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Morning Daily (Founded in i887] Authorised us Second Claus Mall. Pout Office Department. Ottawa.

President. lan A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. R. Burnett; Secyn-‘freum. G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. R. Burnett; Associate Editor, Frank Walker.

“The Strongest rllcnmry is Weaker Tlmn the Weakest Ink."

Why llhaiige It?

According to a front-page despotch in the London Daily Exprcss, the lcfm "Dominion" in relation to Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa is to be cropped and in its place

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in spite of the fact that the glare of public opin- ion is on the Security Council, the greatest hope for world peace ,is in laying the foundation ct an economic and social order which will bring lustice to all peoples.

- EDITORIAL NOTES c-

The Conservatives have selected all their ,candidates for next Provincial election, and now ‘lit is up to Premier Jones to dissolve the Legis- lature for their convenience.

. R .. w L One of the proposed amendments to the iC_riminal Code will make it an offence to carry an imitation of an offensive weapon. The small '.lry had better watch out.

fi i F I l Messrs. Myrick and Agnew have done good iwork at Ottawa, in connection with our fisher-

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Notes By the Way

T“ 1'68“ after dilcovery at filter, Rock, company directors, "lllllvllll Only that there are more llllm 190,000,000 tons of high grsdc ore available, have pructlcglly no idea what the limits may be. In any case. it will last beyond the llifetlme of people now living. _. (Port Arthur News-Chronicle. ' Once again the local police a" ‘Lilritfltéfllng to gel "tough" about if-ll-"llilll Parking on the streets. iAil-nlght parking has for years Hirer: against the law m Windsor, .lrUi. there has been no real effort, ‘Ito enforce the ordinance. un- yl-mllllellllH "X1111! to put cars off iillC public thoroughfares would rliuse embarrassment to many ‘owners, who simply cannot find ‘garage accommodation. Ncverthe.

"Commonwealth" will be used. Viscount Addi-‘ics, and are evidently satisfied we are to ob-Jcss. the standing vehicles do l

son, Dominions Secretary, IS to have his title tain a square deal from thc Minister of Fisher-l

changed "maybe to Sccrctmy for Commonwealth Affairs" and his office will probably become the "Commonwealth Office." The change is rel- portedly being made "at the request of the Do- minion Govcrnments who feel it is more in ac- cord with th-cir sovereign status than the pres- out title."

lt will be rccallcd that this matter came up for some acrimoiious disciisscn in the House of Commons at Ottawa lost your. The proposal to

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l Now that the amendments to the old age {and blind pensions legislation has been passed, ‘pensioners will be able to collect arrears back to May. Considering the $2,000 boost to their own salaries, the increase tolthe poor and needy is nothing for the Government to boast about. I i

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lerfere with civic services, and th strects are being wrongly used as storage spacc. The greatest good ‘for the greatest number must be ‘the final deciding factor. -Wlnd. sor Star.

Tlll! lPDeara to be a season of Ywilfllgia for the transportation of other days. Ploddlng towards Fort Whlliom today are two cowboys guiding their horses along the Trans-Canada Highway. They set cut from the Pacific coast last.

change the namc of Dominion Day to "Canada ‘pal-led, c single public liOltdfly is far fromdbeing ‘your to makewhe trip to the Ag.

Day", made by Mr. A. P. Cotc, Liberal member for Matcpedia-Pvlatanc, was carried on division

but was turned down in the Senate. ln any cosel

it would have been nothing more than a futile gesture unless certain vital sections of the Brit- isli North Amcrica Act were amended or re- pealed by spccitic legislation. The same ap- plies to the prcsent proposal so far as Canada is concerned. Section 3 of the B. N. A. Act specifically provides that within six months after its enactment the Provinces of Canada "shall form and be one Dominion under the name of Canada, and on and after that date they shall form one Dominion under that name accord- ingly."

