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THE GUARDIAN,

CHARLOTTETOWN

NOVEMBER V21, 1951

THE GUARDIAN

Iuthoi-luv! as Second Cluu Mull Pout Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

CIRCULATION Total City Zone .............................. 3.70.3 Ilctall Trading Zone 8,4571 All Others 831: Total Net ruld -.,. - 13.049!

- . i Pi-csldiiiit uml Associate Editor, lun A. lsurnettf I Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink".

('iIAlfLl)'IlTElli0lV'N. lVF.DNl'2Sl)Al'. NOV. 21. i95l

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Mr. Churchill's Reminder

Princess Elizabeth's glowing tributes to

Canada, paid at the "welcome home" ban-,ually doing what should be done . quet tendered her in the Guildhall, Lon- year-picking over their potatoes in stor- don, were supplemented by Prime Minister age 0'19 by 000-

Churchill in equally warm and appreciative, terms. ”Therc are", said the Prime Min-. istcr. "no limits to the majestic. future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virilc, cultured and gen- erous-hcarted people." llc called Canada the "vital link" in the English-speaking world. joining across the Atlantic the vast. American dcniocracy to the cities "of our' L'llll()llS old island."

it is worth noting that a few days pre- viously Mr. Churchill gave the Canadian (iovcrnment its cue to take the initiative in encouraging a greater volume.of Brit- ish immigration to this country. Obvious- ly the British Government would have to ease regulations that discourage immigra- tion, but Mr. Churchill has indicated that the situation is serious enough. to warrant top-level discussion of the possibilities. In its:-iissing Britain's financial crisis before the new session of the House of Commons lilst week, the new Prime Minister re- ferred to the "50 million people crowded in our small island which produces food for only three-fifths of them, and we have to earn the rest by exporting manufactures for which we must first import the raw materials."

Canada. iiilialiiterl by only it 'million: people and with its ;:rcat resources await-I ing developmcnt, could absorb much

ofilll a British ship profoundly shocks

sent in insufficient quantities or in a form in which they are not readily available to plants.

, Soil analysis requires a high degree of accuracy on the part of the laboratory technician and care in selecting represent- ative samples.

The farmer's fertilizer dollar will go further when he knows by scientific tests exactly what he wants to apply to his land.

IEDIIORIAI. Notes

Armistice. by Christmas is not a very liricht prospect at the moment. ' O I O '

At this years improved prices and rel- ative scarcity of potatoes, farmers are act- every

Canada has adopted the British Cen- turian tank chiefly because it is "available" but apart from that its 20-pounder gun makes it formidable compared, say, with the 2-pounders and 4-pounders with which Auchinleck and Rommel fought in 1941.

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Those official changes in the local Gov- ernment departments might indicate there soon will be a change at the head. Any- way both the Premier and Mr. Matlieson have been away from their offices at the same time.

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Sir Thomas Gresham, English merch- ant, banker, goldsinith and ambassador, died this date 1579. His advice to Eliz- abeth to replace the debased coinage was on the theory referred to by later econ-

omists as ”Gresham's Law." U O 0

While this Province is experimenting with simply-built trench silos, the Exper- imental Farm at Ottawa has developed a de luxe model of steel coated with glass. The advantages of the latter are probably great but it will hardly be surprising if farmers here are content to dig their silos.

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The idea of 9 floor-scrubbing machine

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Britain-S Surplus p0pu1a,i0,Land relieve the gMontreal Star which, of course, invokes the

.Mr. Churchill.

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they are almost identical. practical to assure the welfare of a large iiuiiihcr of British people in Canada. the

hesitate to act. ince points out. in an editorial comment on

more people, both to develop her and to guard it.

ish stock. resourceful, skilled, free and deep- ly iiiihucd with the highest. ideals of dcmoc-i llfl(il'.

