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town Prince uh-nu luau unto the unv' y Pubhuheu even vveeulu moaning ut In Pruuv dunno I Clnlnlullilrl. Pl-LI. Iv the mum-n Collin! u:

44 Km: SI W. Toronto Montreu (min 13.: tunuuu rut-u I15" i In A Burnett. Puulmm nu Gaunt Inno- Frunk wallet. Editor Ienmet l'.uudtIn Daily NMIOIRI Puuusnt-n Anocuuou Member of rho Fanadun Pram l Member Auml Rureau nl Plrmlalhnl l llnncn nature: at Summelude. Ilonuxle Id Aulhonurl an Second Han III! by III Pld Itepurltlienl Olllwl llv illrrer rnartnuemwn. umnteruw moo par ID Ium I-Iluvthrre In f'l-'.l Iilll Other Prouuou If (I S lI'.'.IKl Der uututn.

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-”The'slt'-tingle-til-II-I-eInuryTlsi-IeIker tb;- the weakest ink."

P.-HLII I l"Rll)AY. MARCH IS. D57

T: P:-Hection Budget .

lty finding. The Home may then

adopt it. reject it, leler it hack to a revived committee with or without instructions. or give it the "six months' hoist" which would be equi- valent to rejecting it.

Procedural methods are, no doubt, of lesser importance titan the work which the new committee on Edu- cation is expected to do. Yet it is well to keep in mind the limitations which parliamentary practise ini- poses. .

Why The Secrecy?

The Prime Minister is quoted as

llcprcsentiiig as it docs the tiov- i saying it is a fair assumption that

crnment's niajor policy i ment before ilarliantcnt is dissolved i and a federal gcllcral election called. l-iinance Minister ilnrris' budget apt-eclt last night was awaited with much interest. it offers numerous minor concessions. amounting to a considerable total ill tax reductions and bell--l”lt payment increases: but it itlilhtlxi the picture quite unchanged

announce-

thcre will be a Federal Election this year. or words to that effect. in replying to a question in the Com- mons, however, he said. somewhat te-lily: "it is not the press that fixes the date. When it is fixed it will be lived in a constitutional manner and announced in'a constitutional man- ncr."

it is good to know tllat the Gov-

so far as burdensome income and l ernmcnt is showing a fond attach-

corporatiou taxes are concerned. This despite the fact that on Wed- llostlzly Mr. llurris reported a 95232.- Sotttlotl stlrllltls for the fiscal year curling iilarch 3i, and is again bud- ;;l-ting for a huge surplus next year.

mcnt to constitutional usages. At the same time, it would be easy to defend the proposition that the press, which doesn't fix the dates of elec- tions, is at least as close to the pub- lic as is the Covcrumcnt.. which

The reason given for the refusal i does. and, therefore, has a natural

to ;;raut substantial tax relief is in- flation. The Government is so con- cerned about inflation that it has decided the taxpayers cannot be

alld legitimate interest ill such ma!- ters. All that aside it is difficult to account for I Governmentfs-any (iovernment's&reluctance to inform

trusted with their own money. It 1 the public on ,,;....y.on a..,.an.h.(.m(.m5

feels that any deduction in income tax, for example, might only lead to more spending at a time when sav-

well ahead of the time required by statute. No one is simple enough to believe that the Prime Minister and

int: i9 n00dNl- This Rfgllmmt Would I his cabinet colleagues do not know

sound more convincing if the Gov- ernment ltself showed sig ns of practicing what it preaches. Last year it achieved an all-time peak in expenditures. apart altogether from the old age security fund operations which are financed by special taxes. This being election year it is any- one's guess what the expenditure bill will be when the next budget is brought down.

