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Fact 4 SATURDAY.-MAB('lI 2, 1:51 Paging Mr. Gordon

Mr. Walter L. Gordon, cliairman of the Commission which produced the report on Canada's economic future, has been rumored for some time as ticketed for a Cabinet P0-it A writer in the Montreal Gazette notes that in his recent speech in Halifax, he sounded like a man al- .. . ready in. After some explanatory '( .;? remarks intended to take the curse ' 1 off the Commission's reference to

i ., last-resort means of encouraging

u,-'; emigration from the Maritimes, Mr.

- I Gordon went on to laud the benefits ' derived from such new projects as expanded forestry operations and the smelting of aluminum in British Columbia, the production of oil and gas in Alberta and the mining of iron ore in Quebec. These benefits, he maintained, are being shared to a considerable degree by all Cana- dians. "This is, of course," be ad- ded, "one of the prime objectives of Federal policies, including fiscal policies, social security measures and the tax sharing agreements with the Provinces. I might add

that it is an objective which is still not always understood or wholly ap- preciated.” It would be interesting to have

p Min. Gordon appear before the Legis- lj-ii lature of this Province, to explain what benefits we are to derive under .- the new tax sharing agreements withgottawa. Neither our Govern-

, ment nor Opposition members have had a good word to say for this new deal which has been foisted upon us, and which the chairman of the Gordon Commission views so favourably.

Based on an estimated 108,000 population during the fiscal ,year 1957-58, we were to have received a mere 370,000 more under the new formula that we would under the 1952 tax agreement if the latter were carried over to 1957-58. But this population estimate will not likely be realized, and we shall get even less than the pettifogging fore- cast. According to Finance Min- ister Harris last July, "the new pro- posals will provide the provinces with 20 per cent more revenue". Actually the percentage increase for the wealthy provinces of Quebec and pntario would be 26.9 and 24.8 respectively. Saskatchewan and Alberta would also receive increases of over 20 per cent. But what of us? At the best we can hope for a percentage increase of only 1.6 over the 1952 formula-the lowest of any Province in Canada.

On ii per capita basis, our in- crease over the 1952 formula would

Agricultural Need

In his speech on the Address in

reply to the Speech from the

Throne, Mr. S. S. Hessian, Q. C.,

referred to the Department's pro-

gram for assisting students who

wish to take up Provincial positions

in various branches of agricultural

science. This is, indeed, a praise-

worthy program. It is also a neces-

sary one, if the Province is to be

assured of an adequate supply of

technicians in this important field.

Them still remains, however, a

problem which sooner or later will

have to be tackled in earnest. It is

the problem of how to help young

men get a start in actual farming

operations, so that they would not

be obliged to go elsewhere to earn a

living. There is no doubt whatever

that many of the young men who

go to Montreal, Toronto and other

industrial centres in search of em- ployment do so as a matter of necessity. They would much prefer to stay at home and go into farm- ing for themselves, but lack of capital and inaccessibility to credit on terms which they could hope to meet in a reasonable length of time make it impossible. Even those who are "born farmers" cannot build bricks without straw or, more accurately, build barns and pur-

chase stock and machinery without dollars or long term credit. Small wonder that hard work at good wages in Ontario or elsewhere ap- peals to them even though their in- tcrests are in the soil and the good way of life to which they have been accustomed. This is one instance where. unfortunately but inevitably, cold economics takes preeminence over social preferences.

It would be foolish to pretend that the problem is an easy one to solve and just as foolish to lay the blame at the doors of successive Provincial Governments. After all, Governments can operate only with- in the iimijs of the financial re- sources ai their disposal. A Farm Settlement Loan Fund or some- thing of the sort would be a tremendous undertaking in this Province. In the long run it would almost certainly pay for itself. and there would be no question at all about its value to the development of our economy. But whether it is feasible, or even possible, at this time is, of course, a question which only Provincial authorities are in a position to answer. We are confi- dent that they would be as happy as anyone if it could be answered in the affirmative.

Certainly, the need cannot be dis- puted, unless we are prepared to see more and more young men leaving their farm homes, against their wills, for less pleasant but more lucrative work in other fields.

