LOIS MARSHALL, a Canado tan soprano of world-wide re- nown, was heard in a recital at Prince of Wales College last night. Included in the per- formance were selections from
works by such composers as Schubert, Handel, Puccini and Purcell, as well as a number of foil: songs. Miss Marshall has been in recent years high- ly acclaimed by critics in
many parts of the world, in- cluding Europe, Australia. the
United States and a. Shown with Miss Marshall above is her accompanist. Weldon Kilburn.
Famed Soprano Is Heard With ‘Awestruck Wonder'
(Editor‘s note: The follow- (pass. Hardly less remarkable islmuch to the atmosphere.
Ing report was written espec- ially for The Guardian by
Christopher Gledhill, director .=
of music for Prince Edward Island.)
A sell - out crowd listened last night in awestruck wonder to Lois Marshall, one of the great voices of our time. overcoming triumphantly the notorious
coustics of the alldllOl‘IllIlI-l’lym-‘
nasium of Prince of Wales Col- lege. This hall is noted for re- ducing the most stcntorian bel- lows to a strangled whimper. It was rumoured that Miss Mar- shall was just recovering from a cold: she certainly managed to conceal this very effectively.
Perhaps one of the most re- markable characteristics this voice is its complete even- ness throughout its whole com-
LATE NOTICES
(Also see announcements in columns adjoining Classified Advertising section.)
80- ‘
of;
‘ifs utter clarity and purity of (tone
‘ T e recital opened with a iliandel-Purcell group. From the ifirst ravishing tones of “Art ltliou troubled" to the impeccab- ly executh runs of “Hark! the Echoing Air" the singer took charge of the situation and de-
lighted her audience. INTIMATE TYPE
. In the Schubert group she 'displayed the more intimate
l pe of singing that the German lLied requires. Weldon Kilburn, 3though not perhaps the most :polished of pianists, has th e Efirst and most important ability jof accompanists in Lieder, that of integrating his accompani— Iment with the solo part, so that song and piano seemed to coal- iesce into a single entity. 1 The excerpt from the Damn- i ation of Faust, where Marguerite experiences the rapture and the pain of first love, is an interest- iiig contrast to Schubert‘s Gret- 3 clien am Spinnrade. and I might Lsuggcst to Miss Marshall, if ‘ these words ever reach her. that . she might try singing b o t b
(-0 V.
i The folksong group was well diversified; in f whole programme well-thought out. I ' feel, however. if I may be allowed a little carping criticism, that ‘Miss Marshall's conception of ‘that most beautiful of all folk- songs, 0 Waly, Waly, as ar- ranged by Benjamin Britten, lacked "inwardness".
Her final selection, the Aria from Tannhaeuseir, gave the singer a magnificent oppoic tunity to enjoy the sheer magic of her voice. Strange that that most literary of all composers should nowadays be admired al- most exclusively for his music and less for his philosophical and aesthetic theories.
GREAT OVATION
Miss Marshall receiv a great and well-deserved ovation from the music-starved citiz- ens, and she was most gener- ous in her encores.
In conclusion. might I offer two pleas—to the public. to withhold as a general rule their applause until e end of
# DOIRON —— At Charlottetown. lthcsc songs one after the other. ‘ group of Short songs—«to the Monday. .lan. 7, 1963. Mrs. llicr famed dramatic ability wasimanagcment, not to darken the
Bruno Doiron. North Bustico. aged 79 years. Her ieinains will rest at the Charlottetown Funeral Home from iln; after- noon at 3 o‘clock. Funeral notice later.
CHEVERIE — At his home in Elmira. Monday. Jan. 7. 1963. Leil A. Cheverie. in his 88th year. His remains are resting at the Perry Funeral Home from where the funeral will be held on Wednesday morn- ing. leaving the funeral home at 9 o‘clock for Requiem High Mass at 9:30 at St. Columba's Church, East Point. Interment will be in the church cemctery.
LANGLEY — At the Charlotte- town Hospital, Jan. 7. 1963, Michael Langley. 16 Kensing- ton Road, aged 67 years. Rest- ing this evening at the Hen- nessey Funeral Home. Fun~ eral arrangements to be an- nounced later.
