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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk".

CIIARLOTTETOW N,

Men Wanted

Canada's call for men to defend free- dom is now loud and clear. There may be dispute as to the Government's, record in the past or as to the most appropriate ,means of raising the forces now required but of-the need for fighting men there can be no dispute.

This country has assumed obligations to help the other members of the United Nations and Atlantic Pact countries to ,re- sist aggression. We can expect their active assistance in the event of our own coun- try being threatened and can do no less than assume our share of the burden of common defence, the more so that it is unquestionably more satisfactory to stop aggression before rather than after our own territory is invaded.

The old fable of the unbreakable bundle of sticks and the case with which they could be individually broken holds both a warning and an assurance for the free world to present a united front to aggres- sion. Canada's expanding military might. is a vital contribution to collective insur- ance against any future nomination as u victim.

FRIDAY, MAY 18, I951

The llecount Results

Mr. R. R. Bell is to be congratulated upon the result of the election recount in .the Second District of Queen's, which has given him a seven vote majority over his Liberal opponent, as against six votes credited to him on Declaration Day. More than that, the inquiry disposes of am doubts that may have been entertainer! due to the closeness of the contest, as to the Opposition leadcrls position. Mr. Le- Page acted advisedly, botil in his own and in the public interests, in calling for the recount and thus clarifying the situation. Double congratulations are due to Mr. Frank Myers on emerging as victor" in the recount in First Queen's. thus restoring to if the Conservatives the six seats they held in the last Legislature. This was Mr. Myers' first bid forlpublic office, and we imagine that none will be happier over the result than his doughty father, Mi. John H. Myers, whose long association with Provincial and Federal politics gives him the status of an elder statesman and who is held in high regard by both Con- servatives and Liberals.

yllmllanger Signal

one of the most disturbing statements in Mr. Ahbottis recent budget speech has re- fceivcd scant attention. It. is that the pro- ductivity of Canada has not increased sig- nificantly in the last five years.

Here, notes tllc Winnipeg Free Press, it is necessary to (llstinguisli between produci- ion and productivity. The total production of Canada is at its peak today and can be increased further if the nation provides the necessary energy. But the amount of goods which the average worker produces in a year has not increased in five years even ithough our industrial machine has been "greatly increased in size and mechanical ;'cl'ficiency. For against. the increasing ca.- t"pacity- of the machine must be reckoned Lthe shorter working hours and hence thzr ; limited output of the average worker.

F This is explained in greater detail in the 5' White Paper submitted by Mr. Abbott with his budget. It shows that between 1939 and 1946 the gross production of the nation rose lby more than 60 per cent, reckoned in pre- 'war dollars. "This rapid expansion of out- , put," the White Paper says, "was only pos; l'sible through the fuller utilization of re- sources which were unemployed or under- nmployed at the beginning of the period. ii Starting from a position of relatively full lutilization of resources in 1946, gains in 7: real product have naturally been mucll less l spectacular in the post-war period. Recent '. estimates indicate it real increase of some- fftihlng, approaching 11 per cent for the pc- ll "nod 1946 to 1950. excluding the effect of it Union with Newfoundland. For the first a three years of this period the gains in real ll product appear to have been just about 3: enough to keep step with population in- , creases. is For the year 1950 however real

product per caplta increased by somethiniy more than 1 per cent." 0 ', Thclncreaceofll percent in gross during the loot five yearsoppeors flulltlntial until it is remembened that in may ooinI,poriod.thc industrial labor force - by 12 per cent. Thus the pro-

duction per worker stood virtually static.

Throughout the history of the last 50 years or more, the average annual output of the average worker has risen steadily. Thus and thus only could living standards possibly increase; and thus only could real wages, as distinguished from money wages, possibly rise. The economy of Canada files a danger signal when, under the most favor- able conditions, this upward trend is ur- rested for five years.

EDI IURIAI. NO I E!

. Rain may bring its blessings but it is fine weather which receives them. 0 I I

The 14th day before polling day in the Fcderal by-electioll, June 25, will be Nom- ination Day, which makes it Monday, June 11.

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Soon the farmer will shrug off problems of' marketing and give undivided attention to ensuring another crop to find markets for.

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There is a similarity between Britain's Labour Government and the symbol of the Festival of Britain-the Skylon. Both ap- pear to stay up without visible means of support.

