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T H E G U A R I A N iditional number of years, increasing their tdividuals concerned. their employer or a lbcncvoient government. Having the av- erage age of death raised by even a few years can play havoc with the solvency of

Autliuriu-d as Second Class: Mail Post Office Department, Ottawa. The lultuitl Guartllnii Publishing Co CIRCULATION

Itu'..tl City Zone- It-fail Trading Zone lence. ui Utlicrs 827) , , rmni bet i-um . .. 13.oiul Tp society generally the trend requires President and A oeiatts Editor. Inn A. Burnett. .a re'Cxaminati0n of the age at which in- Associate Editor. Frank Walker. tdividuals can be relegated to a non-pro- l u - n . Lductive role. The rising age of death in our "The 5"9"9715'x'”l:"'Y 'I5kW"ke' Hm" lpresent society means that the numbers rvg " 9" e” " iggmgg of elderly people is increasing in relation (?llAllLU'l"l'l."l'0WN. WF.DSE5l)Al', our. 3. 1951 fto the young and middle-aged. Early re- , itircment imposes an increasing burden on 0'" Airimn Ulllltlftllllltles the working population.

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I DI IURIAL NUlAl.-S

Apart front its local utility, the value of the Charlottetown airport was striking-' ly demonstrated on two occasions recently, when American military planes, en route front Montreal to 1Vev.'foundland, made stic- ce.ssl'ttl forced landings when weather con- ditions at Sydney and other mainland cen- tres proved ttnfavorable This Province is blessed 2-iih freedom from fog, and there is no qttestion but that the Charlottetown airport could be developed to a mtich great- er extent if provided with more adequate rttnways anti other facilities.

The great development. in air training at Sttmincrsidc is an example of what can be achieved by convincing representations at Ottawa as to ottr natural advantages its a flying centre. The R.C.A.F. school in the Prince County capital is a permanent establishment and will doubtless become more antk more important in Empire train- ing plans as time goes on. But Charlotte- town also has natural advantages which cottld be developed extensively in the field

on a siding in Quebec democratic. if

Royalty sleeping appears to be truly Teachers can be forgiven for hesitating to deny emphatically that Autumn is re- ferred to as Fall because then the soot 'c0mcs drifting down.

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Not one fatality occurred during the past three years on British Overseas Air- ways services. In that time they covered l.I'..'it),t)t)t),t)t)t) passenger miles.

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The mid-ycai" meeting of the Fisheries Council of Canada commences in Ottawa today it has been a year of great activity. and even more revolutionary changes seem in store for the industry.

, it or to

Now that the plaintive protests of par- ents ltave been seconded by edttcational- ists, we may expect that parental author- ” ('0"1'7lC”'lal fl-l'lll-it iity will no longer be imperilled by an in-

Few of U5 haw -Vet grasped me ”C' ability to cope with the voungster's home- tncndous possibilities of aviation, and tlie,,,,m.k. i ' vast changes which will be effected whcny . these possibilities materialize. Our Island A ”u.L,C,f0ld waged... 1” poplar Bluff, isolation will then be completely a thingiMO” a Vcmuold chad his killed in a fan of the past, and ottr opportunity of develop-1-,.0m a 'bCd' his gmndmoum. hu,.,.ymg to ment will be limited only by our own init- -him died of a heart mmck and an underg iativc and enterprise. There is no i'easoti:mke,. Called to take me bodies Suffered a Why this pmvmcc Should not have 0m of heart attack and died Thttrsdav night. the largest commercial airfields iii the Do-t . t ' i minion, and why assistance from the Fed-: eral Government could not be obtained in developing the Charlottetown airport in keeping with the trend of the times. This matter should be kept constantly to the

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On October 20th the house where Mar- shal Foch was born, in the small city of Tarbes. France. will be opened as a museum to the memory of the famous soldier- The . 'President of the Republic, Mr. Vincent mm by "W "3p1'95e"tat”'e5 at Ottawa f(”'tAuriol, will inaugurate the museum, which it is 0m which affects the imerests or thcuill contain many souvenirs of the Marshal.

wholc Province for many years to cotnc. l . u 0

i Elias Howe, American inventor, died this date 1867. Although Thomas Saint in England, Bart hclemy Thimmonier in France :and Walter l-lunf in the United States had all developed earlier sewing: machines the patents sccttred by llowe in l81i(i secured

thim royalties of two million dollars. 0 I

Gtidtihle To lfaesong?

