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this planneca triple orpft rouna the earth.

Actually, asa space traveller, Glenn will be going largely for the ride. He is putting his life in jeop- ardy, but the control he can exert over his eraft, once launched on its fantastic journey, is extremely limit- ed. The tasks required of him will be simple ones to indicate how well man can function in a state of weightlessness. Success will depend largely on how well the booster and space capsule function and how ef- fec'ively the telemetry devices send signals back from outer space.

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Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. os PAGE 6 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1992. Disturbing Figures .__. According to the latest Bureau

of Statistics figures, unemployment in Canada dropped from 693,000

in January, 1961 to 545,000 in mid- .

January, 1962, January was the sixth consecutive month in which the jobless total had registered a decline from the corresponding months of the previous year. This trend is expected to continue through the greater part of the present year at least, giving encour- aging evidence of the strengthening economy of the country.

That is the overall picture. But

when it comes to the Atlantic Pro- —

- vinces the figures tell a different story. They show, as against & eross-Canada unemployment per- centage of 7.9; that 14.7 per cent of the labor force in this area is job- less. In December the figure was 10.8 per cent; since then 20,000 — more Atlantic workers joined the unemployed lines, bringing the mid- January total to over 84,000.

As the Atlantic Provinces Eco- nomic Council pointed out recently, employment is falling off in the Maritime coal industry, in agricul- ture, in lumbering; secondary in- dustry is standing still; per capita income continues to lag more than a third behind that of the rest of Canada. This is not through lack of loca) ative: We have industries

which are boosting their output; ,

but their ability to absorb labor is low. Clearly there is a challenge here for the Federal Government to evolve special policies that would provide a substantial stimulus to this region’s general economy and bring it closer to that of the na- tional average. This should be one of the major concerns of Parliament at this time,

The emphasis on social services fe all well and good; but what we want chiefly are national policies that will help us to help ourselves in this area which has contributed

listed. They include scientists and engineers ‘at Cape Canaveral, the

personnel of 18 stations round the

world that will track the capsule every moment, and the crews 6f 200 navy ships assigned to pick the astronaut up when he comes down at sea.

-Yet the public is right, after all, in seizing upon the human factor

as of cardinal significance in the

experiment, Glenn has become & symbol of the new space age for millions of Americans, and for the

Western world at targe; and from |

all that we can gather of his char- acteristics of courage, coolness and dedication, he appears to be singu-

larly well qualified for the role he + has been called upon to play.

Seaway Financing

The St. Lawrence Seaway Auth- ority—the organization set up to construct, maintain and operate the big waterway between Montreal and Lake Erie—is still in financial dif- ficulties. In the words of Mr. Doug- las Fisher, CCF member for Port Arthur, this project may well be- come “another example of grandi- ose schemes on which we oversell ourselves;” Mr. Fisher's statement was prompted by the passage of a bill through the Commons this week to increase the Authority’s borrow- ing capacity to $345,000,000 from $335,000,000. According to the auditor-general’s annual report pub- lished recently, the borrowing of an additional $9,500,000 to pay in-

. terest charges “has in fact reduced

the amount the Authority may bor- row for construction purposes.”

In the brief debate on this meas- ure Mr. J. M. Macdonnel (PC, Toronto Greenwood) expressed con- cern that the project was falling

below expectations. and the hope ©

that Transport Minister Balcer would “try to let us have the real picture on what is happening.” Mr. Fisher also urged the minister to spell out the reasons for greater ex- penditures at this time; but Mr. Balcer stuck to his seat as the short bill moved swiftly through the committee-study stage.

According to Mr. Fisher, all the growth predictions for the seaway —for the Head of the Lakes at least—are far short of materializa-

——“§0 filich fo Confederation, and gain-

_@d, by comparison, so litfle in terms of industrial progress. And where national policies conflict with our legitimate interests, surely the prin- ciple of regional assistance should come into play automatically to re- dress the balance. This principle should be divorced entirely from party politics, and built into the framework of our constitution. Why aren’t we hearing more about this at Ottawa these days, from both eides of the House?

The Human Factor ~~

Astronaut John ~Glenn’s 81,000 mille flight into space was original- ly scheduled for last December 20. Now, for the tenth time, it has been postponed until nex t’ Tuesday—at the earliest—and the elaborate rit- ual of preparation will commence all over again. How often can a man be built up for such a dangerous undertaking, then at the last min-, ute be told, “Sorry, not today”? It fs said that Gienn has been indoc-

n the u nties tha “plague the infant science of rock-

etry, but he would be less than~

human if he felt no frustration af- ter two long months of waiting. On - one o¢easion the flight was cancel- ‘me h only 18 minutes to firing

y and without any apparent re-

—tion. Costs still.remaina consider-__

able-charge on shippers. Addition- ally, there is a considerable residue of contradictory sentiment in the United States, where some groups felt the U.S. should build its own canal -across the Niagara escarp- ment. Others on the eastern sea- board and southern ports are op- posed to what they regard as sub- sidization of the seaway.

