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Fishermen's Loans ' It is to be hoped that as a result

of discussion in Parliament this week, there will be a considerable.

isheries improvement loans guaran- by the Federal Government. The ggestions, which came chiefly from ernment supporters, covered sev- | matters of complaint, It was said that the present Act, which it is proposed to extend until June, 1962, does not adequately take care of many engaged in fishing who do not own a share in a vessel or in fishing gear. Extensive publicity with regard to the provisions of the Act was urg- edj on the ground that there is*muth ignorance of its provisions, not only among fishermen but among credit unions and banks which act as lend- ers in financing new equipment. The repayment periods specified for var- ious types of loans were criticised as being too restrictive. Guarantees, j it was suggested, should extend to loans for purchases of fishing gear that cannot now be insured.

Finance Minister Fleming promis- ed “sympathetic consideration” of the suggestions. He noted that in the first 34 months of operation up to last October 31, a total of 5,181 loans amounting to $573,047 had been made. These figures tend to support the criticisms as to the in-

adequacy of the statute. One reason

- . why so little use had been made

| of thé Act in the past, Mr. Fleming

F said, was that fish buyers in manv cases financed the fishermen. The trend now was toward greater inde- pendence, with the result that there might be more borrowing under the Act. If that is the case, then it should be made more generally ap- plicable.

N.B. Parties Divided

So far there is no evidence of a party split ‘in our Legislature over the premium plan for hospital in- ; pete surance. This is what has happened j in New Brunswick, however. While both parties favour insurance, there is sharp controversy over the method of paying for the province’s share of the cost. The Government stands by its combination of payroll de- duction and municipa! collection of premiums plan. The Opposition in- sists the plan can be financed out of current revenue.

“Against the Opposition’s stand,” says the Fredericton Gleaner, “it can be stated that the plan could not be financed out of current revenue with- out new taxes of some sort. The Government’s plan, on the other hand, is somewhat complex, and seems to involve heavy administra- tive costs. However, the opposition to it which has> arisen among the municipalities is based upon misun- derstanding and a lack of apprecia- tion of certain benefits the plan will eonfer upon them.”

; Health Minister McInerney has ex- plained that municipalities will not be compelled to enter the plan if they do not wish to. Some other

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sumably have to be found for the people of such municipalities who do not come under the payroll deduc- ; tion section of the plan.

Kipling Was Wrong ‘Rudyard Kipling’s famous lines “Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet” may have been true of the'19th century in which he lived, but in today’s world East and West are going: to have to get to know each other bet- ter or the future of mankind is not very bright. A meeting taking place in Mon- ‘ treal in March will decide how Can- adians can best help in promoting understanding, between East and -West. The first national conference of the Canadian National Commis- sion for UNESCO will discuss an imaginative plan by which the mem- bers of the United Nations. are working to eneourage mutual under- standing. betwen the nations of the Occident and the Orient. - This is a phase of the work of the

United Nations that is too little | known and appreciated. A ten-year | project that has already been two |

years in 9peration, tt has been taken

- curricula in Asian countries. India is emphasizing the true interpreta- _ studies and teacher training colleges..

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up by more than 80 countries each

developing a programme of action best suited to its own conditions. For example, Scandinavian countries are preparing two exhibits: one of Scan- dinavia to tour the Orient, and one of the Orient to tour Scandinavia. Japan is working on translations of representative literary works an: has held an international seminar on the treatment of the West in school

The United States has held an In- ternational Theatre Week with plays by Asians or about Asia, in univer- sities, colleges and children’s theat- res. The United Kindgom has set up a continuing programme in schools.

The difficulties to be overcome are mostly psychological and _ political. There will be no magic change, but by patient and sustained effort it is hoped that conditions will grad- ually be created for development of a world civilization in which al! cul- tures can co-exist and> collaborate, retaining their own original qualities while engaged in fruitful exchange based on mutual respect. Canada, with one coast fronting the Orient, has a vital stake in the success of this project for international under- standing.

Cyprus’ Future ~

Prime Minister Macmillan thinks that the new arrangement for the future of Cyprus is a “victory for reason and good sense”. Taking the agreement at its face value, it would seem to be. Anything that eases ten- sion in any particular area is to be praised.

