PAGE noun ‘ - . l! rates across Canada. The result is that every

unfairness in ‘the existing structure has_been in- creased by 2l per cent by the recent iudgmant “m,” m“, "ma, h ,,,-,,_' of the Board, and shippers must endure the ag-

"The King Government's default in this re- gard," concludes the Post-Record, “has now re- suited in the most inequitable and oppressive rail rate situation Canada has ever known."'

Welcome Visitors

Charlottetown during the next few days is being visited by a number of distinguished per- sonages. Already here is Mr. G. G. Vincent, din eciar of the United Kingdom Information Of- fice, Ottawa, who gave an inspiring address last night before the Y's Men's Club. Today it is expected that the Hon. James Thorn, New Zealand High Commissioner, will arrive for a week-end visit, while on Monday we shall have the privilege of welcoming the Hon. Stuart Gar- s n, Premier of Manitoba, who is coming here c-n t e invitation of Premier Jones and is scheduled to speak before the Rotary Club and the Char-l lottetown Board of Trade.

While only a limited number of our citizens will have the opportunity of meeting these gen- tlemen personally, their visit is a matter of general interest, both on their own account and in view of the important offices they hold. It is hoped that they will'be able to return later for a more extended stay, and under more fqv- orable weather conditions.

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A Serious Situation

The serious situation facing the Mimi" "l Maple Hills comprised mostly of war veterans and their families, is_dealt with forcefully In I! letter in today's Public Forum. This emergency housing scheme, formerly undertaken by the Cifh has since June l. i945. bee" "d" fl“ '“°"°9°' ment of the Provincial Government. According to a report tabled in the Legislature last March. if gwer and fuel costs had remained constant it we: "within the bounds ofpossibility that the project would have sustained no loss." Recent increased costs have meant a loss of about $250 per month, or approximately 52-59 P" liimllY- Added to this is the fact that the buildings are of temporary construction, and have been de- teriorating rapidly. The average rental charge i; $24.00 per month, and a further charge of $15.00 per month is added for bus fees to and from the city. The present rents have been com- ing in "fairly satisfactorily," but it is considered that any addition rental charges would mean an increase in unpaid bala_nc_as. ’ _

Conceding all the difficulties imconnec- tion with the administration of the proyeci. Tl" fact remains that through no _fault of their own the tenants are to be evicted in September with- out any provision being made for their accom- modation elsewhere. This policy cannot be jiiSli- fied on any count. lt is better to face the prob- lem now, and postpone the closing down of MaPl° Hills until a proper inquiry is made, and other tomes found for these citizens who are surely en- titled to that much consideration. This is a moral responsibility upon both our provincial and civic suthorities, and it would lg to our shame and lisgrace if they failed to take prompt and ef- fective action in the matter.

immunizing liaiilllalgn

Dr. B. C. Keeping, Chief Health Officer, re- ports that once more our citizens will be given the opportunity of having their school and pre- school children protected against some of our rnost common, but easily preventable diseases.

Commencing next week the Nursing Division of the Provincial Department of Health will carry out an immunizing campaign in all the rural schools, except those visited last Autumn for a similar purpose, bringing protection against diph- theria, whooping cough and tetanus for all pre- school children, and the usual protection of diphtheria to children of school age.

_' This triple protection will be given at no increased cost, but will be a greater safeguard to young children. The rural schools will be vis- ited on three occasions at intervals of four weeks, and it is most important that parents take full advantage of this splendid opportunity to have their babies six months and over, pre-school and school children, given this necessary protection.

lt is riot good enough to wait until the chil- dren reach school age before receiving this pro- tection, for diphtheria and whooping cough are most fatal in the early years of life. The rec- ords show that sixty-one per cent of all diph- theria deaths occur under five years, and some eighty-five per cent of all our whooping cough deaths occur before two years of age is reached.

Needless young" lives are lost annually on account of negligence, or ignorance of parents or guardians. No investment yields such worth- while results as an investment in health; to neglect it may mean disaster. Our Province, our

ominion can ill afford such preventable wastage. All parents would be well-advised to present their children at their local clinic and share in this protection.

Tomorrow a new month, but so far as weath- er is concerned we are still in the old, bad quar- ter.

