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A Wrong Approach

A sound basis can be seen for most of the concern being express- ed over the high proportion of fail- ures among P.E.I. students who have written provincial examina- tions. As one case in point, and no matter where the fault may lie, there is something seriously un- satisfactory in the showing that a. passing mark of 50 per cent was at- tained by less than 47 per cent of the eighth grade pupils who this year sought entrance into the prov- ince’s regional high schools.

It does not follow, however, that the baldly-political approach to the matter taken yesterday by A. W. Matheson, as provincial Liberal leader, will win any easy acceptance.

His assertions as to what a Lib- eral government would do necess- arily bring back to memory the conditions that existed when the government he headed was retired. from office.

Since then many things have been done to improve the standards of teaching and to increase the avail- ability of educational advantages in P.E.I. Permit teachers have been virtually wiped out. There has been on upgrading of normal school en- trance requirements. Classification of licenses has been broadened. The profession of teaching has been made more attractive and more significant.

No matter what improvements still are needed, no matter what Weaknesses are indicated by the ex- dmination failures, the cause of education has advanced important- ly in this province during the past few years.

Of course, sensible. fair consider- ation needs to be shown any specific suggestions Mr. Matheson cares to advance. But they need to be some- thing better than: “Throw the rascals out.”

Cabinet Changes

While the new federal cabinet,

as sworn in yesterday, differs in

A many interesting ways from the one

I jl it succeeds, little basis exists for an

' immediate estimate of the results likely to flow out of the changes.

A chief reason for this situation

lies in the fact that the naming of

Nova Sootia/s George Nowlan as finance min-ister, in succession to Hon. Donald Fleming, who moved to the justice ministry, came as a complete surprise. As a result, there 'is little relevant informationon re- cord that offers any indication as be what may be expected from Mr. Nowlan in his new post.

He is known, of course, as one 61 the most amiable and attractive as men—-as the possessor of charm, wannth and flexibility far beyond gything Canadians have come to sociate with the treasury office. ' In these qualities, indeed, as in

# towering stature, he appears as

I ' "striking contrast to his predeces- llr. Fleming, and this, in many ,, will be regarded as a score favor. If he has had any pra- - within memory who com- ‘with him in attractiveness , it must have been Hon. ‘ mwtusttce) Doualaa Abbott. ‘ " fthemlalves. these things about what Canada Nowlan as

"fl,iiIlltiu always have A fits in

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‘dcrnaaehe "ngnsteewmsv¢neI the complex economic traffic of the nation,” requires qualities beyond and differing from those employed in any other portfolio. They are not

easy to put into words-—toughness‘

coupled with sensitivity to shades of political meaning—-economic wis- dom. in an intellectual sense, balanc- ed with an understanding of what economics mean in human terms- the ability to draw Canadian mean- ings from world developments. There is no way of telling for sun that any man possesses these and the many more qualities required until he shows them in office. Cer- tainly those who know Mr. Nowlan best expect him to show them. Now the matter goes to the testing.

Meanwhile. it can be said that Mr. Nowlan’s promotion is a part of a general strengthening of the rep- resentation of the Maritime prov- inces in the cabinet. New Bruns- wick’s Hon. Hugh John Flemming retains his forestry portfolio while also taking over Mr. Nowlan’s for- mer national revenue ministry, and P.E.I.’s Hon J. Angus MacLean con- tinues unchanged as fisheries min- ister.

It is an interesting footnote that Mr. Nowl_an, as member for Digby- Annapolis-Kings, occupies the seat held for many years by one of his most respected predecessors, the Hon, J. L. Ilsley. Canada's wartime finance minister.

Foreign Policy Rift

The Republican party in the United States is apparently closing its ranks in a concentrated drive against President Kennedy’s modi- fied proposals for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Russians.

Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirkson and House of Represen- tatives Republican leader Charles A. Halleck are contending— and agree- ing with Repttblican New York Gov- ernor Nelson A. Rockefeller as they do so-— that the President is "mov- ing steadily toward the Russian position” in his efforts to secure a test ban agreement.

But the President, while silent on those charges, did tell a press conference last week that the U.S. position on a test ban treaty requires modification as a result of new scientific data on detection of under- ground tests—data that has only become available since last June.

The sincerity of his Republican opposition would be more widely ac- cepted if this were not a Congres- sional election year.

