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“The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.‘

Ottawa's Altitude

Thc (Jitziwn concept, oll\5 thc Clint/c, is thzu killlliKlilis economy can be stabilized by a tax structure which would scrape off the econ- omic peaks ll] prospcrotis tiuics and provide the lffiélwtlfy with thc wherewithal to fill in the eco- nomic valleys in unprosperous 1im€S-——ln other words, bv budgeting for economic cycles. The hcdcrnl govcriimcnt untlci‘ stich a schcnic wOtild curzziil \'X|1t‘ll\lll1ll't‘>' stud build up surpluses in guoil ,\t'.1r-,;1utl spvutl hugc zimouitts, even if this iuvi-lvt-tl vli-iicin. lo prevent ttiicniploviuciit in lnnl vtqn. lint .\li". King zind his advisers clztiiu that if this is to be iloiic, taxing power itnist be centrtilizctl. llicv" also clziini that centralized tzixziizuai 1s 1'1‘1l11il'(‘(l hcforc it is safe for Ottawa to uisiituit- irititiutil old ugc pensions of thirty 1l0lll1l\ ti uunuh Lil zigc seventy (to be paid to cvt-rvbptlv rcgztrdlc-s 0f il€t‘(l), share equally with pruvincis the cost of pensions to the iicfitly 1111111 Zlfgr sixty-five to seventy, and lntmch a public lll\'l'\ii'll(‘ilf progrziitt (to dk-vclop rcsoiirvi-s) 11nd llt‘(lllll and other costly meas- ures. But thus far, Ontario and Quebec have balked at the lllEll of turning the fattest tax plums over to Ottawa. 'l'liis has left the situa- tion tksullovkv-l. The increasing dissatisfaction with lack of zi >Plllt‘lll€il1 in Dominion-Provincial relations is reflected by the news. Saskatche- wan's Premier Douglas has asked that anv province which wishes be allowed to sign an ind'ividu.1l agreement with the Dominion. The Proqicssivi- conservative Association of Maui- tob.t has 11.'l~>1‘(l a rcsoltition urging that D0- lllillltlll Zlllll 1ll11\lll\‘l2ll representatives immedi- ately’ rcctiuvcuc. Similar requests are being ntade by ciiizcns unvl groups 0f citizens clisevtthcre. \\'i1h the ztuitzuiun for another Uttawa meeting gaiiniug iiioiut-nttiui, it may he that, before the New llruiisvvick Legisltittire sits in November, the frugrticuts of thc Dominion-Provincial Con- ference will have bccn successfully put to- gethcr. and the nine provinces and the Domin- ion will know‘ at lust where t-hcy are going.

Parliament In Action

The ltulllltill vicws of Mr. _]. .\l. Mzicdon- ncll, .\l. l‘. for .\ill.\l\'"l\il 11nd lcatliirg Opposi- tiuu financial critic iu l'ill‘liEil11L‘1li, tire anathema to the Witniiprg lirt"? Prrxr, which nevertheless was much iuiprcsscd by a speech Mr. Macdon- ncll lfliltlt‘ a1 a rcrcnt service cltib function. (Ollllllfultlllq; ii Its being "cxccptioual in tittie- lincss ziud ltllllttf.“ it adds: .\lr. Macdonuell spoke on "l irliziuirnt in .\ctiori" and although young in p. lizuucntary experience, being first elected la>t lune, he showed a rare feeling for the basic instrument of freedom, a fine sense for what _|ohn hlorltw rmcc dcscribcd as "words and their glory": and a iniud richly stored with the long >l(7l'\' of pzirlitiiriciitnr); institutions.

l'.'1l'll‘rilllt‘lll as he pointed out is the rock upon which our‘ frt-ctloiu is based. .\i1d the party system, so oficu dccrictl, is thc rcflcctiun of 1hr ill$lilllll11ll itself. The 1l2ll'l\' svstcm, as he \\(‘ll stud. 1s the 1Illl_\' ultcruzttivc to tyranny that 1111111 has cvcr bccu ziblc 1o contrivc. In describing the priz-Put huu-t- hc spulve in gen- erous tcrnis of .\lr. King 11nd .\lr. $1. Laurent, .\lr. k"l1l\\(‘ll tiiitl .\lr. .\l;tcl1111i.~, uf .\lr. Low aiul of his <i\\11 ('ni1scrvziti\e colli-agucs, .\lr. Brackcu 111111 Vi‘. (irrtvdfln.