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Here are voting days so far for June: New- foundland, plebiscite, 3rd; Quebec Provincial, 6th; Ontario Provincial, 7th; P. E. l. Prohibition Plebiscite, 28th.

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Hon. James Thorn, New Zealtind's High Com- missioner to Canada, is an authority on the Maoris, and since coming to this country has taken a great interest in the Canadian Indians. I I I I One aspect of English electianeering is not likely to prove popular in this country. Motorized loud speakers blaring out propaganda would be more likely to lose votes than gain them. I i I Q’

in spite of two years of Slav-Communist aggression against Greece C. l. or.‘ Philip Mur- ray was able to say: "Greece today is the only country in the Balkans in which it is possible for workers to meet freely and to engage in denie-

tratic discussions." i

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Strikes are both costly and annoying but they are a sign of expanding business. When prices are going down and business falling off it is unusual to have strike shutdowns. Unfortun- ctely other kinds of shutdown are then not so unusual.

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At a congregational meeting of St. James United Church, Montreal, this week, the call to the Rev. T. E. McLennan, Trinity Church, Char- lottetown, was unanimously endorsed, and ar- rangements for his translation are now in the hands of the Presbyteries of Montreal and Char- lottetown.

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Bearing in mind the inflated cost of drinks in Toronto's cocktail lounges, says en exchange, it need occasion little surprise that court pro- ceedings should have revealed one of them, rep- resenting an investment of $100,000, to have made a profit of £90,000 in nine months’ time. ‘l’ I I '

There seems to be general agreement that the car ferry should make frequent crossings to carry automobiles even when there is no accumu- lation of freight cars to cross over. The cost is riot charged against the general revenues of the C. N. R. but is a direct charge on Government

funds.

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lt may be taken for granted there will now be no Federal general election for two years. The Government has successfully survived the threat of defeat on the Freight Rate issue, and. the members, both Government and Opposition, are prepared to sit tight and draw their indemnitie; till such time as the election law compels them to seek a new endprsemeiit by the electorate.

The Government's _ Default

in the freight rates debate in Parliament, an island Liberal member quoted the Sydney Post-Record as supporting the Government's at- titude. Evidently our"Sydney contemporary has reconsidered the matter, for in its issue of last Tuesday we find a lengthy editorial indorsing the Progressive Conservative resolution which was voted down by our Liberal representatives.

"lf the question had been decided on its merits-or according to the expressed convic- tions of those who spoke during the debate," says the Post-Record, "Mr. Bracken's resolution would have been approved by a large majority. But the fattt is that the fate of the King Government has again‘ resulted,—as so often in the post,--in an unashamed perverse Parliamentary verdict. A majority of the Liberal members simply swallow- ed their convittions to save the Ministry from defeat." '

The Progressive Conservative resolution affirmed that a revision of the rote structure and the elimination of its inequalities should have preceded a" general advance of freight rates. T3 existing rote structure was framed in i927, o ‘I therefore almost 2i years old. It would have been revised and brought down to date‘ 14mm, had it not been far the qiibreok of war A general rate revision should have been rediby the Government as soon oi the roll- ’ 030p" ‘centrate increase near-

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Two years ago on May i, i945, Allied ‘forces were sweeping across south Germany and had penetrated as far as ll miles into Austria near Passau. On May 2, the war in Italy, Austrian Tyrol and Salsburg ended at noon with the surrender of l,000,000 German troops. Hitler was reported as "dead" and Doenitz succeeded him as Fuehrer.

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Cari August Nicholas Rosa, operatic im- pressorio, died this date i889; he founded the -Carl Rosa Opera Co. in London in i875 with the object of producing standard opera in English, ayid of encouraging English composers. He met with outstanding success both as regards popli- lorizing opera and in encouraging British com- posers. At the time of his death London had be- come the popular centre for great musical pro- ductioiis.

