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PAGE 4 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9, 1959.
Pharisaic Quibbling Lord Montgomery was surely off base’in denouncing recently the Unit-
ed States for its condemnation of
South Africa’s policy of apartheid,
or racial separation. He is angry that |
the U.S. delegate in the United Nat- fons Assembly voted in’ favor of a resolution criticising the affairs of South Africa “when in fact they have much the same problem in’ their own country.” a
‘It is true that our American neighbors have a problem of racial discrimination on their hands. But they are certainly not proud of it. Their courts have condemned. it and
they are working as a nation to over-—
come it. Their national policy is to
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provide equality under law regard- -
less of race.
In South Africa the national policy is not only to discriminate but actually to separate the races. and condernn the Negroes and colored people generally to economic and social ostracism. It is a policy-deliber- ately embarked upon and buttressed by the laws of the land. Surely there is a difference here; which a man of Lord Montgomery’s _ intelligence should have no difficulty in discern-
We are not so proud either of Britian’s action in voting against the U.N. resolution, or of Canada’s in abstaining from voting: South Africa
firemen on diesels, $140,000. Whether the taxpayers get their money’s worth in royal commissions is a question which the Tax Found- ation doesn’t attempt to answer in a definite way. Governments appear to welcome them as useful factfinding bodies—or perhaps as devices for postponing decisions, or for creating the right climate for the introduct- ion of new government policies. In any case, they have become very much a part of our democratic way of life. On the whole, they have prob- ably justified their expense. In some cases—as in the Duncan and White commissions on Maritime subsidy claims—they did much more than that in directing national attention,to grievances of long standing. r
Clear Illustration
-A clear illustration of what tariffs and excise taxes (usually with some further padding by the man- ufacturer) do to the prices of dom- estically produced goods is cited. in the Winnipeg Free Press, which takes the current issues of, two nat-
ional women’s magazines, one Ameri-—
~can and the other Canadian, carrying advertisements for a well known glass product. Seven products are illustrat- ed with their list prices in both countries. Here they are as priced in Canada, with the American prices
| in brackets: Coffee carafe and stand $14.95
($9.95) ; serving bow] $7.50 ($4.95) ; snack dish $4.50 ($2.95); double casserole and stand $8.95 ($5.95); single casserole and stand $5.95 ($3.95) ; 2-quart casserole and stand $7.50 ($4.95); 214-quart casserole and stand $9.95 ($6.95).
The prices of all seven products, camouflaged slightly by being just
——ts-a- bint on-our-Commonwealth-es-_}$hort_of even dollars, are 50 per cent
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cutcheon. Apartheid runs counter to
- . all our democratic professions, not
to speak of our Christian ones; and if the South African government can- not be made to see the light, and reverse its course, it should be treat- ed as a pariah by civilized nat- jons. The longer we pass by like
-pharisees, on the other side, when this issue confronts us, the more
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Communist propaganda we manu- facture and the more difficult it will be to convince the peoples of Asia, China and Africa that we are sin- cerely concerned about human wel- fare, regardless of color, race or creed.
Our excuse for not voting with the United States on this issue is that apartheid is an “interng]” mat- ter for South Africa’ and of no direct concern to other nations. It is the same argument the Communists are using against U.N. denunciation of atrocities in Hungary. In both cases human rights are ignored, and the U.N. Charter flouted. We expect no better from the Communists, but it shames us when our own G6vern- ment, which is so much concerned about -a bill of rights for Canadians, should’ be so mealy-mouthed in deal- ing with a moral issue of this kind.
Royal Commissions
The Canadian Tax Foundation has been studying the subject of royal commissions and has come up with some interesting figures“in a recent edition of its Tax Journal. For one thing, it finds that in the past ten years there has been a markéd in- crease in the/number of these com- missions. In the’period ending March
' 81, this year, 22 federal royal com-
“modest side when
missions were ‘appointed jn the first five years of the period and 13 in the second five. In addition, three have been appointed since last March —one to study railway transporta- tion, one on coal problems and one to choose alternative routes.for a railway between Alberta and the Northwest Territories.
