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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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about 5110 millions which the Federal Gov- ernment is already paying as its three- quarter share of, the' present old age 70 year.and over pensions with a "means test". That leaves the extra net estimated 1952 bill 'at S258 millions. ,

A quarter of that, or s65l,-.1 millions will make scarcely a dent in the still growing Government surplus for 1951-52. But any- thing left over after all bills are paid at March 31, 1952, goes to reduce the na- tional debt. Provision for the extra 5258 millions for 1952-53 will have to be made in the April, 1952 budget along with the ' rapidly increasing defence costs.

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"Tile Strongesl Memory is Weaker Than the Weallesf Ink".

bi-ltARLOTTETOWN. TUESDAY, OCT. 16. 1951

f Canada Savings Bonds

The sixth series of Canada Savings Bonds are now on sale at investment deal- ers, banks. and through the payroll sav- ings plan and may be purchased in amounts of S50. S100. 3500, 31.000 and i5,000. The bonds are F05.-'lSte1'ed in lhefseems to be a considerable increase in the owner's name, are non-assignable and non-,Suppiy of iiiicit iiquori The attempted de. transferable. They will realize 3.21 pCi'C0nlIi1ivCi-y of a pa,-cei of liquor to a prisoner It held to maturity. but may be cashed atfai the jail high-lighted the iiiegal epidemic. full face value, plus 2 percent interest, uti -I 9 I any timc.y 1 Among new equipment to be shown at a

AS their lillc imDli05. the 130005 31”? f01';Business Efficiency Exhibition at Bristol, the Purpose Of ODCOUI"-igillg lhllft. and Sal” England. is a credit sanction system for big l"S- and 35 they ?l1'9 based 0” H10 S0CU1'llY stores which incorporates a super-sensitive 01' the C0UIlll'.V they 0ff0l' 8- gilt-edged ilk telephone and a device whereby bills can be vestment, particularly to families of mod- stamped wiih authorisation by remote con. crate means. There should be no difficulty ii-oi,

I:l)l IURIAL NUII:S

The smell of burning leaves is pleasant, but housewives are inclined to think more of the effect on the family wash.

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Premier Smallwood may be overly op- timistic about the establishment of new in- dustries in Newfoundland but it is to be hoped that-results exceed his plans. An- other nearby industrial market is all to the good for the agricultural producers of this Province.

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hofxed that the purcllascrs will be widely representative of every community across Canada. '

The Happy Warrior

At seventy-six Mr. Churchill seems to be more vigorous than ever, travelling in all sorts of conveyances and in all sorts of weather, constantly speech-making, and revelling in one of the stormiest election campaigns of his career. There is no doubt but that he is enjoying every minute of it.

No British parallel to Mr. Churchill's achievements occurs to mind, says an ex- change, except that of Mr. Gladstone who fought and won the general election of Westminster Palace. containing the 1892 at the age of eighty-three years. ButiHouses of Parliament. was burned down, Mr. Gladstone, unlike Mr. Churchill, liudsexcept for the hall, this date 1838. The not at an already advanced age been called New Palace or Houses of Parliament was upon to endure the ordeal of leading llislbuilt between 1840 and 1867. The Com- country through five years of world con-Imons chamber was damaged in the Sec- flict. sheltered life. '

There are three reasonably close anal-1 . ogies in Canadian political history. Sir Lack of winter housing for live stock, John A. Macdonald fought and won a "gen-I like lack of frost-proof storage for potatoes eral election in 1891 at the same age as is blamed for some irregular marketing Mr. Churchill. Sir Wilfrid Laurier lost the troubles. Money is reasonably plentiful general election of 1917 also at this ad- just now and the design of shelters for pro- vanced age. With both men. and cspecia1- duce and livestock has made considerable ly with Sir John A., the physical strain ofiadvance so that the situation should stead- the campaign greatly hastened death. The ily improve. third is Sir Charles Tuppcr who returned to lgad the stricken ranks of the Conserv-. Probably no one, in or out of Govern. ative party in 1806. at the age of 75 years; ment circles, is altogether satisfied with the Sir Charles was more robust than any ofischool situation but all concerned with ad- the others. It is often forgotten that hciministration and teaching may well be 'iVed Ulllil 1915. dying ill lhc Heal age Offproud of the results accomplished with the '94 years. (amount of funds available. The example

However, none of these Canadian lead- of progressive districts has a leavening ef- srs had to endure anything comparable to-fect on the tax-payers of near-by com- the burdens and strains which Mr. Chur-munities who in turn become more willing chill has carried since 1940. ito finance higher educational standards.