Winston Cliurchill and the late Pres- ident Roosevelt have been much criticized since the end of World War II for their dc- cisioit taken at Casablanca to pursue the str ggle until the enemy capitttlatcd in ”ttnconditional surrender". The abortive "cease lire" talks at Kaesong suggest that

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The officiallgrccord. in history and paint-

p ing. of Ce.nadtt's fighting man has long perhaps the two great wartime leaders been a (.m.L.fu1 (.,,m.;.m of 11.15 Count.-V. WOIT 1101 50 till-Wlkvll an?" all P” 3" Today. liowever. to be in line with the

that has emerged from the broken-off dis- cussions at Kaesong has been vitupcration. dottblc-crossing and abuse.

The Kacsong talks. as might have been foreseen. were inevitably doomed to ('ll.'i in disaster. An oasis in the midst of a bloody battlefield, with the forces of both sides still arrayed in strength against one another. is no place from which to expect peace to cmerjzc. Nor is it the proper function of military men, however compet- ent. to conduct negotiations aimed at terminating the shooting war. That is the task of diplomats. trained to think in terms of compromise, and devoid of the tempta- tion to lwrlt their demands by a show of military s'.rcngtli.

The very fact that there is tangible evidence that both sides have been guiltv of violatin': the neutral zone in which the ”t-e."sc'firc" talks have been held demon- Sll'i".T."- the futility of looking for a peace- ful seiilnnient of the horcan struggle at Kacsong. General Ridgway is on perfect- ly sound ground when he says that the only hope for achieving a "cease fii'e" is to resume the talks in some other place. The fact that the Communists have not chosen to act on General Ridgway's pro- posal indicates pretty clearly that the Kne- song talks. so far as they are concerned.

times it wottld be a very great advantage to have an official cartoonist accompany the 27th l3i'igadc Force to West Germany.

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A policcnian did the trick. The "un- tossablc" giant e:ibcr of Bracmcr I-iighland. Gathering-19 ft. 7 in. of pine log weigh- ing l2l lbs.-has been tossed for the first, time. It was made in 1933. Mr. George) Clarl-:, former Dttndcc policemz-.n and champ- ion heavy weight athlete. ttissetl it on his 'hird try to win a 5."-ti special prize.

The National Statistical Institute France has just published a siuciy on the various age groups in the French popula- tion. Francc has -l.St)tJ.t)t)t) old people tpcr- sons more than (55 years of age) and 9,- .')0(l,()t)t) children un:lcr 1.3 years of age. Among the latter there are lt)t),()t)t) mot'c boys than girls. in the French population in l9.')t), l,1t)t),t)tit) l-'rench did not know ,how to read or write. or .'J.3'. of the pop- :ulation as against 16'; in 1901. This per- ccntage table includes Corsica. where the rate of illiteracy is highest-16',i. East- ,crn France has the best rate-.()4',&., and the Seine area tPai'is and surrounding sub- urbs) has an illiteracy rate. of 1.20.

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As far as Mr. Abbott's advice to house-

are nothing much more than a propaganda wives regal-ding saving is Concerned, the d9Vl'39- Government shows (says the Gazette) '-'"' rm almost no inclination whatever even to

' LMIS l0II(8I' lay the groundwork of economy. it

,makes few moves to reorganize the en- tangled bureaucratic structures.) though they mostly have the essential features of the houses that Jack built. It does little to get the public accounts in intelligible form. though the Auditor General of Can- ada. year by year, begs the Government to give him "estimates details that mean something." ' So it is that when the Gov- ernment tell.s,the people that they must stop spending so much and live more care- fully. the people are likely to grin. Pier-

People are living longer. according to those who make it their business to study these things, and the figures for nearly all the important causes of death show ti de- cline. Now apart from the inclination which most people have to prolong their own life there are certain considerations of interest to society in the trend.

