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

THPRSDAY. NOV. ll. 1954

They Gave. ilot Lost, Their Lives

We mourn victims of calamity but we honour those wiio gave their lives for what they hcld dearer than life. Mankind zizis learned a lot about the iriture of war in the past forty years, not enough, perhaps, to ensure that it will not again occur but sufficient to realize tiiai it produces no good. The most that those who give iheii lives can hope for is that their sacrifice will avert greater evils even than war it- self.

For this very reason their sacrifice in the greater. if they could have participat- ed in a romantic cause. or splendid achieve- ments. or contest of strength and skill. Oi the safe deliverance of their country, the

easier to give their lives for such a Cause.

With no compensaiioii. liowcver, and with the certainty of having to participate in a formlcss. repulsive sirugglc, they

and cvcn lives as well lost if they could avert the immediate danger which threat- ened. They left to others the task of try- ing to see to it that the danger did not again arisc.

This is the reason that we must member them if we are not to break faith.

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We are reminded on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day that our own respoiisii)il- liy remains. To fail to do anything that will help mankind to achieve lasting peace is to fail those who died to give us the :hancc.

More Than one Desk

Potato growers have spoken again through the medium of a plebiscite and ih( result seems to be much like the feeling ex- pressed at the meeting at the Charlotte- town Forum at the end of August. There is strong support for the Potato Marketing Board, something like two to one, but on the basis of incomplete returns the idea of

ity approval. Farmers turned out. iii greater strength than in the previous pleb- iscite, so ihat thcrc should be little ques- tion of the vote not being representative. In the course of the campaign, for cam- paign it was, practically everyone expressed the view that they could work with tile. Board. It is to be hoped that now that the Board as such has received this indication of general approval there will be active co-

to best advantage.

To all intents and purposes the industry is in the position existing over a year ago when the Board controlled a great many aspects of the potato industry but did not seek to become itself the. only huycr.

Tiicrc wcrc rlifficultics then but lilCj,' are of a kind nvcryonc displays a reasonable amount of i'c.'irlii1c.-'s to give and take.

The chancellor's Reply

Cliancellor Adenauer of kVest Gcrnianv is an old man and, so reports say, a kindl), man who likes to go out of his way to be l'i'iendly and ohliuing to i-cwspapcr report- ers who seek his views rn various ques- tions. Bui nciihcr his age nor his natural courtesy is ever permitted to lead him iili' diplomatic indiscrciions. An example of ii.- impeccable political manm-rs was deinon- straicd the other day when he arrived in the United States for talks with the Presi- deni and to attend the Bicentennial cele- brations of Columbia l'nivcrsiiy. "Do vou think," asked a reporter from one of the big papers, "that President Eisenhower was right in nsking for the election of a Ru- pubiican Congress?" The question does iioi appear to have been a very profound one; anyone who works on newspapers-or, for that matter, anyone who reads them- might he expected to v-ralize that the

own-to say nothing of the larger ones-- iiii American President should or should not have done or said in an election campaign

However, on the assumption, no doubt. that 8 civil question, no matter how incle- vant to the occasion it may he. deserves a civil answer, Dr. Adenaucr did not brush the questlrvn asltle with "no coliiil1i"lil". .-. practice which an increasing number oi politicians of all parties seems in find very convenient these days. He answered it in about the only way open to him: "Did vou expect the President to ask for the elec- tion of a Democratic Congress?" Both Re- and Democratic leaders would ap-

nrcciate the touch of wit in the reply and

Branch office: at summeuide. Monuzuc nnd Aiberton Author i

reward would have gone far to make ill

counicd their own prefoimiccs, ambitio'iis-

Their share of the task was willingly doneu

operation to enable it to serve the industryi

that can be overcome lip

Chancellor has plenty of little issues of hi-

lno one could possibly takc offence at it. It ,indicated diplomatic skill and political fi- ,nesse, both of which are valuable assets for any statesman or political leader.

