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Grand Slam In Public Works

The announcement that the Trea- sury Board has authorized expend- itures totalling $5,700,000 for public works projects in this Province, as part of the Federal Government’s_ nation-wide policy of relieving un- employment, will be received with widespread appreciation. Other pro- jects are being‘ considered, chiefly for

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V Prince County. The ones already '=.list-

ed include $1,500,000 for construction of a new runway andjother improve- ments at the Charlottetown airport; establishment of a new Marine Agency setup, including auxiliary buildings and wharf improvement, $1,400,000; speedup of construction work on the ocean highway, Rustico- Cavendish-Brackley, $1,745,000 over a. two-year period; improvements to the ferry terminal at Wood Islands- and reconstruction of the fishermen’s landing there, $125,000; .-completion of the railway wharf at George- town, wharf improvements at Mon- tague and a new public building at Souris East, $443,000; other mis- cellaneous works, $500,000.

Thlese huge expenditures out- weigh any that have heretofore been made at one time for public works in Prince Edward Island. Coming. in

conjunction .with. the $2,500,000 in- .

crease in Federal revenue to the Pro- Vince, the Causeway survey and? oth- er’ undertakings, they so far surpass what has been given us by any ad- ministration at Ottawa that we are left marvelling at our own compla- cency in accepting the meagre hand- outs of other years. If this is the treatment we are entitled to receive under the Diefenbaker Government ——and of course it is—why was it so long withheld by governments in the past? We have not been unvocal in our grievances. Hundreds of columns have been devoted in this newspaper alone to the subject. Speeches have been made and resolutions passed ad nauseam. Our provincial - govern- ments, /boards of trade and other organizations have sent delegations pleading vainly for only small por- tions of what.-we are now being ser- ved in one magnificent feast. 2, Perhaps it is the result of the, accumulated pressure of all those lean years. Perhaps’ it is because we are under a more benign Pharaoh. In "any case, it marks anew stage in our federal-provincial relations. More than that, it sets a precedent for what we have a right to expect as a Province of ‘Canada. But ah! it. will be said: This wind- fall comes during an election cam- paign. The Conservatives are after our votes; that is what has moved them to such generosity at this time! We have no doubt but that the Gov- ernment had this in mind, and that there was more than coincidence behind yesterdays gratifying‘ _an- nouncement. But what of it? Every party is bidding for votes. Mr. Pear- son, for example, is promising the sky in the way of Liberal tax reduc- tions, and the C.C.F." and Social Credit‘ campaigners are not far~be- hind. The difference between them and the Diefenbaker Government is that the latter is actually doing things. It is not offering us pro- misés but Treasury Board author- izations; which means that our Con- servative cabinet minister and his Island colleagues in the last Parlia- ment have been workinglsteadily on these projects and have now finally cleared them. ‘ - i This $5,700,000 has been allocat- ’ed and will be spent on public works in this Province, regardless of what government is returned on March 31st. Thatis a pretty important dif- ference. We can vote the Diefenba- ker men out, lock, stock and barrel, and still enjoy the fruits of their vigorous eight months of office. The only difficulty there is that we may be cutting off our nose to spite our face; for there is the future to be considered as well as the present, and if it is promises and not actions we want we may be a long time wait- ing for their fulfillment. If deeds done are not a guarantee of deeds to come, they are at least the best means we

have of determining political sincer- ity.

The airport runway project is of special interest to Charlottetown. It will revolutionize our fast transpor- tation system, bring thousands of additional tourists to the Province, and place us definitely on the map as an air centre. While commending the efforts of Messrs. MacLean and Macquarrie in this connection, we feel that credit is also due our City Council, Board of Trade and other organizations which have been urg- ing this work for many years. In particular we have in mind our for- mer Mayor, Lieut. Col. J. D. Stewart, who spent a great deal of time in promoting the project.

Famous Men

Premier Joseph R. Smallwood of Newfoundland and Mr. Malcolm Hollet, Leader of Her Majesty’s Op- position, participated in a very in- teresting ceremony in it. John’s a

of busts of four men who were pro-

minent in the former colony ‘and who

played important parts in obtaining

for the people representative and, . later, responsible government.