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The Financial Post notes that since Confed- eration there have been eleven different Prime Ministers of Canada, five of whom served two oi more times. Nearest to Prime Minister’ King's record comes that of Sir John A. Mocdonald’s nineteen years, and next to that, Sir Wilfrid Lauriefs fifteen years. Shortest term was ser_v- oyhnotby ltt. Hon. Arthur Meighen as is some; tr s alleged, but by Sir Charles Tupper-a more

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Cuba main-sees. and for use in the month 0f January this will slow traffic zgmfihlfll’ awful. -- Ottawa Citi- n, . We are told noloutista hero prov- ed that garlio juice kills germs. It's been known to have s rather dead- 19111118 effect on personal popular-

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1n order to keep his mother-in- lsw at a distance a men in Tenn- essee builtm fence across his living room. We hope he will be able to keep his bride from sitting on it. —-’I'oronto Saturday Night.

The Commons committee on prices has been informed that the Wartime Prices and Trade Board

is investigating the shortage mg high price of nails. It is to be hop. ed that lnquirers will soon get. to the paint. -- Braritford Expositor.

Trees on a farm lot grow at tlie rate of one to 1 1-2 cords per year. Even as fuel that makes about S20. per year per acre which can u: harvested in an otherwise off sca- 5011- With Hydro and coal difficul- ties growing. the wood lat. may be- came one of Ontario's best assets. —-Port. Arthur News-Chronicle, ._i__

The baby news in New England has been out of the ordinary this Year. ‘Three wander babies, so- Cailcd, have been reported. A baby in Mnlne walked at nine days with it little support. Another lnferit had five inches of hair at birth. Ana now a tliree-montii-oid baby, born \'i'll.l'l two teeth, is said to be rapid- ly Bfqlll-rlng a full set. The unus- ual babies interest mothers, but they do not make them envious. Each prizes her own offspring as best of all. _ Boston Post. Although Canada has peat tie- Pvfiils — many or them in Ontario -campara.ble with the largest in EIIPOW. production is still absurdly small —— only 145 tons of peat fuel in 1946 and 96339 tons of’ peat. moss. Were the industry equiv-g. lent. proportionately to population. to the millions of tons produced annually in Sweden. it would re- quire the direct employment of 15.000 pcvplv- Were peat used as fuel to the extent that it is used in Germany. thousands of Canad- liin homes and factories would be biirnlng it. This winter ll: supplies more than 400.000 houses in the British zone of Germany as well as electric power-stations and other plants. Production there is rising hy leaps and bounds. Peat moss can be put to a variety of uses, includ in! poultry and stable litter. Iarm- landmuich. and materiel for in- sulation. padding, and packing. Pent for fuel has ii value. iii-circl- ing to one estimate. of nliout s9. a lDrl compared with hardwood or coal. Its price may be as low as S8. But efforts to produce and market peat profitably in Canada have failed partly because of the high capital expenditure necessary for the installation of modern ma- Bhlllefll and partly because of the publicb unfamiliarity with the use of such fuel. - Ottawa Citizen.

The puddle stretched from the curb lo the middle of the street. Some young buckos came whipping R1008 in an open car. They spied a pal of theirs making his ivay along the sidewalk, in perfect p051. tion for a ‘thorough splashing with ice-cold, dirty water. The driver Stepped on the gas and charged at the Puddle. Bdore the water began k0 fly. however. the pal had mov- ed along the street. out at‘ range. In his place had countered a six- font citizen dressed in an Easter- parade outfit. The driver tried to stop the car but it was tioo late. The whole puddle raised up in s mass settled down on the six-foot- BT- There was a great silence for a few seconds, broken only by drip- ping water. The buckos set. in the cur with their mouths open arid the citizen stood in bedreggled amazement/Then things began to happen. The citizen walked eaii-ily over‘ to the cai- door and opened lia. He reached behind the wheel end took hold‘ of the driver by the scruff of the neck and the sent of the pants. He raised him on high end twice dunked him face down- ward in the foot-deep puddle. Tin-ii he dropped the culprit. still face downward, into the waterm The pedestrian dusted his hands, re- zeined the sidewalk nnd want on his wey without saying n word._ Winnipeg ‘Tribune.