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They do things differently in Yonkers, New York. and when police decided to strike against refusal of a pay increase they just worked harder than ever. result. has been that almost the only Y0nkcr's resident. who has escaped being summoned to court is one Dr. Morris Wood- row who cannily put. a notice on his car ;i'cading: "I voted Yes'.''

The point is that in Yonkers as in all

too many places there are so many laws and regulations that it is a rare citizen in- deedwho goes for long without violating somc.of them. Ordinarily the police use a good deal of discretion in issuing sum- monses for otherwise traffic, courts and public would be permanently bogged down in mass prosecutions. ' It is the habit of legislators to deal with every problem that comes up by passing a law about it. There should be a designated committee for every law-making body .charged with the duty of being as active -in repealing obsolete laws as their fellows are in proposing new ones.

Trace Elements

The vital importance of the many elements which are found in minute quant- ities in the soil has been strikingly dem- onstrated in New Zealand. Molybdenum, 'one of the trace elements, as they are cal- led, was applied to land in that Dominion in the form of soluble sodium molybdate at the rate of 2V2 ounces to the acre, with astonishing results.

The increase in pasture growth was" in mine cases as much as one hundred per

better than a big transfusion of good Brit-t t f t. cos 0 opera lOllS.

izovcriimcnts of both countries should not aV'".ag?.c05 As me Vancom,e,. prov"! gratifyingly low 1.28 per cent of the total

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”crowdinc in our small island" that worricsishades of Nelson It Seems Probable: h0W' i lever, that if sanding machines had been .Thc interests of all the Englisli-speak-Fvailable f01' the deck5 Of Nelson's Victory- plesg inside me Commonwealth anmthe holy-stones would have been heaved out of it", are now so closely allied thatioverboard mme 1:13" 150 Years 330-

k The Department of National Revenue

tis understandably pleased at keeping the

t of ccillection since 1917 at the

of i315,642,519,495. One of the factors,

Mr. Cliurchill's statement, Canada nccds however! i”. keeping d0w" the Cost t0 the wealth Government is that a very substantial pa1't

She couid have nothing of the cost of collecting is borne by busi-

nesses which must merely add it to the

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If there be not a Federal general elec- lion in June, it is not likely there will be one till next year. June,.however, seems to be the psychological time, as the Gov- ernment stands in well with the people due to old age pensions, abundance of surplus funds to do what they like with, and Prime

The ;Minister St. Laurent still at the helm. He

desires to retire before the election, how- ever, and allow Pearson, Claxton, or Ab- bott to take the lead with his moral sup- port, Out of politics r. St. Laurent

,would then be in a position to become the i first

Canadian Governor-General when

Lord Alexander retires in June 1953. O O 0 If department store advertising of- ficials stick to present plans, a determined effort. will be made to make this Christmas the "best ever”, says Mr. Howard P. Abra- hams, sales promotion manager, the Na- tional Retail Dry Goods Association. The current slack in consumer buying, says Mr. Abrahams, is one of the chief reasons un- derlying store plans for the holiday season, bolstered by still-too-high inventories and the need for all-out effort if lat year's high sales figures are to be beaten. In many stores a higher advertising outlay will be necessary to attract customers in the same numbers as patronized stores a year ago, he adds. 0 O The autoista pay the treasury plenty for the luxury or necessity of running a car. Comparative figures of combined ex- chic and sales tax remitted to the govern- ment by the Canadlan automobile industry in 1950 and 1951 are as follows:

1950 1051 January .............. .. 6 5,653,275 6 9,824,771 February . .......... 6,404,314 11,683,878 March 7,299,215 13,445,600 April .... .. 6,480,370 14,530,061 Tax increase in effect here. 6,294,159 17,130,180 8,140,250 17,719,281 8,865,490 13,761,682 7,157,981 - 11,227,406 6,704,027 7,821,961 October 8,816,351 November ............ 9,222,674

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of questions of interest. The Guardian does not. necessar- lly endorse the opinion of wucspondents.

