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Urgent Requirement

There should be general endorsa- tion of the Summerside Board of Trade resolution urging better ferry service between this Province and the mainland. As we have emphasized in these columns on several occasions, the Causeway project should not be made an‘excuse for sidestepping this urgent matter. We fear that this is precisely what has happened during the past year, which saw a. partial breakdown in’ our ferry transporta- tion service in the middle of Old Home Week—just when it was in most demand. That mishap couldv hav_e".been much worse. It could hap- peniagain atvany time, leaving us in a my L‘scriou‘s position so far as transportation is concerned. A num-~

ken note of our precarious situation

difficulty in having-the Summerside proposal indorsed' by Boards of Trade throughout the Maritimes. This wbuld‘givc our federal representa- tives something concrete to work on.

As Mr. John. Wright pointed out iii speaking on the summerside re- solutiOn, it will take five to seven v years tocomplete a, causeway if and when the Government deems it fea- sible to build one. From all. accounts, the survey is progressing Satisfactor- L ' ily, and"we are more confident than ' ever that eventually this great under- taking will be, realised, linking us per- ‘manently 'with the mainland '« and ‘ ushering in a new era of progress and development for. this Province. But our present needs must first be at- , tended to. There has been: marked ‘ ‘ improvement at Wood Islands with

the operation of the new Terry there I

this summer, but at Borden the'situa- tion is different and no more time should be lost in pressing for ode? quate Service at this vital point.

“Emory it safely . .,

The length-Labor ‘Day weekend" now upon us," 'with the attendant temptation to View it as one last fling

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at vacation. It will bring pleasure and I

healthy relaxation tolmillions, but to dozens of Canadians it will: bring death. ' _

Speed is the great killer on Sum-a mer highways. Speed too fast for COII-, ditions is the predominant cause of ‘ car accidents of all kind. To supple— ment the many straightforward urg- ings to car drivers to prevent trage- dies on the road by moderating their: speed, the Ontario Safety League is featuring o~“Slow Down And Live” campaign at thisttime. It is needed in every Province . and every com- munity.

The National Safety Council has

stressed the same'point on many 0c.

casions. Its capsule advice this year to

every driver deserves paraphrasing: 1. Cut normal speed by at’least' 10

miles per hour. '

I. 2. Concentrate on a safe arrival in-

stead of a quick journey.

:. 3. Don’t drink and drive.

tragedy. ‘ -

‘An Old Dream

Early in , September delegates from 28 countries, including Canada, will meet in Royan, France, to discuss the possibility of creating some form of world government to keep the peace. This idea is by novmeans new. It is, in fact, a very old dream. In theory it would seem to be logical. If nations can settle internal differences by process of law, why cannot an in- ternational Parliament, backed by an executive to administer its laws, courts to settle disputes and a police force to enforce order, be made to "work?

The chief obstacle, of course, is national sover‘eignty. And as Earl At- tlee, former Prime Minister of Bri- tain, pointed cut in a recent article in f‘Saturday Review", ‘ each nation Would be obliged to Surrender some of its sovereign power as a necessary Eoncession to world government. In- cidentally, Earl Attlee is a strong sup- porter of world government. So is Winston Churchill who said not long ago that “unless world government is set up and brought into effective action, the whole future of mankind is doubtful and dark.”

The British Government is one of six which have given formal sanction

to the purposes of the World Associa- f

ber of mainland'newspapers have tee,

in‘ this regard, and there shouldbe no '

‘ drinker are

tion or Parliamentarians ror World Government, the organization which is sponsoring the September meeting. The others are Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Pakistan and West Germany. The United States has not as yet given its sanction; and, according to a report we have at hand, is not send- ing representatives to Koyan. Neith- er, as far as is known, is the Soviet

Union, although at least one Com- ’

munist country, Poland, is to be rep- resented.

Just where the Canadian Govern—

‘ ment stands in the matter we have no

way of knowing. We do not recall any official statement .‘for or‘ against. However, the fact that delegates from this country are planning to attend the Royan meeting might be inter- preted as expressing sympathy with the idea. '

AA Conference v ‘

The conference of the Central Maritime Zone of Alcoholics Anony- mous, being held in Charlottetown to- day and Sunday, is representative of AA groups-in 14 Island, New Bruns- wick and Nova Scotia communities.

While a great strength of the AA movement lies in the way in which it operates anonymously, a feature of the present conference'is to be a meeting open to ,the public at the

Capitol Theatre on Sunday at 2:30 '

pm. The point of the meeting is to

' encourage wider understanding of the

way in which the AA fellowship works—of What it offers to the “sick alcoholic" who seeks recovery.