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Residents of Inchbury Street, Hamilton, want to change the name of their street because of the notoriety acquired by a gang of youths using the name. Undoubtedly the action is technically "constructive", but probably less satisfactory than the nega-

tive action of breaking up the gang. O O O

iin a neo-Gothic style.

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i it is awkward that the chairman of the iTransport Commission should retire just when the Government orders the.Commis- .t, .d'th.d.. ,.

the Federal apparently f;”'l-..3.2E”.E3?i..ih 15:1...”?iil';?.?LZ'1.2”giiE2' intends to meet the increased cost of un-iBOard practically Called for the enforce-

"msal 1; 0 pm month Old qge pensions -mcnt of the Turgeon Commlsslonls report

estimated at 3252 millions annually, out ofiand the C N R taking exception appeali

- 55500 millions makes that easy. in the in-lCfmSlderatlon' The ”ha"'”T”" thereupon re- tcrim before the new 1952-53 fiscal yvcaldslgned 0" tho ground of '"'hea"h' budget is brought down, probably in April. the Government will have decided cxactlv what "contributory". "pay-as-you-go" tax revenue plan it will adopt permanently to pay the universal old age pensions. According to an Ottawa correspondent in the Winnipeg Free Press, several in- fiuential financial advisers of the Govern- ment arc urging that the universal old age pensions should continue to be paid an- nually out of the total tax revenues of Canada. That's the way the family allow- ance bill of some 3324 millions is paid. In the United States, the old age Social Secur- ity. system provides pensions on the basis of the amounts paid in annually by wage earn- ers to: Social Security fund. But these pensions for the small wage earners are very inadequate. They have to be sup- plemented by old age assistance payments out of.the U. S. Federal general fund on a means test basis. ' Latest estimates are that 700,000 per- son of 70,iycars and over will quality at January 1 for the 540 a month or 5480 per year each. ' That works out to 5336 million annually. ' '-'Ib that must be added another estimat- aii I year as the Federal one- -,,6D-69 year old pensions at, 540 tinder a "means test". From this

Pension Payments

For the first three months of 1952- lrom Jan. 1 to March 31, end of the fiscal

Hamilton, Ont., it is reported. had the lbest reception so far for the Princess and the Duke. There the committee in charge concentrated on the children, with the re- sult the enthusiasm was outstanding-and rthe Royal Princes were thrilled as never before since their arrival in Canada. Cubs. iBrownies, Boy Scouts, Girl Guides all on parade in their uniforms, supported by thousands of other children rendering suit- able songs and cheering which thrilled the -Royal visitors almost to tears. O O O

The" United Kingdom National Health -Service completed its first three years in July. The following figures for England and Wales record the progress made in some branches of the Service, to the dates shown: Prescriptions dispensed by pharm- aceutical service up to 31. 5. 51. (approx.l, 609,000,000. Spectacles supplied up , to 1. 4. 51 (estimated), 19,500,000. Patients who received dental treatment up to 2. 6. 51 (approx). Dentures supplied to 2. 6. 51 (estimated), 7.000.000. Approx- imately 41,200,000 (or 95 per cent) of the population have joined the lists of the 18- 19.000 general practitioners (88 per, cent of the total) in the Service, Virtually all pharmacists are working in the Service.

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PRESS AC-(AJODIMODATION

Journal of the Legislative As- sembly, Feb. 19, 1847:

The Hon. the Speaker laid be- fore the House the following let- ter received by him from the proprietors of the different news-

papers published in Charlotte- town:

"To file Hon. the Speaker of the House of Assenlhly.

