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‘.‘The strongest mcmpry IS weaker than ‘hm the weakest ink.” PAGE 4 1vioN713AYTFEB., 24, 1958 No Spanking A prominent Conservative is quoted as saying at the .Queen’s County nominating convention that when Premier Matheson went to Prime Minister Diefenbakerr look- ing for bigger grants for the Pro- vince he should have been _“spank- ed”. - I If the gentleman in ‘question was speaking in earnest, he deser- ves a reprimand. The sentiment he expressed savours of a political doc- trine which we had hoped had fal- len into desuetude——the doctrine that a Federal Government con- trolled by one Party should give scant consideration to appeals made by a Provincial Government con- trolled by another Party.

It is to the credit of,Prime Min- ister Diefenbaker that be extended every courtesy to Premier Mathe- son and his colleagues _and cheer- fully made special grants available to- the Province; and it is to the cred- it of Mr. Matheson and his colleagues that they accepted these grants gracefully, without attempting a

gloss over the neglect and parsimony P

of the former Liberal Government. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that the special grants to this Province are not gifts of charity. They were not so regard-

’ .edj' by the Dicfenbaker Cabinet;

and certainly no; citizen of the Pro-‘ vince yvill treat them such. They

have come to. us as aj right. : We.

should have, had thcmilong ago. The fact that the right was recognized at. a time when the Conservatives were in power at Ottawa and, the Liberals at Charlottetownis neither heire-‘nor there; except, of - course,

that it represents a commendable B

attitude on the .-part. of Prime Min- ist;j§ir' Diefenbaker and his colicaguesy who do not /believe. in spankifng-[Pro-_

vincial Governments which arcof a"

diliferenrt political stripe. /

/ Reasonable Proposition _:A- Committee which has for its chief concern the seeking of laws. govermng election campaign con- }tributions and expenditures has been" formed ._ in the United States.

Chairman of 7’ the group is William‘

H.--,' Vanderbilt, ‘former Governor of

Rliode Island. Associated with him are Thomas K. Finletter, former

Secretary of the Air Force; James A. Farley, Former

General; Dr. Grayson Kirk, Presid- ent of Columbia University; Paul G. Hoffman, former ‘President \"of the Ford Foundation; Barry Bing- ham, Editor of the Louisville Courier- Journal; Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt and a number of others promin- in various fields. According to Vanderbilt, the Committee will

lurk “to broaden the base of politi- contributions to get the financial stfpport from the general public and t ‘remove candidates from the pres- sures of particular groups”.

A .'Some- United States Congress- men arc said to favour the enact- ment of a law which would make all financial contributions, to political parties, either from individuals or groups, illegal and which would re- quire the public treasury to pay a certain amount of money, enough to cover legitimate expenses, to each party before every general elec- tion. This would put the parties on an equal footing financially; andit would do away with the necessity of campaigns for funds, a practice which, obviously, is open to political chicanery and corruption.

In principle this sounds like a rea- sonable proposition. Parties must have money to spend on campaigns; and if the campaigns are a necessary part of our democratic system——as they are presumed to be-—w0uld it not be better to have them financed by direct government grants, to which everybody contributes, rath- er than by large gifts from individ- uals or groupslseeking some favour_ or concession in return? At all events, as long as the present prac- tice continues, it would seem only right and proper—-as the Vanderbilt V

~. force to

Postmaster- 1

Committee cla.lms——that all parties should be obliged to publish the list of contributors to their campaign purses, together with the amount contributed in each case.

Aids Canada's Progress

Canadians in the year just clos-

ing have bought more than $5.3 bil- -

lions in new life insurance. This has boosted the total life insurance in $34,750,000, a sizeable amount for a nation of some 16 mil- lion people. A This is twice the amount held in Canada seven years ago. I In a year-end review A. M. Camp-

M bell, president of thc Canadian Life

Insurance Officers’ Association, re- marked. that life insurance is the most important single source of

- thrift in Canada and exerts a power-

ful stabilizing force upon the econ- omy of the country. Two-thirds" of the 1957 savings went into mortgage loans, providing financial assistance to residential and industrial con- struction. About 10 per cent was in- vested in real estate, such as shop- ping‘ centres and commercial build- ings. One-quarter went to increase holdings in corporate bonds and stocks. ,

Policy holders can be proud of their sharein the development of Canada. If they. are unable to take any direct-share individually, cer- tainly they have a large collective investment. At the end of the year, more than $2.4 million were invest- ed in mortgages, $1.4 billion in fed- eral and municipal bonds, and $1.8 billion in Canadian business and in- dustry. This is a‘ commendable re- cord, and shows how,life insurance furthers national progress, and at the same time provides financial security for the policy holders and their next-of-kin._ ‘

New Mother House A

1 Congratulations to the Sisters of Charity in Halifax on laying foundation stone for a new mother house which will be one of the larger.

