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Editor and hlqpnging Director. In A Burnett. Auocintn Editor. Prank Walker.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince lidwnrd Island like the slow”

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink”.

GHABLOTTETOWN FRIDAY, D12. 11, 1953

-H A Glance Back

Good roads devoid of snow undoubted-g ly are boons to preseiit day motorists on this Island. Uninterrupted traffic the year round is something about which no one. except perhaps the few who see no good in anything, would care to complain. The fact that there is no real isolation any more is cause for satisfaction.

And yet if a poll were taken it proh-, ably would reveal that more than one car. driver is in the habit of lookliig back a, bit wistfully to the late 20's and early 30'.-:. when it took a good deal of courage (or1 bravado) to take a car out on the roads--, there were no highways then-after tliel first of December. In fact, driving at any time except from early June to late Sep- tember was a hazardous and temper-fray- ing business. In the fall the frost was going into the clay and in the spring it was coming out with equally exaspcrating ef- fects on the driver. In between there was the huge caravan of snoiv with no power- ful machines to do it battle.

The truth of the matter is that for six iionths of the year a motor trip from any point in the Province to Charlottetown and back again was something reserved for only a few hardy souls. Most car owners put their vehicles away about the end of bio- vember, jacked them up, removed the tires and battery, and forgot about them untll Spring. The winter roads for the most part were left to the horses who in all like- lihood felt a sense of superiority over their mechanical rivals who, quite obviously. were not as all-powerful as they pretended

to be when the roads were warm and dusty. ' There were inconveniences connected

with those car-less winters but there were compensations, too. average driver was no more than half What it is now and the enforced rest saved it lot of wear and tear on both himself and his vehicle. When the spring arrived there was an excitement about getting out on the sun-hardened clay, somewhat in the manner of a pilgrim whose journey had been delayed but not terminated. Even now there are roads here and there which re- main under the spell of mud and snow. Gradually these are being "winterized" and soon will have disappeared before the march of progress. It is right and Pm??? and- of course, inevitable. Nevertheless, for many years to come men will find pleasant diversion in recalling the days when 3" roads were bad and the only choice was between "getting-bogged" and Staying at home.

The Fight Against Polio

Prince Edward Island has been fortu-

nate this year in its very small incidence

of poliomyelitis, which has assumed serious proportions in some Provinces and is now regarded as a major public health problem in Canada. Preliminary figures, with 8,243 cases and a tragic toll of 354 deaths to :late, indicate that this year's outbreak will prove to be one of the most serious on record. This statement was made in the House of Commons the other day by Mr. F. G. Robertson, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of National Health and Welfare. As one means of helping to combat poiiomyelitis, Mr. Robertson said the Fed- sral Government has made over 31,300,000 ivailable to the Provinces under the na- .ionai health program. Of this more than !'I30,000 has been granted to extend re- search into the value of gamma globullii. to make possible the collection by the Cana- dian Red Cross Society of large quantities pf blood, and to iisslst the Connaught at Toronto in the increased hvy : of gggiims globulin. Thesc lg:-glacial are a investigating the role of and water in the spread of the ' S . of improved methods of re- vlrus from pathological

t blood donors' campaign V V-the Red Cross has stressed iitcrcuod production (it gamma whnbortson pointed out that 7 r -- fraction in modifying

-- may follow an attack gltiii in the experimental sftriah made in the Un- bpve been encourag- .. , that the iiinited vhthln would be used to gtiiatnan advisory

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iweapon in the fight against poliomyelitis,

The gas bill for tliel

committee representing the federal and provincial health departments and univers- ity medical research was set up to assist in the distribution of gamma globulin. It was agreed that supplies would be made avail- able only through provincial-health depart- ments and that allocations would i 2 made by the committee to those areas where poliomyelitis reached epidemic proportions.

An important feature of the problem, Mr. Robertson said, was the recommenda- tion made by the committee that follow-up studies should be conducted where gamma globulin had been administered. Plans have been completed with the provincial health authogities to undertake an expanded pro- gram next year under which the facilities of the Connaught laboratories will be in- creased so that production can be more than doubled. Si270,000 is being provided under the national health program for this purpose this year.

While gamma globulin, in the light'of present knowledge, is the most effective

it only provides a degree of protection for a limited time-perhaps five weeks at best..

