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NOVEMBER 3, 194., ,

THE GUARDIAN

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“The Strongest Memory rs Weaker Than

the Weakest Ink" cuAitLoTreTowN. THURSDAY. Nov. a. 1m

Poppy Fond Appeal

Once again, in anticipation of Remem- brance Day, the Canadian Legion is asking the people of Prince Edward Island to “wear a poppy". The poppy sales start today, and it is hoped that the response will be fully as generous as in previous years. The pro- ceeds from these sales throughout Canada go to needy war veterans and their fa- milies, the poppies themselves being made by disabled veteran craftsmen.

While it is true that veterans under cer- tain circumstances have the advantage of specific legislation, such as war veterans’ al- lowance, it should be remembered that when In emergency crops up in any famiw, speed is the essential requirement in providing assistance. Also there are many worthy veterans in necessitous circumstances who hesitate to apply to any of the organized charities. Many of them have twice gonb into uniform, and have given ten years from their productive life to the service of their country. Through the comradeship of the Canadian Legion their needs are learned, and the assistance is forthcoming.

While the Poppy Fund is a national ap- peal the money raised locally is used locally to assist veterans and their families.

The Soft Approach

l1. mites all kinds to make a House of Commons, says an Ottawa correspondent of the Montreal Gazette. The membership of the present Commons includes 81 lawyers (members of the legal profession have al- ways been super-abundant in the House), 45 farmers, '20 merchants and odds and ends in the form of publishers, managers, engineers, ministers, dentists, brokers, and so on, right down to a single hockey coach. But it was not until this week that members of Parlia- ment learned, to their surprise, that one of their colleagues was a self-confessed phren- ologist. The Rev. Daniel McIvor, Liberal li/LP. for Fort William, deposited a plea with Finance Minister Douglas Abbott that hear- ing aids bemadetax-free. “I studied phren- ology a little," he admitted, “and I think that anyone with any knowledge of phren- ology can learn more by looking at a man's head than he could otherwise. When I look at the Minister's head, I see the bump of perception is highly developed. I also see the bump of honesty and the bump of fair play fairly well developed. That is why I make my plea.. . ." Since then, Mr. Abbott hasn't said a word about removing the tax. But he has been seen, on several occasions, to pass a reassuring hand over his head.

ilo "Twittering calculations"

A foretaste of the style of Mr. Church- ill‘s forthcoming election campaign can be taken from his remarks upon hearing that the Attlee Cabinet had decided not to go to the people until 1950—the last possible legal minute. Lashing out at the vacillation of the Government and the uncertainty caus- cd by its hesitancy, Britain's wartime Pre- mier said caustically: “At the very mo- ment when we should all be driving full steam ahead we all had to wait until the Cabinet could agree among themselves what would pay their party best. Now at last they have made up their minds. What part have we in all these twittering calcula- tions? l-low glad we are to have nothing to do with them at all . . ”

For himself and his party, Mr. Churchill stated plainly: “We are not going to try to get into office by offering bribes and pro- mises of immediate material benefits for our people. The Socialists did that in 1945. We offer no smooth or easy path to the British nation now fighting for its life al- most as it did in the war. We do not know what will be the facts with which we shall

‘ be confronted should we be returned to

power. It would be far better for us to lose the election than to win it on false pre- tenses. f . fAll I will promise . . . is that if the government of Britain is entrusted to us ut this crisisin her fate we will do our best for all, without fear or favor, without class 9|- patty bias, without rancor or spite, but with cllear and faithful simplicity as we did in the day! of Dunkcrque.”

EDITORIAL NOTES Today Historical Exhibition ope-w.

O O I approach of the Gulf Stream an ﬂtognthor favorable develop-

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have made for a scarcity of consumer goods. The other, government restrictions, remain with us. O I I

The new Armed Forces identification card, like some of its predecessors, gives the blood group classification of serviceman holder. The value of carrying such a re- cord in case of injury is obvious and might profitably be imitated by civilians.

The holding of tonight's and tomorrow's historical exhibition may eventually result in the establishment of a Provincial Mus- eum and in that case, the details of how it came about will be of historic interest in themselves.

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A conference of the Nova Scotia division of the Community Planning Association of Canada is being held at Halifax. Historic Nova Scotia has planning problems similar to our own and their experience is of spe- cial interest to the Island.

