«tunic:

In 8311 ffiuardimt Levon fnnon Ildnnri Inland Uta Ibo Do. Pubtiunev o\ery ween-any morning II ido Pnnn unto Chgrnueuvwn. P.l-.‘I, the Thumnuo ' LII Burnett. Publinaa Ina (tenant Vfnll Wnlku. tempo: fanadinn Puhl

Ioniuguo Ind Ahab

Inch «aim». at suuimx-nude I It Inc Nonnpnpetn

In-uieu loo Nationally ox

PHI

I9 no Ulllel Pruvincns and

Iltlot oer nnnu _—‘TI'—lTeTIni‘z;slV'IIVIeIIIory ;Ic

tho nenkent ink.“ PAUI-Z 4’ M0.\‘D.-\\'. mac. 9. _iss_7 The Province Mourns

it is with profound regret that

all our ('lll£(‘ll.\ will have learned of the death of lion. l)r. I\1ac.\lillaii. w hose rcceiitly Iaiinounced ap- poiiitnieiit to the Lieuteiiaiit (;ovcr- liorsliip of this i‘ro\iiice was to have taken effect on l>eceiiiber 16.

The tippoiiitnii-iit was hailed with appreciatioii b_\ all classes, as mark-

ing the clowning H(‘illt‘\(‘lllt‘lll in a long and di.~tiii'.:ui.~iicd in public service. As the lslaiiidfis first llliiiister oi IIc.ilth and of lidiication, as l‘reniier and subscqueiitly as leader of the Opposition, Dr. Mac- Illillan has left his mark indelibly upon our lcglsldll\'P liisloi‘); but he was a community leader in many other fields, notably in activities as- sociated with his own profession, provincially and nationally. Devotion to the cause of healing led him in many paths where his magnificent fighting qualities were tested to the full.

It was. indeed, his compelling need to heal the sick that caused him to go from school teaching to a brilliant career in medicine. lion- ours were tlmist upon him from his student days throughout his l0Ylt2 career. It was not honours but senice, however, that impelled him to action.

He took an early and intense interest in such organizations as the Red Cross, the Children's Aid and the hospitals and as his field of activities broadened it not un- naturally spread to that of politics. Politics. to the Doctor, was essen- tially the liiglier organization of health and welfare activity.

Ile did not spare himself when litlhling for what he thought was the good of the community and he did not spare those who might seem to be in the way. Ills point won, however, Dc: l\lacI\fillan was al- wa_\s ready to ignore past differ- ences and work with former friend or foe towiird a new project for the bettcrnient of all concerned.

Dr. .\lac.\Iillaii's monument is

healthier. happier citi/.cns of his beloved l’rovince. His death falls tragic;ill_\' at this time. but it can- not dim the lustre of the truly mag-

career

the

iiiiiceiit at-liicveiiiciits for which he will be rciiicinbercd. To .\lrs. .\lac.\li|l.in and family

The tiuardiaii joiiis lll c.\'teiiding the synipatliy of all our citi‘/.eiis on this occasioii.

Budgetary Changes

\\liiic the (.'.('.l-'. leader, .\lr. ("olilwcl|. has critici/_cd Fiiiatice .‘-liiiistcr Fli~iiiitig's tax reductions and sitrpliis forecast as iiici'el_\' “an t‘\t‘ll\t' tor a bLt<lget"— and doubt- it‘.~.\' otlicrs \vill be heard from to the same cfl'cct— the public gen- erzillv will be lllt'lillt'(i ‘to hail the Tvliiii.~tcr's aiiiiouiicciiicnts with

appi'cci;itioii. lndividital income tax- payers will be the chief il(‘flt"fl('léiI‘l(‘S. rct-eiviii<_: a tax aliateiiieiit of some s:<h‘,tioo,tititl. .-\iiotlim~ S;t;ti,tititi_ot)0 a year goes to benefit taxpaying par- ents by boosting the exemption for children and other dependents. Car purchasers will gain by the cut in the excise tax on new automobiles (though not so much as they had expected) and corporation taxds have been sliced by $l‘_),(l()0,0t)(l. Not- withstanding these and other re- ductions—some of them not to take effect until January 1—- Mr. Flem- ing estimates a surplus for the current fiscal year ending March 31 of $80,000,000. This compares with the $132,000,000 surplus fore- cast last March by the Liberal fin- ance minister, Mr. Harris.