Advice From Bangkok

l Under the sponsorship of the United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East fifty financial experts from twenty countries have been meeting in Bangkok and discussing the various as- lpects of economic development programs. Among the subjects aired was that of deficit financing by governments. There seems to have been unanimous agreement -that, generally, such financing should be avoided. The way to do this. according to the experts, is for governnieiits to obtain the necessary funds from extra iaxatior. There are occasions, however, when in bud- lget deficit is permissible it it helps to get much needed programs under way. Furtli- 'ermore, in the words of the official state- ment, ”it can be a valuable instiumeiit 0'. economic progress.”

Apparently, this argument is based on the theory that. since future generations are going to enjoy the czonomir: fruits of the program, it is only right and proper that they should have a share in paying for them: which, of course, is what happens when long term loans have to be secured to make up for unbalanced budgets. Lest governments should take their advice too literally. the experts went on to explain that only certain kinds of programs should be started without ready money to assure their completion. Tiiesc arc: agricultural investments, improvements in light in- -dustries. road building, and the furtherance ,of small community projects.

' Whatever the experts may say

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there will

continue to be much controversy regard-.

ing the economic and moral status of the "working on borrowed money" concept; but there was hardly any need for the extra-i

taxation recommendation. Most people willl are,

agree that governments everywhere ready enough to raise taxes without any encouragement from experts in Bangkok.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Remembrance Day, Armistice Day 1913-

This Remembrance Day Field Marshal Viscount iVIonigomcry of Alanieiii is ob- serving in Canada. Last month the Dep- uty Supreme Commander Allied Forces, Europe, dedicated a memorial in the West-

ern Desert.

one-desk selling does not meet with major-

l A West German publication reports that no less than 70,000 teacheis have fled from the East. Zone to the West, some 60 or 70 per cent of whom have been absorb- ed in the teaching profession. This is in spite of the fact that, not being members of the Federal Civil Service, they start at a lower salary scale.

Northern Saskatchewan, because of wet weather and late blight, is suffering from a very critical shortage of potatoes. The Saskatchewan Minister of Agriculture has made an appeal to more fortunate areas of

that Province to donate any surplus they,

can spare which will be carried at Govern- ment expense to the areas requiring them.

The Ottawa Journal takes exception to the proposed name. Toronto -Dominion Rank, for the expected amalgamation of the two financial institutions and proposes instead that it should be called the Bank oi Ottawa. If anyone may get into the act we venture to suggest. that it new field of bank namcs would be opened up by calling it ihc Beaver Bank.

l1:VCl'yl)0il)' is interested in the potato industry although only the farmers voted yesterday. The prospect is that, more than double the normal quota fol entry into the United States at a low rate of duty, and surpluses out of the way. the farmer should have a good year. which means also that everyone else will have it good year.

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Violet Vanburgii, English actress, died this date 1942. Like her sister, Dame Irene Vanburgh, she sustained a great number of roles with distinction, among them being Queen Catherine in Henry VIII and Lady Carfax in The Knave of Dianionds. By command of King Edward VII she played Portia at Windsor Castle. Much later she appeared in motion pictures, notably Pyg- malion.

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Sir Winston Churchill's 80th birthday on November 30th will be marked by H lprcscniaiinn to which his admirers in all limrls nt the woriri are invited to conti'ib-itc Canada's liigli (Zommissioner, like those lof ,other Coniiiioiiwcaltli countries, is a pairor. lot the fund. The Hon. Treasurer is the Rt. lion. Lord Moynihan, 156 Ciiaring Cross Road, London, W. C. 2, England. It is ex- ;pected that the register of the names, but not the amounts, of conliibutors will be one of the biggest books ever compiled.

,..- l PUBLIC FORUM

1 Thin cniumn ll open In the dinn- i lion by corrupolldenls of quelllom

of lnierelt. The Guardian don nnl neceuuiiy Indono nu nplnion uf corrupnndcnn.