lt therefore follows that this country's legal designation is the Dominion of Canada, and must so remain as long as its statutory Con- stitution exi5ts in the general form in which the Fathers of Confederation charted it in 1867.

lt seems orient nonsense to contend that the term "dominion" is in any way derogatory On the contrary it connotes sovereign power, and the word as used in our national name is an assertion of Canada's supremacy over the vast territory enclosed within its borders. The Ox- ford definition of dominion is "Lordship, sover- eignty, control, domains of feudal lord, territory of sovereign or government." According to Webster o dominion is a "sovereignty or sup- reme authority; the power of governing or con- trolling; independent right of possession, “Se. and control; sovereignty; supremacy; also do- mination." What more do we want?

For The Blind

There will be nothing but commendation for the announcement by the Federal Minister of Health that it has been decided to reduce from forty to twenty-one years the eligible age for pensions for the blind.

The Minister estimated that there are now 7,000 blind pensioners in Canada, and that about 1,700 persons would be added to the pensions roll by the new move. The basic pension for the blind, like that for the aged, is to be increased from $25 to $30 o month--a meagre pittance at best.

The change with regard to pensions for the blind was promptly indorsed by the Opposition.

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Canada To Be Represented

The fifth session of the Economic and Soc- ial Council of the United Nations is scheduled to meet in New York on July 19. Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of Notional Health and Wel- fore, will head the Canadian delegation, with Dr. George E. Davidson, Deputy Minister, as alternate. As pointed out in the House of Com- mons the other day by Prime Minister King, Canada has a particular interest in this confer- once. Export trade is the basis of our employ- ment and prosperity, and this was never more true than it is today.

The importance of this aspcct of the work of the Unitcd Nclians is recognized in the pre- amble of the Charter in the resolution "to em- ploy international machirsry for the promotion of economic and s::‘al Gdl/I!l1’.'8m€l'lL...Ql..D.ll.1220:. pie-s" and thus "to pxamrlc social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom." For the achievement of these ends the Economic and Social Council was created and given responsi- bility, urder the authority of the General As- sembly, for the solution of intsrnctianal econ- omic, social, health and rclctcd problems.

To dCl1'{Z———1WO yecrs al..r the signing of the United Nations Charter a.‘ fan Froncisco—ir must be conlcrscd that picqrcss economically and socially has not been all that could be wished. At the szmc time the fact of the ex- istence of the Chartar itsclf — and that it has actually bcgun to operate in nearly every field of human conccrn, from cr-Slrl w-zlfare to avia- tion and atomic cnerg-/—is cf tremendous im- pbrtance. There licv: bccn political and other difficulties, but after n war of the magnitude of the last cnc, with mcny new ideologies and racial intercsts tfiriizt into the foreground, it would be surnrisiiag if this were not so.

A sunsblc ccmmcnt on the situation was that of Mr. M. J. Ctlclv/cli, C. C. F. leader in the House wlrzn hc rcmarkcd, apropos the Prime Mi :r's reminder that the aims of the Charter cannot b: l';':tly won‘ "When we think that we have been a Ccnfedcraticn for eighty years and yet have n..l' uch-eved complete unity throughout the country, we should not be alarm- ed at the difficulties which have arisen in con- nection with the United Nctiors." He added that he was" glad the Prime Minister had em- phasized the work of the specialized agencies of the economic end social council, for lie believed,

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lon unmissed blessing. Aftcr all there is virtue -in the age-old maxim-six days shalt thou lob- our and rest on the seventh. That is what really ;gives zest to life.

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l lmanifest by the fact that Russia's representa- [live at international Conferences has no free ‘hand—he must refer everything to Moscow for

linstructions and advice.

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Although the recommendations of the vari- ous civil service associations for optional retire- ment at 60 and compulsory at 65 The Ottawa Journal reports that it was surprising how many changed their viewpoint on reaching super‘

onnuation age.

