~~ false the old age pension rate from

. Vaellece Ward

“dealt with by the government

The Guardian

Covers Prince Edwerd Island like The toiee (W. J. Mencex, Puninnrer. ,

Frank Walker Meraging Ed: tor Editor Published every week dey morning excep! Sen. halidevs) ef 165 Prince. Street Cherlettetown, PE! by Thomsen Newsparers Ltd Branch offices et Summerside, Mertague: A perton

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That Pension Issue The Canadian Press reports that en Tuesday af Ottawa the government tried to force a Commons vote on the Canada Assistange Plan as it went

_thfough second reading but the op-

peers refused | to take the bait. The u ileal a vote ain clause-by-clause study began. Health Minister Mac- the bill had been “largely irrelevant,” but he. added that the old age pension was a distinct issue that- would= another context,” and that short time.”

_This would seem to imply that the.

government is giving sober second thoughts to the question of aid for the aged. and to the widespread dis- satisfaction resulting from the policy

cin “ina very’

it has. heretofore insisted on following ©

in this regard. This policy’ can be better understood by recalling what

for those who participate in it, but it does nothing whatever for the very substantial segment of Canada’s population who are over 70 at its in- ception, and very little for a sub stantial additional number now in their sixties. Their only dividend from the present exceptional: prosperity

the-Canada-Pension Plan-provides:——

____When this plan is in full operation” in 1976 it will be an excellent thing

;

Here it is

the story. It is unfortunate that the true story ‘tends very frequently to get sidetracked for piffle of the kind above quoted authority and see where .we really tood at the time of Confederation. report? of the famous‘*Rowell Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincia! Relations: now a’ quarter-century ™™»ld “but still well worth read ng 8 :

Af the middle of the last century. the. Maritimes were one‘of the world’s

Let's, tur t

from the

‘great commercial. powers.. hoiding. fourth place in registered tonnage and: shipping. Thev,had. begun by

building shins to carry their own pro- duce and this stil! provided the back- bone. of the business. In addition, “however. the vessets of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick were engaged -in the trade from Europe to the United States. South America. the East Indies and Australia They carried coal from England to the East. guana fromthe Chincha Islands to England and France. petroleum from the Gulf ports to Europe and South America and wool from Australia to Europe

n toa hetter-

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fi eR *

FET CNT ERR SAI RRR. RE > RINE ARE WON ie

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The ‘Bluenose’ vessels were to be

_,_8een in _every great -port-in-_the =

world.” | Prince miward stan he Tepor

goes on to sav, ed in this

to

“was neatly integrat- Maritime_economy.._ Its

red tarcely trom the sea atid taken up farming. It had al- ready become. a’ highly developed and specialized agricultural com-

munity. In 1367. it had approximately’ number of,

.the same _ population. farms. Occupied. acreage and grain Production as_at present” /1940) ‘Its considerable agricultural surpluses went mainly to supple industries of

the neighboring colonies. These. how>

ever, were not adequate to the needs of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick which imported large quantities of - foodstuffs annirallvy fram the United States.” ¥.

This was how-:are stood when: we were induced to enter Confederation: and _ it lends force to our claims for more equitable treatment that we did not join it as beggars, or as nondes- cripts, but as partners able and wil- ling to further its aims in the. in terests. of all concerned. Let us keep our record to fhe forefront in months to come. It is one we should

———Canada-is-enjoying-is the fixed-$75 a4] be proud-of.

4

“ ments

month old age pension, payable now at #9. or the old age assistance pen- sion of that amount or less for whith

thev mav qualify by a-means-test.————

Creditiste parties have criticised the

=government for its oversight in this

matter. insisting that it immediately

“$75 to $160 a month. Their objection to both thé Canada Assistance Plan and to a Senate Committee plan for a- guaranteed £105 total income for elderly people is based on thé fact

that both involve some sort of means -

test

Under this system. as Mr Macquar- rie pointed out in statements auoted in yesterday's Guardian, not only must one be-poor to qualify, but one must prove that he is poor to some of- ficial of the state. Another thing that concerned A be the possibility of regional variatidn because of the sug- gestion’ an old person in Toronto needs more than an old person in Prince Edward Island. He noted that the government of this province under Premier Shaw was providing an extra $25-a month to all its older citizens and-not only for those who come forward to document their pov- erty. But it was the federal:govern- ment which should be meeting this obligation. and he expressed _ hope that it would “emulate Premier Shaw instead of er:ticising him.”

