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MONDAY. APRIL 21, 1958

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Signally Honored

There will be widespread appre- ciation of the honor to be conferred by Dalhousie University upon Miss Lily H. Seaman, M.A., of Prince of Wales College, who will receive from that institution on May 15 the de- gree of Doctor of Laws. This is the highest tribute the University can pay to academic attainments, and it is one which in this case is richly de- served.

As thousands of students and for- mer students can testify, Miss Sea- man’s career has been an inspiring

example of devotion and ability. In thus honoring her, ‘personally and as representative of all our lady teach- ers who -have contributed so much to education, Dalhousie was happily inspired. Like Miss Seaman, thein greatest reward has come from sat- isfaction in the achievements of those whom they labored to teach. They will feel, and rightly so, that this formal recognition ,of her work re- flects credit upon all members of her profession, and upon the Province as e whole. We join most warmly in congratulating her on this occasion.

Important Meeting

We call the attention of potato growers to the meeting‘ which is to be h.eld this evening at Prince of Wales College. As we understand it, the initial. purpose is to discuss whether organization within the potato industry is desirable and, if so, how to go about formi_ng an or- ganization which would speak for the producers on problems as they arise.

It would seem that anlndustry as important as this one should be organized in some manner. Be- sides orderly marketing there are other matters -which need organized at-tention—prom.otion and "disease control, for example. Various at- tempts at meeting this need have been tried in the past. Although ' 0 they have not been entirely success- ful, we think that most farmers will agree that they have not been total failures either. Of course, no or- ganization, however well established and, however well led, can function successfully without the active sup- port of the individuals who make up the membership. In this instance, there is no lack of good leadership, provided experienced producers can be persuaded to come to the fore and share their experience and ability for the common good. But here, too, it is the' strength of the membership which counts the more.

We think that the Department of Agriculture acted wisely in call- lng tonight’s meeting and also in announcing its intention of leaving the matter in the hands of the pro- ducers. A well attended meeting mar- ked by vigorous and thoughtful dis- cussions ought to lay the ground- work for a worthwhile organization to the benefit of all concerned. We hope that the meeting will draw . a large number of producers and

that it will result in constructive ‘action.

Farm Credit Problem

During the recent election cam- paign, all parties promised to do something constructive about the farm credit situation. Our elected representatives can learn much from 3 ‘"€D0I‘l just released by the direc- I; tor of the Soldier Settlement and ,1, 1"‘ \)‘>“9t‘ans’ Land Act. The well—train-

, ed V.L.A. field staff is in the process

of T conducting ' a survey on the Epiount of additional credit required

settlers to put their farm Oper- ations on a sound, cconbmic family 2 unit basis. An analysis of the first 3,000 individual appraisals which Y‘f’PT‘csents a good cross—section re- veals that the additional credit re- quired on the average is $6,696. The reorganized and refinanced enter- prises would require 38 per cent ad- ditional land and somewhat more labor than at present.

The current average net income of the group was found to be $3,291,

ted to give an average standard of living. The proper use of the addit- ional credit would raise the net in- come on the average to $5,218--~an increase of $1,927 or 58 per cent, and this after providing for the carrying charges on the additional indebtedness. The survey shows clearly that the group would be ad- justing their future production away from hard-t0—sell products, and toward those food products which it is predicted will be in high and ever-increasing demand. The re- port concludes that supervised farm credit can be an effective instrument and is worthy of a major action on the part if our agricultural and pol- itical leaders.

Agricultural leaders have long emphasized the lack of adequate capital as a major problem. As the Country Guide points out, this lack is one of the reasons why the maj- ority of our farm population have not been able to enjoy a standard of living comparable to that of other groups in our economy. As techno- logical advances have swept into farming, radical changes in farm or- ganization and operations have be. come necessary. -Up to now, the farm credit program has been inadequate,“ overly cautious and unimagina- tive. Once Parliament is in session, there will be no excuse for not enacting the necessary legislation with all possible despatch. ‘

Canada-U.S. Relation

In a copyrighted interview in the magazine, “U.S. News and World Report” Prime Minister Diefenbaker recently set .forth his views on the course which economic co-operation between this country and the United States should take. “We need you for our survival and you need us”, he said. “We are co- operating in defence, but co-opera- tion economically is equally neces- sary to assure the unity that is “the essence in our struggle against the force of Communism.” ‘

Mr. Diefehbaker’s principal (com- plaint was against what he describ- ed as United States “fire sales” of surplus farm products. This was in reference to the practice of selling products at extremely low prices and coupled with a demand that the receiving country shall for a cer- tain number of years purchase 1 designated quantity of agricultural

-— Products from -the» United ‘States.