BALKAN HISTORY Sir.--iii your issue of November 6th you give a report of an ad- di-oss to the Rotnrians by Mr. D. I. D. llozmiin and quote him as saying: "Toward the end of the lilth Crnlury the Serbs rPfIiIIl1- ed their frcedoiii with the help of Russia und in 1912 they fell. 50 strong, thnt with the help of Bul- garia, Montenegro and Rumnnlu. they declared war on Turkey” Mr. Rozman either overlooked some historical data or was not aware of the true facts with re- gards to events of 1912 in the Balkans.

The war against Turkey in 1912 was waged by Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece nnd Montenegro. Monte- negro fired the first shot on the 5th Octorber 1912 find was follow- ed by the other three Balkan al- lies. Towards the end of Oc- tober the nrniies of the allies wcrc defeating; Turkey by occupylnf: different sections of what was known then as "European Tur- key". On the 26th October Greek troops occupied Sulonilm, Bul- garia scizcd Adrlunople and pro- ceeded to Chat.-ilzi.-i fncnr Con- stantinople). Turkey found it im- possible to bring reinforcements from Asia. its the Greek nnvy blockadcd the Darfliiiiellcs. A num- her of times Turk:-y's novy on- deuvoi'cd to break the blockade but suffered heavy casualties and had to retire to thc Dardnnellcs. Serbia hnd occupied Scopln in the meantime. The Great Powers then intervened nnd the peace treaty with Turkey was signed in Lon- don on May 30, 1913.

Almost at once fighting begun among the former nllics. Bulgaria had clulnied more than half of the conquered territory nnd Scr- bia. Greece and Montenegro would not ngrec. us they wished to un- nox some of the same territory tlint. Bulizzirin did. Rumnnin nlso joined them as that country also had an old quarrel with Bulgaria over liouiirlarles.

While they were fighting, Tur- kcygtook back some of the land she had formerly lost. and was al- lowed to retain it when the final treaty of peace was made. Bul- gnrin thinking she was the strong- on clnlmed territory that win in- linbitetl by Greek: nnd Serhlnns. It became Impossible to come to terms. Greece and Serbia called on the Tsar of Russia to mediate settlement. Bulgaria refused nnd by the end of June, 1913. with un- declared war unexpectedly attack- ed the Greek and Serbian troops.

In the beginning the Gr:-gks nnd Serbian: were forced to give ground. but after recovering from the unsuspecttd attack the Bul- mirlan troops were forced to re- treat and this was when Romonla entered the picture 'iind invaded Bulgaria. The Romanian troops marched to Sofia without firing in round of ammunition. Bul- garia was forced to sign a treaty and lost. two of her best prov- lnees to Rumonlo.

In the meantime Turkey saw her chnnce nnd occupied Adrian- ople which she still retains as mentioned above. Therefore tip only thing Rumnnln did was to stab Bulgaria in the back an Mul- sollni did to France in the last war. King F-rdlnand of Bul- gnrin wns- an Auui-Ian and Aun- trla-I-lungary being then powerful wanted to have an outlet to the Aegean Sea and through comptr- ncy wal able to break the Balkan alliance in June 1913.

We now come to Yugoslavia (Serbil) And so often -we hear Ind and obout. Whit. 'TiW' will do in the wont of naming war. I really hope he will carry out. what he lay: and not what. Yugoslavia did on the 6th April 106! when Geri-nany invaded Yugoslavia by bo ” Lling Belgrade and then without resistance the horde: overrun Yugallavlo and attached the (lack lrfllieq in the

rear. The Greek mute: had been fighting victmloiuly over the Italian troop! surge Octdicr IMO.

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LONDON, England :-

soon after the results of last month's general election showed that Winston Churchill was to be at tho head of our affairs, one of our national newspapers drew u comparison between the present. day and 1940, when for the first time in his career Churchill be- come Prime Minister. The similar- ity of circumstance was, of course, not difficult. to see. Then. as now, the tide of our fortunes was at It pretty low ebb, and if the dangers that beset us in 1951 are perhaps less immediately mortal than they were eleven years ago they are still grave enough in.their impli- cation.

