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TllE llllAIlLllTTETllWll GUARDIAN

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Prolldeul: Lleut. Col. W. Chester S. Hill-l" VlooPi-ealdent: J. B. Burnett. FJJ. Secretary: Lleut. Col. D. A. Mulfilnnun, 0.8.0. Cdllor Ind Managing Dlrecwr: J. B. Burnett. IJ-l- Annotate Editors: [crank Walker and Lleut. hn A Burnett». BJLNJKR. (On Active Service)

‘The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than . the Weakest Ink.‘

WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29, l9l_l__

Tale Of Two Airports

The Board of Trade quite properly reminds our federal representatives that it is up to them to find the rciiictly for our inadequate airport facilities. The rcmctlv is nut hard to find; ‘ lies in iiialtiii; the UUIllllIlUll Government real- ize that we are tired of being fobbed off with excuses. The cxtclisitlu of the airport rtin- wav< i- it fcdcral responsibility and an urgent

one. llut it is the same with tllis as with other tmtttqr. “Hot-tip; ltttt- transportation interests at tlttziivlt. wz- hiivt- no one to press them home. lii tlic llutt-t- ot (‘oiuiiitius lust week zittcu- tiutt \\;l\ callt-tl h_v llllll. R. B. llaiisoii to the fact that lhc airport at Petinfieltl, in the con- siitucitct l-f tllarlollc. .\'.lf.. has hccn con- d-iiiiiutl l-v llll‘ llcpartuicut of 'l'ran.~ptirt hut lhiit Il<'\i'l'lll\lc>.s lh:_\- have dotiblctl the capaci- titw of tllt‘ r_iiuw (It a cast of $500,000, and

the work is >llll going‘ on.

'l'hi>- statcmcnt was made by _\lr. llansoii till-cu the llottw W115 in committee on the \\'ar ftppt-tipi" lion llill. and there is no reason why our (jucclis County liirnibcrs cotlld not have lzilmn tlic opporiiiiiirv of saying a word about

the (‘l!iil'l-llI(".'I\\'ll :iii"port runwayis. They could .1- l-,;<t hzttt- lltlllWl with .\lr. llanstm in asking for an t-xplanaiittii of the cxtra expcntliiiirc at l'\'!lf‘lffCltl.

,\'o\v, \illt‘l\', is the time to prcss this mat-

t on lil' llutiiiiiititi (loveriimcnt. Tihat our Ht l"\lll\‘.‘I\\i are iuatlertuzttc is proved coli- rliisivclv ltv the :';it"t that the transport plancs

-irig emu-ts. from tpt- province ran only

at Fituitiii-r-itlx. \\'iis thcrc cvcr a clcarci" 'lt']11t'ij}_"£‘_',",ll(lfl of tlic "loo little alltl ton late" _ forts of lho-"c t‘lltl'll~ll‘tl with lhc rcspotisilvil- itv of rcprl-aailiiig us at Ottawa? Farm Labor Provisions 1t i, it, ht,- liopctl that changes recently made i‘, hotli lllt; ciiilian and mobilization regula- llvr]l\ “d1 make tttorc cflcctiie tlic fctlcflll [IUllCy oi‘ stiilnliziii; cni]-'_~.'inciit iti ag" itllurc this war. 'l'ltis niiulii- has brought up last wcck lii lllt llousc of Comuiotis, and it was slated, 0n

behalf of the Uepartuicnt of lAtlJOLlf, that steps ltair- lWUlI takcii to cusurc improvement iii the adiiiiiiislrtiiitili of lhc liU\'Cl'lllllCIll.‘5 farm labour tyolic).

The cirigiiiztl iiatioilal selective service rcgttla- titan. pa-scd in .\ii,gilst 104.2, permiltcil men front

farui. to work outside of zigrictlltttrc for not more than thirlv rtmsccutivc days without secur- i,“ ., permit lrom aiii employment and sclcctivc gtgfytyg itfficc. 'l'hi.~; meant that a farluei‘ could accept liou-algriciiltiirlil cmploylilcnt for several pcriods ditriii; the year not cxccciliiig thirty tl.l\.\' viicli iiiihotit having to obtain a ticrmil. .\_i_i :i:ii-.-ndmciit to lllls regulation was effected

iii _laiiuzil'_v, 1945, which tlroppptl the 3o cou- secutivtfdziv provision and replaced it with a clause, stating that farm workers could not ac- ccpt cmploliiieiit outside of zigriculttirc without SCCIIYIIIQ :i lILTlllll if that employment were Iakcu ill an itrlvati ccnlrl: of tivcl’ 5.000 llvplllilllvll.

lii tlic stiring of I943 agricultural cmployuieiit advisers were zippoiiitctl iii the different regions. (llltj of tlicii" jobs is tn ltccp the local employ- tncttt offices coustxmtly- informed of farm labour l‘»‘l]llll'(‘lllClllS and lo sec that regulations gov- crnlirq cniployiiiclit in agriculture are litlly‘ uii- dCl'SlIlU(l and effectively carried out.