The Prime Ministercalled this “gob- I bling up markets in a manner derog- atory to QATT and to our respon- sibilities to each other under the

_ NATO concept”. '

As far as GATT is concerned. it is so full of loopholes of one kind and another that any signatory na- A tion can do almost -anything it likes _in matters of trade. But, cer- tainly, NATO unity, if it has any

-meaning at all (sometimes we won-

der if it has), ought to extend to the economic field as well as to milit- ary matters. It is interesting to ob- serve that American ipress ‘com- ments, almost without exception, are favouring the Canadian Govern- ment’s attitude in requesting a more

reasonable United States’ trade policy.

‘EDITORIAL NOTES

The Smithonian Institution is about to place on display a remark. able exhibit, a fish called Xiphac- tinus. This, say the authorities, is a species of sardine with a differ- °nCe- Xiphactinus spanned some 16 feet when it swam through the cretaceous seas 100,000,000 years

.ago in what is now Texas.

i it i . A man in Vienna has been for-

bidden by a judge to. “laugh loudly” after 8 p.m. It was a wise judgement, no doubt, but hardly one that will contribute to good order. Hence- forth, he will probably do so much loud laughing mornings and after- noons that the condition of the neighbourhood will be no better than it was before.

i t ‘I Can pigs 'be produced by the thousands in centralized, hatchery- like operations? At Hyland Farms,

er §1,077 less than what is calcula- A . .. i

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in cash-cropping southern Ontario, a determined effort is being made to do just ‘that. If the attempt is successful, it may signal the begin- mg of an important change in Can-- was hog influsl-1.3’. In an article on the Sublect in the current issue of The Country Guide, it is stated that this farm expects to furrow‘ 30 sows every month of the year and 3V9-1’a§-'9 8 Digs or more pcr litter, The mt‘-‘ll D1‘0duct1on will be nearly 3,000 pigs per year.

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THE SPEAKERS PLATFORM

OTTAWA REPORT‘

Ottawa: One of the most histor- lc documents of our time will cer- tainly prove to be the famous - “hidden report,” which Prime Mi- nlister J0hlII Dviefenlba-ker made pu- rblinc in the House of Oocmmons on 20011 January of this year. This was the report in which civil ser- vice advisers warned the L i b e 1' a 1 Government. in

V March 1957, that we were head-

ed for a recession and serious un- employment.

Since the Conservatives took oni- fdce, Liberal spokesmen had re- peatedly asserted that times are hard times." That pro- paganda reached a climax at the Liberal Convention in mid-Janu- ary, when several ex-Liberal Min- lstens assented that our prosper- lty,’ erniploytmcnt, foreign trade -and national income had all been at peak levels when the Conser-

- vatives took office, and that in the

subsequent seven months the Gon- vservaliives had burned boom l-unto slumrp. Lilberoal speakers hammered :- way at that political talk, drawing the pamaellel. with the Nineteen Thirlzies, and saying that the Con- servative Papty has only totavke otfifiice to cnealle a slump. V Liberal speakers repeated that “'l‘ony times are hard times." But they knew that the slump of the Tlninties stemmed from polic- ies and pmactiices adopted while Lilbenal Mackenzie King was the Mli-n.-iister; they knew that the plant lay-offs and stock mar- ket slump had started a year or more before Conservative R. B. Bennett became Prime Minister. MIS—REPEATING The same was true in 1957. But the Liberal Gorvemrmemrt had not disclosed in March 1957 that a Slump Was upon us, and had been started under Lvibenal rule. The warning of the civil service ex. Darts was not passed on to the Public. Nothing would have been more disastrous to the Lllbemal P'3I‘t~.V 1n the coming election. So the report was "hidden." And Liberal ex-Calbinet lVIinnris- -ters, who had seen the report -nearly 12 months earlier, were stilil in Janiuazry 1958 pepeamimg ill“? 5l30I'Y lihalt the Conservatives had taken over government at Canada's peak of prosperity. It ‘was effectively nailed by Prime Minister Dlefenba-ker mak- ing public the report which the L'i.‘berall~s had hidden. ‘ The Lilbernalvs had no answer to this damagamg di-sclosume. No an- swer was l10iS;S'i'b'1'€. no excuse could be adequate. Instead, they dragged the red herring that the clvtll s e r v i c e advisers’ report Should never have been made pu- 'b_1fi0. because it had been clasai. fled as ”confidential.” me day aflter Plnime lvllinirster Dlefenlbakcr told Parliament a- ‘U)'lJ.v”l l7h€ re-portn aino‘ ther astonishing civil service doc- umen-t was brought fonbh, and ap. peared on the desk of a Cabinet Mrinister. This listed the various fomnns of Cl|a5S1l‘flCa‘l§l0ln« llozr gov-

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discus-

Plml by correspondents of question or

interest. The Guardian does not neces-

nnly endorse the opinion of cones. pondents.

