iiidress in Parliament A By King’s C_¢_i_i_i_nty Memb er

u flu teat of a speech 4 1n the House Oom- {fffmrea z-s. in u» course a m. on the Draft Address. by p; T. V. Grant. Liberal mem- Kill '82 waiter, z m» the hon. magma‘; who h“ proceeded me Wm (oi-give me if I do not follow "mun. However. I wish, to mngratuleta him upon nevi»: wt m, g, splendid fllhli DEG-inst his gdverssrfes and upon having put ‘l, 1e“; 5 couplO 0! them to flight. I did not intend to say ‘nymlng during this debate be- au”, m“ omen, 1 was anxious u“, 1t should come to an end. However. WW" 17195539 bu“ brought to bear "P00 m! by 50319 o; my Maritime callus-Wee. I ywldgd against my better Judg- mm!" 1 did not think lt was “h; w allow the Tory member ‘o. Queen's (Mr. McL/ure). to have “fuvgmng to say about conditions u. prince Edward Island. One of my old teachers used to say that when you beard nbbhllil Y9“ should say nothlnl- bl" h!" 1 m afraid I am disobeying him. “r listened attentively but pain- Mly w the doleful speech of the Tory member for Queen's. It was . ‘loamy picture indeed that he gave of conditions in our Province. Th, iLt part of his W099i W“ mung“, however, because he in- vited tourists to come down to ma, (aryibly neglected Province. w, speech reminded me of the wt‘; dwiption of Jacques Oar- mu first winter on the St. Law- rence river. He WM "Hy IllWl-IIY at fiist because the river was frozen over and there were other oondltions which were not very [Jil-abit‘, but later on he changed like my hon. friend. I think the Lncs uf the poet read somewhat u follows: Bu’. when ho chewed l1" "We Ha told how soon it cast in early spring the fetter: ’l'hat helcl the waters fast. y“ the magic wand of summer Cast the latidsca-pc of liis eyes bike the dxybonee c! the Just When they wake in Paradise.

to the St.

“Ho was referring surrounding

Ievltazice river and srcnerl‘.

Provincial Election

1 m sorry the hon. member (or cape Breton South (Mr. Gillisl i; not in his seat at the moment. Before continuing and by Way 01 etversion. may I say that follow- ing the last provincial election in my Province 1 understand he gave an interview t0 the press. I am ttld that the reason SW91! by hi!" for all C.C.F. candidates having m, their deposits was that the people of Prince Edward Island were not sufficiently educated along C. C. F. lines. I am n0?- iinding fault with his way of ex- pressing himself. but I presume he meant that we did not know the C. C. F. party well enough. There is s contradiction hers, because the people of Prince Edward Is- land tumed down the Tory Perl-y because they knew them too well.

"To get back to the 'I‘ory mem- ber for Queen's, his speech was indeed moumful and bewildered. The other day he told the Min- ister of Transport (Mr. Ghcvrier) that he and the tninister had both done well for the Province of Pnnce Edward Jsland. I think it was ingratitude on his part to ignore the senior member for Queen's (Mr. Douglas). I am re- minded of the travellers in Aesop's fable who picked up s frozen snake and placed it in his bosom, and alter lt had warmed up a little lr. stung him to death. I was sur- Prlsed to hear such a speech made in this House, especially at a time when the Province of Prince Dd- ward Island has never been as Prosperous. In fact it looks some- times as though this is a period of uncontrolled prosperity.

“In his speech yesterday the only minister praised .by the hon. ulcmhv: was the former Minister of Fisheries, the lam Hon. Mr. Bruiser. 1 suppose he thinks the 0111s‘ Rood Liberals are deed ones.

Cold Storage Plants

"The Tory member for Queen's dfillurcs the fact that we have not more cold storage plants in Prince Edward Island. l-Ils party has been in power in Prince Edward Iromi. and u he were in his seat llllllzlit I would ask him if he ‘Wk! DOl-nt to one cold storage Dlflnt that the Conservative party fiver built in Prince Edward Is- l-"ld. There are in my constitu- flllv about five potato warehouses winch were built for the benefit bl the potato growers and the “hem party built everyone of ""01- There is one in Souris “will! 8200.000. another of the ‘lime kind in Georgetown, another ‘l Whirl, mother in Bt. Andrews, :00 another one being built in Well-all built under a Liberal ldministratlon. Not one of those all ‘Wm plants was built by

9 Conservative party. The Ub- hls built everyone of them. I should’ like the Tory member for 3'1""! to point out something “it the conservatives have clone whhlllflfl Edward Island. or any-

"cro also for that matter.

m’ l1" llloke about highways. m°P:"° I treat many highways M mince Edward Island. hundreds mm l" 0i paved reeds running u‘ 0M end of the Province to u‘ ""141. and the Conservative , “Y “ghxtabaiildt one foot es