Again 11nd ngtiiu hc said, that parliament is not :1 constitution iipnrt from thc tieoplc, hut lhc ]I(‘1llll(‘_.\ own lhlflllllllvlll. it is our D2lfllii~ 111cm. 'l‘l1<- (ill/Lib, thcrciorc, should givc fhotight to lht- work of pzirlittnicni, to public questions. lt should ucvcr liq forgotten that tiulilic trpiuiou dumiuzitvs thc ztciniit uf thc mcin- bcrs and ui 1hr Q1>\'1'l'llill(‘1Il. Thc most practical form in \\lll(ll 1hr‘ l\1tl'i( ill pzirliziiiiciil r1111 bc slutrvtl is for ihc lllflHltlllill to tiikg his pilfl in tlic prirw .\\\I1'I|l. l1 is wrung 1o regard onc- Sclf :1» stipciior to pzirtv politics. The citizen should seltci the pcrtv that amt uelfly repre- Scnts his VlC\\\I should join it and work for it. And lhc truly wuv in lllll)l'1,)\'(‘ parliament is to see to it llizit tlu- 110st incu ztrc nominated and elected 1o i1.

lt is :1 sound instinct that sitspccts all gov- ernments 1t» rczich out for morc and more powcr. And it is thc duty of the opposition to be constantly zilcrt to resist uttwarrziittcd cn- croachmcnts.

Mr. hlacdtniircl holds the view lruc both in terms of ltisltiry and common sciisc, that the two party system is bcsi. To gct the titmost out of tiurliztiinsnt it is necessary always to havc an alternative govcrnntcnt at hand.

In all this Mr. Macdonnell was expressing the alphabct of political freedom, without which all other freedoms lack substance.

The Victors Pay

‘Among other facts which impel Britain and the United States to insist on a peace settlement in Europe is the enormous cost of occupying countries with which they are still officially It war.

The British Government is obviously alarm- ed to find that its cost of occupying Germany

110w runs at the rate of $.330,0oo,ooo a year.

This is a fraction of the expenditures which Ute taxpayer: of the United States must bear

~. for similar mirposes. The total expense of the

United States occupation force; i; not actually known. Committees of the Congress lune been unable t0 discover it because it has not vt-t been segregated from the general running twi- of the anncd forcfis. But the total stun be- lieved to be at least two billions a vcni and the taxpayers are lwcouiiug concerned 11in ti; it.

M11 Byrncs. the secretary of snixc, gave thc public its first inforirtatiott on llli> uiuttcr whcii he revealed thttt the occupation 111' Lit-rin- any had cost his govcrnnlent $900,000,000 to date. This includes the cost of occupving Ans- tria, Japan and Koren. In Germain" alone flit? maintenance 0f thc .\lllCl'iC2lll Qccnpnriuu troops involves about $700,000,000 a yczu, 1hr Cou- grcss bclicvcs.

The expense docs not end there. llugc tiuantitics of food and other SLlDI)ll(‘\ hztvc bccu shipped to the Aincricuit occupation 711111‘, at the cost of the .\1uvric:1i1 tzixpiivt-r. ‘These have been running zit the rate of “bunt $400,- 000,000 it year. Some $80,000,000 a year is being spent in Austria, perhaps $60o.o0o,000 in japan. and $70,000,000 in Korea.

