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GUARDIAN

Morning‘ Daily tlfooadod In ilfiy

President: Lieut. Col. W. Cluster S. Milli‘ Vice-President: l. B. Burnett. I‘. J. I. Secretary: lllout. Col. I). A. Liaolllnnon, 0.1.0. ldllor and bl ' Director: l. B. Burnett. IJ-l. associate Editors; l-‘rank Walker and Lieut- lal A. Burnett. ltC-NJLB. tUn Active Service)

“The Strongest Memory i: Weaker Th; the Weaker! Ink." MONDAY, MAY 21, 154T"

New Lieutenant Governor

Congratulations are due to Mr. Joseph A. Bernard, r\I.L.A., on his appointment to the high position of Lieutenant Governor, of the Province in succession to the Hon. B. W. Le- Page. This position is of great responsibility as well as eminence, and .\lr. I3ernard’s appoint- ment is one which, we believe, will meet with very general approval.

The present occupant has served longer" than usual, due to the fact that the party in power was not iu a position to nominate his successor for appointment by Ilis Excellency the Gove- ernor (Icneral at an earlier date.

llon. Mr. I.el’agc's regime has not D661 distinguished for any outstanding events other than the \"isit of 'l‘hcir lixcellcncics the Gov- ernor (Iieneral and the Princes Alice, and of course the outbreak. continuance and now the completion oi the war in Europe.

The new Iiieutcnant Governor and Mrs. Bernard will he cordially welcomed to Gov- ernment House "and this City‘, and it is to be hoped that old-time hospitality and tradition will be resumctl and maintained. The Lieutenant (igyefngrghil) and tiovcrnment Ilouse are about our sole remaining connection with our King and Royal Family". and it is right and proper that the dignity belonging to the office be sus- tained and popularized.

Mr. Gigtinefls Visit

Though the visit here today of Hon. G. Gardiner, liletleral Minister of Agriculture, is for political purposes, he is welcome nonethe- less, as anyone occupying his important posi- tiou would naturally be in this agricultural Province. .\s we tioted on the occasion of his last visit here in August, 19411 0111' 0111)’ 1e‘ gret is that Mr. Gardiner" has not found occas- ion to visit us oitener. .-\t that time we vent~ urcd to call his attention to one long-standing grievance to which we hoped he would give CmlnltlCFZlllOll. This was the urgent need of com- pleting llll[7l't'>\'(‘lllClllS t0 the Railway’ wharf Fll (Iharltittctowit. \\'e stressed the importatice of this tiroject to our potato and turnip shippers especially. recalled that it had been indorsed by our lloards oi 'l'rade and farm organizations, and diggestctl it as one well deserving the Min- ister's stipport. We tilso called his attention to the loss of the 3.5, (harlottetmvn and the need of obtainitig a satisfactory substitute for th; cttutiug winter season. The fact that we arc still waiting, four years later. with both these Ql'I(‘\llllt'('\' unsatisfied is uot llCCCSSZlrll)‘ .\Ir. (iardint-"Hs fault. btit it certainly is the fault 0f the Aliliihadllic King Government 0f which he i~ :i"i outstanding member. and likewise of our local !‘t‘,i>l‘<‘>'t'i1tzltivvs who were returned to sup- port hi. iitiYUTllllltdll prim.'tril_\' in the interests ‘if this Province. 'l'hat thc Government and our rcpivnseittaliix‘ have fallen down on the job is good reason nary ziciitiu >ll0liltl be taken by the Flcctor- a: til." prt-cut opportunity. to see that there is no rupt-titinn of the default when ncxt Par hlllldlll llVSblfi.