3 SOURIS HARBOUR

Sir.-In the issue of your paper of Nov. 9th appears a report un- der the. heading. ”Soui'is Alarnied After Ship Grounds in Harbour.” Fears are expressed by the Mayor of Souris. He also intimates that ship owners would hcsiiatc to have large boats dock in this harbour. This too is without foundiiiion

if a wuriioiise, for example, is provided withjiz ft. rlnnrs. it is still iwitlun the realm of pns-ibiliiy that l H. truck with an 8 ft. wide platform i will strip or ground on either door- post. in entering by the bow or ,stei'n. This is it practical (lemon- .stratlon of how the vcss-ll referred to grounded. From the side of the pier that the vessel was tying up to, the harbour provided 140 ii. width and a. depth of 22 feet at low I tide. 28 feet at high; the vcgel drew - 17 1-2 feet. ,

'l'i'us.ing this Pxplllillliltlll will llesscn the fears of soul-is' Mayor.

I am. Sir. clrx, , T. J. KICKIIAM, M.P. 'pSoui'is, P.E.l.

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l I l18From The iixaiiiincr. Nov. 30, ; C. F. Stilt-kpnlp ha; ,.l,(.,w,i -A Sll00lll1R Ltiiilcry and .1 bowling al- .lcy in the Atiicnacum. They are lopencd early, from four o'clock to ill) D.m. Prizes will be given month-

ly for the best bowling and shoot-l

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it. is not pi-oliaiiln that sipnm ploughs Will be iiiii-tirlticcil fill!) this Province, but they nro likply to be uscrl with success in the. izrcat. Nurlliwc.si. A few days ago ptiicrc was .1 large iinbiy of iiltuniiiicir. zigriciiliiirls at Br.'inip- 1011. Out. to wiinc.-s the public ,tcsiinlz of what may he called the pflrst. steam plough uscrl in Can. lada.

; The feast nf St. Andi-cw. Scot. :l3”d'5 bniron saint, was cclr-brntcri ih.V the Calcrluiiin tlluh of llll.: iCll.V. by a izrantl rlinnr-r at the pllankin House The nirinhcrs ,thc Club met in ihc club ronin inn Queen Street at 8 n'('lo('k amt lmarchcti in plaid rcgalia in the hotel. where on arrival of l.imitcn- nl Govcriinr ilnviland nnrl R if Hotlgsnn, A l)t', they .:;it tlnwii to a sumptuous feast The chair was occupicrl hy the Chief nf the Club, Hon. A. A. Macnnnald. and A iMacNcili. Plsri, acicd ihc pnrl nf ,cffIcicnl. cruupici bmmr x-.-cic. rli.;- iappointcd by the Iiiirci'r-invviiiuiis.

Will! i introduction of the "ciiicft.-iin if llic Mn", mud”.

puddin' race." 'iic' was not Ps- cortcd as usual by the martial air of the, bagpipes, and his coming therefore did nut awnkpn mp us”,-,1

enthusiasm. flow-var, ho lngfod pgonri. Maritime Problem

lS)'d1'lf'y Post-llccnrdl

Growing traffic across Norlir umbcrland Strait. bctwccn P-ictou. N.S.. and Wood islands, P.i:I.l., causes increasingly long queues of cars on both sides of the strait, waiting their turn nn the ferry. That's one strnii nobody suggcsts can he spanner! by :1 Imdgn. or conquer:-rl hy I rail:-rw.1,l'.

What about it tunncl" Thai !FPlT'iF no more probable than a tunnel under the Strait of Dover between England and I”r;incc. sniiictiiin; that has been talked about for generations and no more likely now than it ever has been. Air travel apparently has ended the tunnel talk at Dover.

A solution to the traffic dclny problcni hr-tween Picimi and Wnnd

in: lzlglr Inrvv lwai: tn the -tenure, but it wmllfl hsrazulale huiidinn larger tc-rminal-., ;: cniu firm that doesn't srrm tovlho auihnritics. ll'I5lF.'lfl of that they want ti ncw ferry bvmi. nrlizin- niiy designed to cariy 40 cars to be rc-designed to nccmninodat: tit) cars - a stiff problem for the naval architects.

