ay

& ¥

Association and The Canadian Press. The

. honwealth.

- by Judge Dorion at the time, but its

" of judgment he displayed.

“also questioned. Likewise his action

‘his own aides’ activities were being

_ al concern. Particularly was this the

st ‘ Che Guardian | dey end statutory holidays) et 165 Prince Street

Charlottetown P-E-I.. by Thomson Newspapers Ltd. Brench offices at Summerside, Montague, Alberton

é : g

Press is exclusively entitied to the lication of all mews dispatches in credited to if or to the Associated Press and also to the local news published herein. AB right or republication of special dispatches here

Not over 40c per week by carrier. .

$12.00 a year by mail on rural routes and areas not serviced by carrier.

$15.00 2 year off iIsland and U.K. $20.00 per | year in U.S. and elsewhere’ outside British Com

Not over 7c single copy... Member Audit Bureau’ of Circulation.

PAGE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1965.

Mr. Favreau’s Resignation Prime Minister Pearson’s an-

nouncement that one: of his chief colleagues, Justice Minister Favreau, had. resigned - his portfolio as a re- sult of the Dorion” inquiry report cane as no very great surprise in the Commons last night. In what purported to be the substance of the report published last week, Mr. Fav- reau’s integrity was said to have emerged unshaken from the inqury, though his methods in dealing with the RCMP investigation of bribery-and-pressure. complaints was questioned. The unauthorized pub- lication of this report was denounced

i

easential accuracy was not question+ ed. The report has now been tabled. in Parliament. It does not .: pugne the minister’s integrity, but it is quite’ | outspoken with regard to the lack

The RCMP itself comes under. criticism for the conduct of its in- vestigation of the Lamontagne char- ges. Mr. Favreau’ wisdom in calling off the police investigation when he did—last Sept. 18—though testimony showed it to be far from complete, is

in personaly deciding that no. char- ges should be laid in the case.

In this connection Dorion in effect recommends that charges be now laid without specifying in- dividuals. From the i Vy given at the inquiry, he states, “I find no difficulty in reaching the conclusion that there is certainly prima facie © evidence of an offense under the Criminal Code.”

The report also suggests that the Justice Minister did not follow ac- cepted. practice in a situation where-

investigated, and finds that he should have referred the issue to the law | officers for a decision. :

In his letter of resignation from his portfolio Mr. Favreau said the findings were tantamount to declar- ing no more than that if Chief Justice Dorion had been in the minister's position he might have exercised his discretionary authority in a different way. Mr. Favreau felt, however, that his usefulness as justice minister was impaired, adding that he would be willing to serve the government in some other capacity. Mr. Pearson has expressed his continued confid- ence in his colleaguea’s integrity, and there the matter rests.

The moral surely is that .in pos- itions of grave responsibility of this kind, other qualifications can by no.

mieans be dispensed with.

Of Prime Concern

Few conventions fhat have taken place in this city at any time have been as fruitful in helpful discussion as have the meetings of the Cana- dian Mental ‘Health Association. this week. It is to be hoped that the re- ports will be read far beyond the bounds of this province, for they deal with matters that are of truly nation-

case in the emphasis placed upon the need for more public funds for ex- panded treatment of mental illnesses.

It is, as Dr. Nicholson of Halifax said, “‘an empty gesture to demand more facilities for treatment from our public representatives unless we can, as responsible citizens, also say that we are prepared to pay the ptice.” Actually, of course, the price is| about the safest conceivable in-

Emphasis was placed, too, on the “ new climate of public enlightenment .

and concern for the mentally ill, which is as revolutionary as the new

| treatment methods themselves. But

we were warned, by one speaker, that

' there is still a stigma associated in

many places with mental diseases, and that there is much work for a “modern crusade” to do in this con- nection. Thanks to the efforts of those as-

| sociated with mental health cam-

paigns locally, we at least have come

“to the point where we are ashamed

of our oldtime prejudices in this re- gard, and of our attitude of indiffer ence as well. We are feeling more and more, in the words of a confer- ence speaker, “a personal -involve- ment” with the burden of mental and nervous disturbances in families and

| persons. in our own communities, and

we-are grateful to those who have enabled us to take the scales from our eyes. We cannot afford to be complacent about. our present atti- -tude, but it does represents a tre- mendous forward stride in our think-

|. ing in recent years.

This is what has made this week’s convention so important to all of us. It has done much to promote fur-

. ther public interest in mental health

‘problems, and point the way to greater progress in future.

