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CIIAELOTTETOWN SATURDAY. JULY 29. 1950

canadlan Destroyers Vlltii Brltlsli Fleet

Canada's three destroyers in the Far East have been assigned to units of the Royal Navy for operations in Korean wa- ters. The decision was not, of course, one of policy but of tactics. Had there been advantages in such a course. the Cayuga. Athabascan and Sioux could almost as read- ily have been attached to a United States Navy task force. No serious difficulty of co-operation at sea or agreement by the Governments concerned would have prevent- ed such a disposition.

In organization, equipment and tradition our Navy is closer to the R. N. than to the U, s, N., while our seamen probably hear more resemblance to the American wet bob than to the English tar. All are today, in a very real sense, comrades in arms, and in their unity lies the strength of the United Nations.

SoclaIIsm's Slxtli column

Resolutions denouncing communism have become such a commonplace that the declar- ation of the 200,-odd delegates from 23 na- tions attending the fourth annual confer- ence of the World Organization of the Teaching Profession, meeting at Ottawa, of their readiness to oppose this intellectual weapon of Russian imperialism is unlikely to attract the attention which it otherwise deserves. . .

Paradox of such declarations of faith in the democratic way of life is. that those who make them frequently fail to detect the totalitarian tincture in their own midst. In Canada today there are those whose stand against communism is courageous in- deed, but who not only tolerate but support economic doctrines which, if achieved, would spell the death knell of freedom itself in this country.

These are the state-worshippers, the peo- ple wholbelieve that if business and indus- try were run by the government, if state planning replaced private initiative, Can- ada would be a happier and more prosper- ous land. These misguided souls are obliv- ious to the fact that planning would be im- possible without controls, and controls would be futile without a police state to see that they were enforced.

The World Organization of the Teach- ing Profession, of which the Canadian

Teachers Federation forms an important part, would command wide support for its many worthy objectives were its represen- tatives to address themselves to the problem of combating totalitarianism at home, and leave to the Armed Forces and the diplo- mats the task of fighting totalitarianism abroad. l

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Ottawa's tTIilrd Force"

'. Thoughtful Canadians would be shock- ed were it suggested that policy decisions of the Federal cabinet more often than not reflected, not the considered judgment of in- dividual Ministers of the Crown, but rather the views of a highly specialized team of ex- perts occupying a governmental "no-man's- land" midway between Parliament and the departments of government. Yet an exam- ination of the role of those having the title of "Special Assistant" to various cabinet ministers would probably provide convincing evidence that this is so.

Not being responsible to any deputy- minister, "Special Assistants” occupy a pos- ition distinctly different from that of regu- larly appointed civil servants. Nor is their position akin to that of Parliamentary As- sistants, who invariably occupy a seat in the House of Commons and are responsible to Parliament itself. Consequence of their unique status is that they are prone to be regarded by parliamentarians and senior of- ficials of government alike as the alter ego of the cabinet minister whom they serve.

.. Dean 'of this governmental "no-man's- jand"'is Jack Plckersgill, Special Assistant Mr. Pickersglll, in theory at least, has no politics. He was seconded to his present post by tamer Prime Minister King. from the Department of External Affairs.

That Mr. Pickersglll and others occupy- ing sppointinentsu Special. Alnlltlntl to Ministers of the well both Can- ”sdssndthclrr'sspectivscfiiefslsnot in

and depsrtmenthesds are prone to hang on the words which fall from the lips of Spe- cial Assistants as reflecting the views of cabinet itself, while Ministers of the Crown, beset by the complexities of "Big .Govcm- merit", rely more and more upon the guid- ance of the Special Assistants in the formu- lation of policy. , '

Those who occupy the post of Special Assistant in the Ottawa hierarchy are un- doubtedly highly versed in the art of state- craft. Nevertheless. it is questionable whether the emergence of tlils "third force" in government is as desirable as it is undoubtedly useful to the cabinet ministers concerned. Serious students of government hold that it tends to weaken rather than strengthen the machinery of public admin- istration.

EDITORIAL NOTES Tomorrow, 8th Sunday after Trinity. 0 O 0

Monday will be the Provincial Revival Rally in the Forum. 0 0 Away back in 1932, The Guardian used to carry regular weekly cartoons from the skilled hands of Evangelist Templeton. O O O . Tomorrow in'l'i-uro the die will be cast so far as Charlottetown's application is con- cerned for admittance to the Maritime Sen- ior Hockey League. 0

Montague's example of providing refuse containers around the streets should be .more widely imitated. No amount of effort in other directions can excuse littered streets.

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Though the price of flour has gone down, we are told there will be no reduc- tion in the price of bread because the reduc- tion has been off-set by increases in the price of sugar, lard, etc. There is always something to keep the rabbit's tail short.

