@111? @nardtou

Coven Prince Edward Island Like the Dev Published every week-day morning at 165 Prince Streel

Charlottetown. P.E.l.. by the Thomson Company Ltd.

in A. Burnett. Publisher and General Manage

hunk Walker, Editor lumber Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association lember of The Canadian Press Member Adult Bureau a; Circulation! Irueh offices at Summerlide., Montague and Alberto unmounted Nationally by: Thomson Newspaper: Advertising Service 0 King street West, Toronto, on. 640 Cathcart St., Montreal \030' West Georgia St., Vancouver

By Carrier Charlottetown, Summer-side 30¢ per week. By Mail elsewhere in P.E.I. $9.00 per annum. other Provinces and United States 812.00 per annum.

PAGE 4 FRIDAY, JULY 1S, 1958.

The Newfoundland Plan

No one seems to know what form this Province’s. participation in the :Hospital Insurance Plan' will take. It is understood, however, that the plan will go into effect next January {first While we are waiting for the irecommendations of a special com- ‘mittee appointed to go into the mat- ter, it may be interesting to know how the first Atlantic Province to Iimplement the plan is going about ,it. , I , ‘ ‘

‘The following excerpts are taken- from a speech delivered by the Hon. Dr. James McGrath, Newfoundland’s Health Minister: “There are no premiums. The Government is try- ing to keep the plan as free from red tape as possible for everyone to benefit from it. People coming'rinto the Province to take up residence will be eligible, and there are no requirements for elaborate proof of residence. The benefits include all that is necessary for treatment at the accepted ward rate, and use of all things in the hospital such as the operating room, the diagnostic ser- vices and medicines, which will in- ‘clude all the basic necessities for; treatment. . -

“In addition .to’this,; a person wanting to have a private room

may paythe difference between that

and ward care; and if a patient wants a private nurse for more com- fort the cost of that nurse must be paid by the patient. On the other hand, if by nature of the illness a private nurse is necessary» for special treatments, the cost of the nurse will be provided by the hospital with- out charge.

“In addition to the in-patient care, the out-patient department will provide diagnostic services, X-ray, laboratory work, free. All medical and surgical fees are the respon- sibility. of the patients. If out of

Newfmindland, travellingmn the

mainland, :1 Newfoundlander ,will have hospital expenses at the wand level paid, if taken to hospital. The entrance to haspital must be either because of accident or emergency

sickness, or the patient must be re-

ferred by the Department of Health for special treatment. In case of emergencies and accidents, the pat- ient comes first and will be immedi- ately admitted to hospital.”

ll . \\ .A, Hero's Welcome

‘ ., A dispatch from London reports " 1 that Paul Robeson, the distinguished I American Negro singer, was accord-

ed a “hero’s welcome” on his arriv-

al from the States a few days ago. Mr. Robeson, it will be recalled,

has been trying to go abroad on a

singing tour for the past several

years and was prevented from go- ing by the State Department, which refused him a passport on the ground

‘ that he would not sign a non—Com—

' mu’nist affidavit. Recently, however, the Supreme Court over-ruled the

Department in the case of Mr. Rob-

eson and several others, whereupon

he and they became free to travel.

The. court ruled that no one could

be denied a passport because of his,

“beliefs and associations”, a ruling which the Congress is now trying to invalidate by new legislation.

Mr. Robeson was not accorded a hero’s welcome because of his alleg- ed Communist sympathy. It is safe to say that no one in Britain cares one‘ iota what his political views are. He was warmly received, first, . because of his fame as a singer; second, because he won out in his struggle with the State Department which, in the British. View, had act-l ed unjustly and stupidly in the case.

It is interestlng to observe that, despite all the restrictions on Com- munism in the United States, the Communist menace there [is much more pronounced than it is in Bri- tain where there are hardly any re- strictions at all—except, of course, under the laws concerning sedition. Perhaps it is true, as some psychol- ogists have long contended, that the harder you try to .kill a subversive idea—or any other kind of a corrupt idea, as distinct from destructive acts—by legislation, the more trou- ble you are likely to have with it.

, .

Nasser's Propaganda A potent source of mischief throughout the Middle East these

days is the Cairo Radio. The New}

York Times, in a current survey, es- timates that there are 11 big trans- mitters being‘ used now by Colonel Nasser and half a dozen more, ob- tained from Czecho—Slovakia, almost ready to go into operation. These beam Nasser’s propaganda to all quarters of the Arab world. They blanket Africa. They even reach into Israel for three hours a day, and do it in the Hebrew language. For 19 hours and 15 minutes a day, not counting special broadcasts aimed at Europe and As1a, Nasser’s view of the world goes forth in dozens of tongues, from Arabic to Somali, from Sudanese to Ashanti.