But how to bring home to the nation the real gVl'6VlfY"5f-Ellfill: nation on the strength of implied dangers may well be the Govern- ment's most difficult task. If they can do that, other problems may solve themselves: once the innss of people realise what. they are up against; there can be little doubt that our troubles will be as good as over.

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When Winston Churchill took over the Premiership in 1940 that. ivns one difficulty he did not. have in face. Evefybody knew what. we were confronted with. The fight for our very existence was on We wcre all set. and ready to go, and the job of the Government was to co-ordinate our energies into the proper channels. The fuels of the matter had been brought home to us in unmistakable terms when our armies were flung out of the continent of Europe, and when the bombs begun to fall on our cltles and towns they only under- lined the writing that we had seen on the wall.

Today we are mercifully spared that kliid of horror and in that respect. we ore better off. Instead of the prospect of sudden death or nialmlni; we have the danger of national bankruptcy. and in com- parison that doesn't. seem nearly as frightening. Instead of the dim- gci of invasion. defeat and subju- gation we have the possibility of wholesale unemployment and a degree of austerity that. wbuld make what we have experienced so for seem like the very lap of lux- ury.

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Of course, no one can say we havenlt. been told. We have heard the word "crisis" so many times in recent years that we have become in little tired of the sound of it: and therein, perhaps, lies our greatest peril-apathy. There have been so many crises that. we have become inui-ed to them and the very word itself has fallen into somethi like contempt. Every crisis em to Iteal upon us like a cot upon I pigeon. Every time then: was much talk of cuts in this and that, hard times ahead. belt-tightening. and the inevitable Dollar Gap. We heard all about it. on the radio and we read nbout. ft. in the papers. But. that seemed to be about an llr u it. went. No- thing ever seemed to change, and certainly things didn't seem to get any worse. In the end it. was only too euy to usume that when the Government talked about these things they were tolkinc for their own benefit, that they were the one: who had to worry. and that their ci-ills announcements wereln the nature of information about how they were turning their keep.

It in all very ' ' i of the

-'?t- . ., :9. ........ .. ?--,.-,..-gt-.-nae-Iv--.-o .u. - PUBLIC FORUM . Notes From it .3 Old Charlottetown T ,' This column in open to the AHOHIET 'Sl6IId (.i mm: 9- E U discussion by correspondents By ..AnMm.. E;

ALBERTON COURT HOUSE

"The new Court House in Al- bertoii has at length been finish- ed. at least so f:ir us to be applied to its intended use. The building in very neat in appearance, and. as taians we can learn, the work is well performed. The basement coiitaliis half-a-dozen cells, lie- sides two apartments intended for r. keeper whenever such a func- t.onnry will be tliuiizlit necessary. About. two-thirds of the Court- room ls furnished with plalh sub- stantial scats. while abou one- third is occupied by the Judge's desk and the open space for sult- ors. Altogether, the room will prob- ably sent about. l.'i0 persons. The ceiling is moderately high and the windows nicely arched.

"We some time ago spoke of the

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which certainly are standing ad- vertisements to those who per- formed the work. We hear a good deal of complaint wlt.li respect to the lllgf,'m'dlll'lc5s displayed in not adding some ten or a dozen feet. tr the size of the building, as the village is fast growing in import- ancc. This would certainly not add very much to the expense, while the increase in capacity would be considerable. The Host. stupid de- fect. we observe l': the building, however, is a complete want. of ventilation, unless hy the miser- able and nld-fnsliioiied mode of opening wliidnws . . .

"we stepped in the other day while the court was in session, and. though the crowd was not large, the air was quite stifling. As we looked up at the expensive cen- tre piece and cornice. we could not help thinking how much the com- fort nnd healthfulness of the room would be improved by applying oiie-fifth of the superfluous ex- pcnse put on these. in providing means of nllnwing the vltinted air tn escnpc. We trust however. to see the defect in question remed- ied before long.