There 1s some indication that mav decide to bow to public opinion by doing just that; At-anv rate. it seems to be going through an azgoniz- ing period of reappraisal.

For The Record

, We have been scanning the pages of other newspapers for their com- on Dominion Dav. and their predictions of what the future holds

efor a nahon-thich ie stitt ~after alta

youngling with its first centennial yet to betcelebrated One of our Western contemporaries. in underlining the Progress we have achieved in this comparatively short time, saw fit: ta comment an the impoverished state of this part of the country ‘before Con

federation. when. as it says. ‘no road or rallwav-crossed the jungle from the Laurentian settlements to the Maritimes." and when. consequently

“to the eastward New Brunswick, Nova Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland each purkued« own cranky way. in isolation. potters and perpetial discord

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It won't be- long now. says a New York management consultant. before

Conservative: New Democratic and) —housewtves-wtit-bhe-able—to—shop—by~

the -

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‘TOWN HALL, SUMMERSIDE

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson °

|. Sets Bad Pattern Of Acquiescence-

i Pearson's ‘Inflationary Gov- ernment’, flushed with its un- avoidable success in assisting the settlement of labour dis- | | putes regardiess of expense, has | just awarded pay increases of up to 17 per cent to 40,000 civil servants and 109.000 other state employees. The ‘bill to the tax- -pavers has heen estimated at — | $23,700,000 per vear Thus the government has set 8 pattern of acquiescing to de- mands for higher wages, rather than adhere to its piously ex- pressed hope and essential aim | of gearing waze increases to productivity increases. This, as the’ government's economic advi- sers have warned it, ts the only basis on which Canada can re- tain eveh its present slipping competitivity In world markets; | now that the government is. set-

| ing this sound advice, our econ- | amic prospects are not rosy

i Average - weekly salaries and

wages in the civil service and | are now; eoriragsis awiwith the $94.93 average. in indus)

government acencies $195.82-per week This the Dom-

try. as calculated by

computer withcut leaving the house.™ jnion Bureau of Statisties for A closed will

circuit television camera

scan the supermarket shelves,

from’in front of the TV screen at home. and automatically in the store Sounds wonderfully efficient. doesn’t it? But the Ottawa Journal comes up

—owith-the inevitable “answer- What

7 | | 4 |

'

own childhood, vacationing with rela- tives in Trvon. arfd the result ‘is a charming .descripfion of the country- side—its_peopie—ts-actitttics andits pastimes :in-.ears gone “bv. Isl landers “at Reimer and“shread ill nies -reard ing it and ‘ an recommend tt to

woman would stand for it?

Today's wife and mother has learn- ed to be a shrewd shopper. Even if the closed circuit TV is in color she- would be suspicious that the vege tables have been made to. look green- er artificially. Producers today are heing forced to expose more of their canned goods in packaging. but the camera will show the housewife only one side of the cantaloup.

How, will the computer shépper be

able to compare prices without having

entire rows of shelves spread out be- fore her-—not just the one in front of the camera at a‘time? What if the machiné goes too fast for her? By the time she has made up her mind on the tomato juice, she may have mis- sed the cat food. And what of her de- sire to pinch the yee: or shop lift?

Our Ottawa contemporary ambles on with other reasons for thinking ‘housew-ves will not go for this gim-

“mick, but we were most impressed by”

its concluding one. Many women, it says, look on shopping as a social event. The stores, supplieqLwith back- ground music, are gerfondilioned in -Summer and have a clean/smell of fresh fruit and vegetabigS. and ‘the

housewife who shops regularly can“

count on meeting -friends amid the

detergentsor-chitcken -tiverss Who

wants to.sit at home in soliti.de punch ing buttons in front of a TV screen?

EDITORIAL NOTE

The-current: issue of The Atlantic Advocate contains andther. of his torian Lorne €. Callbeck’s interesting

.

titled Summer Vaca tion. This time “Mr. Callbeck has re- searched among the memories of his

Istand stori@*. en

.