EDITORIAL NOTES

. Experts are working on a process

for taking the oil out of peanuts,

thus making "them less fattening.

They will still be peanuts, however. 0

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In 19.36 United States' exports to Russia came to h3';-, million, while imports from that country were valued at almost S16 million. Per-

he only 0.63-again the lowest for all C.-uiada. Quebec would get 8336 of an increase, Ontario 8.06, Sask- atchewan 6.60 and Alberta 7.13. On the other hand our requirements, :is set forth in the brief presented at the Dominion-Provincial Conference in October, 1955, call for addition:-.l revenue of at least 53,700,000. What we asked for, especially. was an equalization grant which would take into account our basic fiscal needs and tax-raising ability, so as to make possible a minimum standard of services'wlthout limiting other provinces in setting up higher stan- dards as their resources permitted. And it vms emphasized that in many cases our expenditures have been incurred as a direct result of Pollctes promoted by the Federal Government, which we were obliged 2 high accept. -

' ?-1,'l,Ih reasonable request was tum- , down. Perhaps Gordon can

Cmmile wise that puts Russia in a position many times better than that of Canada in trade relations with the U. S.. Canada's deficit last year being more than all billion, 3 O C

Kim! Saud has been telling his fellow-conspirators in Egypt, Syria and Jordan that he found on his ml? '0 Wlishlnllton that President Eisenhower's views on the Middle East were moving more and more l0W3l”dS Sympathy for the 'Arab states in their enmity for Israel. But that was before Congress and American public opinion warned the President not to go too fgr in his POHCY 01' appeasing the Arabs at the expense of Israel's freedom.

O O O

Indials Prime Minister Nehru, who is now engaged in vote solicit- ing, is telling his audiences that India's foreign policy is one of "absolute independence". So it may be. except in cases involving dis- putes between the Soviet Union and the West. Up to now, and increas- ingly so in the last few months, India's policy has been almost ex- 'oIillvolyonthesldeofthofor-rner. that India's

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Locking The Door

From Londuii, England Bureau of Thomson Newspapers

Fullouiug its defeat in the key- . by-election of Lewisham in south i London, Mr. Mai-iiiillan's govern i mom has hastened to pull one con- cession out of their bag. In the hotly-rlispiiicd Rem Bill just going through Parliament they have made an imporianl modification. But, speaking in terms of politi- cal tactics, they have locked the stable door too late.

Thai is the first impression. it has hccn strengthened by an an- nouncemcnt regarding higher charges for the National Health Service here. Up goes weekly con- iributions"from workers by lod A week. Lp goes the price of "wel- fare milk" - milk suppiicd at a cut rate to expectant mothers and young children.

But the conrcssiuii in the Rent Bill. loo late as it is to make any difference n'. Lewisham. is an im- porlnni one. The item Bill. broad- ly speaking. allows landlords to put up rents on some 80.000 hous- es throughout the country - rents that have been frozen by law since the war. Now thousands of peo- ple nver here e still paying a- bout Sl2.l5 a month for a ”three- bed. two reception room" type of house - the same as they paid in 1939.

Such a trifling amount meant that the best of landlords could not afford to keep their houses in re- pair. Now rents will be increas- ed to a more economic level. But the concession ranted helps the i-nan! - a security of tenure of i5 months now. compared with a proposed six months.

PEEVED DOCTORS

There may be more increases in the Health Service here if the just-appointed Royal Commission set up to study doctors" salaries propose that they should get more. At the moment the average gen- eral praciiiinner here gets around 36160 a year. A 14- per cent. in- crease is souizhl. which would mean another 856 million on the Health Bill.

What in peeving doctors now is the introduction of a Royal Com- mission ” ry to examine their claim. Among newspaper opinions, "The Timcs" calls for an lndept ":nl review ill the pro- blem. "The Sinisman" suggests that the numhcr of patients per doctor he cut. And the "Manches- ter Guardian” sums up the gener-

'al altitude innards Royal Com- missions: a guarantee against anything being done for a long

time and not at all if there is I

pigeonhnle vacani In Whitehall in

which its report can be stowed." GOING ATO.VII('

After it snmeviliai Ina-long delay the Brill ” service ministries have made a couple of .........inr.-ements that shun that the behind-scones lCllVil.V in ihc study of nuclear warfare here is bearing fruit at last.