I, One belief of AA is that alcoholism, orcompulsive drinking, is essentially a disease of the mind and bodyéthat it should be attacked almost as a

- problem of public health rather than as a moral problem.

Whenever a community I grasps

that proposition, in the experience of AA, it quickly. becomes a place in which the alcoholic has the best pos-2 sible chance of halting the ravages of the disease which otherwise could destroy him. So one purpose of tomor- roW's public AA meeting is to help make Charlottetown a city where the recovery hopes of the compulsive"

even higher than at pre- sent. , 1 ‘

‘ EDITORIAL NOTES I

So- pushy" didn’t keep her scheduled appointment with us after all! This is one visitation that we can

‘ bzidevoutly thankful for having miss , s V .

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The Crapaud Exhibition today, the Queen’slcounty Plowing Match on Monday and the Souris Exhibition on Wednesday are unimportant. events this agricultural Province; and in: each case the competition promises to be keener and the attendance or than ever before. i

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The main problem facing the fish'— ing industry in this country is the small appetite most Canadians have for fish of any kind. At the present time the per capita consumption amounts to only about 13 pounds an- nually, one of the lowest in the world. If it could be boosted to 16 or 17 poundHtill a very low rate— there never would be any surplus of fish. .

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Bernard Baruch,,American finan-

cier and adviser to presidents, has

in I

\_ suggested that former GOvernment

leaders, including retired Presidents, be appointed to the National Security Council. He thinks that their ekper— iencss and abilities would strengthen the council. It is an idea that might be. adapted elsewhere. In Canada, for instance, once political leaders are defeated at the polls or retired at their own request, that is about all that is heard from them. It seems :to

be a waste of talent and competence. . . .

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Dr. D. A. KEys, scientific adviser to the President of- Atomic Energy of Canada, speaking at the Mount Allison University Summer Institute, recommended that the school cur- riculum be changedso as to allow elementary school pupils to study algebra, geometry and a foreign language. This, in effect, would be a return to the system of a generation ago. In the early 1900’s it was not unusual for grade schools to teach

these subjects-

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The Communists have nOW turned to private initiative and private capi- tal to assist in helping to. solve the acute housing problem behind the Iron Curtain. A Moscow decree per- mits 10 or more citizens to form a co- operative to build an apartment build- ing or suburban individual homes. The co-operative must deposit in ad- vance the full cost of the project and the contract must be awarded to gov— ernment construction organizations?

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U..- K. OPINION

Crops Threatened it

By :‘SteacIy

By M. MCINTYRE HOOD Special London (Eng.) Correspondent for The' Guardian

LONDON—Jule lowlife August weather is the mtstandhig topic of conversation Wherever one goes these days, Holiday makers have been flooded out of summer re— sorts, saaside baches have been

desolate and empty dao" “I”

_ day, and still the rain continues. As is being written, another thunderstorm is raghig, and as wehokoutofthedffioewimiow, We see a deluge of rain descend- ing on Fleet street. As we once heard the Scottish comedian say. “This is a Madam BM simmer—One Fine Day.”

In a recent article, we men-

,tionedsomeoftheseniousas— poets of the continued rain and lack of sunshine from an agncul— tural point of view. Things look

even womse now. Sir James Tumw

er, president of the National Far- mers’ Uniom, in an interview the other day, said that what had. istairted’ off as a p 'slng crop year, ncwilookied 'e being an utter famine“! . A long spell of warm sunshine is imgently needed to make harvest operations possible.

.ButaifterthmeemonthSdur-ing

which there has been only one week of bright sunshlue,,the out— look is not too now that August is nearly over. BRITISH EARNINGS A key to the difference in liv- r ing standards in the United King'- dom and Canada is seen the re- port on wages issued by the Miln— istry of Labor and National Ser- vice. report shows final the average weekly wage for all wor- kers invindustry, asofthe endof April this year, was 1014.1 pounds (M!l’—.£%(. The aver- ‘ age weekly hours of work for all employed in industry was 46.2 hairs

For men workers only, the av— erage weekly wage was 12.13.l pounds ($28.95). The aver- work week was exactly 48 hours. Thus it would appear that the average weekly wage in the Uni- ted Kingdom is just about half what it is in Canada, the :work week over here is some- what longer. The fact that peo- ple manage to get along fairly well/and to savermoney on these wages, gives a fairly good indic-

ation of the differences between

Canada and Brdtaln in costs of living. UNION LEADERS WORRIED Britadn’s trade uutlon leaders are more than trifle worried about the future ‘of their move— ment. They are facing what is to them a disuirblng trend. One of them, Trevor Jones, makes

. much of the fact that there is a

definite decline in union interest

and activity among the young peo'

ple of the country. The trades unions have become a movement largely made up of active work- ers who are past middle life.