\\'hcii the national selective service policy was introduced in hlarch, toll, spcc-Ytl tirovislrni \\'l'l_$ madc- for the tmstptllictncilt of tuilitziryi train- ing‘ for farm workers. as (listitlct from the iticthod to be used in granting tiostpoliemciits for men lll all other industries. It is claimed that the ]l<‘l‘\‘(‘lll.'l_‘_5t‘ of :ipplic.'ititlns which are not gratit- rd is now icry small. .\ll mobilization hoards

1tt;t|..- to; tit‘ titfortiiatioli collected on a farm flll(‘.\lllJlllli‘.ll'Q for each mail applying for post- poiictncilt. lll itdditioil, the mobilization boards arc using to 1m increasing degree, provincial De- pirtniiuts i-f Agriculture field staffs and local l‘lllllllllllt't‘s' for <t“.‘lll’lll§_" reports on the csseulizil-

ll\ of ltlPlll.

l.a.~'

tttrttt \\<ll‘l»Cl's who apply for postpone-

.'~llllllllCl' inccliug< organized by the De- ‘. of lnhoiti" ut-rc held with the dif- ‘lll llllvlllllzillltlll hoards and the iutcrcfctl tiroiiiisV. and tt- Final .\L'lJCll\'lJ service officials. The ctbjcct of lllciu meetings was to discuss all aspects of the farm labour problem with a view

to tlctcriniiiiiiq \\‘ll(‘l'i' the farm labor organizzi- thin» might l»: liclpful to the ltoarrls. and vice _ and to \-"Clli'.C tlic most cffcclivt- use of pmtpoticd essential agricultural work- . '.~. 'l'hi,. llils rcstiltctl in li considerable trans.- t'l~r of fartii \\‘<ll'l\'(‘l'>‘ to other farms rcqifiriuj; lli‘l|l_ “licn :lftci~ lll\'(‘§flQ‘-'lllfill of thcii‘ applica- {ions for poaptltit-itit-ut. such men were not found to ltc ncctlt-tl on their own farms. Vesuvius ls Agitated Allit-t] ~||llll('l‘\ iu Italy now have the atldcrl thrill of sl-cittg .\lt. Ycsitvitis iii eruption. Most

studiml of all volcanoes lit-cause of its ticarness to thr- (‘cutrcs of Christian civilization, Vesuvius

has lit-cu an active. cone since Ad). 7t). Wllcll swcral _\'L‘;||'$ of subterranean convulsions cul- niinatcll in :i lI'(‘|ll(‘ll(l0Il§ explosion. lt was this

eruption that di-stroy-ctl Pompeii and Ilercu- lanculii. For llt‘fll'l\' fifteen lIlllttll'(‘(l years after tlic

liiost cases were just high school graduates with

have not been equalled since i872. ‘ ' Descriptions of great streams of lava. flow. irig from the crater now being cabled by cones. poiidents on the spot make exciting reading. Th; liiaiti stream is said to be 3o feet deep and zoo yards iride and it has already buried tllfgg towns in its path, Lava, of course, is subter- ranean molten matter cast up from the bowels of the earth. As it emerges it is fluid and red- liut, and is composed “essentially of various silicates, or their constituents, in a state of mii- tual solution, and heavily charged with certain vapors or gases, principally water-vapor, sup- er-heated and under pressure.” That is a mat- ter-of-faet description of what can be an awe- some substance.

— EDITORIAL NOTES _

_ Complacency is dangiéms at this tithe-feel- iiig that the war is already won. F l U I In this irzit- the British Isles have lost 38,300 DllOlS and air crews killed and 10,400 missing, and have lost over 10,000 aircraft. l * I t

Since the bcgiuiting- of the war, 41,000 offic- ers and men of the Royal Navy have been lost ~30 pct" cclit of its tire-ivar strength.

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Raymond Massey, Canadian. stage imperson- ator of .\brahalii Lincoln, has become an .\m- ericaii citizen. “My home is here," was .\lr. _\laissey's continent as hc took the oath of citizen- ship before Federal judge Knox iii the Immi- gration and Naturalization Office, Manhattan.