. . . . . . . This ”passii'e immunication" has not in thel

-past proved entirely satisfactory for the

control of 0ih0l'.lfli9Cti0US diseases and willi almost certainly be replaced when a more: lasting immunizing agent for pcliomyelitisi is developed. The final answer to the, problem will be found in the production of a vaccine that will confer a lasting im- munity. Mr. Robertson reports hopefully that ”important progress has already been made in this-direction."

Governors - General

Mr. Wallace Nesbitt, MP for Oxford, has suggested in Parliament that India's Prime Minister Nehru might be Canada's next Governor-General. There is only one thing wrong with this proposal, says the Ottawa Citizen. India is now a republic, accepting the Queen' as head of the Com- monwealth but not as head of the state. Mr. Nehru, not being one of Her Majesty's subjects, could hardly undertake to serve as her representative. He does not owe al- legiance to the Crown. If this difficulty did not exist, most Canadians would doubt- less be delighted to have one of the Com- monwealthls most distinguished statesmen

rm: GUARDIAN. g CHARLOTTETOWN The Price Of Prominence

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' It's your fault,

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weather!

I 1; Notes Bx-

''It's 3 lot easier to go wiiu-o You please if you develop, the habit. of pleasing where you 30.". I Sudhiiry Star. .

A San Fi-anci:c::slior has a col-

g lectlon of 1.000 old ropes, and they re probably the kind we are supposed to smoke at Christmas. -Hamilton Spectator.

To save construction costs, the authorities at. Edinburgh are put- llnls up a plastic "schoolhouse. in future years the scholars can look back at the happy days spent in the. little red polyvinyl acetate. -Boston Post.

Somewiiei-a in Caniida urn 544 people on whom the mailman never calls because the govern- ment has stopped all their let- ters. That's the penalty if you are suspected of grading in lot- tery tickets. But. what hupllens to those monthly bills?-Brantford Expositor.

Americans are carrying ibont with them half a billion pounds of excess fat. Dr. Clive R. Mc- ' Cay. professor of nutrition st. Cor-

nell Unlversily. spnaklnb in Chi- cago to the Feed Editors Confer- clice, said too high caloric diets- ,cause many of the ills of middle and old age. It has long been I truism that many people dig their wraves with their teeth. It may be a by-product of having too much to eat. It is ironic that at .1 time when millions are severe- ly under-fed, other millions are shortening their days by over- gorging.-London Free Press.

Many people realise what. steam. lien electricity, have done to bet-

ter things in the world. Now what. will come in the Atomic Age? Is this continent on the threshold of

This column In open to the discussion by wri-espondents of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the opinion of correspondenta.

, SEEKING IRISH COUSINS

Sir.-I am searching for cousins in Canada and would welcome data. from readers of yours who know of the names Mlnogue,Man- ogue or Mannlx til. varistloni and, of course, from those lucky people themselves! '

As s matter of fact. I would sp- pi-eciate hearing from anybody wishing to be in touch with Ire- land. V

I am, Sir, etc. EDWARD MINOGUE.

as their Governor-General.

V Within the Commonwealth, those na- tions over which Queen Elizabeth reigns have been showing a preference for Gov- ernors-General of their own nationality.

dignitary as the Queen's once more; South Africa is less likely to do so. But when nationalism has been grati- fied in this matter, it would certainly pro- .mote Commonwealth unity if member na- tions exchanged prominent citizens as Gov- ernors-General.

EDITORIAL NO1 ES

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Ottawa's description of the Trans-Can- ada Highway in this Province as being "to the east boundary of Charlottetown" and .to' the west boundary of Charlottetown” indicates that city streets will have to carry the load in between.

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There has been a change in the Rus- sian stand on atomic weapons which eouid be missed in the general critical tone of Mr. Vishinskys comment on President Ei59"h0W91"S P1'0p0sal. The Soviets have Previously opposed any form of interna- tional supervision but the latest statement adds to the familiar demand for pro- hibition of atomic weapons the wholly new proposal for "strict international control".

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Hector Berlioz, French composer, was 'born lo0 ycars ngo today. He was a ro- mantic both in his private life and as a lmusician. Surprisingly, Paris took longer Ito acknowledge his genius than did other 'l:.uropean capitals. He was one of the ,Di'lllClpai exponents of "programme" music landa master of orchestration. He is the lOl'lgll't of all the revolutionary movement iwhich has been carried on, in search of 'new forms, by French musicians during the last half-century.

