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VHABLOTTETOWN, WEDNESDAY, JULY l0, 1M9 An Excellent Brief

Strong support of the presentations made in the brief of the Provincial Government to the rRoyal Commission on Transportation is given in a joint brief prepared by Mr. H. F. MacPhec, K.C., on behalf of the Boards of Trade of Prince Edward Island, representing the business, com- mercial and trade interests of this Province as a whole. "

Particular emphasis is placed on transport- ation difficulties, arising primarily from the geographic and insular position of the Province. The Boards join in opposition to further freight irate increases, and all are in a position to sub- mit testimony to indicate hardships caused by the level and mode of application of existing rates and the losses and vexations arising from the slowness of l.c.|. deliveries.

The Boards concur in emphasizing the need of an additional ferry and terminal facilities at Borden to meet the tourist and trucking prob- lem, and of re-constituting the Province as one

_ freight rate zone. Emphasis is placed on the inadequacies of

, the existing ferry service at Wood Islands, where

larger boats, _aids to n-avigatiog, piers and har- bor improvements, more frequents crossings and modern restroom and restaurant facilities are requested, as well as the establishment of a year-round service by making use of the winter ports of Georgetown and Pictou.

Support is given to the request for a West cFoint ferry service, improved facilities for New- rfaundland trade and coastal shipping, including direct air service between the two Island Provin- ces, also improvements to the Charlottetwon air- lport and provision of air landing strips in King's County. .

lt is urged that the Feed Grains Assistance Act be made one af permanent national policy; that a "definite and early decision as to the act- ual programme and route to be undertaken" be made with respect to the Trans-Canada High- way, and that improvements be effected in the rural mails service, particularly in Eastern King's.

The pressing need for immediate installation of adequate terminal and docking facilities for the port of Charlottetown is highlighted in the brief, as well as necessary dredging at Mont- ague, Alberton, Cardigan and Murray Harbour, improvements to the Souris breakwater and gen- eal pier and harbour improvements at Summer- side.

Souris, it is submitted, should again be made a port of coll for the Magdalen lslands boat; mainland bus connections should ,be improved and all the means of air and surface transport- ation should be more closely co-ordinated. Sup- port is also given to the Chignecto Canal pro- ject.

The Boards of Trade represented in the brief

.- are those of Charlottetown, Summerside, Alber-

ton-West Prince, Crapaud-Victoria, Eastern King's and King's County. Supplemented by evidence to be given when the Commission meets here next week, it constitutes along with the Govern- ment and West Point ferry briefs a most con- vincing summing-up o-f our case.

The Scout Jamboree

Few better demonstrations of national unity could have been devised than the Boy Scout jnmboree at Connaug-ht Ranges in the Federal capital, says the Ottawa Citizen. Some 2,500 boys, ranging in age from 14 to 17 1-2, repre- senting every part of the country and every

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. - - ers into jumping to the radio and flicking the

. racial origin and religious creed have foregather- ed to learn to know each other better as cam- rades and Canadians. They are exchanging in- formation about their own parts of the Domin- ion, comparing notes on woodlore and scouting. This is good. Better still, they are learning that citizenship does not merely involve residence in o single province, but residence in Canada as a whole.

The jamboree is the first of its type to be bald is Canada. Scout executives hope to repeat it very four years, half way between the quadren- nial world jamborees. Under adverse wartime conditions, men from all parts of the country came together in the armed forces as citizens of one nation. if the jamboree becomes a regu- lar event, it should be much easier to arouse national consciousness among the country's j under favorable peacetime circumstances.

Election Broadcasts

Years ago in the Canadian House of Com- mons, a member rose to a paint of order. Mr. Speaker asked him if his objection was to an honorable member reading his speech. "Not at all," was the reply, "My objection is he is read- ing it so badly." This story is recalled by the Montreal Star in quoting a protest in the Farm and Ranch Review of Calgary, against the qual- ity of the radio speeches made during the re- cent election campaign. Most condidbtes, said the Review, seem to believe they are veritable Don Wilsons in front of a microphone. They dash off a five-minute broadcast, or have it dashed off for them by a semi-literate campaign aide. inevitably it will run to six minutes, so they rush to a microphone and gallop through the script with scarcely a pause for breath. in- stead of converting anyone, they provoke listen-

awitcll. . "it would be interesting," comments the

Star, "to find out exactly how many people act-

aaliyr take election radio speeches. A many‘ leaders got big audiences - President "Jtosedjto getlllrniillan-brrtwliat ' . ren-di-raine talks by local condldalli, of bblclrldosorva tire severe crltltgflbref h u! yo! new. 91*! adds a

say that radio speaking is an art of its Own and as difficult as any other art to acquire. it's not ,'- to huff, puff and gobble into o micro- phone, leaving the impression on the listeners, if any, that what the speaker needs most is o new set of teeth."

