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CIRCULATION "Coven Prince Edward Island like the dew”

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

CHARLOTTETOWN, THURSDAY. MAR. 5. I953

Man Of Steel

There have long been rumours that the health of the Soviet Prime Minister was precarious but the world, nevertheless, is iaught unprepared by the news of his very ierious and probably fatal illness. Certainly no other one man is so important to so many interests and people as is the Soviet leader. It is probably true to say that no one, unless completely unaware of events, can be indifferent to his precarious hold on life.

Prime Minister Stalin conferred his fa-' miliar name upon himselfestalin, man of steel. The Russian Revolution did not spawn weaklings or sentinlentalists. Stalin, cer- tainly, never was either. He rose to power in a world ablaze with fury against ancient wrongs and guided that fury in paths chosen by himself.

To people of the Western tradition he )et'sonified the forces striving against tol-i trance and liberalism but to many, at least lntil Russia showed her nationalistic col- Jurs, he appeared to be the champion of :he common man in every part of the World. As time went on he becanle less ind less a leader of class revolt througll-

out the world and more and more the.

head of one of the most powerful and cer- tainly rapidly-expanding national states.

In his later career he certainly had far more in common with the greatest of the Czars than with Marx or Lenin. A com- parison of maps of successive periods since the thirteenth century shows an almost continuous expansion of Russia's borders. it is only too obvious that Stalin has car- ried on the tradition and pushed the Soviet Union far into Western Europe and to the farthest East.

This aggrandizment, of course, had its reaction and future historians may well credit Stalin with being the real unifier of the Atlantic Community and the wider brotherhood of the United Nations. .The man of steel may have been the hammer by which a real world community has been wrought.'

The immediate problem created by his probably fatal illnessis interregnum. In- ternal and external tensions must be at a high pitch and continue so until the great Soviet system again reaches some equili- brium of power.

Fresh Fish Markets

The Federal Department of Fisheries announces reassuringly that the slump in United States markets for fresh fish is mainly seasonal, and recovery of the mar- ket is predicted. The situation. however, would seem to call for more aggressive sales organization operating in a wider field in the United States. The possibility of securing other markets, for instance, in the Argentine Republic where a change from the staple meat diet to fish might not be unwelcome, would also be worth investiga- tion.

In the circumstances, the tariff changes announced in the Federal Budget on fish- ery requirements will be particularly wel-, come. The Budget announced that the tariff on engines and complete parts im- ported from Great Britain, the United States and other countries enjoying the most favoured nations' tariff was complete- ly eliminated, and on those imported from other countries on the general tariff list, reduced to 15 per cent. Previously the rate ranged from free to 15 per cent on British engines. 12 1-2 to 20 per cent on American engines and those from other countries on.the most favored nations' list. Sn" wire rope or cable, either coated or un- coated, which is used exclusively in com- mercial fishing operations, the tariff on im- ports from Britain was reduced to free from 15 per cent, on imports from the Uni- ted States and other most favored nation countries, to 10 per cent fl'Omr25 per cent.

Sales in the Amerlcammarkets are said to" have diminished because, with a. drop in the prices of beef and pork, consumers are buying that product in' preference to fil- letaiiofifisii. Another factor is the large I mm Norway and Iceland. The lat- , previously marketed a considerable plloportron of its catch in the United King-

I waters off the Ice- Iobllndlc fishermen have not

Weather Ships

A meeting to extend the present agree- ment which malntaihs 25 ships on weather patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean has been called by the International Civil Avia- tion Organization for Brighton, England, on 8 July. Invited to the meeting are the fourteen nations which are participating

Ocean Weather Stations, and six others whose airlines fly, or intend to fly in the near future, across the North Atlantic.

tions in the North Atalntic, manned by 25 ships, reports I.C.A.O.; depending upon the stations distance from the shore base, be- tween two and three ships are required to keep each one fully manned. In addition to closing an important gap in the weathei reporting network that keeps aircraft fly- ing safely between Europe and North America. the stations provide aircraft with navigational aid, and serve as communica- tions relay points and search and rescue bases. The ocean station program is a part of the I.C.A.O. "Joint Support” sys- torn. by which essential air navigation facilities in regions of the world where sovereignty is uncertain or where popula- tions are sparse are provided or paid for by a consortium of I.C.A.O. member na- tions whose airlines make use of the facil- ities; the original ocean station agreement was signed in 1946, and modified, as a re- sult of operational experience gained, in 1949. .

