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Authorized AA Second Class Mall Post Office Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian u blinhing Co.

-Editor-And lilnniiginxnlirectoir. liin A. Burnett. Associate l'Iilitor. Frank Walker.

C t:iiTcErfA'r76x "Covers Prince l-Zdwnril lslaiiil like the dew"

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

bnAiifounrou'N h"iiiii'nso'Av, JAN. 2!.-19?!

UARDIAhll

has noted that American robins have been sighted in Cuba, Bermuda, the Pribilof Is- lands in the Bering Sea. Germany and Vienna. It does not contend that the birds flew to these places. There are records of two previous appearances in Britain: in western Kent in 1937 and on Dover beach in 1877. However. some observers have doubted that these robins fleiv all the way from their homeland.

Infant Training

Reporting to tiie American Society for the Advancement of Science at its annual meeting in Boston. Dr. Otto Wcininger, of

Pa-rllahantaryi investigators

Canadians have not been favorably im- pressed by some of the methods used in the United States to uncover Communist activ-. ity. In particular the activities of rival in- vestigating committees, each seemingly try- ing to outdo the others in seiisationalisiii strike a jarring note. it is with some sur- prise, therefore, that a move to set up a House of Commons investigating commit- tee will be receivcd.

A Social Credit member. John Black- niore. proposes to table a resolution sug- gesting the appointment of a committee to investigate: ll. Possible Foiiinitiiiist espion- age developing in (Tnnatlian industrial and other activities. and 2. Conceivable Com-' munist infiltration ”cven to the extent of. planting in sensitive positions in certain de- partments, agents desirous of mfluenciiig policy or of impairing executive effective- ness."

There. can be no doubt that as long ago revealed the Communists have a number. of undercover organi7.ations working sidcp by side in this country. They naturally

strive to place their agents in key positions. in government. industry and wherever they!

can be useful in the Communist. cause. if

was in this country that the Communisll

technique was earliest and most tliorough- iy exposed.

The duty rests with the Government fol

take all necessary measures to guard against this danger and it may be assumed that Prime Minister St. Laurent is not neglecting that duty. To have a commit- tee of the House of Commons "assist" the Government, presumably by raising hue- nnd-cry would result chiefly in producing something like national hysteria. It would also largely nullify any police work that might have been done.

'To the private citizen it would mean

the possible publication of his name if itl

had ever been associated with an organiza- tion which also contained Communists or if he had backed any Communist-sponsored "front" organization. Even the study of Communist doctrine might be publicised as matter for deep suspicion.

Certainly all these things and more may properly be investigated. In dealing with such an enemy as Communism it is not safe to ignore any evidence of its activity. The privacy of the citizen, however, should con-

tinue to be protected until such investiga-i

tion warrants public accusation and trial for subversive acts.

A lioliiii's Flight

The robin, man's front. lawn friend that delights in turning up in improbable places, now seems to have added another surpris- ing feat to its achievements: flying the At- lantic. Onc arrived in tlic Brilisli Isles,

.and there was no mistaking it as an Amer-

ican robin, far bigger than its British name- sake. It was sighted by an expert at fhci Lundy Isle bird observatory. off the south-' west coast of England.

No one can be absolutely sure how the Amerlcan visitor got there. it could have hopped an easy ride on a ship. But. says the ationai Geographic Society. robins have been found in odd places before. One once nested in the tail of A Navy bomber And survived a 1,700-mile flight. Robins have built homes atop a merry-go-round. on travelling hoists. on rcnce rails, gate posts, window ledges, and even on trolley wires. Redbrcasts are also capable of long flights from Newfoundland. northern Que- bec and Alaska to central United States.

Circumstances lend support to the the- ory the Lundy robin had spanned the ocean under its own power. It is 2.800 miles from Newfoundland to Lundy by a down wind route that existed on the days the robin probably flew. Sucii a trip is consid- ered within the capability of a robin-sized bird. Wind speed was 35 m.p.h. and, add-

thil meant: the winged wanderer could have lrrlved in About 40 hours. " It is now up to English bird watchers whether to list officially the Lundy visitor u out of. the avian immigrants that reach. ' in ilolated cases. These have in-' the American. pipit, yellow-billed lmhk-billed xcuckoo, American duck-I, HMO-winged teal, green-winged teal,, 4 ivideeon. ring-necked duck. buf- M merganser. American bit- A many North American shoreblrds. " An Omithologiauf Union

the L'niversity of Toronto. says he found that infant laboratory rats which were pet- ted for a few minutes each day during their early babyhood grew up to be smarter and healthier rats than those of the same strain which were not petted. Coincidently, his studies of orphaned human babies placed in asylums and in foster homes, he says, show- ed that those in institutions were less healthy and had a higher mortality rate than those who had the care and affec- tion of foster parents.