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When Their Majestics opened the Fest- ival of Britain recently, it must have been like visiting the Queen's old home in For- farshire. Timber grown in Glamis was used in making the furniture for the retir- ing rooms of the King and Queen at the Festival on the south side of the Thames.

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Ottawals Uplands Airport is to have a runway of almost five miles. The time must be coming when table-top airports

ing and take-off strip be a gradient in part, at least, and make use of gravity to

reduce excessive taxiing.

Elias Ashmole, founder of the Ash- moleall Museum, Oxford, died this date 1692. Antiquarian, astrologer and Royalist soldier, he presented his collection to Ox- ford University. Among the museum's treasures arc the Arundcl Marbles and the Scldcn Marbles.

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A spoiled ballot is one that is not cast but exchanged for a new one. A rejected ballot is one which was cast but not count- ed because of some defcct. If these defin- itions could be kept in mind by D.R.O.'s and candidates' agents the task of making a recount would be made considerably easier and more satisfactory.

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The dangerous foot-and-mouth disease is currently present in all countries of the world except Canada, United States, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland and Scotland. A recent outbreak occurred in Switzer- land, apparently introduced by a shipment of potatoes, either carrying particles of in- fected soil, or shipped in contaminated

sacks.

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Returning to ancient practice. A service arranged by Sclkirkshire farmers, Scotland, for the "blessing of the seeds” was con- ducted in Caddonfoot Parish Church, Tvvecdside, by the Rev. D. MacCuish. it was the second service of its kind to be held in the Borders, the first having been held a year ago in the parish church at Ashkirk, near Selkirk. Here ,we have blessing of the fishing fleet only.

G O O

Russia's Andrei Gromyko spoke three words of English at the Paris deputy for- cign ministcrs' meeting Monday-for the first time since the conference started March 5. Gromyko interrupted a speech by Philip Jessup of the.U. S. to say in Russian, ”Wc have reason to doubt wheth- or the Government of the United States actually wants a meeting (of foreign min- istcrs.)" Jessup, replied, "Yes, oui, da," putting it in the languages of all four deputies. "Which we doubt," retorted Gromyko in English. and with a know- ing smile.

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The sympathy of all our citizens is ex- tended to the R.C.A.F. and the relatives of the pilots who, it is to be feared, lost their lives on the recent flight from Goose Bay to Summerside. The plane may yet be found in the wilds of Labrador, but it is unlikely; and there is little chance like- wise of El. rubber dinghy surviving in the

authorities have not given up the search, which will be prosecuted while there is ii shadow of hope. It is the first catastrophe of its kind here since the war, and it is all the more regretted that four promising young lives should be sacrificed in the in- itial stages of training. To all intents and purposes. these young men were on activi- service, staking their lives on the haziirds involved in keeping prospective enemies at bay. Their relatives will have this fact to remember them by, and their country this best of all reasons for honouring their

memory.

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PUBLIC FORUM

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GREATEST ROAD MENACE

Sir.-I read Chief lVIaoArt.hur's appeal for careful driving. a timely and necessary word. for. in spite of all the lessons, there are still some careless drivers. In fact, there seems to be some who, either for lack of brains or from disre- gard for other people, cannot. learn to drive a car. A great pity such men cannoi. be eliminated from the road.

But in the Chiefs letter not I word about drunken driving, out most dangerous road menace. I suppose he feels that is not. his Province. About all I am afraid of is the drunken driver. Last ycaz, on the P. E. Island roads I had two escapes from men wob- bling all over the road. I was not 4 smart enough to get their num- bars.

The law against this offence is difficult to.execute, is it? We haven't yet decided how much liquor makes a man unsafe. It. doesn't take much! A little is worse than a lot. A little makes a man reckless, 8 lot keels him over. ”I'he law is hard to enforce. is it? when a man discovers he has a difficult job in hand he puts on more push. It has been sus- pected that the police, in some cases, are noi. allowed to do this. At. any rate. the general opinion is that. drunken drivers are not. watched closely enough and are

dealt with, altogether too len- icnlly, for they are ii serious l11Cl'l3C(? on Our T0365 causing

more than half the fatal accidents. The Chief's appeal comes in here for help from the public to clear cur roads of those careless fol- lows who take the pleasure out of driving. ' I am, Sir, etc. W. l. GREEN. Stanley Bridge.