Governor Rockefeller is himself to be a candidate in November for an- other two-year term as Governor of New York, and there are reports, thought to be authentic, that if Gov- ernor Rockefeller is successful in his gubernatorial contest, he wi" be a candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1964.

Perhaps the Republicans can de- feat Kennedy in the next Presiden- tial election, but, judging from the kind of campaign they waged in 1960, it will not be as easy as Gov- ernor Rockefeller may think.

It is true Nixon lost out to Ken- nedy by s narrow percentage, but Nixon had the prestige of Eisen- hower to help him in that election. That prestige has waned consider- ably since.’

In any event, it is interesting to note that former President Eisen- hower, while discuesing foreign policy only this week in an article in the Saturday Evening Post, re- stated his “conviction that all good citizens should support the (Ken- nedy) administration in its objec- tives and programs."

He added that in at least this one field, “even if there are times when I have my doubts, I not only prefer to keep my own counsel, I shall definitely stand behind the Presi- dent.”

Perhaps the Republicans. in

grasping after an issue which they hope will defeat Kennedy, have merely given a new demonstration of their own disunity.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The privacy: Marilyn Munroe rarely achieved in life (whether she wanted it or not) continues to elude her in death.

0 O O A headline says: "Dry- Weather Is Needed on Prairies." There's not the slightest excuse for them to feel exclusive about it

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PART OF SUMMER’S FUN —— ALBERTON AQUATIC DAY

OTTAWA‘ REPORT by Patrick Nicholson‘

Where Lumber Vies With Politics

The summer tourists thronglng through Ottawa come here to see Canada's seat of government.

II o w and they led to the creation 0 f

they cannot boasts more millionaires

impressive f a in ii y fortunes here. Today Ottawa and district than l

help being made aware of Ot- 1 any other Canadian community

tawa's lumbering

ties which predate politics here. 1

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activi- . of its size. But the tourists who

circle Ottawa in the so: -see-

From the balcony at the sum- ing buses Will “Oi TE_00Enll€ ll‘! mit of the Peace Tower, th a‘ comfortable homes in the tree- lovely panorama stretches from l lined streets of the older sec- the uninhabited distant north- - tions of the city as the abodes of ‘ land to the booms of lumber be- i rlch Canadians. For. uniquely In .= mg chugged by lugs up the Ot- . Canada, Ottawa’: millionaires‘

tawa River, tvithin the

shadow of that Peace Tower. i conspicuous consumption. From the steps of the Parlia-l "Old Ottawa Families" live up ment Building. the tourist hears ,‘ to their favourite disclaimer: sounds ranging front the mar- l "We could not afford that".

Canadian

iiai music of the

GU3l‘<‘l5 band '0 ill? Tumbllilg I in other parts of Canada; they

clatter of the conveyor belt, stacking pulpwood logs at the‘ mill just across the Ottawa Riv- « er. . FORTUNES FROM FORESTS One hundred and fifty - five , years ago, the tall timbers of f the Ottawa Valley were fir st ‘ shipped out of Ottawa. One -l hundred years ago. the mills of t, Ottawa were producing nearly; 100 million board feet of sewn . lumber each year. Fifty— years ‘ ego. the output was double that ‘ figure. or equivalent to o seventh of all Canada's production today. '

TI 9 total 1

- l of white pine.

, ‘came from the huge rafts of Those are impressive figures; l squared timber floated do w u

very do not flaunt their wealth by

The

Those 0.0.Fs are little known

hold themselves aloof from the bustle of politicians and the panache of ambassadors, both of whom are newcomers to this lumber-town. Yet suc names as Booth. Perley, Bron- son. Maclaren, Wilson. Cum- mings, Wright, Sparks, Dollar (later to form a US shipping line) and others have long been ones to conjure with here. These families boast fortunes derived directly or indirectly from the world's finest forests

While those early fortunes

Test Bcsn Ho

By Harold Morrison

An intensified testing race, multiplying the risks and dan- gers of accidental nuclear war, may be in the making between Russia and the United States if no progress is made in current test ban negotiations at Geneva.

The U.S. has indicated will- lngness to modify its position on international inspection and

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to underground tests and their lesser fallout. The U.S. might?

‘ agree to an East-West morator- .

control as part of renewed ne- .

gotiations with Russia for a permanent ban on all nuclear tegtlng. .