Dr. Weininger, exercising a scientistls caution, observes only that he was pleased to note a relationship in his findings. But. notes the New York Times. others will see in this further confirmation of what they and the human race in general through the ages have sensed instinctively, and what human psychology has increasingly emphasized in recent years. The sense of security or insecurity, and the states of health associated with them. are imparted to human infants during their very earliest development; and the qualify of love and affection given to the infant is the de- termining factor.

EDITORIAL NOTES

A comet will pass between the sun and the earth on January 22, according to the International Astronomic Union. Named 1 "1953", it should be clearly seen and may result in a particularly strong shower of meteors.

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Safe. drivers are going to get a break in Nova Scotia beginning next. month. Those who have had no accidents for three years will qualify for reduced premiums. A very practical recognition of the fact that they represent. a lesser risk than those who have had accidents in the past.

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The proposal to limit trading between Canadian and American lake ports to ves- sels of Canadian and American registry may seem attractive to shipping interests i in these countries and the inland nature of the system may give it some colour of right. It would be well to consider, how- ever, that Mediterrancan countries might well decide that they also own a private

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Parliament. will be asked to permit the Government to buy up property in ad- . vance of the approval of building proposals in order to defeat land speculators. The move has a certain attraction but puts even more emphasis on the advantage of having "inside knowledge"..- As things are everyone can know the Government's inten-

tions before any purchase is actually made. ' A I 0

The five-nation NATO anii-submarine exercise scheduled to begin next month off I the United States east coast has been nick- named ”New Broom". A similar exercise a year ago was referred to as "Buffet", pre- sumably. considering winter conditions in the north Atlantic, it was pronounced so as to refer to a rude blow rather than tea

and cakes.

I O O

The prospect of post-war immigration

soon reaching the million mark is both an" .effect and a cause of Canada's remarkable

To the rest of the world this ;country's rapid expansion and prospects yoffer a great attraction. At the same .time it is in no small measure due to the .contribution of new arrivals that the ex-

pansion proved possible.

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development.

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Henry Hallam, pioneer English historian,

p died this date 1859. He was one of the first outstanding English historians to go to .original documents for his material. The result is that his books still hold a place as standard authorities. His works have been translated in the principle languages of the western world and have gone through nu-

, ed to the robin's mm speed of 35 m.p.h., ' merous editions.

An air crash is a spectacular and news- worthy occurrence and there is A danger that because of the great amount of flying done today with its unavoidable quota of accidents the public might get the impres- sion that flying is unsafe. As pointed out by the Toronto Financial Post, it is safer to ride in A plane than to cross A street. ''If A person were born in A plane. stayed there. And continued to fly non-stop he would reach the ripe age of 78 before he was due for An accident." -

Tl-Ir. GUAKDIAN. Ci-lAiu.uiii:.iuwrc

Finding Out The 'Dry' Way

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column tn open to um diuuuion by wrroaponilentl of questions of interest. The Guardian does not necessar- ily endorse the oiilllllm 0' correspondents.

WINTER ROADS

sir,-Like A good many others. I think that once snow comes. cl?-5 and trucks ought to be laid up for the winter. and the snow NOW! kept in the government buildings.

After A storm. We lee 500' D10” wend-ing their way through drifts making dog paths that are hardly wide enough for one car to K0 through. thus spoiling the road for "Old Dobbin" And besides us- in; good government money that could be spent to better Advant- age, building paved highways in the summer months. After all. the motorist has nine months to drive his car and hue his pleasure. I feel thnt he could sit. behind "Old Dobbin" for At least. three months.

The town motorLst. does not. use our roads in the winter: our grand beaches are not A desirable place to go in the cold winter months.

One just has to ttke A glAncc at the Public Account: to Aeewhnt. it. costs to keep our roads open for motor traffic. I think govern- ment. officials should wake up and get. busy and declare roads closed After the first big storm such As we have experienced on Tuesday last. Our railroads can carry the passengers to our town: through- out the Island.

I am. Sir, elc., READER. Kcnsintgton.

films!-2 OF ALCOHOLISM

Sir.-W-ithin the past decade it seems to have been rather thor- oughly established ln the public mind that alcoholism is A problem to be dealt with by the medical and psycholozical experts.