Britain and the buffed States insist that acticc settlements must be tirade without further delay because it is impossible t0 rebuild tthc world politically or economically in the present vacuum. But they also have in mind the heavy cost of occupation in a technical suite of wztr. Peace, of course, will not bring tut end of oc- cupation costs. Britain and the Ciiitctl States have offered Russia a treat-v by which the oc- cupation 0f Germany would continue for 15 years and this proicct would be costlv. lf a peace settlement is nchicvcd thc operation would become a IIOllCC Tlltllfl‘ than a military operation and the tirescnt cost would be grczit- ly reduced. ;

.- EDITORIAL NOTES .-.

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Newfoundland elections for a national convention 1o consider the future form of that Dominiorfs government take place tomorrow.

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Flying b21565 in Liermany were rtiidcd front both Britain and France this date, 1944; many flying bombs were shot down, before they could do damage; Fortresses hit at synthetic oil centres, othqrs attacked rziilwavs in France? enemy shows first signs of faltering, rctreatiug towards Cl1€I1l3OLlf2§ the Eighth Army captured Pertigia and advanced beyond the town.

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Tomorrow is Rose Day, in memory of the Kings grandmother, Queen Alexandra, who look a special interest in the affairs of the I. Q. D. E. of this province. Roses made by dis- abled soldiers will he on sale on behalf of a \\'ar hlernorial and the funds of the Royal Ed- ward Chapter, of which .\'lr.<. l. A. Rlncllillan

is Regent. 1

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Money in dislilleries. The late Mr. Harry C. Hatch, president and chairman of the Boarti of Directors of Hiram \\'alkcr-1ioodcrhtun 21nd \V0rts, Ltd, left an estate vailuctl at $S,7Q9,7ti3. Bulk of the bequests go_to his family and 10 old employees. The estate included stocks and bonds

worth more than $000,000. It‘ 111

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Evidently our 1'(‘])l‘€sCl’\ii.'l1l\'C> tit Uttztvvri are lking senii-starvctl, which uitiy zicctiuut for their lack of progrcss. .\lr. Staulcyt Knowlcs (C.C.F., \Vinnipcg North Centre) complain- ed in the Commons that the irutritioual stand- ard of itieals servcd to pztrlizintcntarizius in the Commons rcstatirztut had been rcduccd and asked why. Mr. Knowles" ziddrcsscd the uucs- tion to Health Minister Clilxlllfl (hiring con- sideration Of Health Departmcnt estimates. The minister said the nutritional standards of meals scrvcd 1l1Cl1l1bCf5 of llnrliziuitut were within their own control which thcv cxcrcisctl through the Simaker of the House and the House res- taurant committee. lt is not kitown in what re- Shect restaurant food is dcficicnt in vilmnius.

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llou. Rlinistci- of Fisheries liritlgvs wh» represents York-Suubury, Nil, in tlic lluusc 0f Commons and New Brunswick in the gov- crnment is in a lone minority on the tiucstioir of Maritime rights and ivrivilciux, llc told ill!‘ llotisc “it would lZll\€ :1 1'(‘Ill\l1l'l'1';ll)l(’ study bo- forc Canada could ziiucud hcr own C0ll.>llfl1- lion," yct he coudeiuus his fcllow- AlZlFi1ll1lCf§ for just advocating such study iiistczitl of rush- ing t0 amcnd lhc l’». N. A. A. llc says lit‘ wttiits 1t tinitcd Cnntiilti, but would zitlcnrpi tu ztflniir i1 by rlisiticiiiltcriiig lllC'i\l2l1'llllllC.\l .\ fiuc sort of representative 10 have 21f ilttziwti, especial- lv at this critical time in our historv. The Progressive Conscrvativcs wiscly raisc 1hr issuc of how thc RNA Act can hc ziuicudctl; puiut to lht- tliiugcr of establishing ti \_\'.\l(‘lll hv which the Dominion Parlizuitcnl lliél)‘ l‘(‘|l('2ll the act, and destroy till the principles nf (inifctlisra- tion, withOut COiligllfélllfill with thc provinccs,