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uel Champlain; taken by thc British under Wolfe, who, like Montcalm fell during the action in 1759; the battlefield is now a national park, ‘and there is a monument to Wolfe and Mont- calm. The City consists of Upper and Lower Town, the former, residential, the latter devot-

c-d to commerce.

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One of the factors which will revolution- ,ize o..- way of life is the cxlcndcd use of micro- ltilm. Before long libraries will storc their books iin this form, and government and business do. their filing using microfilm which occupies only o small fraction of the ppacc required for the original, and at the same time permits cheap reproduction of material. .

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Beer has its uses in both peace and war.» lWinston Churchill ncvcr told the whole story of. llvs famous "We will fight on the beaches" broadcast after Dunkcrque, the very Rev. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, dean of Canterbury, told an ,cudience recently. "During the broadcast," the ldean said, "Mr. Churchill pul his hand ovcr the] microphone and, in an osidc, said to me with o smile: 'And we will hit them over the heads with beer bottles, which is all we have really got'." i i i i The birth rate in Britain for the quarter ended December 31, 1906, rose to a level of 20.5 a 1,000 of the total population. This is the highest birth rote recorded since 1921. The rate for the corresponding quarter of 1945 was 153 and for 193B 13.8. The infant mortality rate was 44 a 1,000 of related live births, which is 7 u 1,000 below that for the equivalent quarter of the 10 preceding years, 1936-45. The l’¢Pl'°' duction rate was 10% above that required to maintain the population- i

Of over 72,000 high school students inter- viewed in a nation-wide poll to dctermlflfl 11'9" choice of occupation, five per cent of the boys and two per cent of the girls indicated interest ,‘in selling as a career. Littl-e of prnCtICfll Yflllle ‘can be drawn from these figures. Naturally the lmore glamorous and publicized occupations ap- ,peal to the young Horatio Algers and their girl jfricnds. lt is only after a teen-agar has learned la business that he discovers greater possibilities llif"§elllng.'"Not lmtll he enters his twenties does he feel the pull of salesmanship as a calling. fi

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Britain's forests are to be increflied fPOM l3,000,000 acres to 5,000,000. The Forestry Com- lmission have started work on a plan which will

ultimately enable Britain to satisfy at least 35% lof her timber needs from home production. Be- lfore the war imports supplied 96% of these re- lqiiirements at a cost of $25Z°°0r000 °°¢ll Yell" ‘Sacrifices during two world wars have mode lserious inroads on woodlands and in consequence ‘the timber shortage presents quite 0 58ml" problem. The Government has, therefore, adopt- lnd a 50-year plan for extending and improving ‘the country's forests in which the help of private lland-owners is also being enlisted.

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,' The Government bill, which will bring em- lployees of Crown Companies and some others lander the Civil Servants’ Superannuation Act, illustrates the anom-lous character of these creatures ot govcr‘ nt. The government goes {into busincss in c.: pctition with private citi- izens and s-zts up ccrpcraiians to act for it. Num- lcrous problems arise irzrn this incdrporcition, lsuch as whether the company and its servants ore liable for their acts as private citizens,

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whether the company is liable to taxation and]

whether it may be sued without a petition of right. The tendency is to give them all the priv- ileges of the crown and at the same time per- mit them to bind by contract person: dealing with them u: it they were u private comphny.

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The Soviet conception of democracy is made:

Quebec founded this date 1608 by Sam-l

icrosloll. A wcll-palnted barn here

‘ilantic coast on horse-back. The l “lllBY dill’ we heard about the man who was travelling across the ‘slates to the south of us i-n one of the earliest makes of automo. tllcs. Again this week we had a lcanrieist call Ln at Fort William, l0" his wax from the Pacific to ihe Allllllllr'_ lac-l»; wllnam ‘Times-Journal.