What is this propaganda? It re- peatedly speaks of foreigners as “white dogs, imperialists, bloodsuck— ers, colonialists, oppressors.” It pro- mises a world in which western “py- thons” will be driven out and Pan- Arabism will take over. Even more

bitter names have been hurled at '

the Arab kings of‘Iraq and Jordan who oppose Nasser. The whole aim is to equate, Nasser and the United Arab Republic with hope of a poww erful and prosperous and independ- ent Arab world. It’s an appalling menace to reckon with. As one" com- mentor remarks! “Whoever thinks that these broadcasts can’t be ef-

fective because of their intemp‘er-

ance forgets two things,——Hitler’s big lie technique and the success he had with it, and the Arab .penchant for believing a leader who promises to destroy those he considers his enemies.” ‘

The Path Finder

Ships and aircraft are aided by automatic navigating systems, why not automobiles? One with built-in navigation equipment has: been made in the U.K.—and it gave an uncanny demonstration recently.

The car has an impressive instru: ment panelwith- a box-like arrange-r ment carrying a broad sheet of pa- per just below the windscreen. On this, a tiny pen ,mark out the car‘s position in relation to a map, follow- ing every bend and stop accurately

to within a few yards. The secret

lies in the car’s trunk, which is half-y filled by three metal boxes and an. extra 12-volt battery.

The System is said to be ideal for travelling long. distances on involved

, routes in heavy fog. Tests are also

being made for its ’use on fire en- gines at London Airport.

There is one snag—such equip- ment would cost up to £3,000——about $8,400——tol install. .

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tuberculosis is still a disease to be reckoned with. The number of new cases in Canada last year was 9,108. That, however, was an im- provement over 1956 when 9,377 new cases were reported. " , ‘

U- i i .

An American labour union official has called for “a 30’hour week at 45 hour pay” as an “aid” to the economy. If he had publicized his idea before P"? ""‘MT last Spring, there would have been another pi misc lic-brlgilteli uir campaign.

, 4 4- 1’ Five' Scottish seamen who threw

o

the bosun’s mate overboard from a' '~

British freighter said they were having “just a friendly party.” A strange way to show friendship. It must be that they subscribe to the philosophical theory that everything is relative. ' e an w New York City’s population will increase by 125,000 on July 26, when the Jehovah Witnesses from 100 countries arrive for their World As sembly. Three ships have been char- tered; and there will be 65 special airplane flights from overseas. . ¥ T t For the next few weeks—perhaps monthsé—the headlines will tell of troop landings, fleet movaments and other evidences of international un- rest. Somehow, though, WP can hard- ly believe that a large scale war Will take place. At the same time, it would be foolish to ignore that pos- sibility. o «v- «k A C.C.E. member has protested the Prime Minister’s introduction of a resolution to have the Commons add 7% hours to its present work week of 251/; hours. He calls it “making a mdckery of Parliament.” Most Canadians will call it a good business practice and one long over- due. Members of Parliament are not over—worked. Those who think they

are should not have run for election in the first place.

. shoulders to know,

ASTITCT-T IN TIME”

OTTAWA REPORT

STOU rls’rs In Rec

By Patrick

OTTAWA -— One of the many unusual points about this history- makiug first 0f 0111‘ Parliament since Confederation is the large. number of Very Im— portant Personages who have vis— ited Parliament

Tounists have came here in re-

cord numbers since Parliament assembled on 12th May. These in- clude thoseVery. Very Impor- tant Permages who are flocking here in numbers as never before —— our children. And there are more American visitors than W3 befione, who praise the beauty Ottawa’s floral and waiter-villianké ed driveways and the magnifi- cence of the natural/setting of Par-linoleum Hill, wistftu saying thatitisalllsolikeasmalledi- tion of Washington, which of I course flatter-s Washington. But when I mentioned the un- "usual nuh‘rber’ofWJPS who have Visited us, I meant the‘heads of state , heads “of ‘zgovemmem who have paid us officialvisits, and have addressed joint ses- sions of both Houses of Parlia- ment, First, there was President Theodor House of West Germany; then Prime Minister Harold Mac- milla of Britain; and now Pre- siden Eisenhower of the U.S.A. IMPOTANT TALKS

It seems that Ike’s golf was the most carefully planned item on his three day program here.

PUBLIC, FORUM

This column is open to the discus-

sion by correspondents of question of

interest. The Guardian does not neses—

sarin endorse the opinion of corres- pondents.