“wages and salaries at the ip

trial composite level.” T his reversal of the earler position a - ’ attractive employer than ori- vate industry, especially when one considers the’ generous ee such as paid hol- idavs. @®aid sick leave without substantiation, pension. short

--summer._hours,..zenerous coffee _.

breake and a work pressure at the lawér echelons. which would not squash a fly and contrasts vividly with the unrelenting ac- trvitv on a production ine WASTE OF LABOUR

While pay sales in fhe evil serviee are soaring, the hidden inflation ,in the cost of govern- ment lies in the expansion of that work force if ‘‘work” is not an overgenerous adjective ta apply

Total civilian employment. tn the. federal public service on March 31 was 342,900. an in- crease of 11,700 over ceding vear This total includes 212.650 citi] servants and 136.250

emplovees of crown corporations |

and zovernment agencies

This staff of. 212,650 civil ser- vants énsts over one billion dol- lars a vear in wages. $1,066,800.- 00 This contrasts with the civ- il service staff in 1937 of 42,856

ibly. faster

the ‘pre- |

PUBLIC FORUM

This eoinms is epen te the discussian by “correspondents of questions of in terest. The Guardian does net neces sarily enderse the epinien ef rarres. pendents All letters published are sub- ject. te editing and condensation where Reressary. The Guardian is gnable te enter inte any cotrespendence regard ing letters mbmitted

NOTES FORWARD STRIDES Str.—It is a great pleasure for me. a former Islander, to re- turn ta my homeland on a visit and find P FJ. making such ra-

pid improvements in every way |

since mv. last visit in 1959 : It really has. at last come alive and now all over the coun- try are exéellent roads, schools, industries of many kinds heing -estahhiched and a» great stride forward in farming and fishing

ides

In talking with. the people a new spirit of aptimism. is abread and ‘confidence in the future for this seslected province

I must congratulate your gov ernment in promoting such fine

‘ideas and having. the courage te Carry them ough With the wise and clever leader you have n Premier Shaw- may the Is

and contmue to prosper Your Confederation Centre {s macnificént. Nevor did ft enjoy a play more than “Anne of reen Gables ast night. T shall ta nhy hoes! jt. on my. return

tn Ontaria

tt-hasheer—ateichtto-enioy a few days here among my Te- 9 Aways

ara owely

. na friends. wh es and s wh

dhicame—ane— ere

such warm Aosnrtalite

G1 KING

- school,”

emplovees, costing $42.578.900 a year, and with the 125,387 civil servants * costing $223,777,000 m 1947. That vice,

mushrooming civil ser- expanding considera-. than our population, | ‘is a severe inflationary feature. ;

more. disastrous to our economy 4, is the fact that so many poten-

tial workers are withdrawn from productive work

RED TAPE WORM FRODES

Do we really need so much government “intereference in our daily ‘lives? Has the bureaucra- ey become so uncontrolled and self-propagating red tape worm which is wrecking the country by strangulation, by its redue- tion of our*national productivity, and by its burden of taxes need- ed to sustain it”

The voraciously growing — red-

ting the had example of ignor- _tape-weem—whier an

is illus- I have.

ed civil service can be, trated by- some figures

For a decade now we have heen hearing about wonderful machines being developed which will translate languages faster

are certainlv needed in this multilingual world. But can they he trusted to do the job ax well as htman translators | The Sunday Times ‘London’. commenting on the ending of the Br.ish-..Breadcasting, Corpora- tion's Language, Supervision Unt for-economy reasons warns of the dangers of unsupervised translation. The bloopers it cit es show that a rendering can he both literal and wrong m An Arab, translating a news dispatch stating ‘‘Four coaches of the tran were telescoped into one another’ gave a dramatir version in his own tngue Four enaches of the train were flung

ev

“i

es

“number of vears that +ean live. We know that relative-. ily few humans than 100 years. Christian, Jacon- |sen Drakenberg. a Dane. was

{ean-be found

| | |

obtained relating to the expan- sion of just one branch of tne British civil service

In 1914, the British Navy sisted of 50 hattleships and dreadnoughts. 250 cruisers, 250 destrovers, 200 frigates and { submarines Half: a century lat- er;-the British Navy had shrunk to no hatileships or dread- noughts, only 3 cruisers, 150 de- strovers, 175 frigates and 60 con- ventional submarines plus 3 air- craft carriers. Its size had dim- inished from. 800 fighting ships to 391, notably of lesser class. Yet despite that more than ™O per cent cut in ships in the Roval Navy civil service staff at the British Admrralty had grown more than sixfold, from 1.500 to 9.500 As a result the greatest threat to the British Navy today is not avalanche of bureaucratic files which is swamping it

con-

Bloopers And Boo-boo

_Christian_§ Science Monit? _

Raman cae aaieeiooe

an far that # ‘ikl a scope tn see them." Anather.pon English translator. . thinking ‘strike’ had only one meaning

strike” into ‘Australia’s. biggest oil stoppage“

And Mr Khrushchev's famous challenge ta capitalism: “We will bury vou eventualiv’’ he- came, in the hands of a trans- lator.into. French. the: equival. ent of “We will bury vou, he”

The difficulties. of mechanical translation appear even when an American travels ta another English. speaking land In a Bri- tish bakery he may ask for hie cutts and. get. instead conkies We would like to see a machine sm smart. that -t would know which kind of F.nglish. it is tran- lating and respond accordingh

Opportunity For Youth -.

