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THURSDAY.-MAR('H 1471957

Farmers' Meetings Our farmers meetings in Char- lottetown this week will, no doubt, be largely attended. The Sheep Breeders Association and Central Farmers Institute hold their meet- ings today, with the Federation of Agriculture general meeting this evening. On Friday the Dairymen's Association meeting will be held, concluding uith a banquet and en- iertainment at the Charlottetown Hotel in the evening. at which the guest speaker will be the Hon. C. B. Sherwood, Minister of Agriculture for New Brunswick and President of the Ilolstcin-Fricsian Association of Canada. It is customary. following these annual meetings. for the Federation of Agriculture to present a brief to the Legislature. containing recom- mendations based on the resolutions adopted. and dealing in general with the agricultural situation as It af- fects this Province. These briefs have proven helpful guides to our law- makers on previous occasions, and this year will doubtless be no ex- ception.

In the meantime, this week's meetings will he followed with gen- eral interest. Marketing and pro- duction problems will be discussed, and these are matters of prime con- cern to everyone in the Province.

British Political Trends

Commenting on Conservative mis- fortunes in a number of British by- elections, Mr. Ian MacLeod, Minister of Labour, told a political meeting in Manchester: "1 do not believe that a Government should a b a n d o n courses which it is sure are right because they are or seem to be un- popular. and we have no intention of doing so." The unpopular courses to which Mr. MacLeod referred and which no doubt have contributed to loss of prestige were the removal of restraints on rentals. the increase in welfare costs, curbs on spending and the Governments opposition to wide- spread demands for wage increases. These measures h av e undoubtedly diverted a goodly amount of support from the Conservative Party to Labour. In Britain as elsewhere these things are not calculated to win friends and influence people. There is little doubt that If the Mac- millan Government were to go to the country in the near future the Labour Party would be at an ad- vantage; for economic restrictions are hardly ever popular, no matter how necessary they may be. Fortunately, however-for the Conservatives, that is-the Macmil- lan Government still has a couple of years to go, barring an unexpected defeat in the Commons. So it may he that Mr. MacLeod's courage in the face of growing discontent is not quite as high-minded as it would be if an election were imminent. Popu- Iar opinion is at best a fickle thing. Anti if the present policy of the Government can weather the storms of the next year or so. it may be that Labour's Joy at the present political trend will be short-lived. It Is. of course, always easier for the Opposition to say what might be if only they were given power than for a government to carry out respon- sibilities with due regard to economic needs and resources. But, barring unforseen events, the present Gov- ernment still has a'couple of years to go: and. politics being politics, no matter what the label may be, it would be strange indeed if, after another year or so. the Government did not see its way clear to lift some of the restrictions which now dim It! story. . Meanwhile, the Labour Party. too. Iltbot& It In aphuim some support from tho Ounnnvauveu. will have to wntdt its up If It hopa-ns 1! 43-40 Ruin the Oulauiatlvon 03.93. With . oulnti; In an

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Mr. Attleo was held by all classes and all political parties. His apptoach to public questions appears to be mainly negative in character-a poor trait in anyone who aspire: to leader- ship of a great nation.