The auditor-general indicated in his report that an internal audit

staff has been set up to carry out a ~

detailed examination of the Seaway Authority’s books and records. But

-attere wwas-no indication from the

Transport Minister as to when this examination would be completed, or whether the details, in any case, would be made available to Par-

hament.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Word that the Twist has been introduced to the Soviet Union won’t shake world Communism any more than those new Russian-style fur hats will weaken.the brainpower of

the West, save the New York Her a bune, But it is interesting in

that it indicates an avidity on the part of ‘the Soviets to learn any- thing they can about America.

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It.is to be hoped that support will be forthcoming for the ‘national school milk program proposed by the Dairy Farmers of Canada and endorsed by its parent body, the Canadian Federation of Agriculture. Federal S say such a plan would

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PAPA‘S LITTLE HELPER

HONG KONG'S REFUGEES : Mixed Blessing For British Colony

National Geographic News Bulletin

The flood of refugees into Hong Kong has been a mixed

‘blessing for the small British Colony on the broad face of Red China.

“Hong Kong Has Many Fatc-

es,”’ in the current issue of Na-

tional Geographic Magazine, de- scribes the progress and prob-

lems of that bustling metropol-

is. The author, assistant editor

John Scofield, recently return- | ed from a lengthy tour of the

Orient.

Refugees and their doings are still the biggest single fact about Hong Kong, the author writes: Their energy, skill, and

money are found in the clatter- ing textile mills, new hotels, housing developments, and fac- tories which turn out everything from canned fried rice and plas- tic flowers to shoes, steel, and ships.

“To the jet-borne visitor from the West,” he says, “Hong Kong beckons as the world’s most al- luring bargain counter.”

The semitropical, tax-free port offers Swiss watches at less

‘than Swiss prices, duty-exempt

cameras, silks from Thailand, and Chinese antiques. Custom

' tailored suits of Italian cloth or

British tweed can be made in

PUBLIC

FORUM

NO BARGAINING POWER

Sir, — The small farmer. in| Prince Edward Island has no bargaining power: neither has) unorganized labour in industry. | The small farmer is selling his potatoes and turnips under cost of production: many unorgan- | ized workers in urban areas are | struggling to support a family on thirty-five to forty dollars | per week: which at today’s dol- lar value offers nothing better

the worker and his family.

The economy of Prince Ed- ward Island is centered around agriculture: when the farmer fs not receiving a fair profit on his | product, he cannot purchase the products produced by industry: as a result many of the employ- ees of industry cease to be em- ployed.

By organizing into an associa- tion the, small farmer would get

only in the sale of farm pro- duce, but in the purchase of ma- chinery, fertilizer and other re- quirements necessary for pre sent day standards.

Potatoes purchased from the ® farmer at seventy cents per sev- |

> enty-five pound bag and retail- |

ed in the same province a | twenty-nine cents for a ten | pound bag, is rot to the best in- terest of the grower or the small wage earner. The same ap-_ plies to turnips,

made reference to price spread, “by pointing out a special case where there was seventy-five | percent differential between the | price paid to an Island grower | for a bushel of potatoes and the price paid by the consumer in the province of Ontario. Ano- | ther speaker said he didn't un- | derstand the price spread in | this province. | In a few weeks our cabinet | ministers will be resuming their | tours of the province. It will be | drawn to their attention that the | farmer must plant another crop | this spring and if the small fa-— mily farm is to continue to exist, small farmers must receive @ fair profit for their products:

‘or will the next generation of

farmers be forced to work for big corporations—amalgamation | of a dozen of farms? On a na- |

lar twenty etx cents is spent en | armament: one cent on agricul-

ture. oie I afi, Sir,. ete.,

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rlottetown. ‘

CONFEDERATION RIGHTS Sir,—How often must we be | robbed before we wake up? |

times in 98 years we have I think that

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ory of the Fathers of Con-

| potatoes are not a dollar

vince except for tea and molasses.

There is oil and salt on P.E.I. The salt bed was discovered in 1911 when they were drilling for coal—13 feet of it. Also,

| erude oil was found the same

year—eight or nine feet of it was reported to have been gone through. There are some still alive who had some and kept it for some time. When it was lit, it would burn like a candle.

Of course, it was an Ameri- can firm that did the drilling. The boss’ name was Mr. Stover, Mr. Smith, Mr. Donahue and Mr. Steel were the drillers.

Now, if Confederation means so much as to build great build- ings, wouldn't it be more memorable and wonderful to give us back some of the things that we had and were taken from us?