1 buildings-—if ‘not the largest—in the

Atlantic region. The buildings will

. cover 41/2 _ acres of land and be 4 . stories high. It has 6 wings with 4 I .;enclosed courts. There will be sleep- ing quarters for 613 persons, class-

rooms for Mount St. Vincent Or-

f phanage‘ and a chapel seating 700. Two. more years will be required to‘ ' . ...complc,te it,-.. -

‘ Halifax community of the 1

Sisters of Charity was founded in 1§55 byimembers of the Order who came from New York. At present

’ there are 5 other communities in tho

United States. but no other in this country. 1600 members make up the Halifax Order,’ and they are scatteredacross Canada, the United States and Bermuda. ‘They engage

‘in teaching, nursing, hospital and

college admicnist-ration and social work of various kinds.

EDITOR-IAL NOTES A

A first shipment of Canadian

wheat has left the‘ West coast for-

Australia where crops have been hard hit by prolonged drought. The

amount involved was not’ disclosed.

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A news report days that Mr. Arthur Harriett, P.C. candidate for Trinity-Conception, Nfld, spoke at a meeting in Little Heart’s Ease. Oth- er places with romantic names are in [that constituency-no-tably, Heart’s Delight, Heart’s Content, Heart’s Desire and Cupids.

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Mr. Pearson keeps talking about '

giving the Provinces ‘l‘a fairer share of Canada’s wealth”. He borrowed that phrase from Mr. Diefenbaker who used it before last June's elec- tion and followed it up by direct action. Mr. Pearson’s use of the phrase might almost be called anti- climactic. * I’ 9

In a letter to Prime Minister Die- fenbaker, Premier Smallwood of Newfoundland virtually admitted that the P.C’s will form the next Government. ;Mr. Sm-allwood has proved to be a good prophet in his Provincespolitical contests; and, no doubt, the Conservatives are hop- ing that he has lost none of his gifts in that field.

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Eric G. Taylor, an industrial dis- putes arbitrator in Ontario, has sug- gested that labour and manage- ment “get together to tie wage in- creases to increased production”. It’s good idea if it can be worked and much better than periodic disputes which usually end with neither side being really satisfied with the com- promise arrived at.

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PYRAMID BUILDER

PUBLIC FORUM

Thii column’ is open to the discus-

, sion by wuespondents of question of - interest. The Guardian does not neses-

sarily endorse the opinion of ‘cones- poudents. I

COMMONWEALTH STATUS

Sir,—Never at any time‘ did I intend to stir up what you call a “controversy as to the present set up of the British Common- wealth.” But since the press—and The Guardian in particular as far as the Island is concerned- plays such a vital and admirable part in informing and educating the people in our free society, I believe it important that accuracy. should always be sought. Surely to be a=ccurate.is not to be ped- ‘antic. ' . '

The main p int that I have been trying to g is across is that the “status” of the British West In- dies has not changed as drasti- cally as was suggested by your newspaper. The various territories which now make up the Federa- tion were, before January’ 1st, separate Britishcolonies or de-

péndencies with varying degrees.

of local self-government, but all

related to the British‘ Colonial.

Office. Now they have united in a very loose union and have be- come one colony or -dependency with considerable local self-gov- ernniient, but still related to the Colonial Office. It is also antici- pated by authorities onvboth sides of ‘the ocean that within thenext, ‘few years. this federated colony will become independent and a “member” of the Commonwealth. Similarly in 1867 Canada did not suddenly become independent and

ffequal in status” with Britain just ;because a federation of certain

colonies took place; Canada re- mained for many years a de-

‘ pendency.