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.\ bust. in bronze, of .\Ir. Churchill, by Sir William Reid Dick, R..-\., has beeti presented by the Royal Academy to the parish of \\'cst- crhzim, Kent. where the Prime Ministcl‘ lives. Liluil a public library is built there after the war, it will be kept in the library of the parish hall.

U * I U Lest we forget. The British .~\rliiy has fought iii almost cvcry corner of the globe, — Nor- way, France, Holaiitl and Begiiiin, Egypt, Eri- irca. .\l>_vssinla, Soiualilaiid, .\l£\(l£1l{l.l5k‘ill', Syria, North Africa, Persia, Sicily, Italy. Greece, Crete. .\l2ll£l_\‘2l, Burma and Hong Kong.

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john Keeble, English priest and poet, died this date i866; tutor of Corpus Christi, 1818- i8.*3, published the “Christian Year", a. book of meditations iii verse for holy tlays; professor 0f [loetry at Oxford, 1831-41; founder of the 'l‘rzictariati movement with Newman and Pusey with wliotii he issued “Tracts for the 'l‘imes"; liecble College, Oxford, founded iii his incin- ory: “Next to a sound rule of faith, there is nothing of so much consequence as a sober stan- dard of feeling in matters of practical religion." I‘ 1k ii W

General Richard Mulcaliy, who iii Dublin was elected president of Fine Gael, iii succession to .\lr. \\'. T. fosgrave, said that their foreign tiolicv would be. tlic fraineivork inside which their internal policy ivould be carried on and well

might have important effects on their economic. troll-being. "We stand uncqtiivocally for mem- bership oi the British Commoiiivealth. We be-

lieve that the solution of the problem of parti- tion tiiust be brought about bv agreement be- tween lrishmen and closer cooperation and coli- stiltation between ottrselves and all classes in the north, iiicltldiug the Northern Goverlilueiit." i K fi l l Air Lieut. Gen. Boris Sterllgnoiv. writing in the Soviet army newspaper, Red Star, present- cd a comprehensive study of .‘\llfllO-.’\tl‘lt.‘.l'lCi1t1 lJUlIll)lll;,{ policy o|\ the ivestern front which he said "makes easier tlte...forthcomiitg invasion of Europe from the west and south." Declaring the policy “aids. the outcome of the decisive con- centric offensive of all armed forces of freedom- lovittg nations," Sterlignow said British night attacks and American day attacks effectively complement each other. The bombardment will be intensified, he said, in order to “prepare the way for Allied invasion of the European continent.” “The American day bombing is iiust as useful as the British night” bombing," he wrote. “They very effectively supplement each other in dealing powerful, systematic blows on German tank, airplane aiid naval production as \\'(‘ll as on hcavy industry, thus weakening (ier- litany." I I I i Imagine an automobile racing down a. dirt road in a rainstorm, splashing through puddles -—aiid raising clouds of dust!" In other ivords. imagine the elimination of mud, which is exact- l_v ivhat is accomplished by a new chemical com- pound, existence of WlllCll was announced at Wilmington, Del., by the Hercules Powder Company". The product, a resin compound, act- ually watcrproofs the soil, the company said. and it has been urnvetl in tests oti roads. air- fields strips and other projects at home and abroad. .\ waterproof surface is obtained by liiixitlg the resin compound with the top few inches of soil. Water will then drain off or evaporate. Capillary rise of moisture from be- low also is prevented. Onlv a small amount is uecded—~about one per cent of the amount of soil lo be treated—aild the waterproofcd surface has the same appearance as the original dirt. Roads laid down more than five years ago are still waterproof, tlr- t‘-'l‘ll'll'lll\‘ said. ¢ n- : a

Professor john llughcs, l‘h.D.. chairman of the education department of bfcC-ill has his own ideas on the future of the teaching profession. 'l'herc wcrc 1,000 SClIOOls‘ iii Canada closed for the want 0f teachers, he told the members of a sci-vice club. and 0,000 schools were iii the hands of inexperienced tuiqttalified teachers, who in

a temporary licence. "This is a critical and dangerous condition,” he slated. "Democracy is trying to fiuitrtion without one of its titost im- portant parts-the schools." Dr. Hughes sug- gested that if the teaching profession were made more attractive to disbanded soldiers. they might be lllc answer to the teacher shortage when the ivar ivas over. Educators iiuist preserve the old tenets that had proved to be of value and develop these to meet the new need as well as develop new methods of teaching he said, and the two fountains of the democratic way of life. religion and tlit- Greek heritage of thought, "which have

p:tt.-t-.trttplit- of 7n Ycsitvius remained in a coil- ‘; ;| or rollipal‘-'tli\‘t' quiescence. Occasional (Ylllllllllls ucrt- nutcd in .203, 47a and (185, and niiit- in tlic lIlllltll(‘1l_L“(‘$ tloivti to I500. Tlllfll came tIi~ great (‘Fllllllttll of i631. lt spread devasta- tion C\t'(‘l‘_\'\\‘ll(‘t'(‘_ and gave the mountain, 4,000 f.t| hit-h, tht- appt-zirluict- il wears lodav. fllher l4‘ ..<.- tlfll|lillllls were tinted in 17ft}. fyot. i831

