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“The strongest memory as weaker than the weakest ink." TUESDAY. NOV. 13.1953.

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Another Rates Boost

There is no question but that the 17 per cent freight rate increase, authorized yesterday by the Board of Transport Commissioners, will seri- ously affect this Province and the Atlantic Region generally. All the P r o v i n c e s with the exception of Quebec and Ontario have pro tested against. this means of boost- ing railway revenues, and there is no doubt that a further protest will be lodged before the Federai Government against the Board’s ruling in this case. So far as the Maritime Provinces are concerned: this complaint ‘will be presented through the Maritime Transportation Commitsion. In the meantime, Hon. George MacKay, as acting Premier ’of Prince Edward Is- land, has emphasized the seriousness of the situation locally. and-awe are in full agreement with his statements. The chief complaint with regard to horizontal increases is that they can- .not be applied equitably in view of competitive services in the big Cen- tral Provinces, and they tend only‘to

aggravate the disadvantage already -

suffered by long haul shippers and consignees. This: was pointed out by the Turgeon Royal Commission in .1951, and has been emphasized time and again in representations before the Transport Board.

‘ On this occasion the increase is to go, into effect on December 1, the exact date set for the strike of non-- “operating railway employees. Nomin: ally, the Board is not a party to .railway labor negotiations, 'but here ‘its decision has quite obviously been dictated by the strike threat, and by the railways’ insistence on making ‘hcceptance of the unions’ demands ponditional upon additional revenue. in the past, the order of events has been an'agreement with the unions increasing payrolls. and then an ap- plication for relief th ro ugh iri-

' creased rates. Here the proceedings

have been reversed and the Board’s decision speeded up to meet the emer- gency. Is it likely that the briefs of "the eight protesting provinces re- ceived ‘full consideration in the cir- cumstances? The Board itself has evi- dently some qualms of conscience on this point, for it states that its action muSt not be taken as a precedent in future applications for rate increases

We expect our elected representa-

tives to give full support to the pro

test which will be lodged by theMari- time Tranéportation Commission in this matter. It is unfortunate that «it should deVelop into a political issue, but there seems no other way out than by an appeal to the Federal Ca- binet if these Provinces are not to be penalized by further exorbitant trans- portation costs.

RecognItIon Question

At a press conference in Seattle, External Affairs Minister Smith stated that, in the Canadian view, ‘fVVestern countries cannot continue ‘to hide their heads in the Sand and pretend that the Red Chinese Gov- ernment does not exist”. I This is the first time, as far as Ewe .are aware, that any member of the present Federal Cabinet has come out for de facto recognition of Communist China. Apparently, it is still not the opinion of the Cabinet as a whole. Prime Minister~ Diefen: baker, on his arrival in Pakistan, expressed the View that recognition might discourage those Asians who have been opposed to Communism.

With due respect .to the Prime

Minister and in full aWareness ’of’ ‘

the difficulties that would be in-

volved in recognition, it is hard to -

believe that Asians in general are at all concerned whether, Canada— or the United States, for that mat- ter—-recognizes the Peiping regime or not. Recognition would not have the slightest effect on China’s in- dustrial or military growth or on its relations with its non-Communist neighbours; nor would it make the Chinese Communist system any more or any less influential in Asian affairs. It would simply acknow- ledge the existence of the Govern- ment of a nation of 600 million p80-

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' t h‘ei r work-a-day lives.

pie. It exists, anyhow, whether we acknowledge the fact or not.

It is unfortunate, of course; but the fact remains that no “summit” meeting—which Mr. Smith also favours—or any other international conference can be called truly “in- ternational” as long as the nation with the biggest population is .left out. i

It is probably correct to say that Canada’s refusal to afford recog- nition, so far, is, in large part, dic- tated by the views of the‘ United States Government-Mr. Dulles in particular. V Just how much longer the: United States will be able to adhere to its non-recognition stand, now that the Democrats (many of whom favour recognition) have strengthened their hold on both Hous’es of Congress, is a question. It may be significant, however, that

‘ President Eisenhower said the other '

day that that policy was not neces- sarily inflexible, or words to that effect.

In any case, this surely is a sub- ject on which the Canadian Gov- ernment is free to make up its own mind, especially in view of the dif- ference of opinion that exists in other allied circles. Great Britain, for ex- ample, !reco'gnizes Communist China; but that does not appear to have weakened its ties with the Un- ited States.