JELLEY —— At the Community Hospital, O‘Leary, Monday, Jan. 7, 1963. Mrs. Margaret Jeiley widow of the late John Jelley of O’Leary. in her 97th year. Her remains were for- warded Monday evening from the Jelley Funeral Home to the home of her son. Milford Jelley. Funeral Wednesday from O'Leary Baptist Church with service commencing at 2 o'clock. Interment in the Springfield West Baptist ceme. tery.
MACKINNON — At the Living- ston and MacArthur Nursing Home. Sunday. Jan. 6. 1963. Roderick MacKinnon of Hazel Grove in his 93rd year. Re- mains were forwarded from the Andrews Funeral Home to the home of Everett Taylor. Hazel Grove. The funeral will take place from Hunter River Presbyterian Church. Tues- day. J n. 0. with service commencing at 1:30. Int merit will be in the church cemetery.
rooms -- At the PEI. Hos- pital. Monday. Jan. 7. 1903, Edmund Toombs ~if 243 Rich- mond Street. in his 89th year. Resting at the MacLean Fu- neral Home from where the funeral will be held.Wedou- day. Jan. 9. with service to; at 2 pm. Inter- ment'wtn take place to Peo- ple's canister-v
t5 .1 I
given full scope in this number. CAPTURES R'VI
In the two extracts from Puc- cini, Miss Marshall captured the somewhat fragile and waif- like charm of the music in spite of the absence of the orchestra accompaniment which adds so
By RON CAMERON Guardian-Patriot Staff Writer Charlottetown and Summer- side. have carried 83 per cent of the load in the United Fund Campaign, with a total of $177.— 42405 of the $211,757.27 raised it was learned from the latest report from campaign head- quarters yesterday.
The fund has now reached 98 per cent of its objective.
R e s idential Charlottetown came through with a tremen-
tive, while the Charlottetown
[auditorium to such an extent ,that it is impossible to consult ’one' am. A concert is [not a theatrical performance, and many concert artists hon- estly prefer to see their audi- ence, as it helps them to estab- lish that all-important rapport.
Ch'town,S’side Carried United FundC‘ampaign
payroll far exceeded its quota of $46,000.00 with a return of 369081.20.
Through Friday. the 80th day of the campaign, 93 per cent of the total objective has been realized.
The amounts contributed by the various areas are as fol- lows: Charlottetown. $140,230.- 50. for 120 per cent: Summer- side. $37,194.35. for 103; Prince County. $8,048.37 for 37; Queens County. $12,228.20, for 46 per cent and Kings County. 813.055.- 85. for 56 per cent.
Residential Summerside can-
TWo S’side Businesses Hove Breaks
SUMMERSIDE—Thieves hit two more S de busines- ses Sunday night, taking about $30 cash in each break.
The two breaks. one at Abels BA service station, Water street: and the other at Boates phar- macy. also Water Street. were discovered about 3 am. by town police.
The thieves entered the ser- vice station vis a rear window and took cash. in the amount of $25 or $30 from the fill. and also emptied the money from the coin box on a pop vending machine. No other articles were reported missing.
At the Boates pharmacy. ent- ry was gained by punching a lock in the back door, and the thieves here duo specialised
to cash only. An investigation is underway U W polio: . S
vassers brought in $4,118 or 137 per cent of the $3,000 objective.
Professional men in Charlo- ttetown and Summerside con- tributed more than their quota. with 102 and 103 per cent re- spectively. Also exceeding their quota were the advance gifts from Charlottetown and Kings County.
local business contributions were low in all areas. the high- est being 70 per cent. for Char- lottetown and Summerside.
National corporations in Char- lottetown were also a disappoint- ment with only 49 per cent 0 the 825,000.00, previoust figur- ed on.
SUMMERSIDE — Subject to approval of town council, Coun. Leo Wood was re- elected Sum- merside‘s fire chief at the an- nual meeting of the fire depart- ment held last evening in th e lounge of the fire hall.
Subject to the same approval, Frank Arsenault was re-elected assistant chief and Alan Wed- lock as secretary- treasurer.
The captains of the four com~ panics are selected by the ex- ecutive officers and are at pres- ent, No. 1 Company —— Walter Duggan; No. 2 — Conn. Herbert Schurman; No. 3 — Cyril Ken- ny. and No. 4 -— Malcolm Steele.
Committee reports were given by Earl Hayes for the ways and means committee and Edmond F. Arsenault for the audit com- mittee. Both reports showed a successful year financially.
