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P. W.'C..And'Sit'. To Re- . ceive ' From Car- lnegie Corporation.‘ Dr. -I_.ocke, lChairman Of CamegieLibrary

‘Commission,

Is Enthusiastic

Over New College Plans.

/I siiflditial pent from the Carnegie Corporation, to be donat- edoveratlareeyearperiodforthe pine-base of Oillmdmlffili 5.000 books 1C iihe Prince of Wales Coi- lsge library, 1| likely to be obtained as a result of nefltietions carried on between m. George H. Locke, plan. of ‘Ihrvrito, chairman of the [Amity Commission for Canada of the Carnegie Oflwrlition, and Hon. Dr. Macliflllan, Provincial Minister of Education. Dr. Incke, who arriv- ed here on Thursday for the pur- pose of looking over the situation at Hon. Dr. Maoldillank invitation, Is recommending the III-fli- While fennel sanction of the Corporation will be necessary. he has no doubt that the money will be voted and that part ed it will be available by the latter pert of this year or ssrlr next year, whenever the new O01- lege opens.

m. Locke has also been in con- sultation with Rev. Dr. Murphy and staff of St. Dunstan‘; University, and is recommending a grant for similar purposes for that institution.

Purpose 0f Library Grant

The books, Dr. Incke explained to a Guardian representative, will be purchased by the local institu- iinns. The only restrictionisthat the money must not be used for sub- scription books or for students’ text- books. The purpose being to stim- uute general reading on the part of undergraduates. the libraries in each case will consist largely of volumes of history, biography, trav-_ cl, technical sciencg and kindred subjects.

Dz". Locke has been instrumental in furnishing funds for similar pur- poses for colleges from coast to coast. In addition to his duties as chairman of the Library Commis- sion he is also in charge of the

Public Library in Toronto, which.

contains 100.000 books of reference

and 50.000 books for boys and girls.

His success‘ in stimulating public

interest in his work may be judged

irom the fact that the city of To-

rclllo votes 8507.000 a year for the‘ ‘Public Library, this being the only’ llluroprlation that was not reduced ll connection with the city's budget ‘us year.

Approves P. W. C. Plans

While in Toronto Dr. Locke in- mécted the plans of-the new Prince or Wales College. and was highly pleased. The attractiveness oi the exterior, as well as the interior ar- Yallsements and facilities for up-t/J- date equipment, could not, he said, ‘lie battered. At the request of the Iiovincial Minister oi Education he offered suggestions as to the Col- leke library which have been in- ccrporated in the architects’ plans. The library. which will be on the sczond floor directly over the main entrance, will be roomy and well llkhtcd, accessible both to students and teaching staff. The books wlii be on open shelves-Dr. l/Jcke dc- ilits locked doors on book cases- ‘llid Wlll be distributed with a view l9 tempting the students‘ literary flllllstltc. 1n the Toronto Public Lbrary he has found from experi- once that "sets" and de luxe vol.

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be brought up in future. i

ill.

Suggests Other Possibilities

Another plan which Dr. Locke be- lieves would be feasible in the fut-

r». w, o.

was pleased to note that the plans

ii required. ‘There is really no end to the opportunities I see here for developing your College into one oi the finest educational centres of its kind in Canada," he added en- thusiastlcally.

His ‘negotiations in connection with the Prince of Wales College Library fund, Dr. locks stated, have been carried on directly with the Provincial Department of Educa- tion. through the Minister, Hon. Dr. MacMillan, whom he found keenly alert to the advantage which would accrue to the prov- ince from any assistance rendered by the Carnegie Corporation. His ac- quaintance with Hon. Dr. Mac- Millan is of long standing, as he had been a Professor at McGlll University during Dr. MscMiliarfs student career at McGlll.

On Saturday he met the Prem- -ier and other members of the Government, also the executive oi the Prince of Wales Alumni Asso- clation, who naturally were great- ly pleased with the assurance that the library grant would be recom- mended.

Dr. Incke is an intimate friend of Mr. Clyde Auld. a former Char- lottetonlan now residing in Toron- to, but at present spending a. vaca- tion in the province. Mr. Auld also had been enthusiastic about the opportunities for building up a good library in the new Prince oi Wales College and had spoken so much about the summer attractions of Prince Edward Island that Dr. Locke feared he would be disap- pointed on_ arriving here. He is now convinced, however, that no words can do_justlce to the beauty and restfulneas of the Garden

Province. His hope is that he will‘

again have an opportunity of re- visiting Prince Edward Island in the near future.