Electronic Love Letters

"Dear Jewel, you are my im- patient ardour. my seductive rapture. You are my unsatisfied fondness, my avid rapture. My yearning fervently sighs for your ardent fellow feeling. Yours wistfully, MUC.” Any young woman who had received such a passionate avowal of love would probably have taken the trouble to identify the sender from his initials. She would have been chilled to find that the letter had, in fact. been composed by the Manchester Uni- versity Computer-a nimble fellow who would just as soon let himself go on affairs of the heart as slog away at scientific calculations. It was not surprising that a flood of enquiries followed a talk recently in a British Broadcasting Corpora- tion program in which 26-year-old writer Jeremy Sandford quoted some of MUC's outpourings and illustrat- ed also the feats of electronic com- puters as composers of music. Ar- dent young men with little gift for expression must have felt a new hope dawn when they heard that not only can a computer be taught to spell and obey the laws of harmony, but "it will produce fifty love letters while the human lover is still suck- ing his pen.".Alas! Interviewed after the broadcast. Mr. Sandford ad- mitted that MUC is far too expensive for the man In the street; although it can write a love letter in thirty seconds, it costs about a shilling a second to operate, and frankly it was designed in the first place to work a six-day week on business problems rather than play about with love. MUC, of course, can only do what it has been taught to do and use the words fed into it. so it would be useless to try to switch it from terms of endearment to abuse. MUC, like a gentleman, would simply stop writing. But, Mr. Sand- ford disclosed, ”Sometimes it gets out of hand and goes quite berserk stuttering tdarling, darling, darling' just like that." Shortly after his broadcast Mr. Sandford became en- gaged but both he and his fiancee firmly repudiated the suggestion ' that MUC had had any hand in writing his own love letters. And when they were married in London on February 14 (St. Valentine's Day) robot composers had no hand in providing the music.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Iraquls may not be too fond of British politicans, but they do have great respect for British work- manship. At any rate, the Iraqi Government has awarded a contract for building a dam on the Euphrates River and another for exploring the possibilities of a dam in ancient Nineveh to British firms. The two contracts are worth about S3 million.

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Now that the festivities are over Ghana will be able to get down to the serious business of making in- dependence work. Already the in- habitants of one province of the union are in a state of semi-revolt against the central authority. It's not a very good beginning for a new nation which wants to show the

ing stable and efficient government. 0 O I

It is reported that Denmark is planning to withdraw I13 contingent from the U.N. Middle East force. The reason given is that the burden is being shared by only a relatively few countries. It does seem a little

be a united effort has turned into a

factional one. Some of the countries

which did the most talking about

the need are not represented at all. 0 O O

The discovery of cheese is be- lieved to have occurred more than 2,000 years B.C., when someone carried milk in a canteen made from the stomach of a sheep. This gusta- tory Columbus found the milk had separated Into semisolid curd and liquid whey. Since then, cheese has mread around the world. According to the National Geographic Society; itlunndeflvrnthemllkofthecow, ilup, pat. buffalo. borne, camel. 8. tips! and zebu. Each country .3 QI&pId it own cbeoaaa, molt , up aqnratstl from

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SURELY THAT CLOUD WON'T SPOIL OUR DAY ?

OTTAWA REPORT

TUnexTpecled Windfalls

By Patrick Nlcholult Ottawa: The Social Credit gor- . aware of the advantages of Social

ernments of British Columbia and Alberta last ueek suddenly re- minded politicians here of their party: twenty - two year old dream. (tr was II a nighlmare'.' It depends which nay you look at

it. and whether you support or I oppose the Social Credit more I

m9nl.

Prcmicr W.A.C. Bennett of Brit- ish Lfulumbia, widely regarded as the comingest politician in Canada. presented all houscholde n in his

province with a lax rebate of 828. 1

Using a slightly different em- phasis. Premier E.C. Manning of Alberta offered all adult Alber-

tans of five years residence a psy- A

ment of 522 from oil royaltues re- ceived by his government.

Each of these unexpected wind- falls gave westerners a content- ed glow, and alll other Canadians a green touch of envy. But nei-

Credit government.

When these payments were mentioned in Parliament here. our Minister of National Revenue. Doctor J. J. McCann. walked slap into the aession'a most devastat- ing bear trap.

One day he declared: ”One thing is sure. It is either income or a gift, and it would be sublecl either to income tax or gift tax.” SOCIAL CREDIT GLEE

The ranks of the Opposition could scarce forbear to cheer. for on the contrary the one thing which in sure is that those two Social Credit premiers an not such political babe: that they would make any such tax gift out of their provincial cxchequern in- to the pockets of Dr. Mccann. They would certainly draft the ap- propriate legislatlon In such a

, way that their distributions would

ther of these payments is a true , ax M the (dual "Va.

Social Credit dividend.

The Social Credit, or "Funny Money." economic theory was based upon the teaching: of Major Douglas. the wages and profits earned by a nation's workers and industries al- ways total less than the selling price of their products. The con- sequent. shortage of purchaalng power must mean that tho people are unable to buy and enjoy all the goods and services which their country could make available to them. To bridge this gap between

That Scot argued that -

available purchasing power andi

optimum consumption.

