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Disaster Strikes The past weekend will go down as a black-letter one in Maritime history. At the time of writing, the toll of dead and missing in the North- umberland Strait fishing fleet, caught

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gale off the New Brunswick coast on Saturday, may reach 36 or more. There was hope ‘that some of the missing men may have sheltered in isolated coves awaiting calmer seas before heading their boats home, but the toll‘in any case will be appal-

ling. Along with the loss of life, -

damage to boats and fishing gear will of course be very heavy; but tnis pales into insignificance beside the sacrifice of so many gallant lives.

At least one Prince Edward. Is- lander, Fraser Cook, was lost off Howard Cove, Prince County, while attempting, in his storm-tossed boat, to save the lives of others This exploit was in the finest tradition of the sea, and brings vividly home to us the courage and daring that are demanded in this arduous calling. It is only. when disaster strikes that we realize what a breed of men we have in these Maritime Provinces, whose livelihood, at all times in- secure, makes such calls upon their spirit and fortitude.

There will be widespread sym- pathy for those whose loved ones have been lost in this disaster. It shoul? take a very practical form,

so far as—material aid is concerned;_|

but that will be small recompense for the heartbreak which will be suffered.

Causeway Confusion

The many conflicting rumors sbout the Northumberland Strait gauseway are, of course, an indica- tion of the importance attached to the project, not only in Prince Ed- ward Island and the Maritimes, but at Ottawa as well. These rumors run all the way from the statement of an Island Liberal Senator that the Diefenbaker Government has no in-

tention of building the causeway at

all, to a report carried on Friday by a national news service (not Ca- nadian Press) that it would be com- pleted by 1970. Through our Otta- Wa correspondent, and in telephone conversation With our Island cabinet representative, Hon. Mr. MacLean, we are assured that these state- ments are purely speculative.

- There can be no question of any decision having been made at this stage, as the final report has not been completed on which the cabinet will base its decision. This report involves joint preparation by the four departments _ concerned—Publie Works, . Transport, Fisheries, and Mines and Technical Surveys. In- deed, it is indicated that certain studies are still to be made, though most of the surveys are in, and that it will be at least another month, probably more, before the final re- port is drafted.

This is disappointing, in view of previous assurances as to the com- pletion of the surveys and the pro-. gress made with the reporté: Yet fn a huge project of this kind we must expect time lags in preparing and analyzing all the coniprehensive de- tail involved. There is no evidence that the Government is holding up these inquiries unduly. The fact ap- pears to be that their ramifications were not at first fully realized, and that assurances based upon earlier completion of the reports did not take all the problems into account.

It should be pointed out that in branding the news service report as “purely speculative and without any official foundation whatsoever,” Hon. Mr. MacLean did not say that the causeway would not be com- pleted in 1970. Neither he nor any- one else could refute or confirm that prediction at this stage.

For_our own- part, we are inclin- ed to give credence to a statement

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Neighborly Decision As Leslie Wilson writes from Ot- tawa in the Financial Post, most

Seaway, thence through the Pana- ma Canal across the Pacific. Ships carrying such ust travel through American canals. That, says

Government took such a grave view of a few shrimps which could easily have been carried across Canada by railway or truck without entering United States territory.

This country’s long standing right to ship goods in bond through the United States without interference must be preserved, in the Govern- ment’s judgement, for much larger business in the future. The United States Government, perhaps not un- derstanding first, stopped the movement of Chin- ese seafood on its highways under a clause in its Foreign. Assets Con- trol Regulations which’ reads: “No person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States may purchase, transport, import or otherwise en- gage in . . . any transaction with respect to any merchandise . . . the country of origin: of which is China.”

This regulation, among others, is designed to prevent any trade be- tween the United States and China but its implications for legal trade between Canada and China may not have been foreseen in Washington. ‘ At any rate, the American Govern- ment seems to have been surprised when Canada insisted on its right to move non-strategic goods to and from China through United States territory without, of course, selling or buying them there.

If the international traffic of the Seaway was overlooked at Washing- ton it was not overlooked ,at Otta- wa. Mr. Diefenbaker protested the American shrimp order from the be- ginning because he realized that a

ludicrous could have damaging long- run results. He rejected the Ameri-

' ean contention that it was entitled

under Seetion 21 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to ban the movement & shrimps as a measure “necessary for the protec- tion of its essential security inter- ests.” He also said there: would be discussions with the United States ‘if there is anything in the nature of a search or interference with the cargo of ships” using the Seaway.

