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Morning Dally (Founded In 1881)

Plfliunt Llcut. Co]. W. Chester S. MuLurl Vice-President: J. l. Burnett, i‘..l.l.

hon ;. Llent. Col. D. A. Mnclflnnon, D.S.O. [like and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, FJJ. lloclate Editors: Frank Walker and Lleilt. hn

A. Burnett, R.C.N_.V.R, (On Actlvc Service)

“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than '* the Weakest Ink."

MONDAY, sutTie, 194s

i——---——i- -—-—--—-———-—— ———i—- Family Allowance Cheques

Family allowance cheques are now going out to Island residents and the banks which .will cash these cheques have asked the public to co-operztte in the cashing. The banks, like all other businesses at the moment, have a matt- power shortage. They are particularly busy in the afternoons with the business customers ntak- ing other transactions. The tellers, however, arc not as lutsy in the mortiing. If those getting family allOwattce chcqttcs take them to their bank before itoon they will get tnuch better lerviee.

Th; mtioitztl registration card chould be taken alaq to the bank with the cheque. The cheque should be e|ulorst~rl_ at the bank when cashed. This will prevent it being cashed by anyone else should it be lost.

By co-Operating with the banks. the pub- lic will discover that they will be able to get cash for their cltcqucs and get it quickly with- out standing in line and waiting endlessly.

PoIaIoTTBug OTThe March

strenuous efforts were made some years ago to induce the llritislt (iovcrnntcnt to permit blaritiitie potatoes to be shipped to the Old Countrv. Tihat was when we were desperately looking for markets, and the scheme fcll through lx-cztttsc of the fear of the British atttlt» nrmes of the potato bug. Even when it was dmionstrated that our potatoes could be cleaned beyond any danger of contamination, the em- bargo remained in force.

Farmers in Britain are again on the watch for the potato bug, or Colorado beetle, as it is called because of its origin in a semi-desert reg- ion in western United States. This time they are alarmed by reports that it in prevalent in the Channel Islands. According to the London Daily Mail, it was the Germans’ importation of French potatoes that started the trouble in the islands, where a British representative is now investigating conditions. The beetle could be brought across to the British -Isles in ships, and it could even be windborne. A bad outbreak in Britain would mean enormous trouble and ex- pflue.

Th“ W5!" P”! has already invaded most of the North American cottbinent and spread to France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and S\vit- zerland. As our farmers know to their cost, it requires unremitting care to keep its rav- ages ivithin bounds. It is doubtful if British farmers can retain their immunity much long- er, however hard they try.

_______________ Saskatchewan Ta kes Action

Provision of more doctors for rural areas and an improvement in standards of medical services offered to residents of Saskatchewan municipalities have been made possible through approval of basic provisions governing medical care grants to municipalities. Announcement that such regulations ltave bean passed by order- mcottncil, under the Saskatchewan Health Serv- ices Act, has been made by Dr. C. F. W. Hames, deputy minister of public health. Grants are payable as from July 1. Improvement in working conditions for (loctors and assist- ance to municipalities in pzrytng the doctors will help provide more titcdicztl men for the countty districts, while the iegtiltttiivtzs also set a mini- mum standard for service to be offered bv ntunitipalitics to their residents. butler stand- ard c<n1t1'.'trt>', if a physician. is paid a flat 511m per _vear. the lllllllllllllll shfl nut be less than $5,000 for a g-tuwnship 1nunicip.'tlit_v with a P°Pl1l€ltl0t1 of 2,000 .\ntittal vacations of three weeks with tray are providctl for physicians, while a sttperztnilualioti plan is being consid- ered. A ntodcl contract has been drawn up, a Sllb-comntittce of the advisory conttnittce to the Health Planning Cotuutissirlt! having been cou- attlted about this. as well as rcgrartling the gen- eral rc-gttlzttitttts fll(‘Illr~(‘l\'l‘S. Medical care grams consist of a per capitzt gran‘. of 25 cents, and an equalization grant varying according to the municipality's assessment and population. The regulations allow tnunicipallties and doctors complete freedom in .’t1'1‘.'t1!Zl1lg thc rnanucr in which the’ latter are to be paid.

__________i______ Bureaucracy Costs Money

Matty will agree with the Ottawa Journal In its suggestion that the time has route to cut down on much of our wartime expenditure, certainly to review a lot of it. Do we, today, really need all of those boards and bureaus and committees set up while we were at war with Germany, and all or most of which are costing I deal of money? Do we still require big pub- lic relations staffs for the Army, Air Force and Navy? Are all those officials one finds travelling here, there and everywhere at public expense still required to travel? Are we, in l word. seeing to it that a great deal of the money being put up in loans and high taxes isn't diverted from its proper channels?