From the "Silent service" - and only I! newsman trying to extract.

shy Royal Navy knows how well that service merits its "Silent" tag - comes the news that a 50 year-old engineer brass-hat call- ed Guy Wilson has been appoint- ed Rear Admiral. Nuclear Propul- sion. No breezy seadog is Wilson. Short and slight, large-domed, he is what he appears - a typical '”bsckroom boy."

And the Army introduced me to another non-military looking type. Colonel J. E. Cordingley. He, too. is short and slight. soft-spoken and courteous. He is a gunner and has been chosen to command the first British unit to fire the "Car- poral" American racket. Cording- iey can look back on 21 years of soidiering - and to the time when as I new 2nd Lt. his equipment included a now-historic item; hor- ses. one.

NOT T00 WEI COME

The Colonel will be taking his rockets and his 500 men north from their usual station near Lon- don to practice firing - not, I hasn't to add. with atomic war- heads, but with dummy or ortho- dax "plosives. They will he go- ing in a little Scottish island call- ed South Uisl, in the Hebrides. And they will not be all that wel- come.

Although the decision to make this desolate. island spattered nor- thern spot a guided missile range will bring labour to its inhabitants, other Scots are not so happy. "The Scotsman for instance. voicel the opinion of many - if in rather grandiose tar s: "To turn an is- land which the main stream of modernism has passed by, and had therefore been the last retreat of an older, more unworldly civil- islatlon - to turn this overnight into a piece of Wellslsn landscape is to force together incompati- ble extremes."

But time. say the Services. must Marchon.....

JADED

Feeling pretty jaded now are those members of my tribe who cover the London entertainment best. During one day they had to have a history lesson lasting ins minutes. and in the evening they had to watch one of the most path- etic produciinns ever to go on a London state.

The production was "The (yrs- tal Heart.” which had veteran Lrouper Gladys Cooper iwhn h n it been at the lop for a generation past and bu several American and a couple of Canadian tours behind her) trying to inject some gnu. The musical was put on by Americans who regarded London as a tryout for Broadway. Now they are down about 356,000

The history lessons? That was when a couple of films based on the same theme - the claim of a woman to be Anastasia. the last surviving child of the last Rus- sian Cur - arrived. one was from Hollywood. the other from Germany. Now the critics are

information from the public".

queuing up for eye-lotion . . .

Plays Many Paris

Will!!!

Rt. Hon. C. D. Hows is not an ordinary man -- he's a depart- ment store.

The executive branch of the Do- minion Government has It do- partmelitn and divisions. anew oneouarter of them - 21 in all - call Mr. Howe boss. Here Is I III!- of Mr. Howe: actlvllies'as snpMQ by the Canada Year Book lpebl&- ed by one of his branch offices): Minister of Trade and Obn-

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Chakilla fl Privy Council Com- mlttso ca lcleaufic and Industrial hm!!! and responsible for

Ilattoaal Research Council.

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This column is open to the discus ion by rorruvondenta of question cl Interest. The Guardian does not neces- aariLv endorse the opinion of unit Iondenu.

THE TEACHER PROBLEM

Sir-Since the Education Week Committee in our Province has chosen as a topic "The Causes and the Remedies of Teacher Shortage" it seems a suitable time to ad- dress a question to parents. lea- thers. and citizens in general but perhaps I will address it to moth- ers in particular, "Why are we sc- cepting this fernicious situation of teacher shortage to continue your after year?"

For ten years now our normal school has only been training a- bout a third of the number of stud- ents needed for replacements, the remainde. have to be recruited from untrained young people and from married women returning to the profession. (There are 81! married women out of a total of 308 teaches! Many of these are doing good work and are at the job at some sacrifice in order to keep our schools open. The fact remains however that teaching is of prime importance to our society and de- serves ll) be a profession on a par with any other such as law or medicine.