Happily no. such issue arose be- cause the United States, while in- sisting on its legal jurisdiction in the shrimp case, decided not to en- force its authority “in the interests of international amity.” That was a sound and neighborly decision. I* means little at the moment when Ca- nada’s trade with China is worth only a few million dollars a year. It can mean a great deal if and when the trade grows to substantial vol-

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Liberals have an easy way of bringing their demands for an investigation of the conduct of Mr. Pallett, Government Whip in the House of Commons, to a head. They can bring a specific charge against him. Their spokesman, if he can’t make it stick, should then resign.

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Millions throughout the world will feel a sense of personal loss in the death of Miss Ethel Barrymore. Famous star of stage and screen, she brought great artistry to her parts and was as much at home in Shake- spearian drama as in modern social comedy.

A preliminary DBS estimate places the index of farm prices for Canada at 237.4 for March (1935- 39—100), 2.3 points below the re- vised estimate of 2.39.7 for Feb- ruary, and 3.9 points lower than the March, 1958 index. This decline, the second in succession, since the first of the year, is largely attributable to lower prices for cattle, calves and potatoes, which more than offset some increase in prices for poultry

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CBC Investigation

By Patrick Nicholson

_ M_LP."s sitting on the Broadcast- ing Committee have expressed their opinion that the first witness to be questioned by them. E. Bushnell, acting president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion, has been unco-operative in his replies to their questioning, and has exhibited a truculence which appears to betray his con- viction that more M-P.’s have no right to call him up to explain in such defail how the C.B.C. is op- erated

The M.P.’s who criticise him however consider that they were chosen by us, their fellow Oanad- ians, to represent our interests in Parliament, and especially to ensure that waste and extnava- gance in the spending of our tax money should be eliminated, so that our taxes could be reduc- ed. And in this particular com- mittee, those M.P.’s are rightly anxious to find out why we have to-supply over $67,000,000 in tax- es this year to provide broadcast entertainment which our USS. neighbours get for free.

Whether or not Bushnell ig a -“bad"’ witness is a question: on which such experienced lawyers as Bellechasse'’s Noel Dorion and Ottawa's Dick Bell, who are on the committee, should know the

Signposts At Geneva

—~Bx. Joseph

Canadian Press Staff Writer

Many signs point to a “‘sum-

mit" conference—but not the one

Premier Khrushchev has been demanding for so long.

The Western “Big Three seemed to be edging toward a summit of their own even before the Geneva announcement Friday that the East-West conference of foreign

ministers is to be recessed in

deadlock until July 13.

Prime Minister Macmillan had indicated he was ready for such talks and President Eisenhower in similar vein. It is thought that President de Gaulle would “welcome a chance to oul- line his views to his Anglo-Amer- fean partners face to face.

With Khrusnchev again on the attack and no progress at Ge- neva, the Westem leaders may consider it all the more. desir- able to meet, possibly in consulta- tion with Chancellor Adenauer of West Germany as well.

VARYING VIEWS

It’s no secret that the Western chiefs hold varying views about a future summit meeting with Khrushchev. Macmillan sees in this the best chance of easing world tensions, but Eisenhower refuses to go without some de- velopment at Geneva that would give hope of positive results.

The only apparent headway at Geneva has been made not at the foreign ministers’ talks but at separate, parallel mnegotia- tions about the control of nuclear tests. Eisenhower has implied that such progress might become acceptable as the basis of a fu- ture East-West meeting.

But France, which would be a party to a summit meeting wita Russia, is not a nuclear power yet — although it wants to be— and, in fact, de Gaulle has been raising a rumpus in NATO on the question.

De Gaulle has refused to allow locating of nuclear warhead stockpiles on French territory ua- less France has a voice in their control. He has also withdrawn the Frencit Mediterranean fleet from the forces formerly ear- marked for NATO command in case of war and taken other ac- tions embarrassing to the NATO cdmmand.

NEED PERSONAL MEETING

Diplomats believe that these | Canada - and other problems—not to men-

tion political strategy to counter Russian moves — could best be

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In this matter the CBC. is shown up as being grossly —in- competent and careless. So much so that on these grounds there can no doubt that the large and costly staff assembled at your expense by the empire-builders of the C. B.C. is an unjustified burden on us the taxpayers.

I will refer to a simple but vivid example. In reply te Senator Thorvaidson’s question in the Senate. in February the C.B.C. supplied details of journalista, in the Ottawa Press Gallery who had been employed to broadcast in certain programs of comment and opinion during 1956. In reply to a similar question in the House of Commons Committee on Broad- casting, in June the C.B.C suppli- ed answers punporting to give the same information.