There is, however, a bright ray of hope in the hudget's recognition of the urgent need of stimulating the economy of the Atlantic Provinces. An additional two million dollars will be paid annually in freight rate sub- ventions on goods moving out of the Maritimes into Central Canadian markets, and aid will be offered to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (two Conservative Provinces!) in integrating their electrical systems and in building and operating ther- mal plants to meet power needs. The Government also intends to launch "an immediate review" of Maritime transportation problems. If these an- surances materialize, they will make the budget a truly memorable one for this section of the country.

Education Committee

it is hoped that the special legis- lnlne committee on Education will fulfill the expectations of Premier Itlatheson by making a thorough in- quiry and bringing in I report which will be really worth while. The or- Eilllllflllnfls which have been pushing for an inquiry had asked for a royal cnllunissinn instead of a House com- mittee. and this was the substance of the Opposition amendment which was defeated on a straight party tote. it is the Government's con- tention that a royal Commission would take too much time, and that results from previously appointed mmmisslons have proved ttnsatisfac- tory. "I want the House to do the work," said the Preniicr, "nod um pass the buck along to srlnwnnp else." This places the onus squarely on the committee, headed by Mr, Large. of doing a thorough job, The committee comprises seven Liberul members and two Conservativgg' which mnsidering the fact that there are only three Opposition member: in the House seems I fIlr distribu- tion politically. 'l1I Premier Ind the Minister of Educntlon Ire members ex offlclo. One difference between a legis- lative committee Ind I royal com- mlsclotl is that no provision is made in the former cue for receiving a minority report. According to Beau- chesne, no signature other than that of the chairman should be of- fixed toethe report for pie purpose 0' 3l"0Wl"I Ill! CNHOII of optnlm In thecomrnittt.-e.norcmltbpac-

the exact day on which the election is to be held. In all probability. they have known it for several weeks or even several mollths. Why then the secrecy? What is there to be caut- lous about? Certainly. a party whirli has been in office continuously for twenty years has no great need of an advantage over other parties for organizational purposes.

in any event. whether there is anything said about it in constitu- tional law or not. it is a fact that opposition parties have just as much moral right to advance notice re- specting elections as has the ruling party, since they. too. have respon- sibilities to the public. Unfortunately. this fact often appears to be ignored in the councils of Government.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A pet store in Long Beach, t7alif., is now selling crickets at SL08 each. This will help to ease the problem of those citizens who like the little musical creatures in front of their fireplaces.

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Finland is having agricultural troubles. too. A report from Helsinki says that six members of the Cab- inet have threatened to resign unless the Government agreed to increase the price of margarine and reduce. the price of butter so as to stabilize the dairy industry.

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The Egyptians ar.e angered over the regrettable fact that one Arab was accidentally killed by U. N. forces when mobs started trouble iii the Gaza Strip, following the depart- ure of the lsraclis. There will be more than one killed if Egypt insists ”" 'Hlt'i”E Over the area and the Israelis decide to go back to finish the job. We shall soon see what the "assurances" which the United

States gave to Israel are worth. . D C I i A former Islander who is now

running I grocery store in Vineland. Ontario, writes to say that he re- ceived 250 bags of badly frozen P.E.I. potatoes. He comments: ”lin- lqsn there is more care taken about frost you are killing your own markets." Anyone can see that. Wherever the fault lies. immediate steps should be taken to put an end to this bad advertisement for our chief product. No product. however good. can stand that sort of publicity. O O 0

Poor Mr. Dulles! Not only does his tongue occasionally rttn ahead of his thinking; he sometimes for- gets the company he is in. In Can- berra he told SEATO delegates that .recognltion of Communist China would "strengthen and encourage in- fluences hostile to us and our allies." Ipporently forgetting that at least 'two rnernben of the organization

THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS SHINING - -

Medically Speaking

Ir llornu N. luuderu. M. II. t

WHAT ARE 'l'llE REASONS

FOR A CHll.l)”S SIlYNl- '4?

Shyness is not born in a child it is created. And all loo frequent- ly the parents are responsible.