Tlniugh known personally" to very few of our farmer's. many oi them fcel that they have a crow or two to piclc with .\[r. Gardiner. Inst _\'l'2ll' in the l|<,:i>t~ of Commons he expressed hi> prefsix-iit": for Idaho over .\Iaritin1e pota- toes and refused the request of our Maritime grrnvers for a fhmi‘ price on their product. He is also remeuilier-sd as the gctillemati who rode roughshtitl over \\'.'trtime Prices and Tlrade Iiturrtl rr>1i"irtin|is in the interests of his \\'est- ern citustituenh. but declined to intervene when the Hoard zirbitrurily refused to grant export permits for I'l'ii‘.t‘t' Edward Island potatoes, will". the lU~llll that our growers lost half a million (ltlliili'§ on their i943 crop. This created such intlignzttion at the time that Hon. G. H. Barbour" and Mr. _l. \\'_ Boultcr went to Ottawa to seek ctmipensatioii from the Dominion Gov- ernment. Thev intcrvicivctl Mr. liztrdinct" and that. ii seems. \\Jl\ t'\\ far as they got. The storv of this imsucccssitil delegation was re- lated by Mr. Iloultei" at the lasLannual meet- ing of the I7ariucrs Federation. Mr. Gardiner is said to have pl.'tt‘t'tl the blame for the losses incurred on our lack of transportation, Mr, Boultei" conceded that the scarcity of cars was a factor. but claimed that during the months of January and February, 1944, Island potato shippers could get no permits to ship to United States markets. (lntario and Quebec growers kept their polltlncs in storage for a May and June ceiling price while Island potatoes were going on their markets. We took the rap and they reaped the profits; and that seemed to be OK. with the blackenzic King Government.

It may" be pointed out that Mr. Gardinefs alibi about the i943 crop losses being due to

transportation difficulties did not in any way

relieve hinl of the responsibility of sponsor- ing our claim for l‘(‘l'll'|l)l‘lf5(‘l’l‘|Clll. That was a matter for which the King (iovernmcnt was even more directly responsible that it was for the rulings of its Prices Hoard. If we had live wires'at flltawa we should have been able to make that crystal clcar to Mr. Gardiner and hi; cabinet colleagues.

That 'No Vole. N0 Fight’ Argument

At the San Francisco conference Canada's delegates are sponsoring a “no-vote, no-fight" IL'\IlQv——fl proposal that any country who”

forces would be used in a war against aggres- sion should have a vote whenever the proposed world organization attempts action to put down aggression.

The “no-vote, no fight" policy seems fair. But, suggests an exchange, there must be a reverse to such a policy-the reverse of “no- fight, no-vote.” i

with respect to the last? Because no country without a policy of military conscription, or unlikely to resort to military conscription, can give any guarantee to a world security organ- ization that it will be ready or able to fight. If or when the world security organization calls on a member state for armed forces to deal with aggression it will want that force immediately-not a year later after the state called on has had time to raise and train volun- teers.

-EDITORIAL NOTES- Just three weeks till election day. i I I

The People's Cemetery can run only an- other month on the funds at its disposal. What then?

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Among the disfranchised at this election will be most of the Commissioners to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Can- ada, which is being held in Toronto in election week.

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According to the Ottzuva correspondent of the lllonlrcal Casein’, the Canadian Navy is planning not jtlst a token task in the Pacific but a full time one, 95 per cent of the person-

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The Boy Scouts and Girl Guides are fortun- ate in enlisting the services of Mr. .\IcC0rnv.cl., the Queen's County Scout Commissioner, for he it was who secured their new headquarters from Messrs. Sclnvartz & Co., whOse local rcp- rescutative is Dr. Leo Frank.

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The civil estimates recently issued in Brit- ain show that for the year ending March 31st. I946, the estimated gross cost to the Exchequer of public education in Iiuglautl and “ales will be $412,775,35o.40.

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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force Air Am- bulance orderlies are playing an important part in the evacuation to Iinglantl of large numbers of British troops wounded in Germany. \\'hen tiearly 1,000 of these over-the-Rhine troops were brought back by No. 46 Group of 'l'ransport Command in time to spend Easter in ltospitals in Britain. \V.A..A.F. attendants travelled in

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United Kingdom Information.

The reasons why some Carla. dians should offer their lives in this war and other; should not‘. (other thing-s between them bei g equal) are no more logical or res- pectable than that: some men should pay income tax and other men 1n the same cincimutances should non-Vancouver Province.

