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a _An Able Ambassador
‘3 Prince Philip is undoubtedly the ‘Commonwealth’s most talented “am-
has gone—and he has gotle toa aa many places—he has helped to streng- then the intangible but very effective bonds that bind the peoples of the Commonwealth together, despite many differences. ©
~ His Royal Highness’ present tour is no exception. His reception in Indizx Was all that could be required and ‘perhaps more than might have been expected. [here is no question but
hat the influences which keep India and Pakistan in the CommonWealth areot quite as strong as those which bind the old Dominions to the
wn. One feels, however, that they
will be a bit stronger by reason of Philip's visit and the charm of man- ner that he is revealing as he travels op and down. But he is more than a man of charm and goodwill. He has a very fine intellect, a distinct flair for scientific research and diseus- sion and an extraordinary ability to impress his listeners.
--. All these qualities are of great value—never more so than now, when millions of persons in the Eastern lands of the Commonwealth are try- ing to defend their democratic institu, tions against the wily forces of the- totalitarian idea.
Atlantic Development
If all the words relating to in- dustrial development could be trans- lated into action, the Atlantic re- gion would soon be competing with Central Canada on equal terms. Alas, that is uhlikely to occur in this gen- eration.
Among the sou
er proposals we have noted thus far the four-point program brought forward in’ Par- liament by J. Chester MacCrae, PC. member for York-Sunbury, Mr. Mac- _ Crae’s program would include federal, | aid for resources development;—im-—|—""_~ mediate building of the P.E.I.-N.B. causeway and the Chignecto Canal, industrial decentralization with fed- eral aid and an improved transporta- tion policy. en _ As to the first mentioned, there is no justification for the Government’s exclusive concentration in Northern areas; though that, of course, is im portant. As Mr. MacCrae put it, -the Government should look East as well as North. The East deserves that treatment. It ought to be looked upon _ not as a “relief” measure but as an essenfial aid to Canadian develop. ment generally.
Deceutralization of industry is valuable from an economic stand- point; and it would be essential in. the event of a national emergency. The time to do something about it is now. As for improved transportation facilities, the need is obvious. And Mr. MacCrae is -right in. suggesting that legislation to relieve the effect: of the recent freight rate increase would be useless unless a formula were devised to offset any further increases. This practice of running to the Transport Commissioners for an
_ increase on the slightest pretext should be prohibited py '
Fatuous Reasoning
To what depths of fatuity can those scientists who are professed atheists descend? Well, Y. T. Fadeyev, head of the scientific-atheistic section | of the Soviet journal “Science and : Life”, has shown that there is about: , no limit to them. ©
In a recent talk over Moscow Radio, Mr. Fadeyev had this to say: . “Religious dogma holds it ‘is possible | to ascend to Heaven only through divine intervention. But in the age of , jet-aircraft and high-altitude rockets, artificial earth satellites and inter- planetary ships, it is comical to argue that men cannot reach the heavens. The religious legend about the- im- possibility of flying in the cosmos at will has suffered a complete fiasco. Why if, formerly, human conquest of ‘outer space was not agreeable to God, ‘is it agreeable now? On the other hand, if the All-Highest has altered His designs, it shows that~He over.’ Jooked something in the very begin- ‘ning. Therefore, the All-Highest is snot fitted with absolute wisdom and knowledge, as If
bes
God is compelled to reconcile Himseif to the impudent feats of human be- ings,who are penetrating farther and farther into outer space, He is not Almighty, and that also runs ‘counter to religious dogma.
“Churchmen maintain that the world of the beyond and the spirits inhabiting it are disembodied and non-material and that, therefore, they cannot be seen by human beings. But oe use satellites “and rockets” to. study _phenemena, the greater part of which we cannot per- ceive with our sensory organs—cos- mic rays, X-rays emitted by the sun, or magnetic: fields. If supernatural beings really existed they would long since have been detected by powerful means of scientific research. The fact that satellites and‘rockets have not detected the All-Highest, angels and so on, bears testimony against re- ligious convictions and strengthens disbelief in God.”
As any youngster who has been taught the rudiments of religion knows, scientific research into outer space or anything connected with it can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God. Mr. Fadeyev’s dis- course proves one thing,. though— his own theological ignorance. He doesn’t even seem to know the differ- ence between “Heaven” and “the heavens.” As for the Christian doc- trine of God, it is a closed- book to Mr. Fadeyev.