JEDITORIAL NOTES/i

Youngsters with a flair for design have a chance to make money - literally. The Royal Canadian Mint has been looking for suitable candidates to train as craftsmen.

A writer notes that an average apple tree will lift and lose water by evaporating at the rate of four gallons per hour. With other vege- tatian doing likewise it is hardly surprising that there should be such a difference in run-off be- tween vegetation covered and bare land.

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The Scandinavian couhtries offer the best example in civil defence for Canada, according to Maj.-Gen. F. F. Worthington, co-ordinator of civil defence in Ottawa. ln addition to being generally ahead in civil defence, >Norway and Sweden havestrong Canadian parallels in peo- ple, climate and environment.

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The continued loss of ships by mines, 72 sunk and 115 damaged, since May 9, 1945, is not merely another danger of the sea. lt is a constant and grim reminder that the enemy paid no heed to the international rules of war re- quiring that mines be set to become harmless on coming adrift from their mooring.

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Schools and other institutions plagued by jack knife artists who delight in carving their initials on the furniture might well take a leaf from the book of Ottawa's Chaudiere play- ground. A post has been installed for the express purpose of being carved upon and a small prize is even given to the carver of the best set of initials.

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Provincial legislatures of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Newfoundland now make use of recording machines to preserve a record of their debates. As few people are likely to want to lis- ten to the speeches in toto, it would appear that the purpose is simply to assist in production of the usual printed Hansard, which can as readily be done by shorthand reporters

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There will be no "shooting war" with Soviet Russia, nor will the Russians succeed in impos- ing Communism on us. That is the opiriion of Mr. Arnold J. Toynbee, probably the world's most distinguished living historian. Writing in the August issue of the Woman's Home Compan- ion, Mr. Toynbee says that we can actually turn the Red threat to our own advantage.

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According to the Canadian Press there's more than lobster at a Pictou lobster carnival. Thirty-three men appeared in court on charges of being intoxicated in a public place. They were arrested during the second day of the an- nual lobster carnival. All pleaded guilty.’ One was fined $1 and costs and the others $5 and costs. Seven couldn't pay and went to jail for five days.

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Guglielmo Marconi, ltalian scientist and inventor, died this date 1937. He invented a system of wireless telegraphy, establishing wire- less communication between England and France. He contracted with the British government for the installation of wireless in British shipping, and also between Britain and U. S. A.; develop- ed wireless telephony; received the Nobel Prize in 1909; and the honorary Grand Commander of the Victoria order in 1914.

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Professor Frank MacKinnon's timely address at Rotary consisted of a plea to remember our benefits and benefactors. We have had a great past, overcame many difficulties, produced not a few great men, and adhered to democracy in both way of life and government. But we must not stop there; the great past demands a greater future, and it is for the present and succeeding generations to carry an with determined optimism to the attainment of that place in the sun of the future to which our forefathers predestined us. _ ' * ‘

W-ho could afford dentistry under the British National Health regime? A Scottish den- tist has made £25,000 ($100,000) for ll months work under Britain's socialized medicine scheme. This was disclosed by Sir William Marshall, chairman of the Lanark County health service executive council, at a meeting of the dental .estimates board. Under the National Health Ser- vice, dentists submit a bill to the Government for each patient treated. The patient does not have to pay for treatment. Commenting on the case, Sir William said: "lt is hard to believe that the patients received the painstaking, care- ful attention which we have a right to expect in our service."

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The C.C.F. do not wish to be aligned with the "Little Canadians" or Communists, and for this reason have expelled two of their leading members who sit in the Manitoba legislature. The expulsion of lorry "Richards and Wilbert Doneieyko was demanded by three resolutions presented to the Manitoba party's 14th annual convention. Mr. Richards represents The Pas in the Manitoba Legislature and Mr. Donelayko is the member for St. Clements. The resolutions seek their expulsion because of their opposition to the Atlantic Security Pact and the European Recovery Program, both of which the C.C.F. has endorsed in its notional policy. Copies of the resolutions were not released to the press, but it is understood one came from the Roblin C.C.F. Association and the other two from Winnipeg constituency associations. E. A. Honslord, Moni- toba C.C.F. Loader, said the party's setback in the Federal general "election last month was duo to its being "caught in a wave of dnti-Drow- M um.- rrrnt the risk Misha-S '.

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IBOM "PARACIIBUI"

Heap casein, sandal-buds and stripes Of iabdanum, and aloe-balls, Smeareci with dull nerd an Indian wipes From out. her hair; such balsam falls

Down sea-side mountain pedestals,

From tree-tops where tired winds are Iain,

Spent with the vast and howling

- main, To treasure half their island goln.