* The cost of federal royal com- missions over the past ten years has amounted to some $4,000,000, about three-quarters of which was spent in. the final five-year period. The most recent inquiry by the Stewart commission into price spreads will cost about $500,000. This is on the placed beside an Monumental scale
comm sion on Canada’s
Prime Minister Nehru’s state- ment in the India Parliament confirms: his intention to -avoid military‘alliances while defending
India against further Chinese in- cursions.
ceiving in India itself was indic-
it. received in Parliament. Mr. Nehru cam proceed in full con- fidence that firm, though not ne- cessarily warlike, measures will be completely endorsed by the country.
Negotiation is the key to Mr.
The support this policy is re- |
ated by the overwhelming vote |
Nehru’s Peaceful
Ottawa Citizen
THE NEW SERENADE
Policy
Nehru’s thinking. There fs little doubt that threats would not have much effect against Peking, and an effort to eject the Chinese by force from territory claimed by India might lead to a war that, in the end, would involve the world.
But just as Mr. Nehru does not want to threaten China, he re- fuses to negotiate while he him- self is under threat. And the pre- sence of Chinese forces on Indian soil constitutes a’ threat.
The result may be a deadlock, |
and continuing tension, unless the
+-maintained, without any retreat
negotiations can be started. Mr. Ne hiniself has shown great patiente, has given every indica- tion of wanting to settle the quar- rel amicably. If there is to be a
up to the Chinese. True, the status quo may be
by the Chinese, and without ne- gotiations to seek a settlement. But that situation would repres- ent a continuing source of friction between India and China which could in the end, lead to mili- tary conflict. .
If the Chinese are as -devoted to the cause of peace as they pro-
agree to Mr. Nehru’s formula of negotiation without threat.
Chinese withdraw—after which
y rural popu-
higher in this country-than—in-the- United States. We can expect to hear any day
now that the glass tariff is not.
high enough.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Although not a native of this Province, the late Mr. Charles H. Black resided here for the past half century, and was one of our most highly esteemed citizens. His death in Illinois, while visiting his daughter Mrs. Folkins, will be learned with deep regret.
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Some idea of the significance of President Ejisenhower’s tour to Europe, Asia and Africa may be gathered from the fact that it is taking him into lands containing 687,- 200,000 people, or about 23 per cent of the earth’s population.
“Again,” says the Ottawa Journal, “we make our annual appeal for mercy for Christmas carols. They should be spared ceaseless repetition What we anticipate is that they will come, fresh and joyful, to our var- ious homes and firesides on Christ- mas Eve or a few evenings before, to be honored guests for the holiday
season.”
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Mr. D. V. Gonder, genera] man- ager of the C.N.R.’s Atlantic region, has good news for all concerned. He reports that the railway expects a 15 to 20 per cent increase in im- ports through Atlantic ports this winter. Traffic within the region, particularly to and from Newfound- land, is also expected to be heavier than ever before. Coal shipments are likely to be 1,500 carloads ahead of last year, and the railway plans to operate an extra freight train daily out of Sydney to move Cape Breton coal to market in Quebec and On- tario. 9 s *
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It is encouraging to note, from a statement by Premier Shaw, that a more complete program of agricul- tural expansion is being planned as a result of agricultural meetings he attended at Ottawa. Investigation, both on a national and provincial scale, is now going on with regard to more effective packaging, delivery and merchandising of potatoes, and the results will be noticable in the near future. Further changes in the organization of the provincia] depart- ment are being considered, particul- arly in the approach to -farm pro- blems and the carrying out of farm services, ; ne '
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Sir, — When Hon. Mr. Walker announced a few days ago that the report on the results of the survey on the Causeway pro- ject would be delayed fer some time, the impression spread for some reason or other that the delay would be indefinite. This of course could meon that’we had again been given the run-around, and that there would never be a report, — that the matter would be shelved, and the result of a quarter of a’ million dollars ex- pense would be buried in the piace in the archives allotted to things better forgotten.
In fact this fate for the report was predicted to us by a Liberal member from Souris last spring. We met him in Souris a day or so ago. He smilingly and with gentiemanly reserve reminded us of his statement and suggested that his predictiqn was coming true.
We must admit that prior to the recent issue of your paper, this ex-M.L.A, had indeed grounds for his doubts. However, now that the report is here, one phase of his prognosticaticn has been pro- ven wrong. We have the report.