Malor T

Douglas proposed that the govern- I

men! should put more purchasing power in the hands of the public. by paying a monthly Social Credit dividend to every man. woman and child. THE WEST'S HEAVEN

Neither the BC nor the Alberta payment takes quite this form. The B.C. payment will be made direct to municipalities. and thus will enable them to reduce their taxes on homes. The Alberta pay- ment, coming out of oil royalties. is in effect a partial payment for what is called "a wasting as- set.” namely the oil which is equal- ly the property of all citizens of lhe Province. This payment is therefore a partial return of capl- tal. -

Rev. E. G Ilanscll. president of the National Social Credit As- sociation pointed out to me nut those D8.i'mcnts in mp west. con- trasted with lnt'rPasod (union in other Parts of cannon and at the federal level. are making many thousands of Canadians sharply

not be subject to gift tax or income

Doc McCann a cabinet "engu- cs differed with him violently and immediately. His departmental expert: advised him that the Al- berta payment is in effect a dis- tribution of capital. not subject to income tax; and that the B.C. distribution. being paid direct to

lclpalllies. could not be taxed in the hands of individuals who do not receive it.

The following day. Doc Mccann aide-stepped his "one thing is aure" by announcing that, on the contrary, "the matter will be con- sidered." Then he backaiid furth- er by asserting that. on the prev- ious day: ''I said 'lf they were c nsidered an income or as lzift.

ey would come within the tan- tion law as it presently stands."

Socred M.P.'I and the official Hansard report proclaimed that Doc McCann had never said any such thing. He had gleefully. and unhesltatlngly, stated: "One thing In sure. . . it would be subject to tax."

Neither of these payments is a true Social Credit dividend; no provincial government has the power to create money to distri- bute such a dividend. But the pn- blic reaction to this distribution of hard cash. and to the Ineffec-

-tive federal attempt to diminish

that distribution by the threat of taxation. looks like the great pol- itical dividend Social Credit has ever reaped. And this significant harvest comes on the eve of the federal general election in which Social Credit will make its great- est effort to woo former Liberal voters.

fiiilos And Automation

By James St:-rn, nntunallnn specialist of the United Auto Workers. h tbn Adios! Baylor

Raw material: and nnlnhgd pro- ducts that were manually trucked ill and out of a modern automobile Plan! 10 years no now an auto

nmatu-ally drops down chum: htn under the around conveyors.

one man 5' 'ng amid nolu BI would dcafcn the unlnllhtod X

a giant halo.-r fed by many can- Veynrs. By pushing bitch and turning handlis, the MIC QIK regulates the many BID RM” ora. the Inter Itself f .0 GI pound bundle of and 5 leap hurtling info a gondln Ont-l&' ear , v I

from I control -Iaiion located on a balcony.

Several hundred lights keep the man Informed of each operation.

ltd light pattern changes. From In blloouy stool he can take aim- etlrncuve measures by twitt-

' knobs.

TESTS . gas lines. exhaust lla- waur lines and electrical con- out of tho test .d automutlcally screw Dd clamp tbetnnolven Into place. no human is pushed.

ates. At the end of in tent cycle it automatically stops. the connect-

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PUBLIC FORUM

'l'bla column Ia open to tho discus ion by correspondents of question of Inlareat. The Guardian does not unu- nrily undone tho opinion of carrot poudnnll.

CARFERRY DECK

Sir. - In use ynu or your readers were wondering what I was asking in the House of Commons concerning the car- ferry Prince Edward Island last week it was this:

"Can the Minister of Transport say if his officers are giving active consideration to the request by the Federation of Agriculture. and others in our Province to plank the lower. or railway deck of the carferry Prince Edward Island?"

Hannrd got it twisted a bit and made it read "lower the deck of the carfcrry.” And of course that does not make sense. Your Ottawa correspondent unfortunately was misled by Hansard.

which is ;

usually a very accurate roportinggi

medium. Thanking you for the space to malts this correction I am. Sir. etc.. NEIL A. MATHESON Member for Queens Ottawa.

