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THE GUARDIAN

Authorlled II Seouml Clllc Mlll Poll QHIOO Department. Ottawa: The lllund Guardian Pilbllllllng Co. (llB(.'UI.A'l'l0N

Total City Zone Retail Trading Zone All other I'otIl Net Ful . . Editor and Managing Director. J. I Burnett Associate Editor, Frlnir Wllker "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

cusutorrirrown snrunnnr. AUGUST 23. mo Strikes and Bombs

No Canadian would accuse the Brother- hood of Railway Unions of Communism or even sympathy for Communist-governed unions; but there can be little doubt that the strike of Canadian railroad workers is being gleefully noted in the Kremlin.'

Twelve atomic bombs, one on each of the major cities of Canada, could not have caused the disruption now being experien- ced.

It is also without question that the same men. now on strike, would risk their lives to restore service in the event of such a direct attack.

The public should understand and appre- ciate tlhis seeming paradox.

Our Railway Brotherhood is the senior and often referred to as the elite labour organization in the country. It is also the most tightly knit in the world. Its members have great pride in their organization. Membership means more than just working for the same company. Wise leadership has assured that the ramifications of obligations extend far beyond compulsory obedience. Their sense of iibelonging" is even stronger than in fraternal organiza- tions and service clubs. .

It is clear then that few if any Railway Brethren would forego their privileges and rights as members and risk financial security and social opprobrium by pursu- ling any course of action contrary to their deskmates or community" group.

The regrettable part is that such a dis- tinguished and worthwhile brotherhood should have to resort to using the K. O. on the nation. Not one of the local railway people who have expressed themselves. thought matters would go that far. Even on Monday afternoon they were incredulous of such a catastrophe. Other lesser unions might use the strike as a final weapon, but the Canadian Railway Brotherhood? Very unlikely!

But the unlikely thing has happened! And we may be sure that there will be no i-ecanltation on the part of any locals. True, there may be a lot of questions for bung- ling leaders to answer at the next national convention, but that is the Brotherhood's private business. Parliament too will re- quire an accounting of the method; used by the Railway Association, that is the business of the public generally. -Right now settlement of the dispute rests with top leaders and will be a compromise which might just as well have been made months ago. , f '

The important point is that there should be no bitterness or recrimination on either side, for when the strike is ended both management and brotherhood will do their utmost to maintain Canada as a force to be reckoned with in International affairs.

Battle for Men's Minds

A lot of prominent Canadians seem to have fallen for 'the communist-inspired iPeace Petitionl which.had its origin in the recent Stockholm Conference of the so- .called Permanent World Committee for Peace. Labor Progressive Party officials in Toronto claim that more than 200,000

i.Canadians have already signed the peti- ftion. Communist party boss Tim Buck says that his objective is 500,000 signatures by October 10, which the Reds have designat- ed as International Peace Day. . The Tribune, a Communist weekly pub- llcation in Toronto, has given considerable play to the names of some who have sign- cd the Petition, purpose of whic.i is clear- ly to serve as a propaganda weapon in the Kremlin's strategy in the battle for men's minds. Many Canadians, innocent , dupesof this latest Communist dodge, have - been shocked to find themselves d.i'J'o3:l l, b Is supporters of Moscow. Immediate re-

action of some is to demand the banning-

of the Communist Party in Canada. 0 Driving the Communists underground would be the worst possible course to fol- - ' -low at the-moment. So long as Communist ' . Activity in this country is confined to the ' v battle of ideas, the struggle can be waged ii "incl-e'eff3ct,ivaly.ln tin. ogm. 1'31; 0 l ',,v.. qncznont it-becon'ies.'appai;ent that law and - - in bqlngfthreatcneid, then" -tiie,oov- out A "act, and (of effectively, by A and Com-