M. Frederic loliot-(furic has arriicrl in New York 10 take his plncc 21s 21 tucuibci‘ of the French delegation to lhc Atomic liucrgv (‘oni- mission 0f the United Nations. llc is accom- panied by Pierre Augcr. and by M. Kowarski, both scientists specializing in atomic cucrgv rc- scztrch. Frederic ‘IOliOPQTIITlC was born in Paris on March 11), I900, of a middlc-clztss family. In I923, he received his enginccring (lfllree from the School of Physics and Cheni- istry in Paris. After a short period in heavy industry, iii 1925, at 1l1e recommendation of Professor Laiigcviu, he entered illc Ratliuni lu- stitute where he became an assistant to lilme. Marie Curie. At the same time, he conducted research on his own, and, in order to obtain a professorship, resumed his secondary studies. Passing his second baccalaureat, and then the "Licence est-science," he undertook a tlicsis on the technical properties of radio elements and inactive elements in extrcmly diluted solutions. He collaborated with Marie Curie in hcr rc- search On radioactivity. In 1926, hc married Irene Curie who also worked as an assistant to her mother (Marie Curie). He took ti very active part in the Resistance. In January i946, General de Gaulie appointed him head of the newly created French Commission on Atomic Energy. For his activities in the Resistance,

joliet-Curie was promoted, on May i7, i946, to Commander of the Ingion tPHonQeur.

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NotesiBy The Way

Labor Minister ulllllphggy Mitch- ell l3 "lWDBIul" about a settlement o1’ the seamenV-i strike. He has one E501) which requires a lot of Optim-

m. —-St. Catharlries Standard.

W¢|L as the fellow said, about the onlv real use for a dollar bill these days ls that t-lie sight of it reminds You to trv to get some money. — emphls Commercial Ap- pea .

It la a commentary on these days

' strain that ' drug manufacu crica, dwplte increased production, can not fill the demand for head- ache tablets and cvcn has to ratlnt them to the trade. —Hamiltott Spectator.

No union can win against public opznlon. In the long run. the op‘e will decide, and in clrcumsifinces such as have ccmc 1o pass in the present. strike, tlie operators can afford t0 sit back and let this lin- muttable law operate The seamen need stronger and wiser leadership, or they will lose —Wlnclsor Star.

Since September, 1939, Canadians have paid 313780.000 in fines for offences against wartime regula- tions‘, 253 persons have been jailed and 23,416 have D0011 convicted, says The S1 Cathariucs Standard. 0,1‘ t-lils total, 11,43‘. vvcrc for prlc-r ceiling infraction. 2,350 for renuw‘. violations and 3, 5 for offences. Persons convicted for off- ences in connection with gasoline rationing’ amounted to 5,169.

The horse once was relied on for overland ifftnspof1 ttnd for fitrni work and hauling In ‘important rc- spccts he has been SUDCIKTGCCG by motor vehicles but he st-ili has a place of his own for he is a wond- erful living machine and can be adopted to uses and pleasure-s which are not within me scope of motors and gears and cogs. The horse which knows his gct-ttp-wltoii-haw- and-gee has FCmHhing WtIlCh ‘iv: world cannot afford to lose. —Foi'l William‘ Times-Journal.

Alter sending a gilt parcel to European relatives. '~ Murdock, writes in Pageant. wt- recclved a very grateful letter, of which mi; following paragraph is a part "I1 you can, please send more pills. We didn't know whut they were until Cousin Lmnpi cattle-she has stud- led English, you know—and read tlie name for us Then we gave them all to Uncle ‘Paul who has been suffering from rltc-nmatistn and he feels much better now. He. says 11 is the best medicine he ever took ‘The pills are called Life Savers".

Ilow about an increase ln the facts ration? Tiike fncls off the ration altogrthcr. Thc value of Britains gesture in diverting 200,- 000 tons of when! to the impover- ished lands would be all the greater if lhe world knew how much was left ln the British larder. If the amount is now dangerously low. then there is no sense in lildini’. the fact from anybody. If British stocks are still ample-as Mr. Her- bert Hoover asserts- their there is still less reason for secrecy. Bri- tain has no greater interest than the pursuit of truth-whlthersoever it. may lead. —London Express.