Our Natal Day

~The plaque in our Confederation ©

Chamber says of the-founding fath- ers: “Providence being their guide they builded better than they knew.” They builded, it is worth noting, at a time when the expansionist feeling among our neighbors to the south was strong; and it was largely to face the rapidly growing United States on more equal terms that the widely separated colonies created, the. new Dominion to the north. It was neces- sity, not caprice, that prompted this- move and justified it. : Canada’s constituent provinces,

‘which. had already enjoyed respon-

sible government before Confedera- tion, developed a new kind of sov- ereignty=-a sovereignty under the British Crown but divided, to all in- tents and purposes, between the Par- Jiament at Ottawa and the legisla- tures of the provinces. It enabled peoples of different language and culture to preserve their way of life while maintaining’ unity in the face of the world. And eventually it be- came a model for the Commonwealth of which we are a leading member, which today embraces 750 million

' people of many races and creeds.

We had our big centennial cele-

brations here last year as the meet- |

ing place of the first Confederation Conference. Tomorrow, our 98th Dominion Day, will see the blessing

and dedication of the Fathers of Con-

federation Memorial Building, dur-

ing an ecumenical service which is |

itself of noteworthy significance. At this ceremony Canada’s new national flag will be similarly blessed and dedicated, and raised as the official flag of the Confederation Centre. The function will serve as a fitting pre-

lude to a summer-long festival of |

entertainment to which so many of our visitors, as well as citizens, are looking forward with pleasure.

The spirit of Dominion Day, let us hope, will prevail during the sea- son—not only here but throughout ‘Canada’ generally. We need it to make us realize that our domestic differences are a normal accompani- ment to our growth and development, and fade into insignificance beside the ties that bind us and the pros- pects that lie before us if we are sen- sible enough to take advantage of them.

EDITORIAL NOTES ©

It is to be hoped that all citizens will head Premier Shaw’s warning as to the neéd of taking every precau- tion i the fire menace at this season. That still holds good despite last night’s welcome downpour.

s * *

Now comes a report that the sur- vival of the Bald Eagle in some parts of its North American range is threatened through the use of DDT. Through its food chain, the eagle ab- sorbs enough of the insecticide to af- fect egg fertility, if not to work more immediate injury.

. ° °

It is encouraging to note, on the authority of the U.S. atomic energy commission, that there has been a “continuous exchange” between the United States and the Soviet Union

j

elie”

een aa a aa ae

ally it &s not a-special privilege reserved for newspaper pub- lishers..it is rather a‘phase of a much larger freedom — the freedom of all men to speak their minds openly and without fear. The press claims no right which should not belong to every citizen in a democracy. But freedom of the press is an all-important part of this larger freedom because under modern conditions, the press is the principal agency by which the ordinary man receives the infor- mation he needs to judge the actions of his rulers and make up his mind on

public affairs. Without newspapers, or with only gagged and blindfolded ones, he | ~

és in the dark, and helpless. An unfettered press is therefore one of the essential bulwarks of a democratic nation.

BA, any proct be nated, tte supplied by the-recerd.of the totalitarian Gictatorships which have darkened the twentieth century. Rigid control-of all sources of public information, and especially of newspapers, was the cornerstone on which all these régimes — Nazi, Fascist and Communist alike — were founded. Without it, they could hardly have lasted for more than a few months. With it, they could keep their peoples in blinkers and drive them on any course they chose. The calamities of our age, its fear and insecurity, stem in no small measure from the simple fact that at critical periods great sections of the earth's popula-

tion have been prevented by their rulers from learning the real news of the world.

by govern-

EES nese examples should provide a warning against any the ‘press. A,

ments or by private interests, to restrict the essential freedom

free people must stand on guard not only against direct censorship but also -

against more insidious encroachments. Nominal freedom’ is not enough. The only

truly free press is one which can record the news faithfully and comment on it .

frankly without fear of direct or indirect punishment. Neither the press nor the

- public is safe with anything less than this.

+ cardiogram are normal.

om

. of course, involves obligations. That 6f a free newspaper is to

be truly free. It must be thorough, accurate and unbiased in its reporting, sincere

and thoughtful in its editorials, and resistant to all outside pressure. It must be — both cautious and bold—cautious until it knows all sure of its ground. It must. above all, be inspired by fare as its staff understand it.

Fics ssissinerce 1s lila: st Us daktnices which the ton osmabeicet the world have traditionally granted to their press. Such a newspaper is also the best guardian of the liberties of the people. .

facts, bold when it is ition to the public wel-

Prepared by the Canadian Daily Newspoper Publishers Associction

4

The government must be well plaesed that it has succeeded in pushing its press ownership bill through the House of Com- mons so quickly. For-those few members of the government who. know the full story, that pleasure may be tinged by a doubt as to whether they have acted in good faith.

Here are the facts in the ease.