We are not too happy with its negations, its multiple apprehen- sions, its emphasis on the econo- “mic factors, with its almost in- eluctable conclusion that we are not worth the cost. We are told \in this report that there is no parallel in engineering experience for this undertaking. This may be granted, but does not exclude the fact that more difficult, though perhaps not exactly com- parable feats have heen under- taken and accomplished. Pro- gress has never been attained by dwelling on difficulties, — . \
Laynten of #8. FE. Island who have so long waited for fulfill- ment of Ccnfederaticn promises of uninterrupted communication have’ always known of some of thése difficulties so conscientious- ly, yet so erroneously we believe, . outlined in the report. We know that it is not a job to be under- taken by two boys, a couple of shovels, and a wheelbarrow. We know that before we can be con- sidered worth the expenditure ne- cessary for a project which we acknowledge to be’ tremendous and unique, extrinsic values have to be considered.
In the past, we have been the lowest unif in the Maritimes— hitherto the last item in Federal consideration. We gre tired of occupying this position — the poor relation. Mr. Cyrus Eaton, a Maritimer in a recent press
on the huge potential of the tour- ist trade, referring to the enor- mous economic impetus that Puerto Rico received in the last decede under its influence. We have a tourist potential, perhaps equal to the Caribbean, had we the facilities to exploit it. We have in summer warm Atlantic waters, beautiful: sandy beaches, a peaceful pastoral countryside all so contributive to equanimity in a world obsessed with speed and acquisitiveness.
We need the means to realize on these assets for the tourist trade, It is impossible to do so while the present difficulties ir reaching our Island remain. It is @ psychological as well as a phiy-
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RE THE CAUSEWAY
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sical barrier to be obliged to man- ipulate a car on and off a ferry, and to have to pay high for the privilege. We have all seen the strings of cars and_ trucks waiting perhaps for three trips in order to get room to cross. This is obsolescence, glaring, inoppor- tune, and outdated.
The main difficulties in obtain- ing the go-ahead from the Fed- eral Government are not physi- cal but constitute the intangibles. The realization that while we do now seem worth the expenditure, the Causeway will eventually make us worth it, seems lacking. The idea that a small province that has always been backward because of geographical position should be satisfied to remain a back number seems to have per- meated the thinking of every Government since Confederation.
Economically, no difficulty ac- tually exists. The cost will be a capital investment, and may be amortized over a period of fifty years or less ag indicated, and financed by a bond issue, which we are convinced will find a ready sale. The upkeep of a Causeway, we feel sure, would be a small percentage of the cost of operating and subsidizing two ineffectual ferries. Tolls costing half that of transporta- tion on the ferries would pay good dividends on a bond issue, and establish a sinking fund for re- pairs.
Federal indifference and nega- tive thinking must stop. We want to be in a position where furth- er subventions from Ottawa ev- entually will not be necessary. Everything depends on communi- cation. When we get the Cause- way, which do not doubt for a moment we will eventually ob- tain, we will earn our own living. We will have a tourist trade that will create home markets. Our waste lands, our depleted farms, and our vacant farm homes will attract immigration, and, we hope, prevent the exodus of our sons and daughters, which is
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SOME PRECAUTIONS
Therefore, common sense dic- tates the following precautions:
Cell your docter immediaiely if you develop a sore throat, sinus infection, tonsillitis or painful neck glands.
Take good care of yourself while you are recovering from a cold, sore throat or other infec- tion. For the following. several weeks be careful not to get your feet wet, don’t become chill- ed and don’t become overly tired.
If it is raining, Snowing or sleet- ing, and you have a cold or are just getting over one, I suggest you stay home instead of gcing
{out and getting wet. peaceful settlement, the rest is |
IF YOU’RE CHILLED
Now if you do become chilled, put on dry clothes at once if pos- sible. Warm yourself in a well- heated room entirely free from drafts. Take a hot drink and go to bed. :
In addition to warm blankets, use’ extra heat from a_ heating pad or hot water bottles. Remem- ber, however, never to go to sleep with a heating pad turned on.