One of the strongest criticisms of the late Llbernl administration was Igainst it.'I practice of piling up fantutlc surpluses every yenr. while Ignoring tho claims for tax NIH and for more generous no- fo the nnnqy povklcel Th!‘ of NI I030 ll! “'9 C0"- ' $1! with

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O

ges. and no doubt he is prepared to go to the country again qt this issue if necessary.

The criticism that P‘¢ll‘llElIIl(‘fll has been ignored in the manner in which .\lr. l"leiiiiiig's state- ments have been presented is an- other matter. The tiovcriiiiiciit will be oii-the defensive here and will have to show good reasons for its polic_v in this regard. It is also point- ed out that there is no mention of any federal contributions to the pro- vinces for hospital insurance. (in the whole, hovvevcr, the i)Ll(l}.{t’lill') changes will .\'or is it likely that they will be sci-iously challenged on the grounds of their fairness and (l(,‘>ll‘ublill_\ this time.

Needs Of Education

Last year a iiatiotial coiifcri-nce

fiscal

be welcomed.

ill

of interested citt/.ens was held at St. Andrews, .\'.l<l., on eiigiiiet-i'iiig, scieiitific and tccliiiicul lililll[)t)\\t‘I‘.

in I-‘ebruary. ltlfix, a meeting lt«ti\'t‘S place in Ottawa of even wider scope when the (‘aiititiiaii t'oiii'erence on Education will study the iiccds o education under the cli.'iirin;iii.~liip of Di‘. \\'ilti1‘i' l’t‘ttlicld, of :\i(lllll'(“tli. This confereiice is,sponsored by 19 organi'/.ations reprcsciitzitive of education, agriculture, bii~'iiicss_ labor, industry and groups. It chairmen nine provincial miiiistcrs of education; it is national in repre- sentation; it

pi‘of'essioiial

has as honorar_v co-

propost-g to rev iew

education and to make rccominciid--

ations on a national basis.

The conference committee chair- man, K. R. .\‘winton, general nian- ager of Thomas A. Edison of (‘ana- da, Ltd., points out, for exaiiipie, that in 10 years the school popula- tion will require upwards of .'lt<,()0(i new classrooms; that the tezichei shortage is as high as 9,000; that in widespread areas across (Ianada, teachers receive considerably less than wage earners; that Ctinada is not utilizing. actually wasting, stu- dents of high intelligence rating.

One of the statements in the pre- conference literature reads: “With the exception of Switzerland. Cana- da is the only country in the world with no national ministry or feder- al office of education." No comment isattached to this statement, with its constitutional implications, and it remains to be seen whether or not it will come before the confer- ence in Ottawa. As never before however. education is of national concern and necessity may well im- pel the Government to invite pro- vincial governments to consider what needs to be done on a national basis.

EDITORIAL NOTES

At a \\'is<-oiisin a bear snatched a rug from a clothesliiic. folded it neatly against a woodpile and slept on it all night. The animal probably felt that since sooiici‘ or later its own skin would likely be cotivcrtcd into a rug. it might as well have temporary conifort on the farmer's.

farm

a at « An Italian who used the iioin de

plume “very poor" \\()ll ti sweep- stake prize worth $IiTti,titl(i_ If he is wise he will stave off relatives.

friends and beggars by cotitiiiiiing to keep his l(it‘lllll_\' ti secret. (lthcr he will poor

w isc, be

again.

.~‘.t)tiil \t‘t'_\'

O i i - A firm in Fort \\’ortli, Texas, says it prefers to hire men between -13 and 70 years old because it has found them “more serious minded. past the age of get rich quick schemes and more productive than younger men". (in its sales staff are 300 men between the ages of 60 and St).

O Q i

It is gratifying to note that the new navel building contract for (‘har- lottetown has been awarded and that construction will start im- mediatcly. Thanks to the efforts of Hon. Angus MacLean and his col- leagues, this project has not shared the fate of many proposed armories and naval stations in being deferred until a later date. Indeed, we have waited for it long enough. The pre- sent quarters of our naval trainees were condemned several years ago. and it is a long time now since the new site win purchased and the initial plan: prepared. The work will provide much-needed employ- ment at this time, and every effort should now be made to push it for- wnnl to completion.

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THE PROVINCE PAYS TRIBUTE

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OTTAWA REPORT

Toost To Mr. Thatcher

By Patrick Nicholson special (‘orrcspondent for The Guardian

Ottawa‘ Ross Tliatt-licr‘s form- ~ pJll'il.'llllt‘|llHI‘_\' colleagues of the (' t‘ I‘. have been drinking to “his long life in Moose Jaw." im- plicit in those kind wishes are the devout hopes of all ('('.I-‘ mem- bers that he will not return to (ntawa -- as a member of par- liaincnt. That toast to ex-M.P. Thatchci‘ was enjoyed a ii the iiiore b_v its supporters because

it was drunk in a liberal supply.

of Liberal scotch .