Insurets. of course, rejoice with their long-lived policy holders. There are more premiums coming in before death benefits have to be paid. with profit to the com- panies and reduced rates to the policy holders.

On the other hand annuities and pen- Wii"!llltogritl.uI.IQt0lI1)alt1foran ad-

peelally when Mr. Abbott seems so sure

harder for Canadians not to see the grim humor of the situation.

cost whether met: by purchase by the in-

heps it's not exactly polite to griii, -es- mm

of hlmself.' But It's getting harder and "'

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(And P. E. I.)

THE YAi;':(-E.I'2 GALE

the one hundredth nu-l of tltc cclebratcd Yan- tOcI. 5-4, 1851) in which more than seventy vessels were wrecked off the North Shore of this Province. Tito num- bcr of lives lost was estiniatctl, at 150. Most of the wrecked vr-s-l srls were fioni the New linL'latid'

This is nitcrsetry kce Gale

Slates. ninctccn of them illllllfllli from Glollccslcr. t A description iii the hat or caused in this nicmottiblc storm: has been given on other occas-l

ccrpt. from The lslander of 0('l.:

on ottr North Shore, they begini to investigate the cause of tlicl cntnstrophc. It has bccn tnainly: owing to bad vessels badly mtin-z aged. The storm continued an tin usual length of time, but it u not severe. and the mischief was; consummzited within a few hntirsl front its ('f)llllll(lllt'f)lllt”lll: On otirt Northern Capes not A rickety; out-house has been ituurcd lhlll we have heard of. nor liartlly n lbreach made in the still morn

lricltety snake-fcnccs. alIhou;:h ex- posed to the closest sut-cp of the bltist. In short. we luivc heavier: gates and higher titles iilmostl CVNZV 3041:: without any loss. I ”lN'cvertht-less. it seems prob-l able that several Atncriczitij

schooners capsized nntl foiindcrctll, besidcs whal were driven ashore. We navy: been inlormctl that some of Ihcm were very rrniiitzl and that others are lu'ontl. short, anti low. and very ttrililt:-ly to livi-

in il heavy sea. ll u:-s, pcrlinp.-. a knowledge of the untrusty t'li:iritt'tci' of lllt'Il' vcs.-cls iii-illi intlticctl so l'llIlll,V Amcritniis to

court tlcstrut-lion by iusliing to-

'wartls unlighlctl harbors before 'll gate of wind, inlngled wiIh' iillll1(lll'l,'.' min. The following ('.I ' ;prestimcs thn prolmbility th: . tuitlt ni'din;ti'il,v good nt::ii:tj.;ciit'-nl. ynnt a single lifc. nor a .vcsscI, need have been 5.. fit (I: "Donald Morrison. l-Isr1.. an em?

Of lcrprismt: ntcrrltnnt, of New Lon- 19.13.49, and 1949.59 and non” of

dun. hntl tn ucll cquippcd and lnbly comniantlcd schooner fislttiv: the IIi'!hIt

ilantoiirzsl Ilic Anivi-it-tufts. pot the lilSilSlPI', and Ihipprnctl I-ii the nhonrtl himsclf. Rut Capt. l1cll,i instead of groping his way blind- fold to the shore ulirn the wind) rnsc. jutliclnilsly stood out to sea. fWhcn daylight ill'f1ix'I' he madct liar New linnilnn lmrhntir. lnil' lulicn near the bat. hr cntisitlcrctll till?” the Ianrlninrlts wt-re evcnl lthcn so nbscurcd by haze as fol lrr-ndcr the attempt to run in tool lhazurtlous. lie. flit-rcfore, shaped his course for North Cape, which be doubled. without having tack- Ni from leaving New London. He then ran down the coast rind anchored under West Point. until the wind abated. in water as calm as n millpnnti.