-Cost of the joint support program is distributed among the participants on the basis of the amount of use each country's airlines make of the facilities supplied. The 25 ships are provided by six nations and eight others make cash payments.

Eitolziat NOTES

The recent weakness of the potato mar- ket has caused the P. E. I. Potato Mar- keting Board to reduce minimum prices on Tuesday, a ruling which was made retro- active to February 18th. The move would seem to acknowledge the wisdom of -the dealers' contentions.

0 O O

A warning against anything which in- terferes with clear vision, particularly at night, has been issued by the Night Visibil- lty Committee of the Maritime Automobile Association. Clear corrective spectacles and glare reducing systems, such as polar- ized headlamps and windshields (or view- ers), where reductions in visual efficiency are taken into account in the design of the headlamp are specifically excepted from the committee's condemnation. -

' I O O

Gaston Bruno Paulin Paris, French scholar, died this date 1903. He succeed- ed his father as professor of medieval French literature but he is remembered for largely causing the revival of scientific study in France. He had pupils and col-

charged: ”Science has no other object than truth. He who allows himself the slightest dissimulation. the lightest change -aby whatever motive, patriotic, religious or even moral-is not worthy of his place in this great laboratory, where integrity is more indispensable than ability as the right of entry.” I I I

Climaxing nlore than two years. of engineering and planning, the new nation- wide toll dialling plan is scheduled to go into operation in Toronto and Montreal in the spring of 1955 and 1956, respectively. In its conception, toll or long distance dialling envisiohs some 50,000,000 tele- phones on the North American continent, any one of which can be connected to any other without benefit of operator, simply by dialing one of a combination of 10 digits. Under this system, it will be as easy to dial your daughter in Los Angles or your son in Goose Bay as it is to call the local grocer.

O O 0

"That butterflies have a definite ability to keep to a fixed compass direction strikes every observer," reports C. B. Williams speaking in a BBC programme about the migration of butterflies. "If they come to an obstacle they prefer to ,fly over it rath- er than round-if they are diverted they'll resume the correct direction at the fbist op- portunity. I've seen white butterflies on migration in Tanganyika beat themselves against the wall of my house, which stood directly in their path, rather than deviate to .the left or right-and finally they flew over the roof. When they came to a small tree (rather of the shape of a Lombardy Poplar) they would go up to the top and down the other side, in preference to going a few feet round. Migrating butterflies have been known to fly into I. room through the windows on one side and out of the windows on the other side. It is beyond all doubt that they have, at the time of migration, a definite urge and an

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ability to travel in a more or less fixed di- notion." .

in the 1949 agreement on North Atlanticig

There are now ten floating ocean sta-.

laborators throughout the world whom he. The reasons for this

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The Guilty Party

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- fly endorse the opinion of correspondents.

THE CRISIS IN TEACHING

Sir,-An-article in a recent is- sue of a national magazine has urged me to write this letter. I taught for some years in an un- graded primary scliool and my ex- perience has given me a great re- gard for teachers and for the pro- fession, as one with no equal. The said article written at the instance of the magazine publisher after four mintlls' careful survey. is I truly startling revelation of the teacher situation in Canada, 3 situation that is heavily shared by this Province.

Already 11.000 trained teachers have left the schools and at the present. trend. by 1955 25,000 will have left. At present 11,000 sub- stitute teachers nre employed, and most of them poorly trained, some not trained at all. Many are young and irresponsible girls; one, for ex- ample, a sixteen year old girl who reads love stories in school hours, and when duty interferes with her dates closes her school. Mllny old men and women are pressed into service, one man 87 and had not taught. for 30 yexu's. Some inspect.- ors say it would be better if some of the schools were closed. How- ever. the majority of teachers still in the schools are trained and do- in; good work. I very dis- appointing exodus of teachers, and the most of them trained -and good teachers, are not far to seek. For one reason and another teacllcrs are not held ill as kindly and sympathitlc regard, as they should be. They are doing the greatest job on earth: and st good teacher is by all odds the most. deserving of respect of any in the commun- ity. Of course. I believe the trained. wise and good teacher will always be respected. Such a teacher is It gem and should be prized by the community. But. generally. they are not held in regard as they should be. Parents lzenerally. do not realize what it difficult busi- H655 teaching is. the skills, the tact. the patience it takes. llow malty parents would like to swap places with thcnl? .