The late Lieut. Colonel P. W. Mac- Nevin, D.C.M., was ii fine type of citizen, iserving his country effectively both as a soldier and a citizen. He had 3. distinguish- ed record overseas durlng the First World War, and also as commander of the Artil- lery Reserve Unit here during World War Two. His long service on, the Railway ter- minated with his retirement in 1950 as loco- motive foreman. and he was generally re- garded as one of. the most capable men in his profession. He took ii keen interest in his fellow war veterans, and in the wel- fare of his community and Province gen- erally. Sincere sympathy is extended to his bereaved widow and relatives in his loss, which will be felt also by a very wide circle of friends and comrades. '

Canada may at some time have a British .. representative '

cluemori-ls. Country May , Ireland.

I I III I'lXl:I:I:I:I:l:I'I Old Charlottetown (And r. s. 1.)

VVIJSLEYAN . CHAPEL

From the reports of the Legis- lative Assembly, Feb, 3, 1335;

"Mr. Blnns presented a Petition from Issac Smith, purporting to he on behalf of the trustees of the Wesleyan Chapels in Char- lottetown, setting forth - that the Chapel on Lot No. 53, in the Second Hundred of Town Lots in Charlottetown. being in I very dilapidated state, and too small to accommodate the congregation. the trustees have been induced to purchase a piece of ground, a'nd build n larger and more coin- niodious place of worship, and deem it necessary to sell the premises on which the old Chapel stands-that from some informal-

wiirds completing the new build- ings. y

Women In Public Office

(Ottawa Journal)

The extent to which women share the responsibilities of gov- ernment ln the United States, as revealed in it report by the Re- publican National Committee, will suiprlse meet. people.

There are 12 women in Congress --one in the senate and 11 in the House of Representatives--and 280 are members of state legislatures. both being all-time high fl-g.ure.s.

In the first 11 months of the Eisenhower regime 40 nppoint- ments of women were made to high official posts-including one to ii cabinet post, two to be am- bassadors to European countries, one to be a deputy civil defence scimlnristrator.

Women in the United states gtiilii service now number almost half 1 million, constituting about 22 percent the - government workers in continental U.8.A. This figure seems not to include the thousands of other women serving

who hold policy-making posts un- der state governments.

"In addition to all this." the re- port observes. women are being

those concerned with education.

industrial problans. dance and business promotions." in another army of women serving municipal estimated that It!) women an iniinlclpsl alerts in American cit.-

lss of from l.tlll to 10,000.

stale sdzninistntlons. or the 5.000

appointed more and more to board: and commissions. eqsecliilly

social welfare, public lrutlcuuotis. And then sdrnsnlst.-sttoris-it is

in spring. After examinations, prior to school closing, it is the custom for the students in senior high school to go on class trips to cul- tural centres in Japan, accom- panied by their teachers. The graduating class of the year usual- ly goes on a trip of a. week's dura- tion. travelling by bus and train and staying over night at. hotels. As there were more than one

classes in the Elwii schools and even larger classes in many of the government schools, all the details of these trips had to bq carefully worked out. by the teachers in charge beforehand. Trains and buses are always crowded in Japan in the spring; students from all over the country are going on class trips with their teachers. Those from the North go South. those from the South go North. These class trips are the only op- portunitles many people ever have to travel as the average Japanese family cannot afford any unneces- sary expenses. I O 0

Three years in Japan sped by on wings. The country and its people held many. surprises for us. We went there expecting to meet some hostility but we met only friendli- ness and kind consideration:

difficulties but

interesting scenery but found our- selves in is beautiful land of green mountains, flowering trees and picturesque lakes: we expected to find A poverty-sti-lckerr people

'the Milltarists. Many of the hor- rlble truths of the war had been hidden from them and it wasn't until the influx of Americans be- gun. after peace had been declared, thlit. many of the actual facts were revealed. The Japanese told us they were ashamed and sorry.

We were bewildered at first but as we began to unddrstand these people, we knew that they were sincere. The Japanese have had enough of war and there is noth- ing which .thc people fear more than becoming involved in another 'one. And yet. the danger is real. .

Japan is ii country ii-itli an area slightly over one third that of the province of Ontario. and s popula- tion six times that of Canada. Only 20 per cent. of the land is arable and the country is poor in natural ,resources neoessl y for industry. There is" an ever increas- ing birth rate and I death rate which is lower than it was in pre- war years due to advancement in medical care and fheatinont.

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The obvious solutions to than problems would seem so be im- proved fanning irpthods. emigra- tion, and expsnilon of industry. However. there are complications.