On May 4,° executives of the Publishers ° Association met Prime Minister Pearson and Fi- nance Minister Walter Gordon to protest that the government's proposal was “a fundamental violation of ~ long-established press .freedqm in Canada.”’

Following that meeting, Ri- | chard A. Graybiel, the presi- | dent of the Association, wrote ' to Mr. Pearson: ‘‘You indicat- | ed to us yester dbuyyarolieef ed to us yesterday your. belief that’there is some urgency in ‘ preventing® foreign take-over of newspapers. Any immediate danger has, of course, been met by Mr. Gordon's announcement | of the government's intention in | his Budget address.

No potential foreign investor will proceed with acquisition of a Canadian newspaper in the face of the government’s stated

lJanuary 1, .1966. Presumably, that intention could be imple mented by legislation at any time before the end of the year. |. Thus a breathing space’. of } some eight months has been gained. That time can be devot- ed to exploration of alternative methods of achieving the gov- ernment's objective.”

NOT QUESTIONED Neither then nor singe, then did the government

, ion that assumption. On } 12,

Mr. Pearson wrote to Mt Gray- biel and in fact invited the pub- lishers to suggest such alterna- tives: . “We will be more than glad-to give further thought to amy al- ternative which the Canadian | Daily Newspaper Publishers As- | tidal catia eee eet

Our Yesterdays (From The Guardian Files)

| TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO

(June 30, 1940)

| Robert ®Montgomery, screen

| Star just back from driving an ambulance in France, told an audience in New York that he. had seen as many as 500 Nazi

| planes raid one French town and practically wipe it out.

The British Broadcasting -Cor-

| poration, in an announcement heard here by the Columbia Broadcasitng system, said the

| British Mediterranean base of

| Malta had been raided four tim-

| es by Italian planes, making a

| total of 48 raids since Italy en- tered the war.

TEN YEARS AGO (June 30, 1955)

James Kimball Blanchard was awarded the Governor Gen

| eral’s Medal for the pupil stand- | ing highest in grade X at Queen Square School at the closing ex- ercises held in the school audi- torium last night. He also won

| the prize presented by His Ex- | cellency Most Rev. Bishop Mal-

. | colm A. MacEachern for high-

| est aggregate. Mr. George Thompsce hrco (CHM) who for the pa

years has heen organist at Trin- ity United Church -leaves short-

ly for his r “it England where he wnt fore Wife and

intention to make advertising in | such a newspaper taxable as of

THE FACTS IN THE CASE Was This A

The Windsor Star sociation would submit ... I will

| tion can recommend.” | On May 14, Mr. Graybiel re- | plied to the Prime Minister, ac-

| they believed they had eight |’

months to achieve an effective alternative solution, knew that the -next stage im’the study was

A Growing ( Crisis

If you want a glass of water im a restaurant in New York, you have to ask for it.

If you get it without asking, the restaurant’s proprietor ‘will be risking a summons to court and a fine up to $50.

This measure is only one of | many being taken to conserve the falling water in the city’s reservoirs.

It is expected that the ban on serving glasses of water in res- taurants will save between 12,- 000,000 and 15,000,000 gallons a day.

When a glass of water in a restaurant becomes so import- | ant as to become a matter of | law, the water shortage is. being made extremely real.

The New York Herald Trib- une points out that the storage | capacity of the city’s reservoirs | has been doubled since 1950. But | they now_stand half empty. | And similar problems are be- ing faced in many other cities. .

In a situation of this kind so many governments, and govern- ment agencies are involved, in two Canadian provinces, sever- al states of the American union,

municipalities, that there never has been any coordinated action. The International Joint Com-

. and is now conducting hearings.

Bot the commission is now a somewhat outdated orzaniza- tion, without adequate staff, and working under terms of ref- erence drawn up Near the be- ginning of the century, under conditions bearing inadequate relevance to the problems of to day. | The conflicting demands for

it The, conflict of interests and a cae fact deepening channels | by dredging results in the swift- er flow of water,-and-theretore™ i tends towards a lower level.

ay | |

and numberless industries. and...

L

| als find a dia

The ‘popularity of certain ae comes and goes, especial-

F j : i

anxiety neurosis, or psychoneu- | rosis with cardiac manifesta- |

the clue as to why revival is an- Victims develop breathle; ness and fatigtfe that is out ‘of

curs and the majority sit or lie down to obtain relief. There are obvious signs of nervousness, ar and profuse perspira- on. 7 ‘ __ The victims are convinced that something is wrong with

They are comfortable when resting and ‘free of tension. It is obvious that they are incapacitated at other times and physicians are convinced they are not fakers or malingerers. These individu- s of “there is | nothing wrong” hard to take.

and a nervous system that over-

avoided strenuous athletics

n Act Of Good Faith?