Salary is the sm:at.' problem in this teaching Cl'lSi5. Tcnchelzs cmfl live on fresh air nny better than any one else. This last summer I have done some hiring and I al- ways pay. at least, 50 cents per hour. and a school boy 40 cents. An expert carpenter 31.00 on Il01ll',

Old C harlottelown

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(.'lTY GUARDS

In 1356 an Inllultry Corps of Volunteers was formed under the command of Captain Nell Rankin. Lleutcnants John Lea. and J. J. Rice. designated ”Clty Guards”. They wore uniforms of blue with flwlngs of scarlet. while their arms were short. rifles and nccoutrements black. At the opening of the Legis- lature in 1867. they formed a guard of honor to His Excellency Gover- nor Daly in front of the Colonial Building; this being the first milit- ary display in the city since the departure of the Regulars three years previously. ,

The last. service rendered by the City Guards was at the opening of the Legislature in 1859 when they formed the guard of honour In front of the. Colonial Building. In April the commanding officer, Ocptaln Rankin. assembled the men together and -Informed them that he wished to and re- quested the delivery of all arms and aocountratnonu. soon a more extended military organisation be- came neraf throughout the

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,(Ou3taln Noll Eankln. meiilonod abovewaavbefatherotml-I.A.A. Bartlett. and Lieutenant John Lea was the father of Mn. 3.

' Contributing to the delinquencg of

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K1'VeGi)mrGG)&C0a3eG0Wwws

And Jesus went about all Gall- lce, teaching In their synagogues. and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all mlutne of disease among the people.

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which is little enough when the dollar is worth only fifty cents. Here in this Province it 2nd class female teacher gets 53.75 per day: and pays her board. But here's the catch. In the year she lives through 113 days for which she draws no salary. During those days she needs. at least. three meals a day whether she gets them or not. As a matter of fact, hundreds of teach- ers have been forced to take on other jobs to help make ends meet. Herc ill this Province such side jobs are very scarce. To save on board teachers walk long distances through bad roads and weather to reach home. To stand on one's feet and teach all day and then do it round trip of four or five miles is no easy day's work. -

I am not. forgetting the supple- ment the district gives without which the teachers could not live at all. The supplement is up and it is down and in a good many cases it is still small. It is a kind of prem- ium on the teacher's. popularity. The government hires the teacher and supervises her work and should pay her a living wage. l'Pl;nl'dle.RS of what the district may give This is one thing the Goverllnicnt car. do, and must do or this most. im- portant crisis will not be solved. If jobs here were as plentiful as they are in other parts of Canada then we would be faced with the al- ternative. either pay more or close the schools.

The Gorernmellt would be glad to pay more if they had the motley, I know But here is the outstand- ing "must" of the Province. and something eise will have 1o,do without, even though votes be lost. The Frdcral Goverllmcnt. can and ought. to help. and P. E. island is

the most. needy and deserving Province. I am. sir, clc. W. l. GREEN.

r Stanley Bridge.

('UR.Rl'-INT TOPICS

Sir,--In your valuable puller of Feb. 28th appeared four letters. one had to do with folk lore. one a discussion on c-ull potatoes. ft third was by that very fine writer, Mr. Walter O'Brien. whose letters appear in your columns from time to time. I have some of his writ- ings in my scrap-book. cspscirllly those about Mothers Day. I up- hold him in his support of the majority of linrd-worked uomeii. Why lint n retiring age for women? I believe that a woman who brings into this world a family of from twelve to fourteen children and cures for them from morning to night deserves all that can be got for her. And surely it there is such a place as heaven then those mothers will hear the commenda- tion: "Well done, good and faith- ful servant."

