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THE GUARDIAN

llornln; Dally (Pounded In llfl) Anlharlnrd no lies-used Clnsn Slnll. Paco Offlln Department, OI-slvrn. The Inland llunrdlun Efistrllehlng OI. Idllur and llnneglng lllrnasar, J. IL Iiurldfl Aesncleta Editor, Irnnlr Waller.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thu the Weakest Ink.’

CHAKLOTTETOWN, MONDAY, JUNE 13. 1949 Penal Reform

lExperts in penology, convening in Toronto

recently to discuss Canada's penal system, found

little to say in its favor. On the contrary, they gave it a very low rating.

The test of a prison system is the number of first offenders who never return and the num- ber who become repeaters. ln Canada, the num- ber who never return is 22 per cent only of the total. The number of repeaters is 78 per cent.

Professor Stuart Jaffray, of the University of Toronto, laid bare, what in his judgment is the basic weakness of the Canadian system. Un- der our criminal code, sentences are imposed to fit the crime. In a penal system devoted to the regeneration of offenders, the sentence should fit the offender.

Several practical suggestions emerge from the experts’ discussions:

l—The function of judges and magistrates should be restricted to ascertaining guilt or in- nocence. Sentences should be imposed by o panel of trained psychologists.

2—Sentences should be indeterminate and conditional on the success of regenerative treat- ment. No one should be set at large until cured. No cured person should be detained.

3—Discharged persons should be helped to take their place as useful citizens and no pains should be spared to prevent them relapsing into disorderly ways of life.

These sug-gested reforms arc simple enough and practical enough to warrant the early at- tention of the government of Canada. There is no justification for the long delay in implement- ing the recommendations of the Archombault commission.

Both In The Running

The C.C.F. candidate for Vancouver ‘East is Mr. Angus Moclnnis, a former ‘Prince Edward ls- ‘lander who has represented his constituency for several sessions of Parliament. Now his wife, Mrs. Grace Mclnnis, a former member of the British Columbia Legislature and a daughter of ‘the founder of the C. C. F. movement, the late .l. S. Woodsworth, is seeking election in Vancouver South, a new constituency.

In the last Parliament two brothers were deskmates on the Liberal side of the Commons, Joseph Gour of Russell, Ont., and Ddvid Gourd of Chapleau, Ont, Curiously they spell their names differently.

But this is only one of several instances of

----—bfOdflld-li~bélllQ--mel'flliélff of Parliament together. ~.An-exchange recalls that after the l9ll Federal.

election, Col. Som Sharpe sat for North Ontario and his brother, W. H., represented Lisgar, in Manitoba.

Earlier than that there were two Schells in the Commons, both Liberals, one the member for Glengerry, the other for North Oxford.

Then there were two Progressives together ln the i926 Paliament, R. W. Fansher of Last Mountain, Sask., and B. W. Fansher of Lambton East.

There was a case too of a father and son, for a short time, when Hugues Lopointe made his appearance in i940, while his father, Ernest Lapointe, was living and a member of the gov- ernrnent.

For Arthritis Victims

A strong measure of hope for the more than 600,000 Canadians who suffer from some form of arthritis is contained in a report presented in New York recently by Dr. Philip S. Hench, of the division of medicine of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn.

The report, which was submitted to the In- ternational Congress on Rheumatic Diseases, dealt with the results of treatment which em- ployed a, hormone extract known as Com-pound ‘E. ln some cases, as was shown in before-and-af- ter movies, the treatment produced spectacular results.

ln preliminary tests, victims who had been so crippled that they could scarcely walk without help, were able to climb briskly up a stair after receiving a few injections of Compound E. On sixteen patients, the injections produced a mark- ed alleviation of pain and other symptoms. In some cases these symptoms recurred after the treatment was stopped but in others there were indications that relief was permanent.

Dr. Hench emphasized that the research on

Compound E was still very much in its infancy and that there were a number of major prob- lcms still to be solved before it could be recom- mended for general use. There wos still much to be learned about dosage and side reactions. l One of the main barriers to widespread use of Compound E is its great scarcity. The some difficulty in obtaining supplies large enough for general use was experienced in the early days of treatment involving penicillin and other anti- biotics. lut ecience discovered methods of pro- ducing them in large quantities and it is to be hoped that in the case of Compound E, science will make a similar contribution to the reduction pf human suffering.

I EDITORIAL NOIES I

fifteen more days till the election.