"Tile proprietors of the Royal

Gazette, the Islander. and of the Morning News-forming the whole Press of thc Colony-respectfully request that the Honorable the House of Assembly will afford them such accommodation as may be deemed necessary for a report- cr or reporters. in order that the proceedings and debates in tile House may be conveniently rc-

Ihcir respective journals. Tllcy decm it quite unnecessary to make any comment upon the importance of this public duty being dis- charged. with convenience to the parties performing it, or to refer to the invariable attention sllewn to the matter in the ncigllhoring Colonies.

Island. having lleretoforc always evinced nn anxious desire to ac-

commodate the Press. they trust that the usual courtesy will. fills session. be cxfr.-ndcri.” (Signed

James D. Haszard. John lngs, R. Moody).

. Whercupon it was ordered. "that it be intimated to the dif erent printers. that suitable accommoda- tion will be provided for them."

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IN THE HIGHLANDS in the lllghlands. in the country

places. Where the old plain men have rosy tacos. And the young fair maidens Quiet eyes; Where essential silcncc thrills and blesses. I And for ever in the hill-recesses Her more lovely music Broods and dies-

O to mount again where use 1 haunted;

Where the old red hills are bird- enchanted.

And the low green meadows Bright. with sward; And when even dies, the million. tinted. And the night has come, and plan- cts glinted, Lo, the valley hollow Lamp-bcslarr'dl

0 to dream. 0 to awake and wan-

dcr There. and with delight to take - and render, , Through the trance of silence. Quiet breath! Lo! for there. among the flowers and grasses, Only the mightier movement sounds and passes; Only winds and rivers. Life and death.

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swords. but the civilian badge bears oak leaves.

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LONEDN. England:

The great Festival of Britain site on the southern bank of the Thames is closed now. The lights no longer shine out, up into the sky and down to the sluggish waters of ”2 river. No longer is there music spreading over the area from the loudspcakers, for there are no more visitors whose ears might. require soothing whilst their eyes absorb the wonders around them. There are, instead, only officials and workmen en- gaged in dismantling the struc- tures - those structures, that is, the fate of which has alrcadyi been decided: there are others that seem no less difficult to dis- pose of than to erect - and pack-

ing up the vast number of exhi- bits. some of the latter present

problems of their own. it is fairly simple to return loaned articles to their owners, who may be museums, perhaps, or commer- cial firms. Nol. quite so easy to find suitable owners. for example,

,for the live huskies that took part "Tile House of Assembly of this'

in the Polar Exploration demon- strations.

. But in time, no doubt. solutions will be found. and ill time. too, perhaps the controversial concert hall - ill: only building on the whole of the site con- structed with a view to perman- ency - will be all that remains as a monument to the marvels that were on show throughout the summer of 1951. with the pass- age of years it, is to he expected that other buildings will grow up around it. and eventually only its name, the Royal Festive Hall, will provide any clue at all as to how it ever came to be where it is. Here and there. of course. the Festival of Britain itself still lin- gers. The Pleasure Gardens and the Fun Fair at Battersea, for in- stance. will be open for a few more weeks yet, to the delight of young and old. But, admirable though this part of the Festival is. it doesn't seem quite the same without its rather more highbrow counterpart on the south Bank. 0

The Festival had its .ritics. even before it ever opened. Then it was said by some to be a waste of public money, time and labour. Later. having opened in spite of the moaners. it naturally didn't sulc everybody. There were criti- cisms on the score of the South Bank show being too technical in parts. But, then. to coin ll phrase based on Abraham Lin- coln's words: you cannot please all of the people all of the time. and the fact is, the Festival pleas- ed a lot of people so subtly that they probably never realized it: or if they did, they wouldn't admit

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The Age-Old Story

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who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversa- tion his works with meekncu of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual. devilish. For where envy- lng and strife is. there is con- fusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, than peaceable, gentle. and easy to be intrcated, full of mercy and good fruits. without pal-tiailty. and without hypocrisy.

in parts, but we were proud of it even if we didn't understand all of it. After all, a man whose son turns out to be a brilliant scien- tisf. doesn't have to comprehend the results of his offspring's work in order to take pride in it. In any case there is plenty that could be appreciated even without com- plete understanding. The great thing was that 't was British. and it was good for ..:. to be reminded that we are still not without tal- ent. skill and imagination. In our pride in what we saw at the Fes-

tival. we were, perhaps even without openly ndmltting it. feeling pride in ourselves as a nation.