"As the village is iioiv ivlthout. any suitable place in which to hold public incetliiizs, we are pleas- ed to learn that the Government have consented to nllow the new Court Room to be used for that purpose, except for meetings of a political character."

-Albcrton Pioneer, March 7, 1878

YOUTH AND AGE V T Dewdrops are the gems of mom-

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But the tears of mournful eve!

where! no hope is, life's a worn- n

g . That only serves to make us

grieve. When we are old! Thu only serves to make us

grieve with oft and tedious taking- leave, Like some poor nlrh-related guest That may not rudely be dlunllt. Yet hath outatay'd his welcome

while, And tells the Jest. without. the smile.

-Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

There is I hopeful future for the fish industry on the Island and in the Mai-lttmes. There are new markets opening up all over the United States, especially in the mid-west. with modern meth- ods of fishing and transportation. this Island could become as fa- mouo for fish as for seed potatoes. In 1914, 68456917 pounds of cod were salted song the Atlantic coast of the ntted States. In 1940, there were only 17,737,263 pounds of cod united in the same area. But they now import 58 mil- lion pounds of domestic ground fish annually; only about W: of the total import. is from Canada. Thus, there is ii demand for far more than we have been able to supply in the desired form. Be- sides the U. 5.. there are other prospective markets. Last. spring an order from Liberia was receiv- ed on Prince Edwkrd Island for 10,000 cases of mac erel. This in- dictates that there are markets for more fish than we can supply at the present time.

At present there are 44 fish canning plants operating on the Island. These small plants have insufficient volume to warrant the purchase and use of modern ms- cliinery and most of the by-pro- ducts are wasted. If there were 1,1 the number of cannei-lea, our flshermen would have higher re- turn: resulting from the elimina- tion of the present unnecessary and costly duplication.

Cannot the Island people re- organize the processing and mark- eting phase of their fishing indus- try, soon? If the people do not take action there is a danger that the job of re-organlzatioii and in- i-astnient. will be done by outside cap to), leaving Island plants- both cooperative and private-to languish and die while control of our promising Island fishing in- dustry is assumed by vested in- terests. from the primary produc-

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At the present time the tonnage of fish landed on the Island may not be enough to make it profit- able to utilize all the by-products; thus there is the need for more fishing di-taggers to increase the volume and thereby also make it possible for fish by-products" to be processed profltnbly. Present day trends are to get away from the salt cod industry and start fitsli fish processing. There promises to be both.a-good living and a future in this phase of fishing.

There is great. need for exten- sive research along the lines of processing the great quantities of herring which are easily caught. in many of the Maritime waters. De- mand for this flab would be in- creased if it were cured to meet the various consumer tastes, and attractively packaged for merch- andising purposes. It might. be quite feasible to install some smoking -equipment and investig- ate some other processing tech- niques from cooperative fishing departments in other parts of the world, especially Germany. This might first require an amalgama- tion or re-organization of local plants in order to be assured of sufficient volume to operate effic- lently.

In recent. weeks a new drug- ger development in the Boui-ls area has pi ' amazing results. According to unofficial report: "more than five hundred thousand pounds of haddock" and eighty thousand pounds of flouiidei-swerc landed by two small droggers in four weeks. Tbi is estimated. to be more than to sum total of all the haddock caught. off Island shores in the past quarter of ii century. The same can be said of flounder landings."

It is explained that "the smaller hosts can still continue to bring ashore the usual catches of cod- flah and bake unhindered by the operations further out at sea" Our eastern Canadian fish- eries are definitely in need of re- search and it appears that cen- trallzcd marketing for the four Provinces in one way by which money can be made available for this work.

