PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dally (Ionudesl In 1881) Authorised us Son-nus] Clan Slnll, Punt Otllco Dnppr-lniorrl, Oltnvva.

The lelnml Uuarrllun Publishing Co. Idltar and Managing Dlroator, J. ls. lluruols. Annotate Editor, Irlnh Walker.

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

CHARLOTTETOWN, TUESDAY. NOV. 23, I948

lllgh Gust 0f Bureaucracy

The total number of both permanent and "temporary" civil servants, employed at Ottawa and in other parts of Canada, fell from 125,337 in 1947 to 118,370 in 1948, a decrease in num- ber of 6,967, according to the latest rep-art of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.

The greatest decline was in "temporary" civil servants who decreased in number from 95,550 to 35,708, a decrease of 10,482. But this decrease was partially offset by an increase of 3,875 in the permanent staff to which many of the "temporaries" were transferred.

One need only compare the number of such civil servants in 1938, who totalled 44,143, with the total number of 118,370 to visualize the vast expansion of Government activities during and following the war. While the "temporaries" employed on war and post-war veteran ser- vices are now decreasing, the permanent staffs are steadily growing to handle expanding soc- ial and other services.

The cost of this growth of governmental activities is even more impressive. In 1938, total salaries and wages of these government per- manent arid "temporary" employees were $66,- B80,328.28. By 1947 this total cost had grown to $223,789,687.88 and at March 31, 1948, it had increased to $226,789,694.75 in spitie of the decrease of 6,967 in the total number of federal civil servants. In a single decade the cost had increased nearly four times.

Moreover, these figures do not include the pay of "non-enumerated" classes of federal workers. These embrace workers employed at various times of the year, such as in the postal department at rush periods. No check is kept of their numbers, but in 1948 their total pay ag- gregated another $37,691,606.83, a slight de- crease af $5,219,489.10 from the total cost in 1947. » i

Nor do the figures Include the great ex- penditure on Government railways, the Canad- ‘Ian Broadcasting Corporation, and various Crown Corporations, most of which run deficits that have to be paid out of taxes. A return brought down in the house as of November 30, 1947, not including the C. N. R. and the C.B.C., showed that the government's other Crown corporations employed at that time 10,276 per- sons with a salary and wage list of $1,805,078.40

Commenting on the above figures, the Win- nipeg Free Press, (Liberal) remarks: "lt must strike the most indifferent citizen that if the various political promises of huge expansions in social services are kept, there must be some vital reorganization of the whole governmental administration if Canada is not to face bank- ruptcyi

Prime Ministers

Mr. St. Laurent has become just the twelfth Minister of Canada since Confederation. Satur- day Night lists their regimes as follows:

1. Macdonisld. Sir J. A. ..._..........1867-‘i3 1878-91 l- MI ' '. Alexander ..-...1873-78 3- Abbott. Slr J. J. C. 1891-92 4. Thompson, Sir J. S. D. 1892-94 5. lsaweil, Sir M. 1894-96 if. Tupper- Sir C. 1596 ‘r. Laurler. Sir W. $6.191] R- Borden. sn- rs. l. 1911-20 9. Melghcn A. '"- Kins. W- L. M. 1921-20 10716-30 1935-48 ll. llcnnr-it, R. B. _ , _, r9304; l2. St. Laurent. L. S. “c.1948-

Apart from six years of unsettlement in the ‘nineties, and apart from Mr. Meighen's two [brief appearances, every Prime Minister was in power for a term of more than four years.

The Royal Offspring

It is well known that the new heir to the British Throne had one ancestor, the Duke at Kent, father of Queen Victoria, who was once a resident of the Maritime Provinces and after whom Prince Edward Island was named. But if the story told by Mr. Thomas Dunbabin, press representative of the Australian Legation at Ottawa, in the Ottawa Citizen, is accurate, the citizens ‘of these provinces can claim another ancestor of the young prince as a native son.