Thole who arrive at the in. fortnatlon about the most used letter in the alphabet could not have operated a typewriter in a newspaper office. says the ‘Hllson- burg News. If they had, that let- ter would most certainly be “X" It is the one letter that most com- pletely obllterates errors and per- mlts the editor to go blithely on with his fickle ways of changing words. In fact, the popular letter in its lower-case form came 1n handy for this paragraph.

For the enlightenment of the proverbial Man from Mars. and incidentally of the guests from other lands at San Francisco, who may have judged America by the radio and newspaper headlining of Mr. Vlnsorrs reconverslon 1m- nouncement: Americans do not. all spend their days at race tracks and the wee sma‘ hours at. night clubs, In fact, to a few these are strange and unfamiliar places to around 120,003,000. we would iestlmate.—Chrlstlan Science Mou- tor.

ll. R. Knickerbocker, war cor- respondent, says that last time he was 1n Italy he dined with a group which included an Italian noble- man of some minor distinction. Eventually the conversation turned towards the course of the conflict. "But. my dear fellow." said the Ita- lian, who affected a British mnn— ner and accent, "you cannot pos- slbly know as much about the war as we do. You see, we have been on both sides!" — Wnll 511951 Journal.

It ls quite unfair that, in this modern age when machines play such an important part, the aver- age farm famllv lives in a. home that is little improved over those of the pioneers who opened up this country — water carried from a well or spring. 011 1111111151111‘ lighting. outside toilets and the farm wlfe compelled to1d0 D1116- tlcally all her work by hand. Farm women should rlse up and de- mand that_the farm ndllsbfyfle brought up- to date so that the boys and girls will feel that. farn - lng ls as honorable and well llflltl an occupation as any other. NOW that the war in Europe ls over. let/s have a farm home revolu-

the aircraft to look after them. This particular group has brought back ntore than 77.000

wounded since D-Day. i

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Friday is Rose Day, inaugurated by Queen Alexandra for the disposal of roses made by the crippled children 0f Eilglailtl on bcltalf of charitable objects. The Royal Edu/arcl Chapter of the I. O. D. E. here observed it annually. and will do so this year as usual. the funds hitherto during the war being devoted to war char- ities and on the present occasion to pOStflVZl!‘ endeavours.

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One thing about recent weather it has pill)’- ed fair all over the Dominion. each and every province complaining of tinfztvourable condi- tions. In the Maritimcs planting has been dc- Iayccl; in Quebec some grain seeded early but has had a set back; in Ontario, planting got off to a good start, but since many fields are under flood and fall wheat has been damaged over a wide area. ivhile the necessity of keep- ing cattle in the barn is causing a serious drain on feed stipplies; cold wet weather in the Prairies will necessitate re-seediug in many districts; in British Columbia the season is al- ready two weeks late.

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Stocks of creamery butler" in Canada iu slot-ages, dairy factories and railway compan- ies at the opening of business on May t total- led 12,540,767 pounds, an increase of 34 per cent over a year zigo, the Dontinion Bureau of Statistics reports. April l stocks totalled i3,- 531518 p0unds, while as of May t, 1944, the total was 9,364,896 pounds. May l, the lint-pan points out. is the low point of the year for the stocks of this commodity‘ and the indicated in- crease of some 3,000,000 pounds over May |, I944, is a favorable position. it! I i i General Igor" I. Sikorsky", M. Sc, American aircraft designer, born this date I889 in l\'us- sia, educated at the Naval College, St. Peters- burg, the Institute of Technology, Kiev, and Yale University; built and flew first multi- motored plane in 1913; (lesigitcd and built 4- motored bombers for the Russian Army in I916; commissioned by the French Govern- ment to build Sikorsky planes for military use 111 191$; emigrated to U. S. A. after Russian revolution, and in 1925 Organizer] the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation; in 1928 organ- ized the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation; be- came a naturalized American the same year; has developed many types of multi-motored air- craft, including the Amphibian; was consultant

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i I If People who talk of our wide open spaces and of masses of people to populate them should bear in mind that there is little sense in open- ing‘ more farms when there is no possibility of selling the produce, says Agriculture Professor Wadhant of Melbourne University. If there is a surplus of labor after the war, it will not be possible to put it into rural employment. For 60 or 70 years there has been an expanding tnarket because of increases in EllfOpCIlll popu- lation and a rising living standard. The trend has stopped. Marketing based on the old set of circumstances provides no room for ex- pansion unless there is a new outlook in world trade. Failing that, there will be no reward for an expansion of agriculture.