Bombsmanship *
Under thé above heading the Globe and Mail comments drily upon Hon. Lester Pearson’s warning that the Government “is sitting on an in flationary time bomb.” True enough, it says, and who should. be more familiar with the pains and perils of such a posture than Mr. Pearson him- self? -
When he entered the Cabinet as Secretary of State for External Af- fairs in September, 1948, the cost-of- living index stood at 158.9 (on the basis of 1934-9 equalling 100). year later, the index had risen to 162.3, another year later to 169.8, and still another year later to 189.8. At this point (1951) Mr. Pearson’s Government deemed it prudent to change the basis of the index, mak- ing 1949 equal 100.
On this basis, the cost-of-living in- dex stood at 116.1 in September, 1952, the fourth anniversary of Mr. Pear- son’s entry into the Cabinet: Sub- sequent years saw it rise progressive- ly. On June 10, 1957, when Mr. Pear-
| son’s Government was-turned-—out -of—{|.ed—with—a—natural_protection—a—|
office by the electorate, stood at 121.6.
To sum up, Mr. Pearson was in the Cabinet for. nine years. In the first three of those years, the cost-of-liv: ing index rose by 30.9 points. In the remaining six of those years, it rose by 5.5 points. Such was the “inflation- ary time bomb” on which the Libera! Leader himself sat. He was, we may suspect, glad enough to get off it.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Whatever excuse there may be for holding a plebiscite on the water- fluoridation issue—and we think it
the index
_is very slim—there is surely none at
all for delaying it for another year.
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British Guiana’s imposition of $3.00 a hundredweight duty on pot- atoes means this: Whatever market there was;in British Guiana for our potatoes, there will be none at all from now on. At least, we can see no reason for any other interpretation
Protestant leaders seem to be divided in. their opinions regarding the Ecumenical Council to be called by Pope John XXIII. It is too early yet to say exactly what the Pontiff Ras in mind as far as discussing pos- sible means of achieving Christian unity is concerned. But, the fact that the Pope has even mentioned othe Christian bodies in his announcement regarding a» General Council is note- worthy.
According to Editor and Puolisn- er, Sears Roebuck and Company, the largest retail organization in the Un- ited States, is planning to spend $48 million on -newspaper advertising this year. This represents ‘73.3 per cent of Sears’ retail advertising dol- Jar and will purchase a total of 275 million lines in about 1,000 newspa pers. Noting that his company, from 1946 through $443,258,000 of newspaper. advertis ing, President Charles B. Kellstad: remarked at a press conference at which publicity plans for the present year were discussed: “These figures are living evidence of how we value the importance of newspaper adver
, tising.” No doubt if the figures were available, a similar story could be told with regard to the big retail or- ganizations in Canad
1958 had purchased”
“HIYA, PARDNER!!
Eight out of every 10 children in Canada have decayed teeth by the time they first attend kinder- garten. 4
No amount of cleaning would greatly improve ‘this figure, any more than you would hope to stop damp sheef-iron from going rusty by periodically rubbing it down. Sheet iron goes rusty be- cause it’ lacks ingredients, pres- ent in stainless steel, that could protect it.
The same is true of teeth, al- though the picture is more com-- plicated than it might at first seem, for, generally speaking, no tecth can withstand decay un-
ing of enamel; contains a small minimum percentage of the ele- ment of fluorine.
The normal way to obtain this would be through drinking water.
Some areas draw their water supplies from rocks that -contain fluorides. which are compounds of various elements with fluorine. In such places, scientists have
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found. children's teeth are bless-
gainst decay.
Learning a lesson from _ na- ture, health authorities in many parts of the world have ordered that, when fluoride content of the local water is deficient it. shall be brought to the desired level of
one part per million by adding fluorides. a : The process, of _course.
is known as fluoridation =
A committee of medical ex- peris Was appointed by the Unit- ed Nations World Health Organ- ization in Geneva to investigate the position in 17 countries where the minimum fluoride content ex- ists naturally or is added: Among those where the fluoride exists naturally were communities totalling three million in the U.S. and, 500.000 in the U.K. RECOMMENDATIONS.
The recommendation of the World Health Organization com- mittee was unequivocal.
The fluoride content of water should be raised artifically where necessary to the optimum of one part per million “whenever and whereever possible.”