Home Riidustr, And Imports

It. is upsetting to find that Prince Edward Island imports most. of the canned foods that could be processed locally. About film: of all canned pens, beans, coi-rota, tomatoes and other vege- tables sold in the Province are im- ported. The same holds true for over 909!) of all bottled jellies Janis and other preserves, Ind nearly 5096 of the canned fish. Could we not. pi-oceu our own vegetablu. soups. condensed milk, canned loodl. fruh and frozen Itch. canned beef and many other products?

with no . modern processing pliinu, there in little encourage- ment for farmers to produce these products in commercial quantities. Several years no tome at the large companion from central Canada looked over the possibili- ties of Iettinpup cumin. pjgnu here butgdtd not. proceed with the

boy who cried "Wolff" In 1040 the wolf was very plnlnly on the doorltep and breathing through the keyhole. The present day an- linal in more" lubtlo in in ap- proach. albeit hardly lou donut- oul. so subtle, in fact, that largo

of the story which Mr. it either did not know or else had been nilcquotod. The date! I give 1018-1813 are Ill on the old calendar. I am. Dir. eh. . Hill) 6. LAMBROS. Chulot.ktow1i..P.I'-.1-o

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numbers of our citizens wiil re- quire some perluulon to believe it is there at all. Once they In con- vinced-Ind that in the kind of Job that Winston Churchill can do if anybody can-the bottle will be half won.

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of poor trampol- lotion and luck of electric power. However, those obstacles have now been largely removed and there should be no i-euon why some cunning or processing plant: can- not. be established by the produc.

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oumplo man. The forum were not a price uufnclciit in Quantity Droducuon. and the nu-

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Lessons From Europe In Community Progress,

By Leo P. Mclsaoc Part Two (continued) (All Rlzlitl Reserved)

MARITIME FISHEBY PROSPECTS

mic. processed there I) . ies financed at least iny Sigi-Itmi? Maritime capital loaned by Guy!

kaginsurzince companies and 0 .- . Perhaps these cucunibc a up;

even processed to a large exp. - by Maritime labor, who spend 11,2; money in Central Canada; taxez are paid to the Ontario Govern. ment, and the Islands cucumbers that are finally lhlpped imp again are sold to local coiuumei-3 at 11 to 12 times the price our farmers here were paid for them Another example of our present, system could be cited: there is .. small packing plant on' the Island that imports chicken and beef fioin Alberta, pays the freight both ways, cans the meat lien and ships a great percentage of it back as far as Calgary for con. sunipllon. Then the farmer is blamed for the high price of food. Development. of new industries locally would doubtless help our overall economic situation. some wholesalci-s believe we could 01.. crate n chocolate and candy inc. toi-y here: in fact, there was aim; such I factory in Charlottetown. and it operated very successfully for a number of years until it. fell into the hands of inefficient. man. agement. We also had a broom factory operating until it mctwtth the same fate. Why could we not start these going again under cap- able management? I 0 Are there not possibilities in many other fields it they were approached from the ,Mai-mm. point. of view? There would ap- pear to be unlimited possibilities for it Maritime furniture plant in Nova. Scotio. using native skill and home grown lumber. Such indus- tries would help employ and train more of our young people at home and increase Maritime consump- tion of all products. With the great developments in air trans- portation, Prince Edward Island may soon be in the "center" of the Maritimes instead of always being on the "outside". Conditions are changing rapidly: are we going to be prepared to change with them? If the people of the Maritime Provinces do not wake up to their rights and to the possibilities of keeping pace with the tremendous developments in other parts of Canada. land it our Maritime people do not soon lcsm and agree to work as 3 unit. -thin our chances of Sihur pro-' sperity at home will be doomed. A "Maritime Approach" is ne- cessary to solve many of the Maritlmefr problems, and in most cases it. would be to the advantage of all concerned if Newfoundland were lncliided in this unit. History and experience have proven that ii. provincial approach -rather than uMai-ltime approach -produces little more than talk: what is worse. the local rather than the regional approach only adds tolthe already massive pro- vlnclnl burdens. Can Provincizf Governments and orgnntzntloiu bury their past differences and prejudices now nnd work togetlicr as one unit on many of these economic problem?