True. different youngsters are born with different l('lllp0I'.JlllPnlb'. but that is only the beginning. Whether I child will develop a great degree of sltynt-ss depends primarily upon what llappclls dur- ing his early life.

p PHYSICAL HANl)I('APS

Physical handicaps. of course. play an important part III creat- ing shyness in some cluldren. A youngster who is crippled or suf- fcrs from rehumalic heart disease. polio or some other serious illness or frailty. quite often llt'('tlIIl('s un- duly shy because of llI(-' restric- tions placed upon him.

While shyness somctuucs suits from such physical discom- l fort. many times ll is caused by emotional dtscomloris. .tlul here is where you parents play so titt- pnrtant a part.

CLOSE TIE Ordinarily. a mother is ltcr 4 I child's first close tie. lie lul'u.s to l

1 her for love amt -;vnlpnlll.v before . r he seeks it from his iatllcr or bro- i thcrs and sisters. . In fact. most rhlltltcu have to l i feel perfectly st-cure wlill an adult ' l before they can give their alert- ion and trust to )tIllllLIt'l' pt-rsons. How you parents rc.'u'l toward your child helps greatly to deter- mine whether hc will (lclclop Ill- to ”llle shy type" l NATURAL lNSTl.V("l' : It's a natttral instinct to try to i avoid something unpleasant. Shy- ness is a method a cltlld sonic- tlnics uses to avoid tltscomfurt of

Ionic sort. Unless he gets frequent encour- ragemcnt from his parents. I

youngster is apt to put off or try to avoid taking any action on any problem. And just about every- thing in a ytnunz clnld 5 life is I

PUBLIC FORUM

llun column In open to un dlncub mun try l"IIIl'flliMIlIl'1!lILI nl uuution II tum-en. l'nr (iuaniun dnu not neces- ulllx endorse the opinion 4! curves pundenu.

ATTI-2N'l'l0N DR. DEWAR Sir. - ltr, l.. Ill-war in his let- ter of lllarcll full says that the chlef nialndy of education is 'tnv-

er-uork and malllulrllion," what- ever the inference. He also says that education

faces a job today unparalleled in the lustory of the human race. and that utilun a generation the n1Ilss' of knowledge held by man-- klltd has doubled.

Vow according to the dictionary knowledge means edttrltlion. so Dr. Dewar has indicated that Ed- ttczmon lta- made such great strides forward in the past gener-

ation that something should be done about ll. Dr. l)ewar's ”simple table"

showing the annual cost of l-2du- Falion. lllgltways and Agriculture on a percentage basis since 1900

sttugcsls his estimation of the In- t

tclhgcnce ol the electors of Prince I-Edward island.

Had he given the amount of money spent on l-Education each year since 1900. as he should have dnnc. it would be shown that the cost of Education has tremendous- ly increased over the past fifty odd years.

In 1900 First and Second Class Tctu-lu-rs got 8225. a year and Third Class Teachers got SlK0.00 a )car. an average of 3202.50 per year. while according to Dr. Dew- ar's own figures the average sal- ary of Teachers in I935 was SI.- 44:'v.ll3 per year. or seven times as much as In 1900. which is annih- cr proof that this Province is go- ing ahead rapidly in matters of l-Zducatinn.

Concerning School Properly. all l)r. Dewar has to do is to take I drive, latter the snow gout .. round the country and see all the beautiful school buildings with running water and sewerage. and well kept school grounds. and com- pare them with the little blnck school llouse. the picturesque out- building. the bucket of water car- ried from a nctgllbours spring or well. and the lln drinking cup us- ed by HIP ll'.'Iltltt'l' and all the pu- pils; and let hun see for himself the matunln-out than School! throughout the l'rovlilt-e in which pupils up to anti nu-lnrltng Grade Twelve rt-ct-lie Instruction. thus saving lllt'll' pjirenls Inrge sums oft

money lorlllcrlx spent on paying for board amt lull-.in;: in Charlotte- town. lntl ll'l lnm not forget that all lllcsc lllollvltll improvements have been -lmux-ored Ind "Illn-

