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A Noble Example

This Province lost one Of lté most 1‘e\'F'l‘9l’l and distinguished citizens in the W9-‘ill? ."‘°--"‘9l“la-" “f the Right Rev. G..l. .\lcLellan, P.A.. D_,D., who.-e career as churchman and educat1nlllSl spanned several generatioiis. and whose name was a household word to our citizens of all denominations.

Illoiisigniir .\IcLollan filled many past; of respon.=ib1lit_\' in the lifinlafl Catholic (.‘hiirch in this Provinci=.—— as Rector of Si. Dunstan's Cathedral parish. as Pastor at Tignish. as Vicar Gene.-al of the Charlottetown diocese. as \~'icar-i“apitular in charge of thy diocese-on some occasions. as Prn‘thnnntal‘\‘ Apostolic. and. in lat- er years. as Pastor of St. Paul's P31‘- lsh. Slll‘lll‘llf?l‘Sl"lP.

._- To many former stiidents at St. Di1_n;sta.n's l‘nivei'sit_\' he will pe1‘hBDS best be i'i.=inc-nibered as the learn- ed" and able Rectal‘ of that institu- tion. a post which he relinqiushed in 1923. He was a great disciplinarian in the true sense of the \vord—- na-mely. “one skilled in the training of’ scholars and subordinates to pro- pgr conrliict and action by instruct- ing and exercising them in the same."

' Such duties Monsignor Mcliellan held to be of paramount import- ance. and he left a lastinl‘! lmllilflli on the lives of those who were privileged to come in contact with him during his years at St. Dun- stan's.

‘He c.a.rri¢=d the same zeal and enthusiasm into his pastoral and other duties. and won the esteem and affection of all classes by his 'nréa.dt.h of knowledge and under- standing. by his friendliness. his wa.i'mt.h of pi=rsonalit_v. and his de- votion at all times to the respon- eibilitcs of this high calling.

Blaming Diet Again

'. A commentator in the Toronto Telegram. trarlitionally a Tory or- gan. says that it took Illr. Diefi=n- baker more than five years cabinet maker to discover the penalty for byjpassing able young men and cling- ing to the party old guard. l-lance his criticism of Prime .\linister Pearson's reci=.nt. cabinet. shuffle had something of the smack of sour grapes.

.‘‘It need not be an exaggeration to say." says this writer. “that had Diefenbaker been willing to promote able young men to key cabinet pos- itions (hcld b_v such deadwood as Howard Green

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Whatever truth there may be in i this criticism. we find it significant 1 ea being very much in line with the 3 views expressed in Peter Newman's controversial "Renegade in Pow- :‘ er". In a passage not given in the abbreviated newspaper version of

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*_: of younger men of promising tal- lr ent. whom Mr. Diefenbaker could

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have used to strengthen his cabinet.

f Among them he named Mr. Heath

‘ Macquarrie. our junior member for ’Quee.ns.

It was not suggested that Mr. -Macquarrle should have replaced hie colleague. Hon. J. Angus Mac- Iiean. in the Cabinet. for Mr. Mac- Lean is commended by Newman on hie ministerial ability. It would

eeem.'tharefm-e. that the write!‘ raaltefdered both our Queens repro- Jaatatlvea as being good cabinet ' . What he failed to MM

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was that the appointment of two members from one Prince Edward Island constitutency to the cabinet would have been construed across Canada as a rank piece of favor- itism.

Didn't Newman know that? To be fair. he should have pointed out that Dief had done better than his immediate Liberal predecessors by giving this Province cabinet recog. nition at all. He should have shown that cabinet appointments have to be carefully balanced as between the provinces. Mr. Pearson's latest shuffle was a case in point-—where the appeasement of Quebec played at least as much ii part as the de- sire to bring younger men of talent forward.

But Dief seems to be fair game for every disgriintled Tory com- mentator nowadays. They have dis- covered a new heresy in the “cult of leadership" which brought him to power. and which they say ruin- ed the part_v. But wasn't he. after all. the only Tory leader to win a federal election since the days of RB. Bennett? That gentleman, too. as we recall. held pretty strong views on the subject of leadership.