Windsor Star It is‘oniv human nature tnat for doing sa are much greater the older generation will always than they tised to he.

advise, frequently wonder about, and occasionally deplore the youncer generation. But + is true that today's vounger zener- ation in Canada has. opportun- ines never known to the older generation . The current theme is ‘‘stav in and its wisdom is abun dantly clear if one considers the steadily rising education a} standards and the steadily “e- clininzg opportunities for the un- trained and uneducated What has not heen stressed, however. is that both the opportunity to Stay in school and the rewards a rae ~t

Our Yesterdays

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

In a swift, “historie move. the forces in Iceland, and President Roosevelt directed the Atlantic fleet to keep the vast stretch of ocean hetween the Strategic is- land and the United States “‘free of all hostile ‘activity or threat ‘thereof.’

The first fox field day af the season was held in Summerside

and was attended by about 190

visitors. One of the prominent

speakers wat Mr WR. Shaw,

Deputy Minister’ of Aggiculture: TEN YEARS AGO

; His Honour, Lieutenant Gov

jernor TW.L. Prowse and Atrs

Prowse entertained in honour of

the Commanding Officer and of-*

ficers of the French frigate. L

Aventure. in “Charlottetown = cn her annual courtesy visit to fhis province

The Prince Edward ‘siand “Hospitat campaign te —rarse _$250.000. for urgently needed ‘m-

provements in hasic seriice fa crhties_was nearing a stieces< ful completion according a | tatement made hv. J Datod f

wart, the campaign chairman

“Two. decades aco. ‘putting a

son or dauchter throuzh univer- sitv was'a great financial strain for most Canadian families

Many youngsters left school long before university becanse they were needed to help ont the fam ily finances

Today, there is not the same’ financial need for students to leave school before they have completed the education ~ they plan Those who intend to go in to university have available to them far more scholarships. bur- saries. student. Inans, and other forms of financial help than was ever the case in: the Past

For. the unjversity. graduate, foo. there is greater opportun- ity. Not only the top ‘twa or three in a graduating class. but

anvone who has shown even competence in his course, is eageriv sought by potential em- piovers’— Post-graduate scholar- ships. once available to only the very talented. are’ now offered. much more. widely The -student of ordinary ability. if he wants to work hard, can he -virtually—

assured of finding a scholarship which will take him te Furope or elsewhere for further study

DENIFS NKRUMAR REPORT

BAMAKO,— Mali Reutere — Ma’ denied Wednesday’ reports that ousted Ghanaian President Kwame .Nkrumah*is in Bamaka The Ghana news agency re- ported Tuesday that Nkrumah, teppled in an army coup in Feb

ruafys arrived in the west Afri- can capital “dressed. as‘a_ ped- lar Nkrumah was-last heard of in Guinea, where he was wel- comed last March by President eSekou Toure 5 PRAISED MEXICO _ The 4yerman traveller“ Aiexan -ter—Hnmbotit rated Me x7 6 the treasure hniise “of the 1 “hepauce Wi oits fertile anil

5 wail and ema. resources

the number of | the}

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| The Span

Of Life

By Dr. Theodore KR. Van ellen LIFE. SPAN the greatest a person

survive more

| born in 1626 and lived to be 146. Another authenticated instance of a man who lived 113 vears was reported from Canada (Cen- fenarians ‘are not common. es

pecially when the date of birth Eastern Europe's answer to the Premier

can be determined question

The. average eat ao iife i« the average number. of

without

vears lived per person in a zroup traced from birth to the death

nof the last survivor This is eas

ily done if the birth and death certificates of all It is estimated that the average length of life™ in the United States is now 7 years, an increase of * years ‘1850. The figure for the

| world as a whole is estimated to

be 35 years

Life expectaney’ is different It refers to the average remain- ing years left to a croup of some

| stated age. It is based also on a

table of figures calculated from following a group of people from birth and determining how

age to the next. This life tab'e depends upon the death rates at each age-of life as observed’ in 2 specific group, age. sex. or

| time | to time because of zains in _ longevity

due to medical ad vances and publie health deve-

| lopments

Life expectaney at birth re- fers to the number of. vears a newborn is expected to live. This must _ computed from the life tahle | imsurance companies | Life sbeiee figures are available for any age. At age ~ it is 4952 years. The latter is the number of vears a year old is likely to live. Not every one in this age group will make it but they all stand an equal chance of doing so assuming that they are healthy.