“ i

Guelph Murcury. tions. It is the ‘latter that offers | .

ses and they complain of palpi- son, one-time U.S. state secre- tatiof and pain over the left side | tary, needled and angered many of the chest. Lightheadedness oc- | Britons by ‘tis rather harsh sug-

the heart but the examination.is | power. Now Prime Minister Wil- negative and X-ray and electro- | son’s ministers are hailing his direction of the Commonwealth prime minister’s conference as a master stroke, giving Britair: +

a new image and a new role. as

Some were born with a consti- | jured Se eae tae and have what he poor... ; flabby —muscles, —ing-- prospect" of Wilson nessing the old dominions reacts to ordinary stimuli. They | the new multi-racial

z

5 L ; i

EER

Wilson’s Anticipations

‘,

A few years ago Dean: Ache-

i

E

mediator t h rough Now China, for chairmanship in the four-cou- | world recognition as the real . try peace mission onViet Nam.'| crusader against the ‘‘imperi-

groups in Commonwealth into

when young and sought light could be “the forerunner of To retrieve her position, China work. Others are given to worry |, peace - proposing | may seek bolder action on other and the adoption of health fads. \ force.’ fronts. A great Communist vic- Many have a long history of | This tendency by tie Labor | tory in South Viet Nam could emotional maladjustment with | regime to build up the peace | bring glory to Peking: neuroite tendencies. Errors in | mission, before it has achieved Therefore Wilson's peace diagnosis, such a . being told | amy concrete results, runs the | mission may have to tread a that heart trouble exists, is | danger that the mission may be long and humble path before it enough to start the ball rolling. | turned into a domestic political | finds te welcome Wilson so Treatment depends upon the ba- | football rather than an authen- | eagerly anticipates.

| sic cone. Foretintss care helps 2 nog - one Se peace. aa ——————

| some, whereas rs need a .

| physical fitness program. Start Your Day

a meeting of the CDNPA execu- litive committee on June 15.

And what did the government | do with this knowledge? It intro-

i

its legislation in the House of Commons on June 14.

action,

il i F i i

| sions are better let alone.

HERNIA REPAIR

C. L. writes: I have an umbil- ieal hernia. Two physicians told me it should be repaired, while *What~is

your- opinion? + : The need for correction de- er it causes distress or is in dan- ger of strangulation. Many le-

OVERDOSAGE J. C. B. writes: Can large

long period of time. There are toss of hair, scaling, and pig-

mentation of the skin. Fatigue and insomnia also occur. ;

er channels while els are falling has ed by one expert as being rath- er like “taking the plug out of the bathtub at the same time that you turned off the spigot.” The Montreal Port Council is now holding its water level sem- inar, when government leaders and experts have been brought together.to discuss one of the most serious ques: as affecting the life and future of all c om- munities that are dependent “upon the Great Lakes and the St.

‘God grant her doors be opened

A PRAYER FOR CANADA (1965) Dear God, we ask Thy blessing | On our Country, great and free; And may’ her flag, so young and

new, Bring honor too, to Thee.

God help us always to have faith In the Canada we love; May our allegiance be as true As are the stars above.

wide To those in sore distress, That homeless ones may share with us | + The freedom we possess.

God bless ail those who make her ‘laws,

And labor for her good,

That Canada may lead the world

To Peace and Brotherhood.

And so on this her natal day, Wherever we may be, We thank Thee, God, for Can- ada Our Country great and free. —Constance

Lawrence ‘water system.

pnonevonewenenene + maa» tials igo

BOATING

J.. Heckbert |

p+ New "Moonlight" Sailing Un der the Lights Until 11 P.M.

quantities of vitamin A (50,000 | opened few weeks sae & tev me 8 effects on | because ane hae they 4-5556 cbody of an cannot settle Nam war ° REPLY on the battlefield. The PURE MILK CO. Yes, when consumed over a This remark» made on a na-

ALLSTATE

670 x 15 s

AT SEAWOOD ©

NYLON TIRES

%

750 x14 TUBLESS 9.88

Also see our complete line of Allstate “Silent Cushion” 4 ply nylon tires at Lowest Prices ever. Complete range of compact car sizes in stock.

Tractor Tires Priced From

37.50

Allstate Batteries

8.95

18.95

SIMPSONS-SEARS — 156 KENT ST.

Just West of Cavendish on Highway No. 6

* AQUACYCLES =~ * MOTOR BOATS ~ * ROW BOATS

Boats available

DAY and NIGHT at low hourly rates

~ ~ Bring your family — arrange a party of friends — youl have a thrill of a Mifetime Boating at SEAWOOD. ws