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Most volunteer witnesses before the Fishermenis Loan Commission lack knowl- edge of the general proceedings under the Act during election year or otherwise. Per- haps the candidates could throw more light on the subject.

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Tourists happily approaching the Island from Truro glide over some of the best stretches of highway in the Maritimes. The shock of their arrival on this side should be softened a bit by warnings of the miles of dust between Wood Islands and the nearest pavement.

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Legal aid for persons lacking means has become an issue in several provinces. Free legal services for those who cannot pay is nothing new. What is an innova- tion is the provision for reimbursing their legal adviser for his pains.

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Rejuvenation would have made much more progress had not investigators of a generation ago unluckily begun their ex- periments using monkey glands. The re- sultant flood of ridicule prevented serious study of the problem, and it is only now that scientists are again making any real progress. '

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A co-operative arrangement has been made whereby Saskatchewan dairymen whose herds are on the provincial herd im- provement test may enter their purebred cows on R30. P. and secure the benefits of R. 0. P. records without duplication of test- ing services. The plan has been worked out between the Saskatchewan and the Can- ada departments of agriculture and provides that inspectors under the provincial herd improvement service will also hold appoint- ment as R. 0. P. inspectors.

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Banierl Carlo Giovanni Maria Ferando Eugeno Humbert II, King of Italy, assassin- ated this date 1900 after 22 years on the throne. He was a liberal-minded monarch; supported the Triple Alliance to maintain peace in Europe, and also cultivated the friendship of Britain; he advocated the colonization of the Red Sea littoral as an outlet for Italy's teeming population which was being agitated by socialists and an- archists, one of whom, named Bresci, assas- sinated him.

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Great accomplishment from a small be- ginning flows. When the cry "Fresh sweet-. ies!" sounded In Edinburgh's Lawnmarket towards the end of the 19th century. urch- ins crowded round the man with the little cart, nudging him for their halfpenny- worths. The toffee-vefidor was William Duncan, a High Street confectioner. On is coke-stove in their shop, his mother, Mrs. Mary Duncan, boiled sugar and flavouring while her son planned big things. Today, from humble beginnings, the firm, W. J: M. Duncan, Ltd., employs 1,100 workers and in a year uses 900 tons of cocoa-beans, 700 tom of cocoa butter and 2,700 tons of su- gar. Their output has recently rocketed dz 1.090 tons of confection from chocolate bars faction-y liquors. The firm does an inter-

SEEKING PIN IIIEND ,

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mm-mt: BENEFITING FROM CRITICISM

Sir.mIn a previous letter I sub- mitted the suggestion that farm- ing. today, iya huge manufactur- ing industry. and as such is en- titled in being conducted and managed in similar fashion to that being accorded what we may term commercial institutions in 0"! large industrial centers.

There are five basic essentials to success. generally recognized and adhered to in the manufac- turing of commercial goods:-g There must be sufficient capital invested upon which to carry on the business. There must be prop- er equlpment with which to carry on the process of manufacturing efficiently. There must be an adequate supply of available raw material. There must be a market for the output. And finally. there must be an organized means of iliatclnz the product on the mar-

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A lack in. or of. any one of these. will affect the business concerned. adversely. Provision for all five essentials is the re- sponsibility of the company. The shareholders provide the capital invested. the management the other four. by virtue of money secured through the sale of stock. That is organized business. and there is every reason to expect that it will be successful.

But what about agriculture as an Organized institution? Well. it simply isn't such. Collectively it is an eiopenslve manufacturing business. made up of similar smell, wee or individual units. but there is no overhead organization. Each unit. small or large though it be. provides its own five "essen- tials" as it may. without regard to. or concern about what other units are doing. And so, on five thousand farms we may have five thousand different ideas as to how things should be done. This is the problem organizers have under- taken to correct. and we are periodically advised that good progress is being made.

The Effort towards bringing about unification in agricultural activities is not new in this Prov- lnce. Fifty years back would scarcely ante-date its beginning. and yet at this date it is still the cure-all that is being offered for our szrlcultural ills.

the remedy was as potent and effective as we have been led lb belleve. down through all these Yum Why hasn't it registered a cure? Of course it can be argued I remedy has to be "taken" be- fore it can even render relief. and that is logical. but why have so many been unwilling to take the dose voluntarily? To find out the reason may be to discover a so- lution! I am, Sir, ef J. ALCOHOL EDUCATION

Sir.-I have just finished read- int "The Manual of Reference for Alcohol Education". adopted by the Province of British Colum- bia for use in their schools. It is the last word in scientific teaching 0" "ll! Sllbiect upon which in the last forty years so very much has been written. The classic is, "M. cohol and the Human Body", by Sir Victor l-Iorsley and Mary D. -Sturge, reprinted in many edif- ions. Since then I great deal of study has been put upon the ,problem and many books have been written.