OLD BANK BUILDING

'S1l”.—~With the purchase recent- ly by the Provincial Government of theold Bank of Prince Edward Island building, which during the past years was owned by the Federal Government and housed the Customs House and the of- fices Of the Marine Department, the names of those associated with its banking history might be of interest to our people. The pre- sident was Joseph Hensley. The directors were the gentlemen, all prominent citizens at that time: Daniel Davies, T. Heath llavilanrl. James Pcake. J. Lon,s:worth, W. W. Lord and Rich- ard lleartz. l am. Sir. c»I'«».,

Bedequo. R...!l.l.

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following ,

Thor Hidden Report

. By Patrick Nicholson ’ Special Correspondent for The Guardian

ernmen-t documents as follows.’ and described how they should be s,3jfeg'lualfdBCl fimm unnauthorised eyes'— such as Parlci-amen>t’s?

1. (‘Top Secret” ~— inform-ati-no wh-inch could endanger the secur- ity of the nation, such as treat- ies.

2. “S c c 1' e 4." --— i-Monmation which could damage the seourrity or_ prestige of the nation. or cause injury to a major government un- dertakimg.

3. “Confidential” informa- tion which would be prejudicial to the interests of the nation.

4. “Rwhriclted” —- information not to be pulblinshed or communi- cated to anyone except for offi- cial purnposes.

llt was a questionable tactic to

The Frigate

Lying at permanent anchor just inside Portsmouth’s historic nav- al harbor, the Foudroyant is the last survivor afloat of Britain's old sailing navy. Far." less famed than her neighbor‘, the older, land- ber-thed Victory, she is neverthe- less much more than just a mu- seum relic.

Her French name obscures her real origin, for she has always been British and was in fact built in the old East India Company’s Dock at Bombay.

She was lan-uched in 1817 as His Majesty's Ship Trincomalee, as fine a 46-gun two-decker the world had then seen. Indeed, she was soon to be recognized, the finest and by far the fastest fri- gate in the King's Navy. Look- ing at her today, s-horn of sails, masts in their original layout, and rigging, it‘s a little hard at first to visualize’ her as a craft of great speed at sea. But study her sleek lines, trim build, and give her in the mind's eye a vast head of sail. l‘ike that she once flaunted, and it's not then" so dif- ficult to imagine her outstripping her fellows, friends or foes. CONVERTED T0 CORVETTE

Anyway, during a refitting spell at Portsmouth early in her‘ car; eer, she was found to be in such fine condition that she was forth- with converted from a frigate in- to the lighted 24-gun-spar decker corvette. As such she served her country in two eventful commis- sions, one in the Americas and the West Indies. the other out in the Pacific. Foudroyant appeared on the seven seas too late to take any part in the Napoleonic Wars, w h e n sailing warships really showed their mettle,, but she did fight the Orimean War.

H e 1' intriguing figurehead which still survives in perfect condition) of some long-since-fob gotten Indian prince, complete with white robes, girdle, turban and coffee complexion, was seen over many waters before she was finally paid off and commissioned as .a static reserve trainir.-g ship. At last, with the world’s navies now all iron a-nd steam, she was sold out of service by the unima- ginative authorities and was set for breaking up at Reid's Nauti- cal graveyard at Portsmouth. SECURED REPRIEVE

Then there appeared on the scene a great lover of old sailing vessels whose unaided efforts sav- ed many a fine ship from the breaker’s hammer -— Mr. G. Wheatly Cobb. He secured her reprieve b_v buying her in 1012 after he had lost an earl.ier ac- quisition, the original F‘oudroy- ant, one of Nelson’s ships. from

pool. He gave Trincomalee the name of the ship he had lost, his favorite. and soon she was doing good work as a \privately run training vessel at Milford Haven and Falmoulh. On Cobb's death she was presented as a gift by his window to lhe British Society for Nautical Research as an ov- erflow lrainirg ship.

Thus began her still a-unlinuing i career as a training base for or- ldinary children. girls as well as

islets and members of clubs or 1 wealthy ha-nloer.

la sling-‘shot still be classified as

foundering in a gale off Black-

Danlel Gunston in the Christian Science Monitor

‘ duties

try to srvulb 1 Oablmet Minis-ter, by sulbmitting to him iihls proce- dural instruction on the day af- ter the Prime Minister had made public the “hidden report", which was cl-assinfiied as "confixlenrt.ial.”