And now it is over. and closing of the South Bank site was quite a sad occasion. It is missed. if only as a spectacle. and even by people who never went inside. For there were great numbers who saw it only from the other side of the river, who were quite content to stand on the embankment on the North side,

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lean on the parapet and stare across at more artificial after- dark brilliance than ' had been

seen in the country in years. it was a comfort just to see it there. and a tonic when, having seen it. you thought about it afterwards.

We'll keep memory of it for some while. There'll be pictures in photograph albums. dog-esrerl catalogues and booklets kept as souvenirs, and if we have occa- sion to be down by the river we can check up from time to time on what they are doing with the old site. And. of course. if this sort of thing is in take place only once in a' hundred years we can look for- ward; without danger) of our thunder being sl-'-n in ti" mean- time. to boring our grandchildren

with the story that begins: "Oh, es. 1 :.-member . . ."

Wait a minute. though. Tile futuristic wonders of 1951, that

we have thought so marvellous, will surely be old-fashioned by then.

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of 7,230 square miles. '

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We were back in England again. where I had just about time to change into summer clothes, and head for London and the Con- tinent. Thanks to the Principal, the letters of introduction and help from the people at home, and to the officials of I.F.A P. in Paris. details of ny tour. had all been worked out. I had tickets and visas galore. a bunch of for- eign language dictionaries, a list of contacts and a pretty good gen- eral ldea of what I wanted to see.

This time the crossing was flom Dover to Calais, down along the coast to the Somme, and on to Paris. The small. neat. but quite prosperous looking farms along; this section of France somehow seemed familiar. The red clay along the coast, the fields geltili: green and the trees coming into leaf erased the uneasy suspicion that the next few months might be holding some unforesen ob- stacles or difficulties. '

My friend from Oxford was waiting for me at the station in Paris; he had been there for a few weeks studying during vaca- tion, and was to,accompany me on my four of France, Belgium and up to Holland. He had had some practice with his French. especially his ear for it and could understand what. to the untrain- ed ear. was a total blank because of the speed at which most Frenchmen talk. Although nly ticket was paid for, meals and other expenses were my own, so we did not have the best hotel. but a modest and interesting place to stay.

The first evening. we went to the opera. The singing was all in French, but beautiful, and the acting was superb. Of course, they do not put on a performance ill France unless it is as nearly per- feet as ,.ossibie. The one produc- tion runs so long that it is possi- ble to hire the best actors and singers. and put on nothing but the best. Thus was the reputa- tion of the French opera develop- ed.

We spent three or four days in

Paris, uiscussing the cooperative movement. marketing, rural cre- dit. government agricultural poli- cies and general social and econ- omic problems, with officers and officials of the consumer coopera- tive movement. the agricultural organizations. and labor leaders. We also visited the headquarters of two of the political parties and the Chamhre des Deputcs in ses- sion. We met some leaders from the City Fraternal societies to get the point: of view of the religi- ous and business groups. Walter had full evening pro- grams lined up. One was spent with a sociology student who had been teaching at the University of Chicago. and was doing a thesis at the University in Paris. An- other evening was spent with a Hungarian friend. whom we met through good connections, and who had escaped from Hungary. after his family and many rela- tives had been purged by the Comma list... He was employed by a. French newspaper and was re- snonslble for listening in to all the Russian and Eastern radio nrogrsms and to keep his paper informed of what was going on. or at least what was being broad- out.

It was at the time of the Mac- Arthur fuss, and after surveying the situation from his and our point of view. the conversation settled down to just one question, that of time. Was time in favor of the Russians or is it in favor of the Weslem powers? We felt it was in favor of the Western powers. because it would give us a chance to prepare andvmeet any assault that might comelfrom the East. He felt sincerely that time was on the side of the Russians, because it gave them an oppor- tunity to overcome thelpeopies of the countries which they had re- cently exnronrisled. and to weed out any of the leaders that might oppose them if the occasion arose. He emphasized that to get rid of the older people or break their spirits. and indoctrinate the youth with the Marxist theory and communist outlook was their sys- tem. He and several others. who with similar experiences. and background told us that the great- est advantage the communist leaders had was time.