. ateswt st cue m" t» bulls s m: miles; but they ,5 6:" mm to understand now ma‘ "l: the frost destroyed the a“ IM tbs work bod to be ail thaw" lllin by a succeeding

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reefers. I ll not know easel: when his word "reefer" came from. hit than is s warm jacket wbichiskpwnuaroodersnd W118i! that ll why they all the warm cars rulers. 1 suggest to my hon. friend that he get one of thesereefu" coatsifhecanget one ll-TIO enough to button. and “w! I9?- oae of these fed furs and put it around his neck. and than M would not have w do so much talking in the House. We would all know what he stood for-reef- ers and f0! furs.

"One strange thing n; dd _ that all the money that was upeagt on plants in Prince Edward Island during the war was $1,777. As a matter of fact, there was more money spent in Prince Iidlwsrd Island for its size than in any other province. Millions of m1. lars were spent there by the than Minister of National Defence bu. cause he was a member for the Province. Millions of dollars were spent on two or three airports. I dud not get much ln my conltihs. OMY. but I got elected at the next election. What I did get was an slr raid telephone line all along the north shore of my constitu- émy- and after the war was over, the government gave that to the people. It served several parishes. ‘that alone must have cost many thousands of dollars, so that 1 cannot understand where my hon. friend gets his figure of $1.277.

“The Tory member for Queen's also complains about our National Park and says that the roads leading to it are not good enough. 1 ask him who built the National Park there? -What is the National Park to any Tory? It was built by the Liberal government. but the Tories can go there. o1 course. But they never put it there, and they never would put it there. There is one highway to the park. My hon. friend need not com- plain because his party never did anything like that in our Province

at least. Quotes

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Provincial Dept.

about reefer cars, I should like to put a statement on l-Iansard with regard to reefer cars in Prince Edward Island. This is taken from the Depart- ment of Agriculture in Prince Ed- ward island: ‘During the crop season of I947 there were 8,835 carloads of potatoes ferried across the straits by the Canadian Nat- ional Railways. During the same season-MB car-loads of turnips were ferried across, making u total of 9,393 cars of potatoes and turnips ferried across the straits.’

“So the Tory member for Queen's had a big Job on his hands in ar- ranging for all these cars. 0f course he had the assistance of the Minister of ‘Transport. but he liad to work pretty hard himself. The minister is a hard worker too. but I do not think he could ever get along without the aid of his par- liamentary assistant. the Tory member for Queen's.

(On motion of Mr. Grant the debate was adjourned).

Resumes Debate

"m. Speaker, last night when the debate adjourned I was try- ing to repair some of the damage which had been done by the Torv member for Queen's in an ad- dress which he had made a day OI s0 previously regarding condi- tions in the Province od’ Prime Edward Island."

Mr. Speaker: "Order. There is so much noise in the chamber that it is difficult to hear what the hon. member is saying. May I ask the hon. member who has the floor to speak louder. please."

Mr. Grant: "I had shown that 9,373 cars oi’ potatoes were ship- ped across the Straits last crop season. a larger msmbcr than had been shipped in any previous year. Incidentally, the potato crop of Prince Edward Island last yea: amounted to about 10,000,000 bus- hels.

"The Tory member for Queen's h-ad attempted to belittle the Federal Government. but in doing so he beilttled his own Province. I was reminded of’ the oration of John Bright in the British House of Commons when lie was depict- ing the condition of the Irish people a few generations ago at the hands of the British Govern- ment. As far as the Federal Gov- ernment's dealings with Prince Ed- ward Island are concerned, I shall speak of my own constituency.

Boat Harbours

"Since I came into the House in 1635 the Federal Government has constructed seven boat harbours in my eonstlhiency for the bene- fit of the fishermen, and I do not think my hon. friend can point to one host harbour on the whole Island which his party has ever constructed. I have just re- ceived notice tliat a. new boat harbour will be constructed at Launching Place. the contract having been awarded to H. J. Phillips arid son, the lowest tend- erer, at 8,858.30. so that both the county and the Province as a whole will benefit from this new harbour. There is another boat harbour in my constituency being constructed at Hayfield at the present time. It is being done by day labour. the men are now get- ting out the lumber and the money has already been voted. ‘fithinktbeuberalpertyrstb- ss- tlssa the conservative party should claim the title “MINI- sivs", but the liberal party does not believe in changing its name. It is only book robbers and - sits and people with too many lat-

ters in their names who want to

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771a WEEK at S. D. U.