There is ground for suggest- ing. in the event that all cur- rent efforts to work out a com

pleie best ban fall. that hercl

might at least be a way open to ending atmospheric tests. leaving the nuclear powers free

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Flies)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO AUGUST 10. 1937

A darnlng needle, swallowed three weeks ago by Hugh Camp-' bell, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Campbell, Sack- vllle. N..B.. and forms y of Charlottetown, P.E.I. was recov- ered aa a result of an operation in the Prince Edward Island Hos- pital yesterday. and the patient is reported to be making a aplen- dld recovery. An earlier opera- tion was unsuccessful in locat- ing the needle. Hugh was vaca- tioning on the Island at the time of the accident.

Work at. building of the first trout rearing pond on P.E.I. has I t a rte d at Buchanan's Mills. Head of Cardigan, under direc- tion of Harry Lynch, engineer of the Federal Department at Fisheries, Ottawa. It is propos- ed to build at least 84 of these ponds in the province. and later to stock them with fish from the Hatchery at southport.

TEN YEAR! AGO AUGUST 10. III!)

The lnteniatlonally i a m e u I photographer. Youaof Kat-ah and Madam Kat-sh are guests at the Charlottetown Hotel. Mr. Karsh is doing a series of 10 Canadian cities for MacI.ean's. George V. Fraser, director of Tourist and Information. who was instrumen- tal In bringing this gifted artist to the Province. will accompany him as he seeks out interesting subjects for his work.

The Hon. Laurent Barre. Min-A later of Asrlculture for the pro- vince of Quebec. was the guest speaker at the weekly meeting of Rotary in Charlottetown. Mr. Barre expressed pleasure and appreciation on being invited to apaak before the club. in the

eaves Mhiaters

presence

Agriculture. and ill Ml-

ulaiers representative of every I Gaaeth. ._ - ,

ium on air tests if Russia would join in the pledge. :

In other words. the U.S. is‘ prepared to go a long way from its previous fixed position in or- der to we out an agreement , that might provide a significant ‘ first step in turning humanity's dream of disarmament into reality.

RESPONSE COOL

But Russia remains cool. The initial Soviet reaction is that the new American position does not offer any great hope for cracking the East-West stale- mate. . ’

Russia wants a nuclear"teat ban to be based solely on na- tional inspection systems, with no foreign inspection on her soil.

U.S. authorlllea argue it may’ be comparatively easy to police an atmospheric nuclear ban through improved detection systems. BI.n\WhllC these sys- tems may provide a way of re- ducing the number of on - site inspections, they would not eliminate entirely the need for such inspections. There had to be foolproof evidence.‘ through the human eye. that Russia was abiding by its agreement.

Thus prospects for a test-ban treaty are not bright for the immediate future Indication are that the world is becoming a little less frightened by the a last

to be rethsoed from the near - panic that re- sulted when Russia first broke file‘ three-year moratorium last

And as the world's fear is re- duced. pressure on the Us. and Russia to come to terms may also he reduced while demands of those who advocate -increased taaftilng for military advantage sti

SEED FOR WAR? Thb may be the seed for an intensified nuclear testing race. While both East and West would think twice about engag- ing in a nuclear due! in which nuclear vulnerability and con- atlon are involved. they

the trl

might be fa as net- ll vulnerability and contamina-

tion are reduced» - lath the us. and Russia‘ are reported to be Ming

with methods to develop a rel-' atlvely elean thermonuclear bomb - one with little radioca-

rlver. today riches are harvest- ed here from pulpwood convert- ed locally into newsprint paper. toilet tissues and match books.

Pulpwood is chiefly cut in winter on the hills overlooking the Ottawa River and its beau- tiful trlbutaries. The woodsmen sell it for the good price of $28.- 65 per cord to the mills, whence it is sold in one final form as newsprint for $130 per ton. YOUR PAPER IN OUR RIVER

One cord of this Ottawa Val- ley pulpwood typically contains 85 logs each four feet long and averaging 8 inches in diameter. Each card weighs two tons. of which half is moisture; it will yield one ton of newsprint, or 36.000 sheets of paper e a c h making four pages of a normal- alze newspaper.