Unless the most is mode of the now very limited time at the disposal of political condi- lgtns~,pvln the most optimistic may find him- self among "the also runs.‘

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f Thomas Arnold, Efllish public school ‘rn-

mg?’ g one of the greatest of English school-

gggggrg,‘ ‘ this date 179$. Was headmaster ‘ My IflTto 184i, when he was op-

painted professor of modern history at Oxford. His remarkable influence over his pupils is well depicted by T. Hughes in Tom Brown's School Days. I I I

lt could be that the Nova Scotia election re- flected Prime Minister St. Laurent's appeal to "Liberals in a hurry" which attracted the Soc- ialist vote but repeljed'ma:1y erstwhile Liberals.

With all the improvement in aircraft, it is still the reliability of the pilot that produces confidence on the part of passengers, the assur- ance that whatever the circumstances he will know the right thing‘ to*do, apd do it.

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Now it is the International farm body which is planning how to deal with crop surpluses, and how to feed the starving masses in Europe and elsewhere. Hope the Prime Minister will not deal out like treatment to them as he did the Fisheries delegation which had a like object in view.

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Mr. Drew Pearson offers Liberalism as an alternative to "hard-faced reactionaries" and "wild-eyed revolutionaries." There are many hard names that could be given to that alterna- tive but it would not be elevating to hear them used for election purposes.

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"Hope springs eternal" in connection with new ind-ustries which may come and not hastily fly away. There is not much in common between dried fish and canned strawberries, except that so far they have ngt come to stay.

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From here it looks as if American anti-Com- munist activities are getting out of hand‘ and in danger of becoming a witch hunt. Comedian Donny _Kaye, who is currently being idolized in the United Kingdom is amongst the latest tar- gets.

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The extraordinary almost door-to-door cam- paign being conducted by our National leaders has taken first toll of Mr. St. Laurent, who has had to nurse his voice. The strategists behind each must have been profoundly impressed by the success of the Truman tour and determined to imitate it whether they had a Truman or not.

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Halifax will be a remarkable centre of learn- ing for the next few days while playing ‘host ‘ro the National Conference of Canadian Universi- ties, representatives of the Association of Uni- versities of the British Commonwealth, the Royal Society of Canada and the Canadian Political Science Association, not to overlook Canadian and U; S. A. representatives of the ‘Press.

Q I U

Many forces and people besides the diplo- mats are workina for peace. The American Quak- er group that won fie Nobel Peace Prize in i947 is still, according to the New York Times, quiet- ly trying to increase the cultural exchange be- tween East and West and to convince Ameri- cans and Russians that they can live in "peace- ful competition." Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis-

rue GUARDlAN.

PUBLIC FORUM

Thln calunsn le open to the dllcusslon by colflsponrlente 0! questions a! Internet. The Guardian docs not neccQr- ‘lly endorse the opinion of correspondent; ‘

COMPLAINT FROM EAST POINT

Sin-We feel that the people of East Point have been shamefully treated ln the neglect. fur the sec- ond time, of the Mobile X-ray Unit to visit the district on the appoint- ed date. Two years ago the fail- ure of the unit. to vlslt. East; Polrrt was due, or so we are told, to a breakdown in the X-rey apparatus, b" U115 Yea-Y. they have not given us any valid ‘excuse. Perhaps they did not t.hl.nk lt worth while to visit: Best Point. However, there were sixty persons in the district to be x-rayccl besides- those that. come from other districts. These people lost most of the afternoon waiting for the unit to arrive, 1r.- thls busy season of the year, me farmers, whose time ls very valu- a-ble, clnnot. afford to be made fools of. If they had even the courtesy to telephone and m, u5 lmow they were not coming, the people would‘ feel more lenient to- ward them.

he: 1r'r-.ht have chosen either the north shore road or the south shore mad to reach East Point. These mods were both passable at the time they were scheduled to come. On the following day they traversed the worst. pert. of the North Shore mad. in order to get to North Lake cannery, This they could also have done to get. to East Point. t! they had any con- slderatlon for the people of that district.

Why could they not have arrang» ed to come at e. later dale in ord- er that. the people might. have the benefit of being x-rayed. After all we feel that the health of these sixty people in this community is Just as important as that. of any Oi-hfl" zrouP and we think that we are entitled to enjoy the same privileges afforded to the ether citizens of this Province. We purchase our share of Chrisamas S9815. us well an any one else: and its only falr that we should re- ceive some benefit from the money we contributed to the Tuberculosis League.