One would expect that the C.B.C would say the same in June as it had said in February, relating to such easily ascertainable facis replying to similar questions. But no. It gives different answers. WHAT CAN WE BELIEVE?

the Senate that on “Press Con- ference” Michael Barkway app- peared twice during 1658, Char-

les Lynch appeared three times

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his latest press conference when he spoke about dé Gaulle im terms that were far from clear- cut but obviously sympathetic:

For example, the C.B.C. told | progra

and Arthur Blakely appeared six times. as well as other i But the C.B.C. later told the House of Commofhs Committee that. on this same program and during the same period, Barkway appeared four times, Lynch ap- peared twice and Blakely ap- peared three times. Subsequent- ly. the C.B.C. submitted some amendments to the Committee, but its figures still did not coin- cide with those given to the Sen- ate. Similar discrepancies also ap-

program . ate was told that Barkway appear- ed once.| Leach once and ‘so on. But the Commons Committee lat- er told that Barkway appeared

the two of us might ease som2 of the rough poinis in these argu-

“I have made plans that if any

ments and possibly solve them.”

The Sovereig

The arrival] of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip in Canada un- derlines in novel but significant fashion the sovereign’s role as Queen of Canada.

The main reason for the royal couple's 45-day cross-Canada tour being carried out at this time is that it will allow the Queen to take part in ceremonies at Mont- ; real June 26 officially inaugurat- ing the St. Lawrence Seaway. Participation in such ceremon- ies is part and parcel of the du- | ties of royalty, for one tradition common to countries throughout the world is that the task of officially ‘dpening a major pub- lic project devol on the head of state.

SOVEREIGN SENCE 1766

The sovereign has been the recognized head of state in Can- ada since 1760 when the capitula- tion of Montreal following Wolfe's historic victory on Quebec's Plains of Abraham a year eartier ended French rule in North Amer- ica.

But the intervening“years have brought a marked change im the Queen's relationship to Canada’ as the country gradually evolved from colonial status to full in- dependent membership in the Commonwealth.

of 1867 provided that “‘execuiive government and authority of and over Canada ig . . . vested im

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the first sovereign te open the Canadian Parliament. And when she subsequently visited the United States she did so as Queen of Canada.

Aside from occasional royal Visits, the personal participation of the Queen in the functions of the Crown in Canada has been largely limited to such occasions as the granting of honors and awards, approval of changes in the table of precedence, institu- tion of new military awards oa the periodic appointment of a governor-general.

In visiting Canada to open the seaway. she is showing her de- termination to participate, as fully as her Commonwealth du- ties permit, in evenig of out- standing significance to her Can- adian subjects and to lend to such evenis the lustre of the Crown.

DOLLARS FROM?

TORONTO (OP)—A mysterious “Mr. X"’ who has given away hundreds of dollars to North Tor- onto motorists during the last three weeks began operating in suburban York township Wednes- day night. About 25 persons found $10 bills under the windshield wipers of their autos .in a park- ing lot. ‘

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thing said to you, or you might have made a few involuntary mo- tions or wandered aimlessly for a brief time.

These occurrences could have been the result of a mild psy- chomotor form of epilepsy.

The causes of epilepsy are many and varied. Certain blood diseases, kidney disturbances, tu- mors or a severe shortage of cal- cium or oxygen might be blam- ed for some cases. Others might be the result of a degenerative process.

NO BASIS

And, of course, there are some cases for-which we can find no organic or structural basis. ———

With some 15 or so drugs which we have available, we can con- trol the vast majority of cases.

epileptic children can go to » Most epileptic adults can work. They are, for ali practi- cal purposes, just like everybody else. QUESTION AND ANSWER

W.B.: In 1945 I was discharged from the Army because of symp- toms of neurocirculatory asthe- nia. This condition is slowly be- coming worse.

can be done for this ailment?

Answer: Neurocirculatory as - thenia is basically a nervous or emotional condition. Sometimes psychiatric care will be of great help in this situation.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(Frem the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (June 22, 1934)

Thus far this spring 600,000 trout fingerlings and 800,000 iz salmon have been dis’ n the streams of the province from the fish hatchery. at Southport. About 100,000 trout fingerlings re- main to be distributed. The trout and salmon have been released in different streams as far as pos- sibie.

The annual closing exercises of the kindergarten were held yes- terday morning under direction of Miss Berna M. Heustis. The youngsters who varied from three to six years carried out their program in a most creditable manner and received the appla of the large number of parents, relatives and friends.

TEN YEARS AGO (June 22, 1949)

Dr. Robert G.D. Steel, son of Dr. and Mrs. G.D. Steel, Char- lottetown, received his Ph. D de- gree in Statistics at the gradua- tion exercises of Iowa State Un- iversity on Friday. He was also awarded a membership in the society of Sigma Xi at 4. spe- cial honors convocation held in May. Dr. Steel will join the tea- TE

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