Older Workers 7'

' I A word of encouragement for those who are getting up in years and are wondering how much longer their employers will be willing to keep them- on thepayroll comes from Dr. Gun- nar Gunderson, PreSIdent of th e American Medical Association.

In addressing the annual meeting of the Gerontological S o c i e t y in Philadephia, Dr. Gun’derson ‘said: “We have seen a growing tendency to create 7 employment policies calling for arbitrary retirement at 65’ or ’10. One reason for this is that our young. people are accepting the idea that re- tirement from productive work at, 65 or earlier is a desirable goal. ‘Their ideas about retirement, hoWever, are

' . pretty vague—centred around fish-

ing or similarpursuits which now prOVide them» with diversions from

when, a man reaches retirement, the life of ease has lost its attraction. In

stead, he discovers that productive "

work is the heart of ‘life ” Dr. Gund- erson went on to say that repeated studies have shown that the healthy older wo‘rker is usually as good as his younger colleague. ‘ " ~ The fact is thntsome men are at their creative best in their 70’s—in some cases, older. Any encyclopedia

will provide instances galore. There '

are others, of course, whose best is behind them at 60. Many factors, physical and psychological, enter into

the picture. But as long as a man can .

do his work well and finds satisfao. tion and interest in doing it, there" would seem to be no good reason Why

‘ he‘should be compelled to give it up.

We read the other day of an Ameri- can manufacturer who employs only men of 45 and older—when he can

get them—on the ground that they '

are just, as reliable as younger men

and, at the same time, more likely to '

take the view that putting oneself wholeheartedly into ore’s work is one of the great joys of life. '

EDITORIAL NOTES

An Ottawa report says that “farm surpluses embarrass the Government". Their embarrassment is nothing to the bitterness which the hungry people of the world feel over having so little while Cana’ dians and Americans have much more than they can use.

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, For the first time since Nova Scotia has been selling apples the United Kingdom, producers have not been able to meet the de- mand. One cooperative at Kentville was obliged to buy several hundred b‘ushels from Quebec; and further orders are. expected. A small 'crop— 1,400,000 bushels against last year’s 3 million—was responsible for the unprecedented situation.

% =IIK *

Revenue Minister Nowlan hopes that the new CBC. set-up will maintain “fairly stringent control” Over the corporation’s budget which last year amounted to more than $70 million. Mr. Nowlan’s “hopes” may be realized; but there is nothing in the legislation which established the set-up to guarantee that they will be. As far as we can see, the new system differs very little from the one it. replaced.

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KNow THE cosr op LIVING HAS BEEN ouT‘ or THIS WORLD

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' Government

Do you know that you are threatened wiiha lawsuit to re- cover $150,301 , .

This is the amount which Walsh Advertising Co» of Tomato - is claiming from you and me and all 0 er taxpayers, as damages folloizinz» the reshutfiling cf gov- ernm nt advertising orders. When Mr. John Dioferbalrer be; came, Prime Minister 17 months ago, one of his early promises was that he would end the vir- tool monopoly of government ad» veritsing business set up under the Libenals. The giant's share of. the annual 58,000,000 cit govv' eminent business, as well as Li~ ’beral Party advertising, had tor? merly been given to Cockfleld,’ Brown and Go. '

The “Men'in the Grey Flan- nel Suits”, waited patiently for the new Prime Minister’s “fair shares" proposal to be imple- firmented, under. ' ’ I I Gave: rrment

y'a-business‘l‘wastd. be divided fairly I

evenly between ten or more welléestablislied‘ agencies which

, had Supported'the Conservative

Party. PL'UMS TURN SOUR; But as the months grew into

2 ‘ a year, it became obvious to them

PUBLIC FORUM

This column I: open to‘ the discus

sin by correspondents of question c.

I Interest. The Guardian does not nest!!-

-,sarily endorse the opinion c! eorrc: , pondents.

NEEDED FACILITIES

Sir—The 'most interesting let— ter in this (Monday) morning’s paper, written by one signed Nudis Vex-bis, ,Dunst'affna'ge, speaks for itself. I trust the of- ficials concerned will restore the badly needed facilities mention- ed. Perhaps at this time the City of Charlottetown falls far behind in such matters, of any city of like population on the

en- tire Atlantic seaboard. “ : I am, Sir, etc. KENNETH BRUCE STEWART.