t'i.'lllv nsxlsllltl by Libergl Goygm. lIt('lll om .mn.l.t-ll years ago I school lnlrl l'tulce .01 Wales College r-lahlished in Charlotte- '"”'l '4' prepare Teacher: for the Plotuttc All nudentn entering l'l.llrr of Wales college 1rIduIt- vrl n- qualified teachers. Ind there la. a surplus of Teacher: for alloul seventy years. But then it was decided by I Tory Govern- ment to give Business Ind other course: in Prince of Wnln College and soon the T of Teachers in graduate fell hope lessly short of the requirements. That is what happened. I am. sir. etc-.. TH08. V. GRANT. Ottawa.

March llth. 1957.

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FAVOR! COIIIIQION 'slr. - Congrltllnti to Dr. nevur in preulu for Royal Com- noverlmem ls. ul-

dltlon the educntloml system this province is in. Ed , we are the lIughing stock I . America for nowhere I

0'-FTAWA REPORT

Ottawa: Some wit lll tlle Sen- Ile commented that. if the prest- ent spell of warm weather keeps

i ttm of Senators left ill Florida.

One might add that. if the pres- i cut death rate keeps up, there won't even be I quorum of Sen- tortt left in Ottawa.

it was out of respect for Que- bec's Senator Armand Daigle that the tell-tale Canadian ensign tmosl recently fluttered at ltalf mast atop the Peace Tower here.

And with but death, "Deceased"

still would be; because different groups coming to this committee would not agree in every detail the committee would be furnish- ed with the excuse that. since ev- l erybotly does not agree, we will i have to wait for more agreement, and nothing would be done.

For the government to say it lluel not want A Royal Commis- sion for fear it will cost more mon- l ey is like I person who know: there is something wrong with him, refusing to go to the doctor for fear an operation might be needed which would cost him mon- ey.

A Royal Commission would be I small politically impartial group who would thoroughly study and

it would lhcn make certain recom- mendations as to what changes should be made to make it as fair as possible to the people of this province as I whole. Such chang- es might not necessarily demand the spending of more money but certainly would make use of the money already available in the province.

Let's take I brief look It the Royal Commission set up under Judge Poitier ln NovI Scotia in l953. In Nov: Scntiu It that time the educational situation was in nearly as bad I condition as it is in our own province at the pres- cnt. lime. Poorer communities had great. difficulty in getting a teach- er or could not get one at all. Chil-

of the Royal Cnmnussion teach era received a higher mininunn salary. u reassessrnent was made of all real property In Nova Scot- la and I tax of eighty cent: was paid on each hundred dollars. The rettt of what was needed by the district was paid by the govern- ment. This made it possible for the less prospcrnlls districts to af- ford betler leaclters and facilities. Similarly more properoutl district: did not need as much, help from" the government. This resulted in n more lust distribution. rather than an increase. of public fund: being spent on educapon by the government.

The money i in this province. Let us not liv on.dreImr of fed- crnl am. Something mun be done at once and I Royal Commission is the fairest way of finding out what should and can be done.

I III. Sir. etc.. CITY TEACHER.

VICIOIIA IRIDGB . slr.c-Man III! four yenrs have plutl than 00 late Jones Gov-

in thorn. for It could very eully have

been kept" ll repair at no A! I nlllll. It he been detri-

dren were being denied the right , to I fair education. As I result -.

WT Sixleeirlg Senate Vacancies

By Patrick Nit-hnlsol

up. there soon will be not a qttor- '

y grew to outnumber the "i'rngrcs- l.

' generous group of Senators. after

problem of some kind.

Don't force your cluld to retreat to the protection sllyncss offers. Don't make lllnl let-l iuatlcqllate or ashamed of things he tries to accomplish.

Three very important rules to

follow are: Don't be too ambitions for your youngster. always expecting him to do more and better than nlhcrs his age.