I am quite prepared to admit that since colonies and protec. torates are dependencies of Com- monwealth “members”, parti- cularly Great Britain (although Australia too, has dependencies), it follows that these dependencies could be called, ipso facto, “part” of the Commonwealth. Surely, however, the distinction is obvious and important enough not to be pedantic. Churchill, and many

‘others continually use the phrase

“Commonwealth and Empire” and by “Empire” they -mean the dependencies of Great Britain- de-pendencies like, Malta, Ber- muda, Cyprus and the West Indies Federation. No reliable authority would ever call a dependency a “member” or a “fledgling mem- ber” of the Commonwealth. It does not matter whether we call British dependencies “part” of the Commonwealth because Bri- tain is a member of the Common- wealth, or whether we call British dependencies. part of the Empire which. being under the tutelage of Britain is associated with the rest of the Commonwealth, but It. does matter that we know the difference between a partly self. governing colony and an indepen- dent, nationiwhich is a “mem. ber . of the -‘Commonwealth. You can be sure that India knows the difference and does not consider it either “pedantic” or a “nar- row official” distinction. If the West Indies Federation tried to becqme a_ member of the United Nations it would find that the distinction is not “pedantic?” (When Ghana and Malya became Commonwealth “members” last year they immediately became United Nation members.). F1l.rthermore’I had no intention Of appearing as a “local oracle” opposed to learned British author-

_ itics, You will note that I used‘ ‘official publications of the Cen-

tral Office of Information in London to prove my point. In fact I have no real quarrel with the au- thorities which you have quoted although I do question part of your interpretation of these authorities. Of course with regard to that of the Encyclopaedia Britannica Year Book the mention of the soverign as the “symbol of the free and equal association of countries within its framework” must, I am sure you will agree, refer to the independent coun- tries. Malta (or the West Indies

OTTAWA REPORT

OTTAWA - A comment which deserves to be widely remember- ed was made in a speech at Montreal ‘University by Dr. Jam-

“Sputnik” adviser’ to President Eisenhower. It is a tribute to the wonders of the most miraculous gadget ever made on earth, and a -thought to comfort us in llhi'l'S age of automation. .

“Always we come back. to man himself, even when we dsc,-u'ss the dramatic possibilities of automa- tion,” said Dr. K-ill-ia . ,“This ‘was happily ill-ustrated by the story of the testpilot, who visited

a large ‘plant to see the latest concepts in automatic» controls.

“Young man,” said one of the design engineers, “your-days are numbered. We've got a new con- trolcoming along that will run your aeroplane from the ground. You’d-better hunt yourself a nice soft job. somewhere else.”

“I’m not so sure about that,” replied the pilot. “Have you come up with a control mechanism that weighs less than 150 pounds has five senses and six degrees of freedom; one that :is‘complete- ly self - contaned self - powered

Federation) is not in equal asso- ciation with Britain; Malta is a dependency of Britain, and the

latter is in “free and equal As-

sociation” with the other mem- bers. ; . ‘

In closing then, let me quote from the 1957 edition of the Com- monwealth in Brief, published by the Central Office of Information. It defines the Commonwealth as follows: .

“The Commonwealth is a free association of ten sovereign, inde- pendent states--the United King- dom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Ghana and the Federation of Malaya, together with their dependencies. -Seven of these States are monarchies owing allegiance to the Queen, two are republics with a Presi- dent as Head of State, and one, while not a republic, has its own Head of State. All, including India, Pakistan and the Federa- tion of Malaya, accept the Queen as the symbol of their free as- sociation as Members of the Commonwealth and as such the head of the Commonwealth. They have a broad community of inter- est arising in part from the fact that each was at one time the res- ponsibility of the United Kingdom. They speak a common political language and, in spite of diver- sities of race and tradition, pos- sess a broadly similar pattern of institutions, whether legislative, executive or judicial.”

Sovereignty is therefore neces- sary for membership. The West Indies Federation is not the eleventh member; perhaps that honour will go to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Time will tell.

I hope that this clarifies "my position and removes any mlcon- ceptions which might have been created by my first letter.

I am Sir, etc., I B. W. HODGINS Prince of Wales College.