It is by no means certain, how- ever, that Cyprus as a Republic, within or without the Common- wealth, will henceforth be a land of happy people. It is to be noted that the Greek Cypriots, who make up 1 four-fifths of the population of the Island, do not like that part of the agreement that permits Britain to retain her military bases. Neither does Archbishop Makarios. He a- greed to it merely because without it there could have been no settle- ment; and, evidently, he is enthused over the probability of his becoming the first President of the Republic. Then, too, the Turks will still be mn a minority position; and there is nothing to suggest that they will relish that status more in the future than they have in the past. Legally, their rights are protected; but whether it will work out that way in ordinary day by day living is a question. It seems unlikely; for old prejudices have a way of over- whelming new legalities.

Like all other new States, recent- ly emerged from colonialism, Cyprus will have all sorts of economic prob- lems to cope with, even allowing for wise and stable government, which

is by no means assured under the pact. And it can be tak or grant- ed that Communis propagandists

will be hard at work trying to sow seeds of political and social discon- tent. All in all, it is not a specially good time for new nations to be born.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Dr. Brenden O’Grady of St. Dun- stan’s University is making a name for himself as a labour-management counciliator. On two occasions in lit- tle over a year he has helped to set-

tle disputes to the satiSfaction of all concerned. *

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Cynics will say that the cordial manner in which Prime Minister Macmillan has been received in Mos- | cow doesn't mean a thing. Time will tell whether this is so or not’ But surely, friendly conversations be- tween heads of governments are

much better than recriminations by mail. :

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Labour Minister Starr claims that 25,000 persons, have ween put to work so far under the Federal Gov- ernment’s municipal winter works “incentive program”. It would be in- teresting to know what the local sit- uation is. Have 10—or 20, or 30— persons been put to work in Char lottetown under the arrangement ?™

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It is easy to understand why President Eisenhower is so reluct- ant to accept the resignation of Sec- retary -of State Dulles. Mr. Dulles has been his right-hand man for so long that he hates the thought of getting along without him. It seems certain, however, that a new ap- pointment will be made soon. As Senator Stuart Symington of Mis. souri put it recently, “no man can direct foreign policy from a hos-

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ON PARLIAMENT HILL

Controversial Questions

By Heath Macquarrie, M.P.

With the Throne Speech Debate concluded, the House hag picked up momentum. One of the con troversial questions arose on Mon- day when the first motion to go into supply was debated. On this, Mr. Martin put forward an amend ment criticizing the Government for not reconvening a Domin- ion-Provincial Conference. At no- on Monday I received a call from our. Whip asking me to perpare to take part in the de- bate that afternoon. As it hap- pened, I did not get on until the following day since both Mr. Martin and Mr. Fleming spoke nearly two hours each. The de- bate was an interesting. and at times a heated one, but when the vote was taken the inevitable result followed.

The Supply Motion is one of the interesting parliamentary de- vices in that it allows the Op. Position great freedom of move- ment, and the Government does not know on what grounds it will be attacked until the Opposi- tion amendment is actually mov- ed. Of course, in our pariia- mentary system it is of the es- sence that the rights and privileg- es of the Opposition be carefully regarded and fully established. This is one of the great virutes of the British system of politi- cal democracy where - opposition is proviied for as a part of the constitutional process. PRODUCERS’ STRIKE

A continuing source of ar- gument is the producers’ strike at the Montreal centre of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-

The Air Defense Proble

By Patrick Nicholson

Prime Minister John Diefenbak- et possesses the brilliant facul- ty of coining an epigram to ex- plain the heart of the most com- plex problem “in the minimum of verbiage.

Thus it was that the conflicting feelings of everyone were re- solved into common sense when, im announcing the end of the se- ven year and $400,000,000 program to develop the Arrow aircraft, our Prime Minister declared quite simyply that “defence require- ments constitute the sole jusiifi- cation for defence procurement.”