There was no more evidence that. water containingNthese con- centrations of fluerid® could im- pair
Fluoridation has now been en- dorsed by the. heads of depart- ments of preventive medicine of 75 universities in Canada and the U.S., including all the big univer- sities
It also has the C2:ad4 Canadian Public Health Associa- tion, the National Research Coun-
support of the
cil of the U.S., the U.S: Publie Health Service, the American Dental Association, the Ameri-
can Medica! Association and the Health League of Canada. WHY THE OPPOSITION
When the facts are so obvious, why should there be any difficul- tv? Why, you may ask, if fluori- dation ‘not iniversal in Canada?
less the dentine, or outside coat-
an Deéatal Association. end |
What Floridation Means
Leonard Bertin in the Financial Post Indorsed by the Health League of Canada
Part of the reason, both here and in the U.S., is that there is no better, easier way to secure the piiblic eye, politically, than by opposing health measures about which there may be, iu some people's minds, a shadow of doubt.
Another reason is that there is 00d money to be made out of this sort ‘of thing by writers and broadcasters who are prepared to take a different line and stand by it whether or not they believe in it or know anything about it.
There is big money to be made by lecturers who stamp. their way up and down the country claiming often qualifications to which they are not entitled or which bewilder the public
There is big money to be made by quacks and sellers of pills who claim that they have'a substit- ute. Many of these same quacks oppose vaccination, pasteuriza- tion, conventional treatment of cancer for the same reasons.
One of thé most vociferous of opponents to fluoridation disap- planation when a local newspap- er investigated his past and found that he had escaped from Elgin lll., mental asylum. :
Another was several aemes pro- secuted successfully under the U.S. Food and Drugs Act for falsely representing the contents of some of his ‘medicine’. Like many of his colleagues, he runs a highly profitable business pub- lishing and selling pamphlets. Drugs he sells are claimed to be equally potent in cases of goitre falling hair. St. Vitus Dance and split nails. The list of these peo-—
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ple is endjess, and they are often difficult to expose.
Not all. those who have oppos- ed fluoridation measures when they have been introduced, of course, had dishonest motives or hope of personal gain. But many who talk on the subject have lis- tened too long to people who have.
The whole fluoridation prob- lem might provide an excellent motif for some modern version of a Gilbert and Sullivan ret- ta were it not so aetna <
The tragedy of the whole busi- ness is that your children are losing “all the way. The protec- tion that fluoridation alone can give them can only be given to them now.
It will not have the same ef.- fect later on.
The Association of fayors and Reeves and the National Coun- cil of Women of Canada both passed resolutions in favour of fluoridation of communal wat- er supples.
One important factor in anti- fluoridation campaigns has been the existence of some single of- ficial in a large group who is op- posed to the measure and has op- posed it in the name of the group without ever _properly—consulting it
Members of such groups who are interested in the problem should ask themselves whether they have ever taken on their be- half and in their names. Another, thing they can do is to question the scientific or medical knowl edge of any people who set them- selves up as authoritative op- ponents of the scheme
They should at the same time endeavour to discover whether there could be any special mot- ives for opposing fluoridation be- yond those of public interest.
Riots In The Congo
By David
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Thé renewed rioting in the Bel- gian Congo during the weekend points up one of the biggest snags to Africa’s rapid progress: How fast should the change to inde- pendence from colonialism be?
In the last 10 years.the map of Africa has been made over and in
another few years the map of |\
today will be outdated. Ethiopia and Liberia are the two oldest in- dependent countries, with native governments. During the last dec- ade these others have been born. Egypt, Libya, the Sudan, Mo rocco, Tunisia, Ghana and Guinea. Soon to become indepen- deft are Nigeria, Somalia, the Cameroons and French Togoland.
This accounts for most of the countries in‘ the top-heavy look- ing upper part of the map of Africa. HATRED GROWING
Below that area, the threat of violence to win what the native people are seeking is mounting.
Besides the riots ‘in the Congo, the Portuguese colonies of An- gola -and Mozambique appear quiet but, like Portugal itself, civil liberties are restricted. In | South and East Africa, white mi-
Earliest Ch’‘town Survey
Island Historical Sociely
P.E.