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tlonk-Brautford Expositor.

Lieut. Col. Aeneas Bell-Irving- former 0.0. of the 2nd Canadian Heavy Anti-Aircraft. Regiment. tells of the new brick for house construction which British scien- tists have developed from the slug-piles of mines and 110W?‘ plants which ufie 11111119111911 w,“ Building interests in UmtedStates and Australia are interested in .he new product, which makes a use- ful article out of a former useess and unsightly waste. The com}; position developed from the as 15 Said to be fireproof, to gain tn strength with age. to be 116N111" proof and capable of being 918511-1- ed_ papered, painted and sfllwfid l0 any desired shape-Vancouver Pro- vlnce.

The attlttédegof 111:3: git-grime N l" twar 1155111 _' lniigz bdaiiger against which 31.3.11? made provision. In his judZmpll. the creation of a 9911199111119 111113;’ try. for which there were all B materials to hand. was a. danger- ous dream." Ten V6815 115° 119 said: "We should find ourselves dlsarmed before a“ foreign ellelg-‘fl-n And so Goertnss B11115 1101 b“ e1 was paralleled ln backward 11-11551}; with “armaments and black bread backed by a policy of self-Hell) and self-reliance. That was table foundation of Russian Davllflrlébr "e55 along with the space time advantage and Rum-IR“ HP“- eralshlp_ which has won the fig- mlratlon of all who study 1119 111 ' ttary arm-Belfast Teleflmlill-

Stands Scotland where she did! That ls. and has been for. it 111'}? time. n rhetorical question admit- tlnz of onlv one answer. To 0H0!‘ any other would be to lnvlte "se- prtsnls. But now comes news thug may arouse dOlIbLSJ A £11598»? from London. where the Sasscmlfil-f» take pleasure in such dolsful tid- ings 531's that Scotsmen art‘ in danger of losing their kllts. Tins Information ls not. so revealing as it npnears nt first zlance. If 11w naked truth be told there ls no great danger of Scntsmfen b81118 divested of the kllts thPY 1'9 W‘??? ma. but the sunplv of K1118 15 1- mlnkhlngr. so that soon there mny not be enough to no arollnd- T1119 reason for this is that tartar clot: is much favored bv women m Canada and the United States. and the exchange situation being what it ls. tar-tans are reserved for export. Patriotism takes strange forms. One of the stranoest must be the spectacle of Scottish recl- ments climbing lnto pants to nro- vlde foreign exchanBe- . still stands and tights. in emf! 1 necessary, but not necessarlly- ~11 Scotsman can help lL-Moutreal Gazette.

Mrs. Martha E. Truman. 111111 her son. l-larry, is a veteran cam- paigner in the old Jackson Coun- ty. Missouri, Democratic tradition. which means that political tltousht and activity are part of a. serene and ordered dnilv life. says the New York Herald Tribune. Even in times of crisis on election nlgnt or inaugural day. u ‘PHI-mm 1! cairn and reserved. -fn her little cottage ln Grandvlew. n vlll e of 600 inhabitants. l0 miles souh of Kansas City. mother Truman, 92 car; old and still very yountz- goes about her normal tanks Wit-h the same even trend that. Presl- dent Harry S. Truman uses when he goes tn his desk in the White House. Without nenlectlnt: other important matters. Mrs. m’! has received telephone calls. given interviews, read hundreds of con- gratulations of friends and enjoy- ed the excitement of attending the elevation of her son to the high- est office in the land. For one of her years. Mrs. Truman does not take much time, for solitude and

rest. The Jacluonflounty word that d h Qty.