And strew faint sweetness from some old

Egyptians tine worm-eaten shroud

Which breaks to dust when once unrolled;

Or shredded perfume, like a cloud

From closet long to quiet vowed,

With mothed and dropping arras

hung, Mouldering her lute and books 81710112, As when o queen, long dead, was YOIIIIZ. —Robert Browning. ‘Qt-coax Old Charlottetown (And P. I. I.)

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SCHOOLS AND MASTERS

The following llst of schools and masters of a century ago lg from the school visitors’ reports, pub- lished in the Legislative Journals for the yc-nr 1849:

King's County: Brudenell River,

Donald Robertson; New Perth, Duncan Campbell; Sparrow} Road, Thomas Mooney; Head of Monta- gue, Donald Campbell; Montague River, Donald MacDonald; Murray Harbour North, Nell Stewart; White Sands‘, John Brooks; Murrnv Harbour South, Peter Ross; Mur- ray River, Robert Whiteway: Brown's Creek, Nell Maclead: Launching Place, John Keenan; Grand River, John Walker; St. Peter's, (North side) John Stewart: Head of Hlllsborough, Sarah Hol- land; St. Peter's Settlement, Fred- orlcn Holland; Big Cape, Paul Mac. lloflflld; St. Margaret's, John Mac- kfly; Big Bush, Peter Melnnls; Portage, Edmund Shea; West Riv- er, Duncan Robertson; Norris! Pond, Michael Dlnn; Souris, John lVlncNeill; Little Pond, John Mac- dinrmld; St. Peter's Bay, Sampson Fnrquharson; Moroll, Margaret Owen; Head of Cardigan, C. A. Al- loy; Georgetown Grammar School, John Ross, Queen's County: Brackley Point Road, Daniel Scott; Union Road, John Benton; New London, Mal- colm MacKenzle; Wheatley River. Willlnm H. Richardson; Lot. 48. John Butler, William Emery; Seal River, Michael MacWnde; Fort Au- gustus, Michnol MnrKenna; Lot 32, Princetown Road, William G. Car- son; New Cornwall Lot 32, Mal- colm Dnrrach; Rustico Road, Sam- uel Aldridge; Grand Tracndie, Pat- rick MncQuald; Brackley Pt. Road, Archibald MncKenzie; Pinette. Archibald McDonald; New London. Capes, Chas. Crosby; Dog River. John Livingstone; Anderson's Road, John Mcfnnls; Springfield, John Sinclair; Nine Mlle Creek, Nell Mc- Eachern; Upper Newtown, William McPhnil, Sn: Lower NewtonfWil- liam McPhall, Jr.; Lot 49 Centre, George Draper; Squaw Bay, Lot 40, James B. McKonna; Mount Melilclr, Lot. 49, Alex. McNelll; Lot 65, Ewen Amos, Robert Barry; New Glasgow Road, Lawrence Buchanan; Lot 22 Edmond Roche: Orwell Cove, Don- nld Graham; Flat River, Alex. Bea- tonl Vernon River, Arch. McNeil]; Gallows Point, Patrick B. Doyle; Cavendish. Elias Roberts; Belle Creek, Alex. McDonald; Prlncetown Road, Lot 22, Malcolm McDonald: Elliot, River, Donald Shaw; Crn- paud, Allan Stewart; Cnmpbellton. Allan McPhce; Charlottetown Roy- alty, Alex. MncLean, Colin Camo- bell; Charlottetown, John LeParze; Murray Harbour Road, Hugh Mar- tin; St. Andrew's, Martin Ryan; Rustlco, Henry Hnrrel, Moses Dou- cette; St. Peter's Road, Robert Ro- bertson; Wood Islands, John Mc- Mlllan; Belfast, Donald Bethune; Vernon River, Matthew Redmond; Cherry Valley, Nell McFadyen; Lit- tle York, E. J. McCormack.

Prince County: Campbellton, E. L- Blflflflhflrd; Lower Tryon, Alex McDonald; Upper Tryon, James Glllnnders: Augustine Cove, H. Wadman; Seven Mlle Bny, Jan. H. Fitzgerald; Soarlotown, N. McDoug- nld: Western Bedeque, A. C. Mo- Leod; Central Bodeque, A. A. Mc- Kenzie; Southern Bedeque, D, R. Stewart; Wilznot Creek, J. B. Schur- man; New Annan, D. Smith; Oys- ter Cove, .7. McDonald; Prlncetown. Allan Fraser; Baltic, J. MeKinnon; Darnley. vacant; Mlscouche, F. Gaudet; Lot 16, R. McDonald; Grand River, A. C. Blckford; Trout River, .7. R, Downing; Caecumpec, S. Davidson; Natl Pond, S. Perry: Lot 8, A. Johnstone; Lot F. Buote; Fifteen Point, John Chais- rron: Estmont Bay, Joseph Arsen- nult; St. Nicholas, H. Gaudet; Tig- nlah, J. Bernard; Nail Pond. T. pe- Marquand: Lot 3, Jane Traverse: Lot 16, Mrs. Mulrhead; S. W. De-

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A Case History

(Winnipeg Free Press)

One of the‘ failings of the Civil Service, as compared with the average private business, is its reluctance to dismiss an employee who ls found to be inefficient. For months, perhaps years, after the time when no private employer would put. up with his poor work any longer, such a man is still drawing down his governmental pay.