WEST rtrvrm CAUSEWAY

Sir,—Alas and alack! The West River Causeway has been cornnpleted,.and the traffic is moving over it_ Yes, it has shortened the distance for some on the other side of the river. but_ dear me, I wonder if the few short miles it has saved will ever pay up for the thou- sands of dollars and the liveli- hood that has been snatched out of the hands of the fisher folk and their families on the upper reaches of the West River.

At this season of the year these people depended on the goodly income brought in from quahaughs. Now they realize just what was expec-ted—~there is no tide now on the upper reaches of the river to go out and uncover the precious shell fish. The same thing will also hold true for the oyster; and as for the smelt fisheries, there will be no tide to open the nets. Here {also thousands of dollars will be 0st. .

The Liberal Goverrunent has certainly f‘killed the goose that laid the golden egg.” If the clay roads had all been paved on the other side of the river, or if, at least, the Government leaders had heads enough on their and had dredged out the channel on both sides of the causerway, then there would have been a little tide anyway until the dredged area filled in.

Never, never in the world will it eat itself out a channel through the mussel mud. Why did they not use their heads and build a causeway that would serve farmer and fisherman alike? I am sure“ that any of the West River fishermen could have told the honorable gentle men what the outcome would be. Surely when the time arrives for this wonderful “Liberal” government to go to the people for votes, they (especially the fishermen) will know what to tell them: ‘We protested but all in vain. Now you have closed off the West River making it impossible for the fishermen to gain a livelihood, which they rightly deserve, which was pro- vided by Providence, and now you say you must travel the waters of the causeway at your own risk. Shame! Shame!”

I am, Sir, etc,

DISGUS’I'ED FISHERMAN. New Haven. P.E.I.

Special Correspondent for The Guardian

ord Numbers

Nicholson

From our side, the most impor— tant point was Prime Minister Diefeubaker’s heart-mmheamt talks with the President about W h- ington’s various trading mi e- meauours which severely harm

us. , '

But all these have been fully reported in the press. ,What has not been mentioned is my pri- vate Public Opinion Poll among the satellite cloud of visiting new— smen who came to ‘ our Prime Mhuster’s hosting of the VERY lmmt guest-

One an_a.ll, these visitors from outer space who were seeking Ca- nada for the first time were de— lighted with the beauty they saw here. Some had been to Quebec City, which they gave rave no- tices. Others just raved about 0t- tawa. But scratch below that praise, and you found another sort of rave, {raving mad rave. V “Why do I lose four and a half bucks changing a hundred dollar bill here?” one asked me. “What has your dollar got that ours hasn’t got? I thought we had a trade surplus with you — that should put our dollar at a prom- ium.” -

It is impossible to explain this complicated subject in a few sim- ple words to the satisfaction of a tourist who thinks he has been swiped-

Once We had pounds, shillings and pence as our currency. But

the complications of that non '- decimal money system proved too m u c h for our forefathers. who were brave enough to endure worse hazards. So someone brigh ly had the worst idea which has ever afflicted a whole nation’s tourist trade. He suggested swit- ching our currency to copy the dollars and cents of our neigh- hours.

TOURISTS MISLED

, That has two great disadvan- tages. First, just because our coin has the same name as theirs, Americans expect it to have the same value. But there is no other unit of 'currency in the world which they automatically expect to match theirs, chiefly because thenames are different. ‘So now they feel mad because their 81- mighty dollar cam lock our little upstart squarely in the face.

Second, if called our.ch by different names, Americans would feel that they were real travellers visiting a genuine for- eign country, and would take a delight in the difference. It would give them such a band that they would buy stamps and paper

moneynotonlytouseb ‘ so-

to serve as conversation races

and souvenirs back home. A , Somewhere along the line, ,

someone interested in promoting

1tourism in Canada should start a ‘

lobby to have our dollar .renam— ed. Why not revert to our first medium of exchange, the beaver pelt. and called it, a “Maven?” Then why not mint “Five Beav- er” coins in our Canadian gold, and strike a market and a pro- fit for our northern "mines all round the world?

The Ranges At‘Bisley'

Lawrence Dopson in Events in Britain

Like Ascot for horse - racing, Cowes for yachting, Wimbledon for tennis, Bisley (28 miles south- west of London) is one of those places whose name is inseparably associated with a particular sport or activity. Each July. Bisley is the venue of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting, when riflemen — and women, for one of the competitors last year was a teenage girl — en- gage in a series of shooting contests, of which the most fam- ous is the competition for “Her Majesty the Queen’s Prize.” The meeting attracts crowds of spectators who, even if they know little of the technicalities of marksmanship, can share in the excitement of the contest and en- joy the animated scene.