The statesmen were Sir Patrick

ers of Representative Government (1832); Philip Francis Little, who ,became the first Prime Minister un- der Responsible Government (1855), and John Bingley Garland, the first Speaker of the House of Assembly. Whether these gentlemen were all of Irish ancestry the -report of the event as publishdd in the St. John's Daily News does not say. It is interesting to note, however, that the sculptors who did the work were all Irish either by descent or adop- tion. The Morris bust was created by Lady Angela Antrim of Glenarm Castle, county of Antrim in Northern Ireland; the Carson bus/t by Leo Brow of Dublin; the Little‘ bust by Professor Frederick Herkner, a native of Bohemia but now an Irish citizen; the Garland bust, by Pro- fessor‘Donal Murphy of Dublin. .

ple of this Province is the fact that Mr. Little,’ Newfoundland’s first Prime Minister, was a resident of ‘our Island before going. to the “an- cient colony”. ' \

EDITORIAL ‘ NOTES

A Greek coin was sold in Lon- don the other day for $9000, thus establishing what is believed to » be a world record. It was a very rare , piece of metal, however, dating back

to 424 B.C. and bearing the image of Apollo. T 1 t 9

Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., head of the United ‘States’ delegation to the United Nations, hasmade sever- al trips abroad in recent. months on business for the President. It is pos- sible that Mr. Lodge is being coach- ed for the State Secretaryship, in the event of Mr. Dulles’ resignation.

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Not only the residents of his for- mer constituency but many persons in all parts of Canada will regret to learn that, for reasons of health, the Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent has de- cided not to seek nomination for this

er for his departure from active ~ political life. a 1 4

It has been announced that the much talked about Commonwealth Trade and Economic Conference will be held in Montreal in September. Let us hope that by then Canada

and willing to take the lead\in ex- Panding and developing Common- wealth trade. : e t Secretary of State Dulles says that he “doubts very much if the people of Indonesia will ever want a.Communist-type or a Communist- dominated government”. As far as that goes, it isn't likely that the Russians or the Chinese are too happy about their regimes. Unfor- tunately, they have to put up with ‘them, ‘whether they like them or not. So will the Indonesians if the Communists get the upper hand. " ‘ ‘f . . v It will soon be time for another letter from Premier Bulganin to reach Western capitals. Prime Min- istei‘ Diefenbaker, however, will probably be overlookedluntil after March 31. The Soviet leaders are adept in matters of diplomacy-— xvhen it suits them—and they are not likely to bother about Ottawa while the election campaign is on, for fear of being suspected of taking

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OTTAWA REPORT

5 .Frcince’s Politiccil Example

By Patrick Nichblson

Ottawa: The constant change of government in.France gives the rest’ of the world a good pol- itical joke, but brings tragedy to that country.

A democractic nation needs a stable government if it is to en-

.joy maximum progress and pros-

perity. Only a stable government can formulate and implement the long-term programme necessary to give all citizens job security and high living standards. ' The shifting sands’ of France's many and changing political par- ties have proved to be a disas- trous foundation on which to try to base a democractic govern- ment. It is thirteen years since that sunny and jubilant August day when the German military government was driven out of Paris, and authority over France handed back to French politic- ians. But in those thirteen years, France has had no less than twen- ty four different governments, each enduring for an average life of twenty nine weeks only.

Can a’ new government set a country on the right path in twen- ty-nine weeks? Not Pygmalion likely, as George Bernard Shaw might have said. STUDY PERIOD

It takes a Cabinetof new min- isters at least three months to study the general principles of their respective departments of government, and to fit their pro- gramme into the general national policy. The Treasury Board largely a committee of Cabinet Ministers, then need about two months to comb through and ap- prove the spending estimates of each department, assuming that the civil service staff have mean- gh-hew the estimates. It then takes Parlia- ment at least three months to study.the estimates and approve the Budget. And finally it is ano- ther twelve months before the full effect of the new national policy

underlying the new government’s'

budget can reach down to benefit fully the average man at the bench or the average housewife in a groceteria.

Some benefits, such as cuts in

sales taxes, would be noticed im- mediately but other effects would require a much longer per- iod to percolate.

Facing this long time-tabld, what chance does a French gov- ernment oif twenty-nine weeks du- ration have, to do anything con- structive for the -country? Per- haps the Ministers just about have time to get their names painted on their office doors. SHALL WE COPY?,

Here in Canada, the voters brought about some of the disad- vantages of an unstable govern- ment by their votes last June.