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(And I". E. I.) STEAM NAVIGATION

"At a numerous meeting held at the wellington Hotel on Prlday. the nth inst, Hon. Robert Hodg- aon in the chair. the following resolution was adopted:

" "rhot this meeting has seen. with much satisfaction the pro- ceedings of meetings held in Que-, bec and Montreal, for tho pur-1 pose of running I steam Boot be-, tween the ports of Quebec Indl Halifax; that, it. in the opinion of this meeting that it would tendl much to benefit the trolls of this- Colony, were it poulblo to induce the proprietor: of said Boat to ol- low her to touch at the Port of Charlottetown, on her route to and from Halifax and Quebec: that a committee be appointed to communlcot with the commit- tee named in Quebec, with the view of inducing the proprietors of the Steam Boat to allow her to touch at thin Port, and to lcorn, if any, what number of shares would be reserved for oubocrlption with- in thls Island; that the committee be directed to petition the unla- loturo at its next oltting praying for 5 grant of money in old of this object, provided ihc proprio- tora conunt. that the slum loot shall touch at the Port of char- lottctown to and from Quebec and Halifax; that the committee be directed to wilt upon I-Ill..Ex- celloncy the Lieutenant Govtrnor proyinl his patronage and unio- lnnco in ful-llicrlng llic oblacu of. Hill meeting) . i

"it was also agreed that tho Oliolnnon. no-. navllood. no-. Omicron. non. aoodi-no IIIII In-. tubers of

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Oils for The Lamps Of Freedom

(Hamilton Spectator) From politically boiling Iran to

the immense silence: of Northern ;

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Alberta is a journey of thousands ;

of miles, and no one would have thought these two region: had anything in common had not the struggle for oil focuaocd public attention on one of Canada's po- tential miracles.

Along the Athabasca River and covering an area of around 3,000 square miles. are the fabulous tar sands that hold an estimated 200,- 000,000,000 barrels of petroleum- far greater than the total of all known oil reserves in the world. By itself this astronomical fig-

ure mcan-s little, but in the cap- !

itals of a tense world it could mean anything. It. is significant that the Anglo-Iranian Oil Com- pany recently sent its chief geo- logist to examine the Albertan area. The problem of extraction is formidable-al sorts of methods, ingenious methods are being tried. But on oil depends Bri- tain's capacity to fight. any kind of a 'war for any length of time. If is the lifeblood of her Navy, her Air Force and her mechaniz- ed Anmy.

Without the tar sands Alberta'

is 1 good producer and will be a bigger one. llrcu-n't. begin to stake the universal thirst. for this "black gold". At the moment. the United States has proven re- serves of 30.000.000.000 barrels. or about. 30 per cent of the world's total. From this reserve about 2,000,000,000 barrels a year are produced.

Russia's proved reserve is be- lieved to be around 5,500,000,000 barrels. with an annual produc- tion of 270,000,000 barrels a year. Small wonder she keeps ii cov- etous eye on Iran, which is right on her southern border! For here is Britain's greatest source. with 05 per cent of the world's proved reserve, the most critical oil area in the world. (Before lra-n no- turalized oil, Britain controlled 47 per cent of Middle East pro- duction.) If Stalin embarked on war one of his first move: would

EXCEPT Fol! BIRDS a'rhei-c's rhythm in the orbit of I

l star.

'But t1hiit's ii. music stretched too

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To register upon the human ear.

0131! fed and mavhemntlclans ear.

Smaller circles. spreading on the

r. Are needed for such mice as we, so I declare -We'd have no way of knowing

whether God Is musical and likes a hymn Except. for birds.

We might 'forget religion alto- gcther

Except. for birds.

But. there they are. I t ”' us,

A man remarked tho other day: "Butter wont to 82 canto. didn't it?" No it "did not. Butter ho: no: legs. It is not self-propulsive. it doc: not "go" anywhere or to any price. It did not "go;" it was push-1 cd. People are becoming all too” accustomed to thinking oil prices "going" places, instead of realizing, that they are put there. somebody, increased the price. Either the- producer gets more, or somewherel on the way from him to the con- sumer an addition (perhaps morel than one addition) is made. Orl perhaps both these things hop-i pen. when they happen suddenly; with the price of some commod- ity going up in a series of quick- Jumps, it. to probably not the pro-l cluccr who profits most. There is" a. scarcity, or 1 new tax, and the. people who intervene between the producer and consumer take ad-.' vantage of the scarcity to "up" the price or take advantage of the tax to increase the price of goods al- ready in stock. There have been cases recently of firms announcing that they are not doing this until fresh stock is in. Goodl But let us not think of prices "going" places. They are propelled. And in many cases they are propelled unduly. Tint is where controls come in.-