While the naval architects prin- dcr. the change in plan; is delay- ing the construction of the new

islanis wniilrl zero: in be in imilri l

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NOTES BY

l Miss Gene Tierney, the film an- trcss, is reported to have suffered :1 nervous collapse ”bruugiit on by overwork and tension resulting from her twu-year romance with Prince Aiy Khan." ”We hope that Miss Tierncy's admirers will be properly sympathetic and under- standing: it takes a lot out of a poor film star to keep a love af- fair glowing in ihn hcndiincs for two years. -- Saturday Night.

The National Chiropractic Asso- ciation warns against "television sqtiat." consisting nf sitting cross lcggcd on the flour and goggling at the tmx it is feared that this posturc may injure countless chil- then by straining their ankles. knees and backs. As chiroprac- tors find it impractical to knecd the skull they do not warii against the contest on the screen. We sup- pose that after long exposure the fusual recourse is to psyciiiatry.- :Chicago Tribune.

, No matter what they do they wonit make them popular. This is ,a closing comment on a report lfrom Washington that U. S. in- come tax forms are to be given ldiffereni. colors. partly to make them ”moi-2 attractive." The pro- posal is that people with incomes of 510.000 and up will get forms with a yellow strip, tiwrc with lnmrc than Sfifititl and less than ,5l0,000 will get a form with ; ltcrra-cotta red stripe. and those under 55000 with 11') income except lfrom wages anti suiniics. will get theirs in a plain envelope. The striped returns will not be in lcnvelopcs. - Gait Reporter.

American prison authorities, be-I

ldcviled by a plague of prisoner irinis that cost millions in damage. lmighl. do well to take a long, hard jlnok at Spain's prison system. Lspanish prisoners dnift pick lunkum or scw niailbays. They do iconsiructivc work, and get. paid lfnr it. Their wages mount through jthc months or years and provide it wclcoinc nest egg when a pris loner is rclcnscrl. For Piiflig tiny lnf good behavior a Spanish con- vict gels one day's rciiiission of sentence. in Spain's prisons. the accent is nn redemption rather lthan punishment. Prisoners are re- lgurdcrl as unirurtiinnic persons who have gone (lSll'fl,V' and must hr hclpcrl back to a normal way of liifc as responsible citizens. Thcrc

By the time thin article Ippenu the great potato issue will have been settled-for another year, It all events. I suppose, therefore .1 may be permitted to jot down a few general observation: regard- ing it. without running the risk of being slain like. Zacharias the son of Bnrachlnl. Not. being elig- ible for n vote in the plebiscite. having grown only one bag of cobblers this season (a half-bag last. year, so I'm improvingl), I hadn't thought of'mentioning the subject at all in this column: but when Tuesday's article had to b- dcferred in order to make room for pre-election argument for and against, I decided that my jour nuiistic self-respect. was inf Jeo- P&l'dY-

Then. the fire kindled. Just as I had persuaded myself in i. this column was absolutely easen ial to the literary well being of Guar diiin readers along came this last minute barrage of forum admoni- tion to tell me, that I am, after all. expendable. Woe is me. for I

am undone.

The plebiscite is a most rc- spectabic democratic insti-umen? It is also a very ancient one and was in use centuries before par- liamentary legislation Irrived or. the political scene. Even now in some countries-Switzerland is the, most outstanding example-the re- ferendum, a half-sister to the plebiscite, is the normal political pattern. For those who confuse the two it may be helpful to say that the difference between the plebiscite and the referendum is that the former ll nn expression . of opinion while tiic latter makes decisions.

The: referendum is not used much in thin country-in fact. I don't think it has been used It. all; but in the United States it is a common practice. Usually it is an addendum to a general elec- tion: and that, i would say. is its proper place. Used in this way. the referendum-or the, plebiscite -help: to bring out the voters, in very helpful contribution indeed in these days of political lassi- tude.