What A failure. these two pro- fecsions. even Aided by the AA., have chalked up. Dr Lester Mor- rison. addressing the convention of the Gutro-enterologlcal Asso- ciation, stated that the annual toll of chronic alcoholism has reached 100.000 confirmed cases in the U. S.. 100.000 disabled victims And 50,000 deaths from diseases of the liver and other organs. induced by alcoholism. The figures are aim- ilAr for Canada, which enjoys the dubious distinction of having the highest. per caplta consumption of Alcoholic heverugu of Any country in the world.

Alcoholism is anonymous with misery. debauchery And corruption of the youth. It. breaks up filmi- lies. destroys the integrity of fins- bands. debasea wives And mothers And pcrverio the children. 1-hrdily A family in the country remains iinbllghted by the onplnught. of the demon. Alcohol.

No one deliberately becomes An alcoholic. Drunken-nus is A night. to dlgust. even the lust fastidious mm or women. No one wAntA to emulate the example of the bum. Auggertnc And weaving his uncor- taln way Along the street. No one, having witnessed the spectacle of A drunken husband's Arrival home to hi: won-led wife And frightened children. has any desire or intan- tion of degrading himself or her- self in like manner,

wherein ties the solution in rind horror t.hAt. in destroying our homes. our fAmlllu And our chil- dren? Does it lie in the medical or pnychologial iloldaf A-undly not. It muot. be comidced And treated in the same manner AA Any other llnful And vicious habit.

The solution lies in the monl and spiritual mince. It. pi-menu A clear-out nth: when All ounce of prevention B worth A pound of euro. A some of human dunk And the observance of

God's lawn Are the prcvenhiivu. No chi comes into this world As An bolic. Alcoholism in An

new-rid haw. culputalv Awilrpa in the tavern, in the night cl .

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In 10!! man flew tutu. climbed higher, And dived deeper than ever before, And called innumerable in- ternational conferences to find out where he was going.-l-lnmiton spectator.

Industry now produceo artificial fibres whose thickness is equal to one twenty-fifth of that of R. hu- man hair. The raw materials em- ployed for tint: slender thread Are and Anti Aluminum oxide.-Nolr et Bluio. Pu-la.

Boston is leading the country in experiments with newly developed melting equipment for roads and sidewalks. The city is building A twenty-five million-dollar "Aerial highway," which uoes An elevated roadway to get through congested districts. Anticipating traffic trou- ble when cars try climbing the Access ramp: in wintertime, engine- er: ordered elaborate lmtnlutions

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THOSE WHO WERE TRULY GREAT

I think continually of those who was truly great.

Who, from the womb. remembered the Aoul'A history

Through corridors of light where the houm An nuns.

Endlen And Alnglng. Whose lovely Ambition

Wu that their 1511!. mu touched with fire.

Should tell of the spirit. clothed from head to foot in song.

And who hoarded from the spring

bi-Aachen The deoiru felling Across their bodies like blouomo . . .

Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest. fields

See how these names are feted by the waving gives.

And by the atreomen of white

cloud.

And whlzipef-A of wind in the linen- lng sky:

The names of those who in their lives fought. for life.

who wore At their heart the flre'A centre.

Born of the Ann they tn-Avollad I short. while towards the sun.

And left the vivid an aligned with their honour.

-Gtqaluiri spender.

friends. Aomotlmu Ova in the home.

Not. only are we obligated to Avoid sin but equally. in con- Aolence. the occasion of sin. t.hAt in. people And pluses t.hAt induce the beginnings of the Alcoholic hsbit. Anyone who recline the deadlines; of the sin of (h-unken- neu. will never become it: victim if he Avoith its occnlonl. And, Al the some time. makes use of the moon: provided by God. .

To .toll” An Alcoholic. II is the

object of companion contempt. To tell A penal the truth About his condition. About

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The Way!

tomAM.AnowAndieeoniheln- clineo. This dc-icing project will be the largest of its kind in the world.-Si. Paul Pioneer Press. There in nothing to Atop the nun who can convince others his ob- stinocy is just sheer determina- tlon.-Hamilton Spectator.

The proposed irons-Atlantic tele- phone cable will make communica- tion with Europe quicker. Perhaps tthlnga were better in the old AAil- ing-shlp days when. by the time we learned the Europeans were go- mg to have Another war. they'd had it.-stratford Beacon-Herald.

The crouword puxile has come A long way from the filler of 40 years Ago. The crossword puzzle has retained its popularity while mah Jong and miniature golf have waxed And waned. There Are many reason: why this LA so. The crossword puzzle in A men-f.Al stim- ulus. intellectual gymnastics And A pleasant way to fill time. But per- haps the main reason is that. it. is A challenge to the ingrained human urge to ferret out secrets.-Winn-L peg Tribune.