The snow is still piled high an the campus. and there is more ice in the rink than there eves- was; but yesterday "New" un cam! up with the amazing assertion llwl spring was 1m around the corner. Every year Len anticipates Boring at least a week or two in “WNW: he bases his annual oo- servation on the adage, "Wher- ynung men's thoughts turn to what girls have been thinking about all winter, it's Spring." There is. however. some scepticism as w the accuracy of his prediction this your. Could he substantiate his lo- mark with some direct evidence? He could: Pete Sullivan. who is usually camera-shy, was having some difficulty in getting hlmsed shot from the most flattering angle; lately Paul Landrigan had been heard singing "It might as well be Spring"; Blacquiere had discarded his army tunic for sport coat and a flashy red tie; and Gene was brushing up on nls line, especially ‘the war episode. I

“Shorty” MecKinnoi-i, however, was unconvinced. "Ridiculous", he said, "Spring depends upon tn.- weather only. and no one can fore

toll it any other way." But as the days lengthened and the Juniors began to talk of the prom, there were more and more agreeing with Len.

O I O

On Thursday night, March 4, St. Dunstans’ debaters concluded their debating for the year. On that night Cyril Sinnott and Wilfred Drlscoll dropped a split decision to Acadia University in st. Duri- stans‘ fourth debate of the year. Previously B. D. U. debaters had won three straight to tie with Acadia for the Maritime champ- ionship. The fourth and final de

bate for the Maritime shield was held in Halifax; the St. Dunstans‘ team had the affirmative of "Re- solved: That Canadas National Defence should begin at home." Father Cass, the debating coach. is not disheartened at the loss: he says. “Iii the three years tr which St. Dunstans has been a member of the M. I. D. I... we have won six debates. We nearly did it this year when we won all three: next year we will win the shield."

I O O

On Saturday night, 8t. Dunstans Glee Club entertained the students and faculty with a Variety Show The program featured songs by the choral group. and specialties by Ralph Bernard, Jim Saunders, Jim Trainor, and many others. Highlights of the evening were two duets, one by Ralph Bernard and Alice MacCloskey, and the other by Lorne MacDonald and Jim ‘frail-tor.

0n Monday St. Dunstarrs phi‘.-

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Margaret Hose, while I-lis Majesty wife and daughter.

Alt the ideal homo exhibition at Olympia. London, the Queen stops to inspect a small puppy. Beside the ribbon-batted queen is Princess

the King is almost obscured by his

IDNEDON, March ll — (GP) — Field Marshal Earl Wavell, over. all commander o1 the ill-fated Burma campaign. says that a "car dinal mistake" by Britain's chiefs of staff in London contributed to the defeat or his outnumbered forces in 1942.

The mstalze was the inclusion of Burma In the Far East command instead of under India.

Lord Wavell. former Viceroy of India. writes that the result was that three times dllflflfl the cam- palgn the defence of Burma was transferred frcm one command to another. During the vital weeks when Burma's [ale was decided h!‘ was 2,000 miles away in Java and had inadequate knowledge 0,1 ivhat

osophers celebrated the feast of 5' Thomas Acqulnas with the trad;- tional banquet, held this year a: the Queen Hotel. The day began with High Mass sung by Fatvr

of thought.

Of course. quite a few air force personnel got their faces smashed in crack-ups, B_ut a girl . . . well, girls have a very special feeling about their faces. And when they brought the tall slender WD corporal into ho§pital—one of the eight of twenty-seven left alive out of a flight that crashed between Vancouver and _ Rupert-she was about the moat unrecogniz- able Airwoman stall breatbin They flew Helen-and Mary, another WD with a badly burned back-Jo Toronto's Christie Street Military Hospital, for skin grafts and burn treatment. _ worker told me she'd never forget it. The Red Cross room is in the heart of‘ the wards, next door to the room those girls had.,

For weeks workers just tiptoed in out on theirroundl-wrltingleturmeuPPlyingstamps, cigarettes and chocolato bars to the patients.

‘No Visitors’ One operation followed another through the months in which doctors built a new

face or Helen and trusted M ‘a back ' great friends with ut they didn't want to meet people from the ‘outelde’, right then. Even when the ‘No Visitors’ sign went down and Air Force boys and other vet. patients wheel- haired and crutch-tapped m,

g in this country.

Sullivan. then the usual hockey game between the Juniors and

‘Seniors. and ln,the afternoon toe banquet. Jim Morris as toastmas-

ter played his part very effectively as did the other students who pro. posed, e_nd responded to, the toasts. The guest speaker was tru-

Illonourable Sir William ltfacMii-

lan, 1\'I.D., C.M., F.A.C.S.. O.B.E. H!

lspoke of the importance of pliilos~

rrphy in social. economic and politi- cal life; and he pointed to

iresponsibility which rests on tlios=

wlio follow the Catholic philosophy of St. Thomas in shaping the fu-

ture ot this world, so confused at.

present by so many false schools

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Wavell Tells 0f Burma’ Campaign

was going on in the country.