After the trouble they tools to publicize their coming even to an nounclng on the radio that we missed our chance two years ago, it seems rather ironic that it was they who were at fault.

In conclusion. ma," we add, l1 there are any unknown cases of Tuberculosis in the district at. present and if any more develop because of t-hese cases, the blaime lies not on the people, who en- deavoured to have the x-rey imlt visit here but. on those who failed to see that 1t arrived.

We are, Btr, w... EAST POINT WOMEN'S INSTITUTE.

Cl-lAkLOTTETOlVN

Generosity With A String

BEHIND ‘ll-IE SCGNES

0n NO/llmos m, you Peusioucns wmi Tue SMALL Attoweece oursroe ruconne/

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t: Old Charlottetown

FIRST PUBLIC LIBRARY

The first subscription library in Prince Edward Island appears to have been formed in Charlottetown in the year 1825, with John Brecken as librarian and Robert Hodgson as treas..rer. The annual subscription was £1 3s 4d, but there was also provision for “second class share- holders" who pald annual dues of 10 shillings sterling. The library was open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays between the hours of twelve and two. Subscribers residing upwards of five miles from Charlottetown were allowed to lake out double the number of books at a time, and given treble the time for perusal granted to town patrons. A catalogue of the books, with the rules, etcx, was printed and sold at the price of one shilling.

The first order for books was transmitted to Landon in Decem- ber, 1845, but "owing to several un- toward occurrences" they did not

arrive unlll the following winter. Thev comprised works "adapted to

80W’! MY BOY? Ho, seller of the bee! How's my boy-my bay? "What's your boy's name, good

wife, . And tn what good shlp ss-llkt he?"

s My boy Jahn—

He that went to sea.-

What. care I for the ship, sailor’! My boy‘; my boy to me.

You come beck from see.

And not. know my John-l

I might an well have dud some

landsmcn

Yonder down ln the town.

There's not an ass in all the parish But. he knows my John.

How's my boy-my boy?

And unless you let me know I'll swear you are no sailor, Blue jacket or no,

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ter Andrei A. Gromyko is known to have express- ed confidence in the integrity of the Quakers, which, however, is not necessarily a good recom- mendation. I I I

A fifth candidate in Queens may stir up things a bit," heretofore the campaign has been pitifully dull and uninteresting. Oh, for the days when candidates wiped the platform with one another, and roused the enthusiasm of their audience to fever pitch! Alas, those days and‘ performances may be obsolete, but they were very effective in making freedom-loving people aware of their rights, privileges, and what was due them by those they elected to Parlia- ment.

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A boy's future vocation must be taken into consideration in awarding damages for an acci- dent. ln Londop a l3-year-old boy, who simply ador- ed gomes, and contemplated entering the priest- hood, was awarded $24,000 for injuries received when an army truck collided with a school bus in which he was travelling, causing him injur- ies which will prevent him kneeling at the altar. The judge said the boy was entitled not only to damages for physical pain and suffering but also for what, to the boy, must be a most pro- found and heart-breaking disappointment. come Tax.

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According to the Bank of Montreal Crop Report the season in the Maritimes generally is from one to two weeks earlier than in on average year, except in the northern parts of New Bruns- wick where the weather has been wet and cold. Seeding is well under way for most crops. Mois- ture is ample and worm, dry weather is needed for ideal development. Hay shows a good growth and a bumper crop is expected to be harvested. Pastures are in excellent condition. Apple trees are in heavybloom and promise well. Strawber- ries wintered well and show good growth, but need warm weather. About 75 per cent of the potato crap has been planted under ideal condi- tions; acreage to be seeded is down about l0 per cent from last year, but is equal to an average year. Farm help is more readily available than in recent years.

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Mr. John T. Hockett, K. C., well known here, will again contest Stanstead riding at the next election as official Progressive Conservative candidate, having been chosen at a convention Saturday. He was the unanimous choice of the 250 delegates who represented the entire coun- ty. "lt is contended by the Government and its supporters that there are no issues at stake in this election," said Mr. Hackett, in his ac- ceptance speech. "l do not agree. Before the war $500,000,000 sufficed for the purposes of gov- ernment, and today $2,$00,000,000 and more was annually collected in taxes for this pur- pose." What one dollar did l0 years ago to de- fray the expenses of government, $5 was needed to do today, he said. it was not merely a ques- tion of the country's having a new Prime Minis- ter and a new Leader of the Opposition and of four-fifths of Parliament being spent, es the Government contended he said. This being the case he did not agree that there were no issues at stake in the coming elections.