Charlottetown. R

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS

Sin—Looking over the papers last week we read of at least two fatal accidents on the high- way and as is often said when the dark shadow comes to your district one feels the blow more. In Thursday evening a young » woman ’was killed at Bristol, my old home; in fact it's still home despite the years for it's where I hope to rest some day beside my own.

Twice in a few‘ short weeks death has struck on the high- way in this old home and no matter what is said or done it won’t bring this woman back from Eternity. In the latest case 2 ,small- children must go into life alone without a mother. They must likely grow up and at- tend school and daily pass the spot where their mother was kil- led and their memory be refresh- . ed of this terrible accident. Those two accidents are only part of the many which occur every year. There are scores of answers to those terrible mishaps. It mat- ters not who was at fault: those women are dead and unless we do something about it others will follow in their tracks.

As one who has travelled the highways for many many years I believe many accidents such as those are the fault of people walking on the highway, espec- iallyiin the evening shadown How many times, too, do we see people walking on the edge of the high- way when cars are racing along. How many times have we had to stop for people who stick to their places on the highway: they could stop off so easily yet they fail to understand that from two to twenty tons of danger is com— ing towards them, many times unable to stop. A pretty smile and a wave is very nice along the way but it won't slop a car

at

or truck without brakes. We have

._ > THE MAN IN THE MOON' A OTTAWA REPORT I . ‘ Advertising ‘

' By Patrick Nicholson

that things were not working out as promised. Now’ as Time yea? stretcher; into two, there is tmu Ible in the advertising paradise, Expectant agencies are increas irieg bitter as they see the Lib» eral pattern being repeated. with one agency becoming growineg dominant in government business,

McK'm Advertising Co. of Tor- onto has been given Live or six times as much business as any other agency on the governmen‘ list this year. It was allotted the advertising of the depart- m-Ents of Finance and Labour and immigration, estimated :to

be worth $500,000. But expendi-

ture by those departments has stretched substantially, and the extra business has not been shar- ed. In connection with the Con- version Icon, an extra million dollars of bus’ness was dropped into McKim’s lap. The: the win- le‘: work programme launched by Hon. Mike Starr called for extra advertising estimated zit some $370,000 alto given to Me- Kims.‘ ' .

WHAT IT MAY cosy ,

‘ Meanwhile, some Conservative agendas on the favoured list ap- proved by the Prime Minister have been virtually frozen ou‘ Canada’s third largest and fast- est growing agency, Lovicks, has been given no business at all, in spite of orders from the Prime Minister to favour that agency

with its strong Conservative as-I

sociat‘ion.

The final decision in the plac- ing of each government adver- tising order rests with the so prcprfiaite Minister. But in poac- tlce this decision may be influen- ced by suggestions from the Ca» binet committee on advertising or from the Ottawa headquarters 0' the Progressive Conservative Par t-y, The national organizer of the P.C. Party, who supervises that headquarters entice, is Mr. Al- lister Grczssart. He shares with one Cabinet Minister, Postmaster“ General William Hamilton, the e'rfective work of the cemmittee on advertising. He became an moloyee or the P.C. Party last year; before that he worked for MoKfim Advertising Co.

Meanwhile, Walsh Advertising “Co. is planning to take legal ac‘ tion against the federal govern- ment in connection with the ad- vertising for last year’s Canada Savings Bond Campaign. Welsh all ges. that they had handled the campaign in previous years and “inzthe absence of notice to the contrary”, they prepared plans for the 1957 campaign and submitted those plans to the gov- ernment, But the account was taken away from Walsh when the Conservative Cabinet took oflficc. and given to MoKim Advertisins Co. andiamother agency who, ni- lege Walsh; copied and used: their plans.

If a court of lo" upholds Walsh’s claim, this could cost the taxpayers $160,580, to com- pensate Welsh for actual dis bursements made. for loss of n-' venue, and for “damages and plagiarism". plus legal expenses.

Such an outcome could make the taxpayers as sore as many Conservative advertising execu- tives have been for months

"Central African Election 5' Canadian Riggs: iigfti’n Writer I 1

Sir Roy Welensky, landslide winner in his bid for another term as prime minister of the Central African Federation, has

also seen car drivers stunt driv- ing to scare people off the roads, all taking lives in their hands. We do believe cars are travelling far too fast with less due care. We all seem to take the chance and so many times wm.