Insurance company actuart- ans take advantage of these fi -Rures ta calculate reskhs They may refuse to insure or increase the premiums of those with ob- vious diseases. disabilities, or poor-health habits A recent in- novation is to lessen the premm- iums of those wha’ do not smoke or drink on the assumption that they will live longer

DEEPEST SLEEP

KF writes When is sleep afleepe et 7 REPLY

majority pens rapidly

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of aduli« until sthe

—then les.

sens sharply for a time and more siowly§ thereafter , waking With children there are

| two periods of deep sleep. One is

reached in the first hour or land the second hetween - eighth and ninth hours “USING THE EYES”

IM. writes. 1 am developing cataracts and love to read and ‘sew. Everyone tells me I should spare my eves Does ft reativ make anv difference ta ¢ aracts whether I use mv, vision as I da’ —<

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Creates Red Rallying Cry

Ry Boris Miskew Cagodian Presa Staff Writer

The United States hombing of North Vietnamese oil depots will bring members of the War- saw Pact closer together at a time when Romania is. nuda: ng’ the Soviet Union. for greater military independence for the pact nations

The. subject of military inde- pendence was believed to he hich on the agenda of the seven active members of the Warsaw Pact. formed 1! years ago as North Atlantic Treaty Organi- zation ~

But the launching last week of the ‘American bombing raids on oil storage facilities in the Nort) Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong. until! then spared from, U.S. attacks, will merely draw together the Warsaw

its) members | countries in the face of the more

dangerous turn, of ev ents in | Southeast Asia, The enlargement of the war

in Viet Nam, with the ‘threat_of Chinese intervention lurking’ in ithe background, will over- shadow to some..extent the Se viet - Romanian differences on the future of the military struc ture of the pact TOP-LEVEL TALKS

The top level conference taking place at a time when the Soviet Union is having difficulty

4 Many. SiN ited. from_one_year_ol__persuading -seme—of—her—Fastern_puliac— ~faselher Aaa —

Furgpean allies to bolster their commitment ‘under the eastern bloc umbrella, and Romania 's Stressing “the desirability - of

[race during a _Darticular Bead. breaking up all_hlocs—including:

as well as the Warsaw Pact Romania to assume aA somewhat neutral position in Eastern Furope similar to France's role in. the West, was obviouslv disturbed by the American bombings of North Vietnamese oi! instillations and has become more critical of US. actions in Viet Nam There_were no visible. signs

of discord among the pact na-

Irving

tions—the. Soviet Union, Po land. Czechoslovakia. Yugo siavia. Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania > when Romanian Communist party chief Nicolae Ceausescu welcomed the ‘dele- gates to Bucharest Monday. Al-

‘bania. an _eighth member, has

ASSISTANCE ON PURCHASE OF |

CORN PLANTING AND. HARVESTING MACHINERY

1. The Prince Edward Island Department of Agriculture will provide assistance

- to groups of at least five (5) farmers - who will grow a combined acreage of

H —at least fifty (50) acres_of corn.

2. Assistance will be provided on the purchase of a corn planter, two self-: sicodina wagons, corn harvester,

be Orc ene tener

. This assistance will be fas one year only and will be to the extent of 10% mentioned machinery, but the total assistance will not exceed $1,000.00. for any one group.

not participated in. the organt- zation since sdivg with China in the Chinese-Soviet idedlogical

Srcument =

WEECOMFE

OFFICIAL Rut. after the official welcome, Ceausescu was (reported en-

gaged’ for three hours ‘in separ- H

ate talks hetween his delegation ‘and that of the Soviet Union, headed bv Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet Communist party, and. . Soviet Alexei Kosyvgin stand, the. Fastere bloc may try to reach a com- promise by having the Soviet Union agreé to set aside its de- mands for a tighter command sfructure and by having Roe mania relax its attitude on the greater sharing of responsibil- ity. at! the command level

The. apparent split betweea Romania and the Soviet Union ‘on the future structure of the Warsaw Pact command appears less serious than the problems created When France's decision to stay out of the NATO inte- grated military command forced the withdrawal of Amer- ican and Canadian forces from France Bees The new dereclopments ia Southeast Asia therefore wiav he enouzh of a raliviez ery ta keep the Fastern bloc countries

As things