Mr. Dunbabin cites the late Sir Charles Oman, the distinguished British historian, who had made a special study of the pre-Columbus contacts of the Norsemen with North America, as authority for the statement that Princess Elizabeth was directly descended from the first white child born on the mainland of North America.

it is now generally accepted that the Norsemen established sometime after A. D. 1000 some short-lived colonies on the eastern coast’ of North America, in Nova Scotia orlNew England or perhaps in both. in one ot these colonies, according to ancient Norse records which have been preserved, there was born to Thorfinn Karsefine and his wife Gudrid, a son who was called Snorre. From this boy, who after the break-up of the colony was taken first to Iceland and then to Norway, Anne of Denmark, who married James VI of Scotland and I of Eng- land, could trace her descent. And Anne in turn

tDlTURlAl NOTES

The shooting season is over. All that the would-be hunter can go after now is rabbit. U I I I Temperance Federation meets this after- noon. D I it The following are prominently mentioned for the vacant P. E. I. Senatorshipz. Messrs. J. Douglas, M. P., Mr. S. S. Hessian, K. C., Hon. H. H. Ccx, Dr. Grant, Mr. Wade Hughes. k I it

After an international agreement on stan- dardization screw threads there is hope for the eventual standardization of clothing sizes. o s: 1- w \

Sir John Barrow, English statesman, found- er of the Royal Geographical Society, born this date i848, his centenary being celebrated in England this year. He was secretary to the British Admiralty for the long period of 40 years, and previously was in China and South Africa as secretary to Lord Macartney. He is remembered particularly for his services in promoting Arctic exploration which he was for- tunately able to do through his connection with the Admiralty.

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Peterborough, Ont.. has a constable who should have no difficulty getting a job on any police force. Seven witnesses saw him chase and catch a rabbit when he became impatient at the progress two clogs were making. a a a .. Aircraft of the R.C.A.F. are well on the way towards completing a photographic survey of the whole of Canada. The method would seem to be suitable also for necessary prelimin- ary surveys for the purpose of community plan- ning. D i D I

As a result of the United States shipping strike thousands of cases of nuts have made the round trip back to Italy according to re- ports which feature a possible Christmas short- age in this country. A more serious loss is that of the dollars which much-tried European ‘coun- tries expected to earn from the cargoes which cannot be lauded.

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What names the Royal baby will be given is Britain's favorite guessing game. Buckingham Palace sources say it is foolish even to guess. But people everywhere are willing to help with suggestions. The newspaper polls say the favorite names are Philip, for the father; George for the King, and Edward for the Duke of Windsor. Philip is running first. One. English housewife suggested "Philip Edward Andrew Christopher Ernest. The first letters of these names spell P-E-A-C-E which is what every mother wants," she wrote. Other suggestions have been Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano.

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The annual three-day Dominion-Provincial Agricultural Conference, at which 1949 farm production targets will be plotted in Ottawa opens Dec.6. Asin otheryears representatives of the Dominion and Provincial Departments of Agriculture, as well as the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture will take port in the discus- sions. Mr. A. M. Shaw, chairman of the Agri- cultural Supplies Board and the conference chairman reports there is a new streamlined program being drawn up which will provide "ever greater opportunity for thorough discus- sion." This year, delegates will be given re- ports on both 1948 production and 1949 pros- pects in advance of the conference.

Back in Ottawci ofterfa keel-laying cere- mony at Quebec for a $2,273,000 Arctic patrol ship at Lauzon shipyards, near Quebec Trans- port Minister Chevrier discounted a report which said the Newfoundland ferry would be similar in size to the ferry Abegweit, operating between Frisco Edward Island and New Brunswick. How- ever, part of the agreement of union originally drafted by Canada and Newfoundland a year ago provided that the Dominion would supply transportation between the island and the mainland. Other transport department vessels under construction ore a buoy vessel for the Atlantic coast and a lightship for the harbor of Saint John. Both contracts have been let to the Vickers Company of Montreal. * ‘k l’

Mr..H. E. N. Wilshaw, hotel manager, speaking over B.B.C. thus discourses on English cooking past, present and ta come. "Cooking in ‘England has never been the high art which it is in, say, France, and I don't think that our cuisine has ever been held in high regard abroad. But l think it is at the moment unfairly hqndi. copped by the almost complete absence in any quantity of our national dishes, which when pra- pared properly are superb. Our. roast sirloins, saddles of mutton and sucking pigs, our steak, kidney and oyster puddings and pies, our plump Surrey capons and Aylesbury ducklings and 0m- truly royal Stilton cheeses, are all things of the past and I trust the near future, but alas, not of the present."

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_This C. P. bulletin from Saint John will be of interest to those who were had by a similar get-rich-quick venture here: Warren Cottrelle, Saint John business man, was arraigned in court there on charges of violating the Security Fraud Prevention Act. He was released on $2,000 bail for hearing Dec. 1. information in the case, first of its kind since the Act came into lorce I" I935. W05 lflld bl G. Earle Logan, Registrar of the New Brunswick Board of Public Utilities,

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HURRY, ISLAND€R5 - IF

YOU WANT TO

MY ci-iizisTMAs aura TO ‘rue oco COUNTRY.’