For those who are CVBYlBSi-lnfill’ trying 1o shake Canada loose from the mercsl tinge 0f association with Britain and who view every friendly act. toward her as dangerous, Con":- monwealth dcfcncv docs n01 mean subscrvlcnce 1o Britain 111 an Em- pirc-colonv fclzlllOllfilllp. Those (lays passed 1on1’ ago. ultltoutzll scme voices crying in thv Canadian wilderness still fear the beget’. Tilt‘- Ccmmonwculmi, spread over the world, hits been and continues to bc a major agent for peace Furni- eririore, it provides a perfect frame- work for a global clcfcncc scheme In which Canada should (play ticr part, _Sydncy Pcst-Rbcor

A good rule for diplomats to follow ls: Compliment the olher side, bul don‘t run down your own. For example: An ambassador ur- riving from Mars by inlc-rplauelriry express might well shy, “I'm crazy 1o meet Orson Welles“ That would be a pretty qgritpliment. Bu! 10-‘ him say, “The glow of Mars ls dull _1 pn-jer 1110 light of the World" and our suspicions wtouid be 1115M!!!" 1v aroused. whims this Nlilftlilll slicker up to? wt‘ cttrlhiaiis would think, darkly. —Bttl1i:n0rr- Sun.

The child may be father to the man, but. 11 1s upon HdUli..~i——p£ll‘€‘l1l.$ teachers, riviplovcrs 21nd .1i1h lca - (vs-that at lttrgc leifitlllslhllily rests for putting 00's m 11111611 Willi youth organizations In nntuy 118305 initial rusplcltiu and cislikc of rc- slrain‘. will have 1o bf‘ ('1 "' .1 Ottcr- the introduction ls rlfectcd, mrtnv who go 1o scuff will remain

tn plny and w-tri: and triitn ton. for,

as Lord Montgctpcry ivisclv czuqrhus- izcd. thrrc slintln lcr 11inch 1110f.‘ 1o boys‘ club» Ilian 1':'c1.t'.ics ti:- ‘(Cffillltllh TH v our 1""in 11c “i111 hand and l: '_v. dill . .110 bunucas and lriduslmil cnnnutniiv ccmzs tn recognize ttir-ir fu'1 \ ' the result shcufd be a n11

in Clll7£ll“,l‘1]) stub a.‘ 111-.» . ,fi1 both sltics llilil 1hr “Hum 111111011. wGlasgow Hcrttlu

Several years ago l1 was lite plea- sure of ccrlftiu Caniiirlitiii mining EIIEIIICCiYS and others connected with the industry to dcprccate 1111+ chanc s of finding new mineral depoe s or opening ucw mt rig areas ln the Domlnloifs vast stre1cli- cs of pre-Cainbrinn reeks. Those iconoclasts said that enthusiastic talk should be suppressed. that ihc main chances of finding bl? 1111M!‘ had been exhausted an that Can- ada was bclng made 1o look slightly ridiculous 1n claiming great. untapp- cd mineral resouxcs. Such persons must have been once more discon- cerled 1o learn that at. L/gnn Lake in Northern Manitoba tore has been indicated and to some extent proven s. number of large d its of nickel-copper ore. —N ern Miner.

For mull; one year the city of Norwich, ngland, which has population of over 126,000. has off- ered a sight worth reel 1n the

t. world.

lneel‘. Mr. , dove-if: a heating process based on ent ely new prin- ciples and engineer-e from all over the world have traveled to Norwich to see 1t, In this process Mr. Bum-i ner uses neither wal nor electrlcltyl but. simply conducla the cold water from the river mu. the building he is heating. Mr, Sumner works on the theory that compression pro- duces heat and his heat-pump has mved eo successful the: he has able to mamtaln a tempera- ture of nearly B8 deg. all. 1n e five- e

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Thll column la open to I i 1. MARITIMZBS

the- union by oorre ‘ lpotndentl of quantum m1 interest. The Charlottetown , MR. BRIDGES AND THE $l1‘.— Mantlmers be more than surpr at. the llcnastlgatlon given by Mr. Bridges t.