(Our correspondent has clarifi- ed his position and we shall at- tempt merely to do the same by citing. the following statement from the Britannica with regard to the terms in dispute: “As a syn- onym for ‘Empire’ with its mod- ern-day connotation of dominance, the term ‘Commonwealth of Na- tions’ has come into general use to denote the British territories as a whole, since it expresses more appropriately the internal liberty

attainment by the components, which consist of sovereign states already equal and independent though voluntarily associated to- gether, communities managing most of their internal affairs, and peoples in varying degrees of ad- vancement toward eventual self-

government.”—- Ed. G.)

Out-Marvels The

. By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondent for The Guardian

'es Killian, the recently appointed ;

and self - lubricated? Not only

in fact attained or in process of

that, but have you come up with a control device that is readily and easily produced by inexipdr- icnced labour?”

That was Dr. Killian’s little anecdote, to show that the gad- gets that man can ma-ke are in many ways still far behind the

brilliance of that, gadget called man. ,1 B. C. VISITORS ‘ ,

A group of visitors from Briti- sh Columbia have recently been staying in Ottawa. These includ- ’ed Deane Finlaylson, provincial Conservative leader from that province; Mr. Campbell DesBri- say Q. who is being mention- ed as a Jprilliént _l‘awyer destined for even greater eminence and Mr. Michael 0’Brien, who is as- sisting in the planning of the Conservative Party’s election ca- mpaligniin western Canada. ,

Deane Finlayson commented to me on election prospects in our western province, and his think- ing closely reflected, a forecast recently made in this column, namely that the Conservative gain‘ even more ground in B. C., while the Socia1.Creditors will tend to lose support heavily in the federal field, the C. C. F. migh-ton balance at least hold their ground, and the Liberals could easily lose one, and might lose both, of the present holding

of two seats out of the twenty-two P

in that province. , .

The doubtful seat is that now held by ex-Fisheries Minister Jimmy Sinclair, who is often con- sideredto have “Coast — Capil- .ano” sewn -up like a privately -

owned “pocket borough.” But the ,

statistics are surprising. If the Socreds should lose just over half the vote they obtained there in last year’s election, ‘and if that vote should return to its

the Conservative Party, and as- suming thzt the C. C. F. and Li-beral voters of 1957 would not shift their allegiance in any way, then the Conservative condidate would beat the not-so-invincible Sinclair. In view of the disen- chantment with the Socreds in B. C. at the present time, that switch is not unlikely. The other seat is J. ‘By-rne’s at Kootenay East; this is regarded widely as an ‘odds - on chance to be lost to the ‘Liberals. OKANA‘GAN VALLEY A part of British Columbia which nobody ever th-inks much about here, and which should be due for a change, is the beautiful and luscious Okanagan Valley. That garden of western Canada is our most productive orchard of hard fru-its. It stretches from the U. S. line to the waters of the Columbia River near Revelstoke, some 150 miles north. ..It is the home of about 100,000 Canadians, the envy of every other Canadian who has ever visited that lovely homeland. Politically the Okanagan is div- ided into two federal consti.-tuenc- ies, Okanagan - Boundary at the south, represented in the last parliament here by Socred Frank Christian; and Okanagan Revel- stoke in the north, represented by Socred G. W. McLeod. Should that great fruit growing area, which so desperately needs an influential voice at Ottawa to watch its interests, not be repre- sented an the government bench- es in parliament? Could the need to protect Okanagna fruit - grow- _ ers against dumped U.S. produce and surpluses not be argued bet- ter within the government cau- cus? Could the need to educate Canadians in all ‘areas to eat

pleaded by a member of the gov- erning party?

Surely the Okanagan is a clas- sic example of the folly of wast- ing votes on the candidates of 1 splinter party at this time?

MAXIMS

Good will, like a good name,

spiritual home in the bosom of

Shifted Molo rs: A New Technique

By Herman N. Bundesen, M- D- IT is now possible for some of you to grow another tooth.‘ Or, to be more accurate, to grow one of your own teeth in another spot.