The first Diefenbaker Govern- ment held a minority position. True, it outnumbered its chief rival, the Liberal Party, in Par- .liament. But it. was liable, any day while Parliament, was sitting, to be overthrown by the com- bined vote of the Liberals plus either splinter party that is, by .a combination of the left wing socialists or the right wing So- creds with the left-right left- right squad of French - Canadian M.Ps who formed the unpredic- table core _ and majority of the Liberal Party in Parliament.

Thus the ‘first Diefenbaker gov- ernment lacked the assured posi- tion and continuity of say four years, which any government in our country is entitled to expect, in which to formulate, imple- ment, and. have judged a com- prehensive national policy. The Liberals had that assurance for twentyltwo years, and presuma- bly had every opportunity to put all their ideasiinto effect in that time; the Conservatives have not yet had that opportunity, although in a mere eight months they have already __ achieved mo r e than many governments have done in as; many years. However, what they have so far achieved, admir- able and welcome though it is, represents some obviously need- ed odd jobs, not a general reshap- ing of the landscape.

‘ And this situation arose solely because a few hundred thousand voters insisted on giving them- selves the political luxury and

national irresponsibility of being

Florida's Primeval Swcimp

National Geographic Society

A naturalist’s paradise, until re- cently as inaccessible to the av- erage traveler as a mountaintop in the Himalayas, lies 25 miles southeast of Fort Myers, Florida.

It is primeval Corkscrew Swamp. Its unusual birds and animals, living in one of the count try’s few remaining stands of vir- gin cypress, have been preserved for the American people. by the National Audubon Society.

Several years ago, loggers be- gan to hack at the edges of Corkscrew’s small but magnifi- cent forest. Conservationists pro- tested, lumbermen cooperated, and the Audubon Society was able to acquire nearly 10 square miles of the area for a wildlife refuge.

BOARDWALK TRIP

Today, a 3,658 - foot boardwalk extends over the swamp’s muck and mire, permitting visitors to move in comfort and safety through a region that formerly presented very rough going.

Dr. Melville Bell Grosvenor, president and editor of the Na- tional Geographic Society. ex- plored the subtropical water for- est both before and after the walkway was built.

Writing in the National Geo- graphic Magazine, Dr. Grosvenor says that a tour of the swamp now is, quite literally, child’s play. He predicts that thousands of visitors will wander through the green maze this winter.

Amid cypress giants, which test borings have proved to be 700 years old, Dr. Grosv.enor’s party came upon a pile of snail shells

atop a fallen log. They were the. remains of a dinner eaten by a’

limpkin, the shy “crying bird" of- ten heard but seldom seen in Florida swamps. Reaching Corksci'e\\"s most recess. the group gazed a-

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cross grassland at perhaps 3,000 nesting ibises and egrets, frost- ing the cypress crowns.

Such communal groups estima- ted at more than 100,000 are not uncommon in the sancturay, but low water during nesting season has driven many of them else- where in recent years. Water is plentiful for the coming season, and the exodus may be reversed. ALLIGATORS

To date Audubon Society ex- perts have listed 131 speciesof birds as full or ‘part-time resi- dents of the refuge, and the ros- ter continues to grow. Sixteen mammal species have been re- corded, including Florida black bears, panthers, and bobcats. The bears and big cats, however, con- siderately avoid the boardwalk during daylight hours.

From the walkway the visitor may see a venomous water moc- casin sunning itself. Alligators are commonplace, and quite blase about people. But they flash into action if food moves within range —Fish, turtles. birds, even pigs that come into the swamp to root around.

Corkscrew’s early history is as shadowy as the moss-fringed for- est itself. Seminole Indianfi in swamps farthen south battled Un- ited States troops before the Civ- il War. But there, is no indica- tion the present sanctuary was invaded.

Even today, getting in and out of Corkscrew takes a bit of do- ing. Approaches from the near- est highway are often a quag- mire that only'jeeps or swamp buggies can negotiate.

MAXIMS

inner - ,

Eveiy revr.-liition was first a , thought in one mans mind.

non-conformist and non-compro- mising; those are the voters who under a two party system, elec- ted to vote for third and fourth parties. ’

No miracle could bring either the C.C.F. or the Social Crediters into power at next month’s elec- tion. The latter proved to be ra- ther a disappointing and lac .-lus- tre group in this past Parliament,

-and they really seem to have no

place in the federal field. The C. C.F. are in a different position, representing a definite and recog- nisable political philosophy. But still, while on balance voters would be justified in voting C.C. F., it is very hard to see what purpose would be served by any Social Credit vote on 31st March next. .