Swiss Precautions

While other countries have be- come sceptical of the merits of fall- out-sheltcr programs, Switzerland has completed and approved plans for sheltering its entire civilian population in time of war. A bill passed by the Swiss Slates Council calls for a $450 million concrete and steel umbrella for all communities with population over 1.000.

The government also has drawn up a new plan to feed the nation en- tirely from Swiss goods in the event of a European war. Normal- ly Switzerland produces only 50 per cent of its food necessities. During World War II it was onlv through careful stocking of foodstuffs and garden planting that the Swiss man- aged to feed their people. The new plan. an updating of previous war- time practices. would take advant- age of a Fifi per cent increase in Swiss vegiatable production since 1939 and would enable rations to be set at a caloric value of some 17 per cent higher than during World War II.

A Swiss govi=i'nment official ex- plained that these measures are not being taken due to any aggava- tion of the world situation. "How- ever." he added. "we do not yet have peace on this earth, and as long as this East-West situation exists it is our duty to be vigilant and prudent so that we can face the future with calm and confidence."

Admira ble as t.hc-so intentions are. we wonder how they could possibly be realized in the event of a nuclear holocaust. They remind us of a, saying by R. L. Stevenson about one "Mr. Prudent, who fll\\'ia_V.~l carried his umbrella in case of rain; but he was struck by lightning." The idea that fallout shelters and food resi=.rvi=s would enable any seg- ment of humanity to face the conse- quences of another war with any- thing approaching "calm and con- fidence", is a figment of the imag- ination.

Paradox

The Vancouver Province has drawn attention to the paradox that, in the Operation of public utilities. the public has more to say under private ownership than under gov- ernment ownership.

Now that the company that pro- vides gas, power and bus services to Vancouverites is publicly owned, states The Province. rate increases can be put. into effect without ap- proval of the Utilities Commission. Formerly, under private ownership, “rates could not be raised except with approval of a public board which held public hearings to listen to public representations.” A bus fare increase, the newspaper ex- pacts. will be imposed without any opportunity for the public to study its justification.

The fact is that state monopolies usually set their own tariffs and standards of service without much regard for the customer. Where the sale of liquor is in the government's hands. for instance. the hours of sale and location of outlets are not dictated by the cuetomer even thought he is charged all that the tnffic will bear. That situation ep- plies generally to gavernsuam eale of any commodity or service;

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THE FRENCH LESSON

gT_TAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Miss LciMcirsh Siresess Pesticide Hazards

The concealed killers who staik every Canadian in our homes and gardens and grace terias and dairies are combat- ted by ii pitifully small army of scient.ist.s and inspectors em- ployed by our federal Depart- ment of National Health and Welfare

These killers are the poison- ous insecticides and pesticides Mitch are sprayed all over Can- ada. from small aerosol bombs in our homes and from giant. commercial sprayers on our

farms and loose-d from aero l farms in

planes over our forests and fields

.iuii_v Lalllarsh. our Minister of ;

Health. described these dangers and her department's counter- measiircs in a recent speech in her own constituency of Niagara

Falls.

“Pesticide hazards can be considered in three categories." she said. “Persons involved in the menufar‘turP. formulation. distribution and use of ih e s e chemicals are exposed to them generally under controllable con- ditions. Household pesticide pro- ducts are an accepted part of our life today. and many people with little or no knowledge of the dangers from pesticides are exposed to them through their use in the home and garden. Fi- nally. the consumer may be ex- posed ihrouzh the ingestion of small amounts of pesticides con- tained in foods."

STUDIED BY M.Ps special committee of th e House of Commons was set up toexamlne these hazards last year. and held eighteen meet- ings at which expert witnesses presented briefs and underwent questioning The committee. led y its hard-working chairman. Dr. Harry Harley M.vP. from Oakville. Ontario. submitted its report to Parliament in Decem- ber. Miss La-Marsh says that the government is now examining this report. and considering what. might be done to improve pub- lic awareness of the hazards of

pesticides. One of the principle re c o m- mendaiirms of the committee

concerned the labelling of c o n- 1

tainers. The wording “I-{armless

§lf Used as Directed“ places the i wrong approach to the problem.

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? toxic pesticides should be label iled "Dangerous unless Used as l Directed" in red letters. with a ‘red skull and cross-bones above -‘the warning. it urged.