No car driver ever wants to

*as much as bump anyone, let

alone take their lives. Everyone seems to blame the drivers but maybe the time has come when those who must use the speed way, for walking, will have to be educated into {tapping aside to safer distances when cars are coming.

The time is not just here but past for an educational program of Ithis kind. No matter who is in the wrong, you can’t stop} car or truck weighing seve'nal tons racing at you with .your frail body. We must get out of the way then. If the car-man is in the wrong we can attend to the mat- ter later, but we can't give evi- dence from the grave following a crash. Let action be taken on this matter now.

I am, Sir, etc, WALTER A. O’BRIEN 2 l-Iillsboro Street Charlottetown

come to the crossroads of his po- litical career.

In London next year, Welen- sky will sit down with colonial of- fice experts in an attempt to hanymer out the terms under which the federation, which com; bines the old colonies of Nyasa- land and Northern and Southern Rhodesia, can become an inde- pendent member of the Common~ wealth. -

With 46 of the 59 seats in the federal parliament, Welvenvsky’s nited Federal party would ap~ pear to enjoy a solid man-date to speak for the federation's 6,850,- 000 residents. But figures can be deceptive.

EXTREMISTS ROUTED

Since the three" colonies feder~ 7

ated five years ago, a number of efforts have been made to recon- cile the political claims of their 220,000 white inhabitants with

those of the overwhelming Negro ..

majority. But progress has been slow.

The election itself was a re- sounding defeat for white extrem— ists. The Dominion party, which advocates white supremacy on the South African model, elected only nine members and conse- quently will have little voice in the forthcoming London talks.

But another aspect of the vet- ing gravely compromised Welen- sky‘s position. Of the 40,000-odd Negroes entitled to a ballot un-

Contact or write—

WANTED

FARM BROADCAST COMMENTATOR

Applicant must be capable of handling 1/2 hour weekly television farm show specifically for P.E.I. and CFCY-TV coverage area, plus various radio features. Position could be full or part time- depends on circumstances of applicant.

R. F. LARGE. Manager CFCY RADIO & TV

lWhen A Child Needs Medicine

By Herman N. Bundcsen. MD.

I THINK all you parents should taste the various medicines and Ionics which we doctors prescribe for your children. You will be pleasantly surprised at the ra- ther pleasing flavor most of them have. _

This will be a bug help next time you have to give some to the youngsters.

REJECT I'I‘ _ I l

Kids Just naturally dislike do ing anything Which seems dis- tasteful to their parents. A n II when Mom or Pop makes a wry face when giving them some med- icine, they tend to reject It.

A youngster who doesn't. want to take his medicine can kick by quite a fuss. as most of you el- roady know.

CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

I realize that you adults are ac- customed to taking disagreeable tasting medicines. You undoubted: ly recs-ll some of your own child- hood experiences with cantor oil. cold liver oil and the like.

But don't pass this distaste on to your ohudm.

There are relatively few un-

palatable toms of ohldren's me-

dicine on the market today. We have aspirin of various flavors.v cough medicine that tastes like fruit and even viibamins now taste as good as candy. ,

THEY ENJOY IT

Even those medicines or tou- ‘ies which we adults find unpleasv ant to the taste often are taken by small children without; any fuss. You may find it difficult to believe, but many babies ac- tually seem to enjoy taking cod liver oil. ; ,

Cooperate with your youngster as much as is practical when he must take medicine. If he pre- fers it in a spoon or a certain type gl , git) along with him. Perhaps betwill want it mixed with oracle sauce or some other food. It youridoetor W. es. it should be okay with you, too. N0 HEROICS. ‘

Whatever you do. don’t make taking medicine a heroic deed. Even if he downs it without a fuss don’t praise him for in "brav— ery”. Don’t let him think that taking medicine is any dllfiferent than drinking his milk or eatin his prunes.

The most important thing to re- member is to stress the flack that while you are willing to give him his medicine in the most pleas- ing form, he is going ‘to take it one way or another. QUESTION AND ANSWER

'A.A.: Is there a differ-nee be- twee'; seasonal hay fever and II!- le'rgZ-c rhinitis?

AnsWer: ‘ Seasonal hay fever {which occurs in the spring, sum- mer or fall is caused almost en- tirely by inhalant such as plant pollens and mold spores which are present in the air during these seams. Alergoc rhinitis may occur at a times of the “year, since it is caused by non- fecthers, animal hairs and foods. or by bacteria infections.