R1,"; and iiyoo. It i< .~-‘ll<l the present [wiroxy-sms

wood lla’ ln lfllllfb ltcad in the past four years,"

present his father's will for probate the farm his father ha

$01116

satlsfted the Board as to this. could he gel; a legal title to the fawn? If he could not sattafy

the farm, and If so. what. could he do wlth the money he would re- ceive for It? Could he Invest It. In shares of a Company? Could he do

without maklng any Investment?‘

erm-nent could be mocratfc wav If It were found to unsatisfactory. he would have control of the Domlntnu General Election, known that such control ls an ad- vantage to anv party In powcizThe influence of all the Departments of Government would naturaltv be

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lots cf food for thought. I

your lead! artfcle of Inst and bgfie trans

future rail rtatlon .

cngfneerln! features such as, the length of the

for summer and winter expansion and contraction. how the monorail L; protected frcrn raln. snow, Ice, dust, eke. and many other similar questions that grlse In ones mind. It seems to me that white the monorail would be an ltntpioved ad- dltlon to a tunnel 0r causeway It would not be a substitute for el- ther. It mlght also be that. by utll- Izlng the monorail a tunnel could be bullt. for much less motley than what we have had In mlna, nemely by allowing width oiuy sufficient to give space for two nionoralls and one pathwmy for maintenance and omlttlng altogether the two road- ways for motor cars, trucks, buses, etc.. the Idea being that Instead of traversing the road with motor cars they would be run Into a mono- raIl car and shot across me tun- nel ln n few minutes at a cost low- er than what, would be required for gasoline. Our air-minded friends keep sug- gesting that after the war aircraft transportation will be developed to such an extent that we shall be able to do ivlthoul. eltlier tunnel or ferry. While it is Benet-ally an- tIcl-pated that great progress wlll be made In aerial transportation, It certainly takes ii lot, of lmagln- atlon to suppose that the cost of gas- cllne and labour on freight-carry- Int; aircraft will be brought down to a pulnt at which It, wlll be able to com-pew with railway line; 0n such cheaip, heavy and bulky sub- stances as coal, lime, fertilizer, Ir- on, steel, autcmoblle and agricul- tural implements, heavy and bulky machinery, etc.

Particularly would this be the

case If much larger quantities of these products weie carried. for. as In ma“ production so lii mass transportation, It Ls quantity that counts and thIs ls a factor that all of your correspondents of late have cmltted even to mention. Personally I feel satisfied that once thls Island has been supplied with ample docking provision In the Charlottetown and Georgetown har- bours for ocean golng vessels g), all seasons of the year, also foi- large American shlps carrying tourlsts from Southern and Northern Un- ited States ports, economic condi- tions In Prince Edward Island. par- ticularly as they relate to agricul- ture and the fisheries, wlll show a marked improvement. Particularly will this be the case when we have a grain elevator with unloading facilities for grain boats ccmlng direct. from the Great Lakes, n dry- dock to keep our skllled unechnnlcs busy taking care of Elf ocean going vwsels. a. large increase lll paved highways with a short. cut. to Bor- den, rural electrification, improv- ed education, etc. Instead of our population stand- lnt; still 85 It has been for years, the Increase should b; very consider- able, llmtted only by our enterprise In dealing by ocean navlgatlon with the 2.000.000.000 people outside of Canada. It ls this increase In our population that wlll render the cost of maintaining a gufflcten, number of lee breakers to carry our heavy frelghc fi-cm the mainland fur great- er than the Interest on the cost. of a tunnel even though- some may run Into ntiie figures of dollars.

1 am, Sir, etc . u. K. s. l-IEMMING c.c.r-‘. 4&3 SOCIALISM

SIr.—I think the leader of the C. CF. Party would aav that. a fair Interoretatlon to but, upon their proposal Is that. they intend to form nncL nmlntaln a Scclallst gov- ernment in a. dcmocrutlc ivay,

1 admit: at; once that a Socialist government could be formed In a democratic way. This Is obvious, for the reason that already those who believe In Its prhieI-ples have formed themselves Into a recog- nized political taarty. and they have done so wlthout. vtolatlng any law. an In perfect; accord with demo- cratic prlnctples.