The ways and means report revealed that Christmas gifts
n sent to four depart- ment members’ wives who have
Entry of nominations for “Islander of the Year" f o r to-
tions received after that time will be forwarded to the judges for consideration. Let- ters. should be addreSSed to Islander of the Year Editor, The Evening Patriot. Judges are free to consid- er names other than those covered by letters of nomin- ation, but the letters serve an important purpose in helping make sure that all deserving p e r s o n a 9 brought to their attention. The “Islander of the Year" award. being made for the fourth time this year. is by now regarded as the most
Coun. leo Wood Again. HeadsS'side Fire Dept.
ENTRIES CLOSING TODAY FOR ’ISLANDER OF YEAR’
3 i
l
alerted firemen on many oc- casions by telephoning theirK , homes during an alarm. l 1 Members of the new ways and ‘ lmeans committee are Hillary. Gaudet (chairman), L a yton i ,Schurman. William MacLure, i ' hane Baglole, Herbert Schur-l man. George Smith. Windsor‘ Corney. Earl Hayes and Claude ' Harkness. 1
Finance committee members. are E.F. Arsenault (chairman).l Frank Arsenault, Joseph Clark‘ and Henry Bishop. Appointed to the investigating co were rank Arsenault man). Joseph Clark, Malcolm Steele, Walter Duggan a n d, Cyril Kenny. i
Sick and visiting committeel members are Jack Schurmnn‘1 (chairman). who is at present: in hospital: Gerald H u e s tis. l Earl Fey and Layton Schurman. .
Purchasing committee mem-‘ bers are George Smith (chair-f man), Herbert Schurman. Rob-i ert Clow and Earl Hayes.
m mitten (chair- 1 l
i
lKensington
ISLAND NEWS PAG.
Summerside And Prince County The Guardian, Charlottetown, Tues. Jan. 8, 1963.
(Makes Plans
or ‘ection
KENSINGTON —A motion was passed by the Kensingt on‘ Town Council la=t .ilghu tnal tnel officials acting at the last mun- icipal election In the town two years ago be asked to act ini the same capacity on election. day of the council. set for Feb.! 5. 1963. Nomination nay has-‘ been scheduled for Jan. 22. 3
The town council met for itsl regular monthly meeting last! night. Mayor Everett Ch m ion! presided, with one of the s I x councillors being absent. I
e council decided to publi- cize in the press in the usual manner the subject of overnight parking. noting that all vehicles parked on streets overnight are left at owners' risks.
Kensington Has Service
KENSINGTON —— The first service in the annual Week of Prayer at Kensington was held in the Presbyterian Church and wtas conducted by Boyd Beair- s 0.
Rev. Ronald Parsons read the New Testament scripture and led in prayer.
Rev. urray preached
Mrs. Fred Hardy (lefti who has retired after 28 years of continuous service as a tele- phone operator at Alberton was honored by the Island Telephone Company last week. Folowing a small, informal dinner at the Westerner M0< tel she was addressed briefly
3:1
TELEPHONE OPERATOR IS HONORED
by Walter Auld (centre).
company a gift of money was made by Miss Shirley Mac- Arthur (right) chief operator at Alberton and a bouquet of roses was presented by Miss Clara Mountain, commercial
office supervisor at Summer- side. In addition to these 28 years of continuous servcie.
Mrs. Hardy (then Miss An- nie Forsythe) served for three years
as operator with the late Alexander (Sandy) Matthews, who was then in charge of the Alberton office.
the sermon on the theme "Ones
Lord". ‘ A large congregation
Margate d
Churches attended. The servicei
tonight will be at Margate Uni-g
ted Church.
from
significant single tributo' which Islanders pay annual- ly to one of their fellows.
The basis of the award, as sponsored b The Evening Patriot, is that it should go to “that person who has in 1962 best used the means available to serve a worthy Island purpose."
Judges this year are Keir Clark, Montague, for Kings County: Dr. Kenneth A. Par- ke . Charlottetown. f 0 Queens County. and Richard Henthorn. Summerside. for Prince County.
Past winners of the award have. been Dr. Frank Mac- Kinnon, for 1961: Capt. Carl F. Burke. for 1960: and Col. E. W. Johnstone. for 1959.