Notes increased Interest

Asked whether the economic de-

in the affirmative. '

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ng at this time." he added. "If one

is idle, and in a big city, it is the subject that aconversation with him best of recreation. More than that-Us in itself something of a literary

College can be made available for this purpose will be an important consideration if this matter should

Dr. Locke's Iusgelflfinl 1n W! connection. and his kindly intercit- in the plans of the college. were referred in in the description which accompanied the architects‘ design as published recently in The Guard-

ui-a is that of nwvidinir boardinl accommodation to the students of by the addition oi dormaiories to the institution. He

of the building provide for additions

‘urles. Once put him in the way of presslon had had the effect oi in-,books which deal intelligently with creasing the patronage of the pub- some subject in which he is inter- lic library in Toronto, Dr. Locke re- , ested, and you have made another plied decldely Last year. he said, the circulation you have pug him on the road to had increased by half a million thinking for himself. How's that books, and another half million in- l for training in democracy?“

crease has‘ been registered this year. "It is surprising the number of pimple who are doing serious read-

Canadais Coal Production

UITAWA, July 3—(By Th5 c311. adian Pressl-The Canadian pm. duction oi coal during May amount. 94 f0 573.441 tons. a. decrease of .444 yer cent from the avenge for the month durinB the past five years of 1,202,348 tons. Bituminous M1 cutout in May totalled 513,147 tons. sub-bituminous coal, 30,515 was. Ind iisnite coal cam tons.

Nova Scotia mines produced 814,- 31’! ions as compared with 599,327 tons 1h Misy. 1931.

Alberta's output was 104,247 ions m‘ 9M oer cent below the total roi- "19 Wfffliiionding month of laaLThis decline was duo mainly to strikes in the crows nest bituminous field, involving 1,255 men with a loss in workinl time during May or 39,505 mm “W- 1Y1 9111B 961d. two strikes. one at Blairmore and the other at Bellevue, eommen on the 34rd and 24th oi February, respectively, W! "a still in progress. Strikes al- so occurred at two mines at Cole- man. commencing about Mas-oh 1m; and terminating on May 26th.

British Columbia's production of 130,821 tons was only slightly below the May, 1931 output.

A 43-3 per cent increase was shown in the tonnage of 00g} mined in New Brunswick; the month's output was 16,000 tons as against 11,590 tons a year ago.

Saskatchewan mines produced 16-466 time. a 26.1 per cent falling- Off film’! the will for tho cor-res- ponding month of 1931.

Coal importations in Canada to. tailed 1,039,887 ions, a decline of 26.5 per cent from the May i927-

were recorded at 321,759 tons, con- sisting of 170,967 tons from Great Britain and 150.802 tons from the United states. Bituminous coal im- ports were made up of 664,478 tons from the United States and 53,605 tons from Great Britain.

LEVEL GROSSIN G

(Continued from Page 1) gan central railway ‘freight train on a highway crossing here Saturday.

John Schneider, 38, husband and father, was seriously injured. El. forts to determine whether a fourth ‘person had been involved in the ‘smash-up were under way. Police - discovered two woman's hats in the ‘Wfeckflke while reports from De-

troit said two couples had left in l the automobile for a holiday week- lenfl. The party was on the way to

visit friends in Watertown, N. Y.

A heavyrain was falling at the l time of the accident, It is believed _Schnelder was driving the cu;- and l that his view of the level crossing

{was partly obscured when another automobile skidded in an effort to halt at the crossing.

The wrecked Schneider car was carried 200 feet from the crossing. Mrs. Schneider's body lay bssid} the car, while that oi her son was beneath the train. Schneider was rushed to hospital in London. Mel- bourne is 17 miles west of London,

and the difficulty of making his own selection from such vast treas-

enthirslastic reader. Better still,

An Enthusiast

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Dr. Locke is so enthused with his

1931 average by 1.433.349 tons. Re-, ceipts of anthracite ooal in May‘

limes. however desirable from a dec-

"What the teachers and students oi time. Pf-lirc of Wales College will wani orie-

reading of orative standpoint, are rarely read. everything else, becomes a habit lnllness merely-they are his hobby Once induce a person to readies well. The reporter suggested to good book with interest and.hlm Oliver Wendal Holmes’ famous

good

literature,

like education. Books are not his bus-

happy man. qualities the President representing in his political phil-

“"11 be a working library-not a- piccc of interior decsration." he said.