"EMF death" has once more "Owed up a5 a subject for argu- ment in Britain. A doctor has ed- mitlcil that he oncc hclped n pat- l?!" l" ill". 1n order to suvc him

llialn ivhcil suffering from an ‘rn- vurzililc disease. There are always {people who advocate putting this ‘rower into the hands of medlca, ‘practitioner's. Whether the mave- ‘mcirt is gaining support, there is no way of determining. One thing ls certain, however. Never under any circumstances should the de-

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Thl: column la open to the tlilollion by eon-n- llwmlent: of questions u UINIBIL The Ci-urlottetovvn Guardian deco not rieoemr- l-l! endorle the opinion or "WTWIWINIGIH

BAD ROADS A1.‘ NINE MILE

Bllfi-Mfly I have a few lines ln F9111‘ paper to express my utter dusgust at the way the Depart- merit oi Public Works ls handling the roads in the area of Nine Mile Creek. I had a friend from ihe U. S. A. come to vlslt me He bfvukht a. beautiful new car, and when he arrived at my home

'Publ1c Works Dept." I flpglrlqlzgd .or the mess the road was 1n and later made some enquiries as to who is responsible. I was in. formed b!‘ other farmers in the kllcllllly ml" llIPY have not seen the road machine this year, and 1n a nearby district I was told the fmy W911i done was to place a .cw sods on the road which only made matters worse. It. mnv be n matter of interest to the Depnrp mrnt to note that the private lane of the roadmaster ln this area l; ln exceptionally good condition, I hope. Sir. you will publish [his 395m’ Md that the resnrvnslble Dartv in Charlottetown. will take some action in lmprnvr the roads ‘in this area before we hnve lo rrlvlse our friends not to try to V1511 us this year, I am. Sir. etc, FARMER.

virvnwim-rcniidrintn MTNORITIES

Sin-Grateful acknowledgement should be mnde to those respons- ible for removal of clvll disabil- ltles under which our Canadian. Orientals lri British Columbia laboured. by reason of the "Orl- vntal Dlsfranchlscmefit. Act of

76." Those who suffered under that law were chiefly descendants of illiterate Chinese, Sikh, and tiindu labourers who arrived here some seventy odd years ago to work in B. C. mines, mllls, laun- clrles, and Canada's transcontin- ental line. the C. P. R.-But there

rlsion be left to one doctor. Only u 1fl\\' that would place responsibil- ity on a honrd, under careful sup- ervision of the authorities. wnuldl lllfllh‘ thc iden evrm remotely mler. I Chic. - Windsor" Star, l

.t'enship laws recently passed

st"1l remain two sections to which the relief given by Canadian Citi- at Ottawa and Victoria has not yet been extended, vlz_ l1) our "Native Sons" the Red-Indians. and. (21

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Wr- arc not so sure that we care lo sce a zrcnt many more painted burns. Not, at least, until more frlrmcrs see for tlfemsclves where they‘ can make real improvements. A badly painted barn is like a bad- ly painted woman: neither of thcm l adds to the attractiveness of their‘ suirriiinrlings, Rcpairs are more rnzpoi-tunt. and we doubt very much whether" an edifice Without leaks will crumble more quickly than those that are thinly coated with paint. Our climate is cold. Barns wlthout proper ventilation sweat badly here ln Winter. As a result. paint. often peels off 1n one sense-n, and without lt the natural pores left open preserve the wood as much as paint. would prevent

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requires sound thinking as well as mnncy unrl n sense of beauty. — Pctcrbo-rough Examiner.

The only thing wrong with the xvar to the Germans ls that they did not win it. Now they they are unwilling to pay for the Nazi lust for world power" and are crying river alleged mistreatment. In- dustrml production today ls ane- lifih below the peak output of last ‘Oi-fohcr and November. Spring plantings of grains, potatoes and siiizrir hrcts are only slightly great- “F than last year, which was a dribble contribution to national needs. The Germans are looting on the .lnh , _ _ Germany must he fed, ol course. Aside from humanitarian rPPiso-hs. it is in our c-wn best in- tcrcsfs that the Reich become self- sutninlng. But we can't keep on feerllnc: the Germans indefinitely. We ivork to pay the exorbitant taxes that are employed Ln great mrhsure for relief purposes. It ls llizh time for the Germans, too, to buckle down to work_ prcdun. live work. and forget their injured fvclincs. Whose war was lt, lf lt u-iisn‘! Hitler's? We didn't start A." —St. Louis Globe Democrat.