A reason is cited for this in an editorial comment in the Eve- ning Standard. It points out that 30 years ago there was a crus— ading fervor about union work. The trades union were then fight- ing a grim battle against slump and unemployment. In these days, youth served gladly in union ac. tivities. .

Today things are different. Un— ion aims have been largely ach-

VISITORS WELCOME

Readers of The Guardian who Visit London are cor- dially invited to visit the 0f— fice of Canada Review, 'a Canadian newspaper publish- ed in the United Kingdom, and associated with this newspaper. The staff of Can- ada Review, headed by M. McIntyre Hood as editor, will be happy to welcome all visiting Canadians and to as— sist them with information, advice and guidance when— ever possible. The address is 63 Fleet St., London E.AC. 4. just a short walk from Trafalgar Squ are and St. Paul‘s Cathedral.

one of the top union leaders. said

EXCHANGE TEACHERS

in previous years. Their grants

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loved. Prosperity Is Living standards have risen stead- ily. No one under 35 years of age has had any experience of the hardships of mass unemployment Theme is less inducement. to young workers to become union crus- Not long ago. Arthur Gmfdirllis,

so us, “In the early days, we were fighting algal-HISt things: “‘3: day we are fighfimg W things. Perhaps this 01131112011 labor Rm“ looophy has smelling to do With the changed ottldude of young people towards the unions.

Next month, 52 Canadian school teachers will be starting to teach in ,Bn'ltish schools, on an ear; ‘ e beds. The om lumber of British teachers will be taking their places in the schools of Ca- nade. This year, the English teachers going to Canada will be getting a much better deal than

from the British government have been increased substantially. . pounds. In addition to the 52 tea- chers going to Canada on ex- change received a grant of 270 pounds (about $730) to make up for the discrepancy in British and Canadian salaries. This year, they have received a grant of 375 pounds (just over $1,000), which gives them a very well come liflt.

Unlted States receive an even greater increase. Previously, they received grams of 225 pounds each, aswompared with $270 pounds to teachers going to my ads. Now both groups re- ceive the same grant of $375 pouOiIds. In addition to the 52 tea- chers who have gone to Canada, 100 have some on exchange to United States schools.

SEEKING TALENT

Raf Purdy, well-known Toronto entertainment .impressagio, n o in director of programs for Scottish Television, is starting a search of Scotland for musical talent. With the blessing and approval of Dr.

Royal Scottish Academy of Mu- sic, he is undertaking flit-.W intensive search for artists Scot- land has even seen. I

The first crop will be heard In {the opening night of the pro- gram series. “Stars in Your Eyes” on Septemba' 15.

To. date, some 1500 candidates for audition have corne forwardi- and the search has only begun. The program, will go on every week for 26 weeks, and the win— nens will be embarked on a ourl oer in show business" .

The award awautin,‘ -g the win- ner will be a hen-day holiday in New‘York, accompanied by a auditioned by leading televisimi companies and WlllI. make a personal appearance on oNowYorkTVsho’w.Andfihon. on returning home, there will be a six-weeks series of shows of Scotosh TV. A number of suc- cessful runners-upwi ll be and- tioned by the leading British belle- vision companies openating_\ in England.

And all of that is enough to make half of“ the Scottlsh popula—

Exchange teachens going to the

tion want to enter Ral Purdy’s talent search. ‘

“I The‘Kuwoit Sheikdom

National Geographic Society I ~

lit the midst of the troubled Near East, the tiny shelkdom of Kuwait is gripped by a peaceful revolution. Based on an ever- risiug tide of oil and money, it is changing the face and life of the nation.

Kuwait is the richest of the new oil—rich, says the National Geo-t graphic Society. Wedged between giant Saudi Arabia and Iraq at the head of the Persian Gulf, it is smaller than New Jersey. Yet below its desert sand and camel grass lies the world’s largest known oil pool.

Skyrocketing output has shot Kuwait to first place among Near East oil producers. In global line‘- up, it ranks in f ter the United States, Venezuela, and Russia. It provides half of Britain’s crude oil 'lmports. .

INVESTS ROYALTTES. ., ..

Croesus of Kuwait’s sticky trea- sure ls His Highness Abdullah als-Sa‘lim as :Subalh. His slate is British protected, but his rule over his people i absolute, and the oil royalties go to him by dy- nastic law.