5o interested did Dr. Locke be- rcmc in studying the plans of the Prince of Wales College that he Blisscited another arrangement, with a view to building up a cir- cillflllfls library which might be mlde avallahfe t0 gtlldldus patrons l" fill Darts of the Province. This "Tlnsement allows for lcoommodg- tion on the lower floor of book-racks with exit for motor trucks direct to the street. The circulation at bzvb by motor truck from e. cm- iral collegiate institution has work- Pd very successfully in the our Country and Dr. Locke believes the ume p'en could ,bo adopted here to Hillel advantage. It might be pos- Iible. he suggested, to obtain a fur- HFT Brant from the Carnegie Cor- orration for the purpose of building

is

11o a provincial circulating reference more advantage oi them; it lbrary of this kind. This was a is_ because. loo often, he does r-attsr, however, which same under not know exactly what he

" l "barge of other officials o.‘ tho

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dlsdains the opportunities are available to him in any good library that he docs not take

maria. and is intimidated ty impos- arparation. 111s fact that the naming shelves of iiondelrous volumes

understanding, and you have donelphrase, \1l a bookman should feel the best possible thing to insure as much at home in his library as a that person against wasting his tlme'sta.ble-boy among horses: and in on worthless books in future. It isl simply remarkable the intellectual "That's exactly the feeling". he appetite one develops from readinflsaid. ‘The feeling of being at home! of the right kind. We don't want toIThat is why I have no use for place literature on a pedestal; we‘glass doors and locked cupboards don't want to make it a “high"in libraries. Shelves should be open, brow" exercise; we want to make,the books easily acciisible; P011- it more democratic, more acces-‘derous sets should be spli; up, the sible."

not because the average person which

this Dr. Locke heartily concurred.

ntinued, “should be as and the important works distribut-‘ natural as the craving for freshzed invitingly where thcy will catch air and sunlight. There is no room the prowling eye of the prospective‘ for snobbishness in a library-therHi-eader. The business cl a librarian, all-men are equal, socially at least.'liire that oi the merchant, is to They can walk, if they choose, ini"sell" his warrs. But his window the highest intellectual circles. 1t dressing-must be done on his lib-' rary shelves."

at the Canadian National Hotel, leaves this morning on retin-ri to Toronto. An iness awaits him there, but he feels. from every standpoint,

osophy the sort of thing that ap- peals to the conservatism and pragmatism of the American peo- ple. "To meet by reaction that dari- ger of radicalism is to invite dis- taster. Reaction is no barrier to the radical. It is a challenge, a provoc- atlon."

broad shoulders square toward a‘ diminishing audience — it was ai-

T7re U. S. Pol-

itical Situation

(By Ken Clark, Canadian Press Stall Writer) CHICAGO. July 8.-'I‘he tumult and the shouting of the Republi- cans and Democrats having died and the gentlemen of both parties having taken their severe’. ways throughout the United States what Chicago calls the “set up" of the United States political situation shows: The Repub '1 cadets absolutely under the control of the machine run by President Herbert Hoover, "hep, hep, hep," adhering to the ultra conservative position, in some sense exalting the president to the position of a dictator; the Repub- lican platform equivocal on every point save that it forthrightly de- nounces all iniidels. The Democratic party presenting to the country a. Liberal candidate, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, stand- ing upon a platform equivocal in all respects save that it forth- rightly denounces prohibition. The appeal of the Republicans to the people of the United States and there is only one appeal that may be made against the advantage given the Democrats by the econo- mic situation, is that President Hoover and the Republicans stand for the preservation of “American institutions" to ‘ ‘ ll the weight of such an argument by maintain- ing an attitude of gentle Liberal- ism. For example their platform calls for a “competitive tariff’ which may be interpreted in any way the reader chooses. The T‘ atic candidate for the Presidency yesterday flew from Al- bany to Chicago for the purpose oi showing himself to the Democratic National Convention, outlining his policies and beginning his cam- paign. While he was tossing in the boisterous airs over the Eastern States, the convention quietly and without gnthusiasm nominated John NanQ Garner, speaker of the House oi Representatives for Vice- President, because Garner had de- livered his 90 pledged votes to Roosevelt and thus gained the nom- ination. impatiently 20,000 people sat four hours to await the appearance of the hero of the hour. As he aligns- cd at Chicago's airport, Wally But- terworth of a broadcasting com- pany began to announce through the loud speaker, “now the Gover- nor's plane is taxiing over in the corner of the field, now they're get- ting the gangplank ready for the Govemor." The faces of the dele- gates and the spectators registered nothing except awe. Another hour passed as resolutions of thanks to the Chicago convention committee, the radio were passed. The press was forgotten much to their ironic annoyance. A beautiful young lady sang, "Happy Days Are Here Again" about the tempo oi a. fun- eral march, snot): lad sang "O Say Does that Star Spangled Ban- ner still Wave," with such operatic abandon as to completely confuse the organist who was at least four bars behind some of the time. Ev- cntually came flowers, policemen, and Roosevelt. A roar arose from the standing crowd as the stalwart looking candidate, leaning on his son's arm walked to the front of the platform and stood smiling and waving his hand, showing an even row of white teeth. Permanent Chairman, Thomas J. Walsh, weary and hoarse after his labors of clays, notified Roosevelt of his nomination and the candidate began to speak. His clear, crisp baritone rang through the hall as he talked of economics. unemploy- ment, tariff, farm relief. He admit- ted having spent some anxious hours while the nomination was in contest and smiled. 'I"he crowd laughed and was pleased. It was apparent what kind of candidate Mr. Hoover would face in the cam- paign. A large, gracious, confident, having the popular racks and