Did you. know ‘tne following facts about the earliest survey of Charlottetown? —
Mr. Morris, surveyor-general of Nova Scotia, laid out the
plans for Charlotte Town in 1738, but some changes were intro- duced by Governor Patterson in 1771.,
The area of the whole was 7,- 300 acres, of which the town pro- per embraced 270, and 565 acres were reserved for a common, which, today, would be north of Euston Street. The roads cover- ed 64 acres. The remaining 6,401 acres were divided into pasture lots of 12 acres each, instead of the six acres oa the Morris plan. The town lots were 84 feet fron- tage by 120 feet depth. The five princival’ ¥streets in the old town fronting on fhe river were to be 80 feet in width, and the others 100 feet
ee Ne a ag
‘Street to Pownal Street.
The, sites of public buildings and St. Paul’s church were re- served for a church, court house and jail. What is now Dundas Esplanade ‘at rear of Char- lottetown Hospital) was reserv- ed for an ordinance yard to serve Fort George The land along the shore, from Prince was set apart for store houses and a market place, and here a weekly packet landed.
The square corresponding to our “old Jail Square” or Pownal Square was .on the block west of the- Dominion Building. ‘hat is, its boundaries were Rich-
mond, Rochford, Pownal aad Sydney ‘Streets. King Square was called North Square; the
others bore their present names. Great George Street, named af- ter the reigning monarch, was 7 only. street named on the vlan
Canadian Press Staff Writer
Rowntree norities seek to continue their domination with stronger and
stronger ‘measures. It seems impossible to agree on the speed at which the change
to independence should be made..
Slowly, say the colonial of- ficials. But if the pace is overly sluggish, anti-white riots such as those that have jolted the Congo
Eating Habits Often To Blame
N. Bundesen, M.D,
too well with "queoeiaied or un- catiaae at the office. His home life ig no bed of roses, either. Why? .
A SUPERMAN
The boss may think he is sort of superhuman. He doesn’t think he can become iil, and he doesn't eat sensibly. .
Far too many executives rush off to work in the morning with- out an adequate breakfast. Let's take a logical look at the situation, since most business- men respect logic.
BODY ENERGY
When a person arises in the morning he hasn't eaten for some 10 to 14 hours. His body needs the energy that only food can give it. A doughnut and a cup of coffee won't do the job. Yet, the boss doesn't even try to correct the situation at lunch. He probably discussed some business deal over the Juncheon table; maybe he has an~argu- ment. At best, he has a hurried
balanced, either.
AND RESTLESS middle of the
TIRED Thus, -by the
begin looking at the clock and start thinking of going home— the boss is restless and pretty tired. It's no time to ask for that were raise.
Mr. Executive leaves the nos: and downs several stiff ones. Tt relaxes him, and for the time“being he loses some of his inhibitions. But sooner or later | his disordered life catches up with him.
No, don't envy him. .
And tell him he ‘had better begin eating better in a hurry.
QUESTION AND ANSWER M.R.T.: Should a normal healthy person take cold and flu shots nine months out
year Answer: No. Cold and flu in
the boss.
as recommended by your phy- sician.
OUR YESTERDAYS
(From The Guardian Files)
TWENTY—FIVE (Jan, 31, 1934)
>| A unique event - the first of |
its kind to be held in the City took place last evening when an all French concert was presented to an appreciative audience in the Holy Redeemer Hall. The en- | tertainment was under the direc- tion Mme. Marie Leonie Howatt | and Mme. A. J. LaCoursiere.
erary Society was entertained | yesterday afternoon by Mrs. W. M. Rowe at her residence. Pro- fessor L. W. Shaw was also a guest. Assisting the hostess were Mrs. Harry Cudmore Mrs. Theo- dore Bayer. and Miss Dorothy Holman, Mr. L. T. Lowther, Principal of Prince Street School. spoke on the peace treaty which concluded the Great War.
TEN YEARS AGO (Jan. 31, 1949) Further trials of Canadian built
Ni. It is understood that an improv- ed type will arrive shortly. waymen and diesel experts ar- riving at the Charlottetown Hotel
or a searing wave of hatred such as engulfed, Kenya under the Mau Mau terror seem to be the result This hatred is not far below the surface in South Africa. Rhodesia and Nvyasalane ¥
TIMETABLE WANTED
Going too fast can also be dan gerous. Britain pulled out of the Sudan hurriedly. The government was unstable for .many months and only found its strength when President Nasser threatened to become a new imperialist. Guinea voted to secede from the French Union. Ha*dly had the votes. been counted than Paris cut nearly all ties with her former colony. Gui- nea was left financially weak.