And let their be no doubt, there were conflicting feelings. The airman who sees the role of his service about to be al- tered, if not abolished; the en- gineer who felt pride in Canada's achievement in creating that fan- tastic weapon; the worker whose job was immediately terminated in the Avro aviation plant; the taxpayer who had already paid out $100 and would have had to pay out twice as much to get 100 Arrows into squadron ser- vice; the student of warfare who wonders what is to be our front

line defence next year; the poli-|

tician who knows that the word “Arrow’ will be juggled on the hustings for years to come. All these had deep feelings on this subject.

Then there had been the power- ful lobbies operating around the Government, urging a continua- tion of the Arrow program. Air Marshal Slemén, the Canadian depuiy-chief of the North Amer- ican air defence command, all but laid his head on the block by delivering two impassioned pleas for the Arrow to a group of newspapermen. The Avro Com- pany had plenty to say to urge that its costly but pride-creating baby should not be strangled. The workers’ unions demanded that the Arrow should not be scrap- ped, because their members have a right to employment. The local municipalities. where all the highly paid workers live, also unged continuation of that ex- penditure of public money. “REASON” IS “RIGHT”

Nobody trotibled to speak up for the taxpayers who would have te foot the bill, True, the cost

tion. There are many questions asked on the Orders of the Day about this strike, and on the sup- plementary estimates there was an extended debate. The Gov- ernment, of course, has not in- tervened, and the Minister of Na- tional Revenue, Mr. Nowlan, has time and time again pointed out that he is the Minister through whom the C.B.C. reported to Parliament but he is not the boss- still: less the dictator-of the country’s major radio system It is a sign of the times that practically everythimg that

is brought to the door of the Do- minion Government whether it be a company closing down a coal mine, or another company cur- tailing its steamboat system, or a strike in any part of the country. There seems now to be no area not regarded as having a para- mount concern, and only a few raise their voice in deploring this ever-growing _ tenderly big government.. FARMERS AT OTTAWA This week we had on Parilia- ment Hill legations from the Canadian Federation of Agricul- ture and the Inter - Provincial Farm Unions. We were happy to see Mr. MacLean, the Presi- dent of the P. E. I. Federation of Agriculture. Later in the week we had a_ visit from Mes=rs. Wright, Burge, Gillis and Mac- Donaki who were attending meet- inzs of the Horticultural Council. The problems of agriculture are acute and intricately inter- related. A member of the Can-

per Arrow had been cut from an estimated $12,500,000 each to

about $7,800,000 each, but the bill would still be huge.

And then the Prime Minister himself spoke up, for every Can- adian who seeks safety from at- tack for himself and his family, and for every taxpayer who seeks value for his tax dollar. ‘‘Defence requirements,"’ he said, “‘consti- tute the sole justification for de- fence procurement.” In other words, he does pot intend to tax the public to pay for wea- pons’ which are of no use.

Two years ago, this column deplored the expenditure of many millions of dollars by our then Minister of Defetice Production, Clarence “What's a Milllion?”’ Howe, on a weapon already ob- solete and whoose only role, I said, could be that of an exhibit in a war museum.

SMUG BUT NOT SAFE

Sine then, I have actually visit- ed the Distant Early Warning or DEW Line of radar stations in our Arctic. I am afraid that we have caught that disease which proved so fatal to France in 1940; we have been sitting smug but far from safe behind our inade- quate protections with a Maginot Line Complex.

Suppose we were to build not 100 but 1,000 Arrows, bankrupting ourselves in doing. so. We might make ourselves reasonably safe against an attack by A-bomb car. rying bombers flying across the Arctic. But there is more than one way to skin a cat. A possible enemy could knock out DEW- line Stations to make a gap in our warning system. I can assure you that those little stations. many manned by only five men. isolated 50 miles from the near- est help, are sitting ducks along our Arctic coastline.

Then there is the nuclear-head- ed rocket which can be launched from submarines. Neither DEW- line nor Arrow is protection against that..

And when we have tightened up our naval defences, how are we going to stop twelve insigni« ficant travellers, checking twel- ve H-bomb loaded pieces of bag- gage in check-rooms at our twel-

hap-} pens anywhere in the country)

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- ve most vulnerable sites?

adian Parliament> must be ia terested in the many aspects of the agricultural industry. We, of course, are. especially concerned about the potato which is the vit- al crop in our own province. It is also one around which there are many difficulties in respect to seeking a solution on a long- range basis.