'1
At Princetown
.A Rally Day service was pre-
sented recently Princetown United Church, Malpeque. The theme of the service was “Hands That Heal in the Name of Christ."
Leader was Lorne Cousins. and scripture reading was giv- en by Pauline Ramsay.
Barbara. Phylis. Edith. Dar- lene and Norma Hickey were heard as they rendered “Come Children Join to Sing". Pupils and teachers of the S u n d a y School sang “What a Friend we Have in Jesus".
Five junior girls repeated the Twenty-Third Psalm and pray- ers were offered by Bobby Ramsay. followed by pupils of the S u n d a y School singing “Jesus Loves Me". Scripture reading was given by Marilyn Carruthers.
Florence Cousins read the story "The Terrible Secret of Yong Moon Lee".
Rev. R.E. Johnston s p o k I! briefly on the work done in the Sunday School during the past few months and presented cer- tificates to the pupils.
Attendance prize s were awarded to: Gary Hickey, Kar- en Ramsay, Janet Hickey. Amy Ramsay, Sandra Hickey, E1- men Bryenton. Janet Ramsay. John Ramsay, Wyman Bryen- ton. Karen McGougan. Dean M06 0 u g a n, Beth McGougan. Fay Bryenton. Edward Hickey, Phylis Hickey. Shirley Bryen- ton. Norma Hickey. Shirley
Certificates Are Presented
UC Rally Day
Hickey, Allan Cousins. Gordonl Crozier, Marjorie Stewart. Bruce Bryenton, Irene Bryen- ton. Pauline Ramsay. Evelyn Bryenton. Lorne Cousins. Grant Cousins, Bobbby Ramsay. Flor- ence Cousins and Barbara HICK- ey.
Primary cathechism: Shirley Hickey. Edward Hickey. Phylis Hickey, Bruce Bryenton. Paula Revill
Senior cathechism: Marilyn Carruthers and Florence. Cousins. v
Star certificates for having completed “The Twenty- I‘hird Psalm", “The Lord’s Prayer". “The Beatitudes", “The Books of the Bible" and “The Ten Commandments“: Ian Locker- by, Beverley Caseiey. Gertrude Cousins. Marjorie S t e w a r t. Norma Hickey. Shirley Hickey and Shirley Bryenton.
The closing hymn “All Peo pic that on Earth do dwell" was followed by the benediction b y Mr. Johnston.
Ft. Aug ustus Cops Victory
Fort Augustus edged Corran Ban 54 in a regular CYO League game at SDU last night.
Hughes paced the losers with
mates Morrison and O’Connell triggered singletons. For the Fort Augustus was G.
S'side Has Prayer Week Service
SUMMERSIDE — A capacity audience filled the Church o f the Nazarene in Summerside
Chatto conducted the service and the choir sang "’Tls Mar- vellous and Wonderful".
Rev. B.F. Howlett spoke n the theme "What Is Prayer?" using the following outline. Pra- yer is talking with God. listen- ing to God. thinking with God. submitting to God. living and working in the presence of God. He said the key to prayer is ex- pressed in one wo “time”.
The service this evening will be held in the Christian Church on Central Street beginning at
.30. The theme for the message is entitled "One World“.
r S’side Court
S’side Minor Hockey Schedqu
SUMMERSIDE —— The Sun- metwlde mtnor hockey o for today Is as follow:
: 'W — Falcons (Paper-weights) 5: ~30 - Momma vs. (om)
Hus One Case
SUMMERSIDE — One case was on the docket of police Gerard Leo
court yeot ay.
Scully. RCAF Station. pleaded guilty to a charge of impaired driving and was fined $125 and
costs.
Chief S. D. A. Wannsmaker stated accused was involved in an accident at the intersection of Central and Notre Dome Streets Saturday night.
Magistrate R. s. Hinton, QC. presided.
MacEachern. D. MacDonald. G. Murnaghan singles and Mac- Dougall a pair. MacDougall. Morrison Murnaghan are tied for league in goals with 9 each.
Bombers Nip New Glasgow
West Royalty Bombers beat New Glasgow Rovers 3-2 in 3 Sunny Isle Hockey League game at Saint Dimstan's rink last
and the
night.
Scoring for West Royalty were Doyle 2 and Simms.
Matheson and L. Carr handled the scoring for the losers.
THIRD REPORT
(Continued from page 1) from that of a pioneer to that of a competitor." the commis-l sion says.