Science does not give beverage alcohol a leg to stand upon. In this latest text book for use in British Columbia schools the best it can say for this "Angel of Mer- cy" that has been glorified in song throughout the ages is in the fol- lowing words: "There is no scien- tific evidence to prove that alcohol taken occasionally. and in small amounts is permanently harmful to the human body." In this whole book there is not one sentence of genuine commendation of its vslus as a beverage. ,

As a medicine it is not now used. Other and more effective remedies are now at hand. As I food it has no permanent value. It utlsnes a man's hunger by dulllng the nerves that tell him he is hungry. It drowns his troubles. but like the drowned eat it re- tuns home. It relieves nervous tension but dethrones common sense. It is supposed to stimulate the hurt but It merely removes the controls. A man thinks it makes him a little better driver. but it blurs his vision and slows down his mental reaction.

In this text book moderator drinking is not rscoinlnondod. "Ivan the behaviour that results

tried many times unsuccessfully to '

in Newfoundland and,

”- D A. GILLIES.

E.v.lg:Eah

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Icvuosl in west rates and the motoring of it to all consumers is s prcpossl being considered by the Works Oominittoe. such s step has been urged to check the wasteful use of water by some householders because the expenses of the water- works department are rising. - Hamilton. spectator.

The ll.l. is weaken tanks today. The Russians have been grinding out the huge weapons at the rate cf 1.000 per month, by best estimate. and now reportedly have so armor- ed divisions. The U. S. has one - the Second Armored Division sta- tioned at Camp Hcod, exas. American infantry divisions, like soviet ones. have some tanks of their own to support foot. soldiers. -Wall street Journal.

That story from our' Taber cor- respondent the other day certainly wound up on s. suggestive note. First. Taber town council is erect- ing stop signs on certain streets. Then speed traps are being mea- sured out to catch drivers with a heavy foot. And. just as s clincher. the town police have moved into the bsseme t of the court house snd new cells are being built. well. Taber motorists can't I say they hs en't been ws.rned.-- Letlibridge

most promising approach to the prevention of intemperams lies in the purposeful education on mai- lers relating to alcohol. Past ef- forts through Sunday Schools and Young People's Societies have not been successful. If our educational authorities put these studies into our training college and primary schools. and get the feuche 3 in- teresfed in the instruction. then in course of years this vexed prob- lem of alcohol would be pretty well solved. It would do more for the generations to come than all our preaching and our processes of law. There is no quick remedy. It will take years of patient, pains- taking teaching of our young people to bring I permanently changed mind for the better in re- gard to this problem that is caus- ing so much debate and so much sorrow.

I am. Sir. etc..

W. I. GREEN.

Stanley Bridge.

BIDOD BANK APPEAL

Sir.-For a hospital to operate its own Blood Bank would be a most. expensive procedure. which is be- yond the economy of small hos- pitals. These are factors about op- erating ; Blood Bank which make it impossible for A small hospital to give a service equivalent. to that now supplied by the Red cross. There are many technical fact- ors involved in having the properly matched blood. and if one has to do those after the need for blood arises. then much valuable time is lost. and. too often in the past. this has been fatal to the patient.

We all can remembeninthe past. when 3.05. calls were sent out for donors by radio and otherwise. Often it was necesss y to call in two or three dozen donors before the right one could be found. Now all these difficulties are a ” of history. and it is only necessary to phone the Blood Bank. send the sample. state our requirements and these are met without delay. In the past there was often the case without relatives and friends to donate blood. and the patient died for went of transfusion.

The Red Cross only accepts those who, are physically fit as blood donors. therefore all individuals bebween the ages of eighteen and sixty-five can give blood without fear of ill effects. Nature has pro- vided that loss of cod in the healthy individual is rapidly ro-

lsced. - .

A pint of blood may be valued at five. ten. or twenty-fivs dollars. or it mly be of value without price if! such is the means of saving I i c. On behalf of the many who will be bcnsfitted. I lppesl to all who are able to make their contribution to the Red Cross Blood Bank.

I am. 511'. etc.

P. A. CREIILMAN

Nf.D.. OM... Director, Division of 'niberculosis Control. Provincial Sanitarium July 8th. I

The Ago-old Story

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Old Charlottetown (And P. I. la)

MARKET REGULATION!

One of the first acts of the City Counci following the incorpora- tion Charlottetown in 1855 was to mgke regulations for the good government of the Market House on Queen Square. Provision was made for the letting of stalls and for keeping the market open every Wednesday and Saturday from 8 am. until 4 p.m. from the first of May till the first of November. and for the remainder of the year from 9 s.m. until 3 p.m.