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Clean Up In Germany

(By Dewitt Mlwfimlle, Pres Ibrviln N€Wl Analyst)

we are bealntnlng to get-bigh-power actlo -e. fact which will ease rug- Bed zerves considerably.

There were several Important de- velopments yesterday, emamtm: from such widely separated omtm B8 100601;). algashlnltfll} and Allied Hllpreme e flu-arm's n Germany. For one thing we got clarification- ln broad terms of the govern- ment under which Germany will work alluring‘ occiupztion. t j

In e crEP 31811389 o Ma.- Gen. Clay, Gen. Eisenhower's dep- uty for the occupation. "lthe Allied government in Ger-runny is going to be military and the Genmm are going to know it's military." There's going to be no nonsense -— no ood- dlln-g of the people who twice in a generation have plunged the world into war,

Simultaneously in Inndon. Prlnu Minister Churchill guwe an import- ant interpretation of this position. He said that ln general it was the Allied intention that “the Germans should administer their country in obedience to Allied dlroetlons," and added that the Allies have "no m- terntlon of undertaking the burden of! administering Gsnnnny our- se ves. "

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‘Thus Mr. Churchill and Gen. Clay between them give us a suf- ficiently clear over-all picture of what will happen The Germans themselves must assume the bur- den of routine administration -a heavy task ln any big pountry - but this admlnlstiutive structure will carry out its work in accordance with Allied policies and will be un- der rlgld military control. Fair enough!

Meantime the Allies have 9, big job of house-cleaning to do. Clay said the initial aims of the occup- atton would be to finish smashing Germany's potential to make war, to crush Nazism utterly, and to see that. all war criminals are caught and punished

The highly important mat/fer of prosecuting ivar-gullt also made gratifying progress The United States let it be known that 1t; ls anxious to start sorting out. those who will be tried before an inter- national court. and Washington's tc-p prosecutors have been named. By way of proof that all great minds run ln the some channel. the United Nations War Crimes Com- mission in London announced that an international conference on Ger. flan war crimes would start May

To make lt a perfect score, Am- erican troops captured the notoy. ions Dr. Rc-bcrt Lev, Nnzl labor front, leader and one of Hitler's chief aides. in tihe region of the Fuehrefs Bercntesgaden home. Ley was 01158111591 tried to deny his identity and attempted to swallow the contents of a vlal.

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Another situation ivhich has been ‘causing much public concern both m Britain and America was ironed out in part Gen. Clay stated tlhat grand admiral Karl Doenltz. who proclaimed himself head of the German government when the Nazis claimed Hitler was dead, ls con- sidered a prisoner of war. A lot of Allied folk had been fearful that. this Nazi admiral might; get; away with his post of piety, and be able t? foster Hitlerlsm among his peo- p e

One of the most important thoughts growing out. of yesterday's burst of energy wes Clay's state- ment that "more important than just the occupation of Germany ls whether the four nations (Britain Rvsslfl. the United States and France“ can stand together to bun- ish Germany. If tihsv cannot. vflmt hone is there for the United Na- tluns?_" Th1: column a week ago

THE TIGER 0F DESIRE t Vlllauelle)

Starving. savage. I aspire To the red meat of all the World I 11m the Tiger of Desire!

With Leelth pared and claws un- - ed

cur By leave of God I creep to slav The Innocent of all the World.

Out of the yellow glaring day. When I glut mv appetite. To my lair I sink away.

But. In the black reournuuz nlght l leap reslstless on my may. Mad with agony and fright.

Tlm nulck flesh I tear away,

Wrfthlng till the blood i5 hurlcd

Cn-leall and flow-ea‘ and sorlden cny. i

ltlv teeth are bare. my clBWS un- curle T . 0f the red meat l tievor tlrc: In the black jungle of the World I am the Tiger of Desire. .

--Tom lvlacfmras.

John Bracken-The Worker

When, on December the 11th, 1942, John " Bracken accepted the leadership of a great progressive people's party, he did not pro- ceed to enumerate out- worn planks in an out- , of-date political plat- form. Instead, in clear ringing tones and with admirable clarity he de- scribed in detall what: he a tly termed “The “ Peop e’s Charter.”