Since I plebiscite, seeks advice. and not direction, the results of Wednesday's voting will not, he. cessnrily, be binding on the pm vincial nuthory: although, of Nurse. if the verdict is over- Wliolminsly decisive one way or the, other it. is reasonable to ex- PPPI that it will be implemeiifed,

At any rate. there was no lack of interest in the, controversv which led up to the plebiscite; l"d"d- ll One may judge from letters to the editor and from the common talk. it. is n long time 511109. 50 much public excitement was aroused. No election-Federa; or Provincial-in recent years has ”held in candle" to it.

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THE WAY

Ninety pmfesaionni engineers have been added to the staff of the Ontario departnient of high- ways. to speed up mad-building. Perhaps, now, the public can look forward to completion of the Trum- Ciinada Highway between Ottawa and Hawksbury within the next. few years. -Ottawa Citizen.

United Stale: Congress passed n bit that would have made it I crime for a restaurant to serve trout cnugl.t' in another country unless it displayed prominently a sign saying foreigii-caught fish was being served. President. Eisen- linwcr vctocd the measure. And that. is one reason they have I president in the United States!

-Ottawa Journal.

A Culinary man has telephoned to tell us about his six-year-olcl's comment on the first day of school. it seems that after the lit- tle fcllow had returned from the classroom his father, like fathers everywhere. asked him what he ltiiought of school. ”Oh. it was -fine," the youngster rcpiicd. ”I'd like to go again snmctiine." - Calgary Herald.

At an exhibition of modern archi- turc in Milan. Italy, a snail-shaped house was on display. The snail- siicll home had four rooms and was all built of plastic. To those ziccustonied to rectangular shaped homes. the new idea will look r.'idical. Still, a snail-shaped house in Canada might be appropriate to denote the feelings of many lliumc owners in regard to the lspccd which their mortgages seem to be reduced. - Fort William Times-Journal. ' .

The risks and dnngers of the London pact show us the danger- ous condition of the world we live Ill. For desperate circumstances there must be desperate remedies. But. ns German strength grow we should not forget that her rearma- nicut is E. desperate gamble. There will need to be unrcnilttliig atten- tion to the process lcsi. nationalism zinrl Juiikerism employ the same kind of tactics that have twice this century plunged the world into total war. -Kingston Whig- Stnnilard. '

One clear reason for this un usual interest was, of Coursc mm H": Prosperity and zoodlmgn. ngement of the potato ihdustry ”” ml”-l-"5 01 Krent concern in 0V9l'ybody in this Province. Our '3"”l'e 5C0"0m.V is affected bv it in 5 V-"Y HIFKP. Way. Because of tliu; obvmus lad I myself lmd hopeu ill” PVOFY Cllizible vuier in a Pro- :fl”lC1)al election (for Assembly- mn would have been permitted to vote. in the plebiscite. it would seem that A matter of such gen eral concern should not be do. Welded by the producers alone 8llll0U8h of course they are in.- Dcrsons most directly involved. I

The letters-I rend man of them-that appeared from both ages to the dispute were, on the bel? 2, interesting; but 1 mnnor

eve that they were particular, l.V helpful to anyone who had not gilgendv made up his mind. om.

e seemed to believe with ax. most. fanatical intensity that u '”'"lf9”"K board with authority

" ar 3 5”""'l Rxricuiturm txconomy. The other side scematl just as certain that lny such authority is A threat to as crntic frccdom. mo-

As in all elcct' ' unfortunately, 1119:" ,,.::,:"pa,,'::';'sl deviations from the main issu): into lrrclvyancies, R circumstancz

On November H. when he rcnchcs the ripe age of six, Prince Charles willtrcceive n pair of box-

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The Passing Scene

I: Observer AITIB THOUGHT!