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-EDI FORIAI. NOTIES

Tomorrow the 12th Sunday after Trinity. 0 C U

H. R. H. Prince Richard Alexaiigier Wal- ter George, second son of H. R! H. the Duke of Gloucester, born this date 1944.

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.Today will probably be the. last oppor- tunity for the settlement of the Railway strike before Parliament meets on Tues- day. ' 0

Another "First" for the Province is Mr. R. L. Cotton's irrigation system at South- port Memorial Nursery. It is practical,

efficient and cheap. I

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Maritime Central Airways is ciertainiy pulling its weight both in maintaining civil communications and in "Operation Airlift"

'to speed the movement of recruits. O I 0

Navy men have been carrying their heads a little higher since the landing party from the Athabaskan launched this country's first land attacks in the Korean campaign. ?

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On Monday, unless a settlement is reach- ed, the United States as well as Canada will find itself involved in a country-wide railway (or rather railroad) strike. The tourists who fled this country may not

even be able to travel about their own. ' O O O

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The committee of attorneys-general seems to have reached considerable agree- ment on amending procedures for the con- stitution. It augurs well for the success of the general Dominion-Provincial constitu- tional conference in Quebec next Septem- ber 25th.

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A free one-way passage to Canada from Glasgow was recently advertised by the North Country Cheviot Sheep Society. The only condition' was that the successful ap- plicant must be ”able,and willing to look after 34 North Country Cheviot sheep en routq from Glasgow to Quebec."

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When the Government's White Paper on defence is made public we should have the official views on the military situation and concrete proposals for meeting this coun- tryis international commitments. Discuss- ion should thereafter be much more to the point than is yet possible.

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Northumberland Ferries have demon- strated the incalmllable service they can render in time of labour trouble, off and on the Island. The management, officers and crew are deserving of the highest praise for the magnificent service they have rendered the Province at this critical period.

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Requests for adjustments in the cost-of- living bonus and for inclusion within the city-operated pension plan were received by the Saint John board of school trustees from a delegation representing employees of the board. A committee to be named by Mr. Stanley F. Jamieson, chairman of the board, will examine and report on the re- quests.

The Lord Mayor of Londonls National Thanksgiving Fund is growing at the rate of 51,000 (more than 33,000) a day. Chief aim of this Fund is to build a centre in London for students from the British Com- monwealth and the United States, as a gesture of gratitude for Canadian hospital- lty to children war guests, and for gift par- cels, of an estimated value of 580 million, sent to Britain from these countries, dur- ing and since the war.

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Canned luncheon meat, once thought of as a pantry extra, has in the past decade developed into the main course of many I meal in Canada and a multl-million-dollar business besides. Given a great impetus by the demands of the armed services during the war, canned meats sky-rocketted in volume from 1940 to 1946, according to I review of production figures made recent- ly by the Canadian Division of the.Amerl- can Can Company. The output in 1949 was 46,419,000 pounds, approximately five tlmds the average annual pre-war volume.

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l Eleven years ago, on August 26, 1939, I number of units of Canada's Non -Perman- ent Active Militia received an urgent call to arms. Approximately 100 units and for- mation: were affected by the order which constituted this country's first major step inpreparedness in anticipation of war. The majority of the men was immediately 4:- slgned to guard duty on armouries and military buildings throughout the Domin- ion. Less than I week later on September 1, 1939, the" calling out on active Iarvlce Ind the organization of the 1st and 2nd

Scrvtce Force, was authorized.

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This column is open to the g E".Flu'hHu'i-'uH-'U'.n'l-'o"-5!-'n'in'ln'lf-Hf-' g

discussion by wuclpondents DEMOCRACY AT CROSSROADS

of questions of interest. The Guardian doesnot ncccuIr-

ily cndo the opinion of wt . espoudentl.

Sir,-To strike or not to strike! That is the question. Once again democracy is at the cross roads. Who governs the country, Parlia- ment or the Labor Union? For that question we have no answer. For the past hundred years we have been watching the gradual transfer of power from the hands of the few to the hands of the many. Today the final court of appeal is the Labor Union.