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The 11,461 orders-in-cotmcil passed be- tween October 1, 1948 and June 30 give some idea of the complexity of modern gov- ernment. Many of them, of course, deal only with a particular case hut all have the effect of making law.

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There must be something about living in the Antipodes that affects human nature. A member of the Australian Parliament has received letters from his constituents com- plaining about delays in getting their in- come tax notices!

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When a swallows nest fell from the eaves of the court-house at Stradbroke, Suffolk, England, a policeman climbed up and put a tiny, light-weight basket in its place. The parent birds lined the basket, moved their brood to it, and quickly resum- ed feeding and flying lessons as before.

Jobs for politicians’ friends only. Tran- sport Minister Chevrier told the House of Commons his department does not exercise any control over employment by individual contractors once a contract has been let. He was replying to a charge by Clarie Gillis (C.C.F.-Cape Breton South) that men seeking employment on a government pro- ject‘ at the Sydney, N. S., airport first had to obtain slips from two defeated Liberal candidates in Sydney.

Over one thousand places of natural beauty and historic interest in Britain are now safeguarded for all time by the Na- tional Trust. This organization, which is entirely independent of the State, owns more than 126,000 acres. The main object for which the Trust was founded is the preservation of beautiful and interesting property for the nation. All places owned by Trust are open to visitors throughoutthe year.

It is the old story with the Federal Gov- ernment and us. “Jam yesterday, jam to- morrow, but no jam today.” Those votes and grants of which we heard so much be- fore the election proved mostly paper me- moranda, not intended to be effective, yet awhile at least. But one was effective in- stantly, viz., $7,500 per annum rental grant for the collector of Income Tax; he had to be provided for anyway regardless of house- hold scarcity, and non-fulfilment of the new public building grant of $100,000.

Edward Colston, English philanthropist, born this date 1636. He was among the first of the “newly rich", who, as a Bristol merchant made enormous sums of money in the import and export trade, much of which he distributed for charitable foundations, the principal being Queen Elizabeth's Hospital in London to which he contributed £70,000. His example was followed by many other wealthy morchants, and is conﬂnuod to this day, the vastly rich getting rid of succession duty and other tax nuisances, by giving away their money for endowments, etc.

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Newfoundland, a Dominion in its own right before lt came under Commission gov- ernment in 1934, has come into Canada. Will the Dominion of New Zealand join Aus- tralia? To achieve this union is the task that Dr. John Francis Gaha, M.P. for Deni- son in Tasmania (named after Sir William Denison, an engineer officer who worked on Canada's Rldeau Canal, 1827-1831) has set for the Australian Parliament to be elected on December 10. ’ Dr. Gaha told his fellow- members that in New Zealand he had ad- dressed meetings in Wellington, Christ. church, and Dundedin and had spoken to many members of Parliament and others and did not meet one person who did not say, “A30 ahead with your plan.” Dr. Gaho wantsz-(l) a Customs Union, with com- plete free trade; (2)1 common currency; (3) an Anzac army, navy and air force; (4) cheap, rapid and frequent air service;

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(5) u common industrial policy. In short, h: odvocved “complete physical union."

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If I should pl-ss the tomb o! Jofmh I would stop there and lit for Awhile; Because I was swallowed ono time deep in the dark And come out alive after all.

If I pass the burial spot o! Nero

I shall say_ to the wind, "Well, well!"-

I who have fiddled in s world o! ﬁrs.

I who have done so many stunts not worth doing. ‘

I am looking for the grave of Sin- oo

t . I wmt to shake his ghort-hmd ond sly. “Neither of us died very early did ‘ we?"

And the lust sleeping-place of Nubuchuzlnezzar- When I arrive there I shall tell tho

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"You ate grass; I have eaten crow-

Who is better of! novw or next year?"

Jack Code, John Brown. Jens

James. There too I could alt down and stop for u-whlle.

I think I could tell stones: _ "God. let me remember

losers."

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I could ulr people to (throw lshes on their heads .

In the name of that sergeant n‘. Belleau Woods,

Walking into the drumfire, calling his men,

"Come on. you l Do you wont. to live forever?"

—Csrl Sandburg.

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“We luv: heard various oom- plslnt: respecting the dangerous state of several of the public wells and pumps in this town. particular- ly four of them, situated near the following places, viz., Mr. Good- man's. the Court House. Mrs. Hawk- ins’ and Mr. Drew's. Children are frequently seen peeping into the wells which are quite open, and those who ‘go scrpentclng heme to take their nap’ run no small risk."