Often a choice of methods (existed for carrying out a par- ticular service.
"And. things being equal. your . commissioners favor those! modes which assign to otherl agencies the actual provision of a service to the public. leaving} to the federal government thel definition of goals and stand-;
cial support or other incen-l
tives. FAVOR FREE ENTERPRISE I This would free the govern-‘ ment to concentrate on its may Jor responsibilities. "In addition, ‘ the growth of the public servicel can be checked and the otherl institutions—public and private! —scrving the Canadian people} can
a brace of goals while team- it
s and the provision or finano l "
Health Centre At S'side
Is Given Okay By Ottawa
0 in experience an Strengthening other sectors of the economy also would bring
additional taxes into the federal; OTTAWA _ A new western
The report is in seven sec_1 area health centre will be con- tions- The first two are an ex_l structed in S_ummers1de with the tension of the November report i help.“ a 549-00“ federal grant which dealt with supporting ser- Th‘s was annf’llnced Monday vices for government. Ahey dis- l Wm- O'H- th‘psr MP ‘0 r cuss public information and eco- Prmce County! 0“ behalf
'6 fl *1 In
(the national health grant pro- gram to the provinces.
‘ The new centre will serve a present population of about 50.- 1 000 in the western half of Prince Edward Island. It is expected
of that the project will be complet-I 9 3 '
nomic and statistical services. i Hon. J. Waldo Monteith. minis- i Ed by 3y- 1 5 -
The other five involve direct 1 ter of national health and wepl
services for the public. These"f are entitled education; healtlni lending. guaranteeing and insur-‘ ing; the post office and miscel- ‘ laneous activity.
Most of the major recommen- dations are in the health sec-
are. Dr. Phillips said that the.
9-. ..c. O .5
In hospital care for veterans.i the commission strongly urges th
..Dr. Phillips said the federal contribution will be of substan- tial assistance in the expansion .of public facilities available to
lRustico Resources Grou
CAPITAL BUREAU! health department has approv- I the residents of the western por- OF THE GUARDIAN l ed the grant under the terms of I tion of P
l The first sod for the centre lwas turned at Summerside on 3 Oct. 12. The foundation has been llaid but the work is halted now
and will resume in the spring. it was learned.
The centre will house 3 var- !iety of health offices, including [those of cancer control. public ‘health. public health nursing. tuberculosis control and rehab-
ilitation centre.
at Ottawa withdraw entirelyi ' from the field and leave it to; a r s s the public hospitals. It advo- -
l cafes halting further construe-l tion of veterans' hospitals and; selling present active-treatment resources development. said hospitals to communities. I last night he was more th 3 n FORESEE Hm,“ COSTS 1pleased with the turnout which
It warns that if present trends l was 0“ hand for last 1112 h t'S continue' the government faces. meeting of the Rustico district an additional expenditure on i TESOUI'CE‘S dE‘VQIOPmEHI group. veterans' hospitals of $200.000.-= More than 200 attended th e 000 by 1980 when these hospitals two-hour session, at w h i c h will be almost entirely occupied by chronic cases.
“Expenditures of this magni- tude to provide active treat- ment beds to house chronic and . homeless veterans appear un- wise from every standpoint." Even today, 70 per cent of pa-l tients were chronic cases. 1
It WOUId be far batter ‘0 lllljn l fisheries. tourism. small busi- the whole system over to public 3 no“, no“. i n d u 5 U. y_ public hospitals, in a gradual switch,gwm.kS and educafion'
Will! the {Eden} governmepi, Ye" The projects which were start- taining finanCIaI responsibility 9.1.01. 8“, scheduled 10 start for treatment and chronic care. ‘ within 3 f9“. davs‘ are a" For new fac'lltles' the gml'em‘ the handicraft field. with the ex- ment mum commhme '0 0” ception of one in the academic
or provaial pro-lems‘ field the first to be attem . I . . . . pied. Thls “0"” allm‘qam sum For this class, which is in
Eggillcé3masacut3: l32;?einncefegfi.mathematics. Mr. Daley stated eral hospitals not occupied by; acute cases while. In most com- i munities. there is a substantial: shortage of such accommoda-l tion." And it would avoid Ot‘l tawa duplicating the chronic: case institutions now being built ; by provinces and communities.