Important‘ advances have been made in recent years in surgery of the brain for mental illness. tek- lng the place of. or supplement-lug psychiatric treatment. This was known as ore-frontal laisatomy, hu- the drawback to it wee that it iii- volved severance of the fibres con- necting the frontal lobe and the rest. of the brain. The new tech- nique is called iopectomy, It ll performed on the top and ,-lront of the brain. and does not produce any personality change. or impair intellectual capacity. The new op- eration has been perfected at 0o.- umbia University. and has bee-i i181‘! upon patients from aii parts of the United ‘States. 0f 2i patients operated on in the New Jersey State Hospital. all of whom were in thrciese hitherto regard- ed as hopelessly insane, fl‘ have been disohatled. Ten of these are back st their former occupations. and eleven are gradually recover- ing st home. Psychiatry has done

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STRONG APPEAL FBOH" MAPLE HILLS

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515-4 would like to express"!- few thought} and ask a few D61‘- tinent questions closing of the emerzency housing scheme at Maple till-lo. I have gpqken to many people in the lest few weeks about it and their an- swer has nearly always been, "Ob. they won't close it. “They can't close it", or "Why, where in the world will those people go?" Well. my answer is they will close it. they can close it, and they don't care where the people as long as they are rid of the responsibil- ity of runnlns it. I suppose. due to the grandiose scale on which the housing scheme has been conducted on B. E. I.. there is no reason why peopiecan- not find accommodation! I be- lieve there were ten houses built in Chariottctmirn, and sevuii in Summerslde as an out-and-out veterans’ housing project. Other than that, I knpw of.’ no large- scaie housing project, certainly not in the vicinity of this City; but. I suppose seventeen houses Should be sufficient to provide for the needs of all the returned men. es- pealally from aProflnce which had the highest per ceplta enlistment in the Dominion. . It has been stat/ed that on Sept- 30th the power and light will be shut off end that those people ou‘. there had better look for some place to go. Is Premier Jones or his Government so naive as lo be- lieve that. those who live at Maple Hills have not. been doing just that for the past two years? Or do they believe that they consider it such an Eden that no one in their right mind would consider moving elsewhere? Aifter Sept. 30th wiiat will the policy be? Pull drown or haul away the homes of those who know no other, thereby de- priving them of shelter in the Fail or early Winter. What. of tliose families with young children and babies? Do you Just. order them out; find some other piece to go. no matter where, with the attitude that it is of no concern of yours? "0 Tempura, O Mares!" As has been stated many limos before.‘ this is mostly a settlement of veterans who, because they had no other choice, located there. What a gesture of gratitude from a country well served, to close the homes of those who served and stood to lose all, primarily be- cause a Government or Govern- ments might stand to lose e. bit financially; because at the end some one might not, be able tosay. “Sea, Sire, what. n. good boy em I. We have not gone in the hole. though others may be in a hole!" I cannot fathom the lackadaisl- cal stand of the various organiz- ations which were all ishoy for the boys when they were “Ovei-There." First, the Canadian Legion should have e very reel interest. in the welfare of the veteran. Remember. “Have pity on me at least you my friends"? Has it ever occurred to the Legion to look iiiito the situ- ation at Maple Hills? to enquire of the Government as to the ac- tion to be taken if those people cannot. find homes? That was one of the main topics of the last Dominion Commend convention. the lack of u. proper veterans‘ housing scheme, and yet, here in P. E. I. what do we find? second: The various churches should have sufficient interest to look into this very vital question. and it is indeed vital to those who face the bleak future of lasing a home with no other in view. Has there ever‘ been any concerted oe- tion an the part of any church in this regard, or have we came to the point where timt is too much to expect? There's such a thing as temporal welfare us well as spiritual. Rather important too, I believe.

Again, why has it. become so ur- gent to close this project? I'm ivonderlng lf this were in some other area, in the country for in- stance, end serving the same pur- pose, would it be closed without some representation being inedeby the members who represent those people? May I inquire, Hus there ever been any such solicitation ex- hibited by either Mr. Clark or Mr. Cullen on behalf of Maple Hills tenants?

The proper handling and tender care of hogs created an unprece- dented y- on the Island iset year; even the seizure of buildings became necessary that. hogs might be saved. Nothing must stand in the‘ way. Perhaps if Maple Hills were an emergency hog protect it. would not "so sum- marily be dismissed ao is now the

case. The iol: of the home seeker is hard emuth. God knows, without the addition of nearly onehundred families thrown into the competi- tion. Perhaps some of those who are fortunate enough to have their homes now. would pause and live further ‘bfitttilfifi if they were foroed to mid s home for them- selves and their families in and around Charlottetown today.

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