Of the period when he was com- mander-in-chief Southrxeet Pacific with responsibility for Burma. Lorri Wavell writes:

"From my headquarter; in Java 2,000 miles distant from Rangoon and concerned as I was with an immense area, and many interna- tional problems it was impossible for me to give as close attention to the defence of Burma as was desirable nor had I any reinforce- ments at. my disposal to aid Burma."

During the five weeks. that Burma remained under the South- West Pacific Command "1 was only iblc to pay t-wo hurried visits and ovring to faulty signal communica- tlons messages and reports from Burma sometimes look several days to reach me in Java.

"It was during these five weeks tlmt, tho fzile of Burma was decid. e4 .-

HLord Wavellls report. published

ll. S. Presidential Election Campaign informally Launched

WaKBIi-IAUTON. March L1 (CW-This week saw the begin. riing in earnest of a political czm- 941188 which provides United Stat- es voters with most complex and difficult decision in next Novem- ber's balloting.

Washington dlllldél its interest between the problem of picking sides in the election campaign and the scuiug talk of war and Corn- munlst domination.

Every day {one newspaper ca:- ries the latest blasts of Russian ylopaganda and bitter versions o! “hicidents” in which the United States is defied or insulted by Pfiiver; behind the iron curtain.

Every day some newspaper or radio program carries talk, often loose and irresponsible. about what the United States should do to stop Russia.

In such an atmosphere. the 1948 campaign for the presidency was informally launched this week.

President Truman announced his willingness to accept the ncmiri- aticvn if the Democrats so decide at their national convention in Philadelphia next July. His an- nmmcement comes at a timcwhen surface appearances would seem to offer him little hope of winning

Second development was the an- nouncement from Tokyo ihatC-en. Douglas MacArthur would accept the call to service if the Republi-

can Party nominates hfrn for President at its convention in June. also in Philadelphia.

Third development and really

the opening gun in the campaign was the primary election in New Hampshire where Governor Thom- as Dewey of New York and former Governor Harold Stassen of Min- nesota fought ll out for support of the eight delegates that state will rend to the June convention.

Stassen. a navv veteran o! the Second World War. won the sull- port of only two delegates. Dewey six, but it was looked u-orm as a significant showing for the spun: Republican nspkunf. from the west.

by the War Office tonight, was submitted in July. I942. less than two months after the end of the campaign. It was accompanied by reports roni Lt-Gen. T.J. Htitton,| commander in chief from Dec. 27.‘.

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shy about seeing ‘just people‘. The Red Cross was different. Those women in the deep blue amocks were part of their own submerged world of pain and 11111858. y?» attached to the country outside. g L the little things the girls nceded—feminuie bim of shopping, letters and messages, plan- ned celebrations.

her typing, because u

their new lives, _ as they do with all our Canadian veterans m

hospitals everywhere. In proof that we, the people, have not forgotten.

Red Cross Services include: Blood TV-ansfusio Outpost Hos itala, Aid to Sick and Duo Veterans, Tgeahrwnt for Crippled Children, Disaster Relief, _ _ Nursing Courses, Swimming, WaicrSafety, etc.

i941 to March 5. 1942 and Gen.“ .Slr Harold Alexander (now Vis-l {count Alexander. Governor-General lof Canadal. commander in chief i frrm March 5 to Mav 20 194?. l a Lord Wavell praises Lorcl Alex; under who he says "tool: over an extremely difficult situation and a‘ ‘somewhat shaken and disorganized‘ ' army."

“By his cool and inspiring lead- ersliip he did everything possible; during the remainder o; the cam-I ‘paign to check the Japanese ady ,vance and keep the army togeth-

er."

They did

New Trades

As the ' ls progressed, going from one hos- pital toiunother for treatment, the Red Cross was always there. Sugpllvuig amblllflllwl. l5 firet-Aatenescorteto o _ Offering quiet practical assistance whenever it was needed.

Toda Helen and Mary g new y Helen can no longer teach physical

c ey games, concerts,

an leamin

Mary cannot continua, of rmanently stifiened while D A prepares them for the Red Cross still stands by

model.

Nutrition Services, Home

lvIacAi-thurs first test oi popu- larlty will come in the Wisconsin primaries scheduled for ea-rly April.

1'0 FILM CENTRAL AFRICA

IQNDON (OPl — R. A. F» pilots are preparing for the first aerial filming ever made of Central Africa. Flying at high altitudes they will photograph thousands of miles daily in the hope oi’ find- ing suitable sites for railroads and revealing latent possibilities in the unmapped jungle.