‘ Another important recommen- dation was that “enforcement of ;Federal regulations should be

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itions where warranted." In lS

iconnection. Miss LaMarsh re-

.ports that a number of dairy:

the Prairie provinces i were charged for cream containing detectable . di-in last year

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The best-known witness sub- mitting evidence to the Com- mons Committee was Mise Rach- el Carson, the author of the best- sellln book "Silent spring", which described the dangerous effects of wanton use of pestici- des. She related qiilte sensation- al examples of e far spread and high concentration of resi- dual poisons resulting from the use of pesticides. Her evidence seems to have been insufficient- ly noticed _ e committee. possibly because it was delayed until very late in the parliamen-

’ tary session. when the pressure

amounts of the insecticide Diel- '

of work had built up on all com-

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land quality of our food produc- I. tlon. and said that. in view of lime. "it would be irresponsible

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For-Travelled Comets

National Geographic Society

The awesome sizhi of ii comet .

i streaking across the heavens ;luis terrified and intrigued men _ for centurie-s.

’llhe sudden appearance of comets hais caused lclngs to ab- dicate. armies to

‘and whole populations to fear ‘i the end of the earth. A 12th-cen- . iurv historian pictiirecl o n e

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halt in battle. ,

However. one point in e d e abundant-Zy clear by the commit- tee and by Miss LaMai-ah is that her department sets high stand- ards and does its beat to protect Canadians. but in this it is lim- ited by an unduly small b u dget and staff.

dark. frosty bodies u'liir‘l about heltliloe cloud some 50.000 to 10.000 1 . astronomical units from the sun (one unit is the average dis- tance between earth and sun.

Fre.-i L. Whipple. cllcectior of the Smit-ltsonl-an Astrophysical

‘ Obsci-va.t.r~ry in Cambridge. Mae- ; s8t“‘lu<eIll.!. recently theorilzed

icomet as ‘-a l.Vl"lS‘l.lll_E serpent. .

; wrlthrlng anti coiling back on it- . eel! lusting for human blood." Even in the enllzbtened mth ‘century. an en-tervprlslng sales- ‘, man did a brisk business \\‘-l-l.ll ii lllne of "comet. pills." guaran- ‘iteed to protect against ih e lpolsons supposedly emitted by :}lalle_v's comet during its re l[hlI"l‘l in l9l0 i DIRTY SNOWBALLS i The facts about comets are even stranger than the fancies. lTo begin with. comets are es lsentiially dirty snowballs. They ,pixibably are composed of the. E ices of water. mefihvane. and am- jmonia. wllili a sprinkling of

spare u . 1 As many as 100 billion of tihese

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LIBERAL PROMISE

Sn-.—-I have been reading with great interest the letters regarding the Liberals’ prorrilse to raise family allowances to 18 years. with two boys in high school if they don't soon k i c k through with the allowance. we will just. have to atruggle on as

. and I mean struggle.

I think it disgraceful Mr. Pearson in now sunning himself in Florida. t why shouldn’t he after the great raise in sa‘.ar_v~he gave himself. What making a living entirely on the farm. if. we are to educate our ohildren. the mothers are forc- ed to work away from home.

lssy wh don't we mothers march on tawa. Have we I eponaor??

I am. 811-. etc.. DISTURBED M01‘!-l'!}R xaneltictoii R-R. ND! or IIAU

tlons of a Renegade in Power? I think so.

Or what would Mr. Newman call the actions of Mr. Pearson who. with much shouting and "we can do its". "yes 1' l 3 hi away". echoed by his fellow speaker here in summer-side. promised to raise the Old Age Pension if only we would elect him. but after the election went on a salary raising spree where. he and his colleagues remuner- ated tliemaelvea to the tune of fifteen thousand dollars each per year, ignoring the piteous appeals of the aged. poor of the land who sat with ouratrelched hands. railing at his broken

at the next efectlon?

Would Mr. Newman call that anything but the actions of a ' Renegade in Power"? it is evi- dent what party Mr. Newman is

Mr. Newman has a brain wave to write another book similar to Elie one above referred to. it

promises and vowing vengeance i

‘ that a closer belt of less Visible

comets exists some four billion miles frcm the sun. But t h e spectacular comets seen on the earth arrive from the distant

layer

e outer comet belt. where the gtraidtatlonia-l pull of the sun is weak. a comet may be jarred out if its regular or- hit by a passing star. Sonia soar off ilorevec iniio lriiterstiellar

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we ellipses that may bring them near the planets.

when a comet begins its aim- ward journiey. he nucleus may be only ii mile lio 50 rrilles in diameter. ‘Uh-e various ices be- gin in vs-pflrlze as the comet nears the sun. surrounding the nucleus with in fuzzy envelope called the head or come.