Behind that occasion lies a lit- tlc story. Ross Thatcher knew that in his first candidacy for parliament under the Liberal ban- lic faced I tough fight I- gainst (‘.C.(‘.F. stalwart llazen Argue in Assiniboia. He enlisted all the big Liberal guns he could to assist him. and tried to keep

out of Assiniboia the big Liberal -

sqiiibs who would harm his cause.

One of his helpers was the then; I-'i~herics .\linister and still That- cher-fricnd. Jimmy Sinclair. C.C. §

I-‘crs felt that this was I case of I s (i ii i b who wrongly considered illIIl\(‘if to be a big gun. Liberals disai.:i'ccd with this.

so in the argument. the rookie Lilicral candidate at Esquimalt Satiiiich. Alistair Fraser. who had \\t)li\(‘(l in Ottawa for several years as cxccutixe assistant to l~'islicries Minister Sinclair. stak-

l l

ed a dozen bottles of Scotch on‘

the‘outcome of the Argue-That- chcr election. llis bet was taken

up by Wiiinipcg (‘C I-‘. member,

\li~tiiii' Stewart. The pay 0 w as iiiude in the Parlianicnt Buil-

dings last week. with the lmmed- ‘

iate result described above.

As a footnote, I add that Ross Thatcher is the strongest candi- date tor the Oscar for this year's most - missed election casualty. Whether he won as a ( (. ‘ or lost as Liberal. whether he sat as an "independent" or was ask- ed to stand as a Soc That- cher was always a constructive and worthwhile contributor to Parliament's debates. 0 found him. shirt-sleeved in his 01’- fice, nose deep in his filing cabi- net Ind desk littered with pages of pencillednotes. one knew that ie was — his words — dred-

up I speech And equally knew that the college—trained e- conomist Incl success-trained bus- inessman would iver himself of some honest, punchy Ind worth-saying comments.

All of which is not to deny that. no matter who had won the Ar- gue-Thatcher battle on the young giants. Ottawa wns to be the poor- er by the loss of one excellent parliamentarian.

GAI.'I"S MAYOR. AND M.P.

Last week this column mention-

ed William Anderson, new Con-

. I wrote that his first session in Parliament. lie is taking careful stock. listen- ing and learning and regularly present long hours at his seat in the Chamber."

After that had been written. bill before it had been printed, for- mer Liberal Cabinet Minister J.

Awaiting Bocird’s Decision

Grant. Dexter In the Winnipeg Free Prenn

\\h;it iii.i_v well be the last flat pcrcciiiagc freight rate increase i-.i-c is now concluded. The rail- \\1i_\\ and the (‘l',.'ill opposed pro- vintcs -()n!ario and Quebec did not appcari have completed the cviilciicc and the argument. The TI’.‘«Ill.~p(il‘l Board has reserved _)tl(l‘.!|Tlt‘Ill.

Since the h(‘£1lIlf'llI'lE of railways in ihlk couiitry, flat percentage lll('l(‘.I\eS have been the chief me- thod of l'fil\lflt.Z freiglit l‘Jtlt‘<. This was true before and since the (‘l'(‘Hlltin of the Transport Board

in l90:l Hi-fore 19031, the federal (itI\'(‘l'Illlit‘f'll regulated freight rain The trend of rates then

was downward.

liiiriiig and iiumcdi.'itcl_v after the First t’l'orld War. rate: were F«'l‘.\(‘d by flat percentage increas-

cs But the last of these was in

I921). Freight r I t e s remained steadv for 28 y an from ‘I920 until 1948. it was the Second

World War that caused the sec- ond upward thrust

The present case may well he the iflsl because modern dc\clop- iii:-ms in transportation have made percentage increases gross- l_v unfair to certain areas of the cotintry.