I think ft is time we started

federation. How about it? I am Sir, ete. INTERESTED VOTER. Churchill, P.E.I.

TORIES NOT RESPONSIBLE

Sir,—May I say a few words in answer to “‘Housewife's”’ let- ter? Does she know of any place in the whole world where they do not have good years and bad ones? If she blames her Tory

| government for the present con- A recent speaker on television

ditions, and especially the de- serted farms, she is very wrong: She may have a diploma in en- quiry as regards the causeway and strait conditions, but I dis- agree with her.

Let us face the truth. The Tory government took over of- fice with the gift handed to them of over thirty million “ollars in debt, left by the Liberals. I think the present government is doing -@-wonderful job, and we should be grateful to them for saving Prince Edward Island

from being sold down the river. |

Tourists—yes, we all should strive to have them come, for, regardiess of whether they are visiting relatives or otherwise, they are a goldmine. .

I am, Sir, ete., ANOTHER HOUSEWIF Portsmouth,. Mass, :

Sir.—The farmers of P.E.1.

board seems

C. MURPHY, | to be trying to keep the price , down

6 \ - Now, there is ne reason why

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bag for according to: last ports, if I were hauling by : to foreign markets, I the farmer one dollar

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‘most serious problem —

~ Harbor” in Chinese, and

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| want) —disicipline eventhough

Children List Too Qualities .

Of Good Parent

The 10 commandments were: 1. Treat all your children with

dren.

. Treat your as welcome visitors in your home.

4. Don’t quarrel in front of your children.

5. Mutual tolerance between parents.

6. Never lie to a child.

7. Always answer children’s questions. » €

8. Don’t blame or punish your child in the presence of others. |

9. Be constant in your affec- | tion and moods.

10. Concentrate on the child’s good points, not on his failings.

NOTES BY THE WAY -

to make work so easy that wo- men can do it.—Calgary Herald.

More than 30 countries have begun a neeting at Geneva to work out a new international wheat agreement to replace the three-year pact that is due to expire July 31. Both exporting and importing countries are rep- resented in the bargaining -ses-

sions. .

The IWA has stood up well over the years since the end of the war, in-spite-of-stresses-and- strains. It has sought to achieve some measure of stability in in- ternational. wheat values, avoid- ing both the peaks and the hol- lows of an uncontrolled market, and on the whole it has suc- ceeded :

Under the terms of these suc- cessive agreements, the import- ing members undertake to buy a certain proportion of their wheat and flour requirements from the exporting members, one of which is Canada.

These, for their part, under-

Children the world over have similar needs, feelings, desires, | and hopes. On the other hand, they still require (and often |

many parents hate to administer it or are afraid to. Youngsters thrive on love and encourage- ment but excess or foolish at- tention weakens their character. Don’t be a doting parent.

Childhood is a relatively short period in the life of an individ- ual. Let the youngster live the life of a child at this time ra- | ther than treating him like a young adult. Boys and girls grow | up only too tast. Encourage them to play rather than to spend

less than a day at one third what they would cost in the United States.

In the past decade, more than a million refugees have fled Communist China. The result is what Governor Sir Robert Black described as Hong Kong’s

press of population” in an area of 398 square miles.

Adequate housing, food, cloth- ing, and water supplies never seem to catch up with the bur- geoning population, now 2, 250,- 000. For every death in 1961 six babies were born. Hong Kong can look forward to a natural increase of another million in

| the next ten years.

Hundreds of thousands must

continue to exist in dark alleys | and

crowded tenements, or- set:

up house on a sidewalk or @&

| rooftop, Mr. Scofield writes.

The scenic face of Hong Kong combines ancient East and

| modern West, brought together

in vivid contrast. Below famed 1,180-foot Victoria Peak, luxur- jous villas and packing - box shanties overlook a blue harbor rimmed with neon-crowned sky- scrapers and dotted with sam- pans and brightly painted junks. FOOD IS EXOTIC Mr. Scofield dined in one res- taurant where deadly cobras and kraits were brought live to the table and promptly killed, | skinned, and filleted. After -a snakejuice cocktail, the author sat down to a meal of ‘‘stewed snake; fried snake; snake with shredded lemon - leaves and fresh chrysanthemum petals; boiled snake; snake with mush- rooms and ham; and a mixture, served on a bed o crisp fried noodles, that was unmistakably | cobra chow mein.” ;

“the - INSANE OR NEUROTIC

| take to keep within the agree-

ment’s price range, which at present is from $1.50 to $1.90.

Automation is « man’s effort! Some people get a lot of en. home—oth-

Joyment out of their ers in it.—Stratford Beacos- | Herald.