Shall the work of the world proceed in its usual channels? Parliament says -"Yes"; and the Union says ”No", and through the agency of the general strike the Union can bring the wheels of trade and commerce to a stand- still. Through strike pressure the people of the United States have accepted the principle that the worker is entitled to I 5200 a month retiring allowance after he has worked 30 or 40 years, and that the hours of labor may grad- ually be reduced to the vanishing point. Today in Canada we have been asked whether we are ready to accept the principle of the 40- hour week, and complete paraly- sis of industry is the penalty if we answer in the negative.

Just consider for I moment what a 40-hour week means. There are still 168 hours in a week, and the railway must oper- ate 24 hours a day. That means that four complete gangs of men must be trained and paid for mov- ing a complete unit from Halifax to Vancouver every week. As the work week shortens the cost of doing business goes up.

But transportation is only one of the many concerns of the Gov- ernment. Supposing the primary producer, the man who cultivates the soil, should draw all his voting and striking power together and demand 55.00 I day, and I 40-hour week and I retiring allowance of 5200 I month. and four weeks hol- idays I year with pay. and set October 1st Is the striking date. Nonsense, you will say. But that is just the situation that Parliam- ent in I democratic state confronts every hour of the day, every day of the year. Parliament never knows what group of workers "may go on strike, nor what their demands may be.

It has been apparent for many months that the costs of transport- ation are too high. Just why they should be added to in the middle of a world war is not easy to un- derstand. What is really needed is some person or persons in charge of our transportation system who can show us how to lessen the cost. It would seem that longer hours. lower wages. and more cf- flclent service, would he steps in the right direction. It is just pos- sible that the railway Is ii means of transportation is becoming ob- solete. It is just possible that when the force contained in the atom is released and harnessed we may have I power that will trans- port commodities twenty ilmes at fast If one twentieth of the cost.

It is difficult to see what value calling Parliament together It the present moment can hIvc except to increase the cost of Govern- ment, which It present ll: much too high. If the Government wou declare I nIilonIl emerg- enc , utIbllIh'I rnllltury dictator- Ihlp Ind order the rIilwIy work- ers back to wocklwc would huvc the fooling. "now. we Ira begin- ning to live". '

The politlccl Ithiolpbcrc in which we have been living for tho put few years -bu become increisingly depreulng. If the Govcrnmepi 26 non I10. lull It the time that the labor union were becoming phyclully powerl- mi-iand mentally went. had not a” outlnwed the general otrlkc instead of blndlnl out cltlunohlp plpdrl. Ind ldctlgning ' nItionIl may and Ibollrlilng appeal: to the Privy Council. we would hive nocctriko on our bunk-today. A

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All tho and: of the earth ulnu . member. and turn unto flu Lord. Ind all the ktlmlred of the nlltimu shall worship before Thee.

For the Kingdom to the Lord's. and Ho h the governor Imong the tuition. be splitting asunder. Two thous- and years ago, "what can I give" was suggested as the first prin- clpletof conduct. Today not many of us have advanced beyond the more elementary consideration, ”what do I get". when giving and not getting becomes the primary consideration of labor the millen- ium has begun. -

The right to strike-A group of employees have no more right to strike, and bring industry to a standstill then they would have the right to rob a bank, to blow up a railway track, or to set a city on fire!

I am, Sir, etc., '

VERNON CROCKETT. Little York. P. E. l.