But as so often haippenss with those who try to be srora.-rt, this attempt proved to be a boomer- ang, for two reasons, First. pwblic judgment‘ questioned whether the hidden report had not been ex- -travaig-amrtlvy over-cliassilfied~; sec- ond, as it was one of a series of quarterly reports. surely it should not remain classified indefinite- ly. even when out-olf-date and su- perseded.

Civil servants of course tend to operate by rule rather than by reason. Dav-id procured a "secret weapon" with which to slay Gol- iath; but should the blueprint of

"Top Secret" in our Defence Headquarters today, when more effective weapons have been vised? '\

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Moy lncreose Risk Of Cold

By Herman N. Eundesen. M.D.l WATCH out for colds as the’, weather begins in gel warmer-

we know that epidemics of colds ;

‘ ofrten follow a change in atmos-5

pher-ic conditions. And passagepof ’ a cold front often brings an Ing crease in the number of colds within two or three days.

This is true no matter where you live.

A cold climate doesn't neces- sarily mean the assidents will have more colds_. As a matter of facts, residents of the S0l-lthefn states jjsyalvly have more colds than those in other parts of the nation.

EASTERN SEABOARD BEST The best place to avoid a cold apparently is on the Eastern Sea- board. Persous living there 8911* erally have fewer colds than the average for the nation as a whole- Yet making your own climate doesn't help prevent colds. . People once had the silly idea that sleeping on a Porch with the windows open to cold air was 3 good way to toughen yr rself against colds. This. of C_0l1I“S9- nonsense, since the chilly tem- perature may Wen Bxg-gI‘3V‘3‘t9 3 cough or a cold.

DOESN’T START IT

But enposu-re does not neces- sarily start a cold. British re- searchers P1‘0Ved this by laking some cold-free volunteers, soak- ing them in hot baths and then having them stand underied in in a cold corridor. there at least half an hour.

Then they put on wet socks and wore them for several hours. Not one of them came down with a cold. Thus, while chilling can lower your resistance to a cold virus, it is not enough by itself to start a common cold. CAUSED BY VIRUS

You catch a cold by being con- taminated by a virus.

The best way to avoid a cold‘. therefore, is to avoid anyone who has one. But this. of course. is extremely difficult to do.

A cough can spray particles 15

from the mouth at a speed of about 120 miles per hour. Anyone nearby is apt. to inhale this germ- laden spray, and another person falls victim to the common cold. KEEP RESISTANCE UP

Keep your resistance up and

-you'll have a better chance of

avoiding a cold and a better chance of fighting it off if you do catch one.

Just use common sense. Live sensibly, get plenty of rest, ea-t balanced, nutritious meals and avoid getting wet or chilled. QUESTION AND ANSWER

C.S.: My throat has been sore constantly. What causes this?

Answer: It may-be due to ex- cessive or faulty use of the voice,

cohol or smoke.

The Age Old Story

No weapon that is formed a-

youth movements. Some years before thewar she and the old. French mane’-war, Implacable, a prize at Trafalgar. served to- gether, moored‘ stem to bow. When the latter was found un- serviceable and had to be scut- tled in 1949. only she remained. CAME THE WAR

Then came the war, when she was nightly filled. almost to burst- ing by naval personnel sleeping on board, and nearly sunk when a Nazi bomb grazed her bows.

By 1950, however, she had been completely restored by patient dockyard shipwrights. Everyone was am a z e d’ at her basically sound condition of her main tim- bers, even after 133 years of con- tinuous contact with salt water. Her teak was still unimpaired, held together with three-foot-long red copper bolts and tough hard- wood pegs, after the fashion of the time.

As the overhaul went on, so was she restored for her peacetime loward Britain's youth. Her Doric style stern galleries and figulrehead were repainted in gold and white and red. her law lines accentuated by the neat black-and-white squaring of her original design. Only the main- mast was restored, with the mini- mum of rigging, and her strange- ly broad deck now oddly sprouts stove chimneys.

Below decks, all is tidy, effic- ient, and comfortable without be- ing cushy. The spacious gun-decks where once 300 pigtailed men toiled and sweated, are fitted roomily with hammocks and tres- tles.

FINE TRAINING SCHOOL

Foudmyant now has a perma- nent crew of _picked officers and she accommodates a b o ut 100 youngsters per week. These are taught the romance of life aloat. sailing, rowing, swimrning and signaling and the rudiments of seamanship. It's hard to imagine a finer school for the sea, where the very decks one has to swag are steeped in history, and all the majesty of modern shipping pass- es, hourly close by in and out of the harbor.