"As the American fishing fleet is always in landlockctl positions. not one of the vessels should be consldered insurable without it marine barometer on board. An- other nocturnal storm, preceded by it flattering nftei-noon. and a repetition of the late disaster may be anticipated on thy or Iome other short."

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The Ago-tlltl Story;

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And Abrun was very rich In cattle. in silver, and In gold. . . And Lot also, which went with Abram, had noel: and herds, and tentI...AniI mwunata-Ife between the herdmen of it '- uttle and the herdnien of Lorin cattle: and the Canunllo and the Porlnlui tlwellod then In the land. And Abram said unto Lot.

KI'lIlllGlI' and thy berdinen: fol-wcbolrrethnn. lonotthe whole land before thee! separate lhypell. I pray thee. from-Inc: If

ions in this column. Toda,v"s ex-gAmt so Shcrcamc to hm. labour.

ill, lS5l. is in the form of cdi-; grave

toritil comment and throws a re-Imld a sum", Im. hpr Comrormm vealing light on the subjcclzl l neighbour. '

"Now that men's niinds have!

recovered from the shock com-lAHd Some ETC WNIDPPG in the municated by the tinparallclctlf linen 5110.

dcstrutttion of.life and property I And some like a 80!-l1iiiL"5 Scion:

Combat Suits For Koiea

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to ac-

countants. lawyers and company

officers. The relevant rules are

I.-ROM .--1-HE BALLAD 01,. set out with convenient references wu.uA:u sycamom-;" W the Act. regulations. decisions

My father, he was a mountaineer.

llis fist. was ll knotty hammer;

He was quick on his feet as a run- ning clccr.

And he spoke with a Yfinkcc stam- mcr.

My mother, she was 'merry and l.u'ave,

with a tall green fir for her doctor

But I was cradled on twigs of pine In the skin of a mountain lion. And some remember white starched lap

And ll. cwer with silver handles: But l remember a coonskln cup And the smell of bayherry candles.

The cabin logs, with the bark still

rough. And my mother who laughed at triflcs. And the fall. lank visitors. brown as snuff, With their long. slinight. squirrel- rifles. -Stephen Vincent Benet. Canadian-Tested

' The latest type of coinb.i'. stilt l0l' use of British troops in Korea v as recently shown at the 3.-my-, War Office.

Valet"-Gciit-i'al Deputy Qtiarlcrmastcr said the clothing had undergone extensive trials in Canada. andi had been highlv recommended by' Everest ihottntaiiiecrs.

Co'oncl Croft. who was attach. cd to the Cmiadiaii Army. said that tests were carried out at Fort. Churchill in the winters of i947-48.

N. V. Watson.

General,

-the winter clothing were tried out in the mint Canadian-U. 5, Operation "Mu.'k-Ox” in the far

North t'.vo years ago.

Designed to wear with the coin. bat suit. the cquipnicnt consists of an outer garment, n parka, of tzcbardinc which is lined with wool. It has a wool-lined detachablcl rend reinforced with wire so that; It can be arljustt-d to give protcr - tion against wind coming fro ntiv direction.

Underneath the outer izarment. is n minor parka. or combat smock This is also wool-liricd. and dur- ing extreme cold two pairs of trousers are worn. Troops will also have a combat cap and B. neck square. rather like a swab. which can also be used for covering the face when sleeping.

Specially designed "mukluks" are of water-repellent canvas with rubber soles; it special sole will be worn with them.