The heads are immense. The angel-lest are 10.000 miles in

. ever observed. the comet. of 1811. had a diameter of 1.225.000 milee—greatar then

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Treatment 0 For Burns

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dallas

The treatment of burns has gone through «revolution ary changes in the last few decades The latest was ice water. but now it is combined with an anti- bacterlal detergent. This remedy is logical because cold rellevee pain and minimizes the loss tissue proteins from the burned area. The detergent helps pre- vent infection. ii complication that delays healing and adds to scar iig. The charred regions are alv- en the same care as open wounds; consequently it is con- sidered is heresy to use a aalve. ointment, lard or other grease. Such products seldom are eter- lle and their application .a d d s thousands of micro-organisms to tissues that already are fer- tille soil for the grow-tti of bacter- la. Never prick blisters with a pin or needle to remove th e fluid. as this provides an open- ing for organisms to enter. Re- move the entire bllster or do noth g. The ice water-detergent plan is ideal for burns on tihe extremi- ties. including minor kitchen

rns.Cold compresses are re- commended when the face or trunk ’

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. bin-na must be treated by a physician to lessen the risk of shock and serious infection.

skin grafting may be needed. In some instances. the seare area is covered immediately with skin from an unburned sec- tion of the body. The layer is about the thickness of tissue pa- per and takes root and grows on the raw surface. if there are no complications. Occasionally skin from a donor is used to provide a temporary graft, it is rejected in time. In other patients, skin grafting is delayed for months.

Severe burns leave disabling scars. particularly when t h e y appear over joints, along th e side of the neck, or on the chin. The scars act as tough bands and prevent extension of the arms, for example. or moving the head from side to side. Re- moval of these adhesion: a n d replacing with new skin. elimin- ates the dieablity and improves the appearance.

SEA A

H. W. writes: Iwas in th e merchant marine service for most of my life until I broke down with tuberculosis. I am an arrested case, and nce this is the only kind of work I know. I would like to go back to sea. Do you think the salt air would be bad for my lungs’?

REPLY

No. and it might do good. Avoid overexposure to the sun because this may encourage the healed lesions to break down

again. COLD HANDS

Mrs. J.C. writes: My husband is healthy at age but hi hands always are cold. Have you any helpful suggestions for this condition?

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This is difficult to correct at any age. coldness usually is caused by poor circulation and can be minimized by keeping the body warm with adequate clothing. including gloves. and remaining in a warm environ-

n . EYES SHOULD BE USED W. F‘. writes: luae my eyes all my waking hours. What can be done to maintain the eyes at peak performance? PLY Continue to use them. TODAY'S HEALTH HINT- A man who ceueee fear cannot be free from fear. —Eplcurua

Our Yesterdays

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FWE YEARS AGO January 28. 1 Preliminary arrangements

for the proposed celebration here this summer of the sev- enty - fifth anniversary of the first meetingof the Fathers of Confederation in Charlottetown were discussed at of a general committee headed by Premier. the Hon. '1'. A. Campbell. It is understood that the celebration is planned for mld - July.

Youth Training students held another enjoyable social eve-

. Minister of Agriculture. pi-est d e d. Mr. Shaw welcomed the students and introduced the various num- bers on the program. The highlight of the evening‘: eater-

miant was an old time fid- diet’: contest, in which the au- dience lustlly cheered their clau favorites.

TEN YEARS AGO January :8. 1984

A persistent snowstorm driven by winds which at times reach- ed fgela proportions brought tra c to an almost complete standstill tlirouxliout the pro- fliice t oil a y. Approxima tely seven inches of snow fall and was piled into heavy drifts by a steady 45 miles per hour wind that at times had gusts reach- in] 70 miles.

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Prior to the weekly meal of the Legislative council, two delegations met with memlsersoltbecablnat. 'l‘hefii-atwasa

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