There are public officials, says the Journal, who seem to think that waste is unimportant; that small losses here and there are but trifles, t:nw-ortb_s~ the lmlllPf‘ of a great intellect en- gaged with weightit-r matters. It ntight help them if they could reflect that when Mr. Glad- lritislt (ltaitccllor of the Ex-

chequer he did not cottsitlt-r ll hen-with his pretty

fair intellect to deal with such matters as the cost

THE___HCHARLp_O'[fI‘_E_'l:QWN _GUARDIA_N_

of government office auppliel 1nd IIBTlOIWY- Public men in those days were wedded to the idezv-alntost a heresy now-that a nation must cut its financial coat according to its financial cloth; they had not heard of the doctrine of our tnoderns that “what is financially possible is physically possible."

1t might be well, too, if more among us, lotigitig for relief from taxes, tried to under- stand that lower taxes and higher expenditures just won't mix. In other words, we can't have health insurance, and baby bonuses, and unem- ployment insurance, and higher old age pensions. plus other like things, without putting up money to pay for them-our money. These things may come under the heading of what our econ- omists call "transfer payments"; that cannot alter the fact that the Minister of Finance has to raise the cash to meet them, and that the cash must come from us. People say: “The State will provide." It would be a wholesome thing if they were to ask themselves whether the State can provide anything that we have

wer to that question is the exposure of the fal- lacy of much of what passes for political econ- omy in our time—the fallacy that you can get more out of the State than the people com- posing it have put in.

._EDITORIAL NOTES-

g Days"—if there is to weather. n-

Now for the " be any excessively wa n- u- w St. Swithin w yesterday, thougl 10'l)0Cl}' M11115 4° d3.“ (lmllfllll or its alternative. w w a- w The boys sure had a hearty welcome ‘Sat- urday and yesterday. Let us keep it up. If 1i good for them and better for us. n t 1F I "A policemank life is not a happy one" we used to sing. In Charlottetown they are not only policemen but civic general utility men as well, doing all sorts of odd and lllitl-ptlllCflllllll duties. u a u m Mo" than 200 British naval craft‘ of all types are already operating 1n the Pacific. Tlus number will be increased with the stead)’ flow of ships coming from home waltersto supplement the British striking ‘force which is so success- fully QO-Qpflfatfflg with the American Navy m attacks on Japanese territory. n- =v n: a

Rev, 15am; Wants, D.D., evangelical poet and pastor, born this date 1674; fanned for I115 hymn: and metrical version of the Psalms, best known “O God Our Help In Ages 1335i":

In books, or work, or healthful play, Let my first years be past. That I may give for every day Some good account at last. m m n- x

They dotft believe in "make-believe" in good old England. Newport (Mon) City Coun- cil decided recently that Newport citizens would not have to go on the waterwagon for oneklay just because Field Marshal Montgomery 1s t1 teetotaler. It turned down a suggestion by Mavor G. W. Armstead that only lemonade and orangeade be served when Field Ilarshal blunt- gromery is made a. freeman of Newport in a cere- mony later this month. \Ve feel certain Monty will approve of tilts.‘ ‘r It

Cushions in the seats of post-war rail cars, boats, automobiles, and furniture for office, home, or public buildings will be thinner than they are now, but softer and more comfortable, predigts Business Week. The seeming paradox will be the result of combining an underfrattic of thin, resilient leaf springs with an overlay of cellular rubber. Since the cushions for the backs of seats will require less space than form- erly, the architects of theatres and the design-

couunodiotisness. w w 4-

The inimitable George Bernard Shaw is not to be found among those educational re- fornters who would ltavc everybody go to col- lege in order to earn a living—0r starve. H8 (leclares he went to school for only five years yet in spite of his lack of formal education he was awarded the highest honor that can be be- stowed upon any author, the Nobel prize for literature. That puts him in the same class as Winston Churchill. who cotild never learn Lalill and so enlisted. Yet he also is one 0f the 1110K erudite Wflf€fS and statcsm- n of the day.

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Saskatchewan bond tnaturitv of $2.350.000. bearing 4}} per cent interest and parable in Can- adian and American funds, was paid off by the Provincial government recently. Payment was decided on some time ago, following negotia- tions with eastern financial interests by Prem- ier T. C. Douglas and Provincial Tireastirer C. .\I. Fines. Mr. Fines has also atntottticetl that the net debt of the province ltas been reduced by $r3,4o9,3t2 in the past fiscal year. At the end of fhg April 3o, 1944, fiscal year, the net debt of the province was 5933-13972‘). While ll 510ml at $170,030,417 at the close of the April 30, 1945 fiscal year. Sinking fund has also in- creased, in the same period of time, from $23.- 919.341 to $30,002.43]. 3p ‘by $7r>8lnsf>~