Perhaps you read recently how two oral pathologists at the Uni- versity of California transplanted a tooth from one part of a pat- ient’s mouth to another. But I wonder if you realize the signifi- cance of this discovery. ‘ SELECTED CASES

Right now, the transplantation techiiiquc is successful only in certain carefully selected cases. But, in time, who knows what our dentists may be able to do? False dentures may be outlated before too long. We may be able to grow our own teeth to fill the vacancy left by decayed teeth which have to be removed. Transplantation, the most re- cent milestone in dentistry, was accomplished by Dr. Chester C. Fong a.nd Dr. R. Gordon Agnew, scientists at the university’s Col- lege of Dentistry.

SI-IIFTED MOLAR

I this unique surgical tech- nique, they shifted a third mo- lar, or so-called wisdom tooth, to the site_of a missing perma- nent first molar.

This particular type of trans- plantation is extremely impor- tant, since the loss of a perma- nent first molar, without some. kind of replacement, can pro-. duce harmful results. First per- manent molars, you see, are the first permanent teeth to appear

in a youngsters mouth, usually

erupting when the child is about six years old. AFFECTS OTHER TEETH

-the keystone of the dental arch since they .-affect the alignment of the rest of the teeth. ‘ Loss of a first molar often is responsible for shifted and crowd- ed teeth, chewing difficulties, dis- eases of the gums and painful jaw joints. ’ ’ One of the secrets of success- ful transplantation is to move the -good tooth to its new position in the early stage of root develop- ment. . I At present, this limits the practice to children or teen agers, but it offers a promising prospect for the f-utue. » L! Q.: Is there any way of de- termining the sex of a baby be- fore it is -born \-Answer: Insofar as we know there is -no absolutely definite way. However, a fairly accurate test has recently been devised.

This fest works by determin- ing the amount of hormones pre- sent in the saliva of the preg- nant woman.

ou-R YESTERDAYS I

(From The Guardian Files) ‘

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb. 24, 1933) t.

The recital in Heartz.Memonial Hallfllast evening by Miss Elsie McLuhan, talented reader and ‘impersonator, was one of the finest entertainments 21 Charlotte- town audience‘ has enjoyed for some -time. Her selections were admirably suited to her audience with,pathos, humour and semi. merit well balanced.

Arriving on the train last night -at Charlottetown were His Grace,

They are often referred to as i

NOTES BY THE

(The ballpoint pen reigns trium- phant in the classroom. So what good does it do the third-grade lovely to have pigtails if the boy th behind her can‘t show_his love by ' dipping them in the inkwell? — Winnipeg Tribune

Mental disturbance is to be re- garded as an ordinary illness, not as a condition to be hidden by despairing sufferers and shocked er, the bg’ ’ familes as the ultimate in shame. The last shackles, the stigma-tic, are being cast away.—Slierbrooke Record

Not many of our American cousins bring their skis to On- tario in July any more, but if this, sort of Florida weather and I publicity continues, they'll be urg- ‘ jng Canadians to bring theirs to Miami Beach in February.—Ham- ilton Spectator

Failures are “character build- ers” and, in certain circumstan- ,ces, great stimulants to success. But they are also depressants. The’ Soviets k n ow that, hence they publicize their successesaud keep quiet about their failures. It , is to be hoped‘ that the U.S_. De- fence Department will soon recog- nize that silence is golden —- 22 karat gold.—I-lamilton Spectator"

Archbishop McGuigan, Regina, Sask.; Bishop 0’Sullivan, Char- lottetown, and Rev. J .A. Murphy, Rector of St. DuIistan’s Univer- sity; Archbishop McGuigan is a native of Hunter River and will. pay a visit to his "old home.

TEN YEARS AGO (Feb. 24, 1948) ' . Commander C.P. Edwards, C. , M.G., ‘who was Deputy Minister. of Transport during the. period of construction of the “M.V! Abeg-, weit”, spent yesterday on‘-.-the‘ hip, making crossings between ormentine and Borden to‘ ob- serve flhe performance of the ves- sel under winter conditions Com- mander Edwards stated that he was well pleased with’ the per- formance of the ship.

Contrary views respecting the advisability of constructing a pow- er line to link up the Charlotte- town and Summersride electric, light plants were expressed last night by Premier J. Walter Jones and Mr. V.A. Ainswrth of the ‘Maritime Electric. Premier Jones said there was a strong possibil- ity the‘ link-up would occur while VMr. Ainsworth stated that the Maritime Electric had no sur- plus power to dispose off,‘

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