And Is I consequence such in- creases have come under in- creasingly severe criticism from eight of the provinces .\'0T .VIA.\'DATORY

l’errent.'ige increases apply on- ly in maximum freight rnteii They are not mandatory on the railways may or may not raise any particular rate to the maxi- mum And below these moxi- miim rates is In evcr-growing II- sortmcnt of so called competitive rates. put in by the riiilways to meet Various forms of competi- tion - water, highwny Ind nir.

in all three categories. compe- tition has become more intense in the past 35 years. And th' trend in continuing

As a consequence about the on- ly traffic which now ply: mIxl- mum rates is "capiive" traffic -— traffic which cannot move any way except by rIll. And this "captive" traffic In lncrnr inuly becoming rogionnl trnfflc — the raids being the four voo- tern provlllcel Ind tho four At»

lnntic provinces. LONG IIAUI. 1'lAl'l'lC

The rntlwnyn have little or no competition on lain-hnul out

Atlantic’ area to and from cen- tral (‘InIdI. in addition there is relatively little competition for the railways on the prairies.

The area where competition of all kinds is most severe is cen- tral Canada. Ontario and Quebec. This is why in all the percentage increase cascn since 1946 — cas- es which have increased maxi- mum freight rates ll9.tl per cent — neither Ontario nor Quebec bo thcred to appear before the Trans- port Board The people of Omar- I0 and Quebec do not pay these maximum rntel so that it is o no consequence to them how high they are

('ounsel for Manitoba, Saskat- chewan and Alberta now estimat that some 30 per cent of the pew pic of (‘anode pay more than 70 per cent of the cost of these per- centage increases in maximum freight rates This estimate. used in the argument before the Trans- port Board in the present case. was not disputed by the railways.

This explains why the Turgmn Royal Comm‘ sin on Transpor- tation tl95lI condemned not per- centage increases and recom- mended. ln their stcnd, IpplicI- tions by the railways for higher rates on pnrticulnr commodities. The burden could then be fIirly assessed in rcgionnl terms. (‘ONTENTIONS POINT .

The chief point in the present cine. however, was not the me- thod of rnising freight rntu - Il- though the flu porcentnzo in~ creue method wn denounced - but whether Iny lncrense In rIteI in prc.-it/nI_v required by the nil-

W. Pickersgill made I speech in .\lr. Anderson's home town of Gait, remarking that he had "not _vet noticed Mr. Anderson in Far- liament," and be "doubted wht ther any other M.P. had."

By this comment, Mr. Pickers- gill was trying to suggest that the voters of Gait had sent as their , representative to Ottawa I dumb

skull who would attract up no-

net by his merits and fail to 50- 100. l . 0 give them good representation QVESTION AND ANSWER 1

in Parliament, N11-. P S.A A.: My blby is five weeks I

dently unaware that, in 18 years old. and has developfd I Yellow‘

on the Gait Council Ind Is I uh skin. what can be the mat .

' four-term mayor, Mr A. had pro- tor? i .

ved himlf to be anything but. I dumb-skull. .

Mr. Anderson’: predecessor In Galt‘s M.P. was Anthur White: as a rookie in his first session in Parliament, that Liberal was early on his feet, speaking in the Throne speech debate. But Is in mIny things in life. I quick start does not necessarily lead to I strong finish.

However. one must Izree that parliamentary reliccncc may overdone: not in six week: of III- temp; and leIi-ning In Mr. An- derson has done, but certainly on the scale practised by I former Saskntchewan !\I.P., who not long ago went through six while Ico- stons. spread over four yonrn. without breaking his silence in more than one session. Through- out the other five Iessiom. he did not once open his mouth to make I speech. to ask I question or even to offer an interjection.

Of course !Vl.ps do perform work in other ways than making themselves noticed in the cham- ber. But the four yenn of pIrliI- mentary inactivity by that form- er Liberal member makes Iny reported case of industrial fen- ther-bedding seem like I bed of nails by compnrison.

ways The railways Irgued for an increase. The four western Ind four Atlantic provinces not only dissented but urged the Trans- port Board to reduce freight rat- is

S.

The present can Iron in the spring of 1956 when the railway: asked for I 15 per cent increase in maximum rates to meet high- er won costs. The Transport Board at once granted In inter- im increase of 7 per cent. henrd argument in the fall and in Do- cember boosted the incronoc from 7 to 11 per cent. This December increase again, wu an interim one, with final Irgument Ind judgment to come.

Two ISSUES

The remaining 4 per cent wu to be dealt with in September 195?. But just before the Septem- ber hearings. the rnilways Iskod for In additional 6 per cent or to per cent in nil. in so doing. they changed their Ipplicntion. In Id- dilion to revenuo for wngcs. they now asked for revenue to nsnun I "fair" return on investment.