Japan lg I mountainous country: the tiny farms are on stoop hill sides. Farm machinery -imported from the Western countries would not be at all suitable for use on Japanese fni-ms. Ieddes. it would

to buy. The land is intensely, culti- vated and the smount: of arable land not under oiiitivstion is negligible. The productivity of the little farms in already high. It is not. ii cream yield per sci-cjhpt is needed. but more soul. -

bmii is one of the few plsiou in the world today when Jsponou

PUB”: FORUM i An IsIandiTeacherIn Japan

By Rodin Mnclhy, Albany, P. E. 1.. recently returned from three years of teaching

English in Japanese High Schools (Concluded) .

The school year in Japan ends cans, Canadians and Europedns, said,.thst. if Japan's

another great era that will result in 5. much higher standard of liv-

GT5?-It Waxa I

:1 Atomic Age, ii 1 envision. The a(ire:i83:l'.lX,2,”: "lit gala PCIGWIIIIG uses may bepog: at Iiugmn-rym e:e!g:l:lb:PDiic?ii0n civilisation may tag, in a;i;1;l'ed stepdorwnrd. And. with the ba ?:t.mI:.u mm” l"08ms of th; years who :00!) the Atdmlo Acgnennligirdiliz aary'”””re-erm-

when the wiilkln e Dory-and you see lgy0li:glaf;u:l.K!;. person lose his fooling sn.;1'1m lai sidewalk in s sitting posit E don't laugh. Congratulate hhn1o"' his quick thinking and .,,,.,,'T" sense of direction. Buy, for ad good. landing he might have bee” injured. or at least more sf-semi: jolted. This conclusion is in.-,,,,)i by medical evidence in 5 phii adelphia case. In that city A W I man described as Cal'l'ying ,..,.,:: weight fell thlrteengstories -r.-,,,, a hotel window, and landed in I sitting position, but 5u,,.u.N; Medical testimony was that h,,Z fat cushioned -the shock, and the sitting stance was the best of an to diffuse it.-Windsor Star,

In the last. five buoyiiiit IPIII1 over 100.000 new factory joh5'im,. opened up for Canadians. 'rh.,' represents a tremendous jump 1,. industrial investment. ACCDl'diliL' in figures published in the Inim- Gazette the money spent on n-w equipment went up from 51 "Jill. 000,000 in 1948 to 51.859.000.000 HI 1952. 'Not all this would he ini- manufacturing, but it is prohablg that seventy-five per cent of it was. On this basis the average cost of providing a job fnr Pauli of the more than 100,000 new workers in manufacturing wnui-1 be over 36,000. That is what "capital" is, and the soundness of its employment is not only the klly to attracting investors to Canada

ing? This is it possibility gurrently being mulled over by economists, financiers and business men. The

but the first and only Ellarantee of security and new jobs.-Ham. llton Spectator.

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population

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hundred girls in each of the senior n

we expected to have many language discovered that English is the second language of the people; we expected drab, un-

problem were to be relieved by emigration ,uid there were is coun- try willing to accept large num- bers of Japanese settlers, 6000 Japanese people would have to leave Yokohama. each day (taking into consideration the rising birth and lowering death rates). and he doubted if there would be I boot large enough to carry them!

t 0 0 Many people in Japan believe that Japan's only hope is the ex- pansion of her indutsi-y, and trade with less developed counti-ies.of the East. China is her most. natural market but because of political pressure, Japan is unable to sell to Red China and, as yet. the rate of mechanization in other Asiatic countries has not been rapid enough to promise Japan rescue from her precarious economic posi- tion, through the production and export of machinery for factory work. As I. result, Japan is seek- ing Western markets and is con- fronted by higli tariffs and serious competition from other industrial nations. The young people of Japan, especially, are greatly concerned about the future of their country and many of them are turning in desperation towards the rich pro- mises of Oommunism for I. solu- tion to their problems. C

by confu ng facts and attempting

ini. groups at work in the country are ntnking t. e most of the situation

on display of Douglas five will

this" demonstration.

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American Home Sewing Machines new

models to choose from; Factory representa- bo donioiisfrofing the above machines today and tomorrow. Don't miss

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PROFESSIONAL CARDS

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tostir up anti-American feeling. I 0 I

going through I period of political

tlrient question, "Can the Western powers gracefully make possible I futurr of friendly economic interdependence between all modern nations. or will they resist. new trends thus, laying the groundwork for s second war in

ture will answer but Already the