Today, immediately after the House assembied at 11.00 o'clock, the Prime Minister made an an- nouncement of vital interest to all Canadians. This was the Govern- ment’s decision to bring to an end the program of constructing the Arrow CF-105. In the wake of this decigion, there wil! follow some economic dislocations which will be very painful to the people concerned. There will be men out of work and plants - now busy- will be idle, but in these tense and terrible days it would appear that the Government could make no other decision than the one which the Prime Minister am nounced this morning.

In this missile age of ours, in- struments of military defence be- come quickly obsolete, and when the safety of the nation and its citizens is concerned we must be guidei by considerations of tech- nglogical efficiency. While it gave Canadians a great sense of pride to have a splendid aircraft like the Arrow built in Canada, it would be tragic chauvinism to continue on a defence program which was deemed to be out of date and inadequate to protect the land.

So now it would appear that. we must go forward and adopt the Bomarc missile with its nu- clear warheads. A difficult deci- sion has been taken and while it is painful there js every reason to believe that it was the right one.

Today we are in a global total war. Conventional military defences would not provide com- plete or reliable defence. Nor should we kid ourselves that this is only a shooting war that we face; we could lose it on the assembly line at the Avro avia- tion plant, by bankrupting our- selves to build ineffective wea- pons.

A total reassessment of the road ahead is urgently needed. The most urgent need would appear to be a rationalization of. our weapons industries within the framework of our NATO alliance, 90 that by standardization and sub-contracting each nation can get weapons and employment at

Tips On Ways To Gain Weight

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I suggest you try using extra cream (not milk) on your cere- als and in your’ coffee. You might. add cream to the milk you drink, too, Use butter and fat. generous- ly in cooking and when mak- ing salad dressings. Add ex‘ra eggs in puddings ands sala‘ dressings. You might even pu! them into some of your drinks Here is a list of some ‘hizgh- calorie foods. Check with your doctor and if he says ‘it is all right for you to eat them in quantity, then they probably wiil help you gain weight. . Cake, especially with icing, candy, cookies, chocolate, coco- mut, cream, sugar, puddings,

pastries, syrups and sweeten beverages. en

Also, butter, gravy, fatty meats, fried foods, jam, jelly, honey, marmalade, olives, nuts and avocados.

BETWEEN MEAL SNACKS

Naturally you won't eat all of these foods with your regu- lar meals. So I recommend be- tween-meail snacks, providing they don't interfsre with your “regular -meals.

You. can eat something be- fore you go to bed, too. Milk is a good before-bedtime drink, since it helps induce sleep. In fact, you should drink extra milk throughout the day.

So you see it is usually about as difficult for some people to gain weight as\ it is for others to lose it.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A widow: I have a large lump in my left breast and have very little money.

Could tell me where I can go or what doctor I could see who would not charge a large fee?

Answer: You may consult a clinte in any large hosptal or a clinic connected with a medic- al school.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discus

sion by correspondents of question c

interest. The Guerdian does not neses

sarily es“orse the opinion of corres pondents.

VERTICAL INTEGRATION

Sir,—Vertical integration as applied to farming seems to be a Eve topic at present. A possible outcome of this could be that the production and marketing of all foodstuffs would be controlled by one large organization. If this should Sappen, I venture to say that potatoes would not © be sell- ing for sixty-five cents per seventy-five lbs.

As an alternative, in this soci- alistic minded society of ours, the Government could take over as they did in the case of the bankrupt railways. Then as farm

a union, with power to strike for higher wages, vacations with pay, a shorter work week, pen- sions, ete. If this became neces- sary, an opportune time would be at the start of the cropping season.

Then we would not worry so much about this estimated two million dollars that ,the recent freight increase is going to cost

prices it can afford.

this Province, due mostly (Rail-

Khrushchev’s New Line

By George Kitchen Canadian Press Staff Writer

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Nikita Khrushchev appears to be angling anew for a big four summit conference.