Guardian does not nooeuar tl.v undone the opinion of "Heapondenta erally will he Commons yesterday to his fellow representatives from the 1lu'ee Provinces b! the sea, because of their complaint at. the manner in which Confederation has been working for the last '13-'19 years. Surely Mr. Bridges does not expect that, after lhree generations of un- fair treatment by the two Prov- lnCes that Induced the Maritime-s to enter into lhc so-called Con- federation they should be satis- fied to accept a continuation of these unfortunate conditions with- out isstulng the strongest protest. of which they are capable Mr Bridges claims that the younger Maritimers of today are “not in- terested in the woes c,f the past". a. very questionable statement. In any event 1t: 1s ttie older men who have suffered and know what a continuation would mean. The Dominion Government, by calling the meetings of Provincial Prem- iers together, practically admitted that the tenns of (Mnfederatlon have not worked out successfully and. when they realized that. the Central Provinces of Quebec and Qnrario were. unwilling to do the fair thing by the Marillmes, they adjourned the Conference "sine die" It. is, therefore, tip to the Dominion Government to take the law unto their own hands and make such amends, including heavy re- compenses for past omissions and misdeeds, as will satisfy Nova Sootla New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, to continue any longer as members of the Canadian Con- federation. Nfeamlune we shrill await with more than usual inter- est the forthcom-lngbudget speech. I am. Sir, et/c. ' ILK S. IIEMMING. Chgrlgttgltywn, June 19, 1946,

"Penny WISE AND room) roousn"

Sitz-‘Illtese are strenuous times: we sometimes wonder how much worse they will become with strikes and unrest seemintzlv ev- eryvt-iltere; or what Kfeat. enact- ment. will be the deciding factor between future stabllltv and years of prlvatlon and want.

Times are changing swiftly and in those chamzes solidarity and security must. be the foundation on which to erect t»he_ national structure of future achievements and the permanent well-helm! of its citizens. _

Many individuals build a na- tion; therefore t-he nation must ln tum build the future security of the citizen, to ensure a high standard of living, the elimination of poverty, and achieve an equit- able basis for all; where future vears of security from want will be the assurance of all within its boundaries. As a nation we have cone nothinfl outstandinfl aloml these lines — the most vital of all situations within any nation.

Economic changes are ‘mm-hill wrlthln this era of readlustttncnt. "not visionary but actual?‘ the extent of these changes will ma- terlnllv affect the structure of the civilized vivorld.

Atomic energy 1n the magnitude of its scope has brought the poles together and shrunk tthe equators imaginary line to within the 11m- its of our own horizon: thus we nnist have a universal equipollent to ensure safety. justice. security and mace.

We are Rroanlmz under a bur- den of taxation such as we have never Wowit: billions upon b11- ltons of dollars have been thrown: into th-e melting pot of warfls act- ivities to cssure peace and free- clnm with monumental evidences of expenditure everywhere.

Has the cessation of war, returns from war assets, the nosal of war materials and trite iiecd no loitger of enormous war loans, shown any decrease in tax- nticn? Not to nnV IIDDTBClQb-lt? 9X‘ tent! It seems like trYi-ni! 10 ciirrv water from a pllmtp 1n a colander.

This tower of Babel. our nation- al tlizibt dollars, with such astron- omical UroDortiotis at the end of 11:0 fiscal year i945 to $1l.298,306.- 218. 1f placed eid Lo end. would reach around the earth slightly over 42 3-4 times; four times cover the comiplete distance of 230.000 miles to the moon and en- circle l1 more than sixteen times; lll‘, three times span the complete cilsltince tn . 111C311. e-rrclrcle 1'. nine tlmcs. encircle the earth 1111': tlmcs art still have over 65,030 miles of debt dollars that