An indication of the length of some of these free rides is to be found in a case history presented in the United States by the com- mission. headed by former Presl- dent Hoover, which has been in- vestigating the cost of govern- ment.

This case history is that of a man idenfifed only as "Mr. l." It began when he went to work for the United States army on March 1, 1946, as an engineering specifi- cations writer. His pay was H! the rate of $3,727 a year.

Within two months he Wfl! found to have demonstrated that he could not do the work he was hired to do. His removal was requested May 9. 1946. He a?’ peaied to the grievance board of the section of the army _where he was employed. It. gave 111m anoth- er month of probation. He than got sick and was off work until the fail, most of the time at full

Dab}. November 9, the civilian employment board notified him that he was inefficient on three counts. He appealed again on the grounds that the charges were not specific enough and managed to get another hearing. 1t was Feb. 5. 1947, before the board issued a ruling on_ thLs appeal. 1t confirmed its previous ruling- Once more he launched an ap- peal, this time to the grievance review board. On April 3. this board also ruled that he was inef- ficient and should be dismissed. He immediately appealed to the United States Civil Service Com- mission. Its ruling sustained all the previous decisions and finally, 13 months after he had been hir- ed. the army was able to lot him go.

While this case history applies to the United States, it would seem probable that similar exem- ples could be found in Canada.

Britain's Economic Peril

(Financial Post)

This week the world sees Brit.- oln la economic peril as great. as the physical peril of Dunkirk. But. those mast important men in her national existence. the clookers, go on strike. The most. earnest, im- passloned pleas of British leaders have had singularly little succes

‘tn convincing moat other labor

leaders of the truth of that shrap- lest of economic facts that. now t! not the time, ln their own interest, to tight. for more pay and fewer hours.

Under towering taxes, mould»- elne of red tape and the conatflb threat. of expropriation. the Brib- lah businessman generally has a mlndaoule incentive to invest. new money in modernization for ex- pnrulon, to deliver the energy, 1m- agtnatlon and sweat. to give hie business the overhaul it needs to compete today.

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The achievement of more than half a century of British Socialist teaching and the gradual applic- ation of those teachings by those who call themselves Socialists and those who don't ts:

-—a. state that can't pay its way in the modem postwar world. It. would have been completely broke long ago without the help of the North American capitalist coun- tries.

-—a state in which aonk-the-rlch policies have had to give way (because the soaking of the rich doesn't. take long) to destruction cf the middle class and its immo- latlon on tihe altar of that great dell)‘ of the Socialist theorists, the National Minimum. The share- the-wealth slogan has proven to mean only. "Share the misery."

So British dog race tracks are full. The football pool business is fabulously rich. The pubs are swarmed. Brltishers are gating "free" spectacles and appendect- omles, most of the pensions and insurances the mind of man has contrived; higher wages for doing less work-and the delightful pro-

mlse from Government that. it will prevent unemployment and un- pleasantness.

The state needs more. better and faster production. but. human ne- ture being what. it ls, the fact is that. cradle-to-the-grave security, high taxation and all the rest of it does, as the British example prorves, encourage the citizen to 0e .

The state needs to lower its ex- penditures, but there are manifold incentives for the citizens to milk the various state schevrnes for as muclh as he can get.

So whnt we are now seeing Ln Britain ls not. only an economic collapse. but a national dilemma: how to farce into the '

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Five liouaoholde in Mlneheater, England, have 10st their landlord. For five yearn they have not been able to pay their rent-for want of someone to receive tt. Two old Dublin women. believed to be the owners ‘of the five houses, cannot be traced. Now the tenants have agreed that they "ought to start paying ‘something to someone". Which lhowa how quickly con- science can bring people to tack.- Fore William Times-Journal.

A writer in the London Spectator deals with an interesting subject. He askl: "How many bricks ta the trade unionist bricklayer permitted by the established custom -ot the union to lay a day? I see that the mayor of Murgate gives the figure at 300. I understand myself that it was 320. I know a bricklayer who\n a straight run regularly layn 1,000. He ls not a union mem- ber and his employer pays him