PICTURES l

sir. - so many pictures accum- ulated to be I joy in quiet mom- entsl There was the day at Murreii, Switzerland. We had come up by funicular from Lautcrbrunnen to the plateau that hangs above the Lauterbrunncn valley, travelled thrcugh the small town of wooden chalets, shops, and hotels, and cm- erged on to the flowery Alps be- yond. Around us was spread I car- pet of lovely Alpine flowers embed- ded in brilliant green. Every step taken, trcd underfoot jewels of wonderful colour. Ahead stretched the long range of the Bernese Alps, glittering Ind glistening white in the sun. against a deep blue sky. silence, sunshine, vlvld colour. air crisp and clean; and glowing, icy Alpine magnificence - it was no wonder thIt heart and mind were fined with I sense of humil- ity and Adoration. ,

There was the single street. vil- lage in Luxembourg on the road Lroin Errelbruck to Clulrvaux. Rom- mel's army, and then the Ameri- cans had been through two years before us. Two houses It the and of the street had escaped with minor damage to roofs, Ind walls pitted with shrapnel. The remaining houses were either heaps of ruins, or had the ground floor inhabited, although barely habitable. The ground floor rooms of the end houses had been converted into shops of which one window exhib- ited for sole rich pastries, the oth- er showed the latest things in elec- tric washers, stoves and nuchllke. There should be A moral to that picture. but only an economist. hllosopher or psychologist would be likely to find it.

There was the early evening in summer at 'stInley Bridge in Prince llllclwnrd Island, when we looked across the river 'l.o.t.hc richly wooded slopes It the cppoa- itc side. 'mcrc was serenity, I rich loveliness and pace in the picture. with its green: blending from light to the sharp upstanding dukness of the clumps of spruce, the bx-ll. liant green: of the fields, Ind the glancing ripple Ind broken. reflec- tlcna of the water, tliIt gave oom- fort to I mind tired of the grccds Ind inbred: that seem to be rock- ing clviliutlon to its foundations.

There was the evening in Mut- ton, neur Intcrlnken, when I set

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MILITARY FORCE REMOVED

Excerpt from an address of the Legislative Assembly to the Colon- ial Secretary, September, I954:

"Although we have long since

been made acquainted with the in- tention of Her Majesty's Govern- ment ln regard to the final removal of the small ntllitiiry force station- ed in this Colo y, we cannot avoid regarding that occurrence with sin- cere regret. It has been the opinion of former Houses of Assembly. as it is unquestionably the opinion of the present one, that this Colony possesses , " r claims to the fos- tering cure and protection of the mother country; because, It the time of its first settlement, the government of England thought proper to bestow all the land in the Colony upon some few individuals, thereby lessening the means at the disposal of the'local government, for supporting n. military Is well as A civil establishment. ' "Theiother Colonies huvc exteri- sive tracts of valuable lands. from which a. large revenue is derived, but this colony is suffering from the disposal of its soil, and yet Her Majesty's Government have not only provided for I considerable military force in each of those Colonies, but have allowed such force. to A certain extent. to re- main stationed there.

"From the position of this Is- land-great numbers. often amount.- in to” d ofthe -"L

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. Brlticluiru laugh off the expecta- tion of tougher times. A cartoon in I Inndon newspaper shown I Ibup- fcnturcd mgllalnwoinnn reading I paper whose headline blues: "Out- look - Austerity”. Her husband stands in I corner, clothed only in I barrel. snap: the wlfcl: 'Oh. Alistair. don't be so d.rnniatlc".-- WIII Street Journal.

Min koocbud Yellow Robe In the daughter of a Sioux Indian chief and director of In American Indian recreational camp on Long Island. she has heard and read the word "Ugh!" in enough films and star- ies of American life to make her pronounce it with a long and shud- dering inflection. "Why", she asks. "does everyone expect dlans to say ltlgh!" in the movies They can speak perfectly good lhigllsh." Even allowing for a certain number of uninterested grunt: ,ln aboriginal

ed that .l more literal rendition of the red man's meaning would be conveyed by "I-Iumphl" rather than "Ugh!" We are Iware that this item in phllology will come as ll heavy blow to many young followers of Hopalong Cassldy or the Lone Ran- ger who may or may not have heard of Kit Carson and Daniel Boone. Nevertheless, for us, Miss Yellow Robe has spoken. I-low! -Christian Science Monitor. '