World Wheat Agreement

It may not be possible to draw | up a new record before the end / of July, because of several un- certainties; the still unknown effect-of the European Common Market agricultural policies; the possibility that the Soviet Union may wish to join the next IWA; and a special study of the wheat problem to be made under the auspices of the General Agree- ment on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). All these doubtful fac- tors may lead te a simple ex- tension- of -the present agree ment for another year.

The series of agreements has seen first one side and then the other receiving benefits. During the early postwar years prices pushed hard against the ceil- ings for a time.

Then-as world production of wheat picked up and surpluses accumulated, prices were held up by the floors.

The Aae Old Story

Your adversary the devil, as

Most of the trade just now is at

The Western powers are watching carefully to whether Soviet Premier Khrush- | chev intends to turn the forth- | coming 18 - country disarma- | ment conference at Geneva into another. propaganda secrim- | mage.

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hours looking at TV or listening to the radio. Parents and their | offspring need not be .insepar- | able. It does the youngsters good | to play with other children and to be away from the parents | from time to time. |

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer | questions on medical topics if | stamped, self-addressed envel- | ope accompanies request.)

~ MLV. writes: Is there a dif | ference between emotional and | mental illness?

REPLY Yes. A mentally ill person us- | ually loses contact with reality | and lives in a world of his own. He often has delusions or halluc- inations and imagines, for ex- | ample, that he is Napoleon or | Gen, Grant. The neurotic repre- | sents a type of emotional iliness. | His anxieties and frustrations | disturb his thinking or his rela- tionship to others. In many in- stances the emotional energy is | converted into symptoms such as palpitation, indigestion, head- | ache, or pain in various parts of | the body. the body.

TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— | Treat your feet with tender, | loving care.

There was a great deal of disappointment in the American | camp when Khrushchev pro- | posed that the March 14 open- |

| ing of negotiations by attended |

by government leaders.

The immediate conclusion | reached here was that Khrush- | chev merely wanted to turn the meeting into another verbal contest. The Soviet proposal | was quickly rejected.

Now the Western powers are waiting to see whether Khrush- chev will accept the Anglo- American counter proposal that a summit meeting on dis- | armament await some progress | by foreign ministers and dis- armament technicians.

WOULD BE SIGN

U.S. authorities believe that if Khrushchev accepts, the coun- ter - proposal it would be a sign he is serious about making | disarmament progress and that | some success may actually be | achieved. | , But if he decides to attend the | opening of the Geneva confer- | ence himself—as some. Moscow reports suggest—if would be an indication of more cold war ‘blasts, and perhaps nothing more. |

Such a degeneration of the conference would have a damp-

| @ roaring lion walketh about, the upper—tevel. !

seeking whom he may devour.

A Propaganda Scrimmage?

By Harold Morrison Canadian Press Staff Writer

ening influence on the five-coun-

see| try Western disarmament panel

which has- been working for some two weeks to prepare the Western approach to the meet- ing.

The working panel, which in- cludes Canada’s Gen. E. L. M. Burns, is reported to have com- pleted the preliminary Western position, based on the view that the West should seek the broad- est possible steps attainable in the disarmament field.

Generally these would be based on the U.S. disarmament proposals of: last September with some specific priorities in mind.

One would seek agreement on - avoidance of war by miscalcula- tion or accident. Another deals with control over strategic wea- pons delivery systems, such as rockets and long-range bomb- ers. A third would provide ad- vance information over military manoeuvres and control over the use of space for military purposes. ;

These would involve a great deal of East-West discussion by skilful technicians before they could be considered by political leaders. ‘

A preliminary cursory discus- sion at the summit would merely delay negotiations at the technical level where bar- gaining and compromise would again have to be referred back to the summit for considera- tion. This would mean more discussion and possibly more delay.

FARMERS

SHORT COURSES IN

“the name applies not only to the | principal island but also to the peninsula or ‘New Territories” jutting off the coast of Red

. China across the way. Here, Mr.

Scofield saw glimpses of old

China: “Medieval walled vil- lages, me npatiently following teams of water buffaloes, $nd long lines of women squatting in muddy fields to dig up water chestnuts.”

OUR YESTERDAYS From the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb. 17, 1987)

Many farmers drive their horse and sleigh to Charlotte town for Saturday night shop- ping, but few travel 40 miles.

Leeman MacPhee and Stewart .

MacDonald left Wood Island at 5 a.m. Saturday and arrived in | the city after eight hours sleigh- | ing over roads closed to auto- | motive traffic. They returned to | their homes next day, by the same means,

(Feb. 17, 1952)

Chamber -of Commerce. |

find that instead of trying te | want at the third annual meet-

put up the price of potatoes, the | so-called marketing

young ;

Gordon MacDonald, liaison offi- cer to the chamber from the | Senior Board of Trade. spoke briefly.

Completion of the high power line from the RCAF station in Summerside to Charlottetown, by the Electric Com-

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Dr. John Sterns was elected

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