If our children are to be adeq- uately educated we must eventual- ly have ” hansdidates enter- ing ihe profession sogthat they can be scrc.ned taking only those of good character. high intelligence and some native skill in teaching. That I feel sure is not an impos- sible eventual gosl BUT until par- ents scattered over the Province rise up and refuse to accept un- qualified teacher: things will drift from bad to worse.

The Teachers Federation is work- ing to correct matters. I feel they need the determined .support of more parents. To get group action by parents and teachers joining forces there exists the Home and school Association. We on the Ex- ecutive of tho.Provincial Federa- tion seldom hear of any complaints regarding services of teachers. When figures am given ember-

wili agree there is a deplorable shortage. What I should like to see would be sparks flying caus-

T ed by contacts between determin- i ed fathers and mothers who real-

ize that every day in our schools pupils are losing interest because of lack of skill on the part of teachers. every day some child drops out who has the potential of a good citizen but will never sa- curo the advantages that our schools should be offering them. As one of our leading citizens se- msrked recently at a public gath- ering, "To have a good teacher is the most wonderful thing that can happen to a child.

We should not continue to ac- cept conditions ia'tIIe vain hope that a IIMH supplement or a change of teacher or Just pure luck will remedy matters. Take a broad look at the whole Province. We will need ID teachers next year tost.affoutscbaoIl.0Ily40will

be' ducted in the in . The chantgs that out chi'lsnvIIil have

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FOOD PLAN Fol CHILDREN

let's be practical about this bus- lines of eating the prover fwd! every day.

The add truth. as every 130019? well knows. is that children just anaft going to do it. no nutter ti-ow important the doctor uyu it

in

Every child has an ”off” day That's to be expected: but dont -make it worse by lnsistlnl "Ill he should eat all the food Y0" think he must have.

It won't hurt him to miss some or even most of these essential foods for one day. in fact. youli probably do more harm by Ill- ging bimgto est.

nut it he begins refusing cer- tain foods day after day. than something else again. NECESSARY FOODS

Each day - with a few excep- tions. as I have said your youngster should have a minimum of two glasses of milk. one egg. a potato and at least one or two green or yellow vegetables. at least one serving of meat. cheese or beans. two ssrvlnss of fruit juice or whole fruit. some whole grain or enriched bread and cere- al and butter or fortified margar-

inc. TAKE ACTION

When he starts turning down these foods repeatedly. you've got to take some action.

For one thing, don't let anyone at the table-father. sisters. bro- thers. even yourself-refuse to eat the dishes you want your young- ster to eat. Children love to imi- tate others. Don't even discuss your likes and dislikes at the din- ner table.

VARY Till: MENU

Try sewing your vegetable and meat dishes A little differently. You'll find several good sugges- tions in your cook book. After all. we all get tired of the same food prepared in the same way.

Serve new dishes, too. Offer them to your youngste in small amounts at first and if he doesn't take to them right away, don't force them down his throat. Wait a few weeks and then try them again.

One more thing. Many parents have trouble getting their children to drink enough milk. Usually. it is both fresh and cold. kids love it. But if your child doesn't. give him flavored milk drinks once in a while. And see that you use plen- ty of milk in preparing creamed soup. vegetables and desserts. Then he'll got it one way or anoth-

er. QUESTION AND , ANSWER

V.L.: About once a week my husband wakes up at night with a dry cough. This cough lasts about five minutes. He is cutting down on cigarettes. What causes the cough?

Answer: The condition you de- scribe could be due to excessive smoking. or a condition which has been called Imokor's asthma." However. it would be advisable lo: him to have a careful namin- at on.

..::..:..s snzsr ruin. or suiumsn old magazines have no regard

orchards spraad wide bought.

Long-legged colts cavort la blus- grass pastures.

A boy in faded inns drives home the cows

Past fields where cornblsdes sigh in nutlln cadence

And iscy my: flow from leafy

dow I bask. heartdeep, in warmth of eliwer blnoinl -Addie M. lledrlck. in the Christin Iclanco Monitor

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