flclnll. producei-I. dnlen. con. would like, to see brought

There were far too many. mu ions to the personal Bnlbilloila :- cupidity of individuals. I don't i,,f have for one moment that 3,, reasonable person in the illrnyt place of his conscience lEIl0u31 thinks that. any marketing bong member or official is bent on .15. straying the farmer's i.Ydditln"al freedom; or that the di-51,, have no interest. in nnytlilng bu? big profits for themselves. Th; whole controversy, it seems to me, centres round methods ,0, attaining an objective About which there is no dispute,

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What. will happen after the i-.. turn: from the plebiscite )1." been tabulated and nppraixed? la is to be hoped that for the nod of all residents of this island- the economy of which should I3. the easiest in the world to ad minister and sustain-the dECiSl0(i Arrived at will be accepted wig, good grace by all concerned. A plebiscite once in a while can be entertaining and even profitable but. obviously. we, can't have an; every year on the same qug,,,,,,, Unless, of course. we make up Our minds to substitute referendum; for the normal processes of p", liament.

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REQUIEM

Sleep on. brave heart, my lmm, sword beside thee! The last red breach in stormed ing

last. foe slain,

There is no strife nor sacrifice dp. xiied thee.

No Lrunipets call to Fierce 2: ur, again.

Now with our bright. blades sheathed

And colours laurel-wreathed

We come, my comrades in me

trampling right, Arid bear thee with a long. lilinm

song To the deep house of night.

Sleep on, brave heart! Our cause is ours no longer.

The world we saved iolls on '.ll'.;:mt our aid.

We fought. for right. but ii1'r on fear are stronger;

We dreamed of peace, and dreanu have been betrayed.

But never troubled breath

can touch thee. who in dean:

I-last. seen the flaming triumph -if our wars,

Nor heartbreak find thy deep, .g.im

I eep Beneath the quiet stars.

Sleep on! Sleep on! The winds at shame and sorrow Blow mute above my buried mem.

ory. "Thou wilt. not wake to the inglor. ious morraw That mocks our anguish and our ctory. Thy daring and thy pain, Thy youth for visiom slain, were crowned with honour lit the crimson dawn, And Death was to friend. 0 vnlinnt henrt, sleep on!

the and thy

-Edgar Alcliinis.

The Age Old Story

See. I have set before then this tiny life rind road. and death and evil: in that I commnnd the: this dny to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to Imp his commandments and his infat- "tea and his Jlldxments. that aim. mllyui live and multiply: and ma I-or-I my God shall bien nm in the land whither thou (nest in Domain it.

FIEIICE KITTEN NANAIMO. B.C. (CF) ara- Kulis are protected in British Cui

,is an annual holidays on which ing gloves as a birthday gift, and which cannot be t h h in H . , lthc gates swing open to families thereafter he will be taught the efforts to work orut l:msCntlsflilz:llnll,; lsllllrrjrrealinc giffgiiefjmb; t:,y lz-I,(;:llil and friends of convicts for a picnic manly art. of self-defence. With arrangement for atrcngthenln. n,0nu,.,,fd km", W .k & ,.,.,, in '. . ' : . V , 3 , . g - to put up the "dukes”'., The 111- Y W R eunhudy hum of 59'" " W" by H” ""k ""1 k.l.l,'Ll'

, tcntlon, presumably his father's,

ifci-ry boat which had been sci1e- ll to make him an athletic prince. ,

riulcri to start npcrntlng early next sound in wind and limb. For this

year. in the meantime thn quit-tics purpose boxing in excellent. It is ,

uf curs grow ioiigcr, and the an admirable physical exei-cue, .

gt-owls nf frustrated motorists l7C- that develops agility, alertness,

Waiting at Ross confidence. and the cn-ordination .

.1-leri-y is a trifle compared with of mind and muscle Wl'il('l1 makes

ltiiat. but don't try in make the for pfomiill 513l-l"l'l- Al l-h0 Mimi ' m

lBaddeck Board of Trade believe l-lml liv ln3llll5 U19 B90"-lnl 59”"-

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