncctthoir utmost wishes. and render than perfectly cou- tsntod, but. by offering than an inducement. to umotn stationary, afford 3 fair opportunity for my efforts at improving their morsl and social condition. Any attempt of this nature. in their present stats. I on convinced. would be

slrlcrod as their own. and on which they hon built a oh: and when they have. from my

wholly thrown away.”

ON MALVERN HILL

m--w u

A wind is brushing down the clover,

It sweeps the tossing branches bare,

Blowing the polslng kestrel over

The crumbllng ramparts of the Caer.

It whirls the scattered leaves be- fore us

Along the dusty road to home.

Once it awakened into chorus

The heart.-strings in the ranks of Rome.

There by the gusty coppice bor- (1

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The shrilling trumpets broke the halt.

The Roman line. the Roman order,

swayed forwards to the blind as- sault.

Spearman and charloteer and bow- man Charged and were scattered into

Slmiy.

Savage and taclturn the Roman

Hewed upwards in the Roman way.

There-in the the cattle

Are lowing home across the fields.

The beaten warriors left the battle

Dead on the clansmen's wicker shields.

The leaves whirl in the wind's riot Beneath the Beacon's jutting spur. Quiet arc clan and chief, and

twilight - where

quiet, Centurion and signlfer. -John Masefleld. 'o'u'd5'l-Putt

The Age-old Story

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Know ye that the Lord He Is God; it in He that hath made us. and not we ourselves: we are His people. and the sheep of His pasture. '

'MEl'.aBOU.R.N'E. April 5 -(Reut.- ers)-Police today arrested 22 members of the crew of the Brit- ish freighter Kalpaki who went on strike because they did not like their food. The men, charged with refusal to take the ship to son, will appear in court tomorrow.

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ltation, gradually gained support-

m.-.

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"It is true." rcnurh tho Do- trott News. "that. the sun best the English jet plane in the race across the Atlantic. but it deserves little credit for that. The sun was familiar with the course: in train- ing it had made the trip sovcnl twins already.” Nevertheless., we have little sympathy for the lug- lish; they know the setup. and in-.:u1a have demanded a handl- csp.- Ottsws Citizen.

There no scversl places along the st. Lawrence which will soon be flooded out in the event of the soawsy project proceeding and. although those whose property is 1- s' t ” will be reimbursed. there will probably still be some loss suffered. One good feature of the situation is that the communi- ties that have to move will have an opportunity to do some worth- while town planning in their new locations and avoid mistakes that were made years ago. - Pembroke Bulletin.

Events in Barcelona bnvc dis- closed thc extent of the opposi- tion of the Spanish people to the

dmlnlsbration of their country. It is now plain that Franco's govern- ment continues in power only by force of Urns. The time has sure- ly come for the British. American and French governments to make it clear to the Spanish rulers that, wh..e we '--'.'e not the slightest. in- tentlon of interfering in the in- emal affairs of their country. the entrance of Spain into the West- ern communlty and the granting of economic help cannot be had unless there are plain guarantees that the administration will be made less corrupt and that the elementary principles of n. civiliz- ed society - such as that starva- tion and opulence should not exist side by side are respected. Without this. aid to Spain will be not only a. disgrace but a futile Tn- vestment. -The observer (Lon- don).

The saving of daylight had long been urged.by William Wlllett. a prosperous house builder, who rode on horseback st 7 in the morning - "the most JOYOUS h01ll' of the day" - and thought it uh- surd that the nation still slumber- ed. He conducted a cne-man agi-

'AP'RIIJ6.1951'

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The Wax Jj

tlon of parliament. if we: had not some in 1914 tho sngo would have been further delayed. Long before Willows time s famous An.

In 1784 Benjamin Franklin wrote of the absurdity of people living "so long by the smoky, unwhole. scene and enormously cxpsmlve light of candles" when they could have "cs much, ours light of the sun for nothing." More familiar is his maxim "Early to bed. only to rise, makes I man healthy, wen- thy and wise." That. saying nu soured. and will continue to sour, the hour which, of all othert, child.

hood most highly prizes. -. New Yctk Times. It seems to us. however. tint,

there is one kind of control that is not getting the attention it tie. serves. That is self-control. In fact, the process is in the reverse. As we get. more and more pampered in a mechanical way. the less ready we are to curb our passions, our selfishness, and ' rules of moderation and mutual char- ity upon our lives. our marriages are being more frequently broken up than ever. our talent for friend- ship of a true variety is perceptib- ly diminishing. In some way this fcrgotten aspect of control must be given its due. -Guelph Mercury.

Britain leads tho world in jet planes. and the jet engines being, of course. British also, foreign countries that make them pay royalties for doing so. When you read that. an American jet plane flew from one airfield to mother in record time. the credit goes largely to the British engine with which it was powered. The United States Air Force has just placed the largest order on record for aeroplane engines of any kind with the Buick division of General Motors. It is for the sapphire en- gine. one of which equals the thrust of all four Wright cyclones with which each of the U. 5. 3-29 bombers is driven. How many on- gines the Buick company will make under British licence is not re- vealed, but some ides of the num- ber may be gauged by the fact that the United States Govern- men has advanced 354100.000 for the preliminary tooling. Evidently the Sapphire is a real gem. - St. Thomas Times-Journal.

ers, and finally secured the atten-

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profit would so out of t t al- together . But today, the best firms are producing up to capacity. and the production of the less of; flclent firms is needed in addition. "The real answer then, is to raise the efficiency of all firms to the standard of the best in ugh" words, to increase productiv- l ." ty"Costs of production are higher than they were. Raw materials cost more. Workers are now getting much better wanes; Profits should be reduced but the reduction will not have much effect on Dl'ltEf5- Costs must be reduced as well.

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