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PUBLIC FORUM

if This column is open to the ' discussion by correspondents l of questions of Interest. The g Guardian does not. neoess-ar- l 2 tly endorse the opinion of

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a These has never been enough iti%¢0~€>¢vs$¢®-€>%‘@>°°< food everywhere in the ivorld. Even b f L11 ‘ LINK) U110. I

LONGFNHY CANDIDATE iifesiiere coiiciksaxiihly urriilernburiiihldclfi

, Philosophies have been based on

SIX-"A-lle-l‘ ream-W m" u" an‘ that. tact: philosophies that. en-

icle "Longevity" in The Guardian I decided to send in the name of lVLrs. Harriett Taylor North Gran- \rl]e w ho passed her 96th birthday

siny 24th, 194s. l am Sir, etc. MRS REUBEN CHAPPELLE Granville, I‘. E. I.

___________ '1‘. B. CONTROL

Sin-Dr. P. A. Creolmans rep-y in your issue of Nov. 22nd. re B. C. G. vaccine, is much more re- assuring that this branch of T. B. control is not going to be neglect- ed. l appreciate the assurance no has given zprd believe that many others will join me in these sentr- merits.

I am. Sir. etc, HUMANITARIAN.

THE-U. E. F. B. APPEAL

Sire-There is a school of thought in Canada which opposes granting loans to Britain because that coun- try has a soclalistic government. The same type of thinking is more crudely expressed by individuals who object to volunteer relief to the people of Britain, saying: “Let them starve until they come to their senses, nnd go ta work." The people of Britain are not asking for charity. Their government rc- usonably asks for lurge scale aid in rehabilitating trade and is get» ting 4t, because the Canadian and American governments are realis-

tic.

Those who personally old British people are not. offering charity. 'l‘tri~_v are recognizing that the middle class people and laboring men and women are suffering great privulions because they arr. c-auglil in a siluullair not of their own Illilltlllg. Consider for instance, llrusr- unfriririinilvs who are oblig r~d l.) lilji" rm a fixod income-tire ngvrl, llu- pensioners. lire retired, lll(‘ wrirn out workmen. Despite our compluiiriiri; hero of hlglr prices mid material shortages we are re luiively living in luxury. It is nat- ural nnd highly commendable thnf (‘irnzirlirin llllllVllllllllS should semi fund nnrl ulllPl‘ mull-rials to lhef. lurril prossmi British cousins whose period of iruslcrity has been pra- longed.

'l"l\orr~ has boon some justifiable comment on the cost of sending pnrr-els to Britain. Through some good liaison work the (‘o-operation of the British and Canadian Clov- ernments lins been secured to ro- rluce transportation costs and to ollminntr- competition in the pur- chase of food and other scarce "I'm-S. ll)‘ lire United Emergency Funrl for Britain which, on No vemlrcr 14th. initiated n campaign for funds. This organization will not lirterfere with the work of others, nor will it in any way dis- Collrfli-ro personal parcel services. On tho (‘Ollll‘lll‘_\', It is designed to cut by us much as 30 per com. transportation and other caste. Its objective is more goods for the some money. This cause can reed- ily be supported by all reasonable Canadians whose viewpoint l! not wnrpc-d by political COIIIIEIEPuLIOH.

I nm. Sir. etc.

SIR ELLSWORTH FLAVELLE, BART. National Chairman.

The Llnltcd Emergency Fund for Britain.

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The \Vorld's Food

(Royal Bank of Canada Monthly Letter)

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While we on this continent com- plain of the high oost of living, hundreds of millions of people else- where carmot. get. enough t.o eat.

com-aged fortitude, that promised to reward privalon, that praised and exalted those who did without. Now according to both scientists and philosophers, the‘\vor1d is up against a crisis. William Vogt. Chief o! the Con- servation Section of the Pan Amer- ican Union, hoe just published a book called Road to Survival in which he declares: "By excessive breeding and abuse of the land, mankind has backed itself into an emlogical trap. By a lopsided use of applied science it. has been liv- ing on promissory notes. Now. all over the world, the notes are fall- ing due." This article 1s being printed at a time when there 1s a world shortage of food amounting to a famine in some lands. while in others there is a. ration scale more skimpy than during the wax. It is necessary that this situation should be kown to all people in all countries. It is essential. too. that the reasons should be known, so that. we shall not. be deluded into laying the blame i‘ climate, bad luck or the economic system. Insofar as today's skortege is the result of mankind's flouting of nat- ure's laws. nature has the whip hand. Nature can watt. and re- establish her equilibrium if need be after man has disappeared, through his awn folly, from the scene. We shall see. in this article, that nature does not. overlook mistakes. nor does she make allowances toir lg- noranoe. O I I