The “Queen’s Prize” has been offered by every British Sover- eign since 1860. The National Rifle Association had come into being the year before, in 1859 with the object of encouraging marksmanship for defensive pur— poses in the event of an invasion. From the beginning, however, the sporting aspect was well to the fore.»

FIRST QUEEN‘S SHOOT

When the first “Queen’s Prize" was shot for on Wimbledon Com- mon, among the competitors at the meeting were Swiss and Bel- gian rifllemen. Queen Victoria herself fired the opening shot. pulling a silken cord attached to the trigger of a rifle placed on a mechanical rest, and the bul- let struck within a quarter of an inch of the absolute [centre of the target 400 yards distant. Rifle and target many be seen in the museum at the NRA Office at Bisley Camp.

The move from Wimbledon to the permanent ranges at Bisley was made in 1890, and some of the wooden buildings still to be seen at Bisley are those which were erected and taken down each summer at Wimbledon.

Any British subject can enter for the “Queen’s Prize,” and us- ually a thousand or more do so. After the eliminating stages, the hundred finalists compete at ranges of 900 and 1,000 yards. The “Queen‘s” finalists obtain a much coveted badge.

ATMOSPHERE TENSE At the 1,000 yards firing point, the atmosphere is tense. for the

position of the leaders is marked up shot by shot on big black-; boards behind the firing point for all spectators to see. Miss1

Marjorie Foster, the only woman to win the “Queen’s (then the King’s) Prize -— in 1930 at her

first attempt -— will probably be.

at Bisley again this Summer. be- fore setting off to Canada as Captain of the Great Britain team, -

The non—expert spectator usual- ly finds the team events — the “‘Cheylesmore Memorial” and the “Hamilton Leigh" — the most exciting to watch. In the Chey- lesmore, for example, the teams run 100 yards and then endeav- our with 10 rounds 'per man to knock down ten falling iron plates at 250 yards .distance. OBSTACLE COURSE .

In the Hamilton Leigh there is an obstacle course to be run be- fore the teams reach the firing point. In both these events the actual result of marksmanship can be immediately seen and ap- preciated by the spectator, as is

the case with the clay pigeon .

shooting and also the “Bargrave Deane” revolver shoot, in which teams of three, with six rounds per man, endeavour to break fifw teen clay discs at fifteen yards in thirty seconds. '

Spectators at Bisley do not re- quire admission tickets, but a charge of 25. 6d. is made for a. car entering the camp. This charge covers any number of days’ parking. The nearest rail- way station is Brookwood (fifty minutes by train from London) and from there special buses con- vey visitors to the camp. The NRA Pavilion provides a restau- rant whichxis open to the public, and the Commonwealth Rifle As- sociation has a comfortable club- house wealth marksmen are welcome.

Around "the tree-lined lawn at Bisley are the “huts” of the other rifle associations, behind which are the ranges where the shooting takesxplace. The Cen- tury Range is the largest, with 100 targets. A gallery runs be- low the targers, and in this, well- out of harm‘s way, are the mark- ers who indicate the score.

LAKE SHIPS COLLIDE

DETROIT ('APl—The Swedish motorship Ereholm and the Amer- ican freighter Armstrong collided in the northern end of Lake St. Clair Wednesday night. Both were downbound and proceeded on to Cleveland. The United States Coast Guard said damage was minor and there were no injuries. The cause was not immediately determined.

6N6 Stigma Now Plagues Victims

By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D.

I WANT to congratulate you. all of you. And I want to thank you, too.

Specialists in the field of cere— bral palsy‘ advise me that the stigma so long attached to this condition is vanishing. The pub— lic — that’s you — no longer re— gards cerebral palsy victims as mentally retarded. Your‘ attitude, God bless you, now is one of sympathy and understanding. ASTONISHING REACTION

A friend of mine, an orthopedic surgeon, was present at an ice show a while back when a cere- bral palsy victim entered the au- ditorium. This doctor was aston- ished at the treatment accorded the CP patient by other specta- tors, and even by some of the skaters.

Said the doctor in describing the scene:

“Why, you would have thought the President was com-

ving in! Everyone moved so, the

patient could be seated. And some of skaters even put on a‘ special show for him. It was a wonderful sightl”, SOME FACTS ABOUT CP

Now for the benefit of a few

I of you who might still_ hesitate

to react this way'in the presence of a CP victim, let me explain a little about cerebral palsy.