Roosevelt, standing with his

Dr. Incke. who has been staying

Ciifilillfltlfili 0f bl!!-

ihat the

ter supper time-looked in the late imlmportani works of n author dis- ‘sunlight

"The craving for good llteraturefjcarded or kept in the background, Dr. Inoke

'through the tall windows, a for- midable man, a candidate who en- tirely aside charm, had by turn and twist, by forehandedneas, by what is called ‘political acumen, after four years of work defeated and put to naught the machinations of his enemies. chief of which was his former friend, Alfred Emmanuel Smith, oi the side walks of New York.

portunity of his career in failing to be a sport and admit his defeat, in not supporting Roosevelt after the gm;- gpgnfl in yum“; prime m. ' man who thrice nominated him for ward Island has not been wasted.

stretching lazy fingers

from his personal

Smith refused the greatest op-

BIG FI, ME

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a reduction of about 95 percent in the reparations Germany owes un- der the Young plan.

Great Britain. France, Italy. Ja- pan and Belgium late lest night reached agreement on the formula after a day of scurrying negotiat- ions, and submitted it to Germany, and the Germans after some hours oi deliberation selected these points to which they object:

First, Germany believes the "final liability" figure of four billion gold marks—$1,000,000,000—is too hlBh.

Second, Germany thinks there should be further clarification of the provision in respect to the Eu- ropean creditor powers’ war debts to the United States.

Third, Germany does not like the conditions under which the pro- posed loan for reconstruction of Europe would be issued. (Under the plan, one-third of the German ultimate liability would go towards this loan).

At any rate the a-g. ement as now drafted after lengthy discuss- ions might be taken as allowing Chancellor Franz Von Papen of Germany to claim that reparations are ended, while at the same time Premier Edouard Hen-lot could hold that France was still safeguarded against possible failure to secure revision of debts to the United States.

It was understood the German bond issue would have no value for three years, after which the bank for international settlemen‘ would decide when it could be cap- italized. The amcunt the credit- or nations would pay into the pro- posed cash bond for the relief of distressed nations and. the size of the German bond would not b: decided until the United States acted on the -, ’ negotiation for debt revision.

France's much desired safeguard clause which would make the elimination of reparations con- ditional upon United States agree- ment to debt revision, was removed on German objections in the last draft of the plan in favor of some- thing like a "gentleman's agree- ment"_which, it was understood, would delay the effectiveness of the plan until the United States had been heard from, This would make reparations settlement dependent on Washington without a specific statement to that effect.

With a defniite plan under dis- cusslon and Germany pinned down to definite clauses earnest bargain- ing began today. The British head- quarters were intensely active, Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald first having breakfast with foreign minister Dino Grandi cf Italy. Chancellor Franz Von Papen then saw Mr. MacDonald, who is cast in the role- of mediator. After he left the representatives of the five cred- itor powers again met to consider the situation. Chancellor Franz Von Papen again visited the British headquarters in the afternoon. Further meetings will be held to- morrow, with the creditor powers this evening giving consideration to the German objections. Apart from theyspecific reparations plan, they had to give heed to the German chancellor's declaration that Ger- many wants the inclusion of some provision for annulling part eight of the Versailles treaty, which con- tains the clause pertaining to Ger- man war guilt.

GARNER NAMED

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stump throughout the country on campaign tours. He is a good speak- er and thinks fast on his feet. Back of him, in the House of RA?- presentatives. the silver haired and, ruddy faced veteran has 30 years of service through three of the most intrcstlng decades in United States history. He became speaker last De- camber.

Known by friends over the coun- try as "Cactus Jack" the virile 63 year old Texan, is recognized is all astute and bold politician. His cap- acity for making and holding friends and ability‘ to quickly reach the mix oi a situation, made him long ago a potentiality for high party office.

Garner's decision to accept the vice presidency surprised many of his friends. Previously, he had frowned on the idea. l-le had thought the vice presidency a per- functory job, ranking below that of speaker of the House.

The Texan, however, has been anx- ious for the Democratic Pl"? 9° take control of the Federal Govern- ment, and offered to serve his party in any way it thought best. When the Presidential boom for him started, he consider-u it lightly as he always favored Roosevelt.

ed the nomination oi the new Dem- ocratic party, a party not of city machines but of American Liberals.