While AugAr is still king in Puerilo Rico. new industries have been At.- tracted to the island in large num- bers in recent years. In An effort. to Attract these industries and turn the economy of the country AwAy from the one-crop sugar industry. the government imposes no income tax on business, and-the local pro- perty taxes are very moderate. As A result of this policy the num- ber of factories on the island hu increased from About I doiien At the end of the war to 262 At. pre- sent. They employ 50.000 persons, with A total payroll of t16,000.000 A year. We wonder how long this tax free policy would be continued it Puerto Rico. AA some of her lenders suggest. Al-iould brook Awny from the United States. We rather think that. on going Along on her own power. Puerto Rico would find the need of more taxes to carry on.-Boston Poet.

Old Ciiarloltei (And I. I. I.)

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PATRIABCHAL AGE

"Died. on Monday the 15th Feb- nmry. at the head of Harris Bay, in this Inland. lit bho patriarchal '80 01 110 Yelcrl. Muiuret Bour- leoil. A native of Loudnuw. Ocpo Brown. Sh: wu pmcmaotbothtlie siege: of iii-in onoc celqaruod town; And during the second siege, one of her brothers. wthlle in the act. of removvingheinfor greoterncf. cty, to A place in the 'oul do uc,' wu iwt dad at her feet. Upon tihlnlhofilodtoihnwooib wittiui tnfAnt eleven months old. 'And my. self in A state of pregnancy, when she remained nx dun. nbnllttng on vewberi-lei. the only fruit. then

obtained.

merit in Governor Bekllefl houn for the ensuing wimer. during whim (1750) her accent Ion. Pioqaar Porter. of Lot. 10, in this Irinnd. was born. aha lived to see Mr mu-mu rundaiiiidrm. be- ing the fourth genluion. At the In of one iumdreq me recovered her weight. sufficiently well it be Able to road umAI print."

-Royal Colette. Had! I, lie

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JANUARY 21. I9

earth or. to put it another wAy. the earth ll busing between the Inn And the moon. A total eclipse of the moon, the Astronomer: call it. And it in one of the phenom- ena in which they take great de- light. At. this moment. scientists are posted in various parts of the hemisphere: they are taking pho- tog-i-Aphs. making intricate calcula- t.lom.And generally enjoying them- selves.

of course they have known All along the exact. moment when this particuinr eclipse would beg-in,how it would proceed. And when it would end. The rest of us were prepared to hike their c1lculAt.lonA on trust. We knew everything would happen just. As they said it would. Human faith in science is the great. wonder of the age.

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lit in much too cold A. night. for one to give Anything but A brief glnnce to the moon As she lose: some of the customary "pale fire she snatches from the sun". but that does not prevent ones thoughts from wandering on and on. An ecllpoe. like every other phenomonmi. spun eloquently of the immensity of the universe in which the earth is as A speck of dust in the path of A sunbeam. The average man of today knows more about the universe than was known by the most learned scien- tlnt. AAy, two tliouuxid years Ago, which n only As yesterday in the history of life on the earth. to say nothing of the long and countless eras before records were nude.

Yes, man has learned much from Acientino research into the myotorlu of the universe but. even now, there are more things in heaven And earth than are dream- ed of in the most learned circles of science. The lending scientists of our day any thAt the little knowledge they have Acquired thus in is just. A token of that which remains hidden.

There comes to my mind here A lecture which I attended A few years Ago. It was I. lecture in iuitmnomy than which I do not believe there is Anything more fsscixialzlng in the entire scien- tific field. For an hour or more the distinguished lecturer led us from one wonder to Another and concluded by Imirig this "Let no one imagine for A moment that aAt.i-onoinw in A finished science. Compared with what. remains to be unveiled. our pruent knowledge is only A little Above that which the little child can grasp when he looks up to the heavens Ami cries- "rwinkie. twinkle. little star. How I wonder what. you are Up Above the world so high Like A dlunond in the sky!"

The Passing Scene

By Oburvor neural .

Aalbedinthia Arttioletbeinoon iA entering the shadow of the

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enlist. is A humble mm, C O O

Eclipses of sun and moon have occupied the Attention of me philosophers. and historians in every Age. In the pre.ch-mm ei-A which, in A sense. migm M, be called the pre-science era. they were mysterits which soniehm seemed to have A religion; Ind mystic slgriilficance. A battlefnughg during an eclipse was sure to in favour of the attacker. Dr-fem. lng generals resorted to w.,.,, thing they could think of in W. pone an engagement. with the in. vaden until the eclipse mm 1,... ed. There Are instances on room. where this fear proved to be won founded. Why? Who can say? Then, as now. there were many - questions for which there iA':lE no answers.