—Prince Edward Island Register. June 24, 1825.

DANGEROUS WELL!

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Names On Medals

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From various parts of Canada murmurs of protest have been heard from veterans because the medulsgind stars now being issued do not have engraved on them the regimental numbers (if any). ranks and names of the recipients. The Carleton Brunch No. 2 of the Canadian Legion has gone on rc- cord that its members are "very displeased." Servlcemen have long been accustomed to having the identity of those to whom decora- tions are presented engraved around the edge of medal: or on the reverse of :tnrs. It, has seem- ed to them that the custom mark- ed the personal nature of the Sovereign‘: award to thou who have rendered him service. More- over decorations lost or stolen can be more easily restored lo their owner: if name: are engrav- ed on them. and it I: simple to detect the unauthorized wearing of decoration: by thons who are not entitled to put them up.

It bu: not been mentioned whether it is only the C nsdian force: that lnbk the cnlruvlng or if the sums spplie: to all Hi: Mainly’: service: everywhere. It l: obvlou: that. the separate en- graving of an enormous number of name: ond number: would tnkc up s great deal of time, that to do m might postpone the luuc by

several year: and thni: on thl: ac- ~

count the nuthorltle: decided to ncrlflcc the personal touch on the nltnr of mun production und le- celented distribution. This should have been explained, although

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We» lions Tlusc Fellows Will In Friendly

Peace 4S» .l.iberly

(By Michel Debre) (French Information Service)

Th: discussion and the ratifica- tion of the Atlantic Pact aroused great; agitation in all Parliaments. But it must bu recognized that this agitation was restricted al- most wlthout exception to the po- litical world and no popular agita- tion Was lecn in spite of the vic- lent campaigns organized at the time of thepact, Nevertheless, It is as well to make a careful ox- aminutlon of certain aspects of the (position which revealed it- nelf, for it may well prove to have rather serious consequences. Naturally, We must not be de- ceived by propaganda. In discuss- ions amongst people, and particu- larly in political discussions, all arguments are good; it has always been so and it will always be so. For example, to say that u pact of a defensive nature is token of an aggressive alliance, is an argument natural ln' an indictment. Thus it is useless to be angry about it or even to pay particular attention to what is only a false argument, but One that is loo often found in politics.

Serious and independent think- ers who have shown their hesi- tation or even their opposition in a considered way fall into two categories, there are some who think that the dispositions of the pact are insufficient, and others, of whom we first think, who con- slde the precautions taken to br- excessive. Their argument is the following; peace is our most prec- ious possession und our first duty ls to do nothing which may dis- turb it. Instead of giving the im- pression that we are preparing for war, even for a defensive war, wc must first seek un understanding, for an understanding alone can avoid the conflict.

This argument must be carefully examined for however sincere it may be. it ls, by its very sim- plicity, very dangerous.

When Demosthenes was urging the people o! Athens to pay at- tention to the threat coming from Macedonia, when he was imploring all the free ‘towns of Greece to unite to prevent an invasion, his adversaries even at that time, dc- clsred that any effort to oppose a military danger betokened such :uspicion that peace was disturb- ed. They wished for an under- standing with Macedonia and de- clared thst to secure this under- standing that wns to safeguard peace, it was preferable to attempt

there is no guarantee that It would have removed the grievance. Sail- ors, soldiers and uirmcn feel strongly when they believe nny- thing customary ls denied them. It is hard to see what can be done now about it. It seems prob- able that (he-recipients will have to take their medals to engrnvers and have the job done at their own expense, if they are anxious to secure this mnrk of ownership. Those who decide ~to do so had better do it now. It will not rc- move the cause .0! their complaint but it may facilitate the return of any medals that are mlsluid.

nothing and to seek negotiations.

In the choice between war and peace, who chooses war? Nobody. Everybody desires peace. But here the difficulty begins for there are two kinds of peace.

There is the peace crested by an honest agreement with full respect for the rights of each port- ﬁier in the complete acceptance o! freedom, But there is also the peace of slavery and oppression created by the complete domin- otion of one partner over the other. Germany wanted peace, but peace of the German kind, und all the peoples of Europe have learnt what that peace was; it was worse than war.

What we mun leek i:_ the peace of justice, not the latter. We have barely become aware of this truth when we find ourselves in ngrcctnent with this sentence of an excellent contemporary writer M, Jean Pnulham, who wrote re- cently: "Who strongly desires peace clcnchcs his fists in read- lness."