Similar proposals are ad-. vanced for Indian hospitals, but i for different reasons.
The commission Is critical of the 18 Indian hospi-‘ tals. "Too frequently the qual-; y of ca . . is not compar-l able with that provided in com. 1 munity hospitals in the samea area. The hospitals are gener-i ally old. Ill-equipped and inad-i equater staffed." ‘
The conclusion was unavoldo. able that "the use by Indiansl of established community hos-i pitals is highly to be desired". Immediate steps should bei taken to carry this out. in line; with the federal policy to inte-’ grate Indians with the general‘ population. _ VETO 2 HOSPITALS 1
Present plans to reconstruct: the Charles Camsell Indian Hos-l pital at Edmonton. at a cost of .000, and extend the Coq-" ualeetza Hospital at Sardis, B.C.. are strongly opposed.
Hospitals for active service personnel also come under the gun. The commission sees “no compelling reason why service personnel who are in need of hospitalization in p e a c s time should not be treated in com-. munity facilities."
Much of the $35,000,000 a year spent on service hospitals could
saved by this move.
One chapter puts in a word for better hospitals in peniten- tiaries, noting that the 35-bed setup at Kingston. 0nt.. is 112 years old so was condemned. by a royal commission in 1930. 5
Another urges that a pre-Con- federation statute to provide medical and hospital care for sailors and Canadian fishermen be repealed. Costs were running t 25 times the annual prem- iums collected and there was ‘extensive abuse" of the sys-
Hartwell Daley. director of
ting several projects underway. which will benefit res id e n ts throughout the area.
projects underway. 13 commit-
pose in carrying out studies for
lege. Kingston, Ont.: College Militaire Royal. St. Johns. Que.. and Royal Roads. Victoria.
The commission estimated it costs $47,000 for each career of- ficer obtained from the four- year course. It urges that Royal Roads be closed because there “is no valid reason" for con- ‘tinuing it. A critical review of sharpiylthe size of the service college lstaff is proposed.
Also recommended for clo- sure is the preparatory school at Esquimalt, B.C.. run by the directorate of naval education. It offers high schonl training for sailors who want to further their career through entry to a serv- ice college or university.
Costs of the prep school were "clearly excessive" at student a year and cial school system could handle the role. The directorate itself. which also handles correspon- dence courses. should be abol- iish
ed.
The report gives "top prior~ ity" to the integration of Indian children into community schools and expresses concern that con- struction of special Indian . s is hampering the fed- eral integration policy. It notes costs of $262.41 a year for In- dians in regular schools as against $512.63 in Indian day schools and SL267 residential schools.
Far north schonls should be turned over to the territorial governments. Defence depart- ment schools for the free educa- tion of servicemcn's children ought to be seriously reviewed.
PUBLIC INFORMATION “What is news to one man is propaganda to another." the commisision says of formation services. warning that when aggressive efforts made to win public support
in Indian
participants in the political pro- ces "
Publicity should be “strictly the information sections of the armed forces for their stress on "public relations" rather than "I"; , "information" and to urge that
H‘ghllgm’ "m" 0th" “Wth the government review this sit~ of the report: :uafion.
EDUCATION A swipe also is taken at the
Brunt of the criticism is di- ;external affairs department. for rected at litary education. the opposite reason. The particularly the “exceedingly
high" costs of the three service both at home and overseas were
I
900 . the provin-
he was amazed at the response. lHe said that he had gone to the I meeting hoping that he would 1 get at least a dozen enrolments. E but it turned out that 47 signed gup for the course. .I This course will get underway E in Stella Maris High School next Sunday afternoon. and with
great strides were made at get-I Wendall M a c K a y instructing
_will run indefinitely. J On Monday afternoon another 10 persons will begin a two-
lcourse. Two classes have been
tees were named for the pur-llined up for weaving, the first!
1 is scheduled to start early in
the development of agriculture, February and the second earlyl . in March and for both of these‘
iclasses more than 20 have en- lrolicd in eac
= ' US’T‘T ’ a: 5 Two other classes. one in lea-
ln therworking and the other cos-i
tume jewellery making. slated to start soon. Over 20 ,have enrolled in each of these gsubjects. The exact dates for lgetting underway will he
I ..1 (I
in need of complete reorganiza- tion.