The only disadvantage of becom- ‘ng a nqn-smoker_ls__ that for a shorl time one feels c sense of ir- ritation, especially when others are smoking in the same room, Lord Morton writes in The Lon. don Times. On the other hand, he who gives up smoking will frnd that l1) his general health steadily improvcs; (2) he plays hls favorlte crime with greater skill and leu Jlllgllf‘: (Eli his enjoyment of food and drink ls keener; (4) his sense o‘ srticll is more acute —this has lts disadvantages. hut the advan- Laucs outweigh them; (5) he no longer has that tiresome cough and his mouth feels cleaner; (ll) he saves a lot of money; i7; he has a Joyous feeling o-f indepen. dr-nce whllc others are seeking for r-irzarels and matches: (8) he en- joys plays and concerts more be- rriuse he Is not longing for a smoke. All the above represents the per- snnal experience of one who was e heavy smoker for 35 years. To dis. =.rm criticism, I claim no credit for ceasing in smoke, and I cm iruite familiar with the fnhlc c! the fox who lost his tall.

l NEWCASTLE - on-TYN-E, Eng. land --(CPt—Surgeon J. H. Bent. lr-y triumphed in a nlne-year-old- casc when Bria/n Fraggart. born with a cleft palate and little tropes 0f 81168011. clearly recited a nursery rhyme.

LIVERPOOL, England -—(C P)- Sald to have had e "horror for

and adopted children-the Japan- ese.

Some of us are still obsessed by ihc narrow view that Canada be- longs exclusively to people of Eur- opean derivation. Thcy will be converted from that. error 1f they study Paul's remarks to the phil- csophers of Athens, as quoted 1n Acts oi’ the Apostles, Chap. XVII‘. "God. that made the world and all things therein - - - and glveth to all life, breath, and all things, and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth. and hath determined the times before ap- pointed, and the bounds of their habitation-Him declare I unto W,“

Poor weak man may think he can defeat the purpose and will of his Creator, the Eternal. the Almighty; 1t. may tuke generations to work that false ideal out of human minds that some particu- lar race, be it Hebrew‘, or Ger- man, or British, ls to have special favours from Heaven, and first choice of earthly hnbitntions; but in the end 1t wlll come to pass that all will "love God with all their heath-and their neighbours as themselves." Men will no longer try to set aside Gods pur- poses by drawing a "Colour-Line" between the Far East. and the "Near-West," or declaring , that England, Australia. and. America are exclusively "White-man coun- triesf-"l-‘or the earth ls the Lord's and the fulriess thereof: the round world. and they that dwell therein." When the Prince cf Peace comes. saying: "Pence! Bo still," then will the “Golden Rule" be universally obeyed; then, and not till then. may it. be said- "War shall be no more.“ No man is a full citizen to whom any right is denied which the law ex- tends to certain privileged classes only.

Jesus says to us today, as he said of old to his disciples, (John VIII-Km), "Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you tree." "I am The Truth; abide in me. and ye shall be free indeed," bub-to the self-righteous Pharisees questioning Him. tic said. "But he that. eommltteth sin 1: the slave of sin, and your Master and Lord ls the ‘Father of all ilars.’ When the Evil One prompts us to bad thoughts and deeds, let as follow our Master in saying, “Get thee behind Me. Satan!"- and then—as Canadian electors, make sure that in no Province of this fair land shrill slavery, ln any form, be tolerated, but that all Canadian citizens have equal rights in the eye of the law; then lt will not be a travesty to say, "The Honourable So-and-So ls our Minister of Justice."