We in Canada. are likely to think of hunger as a "gnawing" sensat- ion that sends us with all speed lo the nearest restaurant, or to the ice - box. We are surprised when we hear from a “displaced person“ that. chronic hunger does not make itself felt in the stomach. but. in the head. After a few months of inadeqquate diet your mind is rob- bed ot all thoughts except that of finding something to eat. With that. as your main destre you can't concentrate on producing goods for export, or on the moral Issues in life. How different that. is from the "shortages“ which plagued Cairada in recent. years: scarcity of steaks, salad oils. lettuce and sugar.

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The world food situation ts none too bright, Solution of the problem emphasizes not. only Rusklns mem- orable dictum: "If you want. food you must. toil for it." but the need. too. for understanding and Qducn- tion and co-operatlon.

This means that. \ve must. realize haw utterly dependent we are upon the earth and its fruits. Canadians have is country which by virtue of the gifts of Providence ts one of the largest suppliers of food to the world market. While many other countries have skidded far down the road toward national suicide by destroying the soil which alone makes possible their survival, we have still time to save our soil and expand its usefulness.

Only a few inches of topsoil stand between the human race and obliv- ton. It. is the one natural resource besides sir and water without which human life cannot exist. The land is not. only the source of lite- sustalnlng food, but the base of our

Old Charlottetown (And P. l. I.)

NlilV RIFLE BUTT

\Ve are pleased to perceive n new rifle butt ln course of erec- tion at Kenslngton Range, at the distance of 800 yards, thus for the first time affording is fzilr appor- lunity to our Island riflenren of practising with lire llltlTlllll-IIPIII)’ and other small bare long range rifles. 'l‘liis supplies n want long felt by our marksmen, and al- though a late one, is an appreci- ated irdvnntnize.

—WeekI_v Examiner, July 11, 1880.

per methods of cultivating it. con- serving lts goodness: these form the basis of the farmer's responsib- ility ta the land. But the city man 1s equally concerned, because no matter what his business may be he depends absolutely upon the soil for what he eats.

As to co-operatlon we need to recognize that loss of productive land anywhere on the face of the globe affects the people of every other part. of the world. 1111s ls so because, as R. H. Musser pointed out in the Canadian Agriculture Institute Review; "Every acre which E095 out of production means that the pressure is increa- sed on the remaining good acres." Unless we understand this, and do something effective about, 1r, the people in barren countries will be driven to poverty and hunger and discord and this says Dr. Musser. "is the condition of which strife is born."

Is man really wise? He is bulld- lng rocket-ships in which to fly from this planet to some others. Unless he improves his food supply he may need his space strips, but he has no guarantee that he ivtll find is better source of food supply on any other world. Perhaps as was suggested in a recent. Montreal Gazette article one may ask whe- ther man needs to escape the earth or got. dmvn to it.

4T0 Be Continued \

111E AFTIERTONE

The harpisl spreads her hands along the strings

Guessing thorn to silence, and so nrules

The music tun‘. she wove. The oboe sings

Among l-he ferny violins; the flutes

With throstle sweetness flee the threat of drums

Up the harmonic zenith. and then

fall

To be extinguished as the trumpefi comes

Out of the forest sounding a final

c . All but. the harp as through a single

throat.

Climb to a chord and cease. but I can hear

Between the hands of silence one faint. note

‘Iihat still eluded them. pulsating

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As in the dark a jewel may ensnnre

One ray of light. we did not. know was there.

-Hoberl. l-llllyer. LOSS TO BIG TOP

KNYBNA, South Afrlou - (C?) - William Pagel, founder and

economy. It. star-ea up energy and releases it when we need it. Know- ing its capabilities. treating it ec- cordlng to its newts, using the pro-

The Age-Old Story

on instructions from the Attorney GeneraVs De- partment. Mr. Cottrelle was charged with seil- ing, _or offering for sale, units of stock in a Granite Company without first having obtain- ed authority from the Board of Public Utilities. Mr. Logan said the prosecution hod been in- stituted as a result of complaints from the

was the direct ancestress of Kine George Vi, ' Princess Elizabeth and her ran

United States and Ontario. No evidence

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honour. ' a-wnvs AND rwuve'

OARDIIITYWLIQI - (OP) —- On the birthday of her two-year-ald twin boys, Mrs. Catherine Birch. 82, of Dims Pants. near here.

taken and no plea entered.

gave birth to twin guts.