FORTY-FIVES

Sir. - in a game of I-'ort.y-Five: we had at the Provincial Sanator- ium clubs were trump.

B. was 35. He took first trick with the Queen of trumps and played an off suit card. A. was 40. He played the deuce of trump. winning the second round. 3.. how- ever. had the Jack of trumps still in his hand.

some think 3. won with the Queen as best trump. I say no; B's and A's tricks were worth live each as A. was already forty and getting the second round won him

the game. Please advise. thank you. I am. sir. etc.. VETI-IRAN

I0ur office expert informs III that A. got there first and won. - Ed. G.)

OUR YESTERDAYS

From the Guardian Fliu

TWENTYJFIVE YEARS AGO (March 14. D32) Debentures to the amount of GIMMM are to be Issued by the City to pay for unemployment ex-

penditure, permanent works and .

outatandlng deficits. according to a dcclalon approved of at the first

, monthly meeting of the new City Council last night.

The Workmeull Amoclatlnn of

summnralds at n recgnt meeting -

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Today one man feed: the panel -

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an Iron hand which In turn foods the pines Auto the press. Ano- ther Iron band taken the piece from the pros: and places it on a conveyor loading to the next press. There another Iron hand grasps the

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Medically Speaking

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What is your doctor's code of dhlca I'm sure many (it you have wonde mi about this. g

While the medical profession has always maintained I hitll 5135' dard of ethics. the code was a cen- tury-old document that was )vordy and confusing.

Recently. physicians adopted a modernized code often princi- ples dealing with protection of pa- tients and society. I think you should be familiar with some of them at least.

PRIME OBJECTIVE

The prime objective of the med- ical professlon is to render ser- vice to humanity, with full respect to both the dignity of man and the rights of patients.

Physicians must. and do. merit the confidence of those entrusted to their care, rendering to each a full measure of service and devo- lion.

They should strive continuously to improve their medical know- ledge and skill and should make available the benefits of their pro- fessional attainments. SECTABIAN SYSTEM

A physician should not base his practice on an exclusive dogma or a sectarian system. nor should he associate voluntarily with those who indulge in such practices.

Except in emergencies. a phy- alcian may choose whom he will serve.

Having undertaken the care of a patient. the physician may not neg- lect him. Unless he has been dis- charged. he may discontinue his services only after having given adequate notice.

He should not solicit patients.

In the practice of medicine. I physician should limit the source of his professional income to med- ical serviccs actually rendered by him to his patient.

A physician should seek consul- tation in doubtful or difficult cas- es. upon request or when it ap- pears that the quality of medical service may be enhanced thereby. RESPECT CONFIDENCE-IS

Confidenccs entrusted to phy- llcians and deficiencies observed In the disposition or character of patients. during the course of mod- lcal attendance. should not be re- vealed except as required by law or unless it becomes necessary in order to protect the health and welfare of the individual or the community.

These are only a few of the countless rules respected by your physician which help him to pro- vide you with the best service pos-

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Si 0. QUESTION AND ANSWER

T. W. : How can I tell if my child has worms? What are the symptoms?

Answer: There are no definite symptoms of worms. However. the child may complain of itch- ing and may have periods of di- arrhca.

passed a resolution calling for a reductiong of their hourly rats of pay from 30 cents to 25 cents. This resolution was "passed to the Town Council on Monday night where it was approved and receiv- ed the commendation of the Mayor and Councillors.

TEN YEARS AGO (March Id. 1947)

A large representative meeting. assembled Wednesday evening In the New Haven School. appoint- ed delegates to wait upon the Pro- vincial Government with the ra- queat that the Charlottetown Bor- den Highway be paved as soon as possible. Almost all districts along the proposed route wera wptesvented at the meeting.

Apart from Charlottetown ship- ments. the first carload of eggs to be routed to the Surplus Pro- ducts Board from the province left 0'Leary a few days ago, Mr. F. M. Nash, senior poultry pro- ducts inspector reported yester- day. The shipment, he said con- sisted of 660 cases.

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