Taking the initiative, a meeting o the pan - African liberation movement in ACcrs recently agreed that the Africans them- selves should fix the timetables for independence.
It has been suggested that a number cf nationalist leaders from: the Congo attended that meeting and may have organized the riots early this month to ferce Belgium’s hand in hasten- ing the move to independence
But a subsequent policy declara-
tion to the Parliament in Brus- sels still gave onlf a hazy fic: ture of the future. There was no timetable t> ovolitical independ ence.
The police report of the week- end disturbances at Matadi, the Congo's only big port, attributed the trouble to youths trying to take part in a discussien—on the colony's future that had been ar ranged between officials and na- tive leaders
It is perhaps a warning that the African wants to know more definitely when he can take the reins into his own hands. ‘
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Ferris, Kingston. Ontario.
The new pumping station on
4+ the Union Road, which is cap- |
able of adding one million gal- | lons daily to the Charlottetown | water supply. is not expected to | be used until April. stated Mr. Stanley Mathieson, Waterwork Superintendent, yesterday. Owing to-the mildness ‘ the season suf- ficient water has been available without the use of the new svs- tem. .
THE ARC OF SPACE
Beyond earth's arching dome of night
What great Peripherics! a
New island galaxies of light
Blaze high before his eyes, In skies that open at his probe To yield at last t eir Prize.
The solar and the lunar myths
That fed his primal awe.
Now fade before the blazing Fact,
The-worntter of the Law.
That manifests vefore him here
In giant Axioms won
Through some lofig race from dust to stars
That led hiy ‘» the. Sun
-Aatherine Ktiinedy
in the New York Times.
sites.
__NOTES B) BY THE WAY
the Gaulle aah Caan Set ia siskes yon 20 length.s-Seb erborough Examiner
- Workers on defence insfalla- tions at Churchill on Hudson’ Bay ne that Polar bears visit nd hang around the construction
Not that they mind side
Ottawa Journal
Ale iy light? At sea-level dep- sity air in a 2%-ft. box weighs
air ‘weighs oheet 140 ‘ieaedoe, over the earth its weight runs into trillions of Telegram ’
New Zealand has a shortage of marriageable girls and some 20,- 000 brides are required to restore the balance of the sexes. It is even reported that overtures have been made to governments of European countries to attract young girls to New Zealand. Ob- ject, marriage.—Ottawa Journal
We have always been glad te attribute to Mr. Dulles the high- est of motives. One of his handi- caps, unfortunately, is that he is driven by a sense of mission so lofty that it allows him no real rest or relaxation. no room for doubt as to the rightness of his every decision, no sharing of the burdens of responsibility. Even the presidegt plays only the role of consultant to Mr. Dulles on foreign policy.—Louuisville Cour- ier-Journal :
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afternoon—about ‘the time you | worth while.
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YEARS AGO
The Prince Street School -Lit- |
diesel locomotives will be made | on the Island Division of the C. | it was learned yesterday. |
Rail- |
yesterday were C. P. Gleeson. Springfield, Penn.; M. J. Thomp- son, Rochelle, Hl.; and N. W.!
Such wonders sar the Are of” Space, Man, gazing up, now sees
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__ Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something
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tons.—Toronto |
Se A good deal-ef the trouble with the unemployment insurance scheme is* that it is not, im the true sense, insurance at all. The fund is not run on an actuarial basis, income does not balance with the amounts paid out. and the whole act is a makeshift
hodge-podge of rulings and amendments‘ which is sadly. out’ .
A British astrologer’s ‘predic-
‘tion that Princess Margaret will
wed this year,reinforces o ur. im pression that-astrelogy is not om
ly a superstitien but alse an im- ~
pertinence. The prognosticator goes so far as to presume to set the likeliest date, a prerogative usually reserved to the prospec- tive. bride.—St. Louis Press-Dis- patch.
Two men of substance and responsibility have spoken out against inflation, drawing atten- tion to the fact that those who suffer most from inflated values are those who can least afford to do so. Rhys M. Sale, of the Ford Motor Company and D. E. Kil- gour of Great-West Life both pointed to governments as ag- ents of control and Mr: Kilgour went so far as to say, “If a soc- iety as mature and as informed as ours cannot devise ways and means of preventing sabotage from the top we cannot have far to go.""—Peterborough Examiner
The Age Old Story
We have a great High Priest who is passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God.
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