Canada has not prohibited the transporta- tion of race horses by railroad, because the vol- time of such traffic "doesn't amount to a. row of pins here," transport officials declare in commenting on a United States move to prohibit movement of race-horses by rail and truck. Persons transporting race horses in Canada must comply with regulations laid down to assume maximum loading of cars. lt was indicated that as long as these regulations were adhered to, there would be no change. Officials pointed out, however, that U. S. race horses coming into Cattada do so under U. S. regulations and there- fore if rail travel was prohibited for U. S. horses the prohibition would apply in Canada. TT. S. horses alreadyt ltere, ltowcver. "probablyt" would be allowed transportation out of the country as

not first provided the State with? For the ans- fo d

ers of vehicles will be able to provide a new J1

Notes By The Way i

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Th9 PIIIIO liked Punk’ Sinatra whether he can?‘ tenor or baritone. £€0I£ know w l1 e proper answer. of course, glfelélld be neither. -- Detroit Free

Securll and pence depend large-

ly 1111011 0w well informed we are

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There wlll be an Increase in the manufacture of kitchen gadgets, the)‘ HY. and what could be more usexfltliledurlng an can: tghprttge H181: a c new - _

Boston Herald?" ea r y“

If nut rlllunln; becomes nec- essary. Canadians will accept 1t. They all want to be assured. how- ever. that 1t Ls really required. At- tfl‘ all. they realize that they have used less meat durlng the current non-ration perlod than they did 1n the previous ration period, _Brant-

r Expositor. _

Rellzlona leaders cannot be dlc- tatorlal about detailed changes in economic organlzatlon. That 1s the function of industry, labor and government. But they are insist. lfls’. and rlghtly so, that. a far juster social order be progressively de- vised. It may well be that a religi- ous awakenlng following the war may take this practlcal human- itarian form. - Hallfax Herald.

It rnnklea with friend; of free- dom that little Franco should be able to maintain hlmself 1n power as an enemy of freedom. The os- tracism officially voted upon h1m at. San Francisco 1s notice both to 111m and to the Spanfsh people that 1t is time for his departure. Perhaps Franco will take thts hint, but. ll; 1a likely that 1t, will be up to the Spaniards to make sure he does not misunderstand 1t. -—Vanccuver Sun.

Education has to-be more than merely putting the children through the dnlly routltie of memorizing lessons. Teachers have to be lead- ers in the life of the community. More teachers are needed to share the responsibilities of training the young people to fit. into the higher standards of llvlng 1n the country. Salaries have to be improved to nt- tract teachers with the talents o1.’ leadershitm-Ottawa Citizen.

None of the ties between Britain and Catiadn are galllng. Why, then, should anything be done that might weaken any of them? There l5 no compelling reason for such action-and 1f one tie 1s weakened, the remainder will be less strong. We believe the tradi- tional procedure should be folloiv- ed in appointing Canada's next governor-general. just as we be- lieve that, the right. of appeal to the judicial committee of the privy council and other links which bind Canada. and Great. Britain should itc-ither be weakened nor broken.- Kingston Whlg-Standard.

..The barbed wlre and road-blocks still bar the w? to Downtng street, Leonard yons writes 1n The New York Post. A blast there once crashed the chandelier in the dining room at No. 10, and Churchill's complaint, in the black- ed-out room, was heard directed Only at the quality of the coffee. This 1s the room where Sam Gold- wyn lunched while the Prime Miti- ister kept, addressing him as "Mr. Mayer," believing that his middle name was Goldwyn and his first name Metro. This, too, 1s the room where Churchlll recently entertain- ed Bernard Baruch, to whom, seven gears before, he had said, “Well

e too old for the war that. surely 1s comlng."

The Japs fought. with suicidal fattaticism. They were hemmed 1n by U.S. ships offshore, harassed by an umbrella of U.S. planes over-

soldlers and marlnespresslxtg from the north. Thelr fate was sealed and the outcome wns certain. But. the Jnps fought on. Hundreds hurl- ed themselves from the cllffs into the sea rather than surrender". The lesson of Okinawa ls clear: There ls no easy way to beat the Japanese. What we learned on n small scale at. Tarawa and at, Iwo ma we have lerned on a large scale at Okinawa. The Jap soldier, steeped 1n pseudo-mysticism, doesn't yleld to common sense and doesn't. surrender even though he knows the battle ls lost. He prefers to fight on and dle. And his prefer- ence shapes the long and desper- ate struggle ahead as we inch to- ward final victory. - Providence Journal.