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Mnyor W. S. Beaten. Sudbury's well-known and well-liked city father. makes 5 claim which he's likely to be asked to defend. In is circular letter inviting civic leaders to attend the Ontario Munclpal As- sociation convention slated for Sud- bury. August 31, September 1 and 2. Mayor Beaten says in part: "Sud- blirv. one of Ontario's most progres- sive municipalities and Capital of the North with a population of 48- 662 - extends a cordlnl and hearty welcom to . . . "wr agree with Mayor Bmon. Sudbury is "one of Ontario's most progressive munici- palities". But when did it suddenly take on the title, "Capital of the North?" We always thought Sud- burians were content to call them- selves cltlzenc of the Nickel City. But not Mayor Benton, he fancies "Capital of the North". Now we re- spectfully suggest. seeing that. he's made the claim Mayor Benton should izo about proving that Sud- bury is the North's capital. if capl-

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ld crvackint - .6 p in " hlch spend around that city in cars. looting horn: Ind cumin; , hazard to normIl tnfflc”. The lm.. flc inspeoinr says "We won't mu. Inyaympathy for ucwlywcdi yhg go around the city in can uh crazy". The noise they nuke in 11. legal there just I! it is in Cglgury and citizens there are demanding Y-hut 13 bl. HODPOCL Occulnunlly Calgary. policemen do write ticket. for offending wedding motoring but -the word hunt got lround in to put I stop to the unbgu-.51, honking and dlmlpefui road-hog. glng. A few at!!! penalties mlgm impress on newlyweds and their frlends that their bliss im't I good enough excuse for making other gople mlsenble. -Calgary Alba. Ii. '

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I x STRANGE GLOBY

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Because for miles tmong the nu rlcd hills. Bright, spicy trees have cfgckleg Th to thteir1deI . is sunse hr ngs 9. drl pl brush that spills D M The drops of light which redden summer's breath. Where once was innocence of farmland smoke. Where once, but simple him: when

shore llnc lay And heard calm words the cool gray rlpplcs 9.

Now comes strange glory to cm grave cool gray,

Not stranger could be swovd mg- calibur

Then glow half seen. beyond . point of land

Remlnglng of the sculet dam of

r. As sunset fires each ripple lnu brand. Sudden and indescribable upon thl lake-

Ara brands that human hand may never take.

tal it is. -North Bay Nugget.

--Elizabeth Crawford Yates

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8 of the neighboi-inb Republic hav- ing recourse to our shores during the summer season .- I military force would seem to be required for the preservation of tranquility more so than in any of Her Majes- ty's North American provinces. But from the well known loyalty of me people of this country, we appre- hend no hitcmiptlon to the public firariquillty from the withdrIwIl of the Troops. Nevertheless, we shall make such provision I: may in some measure supply their place. co for u the means It our dlnponl will warrant us in doing - trultlng that when the circumstnnceu which required the removal of the mill- tIry have ceued to exist, this 13- land will be placed on In equal footink. u . , 3.. this matter. with the other colonies." '

off to walk across the Hohcmntte to the xulrnal. The way led through an overlacingl avenue of lime trees. the scent of which was sweet and nostalgic in the darkness. At the end of the long tunnel of 'ollnge shone the lights of the Kursual. and, as I walked slowly and alone, the opening bars of Schubert's Unfinished symphony stole out from the concert room Ind blend. ed with the night Ind aura and lime Perfume to make I picture and In experience I shnll never forget.

Thou. Ind so many more pict- ures can make for us Ill, the re. Insurance thnt in the midst of so much strife Ind ugllneu thcrc in I benuty .i.hIt in etcrml. Ind I wisdom there for the seeking.

'And oft when on my couch I lie. In vacant or in pensive niocd. They flash upon tliut inward on Which is the bliss of solitude)

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