fess_tobe,—-they-would surely “WATCH FOR SYMPTOMS
Since the first attack of ne- phritis might be so mild that it
to watch for the following symp-
passes unnoticed, it is important®
| have been “too old.’’—Hamilton
a hair-and-air mat which protects them from walking “‘barefoot’’ on snow and ice.—Reader’s Digest
In the currert issue of the Port of London Authority Monthly ap- pears the following: “‘On the day of the launch of the MV Rother- wigk Castle (at Greenock, Scot- land last August), Mr. Tom Ker- rigan received the British Em- pire Medal for his long service of 73 years in shipbujlding yards. 50 of them with the Greenock Dockyard Compary. Most re- markable is the fact that Mr. Kerrigan, although 91, is still at work in charge of a squad of shipyard platers.” Perhaps some- ene mace a mistake when they hired Mr. Kerrigan in 1999; he was then over forty and should
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When we have nothing to wor- ry about we are not doing much, and rot doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries.
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WATER OF NIGHT
The birds of evening are dark against the west.
Sharp on the ash-rose sky
Swift wings rise-and fall as the wild ducks fly
To the water of, night, the pool where the flock will rest.
ion of algae. Mains water tasted and smelled so bad for three weeks that many started wash- ing their teeth in soda water, making coffee with distilled wat- er from ‘the drug stores or flat mineral water. Waterworks en- gineers were powerless and un- popvier. Bath salts sales got a fine boost.—Finlandia
OUR YESTERDAYS
(From the Guardian Files)
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Dec. 9, 1934) At the annual meeting of tic _ Canned Goods Section, Canadian Manufacturers Asscciation, Mar- itime Division, held at Halifax on Wednesday, W.F. Tidmarsh of Charlottetown, who has been a member since its inception twen- ty-five years ago, was elected — an honorary life member in ap- preciation of. “long and valuable services rendered”.
Alberton’s first tea room was opened on Saturdey night under'..
‘the direction of two young lad-
ies, Mrs. Fred MacRae and Miss Margaret Matthews. The tea room is to be called the Double M. Tea Room. and Alberton res- idents join in wishing the young ladies every success in their’ en- terprise. | A } TEN YEARS AGO (Dec. 9, 1949) =
Warm tributes were paid to ex- chief Archibald Birtwistle last evening as members of the City Countil, headed by Mayor Mac- Donald, the’ City Police Force, City Employees, Magistrate K. M. Marti
yearly reducing our | lation, to a point which is rapidly approaching extinction.
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Since writing the above, we have read this morning’s Guard- | ian. In it, Mr. Alex Matheson has made caustic reference to M>
While we know Mr. Matheson is
issue, .we could not, however,
or ankles; ufiné~that appears bloody, wine - colored or smoky in color and failure to recover
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Any and all of these symptoms
making political capital of this Should send you to your doctor.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
agree with him mére honestly | and heartily. We do not mean by | this statement that we endorse | his criticism of this present ‘re- |
if old people have bowel move-
gime, either local or’ federal, which has up to date done all it promised. It set aside money for a survey. We have had the survey and a report on it as promised. We are trustful that the pessimis- tic tone and negative implications of this report are not inspired by directives from Ottawa. Islanders will view askance any progression
on this issue that will suggest that our trust has been misplac- ed
dumbest people in*the world can find plausible reasons for not do- ing things. We want a govern- ment that will find ways and means of fulfilling this long de- ferred promise instead of hunt- ing for a reason to avod it. We hope and trust that we can safely assume that we have that gov- ernment at Ottawa now. It de- volves cn.our local government and our federal representatives to present our claims forcefully and without inhibition. A finger- in-the-mouth approach is unpro- ductive at Ottawa.
May we suggest to our local government and our loyal . op- position that they do not make a political football of this issue, but for the future welfare of our little Island home, co-operate in the presentation of our demands without rancour or jealousy or hope of personal gain, and with the dynamic that this union will command. Thus: shall our welfare predominate over political ambi- tion and future generations in re- trospect shall bless the time that produced a gencration of men that placed altruism before profit.
I am, Sir, etc., Cc. C. PRATT
St. Peter’s, P. E. I.
The Price Of “Payola”
New York Herold Tribune
“Payola,” the new word which is entering the language, has a cynical sound and an ugly mean- ing. Its introduction into common’ usage carries the current expose of the national broadcasting pat- tern one step farther along. First many’ television quiz shows were revealed to be fakes. Now many
disk jockey shows are turning out
to be fixed, to6, with the ‘‘dee- jays’ accused of accepting pay- ments, in one form or another, to play certain records on their programs.