William Joyce can be safely left to Brltlsh justice, for the British know 111m for the despicable Judas that. he 1s. But the capture of this traitor reminds Americans that we have some similar scores to settle. There 1s a conslderable list of our countrymen on the same roll of dishonor. Their trea- son was as culpable, their purpose was as bad. These Americans sold their pens and their voices and their souls to the enemy. Just as William Joyce dld. They didn't achieve hls eminence 1n Herr Goeb- bels‘ stable of foreign propaganrilsts, but. they must be credited with trying. They, like he, were will- ing to betray not only thelr coun- try but the political freedom, the rellglous freedom and the welfare of the world. There could be no greater shame-Mflwaukee JoumaJ

Great Nations are not made by "little tieople." They are made by individuals who hate mediocrity and self-plty~by men and women who would rather stand out as single fighters than as part. of a majority". Majorltles never amount to anythlng unless they are made up of self-reliant 1n- dlvtduals. Surely 1n n democracy no man has to be a "llttle person’

or a "common man” unless he 1s little or common by nature.—Peter- borough Examtner.

A social worker won cheers of 2,000 teenage students at a London conference on world cltlzenshlp when she told them they must "learn to hate." Without hate she does not. think we can bring this war to an irrevocable conclusion and butld t; decent world. It 1s simplification to personallze hate. But 1f we thlnk we can get any- where by maktng scapegoats cf one mt-m, or a dozen, or a million, we are off the track. We must hate not men but things. Men are mortal, mere mouthpleces for the forces they are ldentlfled wlth. Vie doubt whether hutlttg anybody 1s a sound basls for cltlzenshlp 1n

a nattou or the world. - San Fran- c 0.

long u Canadian regulations were observed. ' taco Ohrontcl Q

at Frankie replied -

head and outnumbered by U. S. l5

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INFORMATION nunuu mud‘

Buy-A few days ago a news item 1n one of our local papers stated that many people approved campaign whlch B. A. ‘Hamill conducted against one of our pol- 1t1ca1 parties during the Federal election. The article ltatel. that ‘chapters’ of his Public Informat- lon Association should be ectlbllsh- ed 1n centres throughout Canada. It 1a believed that Charlottetown would be one of these centres for this valuable public service.

I hope that the citizens of this Province will not stand for the setting up of such a silly organizat- lon 1n our capltal. Th1: organization never had and never will-have the interests of the common people at. heart. Such a EPOUZ) would only add one more to the number of concerns whlch are already retar- ding the progress of the Canadian people.

The main work

icrlplc against social reforms which must come about in thls country if we are to have a decent stand- ard of living fur all, it. would de- fend our mythlcal democracy and so called free enterprise. It would help our present- governmcnt. by dlrectlng crlt-lcism at social re- formers rather than at, the Inef- ficlency of our present adminis- tration. It would lull the mlnds of the people into believing that ano- ther depresslon 1s Inevitable rather than pointing out that depression and unemplcvment are the result cf exploitation of the few plus stupid governmental admlnlstratlcn

It 1s plain that. we are headed for

to flnd work? How are they going to exist. when the gratuities are gone? Where are the war workers golng to find work to provide food, ulothlng and shelter for their fam- ilies? Perltaps B.A. Trestralrs As- sociation can answer the questions for us.

Send an information bureau to Clta-rlottetotvit whlclt will give 1n- formatlon to returned service men who ivcre promised a decent way of llvlng when they return. Let 1t tell us something about the 500 new homes nettle-d 1n Charlottetown to house returned men plus the civilians who are Ilvlng 1n crowd- rd apartments or dingy slum homes. Let us have some information a- bout. what the Department of Re- construction 1s doing for P.E.I. Vlhat about the promise of 900.000 more jobs than there ivere 1n 1939? How many of them are for P.E.I.'P where are they? What abouflthe

' d ur wool CunfllbvriuCo-tiiieratlve Wool Growers Station,

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0 another depression. Ask yourselves where are returned soldiers going a

If you are desirous of shipping hatching eggs to the Delmarva district, U.S.A., starting late fall- this yehrb pullets, flle your application with the _ Promoter, Box 39, Charlottetown, P. E. I. Blood testing will start September 15th.

REQUIREMENTS: That your flock and premises meet the requirements of the P. E. I. Approved Flock Pol-

icy. That your flock is “PULLORUM CLEAN."

The shipping of hatching eggs to U. S. A. is Iikely_ l0 be year around business. At present. producers are netting 60c per dozen for eggs accepted for hatchery purposes.

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Senior Poultry

Twelve Stepping Stones to Full Employment" which the Liberals baited the people with during the last election? Tell the boys about. how to get in the first step and also the drag and pull needed to climb the other eleven.

Yes, there's n lot. of information ‘which we would like to have. What we ivant 1n this city is n bureau of Common Sense irhich will do something to that Old Man De- pression who is blowing a Liberal bteath down the back of our necks at the present time.