Worrying Makes

Eczema Worse

Bv Herman N. Bundesen. MD.

The more you worry about ec- zema, the worse it is likely to become. ‘When you worry about the condition you_ are apt 150 teal" and rub your skin. .-

One of the best pieces of ad- vice I can give anyone with 9”‘ zema is to keep the hands away from the affected area, whether it is the face. arms. legs — any-

where. _ _ . 9 What if the condition itches. NERVOUS INSTABILITY

Well, itching, as I have explain- ed in previous columns, is about halfway between P3111 and the pleasureable tickle. Most doctors agree that nervous instability and certain other factors lower the degree of irritation necessary to cause itching. _ _

Since eczema patients in gen- eral are emotionally unstable. it often is difficult to prevent .. low itch threshold. Yet there are a number of things which YOU 0311 do to help prevent unnecessary itching.

Heavy drinking of coffee and heavy smoking often lower the itch threshold. Two packs of cig- arettes a day is too much for anybody, par icularly. for anyone suffering fro eczema. ' , FEWER CIGARETTES

Cutting down on cigarettes may do a great deal to help clear up the condition, especially since.1t will probably ease the irritation caused by itching and the unde- niable urge to scratch.

Likewise, coffee, also a stimu- lant-», is probably something a person with eczema may w~ll do without. Switching A10 3 coffee substitute may help as much as cutting down on smoking. - AVOID SOAP

It is generally advisable for any eczema patient to aboid soap- ing and rubbing the affected ar- ea. Olive oil, mineral oil, lin- seed oil or a cleansing cream may be da-bbed on the area with cotton to clean it.

If the eczema ispon your body. take only infrequent baths. The water should be tepid and you should dry yourself by pattting ,gently with a soft hand towel.

Adding such items as one cup of sodium bicarbonate, or two spoonsful of gelatin, or one pound of starch to the bath water may be soothing. Check with your doc- tor and see if he recommends that you use any of these mix- tures.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

J.T.: I have been operated on for appendicitis. However, my white blood count was not ele- vated before operation. Is this possible?

Answer: In many cases, even though the condition may be se-

vere, the blood count is not ele- vated at the onset.

NOTES BY THE

A psychiatrist says it is per- fectly normal to talk to yourself. But the trouble is that most of us find ourselves so boring. - Winnipeg Tribune

New England’s oystermen com- plain their crop is being ruined by rapacious starfish. Starfish eat , the oysters. Something which looks upon starfish as a delicacy is needed to restore the balance of Nature.——-Ottawa Journal

A firm in Vancouver has a bull- ding that encroaches on city pro- perty by four inches. For ten years the company has been rent- ing the four inches for $5 a year. But when a new ten-year rental agreement came up, the city rais- ed the rent to $15 a year. That seems like inflation with a ven- geance.——Fort William Times - Journal

THE DOUGHNUT

Oh, what has become of the old fashioned doughnuts

The plain, honest doughnuts we once used to dunk‘

The genuine sinkers‘, the crullers

that no nuts_ _ sildenth 01: the Inoculated with Jelly and Junk? whose 8 Today they have “raised”‘them

and plastered their surface .

With chocolate frosting and maple as well. »

The old-fashioned cook —- t‘ ere’d be horror on her face. ‘

An viewing these fancified dough- nuts they sell. ,

The prettified doughnuts,

The citified doughnuts,

The wholly. undunkable doughnuts they sell!

The heck with these doughnuts infest with colors

And flavored like cinnamon buns and eclairs,

I yearn for the old indigestalble crullers - Which didn’t get snooty or give themselves airs. »

It’: true they were just a bit

greasy and heavy, But still we are sad that the sink- ers are sunk, ‘ And wish we could munch on 1 unch or a bevy Of’ od-fashioned doughnuts we once used to dunk — The deeply-mourned doughnuts, The unadorned doughnuts, The olden-time doughnuts we once used to dunk.

-——BERTON BRALEX In Today's Living. ,

COFFEE

OGILVIE

ROLLED OATS

PURITY _ wnrrn on CHOCOLATE

CAKE MIXES 2 323:5 31c

SUGAR JAMS

KING COLE ._ REG. GRIND