The fourth letter was an answer to one Mr. Green had in your paper recently on Mice, Women and Bears. He told of it woman chasing a. bear and taking from his mouth I. young lamib the bear had taken. some woman. some hear! It. reminds me of,a story that went. the rounds when I was in young fellow. fifty or sixty 1.8511 ago. This chap was coming home one night and, as he came over the Mill Bridge he felt very thirs- ty and went down to the spring to get I. drink; a lovely spring of clear water (and by the way that spring is still there.) As he knelt down to quench his thirst his hand came in contact with something soft and furry. and lo and behold! Mr. Boar was having his drink too; no man and bear drank their

and looked at ceeanotitci-. At last the boar ambled off into tho woods and the man went on his way home.

Now if this had been a woman. according to Mr Green she no

a. doubt would have killed Mr. near

Bluwhard. Both of these ladies rs-d

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than and there. and had his pelt for a, trophy to show her-crl-lends.

it he ige-old Story i I

fill. lat. back Q1 their launcher ht!

FROM THE SONG OF HONOUR

I climbed a hill as light fell short.

And moks came home in scramble 8011.

And filled the trees and and fought

And sang themselves to sleep:

An owl from nowhere with no sound

swung by and soon was nowhere found,

I heard him calling half-way round.

I-lollolng loud and deep;

flappcd

A pair of stars. faint. pills of light. Then many a star, sailed into sight. And all the stars, the flower of were round me at it leap;

To tell how still the valleys lay

I heard a watchdog miles away. And bells of distant sheep . . .

I heard it all. each. every note

OI every lung and tongue and throat.

Ah, every rhythm and rhyme

Of every thing that lives and loves

And upward. ever upward moves

Fmm lowly to sublime!

Earth's multltudlnous Light.

I heard them llft their lyric might

with each and every chanting

Sons of

sprite. That lit the sky that wondrous night. As far no eye could climb!

I heard it all. I heard the whole Harmonious hymn of being roll Up through the chapel of my soul And at the altar die: And in the awful quiet thcn Myself I heard. Amen. Amen. Amen I heard me cry! I heard it all and then although I caught my flying senses, Oh. A dizzy man was I! I stood and stared; the sky was ill, The sky was stars all over it. I stoolr. I knew not. why. Without. I wish, without II will. I stood upon that silent hill Alid stared into the sky until My eyes were blind with stars and 5

I stared into the sky.

. -Ralph I-lodgson. Ananlas would be hard pressed to beat. these tall yarns.

I would like to commend in pug- lug an address recently given - by a young man of our par- ish. Ml-. Kenneth Anderson. on the subject. of young men loav- ms the form. If the exodus con- tlnues in the future as it has done in the last ten years, the Goyem. nicnt will have to step in and buy the vacmlt; land and populate the farms with people from abroad.

I am. Slur. etc. . i GEORGE Mcllwl-IN. st. Peters.

TI-ZACHEII SHOBTAOI

sir.-This being Education Week. we must consider all angles of education. Not. only must we con- slder teacher - pupil - pm-em 351.. tlonships and the curriculum but the teachers. as individuals. should first be considered. This individ- ual, who is often shoved into the background. should be the first point. of interest in the analysis of the present day mode of educa- tion. As many people know. Pill. snd Canada in general have a let- lous teacher shorten which ll be- lng further hampered by. the pro- scnt teachers selecting new jobs lrllutoad of teaching as a protes- s on. . men are many reasons why we are faced with a teacher shortage. For one thin: there k the con- stant. teacher-parent connlot which is sometimes a "cold,wai-” carried on through the parent! ambassa- don, the children. The teacher no ambassadors and has to face it and warm up the conflict. by tales with the parents. which, if the parties concerned are not sensible may turn Into a real row. I Another major int of discour- agement la the . one of the first things people do when look- lns for 0 job is to note the salary.

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By Iubaerver

JOMJD THOUGHTS ON

A news report says that the Brit- ish Parliament is currently debat- ing a bill that providesfor n”pholl- etlc spelling of the English lan- guage." This-I take to be one more substantiation of the war-born slogan. "'rhere'll always be an Eng- landl" Any people who can take their minds off such things as war. floods, dollar shortages. and red deans long enough to debate whether or not the little word "one" should be spelled as it in pronounced are not likely t.o'leavc the world's stage for 3. long. long time to come.