Thus each one of those clat- tering logs noticed here by our tourists will yield enough news- print to provide a 12-page home town newspaper to your home six days a week for about a ix months. From standing tree to roll of newsprint. that log will provide 15 minutes work

as steadily from free-by-nature,

f o r 1 one man. and its worth advanc- ‘

Silent, Odor-teas Fumes Are Fatal

.3; Dr. Theodore B. Van Dellea

CARBON monoxide la in el- lent killer. Not long ago "a bus- band snd wife went to a sum- mer mountain cabin for a week-

atove. stories such as this ap- peer spapers all too fre- quently. demonstrating a lack of appreciation of this peril.

Every year dozens of men ‘and boys are found dead in the ur- age. They were working on the car with doors closed, the die on. and the motor rtlnnlnl. Safety experts have- been ham- mering sway at this hazard for years. yet some people cannot be convinced that carbon motto- xide is lethal.

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This gas is produced whenev- er carbon material such as coal. wood, or gasoline is burned only «partially. The nose offers no clue that gas is escaping he- eause carbon monoxide is odor- less except in concentrations above 75 per cent. when it may smell like garlic. Exhaust fumes can be detected because they represent a mixture of other ga- IE8.

Too much carbon monoxide kills. Smaller amounts lead to

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to 31 cents delivered at the mill, »

to $1.53 leaving the mill as newsprint; and. at 5 cents per newspaper. it will reach

the.

reader in printed form at a lot- '

31 price of $7.60.

Newsprint and similar prod- ucts made from softwood now together make Canada's most important export; this year they will again achieve records. This city. poised the “meeting place of the wet ers", has long typified this old Canadian industry. The com- mercial exploltatlon of the for- est: surrounding Ottawa has built greater fortunes than the more widely-known political ac- tivities in Ottawa. But the "0.0. Fs" remain quite indifferent that their "sub-arctic lumber- ing village" was, 95 years ago, ' onverted into a political cock- pit." -

at

new.

headache. confusion, dizziness. blurred vtalon, thick s p e e c h. nausea, and vomiting. Heed the warning signals and head for the fresh air to avoid becom- ing a statistic. Anyone found unconscious in a closed garage must be removed to fresh air.

S ta r t artificial respiration (mouth to month) while waiting for the physician or the p tor squad.

Incomplete combustion is due to faulty mechanisms. The most common offenders are poorly vented gas heaters. plugged or leaky chimneys, and exhaust from the car.

The installation of gas applI~ slices or a heating system re- quires an expert and is not a do- ll-yourself job. This is the time of ye a r to have the furnace checked and to get rid of faulty heating units Ask the gas com- pany to check for leaking car- bon monoxide gas. Meanwhile. avoid poorly ventilated rooms or tourist c a bin s containing quesliopable gas heaters.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical lcs if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request.)

SALT INTAKE

V.T. writes: Is too much salt

bad for you? REPLY

Most healthy people can as at reasonable amounts of salt with- out concern. The excess is elim- inated by the kidneys so that the concentration in the body re- mains constant. Individuals with dropsy or high blood./ pressure should limit their intake. This applies also to persons with a‘ tendency toward hypertension. In such instances, salt aggra- vates the blood pressure hnd en- courages the accumulation of more fluid in the tissues.

DRINKING DOLLARS

E.II. writes: What danger is done to a man's body by drink- his 830 to $40 worth of whisky every Saturday?

REPLY

Plenty. but the amount of money spent on liquor is no crit- erion of the damage done unless he buys it by the case and sits home alone drinking it all. Thir- ty to $40 does not last long at a bar if the drinker passes out $10 tips and buys a few rounds for the house.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT-

Smallpox still exists.

- NOTESBY THE WAY T

The best way Is ..eatartala some folks is to listen to them.

— It. Cailherlnea standard.

Ole brick-lsyill lab was held up because the meson couldn't find a carpenter to sharpen his pencil. - Brandon Sun.

As lasectoloelst a wasp works harder than a bee does. But we don't brag on the wasp for being industrious. as he do- esn't m a k e honey to us to steel. — Woodstock Sentinel-Rm view.

Ald. Claude Bennett a are that the any wasted 0830 when it sent him to a recent air pol-

utlou control convention in Chl- csgo. He found acleattlfic jargon too complicated. The alderman deserves some sort of citation for his honesty. — Ottawa Citizen.