Had he so wished, His Highness could doubtless have become the world’s most lavish spender-or its most affluent miser. Instead, he chose to invest the oil reve— nues in developing his country.

In the port city of Kuwait, the sh‘eikd‘om’s capital, old mud-wal- led houses have given way to con- crete homes, public buildings, hospitals, and schools. Broad, paved avenues, along which white robed ‘ Arabs drive gleaming American cars, replace narrow, winding alleys. Radio towers share the skyline with mosques and minarets adorned with flash- ing electric lights.

The boom spirit that pervades,

Kuwait city and inland oil well centers recalls California's gold rush and diamond bonanzas in South Africa. But behind the oil industry’s gush and bustle. Sheik Abdullah is creating a basic new way of life for his people.

Under a long-term program of social services (and public works, Kuwaitis receive free' medical care and free education. Half a dozen well-staffed and spectacul- arly equipped hospitals. includ-

ing tuberculosis and mental in-

stitutions, have been established; The scores of new schools offer not only state transportation and lunches, but-even more remark- able in a Moslem land-training for girls as well as boys. 01 LBUYS WATER

Perhaps most welcome to ,a desert—harried. people is the capi— tal‘s huge distilling plant that: turns sea water into fresh in a modern version of Aladdin-raind- the—Iamp magic. Eventually, a piped- in stream from the Shaft a1 Araab in southern Iraq may create farmlainrl in the acid in- terior.

A generation ago, Kuwait was a provincial Arab center whose chief interests were pearl diving, fishing, boat building, and neigh- borhood trad-e. Its once-tar was born in 1938 when the first well came in at the fabulous Burgan field. Worked under concession by a joint British-American com- pany, it went into volume pro- duction after World War II. ,

Later, rich oil deposits were discovered in the Neutral Ter- ritory to the South and at Raud— ha-tain in the north. This summer, a Japanese oil firm starts explor- ing offshore territory shared 'by Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Kuwait’s needs in technicians and workers-plus the appeal of social benefits-have attracted many Iraqis, Saudis, Persians, Levantines, Indians, and Piakivs- tanis. Its population was recently estimated at more than 200,000, of whom some 3,000 form the ‘ The sheikdom, however, has not escaped the nationalist un- rest that has rocked the rest of the Near East. In 1956, sratboteur’s time bombs exploded In the big gest oil fields, setting one of the wells afire.

" OUR YIESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Filesli TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (August 30, 1933)

Mr. John T. C‘roteau, M.A. of Clark University, Worcester, Mass, has been appointed to the chair of Economics and Sociology in Prince of Wales College and St. Dunstan’s University under the Carnegie Foundation endow- ment fund. Other appointments It

pitch is a very common type of

a test, along with simple vocal doctors aid their patients in es-

speaking voice and then main-

pnoblems. But if you speak in a

with your own dulce't tones.

you probably have not done that

Henry Hover-gal, Prmclpal 0‘ “he.

TeIIs Proper Pitch Of Voice

By Herman N. Bundesen. M.D. HOW is your voice? Do you speak in the proper pitch?

I’m not kidding. A couple of Seattle doctors have gone into the matter of speaking very thorough- ly and they report that “improper

vocal abuse.” Moreover, they have developed

exercise, which they say will help tabishiing the proper pitch for the

tainiug mat pitch. EASY TEST Perhaps you have no speech

voice fillet displeavses you maybe you might try this easy little test. It probably would be fun even if you are perfectly satisfied

Doctors Heston L. Wilson and Warren R. Dawson have recent- ly said that ‘a person can deter- mine his proper pitch by first singing his lowest note. Frequen- tly, they say, this is the pitch em- ployed for the speaking voice.

Next, sing the scale. Oh, I know

since your school days, but try it anyway. ‘ ‘ TONE CHANGES A very definiyte change in the resonance and timbre of.the tone occurs about the £011th full tone above the lowest note that you able to sing. ' ’You don’t need a. musically trained ear to note re pleasing quality of the voice at this level. In fact, you poobasbly will be sur- prisedaltheouewiflhwluchyou can sing time tones. Doctors Wilson and Waiwson have not stopped Ilene. They also have devised a method of check- ing for the mommy of this pitch. Place your fingers tightly in ears and sing the scale'again. No the pitch at which your ears shake or vibrate the . most. Genenally, this is quite apparent, and I think you’ll find that the tone is the same one you picked as most pleasing in the other test. . HUM AND CHEW