On this basis. the cue proceed- od in September and MI

there Ire two pIrtI to it. first concerns the formuln for letting freight rntu. devised by the Transport Bonrd in In enr- lier cnse. This formuln would pro vie for any lncnuo in the II- when for tho rIilwIyI ouch II wages. e second concerns the railways‘ effort to brenk out of this formuln Ind obtain freight "fIlr" return on cIpltIl investment.

Thcro Ire. therefore. two up Into controborciuqhich tho Transport Bonrd must now decide.

if ' ‘ ll be . *1 IOXID '03 Land of Mass Atheism °""'“““ Mg.“-..|(;..«. l.l.lh_Iu"¢ho0PiItooftlnmofl- Wishful thinkers. visiting Ruo- mnu Ithotun." mind the Iruclo. The party clnlnu thot Iconovnle \ sin in the all few yenrs. hnvo But It ndmllod wen Itlll Ind "tho been happy to dlncover evldonco bellveren in "religious nu- lion poihicnl and geugune of religious freedom there Chur- perntitlon" to make on dlofl " ha in :5 the: are open and movie IN "9 came-in sun: It Iltntnouon of i-eii¢1on.GIrkIvIn- ton M Krieinllnrr outontii-eIy.0nlyIn Iurnodvn honIynfurthnI'thIt.'ApInn¢ ' ceptionii. Inied Illout cnmnnicn. sold the writer. creating tho cogamg the Ruaslnn Orthodox church In eonpinuly ¢ ml.-IIIII7 to hove rdkinn vu- ilkolytobnnoon. nottbninlnoundnllplnnnlo Inh.Inn0InunnnidPInyn- ‘rtieeontinuedexlamncoofnoinoliefoud ntbnn.' wckod bunplqdl L cunt-onus-an-uiiinehun-in norm:-.t.i.ou-nIvInII.!ilvtIuo aux . gm“ Innnhcn-IIIIIAI-Unlunlno IIl&nIIunrnflnn."- -2: i-.':.r.::'.~.............-~..'.-.......% .::-...*..~-:':.“:.-- ..........,...,.e ...,. ....... .....°---..... .. tn. ..':...:: -....*-:..-ta.-* ~ --* '.::.i.-......""--.iu'.‘.-'..~' '° prom Imago-iatieunnu-kduurar. hymn’ , - ‘an. o midst rovfih. ‘III :1 "III U‘! U to lfid flbvfilnffbdb filfflbfij.

Difference In " Fatality Rates

Iy III:-II N. Iundoool. H-3- "rhere have been no mllly ll!’ mg-gut“ reports from medlcnl Inveuigntoi-I recently ' till! I

we’ uk tlrno idly P.

An Inalysls by WW‘ Hulth Service indicates ;hIt. the denth rate from this dtscuc is 35 per cent higher for the xinsle l or divorced men between the, ages of 45 to 74 than it II for‘ married men in this age bracket t For women, the death rntel Imong single Ind divorced per- ”... is 10 per cent higher.

The U.S. Navy has discovered some interesting fncts Ivout col- or blindness The per cent 0' American men, it has found. are color-blind. but only 0“? P9’ cent of the women have the If-

motion.

in mnnnintn

Color blindness. the .\'a\'y says is inherited. usually from I man‘: maternal grandfather.

It cannot be Icquired by ill ncss. Ilcobol. tobacco or any oth , er means. It cannot be cured,‘; nor can it ever even be rem- edied. -

The use of I tranquilizer to

control an otherwise uncontrol" lnble urge to scratch ma.V be I

very welcome innovation for per

oons with urticaria, Itopic der- . niatitis. contact dermatitis and

other kin disorders. 3 PROVIDES RELIEF

l i l I

tnken. of course only under I doctor‘: supervision.

Obesity may be inherited, too. A Brown University doctor says. I "Evidence is accumulating thnt. In individual inherit: I chI.rIL~ l teristlc metabolic pattern just as he inherits hair and eyes!

So if Pop wan Int. you mny

to some disorder of the liver, some, con ition which affects the gallblndder or the bile pas- page. or nome infection or blood disense.

‘ The Age Old Story

Whnt In the cxcccdlnl nont- ness of hln power to us-wnrd who

of -his mighty power. which wrought In Christ. when he rnIn- ed him from the dend. . .

K ?oedGt‘ao2

UNEARTHED IN ENGLAND Little Itomnn god of luck, Asleep in English clIy,

Until I careless farmer’s hon Unenrthed you to the dIy.

Whnt soldier. yet I boy like you. Bnrbnric miles from Rome