It may be tempting to dismiss the whole business with the thought that most of the music played by disk jockeys is so bad that it’s almost a relief to learn that they had to be. to play it. But “payola” is ohly one as- pect of a disturbing situation, and not even the most impoft- ant one. For the entire atmos- phere engendered by the “‘push- ing’ of songs toward the teen- age market, with its accompany- ing debasement of taste, is de grading and unhealthy, The race
for best-sellerdom in “‘pops” re- cords, like the race for top ra-
Let us say respectfully that the |
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The Age Old Story
For by grace -are ye saved through faith; and that not cf yourselves; it is the gift to God: not of works, lest any man should poast.
RUBBER COMPANY LAYOFFS
MONTREAL (CP) — About 600 workers at British Rubber Com- pany’s plant in suburban Lachine have received notice they will be laid off at the end of the year. The company said difficulties in selling its products forced the move. It said exports to Great Britain, Belgium, South Africa and the West Indies have dwin- died because of curreney restric- tions. An agreement has_ been reached to’ share footwear pro- duction with Miner Rubber Com- pany of Granby, Que., the com- pany said.
is a race toward the lowest com- mon denominator. Musically, the end result of the race is rock ‘n’ roll. And when the teen-age balladeers and the ‘‘dee-jays” themselves become national idols of sorts, more than musical stand- ards are being abandoned.
To punish the fakers and tak- ers is a relatively simple opera- tion. But to restore lost stand- ards and repair shoddy goods, to try to elevate low tastes rather than pandering to them—these are tasks that are as difficult as they are important. But they are the price of “payola.”’
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| trumpeter Louis Armstrong was
The sedge is high, and the water ‘of night is still.
A small wind wanders. in
And out among the reeds. And mow the thin ,
Horn of the moon tips above the hill. ‘
In the darkening sky only one |
star is bright; , | And a lone and answering star
the wild wings are | on the water of night.
—Silence Buck Bellows
in the Christian Science Monitor | the evening.
former chief at the Rendezvous
Restaurant. Councillor M.A. Far- ~ mer presided over. the informal ° gathering. 7 a
One of the most important pro- jects of the Misccuche Home and School Association since its for- mation is about completed. A new open air rink is ready for flood-
Mrs. 0. G. C.: Is it all right | Trembles deep in the pool where | ing due to the efforts of the
members of the Association. The rink measures 160 by 90 feet with a 60-foot promenade along one side. Lighting has
so that the rink may used in
Spy With A Trumpet
Milton Friedman
in the \Canadian
Jewish Chronicle
The Arabs were disseminating stories recently that American
actually’an Israeli spy. He has been banned from Arab League States. Is there any basis to Arab charges that the Negro jazz idol is “the leader of an Israeli es- espenage network?
Perhaps the charges against trumpeter Armstrong: should not be dismissed too lightly. After all the Old Testament urged: ‘‘Blow the horn in Zion."” And a Talmudi- ic - commentary revealed that | “every note has importance, as every item—is a mystery’’: The Talmud made known that “as we blow, first we stand, then we sit, to confuse Satan’,
SECRET CODE rat
“What strategic data could Arm- strong have conveyed when he blew his horn in Arab lands? The secret code was obvious when he played ‘Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho”. He was clearly trying to breach the walls of the Sheikh’ of Araby’.
But Armstrong was more sub- tle &@ his highly-classified intel- ligence reports. For instance, he sent weather reports to the Israel Air Force by playing “Isn't This a Lovely Day?” or “A Foggy Day’’. His rendition of “Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night” was an order to frontier patrols;
Instructions were given Israe- li parachutists in\‘‘One O’cleok Jump’’. The movements of the United Nations Emergency For- ce were foretold by “‘When the Saints Go Marching In”,
OTHER SIGNALS Of course, ‘When It’s Sleepy Time Down. South”, referred to
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Armstrong cleverly reported on French-Israel relations and the recent cessation of Renault auto assembly operations in Haifa. First he played “C’est Bon", then “Honey, Don’t Yi Love Me Any More?”
Remember the ship,’ the “Toft” still detained in the Suez Canal because she carried Israeli car go? Armstrong gave explicit in, stfuctions. He rendered “When My Dream Boat comes Home”,
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