That supposition can be read into the Soviet prémier’s attack Tuesday on thé Western proposal for a foreign ministers’ confer- ence to consider the German question and read off the Soviet: threat to turn their West Berlin duties over to the East Germans May 27 next. y

Addressing a Moscow: political rally, Khrushchev indicated he would prefer a conferenee at- tended by the heads of govern- ment of all the countries -that fought against Hitler in the Sec- ond World War. The aim of that conference would be to work out a treaty with Germany.

If he-has a summit conference in mind, he may find the Allied camp divided on this issue,,if no other, Prime Minister Macmillan, currently discussing East . West differences with the Soviet leader, generally has favored summit talks while President Eisenhower always has been lukewarm towards the idea.

OBVIOUS RELUOTANCE

Last summer, with obvious re- luctance, the United States agreed to a summit conference on the Middle East at the United Nations in New York, only to see Khrushev scuttle t on the claim that@he UN Security Council was

an organ of the U.S. state depart- ment. If the U.S. was cool to the idea then, it could be expected, in the light of Khrushchev’s per- formance last August, to be downright cold to it now.

There is room. for speculation that Khrushchev, sensing the dif- fering viewpoints, now might be hoping to drive a wedge between the two’ Anglo-Saxon powers.

THROWS DAMPER

Certainly, his attack on the West's proposal for a foreign ministers’ meeting throws a damper on Western hopes for an

problem and some sort of East- West compromise before the May 27 ine for Soviet with- drawal West Berlin its reached.

When Britain, France and the US. suggested* a four - power meeting in a series of diplomatic notes sent to Moscow last week, they did so with the honest con- viction’ that the Russians might be ready to sit down and talk business.

To make the idea a bit. more palatable to the Kremlin, they suggested that representatives from both East and West Ger- many sit in on the conference as advisers. But Khrushchev's the sis is that reunification of the two Germanys can be settled only by ‘the Germang themselves.

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The Age Old Story

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OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb. 26, 1934)

A meeting of the local branch of Canadian Credit Men’s Trust Association, at which Mr. Henry , general manager, was present, was held last. evening Canadian National Hotel.

A. MacDonald and Mr. L. MacKay were chairmen. Detc fecting credit in various provinc- es, and outlined some of the general business conditions pre- vailing.

The high winds of Friday and Saturday did considerable dam- age in the country. The large barn of Mr. Daniel McLure in Lower Bedeque had the roof lift- ed off and blown across the road. Another barn belonging to Mr. Ernest Compton of St. Eleanors had part of the roof carried away by-the wind..

TEN YEARS AGO (Feb. 26, 1949)

The long established business of Rogers Hardware Co. Lid., is to be disposed of by its pre- sent stockholders and its assets, franchise and goodwill transfer- red te new owners. The announce- ment was made by the president of the company, Mr. Benjamin Rogers, Sr., at a meeting of the staff yesterday.

Fire early yesterday destroyed the dwelling of John M. Mulligan at Newton in the Kinkora parish. Damage was estimated in excess of $5,000 partially covered by in- surance. The origin of the fire is unknown. The Summerside Fire Department sent a crew and engine but slippery roads de- layed their arrival.

MAXIMS

Those who enjoy the. large pleasures of advanced age are those who have sacrificed the small pleasures of youth.

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The head of Acadia University’s We feel pretty sure lots of that English department says “take-home-pay”

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CLASSROOMS AT DUSK What shrines of loneliness these As final daylight stabs the hour with tlames-— ie

Of saffron-fire. I think of Keats’ “Star,” e : : Of Shelley’s “‘Lark” — but these are only names ‘hee Of emptiness, for no one listens .

now T6 take from those romantie words the songs That spill. No one is here to ques- tion how : ; And why a poet lives, and loves, and longs. : I miss the morning's crowded rooms, where talk And laughter yield reluctantly to pleas For silences. I miss the whiris of chalk — The rows of sunflower-smiles that taunt and tease. Deserted schools at dusk meas stricken rooms. ° To me — not sweet repose where music blooms. WALTER BLACKSTOCK In the New York Times

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