The bylaw, passed Sept. 6, 1855 provided that "should any disess-l ed, unwholesonie or unsound meat of any description or messley pork be exposed for sale, the Market Clerk shall forthwith seize the same and shall cause the person exposing such meat or pork to be summoned before the Mayor's or Police Court which nld Court shall have power to cause the nine to be publicly burnt if after hear- ing evidence it shall consider such meat or pork as unfit for food and may further enforce I fine not exceeding forty shillings on the person or persons who may have exposed the some for sale and enforce the payment of the same b diction or imprison- ment 0 the offender for a term not exceeding thirty days, unless the said fine be sooner paid."

It being deemed mouury that better order should be maintained around the Market I-louse. it was provided that "posts and rails be erected within not more - than thirty-five feet of the pillars of the building, leaving proper space for access to the doorways, to pre- vent csttlc, carts and carriages or sleighs .of any kind from entering or being placed in the inner side of the said posts and rails. and to prescribe and direct in what or- der carts or slelgbs having fish. meat or other produce for sale. shall stand.” i

The Market Clerk was made re- sponsible for seeing that "no pick- led fish or other things having a disagreeable or offenoiva odor shsll be exposed for sale or placed. within the said posts and rails." also for seizing and destroying "all spirituous liquors which on I Mu-kst day shall be sold or ob fend or exposed for sale by 're- tsil within the aid Market l-louse."

IAINIIT MISS

S'PA1N'!3. Mlddlesex. E (C?) Shells lwissmsi-i, I wanted to visit Canada for three years. but could not do so with- out her fnther's consent. She worked for a you. in 1 radio fac- tory during the day. as a cinema usher at night. she saved 8300

and is now going to Canada with her father's blessing. ”

trntmcnt of polio.

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As a financial safeguard you should Icsrry Insurance.

Plysvup to 85.000 per person for czumms involved In the ,Two full years of protection for only 810.00 for familial. 85.00

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If the Canadian Government must re-calculate the Federal budget in the light. of the world crisis, the some responsibility rests upon pro- vlnclsl and municipal governments. All the three wings of government are supported by the same taxpayer. Since he must provide more money for defence he cannot afford all the other huge expenditures which Federal. provincial and municipal governments have been planning

ful world.-Winnipeg Free Press.

The proposal of the. Porcupine District Trans-Canada Highway Committee of a "Goldilocks" high- way, linking the Gold Belt of Tim- mins to the Locks of Sault Ste. Marie. should be given considerable study here, since it eventually must be built as I part of a network of roads connecting all the communi- ties of Northern Ontario. The north country will need such a network for developing all our natural re- sources. -sault Ste. Marie star.

It will require" somethL, more than n. major operation to get the term "Dominion" out of the re- cords and statutes and documents and off the property of this nation. This fact is amply illustrated in a Canadian Government book Just issued. It is the first volume of Sta- tutory orders and Regulations, as consolidated and printed this year. This Canadian Government volume is simply bristling with the word, "Donilnicn"- -the Dominion Coal

Board Act, the Dominion Elections '

Act. the Dominion Lands Act. the Dominion Land surveys Act. the Dcminlon Successio Du-fy Act, the Dominion Trade and Industry Com- mission Act. the Dominion Water Power Act. . . .and no uncommon phenomenon" in this volume are

on the false assumption of a peace- i

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the words "Dominion cf cgmda. But why extend the record why” the Governments own information compiled and published by uh, Bureau of Statistics? - Ham, chronicle-I-Ienld. ” A young Fort William ha, M coanpsnied his parents in. nu, slavia two years ago. Bmughg in this city, attending gchcolg he” and having many friends, he Wm reluctant to leave. As he was not 0. I30. being only eighteen at the gm; he felt obliged to obey the wishe- of his parents who had succumbei to the plea from Tito in their in. tive land that they return and hel build up I gloriciis new countrp under communism. The aim, 2 from the freedom of Canadian .5. to s imonted communist llVl11g proved too much for the young man. After two years he plotted with others to slip out of Yugo. slnvia. He reached Switzerland and is now at Ellis Island. He hopes in get back to Csnads.-Fort William Times-Journal. '

The Ynrinoutli town council by a good idea. It is asking for , government investigation 1,,” the kind of meals served ls Nova Bcotia. It decided to do this am.- llstenlns to Councillor Harold Hopkins. who is B customs official, M1”- Holiklns found. from queg. tionlng departing visitors, um they were dissatisfied with an fare restaurants had offered them They claimed this was not com. parable to the food south of ch, bcrder and one man said bluntly that he could get better fresh sal. mon in New York than in Nova scotla.- saint John 'I'clegmph. Journal.

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Dea Yield up his sword: and. smiling, draw the breath. I The first long breath of freedom; when the flower of Recompense hath fluttered to

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me Alone. and absolute, and free;

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Clapsed hands, pressed lips, and so

clasped hands again;

No words. But as the proud wind fills the sail,

My love to yours shall reach. then. one deep moan

Of joy: and then Alone.

our infinite

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