2. Don't force a younuer child to compete directly with an older one. such as giving them the same musical tnlrumenls to play. Young-

sive Conservatives" by more than three to one. ”l)eceased" has long cnuslituett by far our second most

”i.tbcrals " Today tltere are 79 I.llwl'al Sena- tors. 16 "Vacancies", 5 Conserva-

tives and 2 independents in the i Pr Children lzcnerallv f0f"DPN'

m2.memb;-r upper unuso of Par. with older brothers and sisters

liament. l auytvay and often feel that they Our other federal parties. the can never valvh UP-

(TC.C.F and the Social Credit 3. Don't rebuff your cluld con-

stantly. if you really love him. you'll take time to try to under- stand him.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

M.T.: For the past four months. i have had a sore on my gum which is getting larger. What would you advise”!

Answer: The store may be due to an infection or ttunnr growth. Many times tumor: begin as chronic sores on the mouth. 'l'hesc tumors can usually be removed by surgery.

The Age Old Story

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God. to them who are the called Ircnrdlng to bill pur-

group. are not represented in the Senate. This compounds the mock- ery which present (lay partisan appointment - and non-appoinb lnent -- of Senators has made of our Upper House; of that senior legislative cllambcr tvhtclt our Fa- (hers of Confederatunt intended as a chamber of sober second thought but which practice is fast making into a house of second childhood. WIIY N0 AI'P0lN'I'.Vll-ZNTS? y

With sixteen vacancies in our Senate. one muzllt draw the con- clttssion that Senators are dying off so quickly that the poor Prime Minister. who alone has the pow- er and the duty to refill vacancies. just has not got sufficient time or candidates to keep oltr plush S10- 000-per-year-fnr-life R ed Cham- bcr up to full strength.

evaluate our educational system. l

Yet that is not true. Some of ling"

those vacancies have existed not for weeks or for months but for years. No less than one quarter of them are older than my school- age daughter. Prime Minister St. Laurent givetl the impression that he cares no little for our Upper Chamber. and for the aspirations of public-spirited citizens and of privately-dispirlterl Liberals. th at he cannot be bothered to refill vacancies.

Senator George Jones of New Brunswick died on 27 April 1950. Senator il.A. Mullins of Mani- toba died on September 5th that same year. Quebec Senators Fer- . land and Moraud died in lit? 1 of many of our Senators, nor ov- svrinv Oi 1951-'TllPil' fll15ltC0V0l" l erlonking the valuable role which rd seats have heifer Y?! be?" W- l our Upper Chamber could and filled. should play in the government of

is it so hard to find Canadians nu, country. And I draw out pgr. lluallliw 10 5' 59""""57 A79 0"? allel of those unfilled vacancies our fellow citizens so unwillintz to in ollr Lower House of Parliament serve in that aura of public ridi- um. cute to which F009"! R0V9l”l'ImEmS The failure to make good the have reduced our impotent BN1 representative nature of our Par- unuged Senate? will H0 mm 01' hament "within Ircsonubletime.” woman voluntecrto winter in Flnr- as required by qur constitution. ldI. and ITEM 1! few divorces in suggests that the role of ottr par- Springtime. for 310.000 Per YEN? liamcnt. has been emaciated to the

point of being unnecessary. It might suggest that. if we can do without lo senators and S llf.f's. we could equally well do without

the balance of B6 senators and 260

M.P's. and save the taxpayer: SH).-

000 per year for each one of them.

or on the other hand. it might

suggest that the time has come to restore the sularemncmf parlia- ment, to pure the government of the country once more on the floor f of parliament, and to remove it

Yet there are sixteen vacancies at that job today.

And when one turns to the Low- er House of Parliament. one sees likewise vacancies in the Com- mons extending over a year. Over 750.000 Canadians have been tin- represented at Ottawa because by-

. elections have not been held to fill these old vacancies. Hy contrast. the British government recently caused the replacement of Sir An- thony Eden within seven weeks of his resignation.