Other recommend a t i o n s: Stress be laid on more and bet- ter paid translators: informa- tion officers be reclassified into (a higher salary bracket; biling- ual officers be posted to one of the top information jobs in each department: advertising con- ‘tracts be awarded by'competi- tion instead of by ministers. and annual reports of departments be less expensiver designed.
POST OFFICE Post office operations won encral praise. but the commis- sion found that a wider applica- tion of business techniques could trim upwards of 515000.000 from the present 3200000000 - a-year
ud .
It also questioned post office cost figures. The 1959 report of the department showed a $173.- 000 operating deficit. Working on what it called “true costs." the royal commission said the 1959 deficit really was 331.442,- 000. urged that better ac~ counting be adopted to reflect . the financial pictur.‘ accmalrlr.
Time-study programs In ef- fect since i953 had 'i"I‘II(‘\'(‘(I annual savings of more than .000. . These could be pandcd with additional savings of S
x.
(500000
Almost all of theianiiual dcf—.
icit was due to losses on hand- ling second class mail—newspa- pers and other periodicals. The report proposes that Parlia- 1 make an annual grant to cover this loss. leaving all other classes of mail to pay their own way without this added burden. ECONOMIC An “immediate concern" was
public in- for a central staff of economists .
in the finance department to
are‘help with broad economic pol»
icy. Equally vital was the need
these “services become active to boost staff and salaries in the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
make the Dominion statis-‘
tician independent of control.
The $200000“) annual cost the two servccs was foun be unduly modest.
LENDING—INSURING
Activities of the government
political
of f
annuities branch. which sells (annuities to the public provid- ' maximum 81.200 s
partment's information services year in payments. were running 1 possibly
deeply in the red and further
be weathered. not only inlcolleges — Royal Military Col- ifound to be woefully weak and sales should be discontinued.
811- ‘
ex-
ey sal .
gDEMONSTRATION GIVEN
1, A portion of the meeting was itaken up with a handicraft dem- lonstration by Mrs. Muriel Lis- ‘lter, director of handicrafts, and l with the showing of a film 0 n .the same subject.
; The members also decided [that starting in February th e {regular monthly meetings will (be held on the first Tuesday of
’ nounced within a week, Mr. Dal'
In addition to getting these. week woodworking and turning] the month. The evening conclud-
led with a social hour. Commenting on his upcoming .heavy schedule. Mr. Daley said that tonight he will be conduct- ing or taking part in the fi r st meeting at Abram's Village of the newly formed development I group in that area.
, He noted that “no in a t t c r where these groups have been organized. it is amazing. th a :great amount of interest that. is 'being shown by the. members. ;Tliis is going to be something big." he said.
Annuities were Introduced in 1 8 to encourage thrift among (low-income groups and provide security for old age. Old age pensions and industrial pension plans had eliminated this need. Also. "more annuities have been purchased by people of some means than by those in the lower income brackets."
So far an additional $30,200.- 000 has been paid by the gov- ernment and it is estimated that another $40,000,000 will be needed to cover the eventual geost of options granted to pur- :chasers prior to 1948. This op- tion allowed a purchaser to pay premiums based on rates pre- vailing at the time of purchase with no future increase—“very valuable to the buyer and costly to the government.“
Unnecessary duplication was found in the operation of the ‘Veterans’ Land Act administra- tion. which now employs more than 700 and costs 35.000.000 a year. The job should be split between the Farm Credit Cor- poration and Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. both already in the, same field. The VLA organization would be ter- minated.
OTHER SERVICES he commission identified more than 100 small service ac- tivities but confined itself to a few illustrations.
It discovered the canal sys- tems of Central Canada. built a: century ago for trade or de‘ .fcnce but now used by pleasure craft. cost 82.300000 a year to operate. These include two ca- nals on the Richelieu River. jthree linking Ottawa. Montreal and Kingston. and two between Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay.
‘ Costs “either be 'covered by tolls or the canals turned over to provincial opera-
2!. 0
National parks should base fees on actual costs. Charges for rk entry and the use of golf courses should be raiscd. patent fee of Sen. un- changed since 1906. resulted in large deficits for this service. The patent office. which issued 20.000 patents a year. had a lbacklog of 70.000 applications. (the answer was higher Menne. from annual renewal 'fee. to meet full costs of go ex- 't
I pended names.
3 l
l l i I t