Indeed, when one thinks about

the true political choice lies between freedom and oppression. The political thought and action of the western world have been dir- ected for more than a century to- wards the construction of a liberal regime, that is to say towards the organization of a society which assures the respect of the human being, This effort is first made in the internal regime to avoid the setting up of arbitrary powers over the citizens. But it is also made in the realm of foreign politics so ns to avoid invasion and sub- ordination. This state of affairs was not rcalizc-d fifty years ago for nll power throughout the world was in the hands of the western nazlons who nil trod the pnth of freedom. Rcullty today has changed. Certain western nations have been ioti nstruy and in par- ticular, certain nations who are opposed to the very principles of our civilization have become high- ly dangerous powers.

There are periods in the history of the world where freedom runs no great dangers. There are others when 1r i5 constantly threatened. We are living in one of these per- iods and we must be able to act accordingly.

Are the dispositions of the At- lantic Pact sufficient to stave off all the threats which hung over freedom? This is a question We may well ask. But what we are able to say is that the 591T" which inspires it is "U!!! "mt which meets the needs 0f U16 present time. It is not the spirit of "peace at any price" but the spirit of freedom without which there can be no pcabc 101' the

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Wluulpc bu: Juli had it: “black- est" week-end in the city‘: traffic history. Never before had three persons died on consecutive days on city streets. So far in i949, l8 persons have been killed in traf- fic mishap: compared with 20 in Ill of 1948. -- Winnipeg Tribune.

The obildhb practlcp of deflo- ing, and damaging road signs is by no means confined to the Ottawa district. Police authorities in Cornwall and other cities and towns have had to contend with this problem for many years. Usually, the main offenders are children who allow their enthusi-

asm for doing something differenf

get the better of their judgment. Often, however, road sign vandals are teen-aged youths of the irres- ponsible type who do not stop to consider the danger their actions create for motorists who depend on the signs for guidance-Corn- well Standard-Freeholder.

There no probably countless medical reasons why women live longer than men, but we are in- clined to ‘believe that the main cause is the fact that the average man works much harder during a lifetime than the average woman. Being the bread-winner. the man has to sit up many a night devis- ing ways and means of keeping the family larder full without go- ing into debt. He not only has to worry about providing for his home, however, but he has to get up at the most fiendish hours and work for at least seven or eight hours, often at tasks which are anything but beneficial to the health. No wonder many n poor male dies at fifty-five or sixty from coronary thrombosis, high blood pressure or angina pcctoris. If women worked or worried half

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an effort t); undeﬁgggat iznmll: tcr than his contemporsrie: did h as hard, they'd probably more frequently from the "m" ailments. Of course there w“. numerous women who work

as hard as men. Businesswq for instance, often have ‘h. problems as businessmen m“ qhcn there are the harried.“ wives who often have to cook“? a dozen people at a time. Bu; o! the whole, man works and wot ‘or much more often than womlld and that is why he does“ u.“ as 1°ni.'-~Lethbridge Herald,

The harvesting n: gym“. most succulent of shellfish - again in full swing in New 3;“; Wick- Thi! yc r, according 1° b, estimates, wel reap g cmpa nearly 25,000 barrels, worth mo than szscooo. It seem: odd m" New Brunswick oyster’: gm: better known. The Mslpequ, o k ters of Prince Edward Island i“ instance. have had more publicity Yet New Brunswick plume, nearly three times as many q", crs as Prince Edward Island, ne", ly four time: l: mlﬂy a, Nov‘ Scotia, and nearly twice as many as British Columbia. And. accord. ing to experts, we not only h". quantity but _quality. Mr, 5m Andrews, for instance, probably sclis more oysters than any an," restaurant man in Canada. 11, grows them himself. in New 3mm, wick. at Upper Shippegm q wouldn't grow them anywhg" else", he says. “New Bflllllwig oysters are the finest in the world‘ The Andrews "plantation" i; i} an arm of Bay Chaleur. The wn er there is very salty. since m rivers or streams flow in to dilutq it. There are no settlements sroml to cause pollution. And the bet. tom is soft. On a hard bottom, 0y;

to its ideal. Demosthenes ls no longer amongst us. But his speeches remain and the memory of his failure. Let us reach what

tors tend to be flat and thin; 0| a soft bottom they are Cup-sh"; ed and plump.—Sslnt John Tel: graph-Journal.

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