The Canadair Deal

(Montreal Gazette)

"senseless and completely with- out foundation" were the words used by Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe in denying charges made by George Drew, Progressive Conservative leader, that the trade minister had arranged a "secret deal” un- der which the Canadair plant here was sold to the Electric Boat Company of Manhattan for $4,- 000,000 and that there were ir- regularities in the contract.

But. the obscurity and the odd circumstances surrounding the deal can scarcely be dismissed by this energetically flat state- ment. The Canadian taxpayers are entitled to a reply and an accounting in detail. After all, it is their money. by the million, that ls involved.

Mr. Rowe's further shedding of light on the Canadair situation will be eagerly awaited by many who have followed the company through its various phases, it must be confessed, with considerable bewilderment as to where the taxpayers ended up. Certainly the record is not such as ta present the clear-cut picture that the tone of Mr. Rowe's reply in this and other instanceawould imply.

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The public interest will be serv- ed by the earliest possible furth- er illumination of the situation by Mr. Howe. It is recalled- that. all early announcements relative to Canadair were made by Mr. Howe as late as February. 1947: in explanation of the transfer of the company to Electric Boat. in- terests, he, as Minister of Recon- struction, said the deal was in keeping with the policy of his department to establish war in- dustries ns permanent, peacetime industries as far as possible.

Mr. Howe had been the father nf Canadair and there was a wide and deeply-seated belief that the president and operating head of the company up to that. time, Ben- jamin Franklin. made no major move without the guidance or ac- aulescence of~Mr. Howe. In the light of this. it ls difficult to un- derstand Mr. Rowe's statement of yesterday to the effect that the Government had no knowledge of the arrangement under which Benllmin Franklin. Cenedsl ‘s original director. and his associ- ates transferred ownership of Cen- ads‘! largest aircraft plant to its present owners. .

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In e reply to " Mr. Howe stated in the House of Com- mons on March 20. I947. that the cost of the feclll es at the Cer- tlerville pie t. ncludlng lend. buildings, pl nt. machinery end tooling amounted to 321325.777. That statement also dealt with the Electric Boat deal, saying that Electric Boat. had acquired hub- stentlelly all of the Canadair stock. It also qfsoted terms of the agreement between the new owners end the Canadian Gov- ernment covering the Crown fuell- lttes, contract, etc. st Cartier- ville.

From this statement. however, it

could not be learned just how

thetaste of all descriptions of read- ers, consisting of history, bio- graphy, poetry, a splendid collection of the most celebrated voyages and travels from the time of Sir Hugh Wllloughby down to Capt. Frank- lin, besides periodical criticism and some of the most. approved mod- ern works of fiction and romance, forming together a literary melnnge, replete with useful knowledge, in- tellectual -lmprovement, and ro- tlonal amusement."

Government or exactly for what it was paying. Nor did it give any indication as to what" assets to be acquired by the new owners cast. Canadair or the Government. The deal became effective Sop- tcmber 14. 1948 and on that clute Mr. Howe! statement showed in- ventory on hatnd. at‘ $9,750,000.

The cost. of the company to the taxpayers and the spread be- tween that cost end any figure that has been mentioned as a re- covery, glves the public en inter- est in the affair of sufficient meg- nitude to wurxant the expecta- tion of an explanation of suf- ficient detail and clarity for the average man to understand.

Furthermore the Lllcuu ‘ would seem amply to warrant the question as to who were the shareholders of the original Cana- dair, and what was the nature of the investment upon which their shareholdings were based? That is to say, by whom were these shares issued? For what consider- ation were they issued? To whom was such consideration paid and haw much was it? Exactly ‘to whom did the shareholders dis- pose of their stock (was it solely to the Electric Boat ns a com- panyf), and how much did they receive for it?

It ls quite appreciated that. such questions would not be in order no regards n similar transaction between two private co.- but where one of the companies is as much a matter of public concern as was the original Cen- adelr they seem not. only admis- sable but demanding of an answer on the, grounds of public inter- est.

If Mr. Drew's assertions were "senseless". Mr. Howe seems to be the one man in a posltlon to pre- sent the Canerlnlr situation in o mqmer to make sense.

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The average sleeper ls esti- nreted to ehsage positions so times s night.

Anchor sndcrownor 'nol Sure his shlp was the Jolly Briton-

"Speak low, woman speck low-"