As to tlhell- ablllty to maintain It. In a. democratic way. I wlsh to make the following observatlorls:- It would be Impossible. Why? All control of property would be cen- tered In the Government. II; would decide what; each individual would or would not do asflir as hls work Is concerned-In order to do this. a Board would have to be coli- stltuted similar to the present Sel- ectlve Service Board. Sperrklntz of the Selectlve Service Board, how many people would wlkh to set- It continue to functlun after the

ar

At. this point. It; might be well t0 consider what would be the posit- Ion 01f. say. a farmer's son who. after the death of lllB father. would

In order to obtain a. le a1 title to willed to hlm. I know of no apeclftn pm- nouncement of any leader of the 0.0.1“. on thts point, but I presume the farmer's son would be told by

eminent offtctal that hIa fathers wlll was null and voId: and that he must satisfy some Board that. he It; a flt and proper person to manage the farm. Iif he

the Board. what. would he do’! If he received a tttle to the Farm. could he sell

anything wlth It except spend It: Getttng back to the queattun u to whether or not the Socialist Gov- chlmged In a d;

Government

and ft. bi Wel

med w malntatn the system. Those opposed would not. ‘have airfflclent means tn unlike any effective cp- oosltton. In order o oppose the Government. they would have to

must be preserved. ‘h-‘nhb, ‘MU h

Pwuc “W” Lenten Mutilation: :1: ‘l? ‘l. from Gilli I - ID

TUNNEL, CAUSEWAY, MONOBAIL- AIRCRAFT

sin-You and your Forum cor- respondents have given Islanfilers ave studied the article In the Magazine Digest. on monorail-s referred to In Saturday ve that. same outlines a very remarkable Impruvementrtfin e writer of the ai-tlc e. however, falls to glve some of the most important of the plan rall, the span between the Pillars. W118i space, 1f any, is left between rafts

The London Times

GOD'S SOVIEEIGNTY

Hymns and sometimes couched In language which silggests catastrophe, Bldg‘ ment, and a. violent end of t e temporal order. This may seem I

approach to Christ; though such laziguage comes wffli p1 new relevanoete "niclulw. ‘giro start;

ng. even ri- y g agery 0 the Book of Revels n la hardly mom fearful than the realities 0! modern war. ‘mesa Images. how- ever, were an at t. partly to brim; courage and consolation and hope. In hidden and symbolic tenns. w the hard-pressed and persecuted Christians of the first century.

The main stress of these wrlt- Ings Is upon the sovereignty ctf God. Whatever happened 0n the plane of human history, God had not. abdicated. This deep convic- tion, whlch was also the ancient and silstainliig falth of lhc pious

Jew, Is expressed In the vlvId words of the Psalmist: "the Lord sltteth upon the flood; yea the

Ibrd sltteth Ktng for ever." such a; reminder ls not. superfluous to-day. To the believer lii God the thought of his sovereignty Is full of en- couragement and ls Infinitely coli- sollng. for It assures hlm. despite all appearances to the contrary. that. the world has not passed out of God's control.

Thfs assurance carries with It as a corollary the bellef In a moral crder — a distinction between end evll which 1s nut based upon convention. nor upon what has been found socially valuable In human experience. It; lles at the heart of things and Is eternally vallcl. But if belief In a moral order Is justtflatble. the test whlcli m-ust; be applied to all conduct, ivliether corporate or Indivldual. does not; lie In the realm of ex- pediency but of ethlcs. The ques- tton must always be, not “wlll this pay?" but "Is it: rltzht?" The literature of apocal pse looks forward with confidence o a. new order. the filial triumph tzood over avil The end of the Book o! the Revelation contains a symbollcal picture of a regener- ated flfld redeemed human scclcty. in which the pence enjoyed man is shared by the world nature. It Is not the peace of stag- nation. but of perfect harmony; Gods will and man's have beccme one. The actual and the Ideal may be fnr sundered In human exper- ience. neither does the Christian now expect; to see them made one bv catastrophic menus. But he be- lieves 1n the possibility of thelr ul- timlite union, because it repres- ent: for hlm the declared purpose of God. He wlll therefore prav and work for silch n consummation. with the. full realization o’ hls own personal responsibility. For It. l8 evident; that n new and better ord- er run he established. not pi-Imar- ilv liv plans and schmiem essentlel as these may be- but. onlv a: Infil- vIdu-als submit. thcmselvcs to the control and l!"lr‘l'il‘"‘9 of the sov- erelsn spirit of God.