Tho returning importance of- sterling no a world currency is, pointed up by the discussions which Mr. Eugene Black; Presi- dent. of the World Bank, has had in London preparatory to floating A public issue of sterling bonds in the United Kingdom. He reported to Chancellor of the Exchequer Hush Galtakcll that there has, been on increasing demand for atcrllnx loans from the World Bank. A disturbing inference from this situation is that the United K' -' has not been financing productive enterprises within its own spheres of influence on a bas- is sufficiently active to realize economic opportunities. The criti- cism that the Atlcc Government): monetary policies have been too nationalistic are given some sup- port from these circumstances. Applications to the world Bank for sterling loans are obviously for

MAY 18." 1951 ,

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llnvcstmcnt. in assured ontcrpriocs within the area. that would speak volumc7 co ms economic oppomml. ties which.Brltol.n'5 Labor Gm; eminent has overlooked in ' lull area. And if colonial busillcgg men are the uppllcimui, lhe ml: pllcotiom are equally gx-avg a, they would indicate that colulll”: enterprise tspiovlng at 3 fmzil rate than Colonial Office infers: in the welfare and growth 91' mi. lpdoaislesslons abroad. - Globe lind a .

The creation of I dcpiirtnicnl ,. Russian studies at '11”; um versity of Western Onlarh is it ,slgnlficanL cvenl. II n,, presents an enlightened aintuu. on the part of the Canadian mu. catlonlats to the greatest 1).-9518,, that confronts this generation the Western world: relzitionshl to soviet Russia. Its intention 0; course. in to examine the .,,;,,,; lround and find the facts. But in- cteulof accepting the deleatisn assumption that the issues pm. sently separating East and West will inevitably be resolved on 11, battlefield, the University of wme cm Ontario is acknowledglna iu; effect. that understanding 1;” m, first step toward agreement be tween either individuals 03- M. lions. As long as we are lgnm-an; of the historical, cultural, econo- mll-'. and political developnlenu that produced the Union of social- ist Soviet Republics, we Cannot understand Russian actions. on... ability to predict what; course lhesc' actions will take is tho more hm lied and we conduct relations with Russia in the darkness of pm”. dice and fear. If mission Hupi,-3, tions can be fulfilled only by in, we must know our enemy in 0,1 der to defeat him. Because of lg. ”0Ni-nce 01'. and indifference in the growth of the Russian repub- lic. We underestimated in an-.,,m in the second World War iv. know now that a new colossu- ctond: utrlde the Eastern world We mustlenrn what nmde cm,- colossus in order to prom;-1 H: actions and calculate its r.-iprilnh. tles.- From Ottawa Citizen.

free world is to provide itself with military forces adequate to defend any part of the world against. Communist aggression, while cleaning out Communist. infiltration at home. That, is all

that General MacArthur is say- ing, and. be is absolutely right. If he sticks to this, and avoids

setting messed up in U. s. po- litical rows, he will go down in history as a gm-at man.

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God made them singers. That. as- sures thc day

His rhythms hold. although stars are gone.

-Margery Mansfield. Must Mind His Step

(The Letter Review)

Gcneral., MacArthur, in his speech to Congress, took on im- proxnablc position. He avoided the trap of arguing with Presi- dent Truman, who was ob- solutely right. in removing the General from office for ln.subor- dlnation. He let that question go by default, and concentrated on an absohxfely logical presentation of the military situation.

No defence against the Com- munist. Attempt to conquer tho world is possible that is not worldwide. It is not possible to let Asln. go and concentrate on Europe.

Announcement. on the some day. that the U. S. was organiz- In: an Atlantic Pact with Aus- tralia and N. 2.. was in complete admission of General Mac- A.I'I5hllr'8 argument. Unfortunate- ly, neither Britain nor Canada

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in it most urgent. sense this "black gold" is needed for the lamps of freedom.

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many, not including products cgm. In fgdayl Monks." .6 . used to transport men and mItcr- A-W- MATHEON K-0- ilils to the scene of action. SEE Tui Nit LE. PEAKE. B-A-. BL 3.

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