The complete kit. including boots. weighs between 19 and 20 lbs. - conslderable less than worn by an outdoor work in Canada In winter.

mEX5?'r3n winfen

MONTREAL - ICP) - Employee: of the City Roads Department have been busy overhauling the hundreds of machines used to bat- tle wintry conditions In Montreal. The city owns 33 big blower! and loaders. 118 tractor: of various types -equipped with plows, 46 street flushere that can be con- verted to snow clearance and many truck: and jeeps. I will go-to the right: or If thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the loft. . . And the lord uld unto Abram. after that

southward. and

of the income Tax Appeal 39;"-d

. ised to increase wages and salar-

Books Received

CANADIAN 77:5 '1' E R, Tax

UUTUBEK .5. 1951

The next day was Christmas Eve, and the ceremony of the closing of the Holy Door was con- ducted by His Holiness. There are four holy doors, oneAii each of the four main baslllcaii at Rome. but the principal one is the Holy Door of St. Peter's, which is open- ed and closed by the Popes for each jubilee year. History tells us that in Pagan Limes, Christian sinners were required to do pub- llc penance for their sins, those who passed through the door were excused from all punish- ment. Bttt abuses crept in. and tht door was declared opened only during those special periods. It is a large bronze door, beautifully studded with relics of the past.

Space had been reserved for our group, but we were late getting there and the big question was, how could we get in? The great square of St. Peter's was literally crowded. all the entrances to the basilica were surrounded. The guard: were conducting things in an orderly way even though they had difficulty answering questions by the people of so many differ- ent languages, and examining cre- dentials before letting the differ- ent groups past. One can hardly imagine such a' crowd of human beings even in an army. crowded into such a limited space.

After some delay, we got in through a side entrance. The church inside and the square out- side were crowded with men and women from lands, all devoted to the common Redeemer and on this special occasion paying special homage to Him at His headquar-

GUIDE 7th edition (CCH Cami. flan 144- 314m 5;). This no onger little book is designed to SUDDLV tax information

tlfid decided cases but without discussion of those nuthorlfleg, flint even such a concise state. ment of the law should run to 314 Miles is an indication of complex- ilttcs of modern taxation legisla- ion.

Chancellor Gailskell Tells Them

(The Letter Review)

.U. .s. income rose from S87 bit. lion in 1929 to 32.39 billion In 1950. a 38 per cent gain even allowing for 50-cent. dollar. Commerce De- partment. reporting these figures, attributes them to increased pro- ductlvlty. "owing chiefly to the technological improvements and increased amounts of capital eq- uipment used by the natlons in- dnstrics."

Full reports are now available. tliroufzh London Times and Daily Telegraph, of the forthrightspeecli made to Trades Union Congress at Blackpool two weeks ago by Mr. Hugh Gnltskell. Chancellor of the Exchequer. Speech should be read by all Canadian labor lend- ers: also for Socialists who take as gospel what is said by high of- ficials of British Labor Govern- ment. Excerpts follow, some di- met. some indirect:

Discussing the rise in prices, he said that to have held the cost of living index steady would have meant. an extra 2600 million a year in subsidies on top of the 12400 million they were already- spend- ing. It. could not. be done. It would be ll completely impossible fiscal burden.

"If you took away all the excess incomes above 522,000 a year It would bring in only 1253 million. This shows how little more we could get by further heavy tax- ation of the rich."

"You cannot. avoid a fairly high level-of profits generally if 419. mend is buoyant and turnover high. as they are bound to be with full employment. We cannot. hon- estly say that high profits, have been an importtmt cause of the rise in the cost. of living."

'The effect. on wages and salar- ies of ti transfer front profits is much less than is usually apprec- iated. If the-. dividends pnltl to sliarcholdr-rs aflcr tax in I950 had b rn reduced by a quarter-a ily average cut-and the sums

ics. the average addition would have been ad in the pound--say is 6d'a week for (1 man earning I26 a week."

not

Anyone who felt like cutting loose should ask where that would lead. wage and salary Increases above any rise in productivity were passed on overwhelmingly In higher prices. He did not any that at the end of the leapfrog th workers lost. and the property owners gained. or that It produced more Inequality. If anything. there was probably some net gain to tinge-earners at the coat. of the so-called middle classes. some rich people would be Impoverllhed. though plenty of small people would aim be btdly hit.