~ will be little doubt as to the wisdom of adopting the premium payment plan under the federal-provincial hospital insurance scheme. Dr. Bon- *nell says that in Ontario already 93 per cent of the population is cover- ed voluntarily, and he expects to have the same satisfactory percent- age here—or more—before a year is out. This would bring in, in prem- jums, “very nearly the amount re- quired to finance the plan.” The pro- posed premiums—$2 per month for single persons and $4 for families— are lower than in other Provinces, and much lower than any other available form of hospital insurance. Insurance companies stand ready to co-operate in combining their cov- erage for medical and surgery char- ges, as well as the differential - be- tween ward and private or semi- private rates. © It is evident from the reaction to the Minister’s statements that our legislators favor the premium plan. “Indeed, there were no spokesmen for the alternative policy of cover- ing the Province generally by means of a retail sales tax. Such a tax, the Minister argued, would require a 5 per cent levy if farmers’ necessities were to be exempted, and an ad- ditional government outlay of $400,- 000 if children’s food and clothing were to be included in this category. As we see it, the whole success of the plan hinges on obtaining a sufficient number of voluntary par- ticipants. It is certainly to the ad- vantage of every one—particula heads of families—to obtain ak al insurance on such very reason- able terms. As one member of the House pointed out, however, only 15 per cent now carry hospitalization in spite of the fact that it is available to almost everyone. The new rates, it is true, will be more generous; but there is a very wide gap to be Tilled, and a great deal of promotion- al work will be required if thevre- sponse is to measure up to the Min- ister’s expectations! . Premier Matheson, in adjourning the debate, added wise words of cau- tion against passing the bill too hastily. There is ample time for full discussion, and close scrutiny on the part of all our elected members is not merely a privilege to be exercised, but a duty.
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Toward Self-Government
The rapid achievement of self- government by the Somaliland Pro- tectorate and the possibility of some form of closer aSsociation between it and the neighboring territory of Somalia are envisaged in a state- ment of United’ Kingdom policy made recently by the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Already Somaliland has a’ Legis- lative Council with nominated and unofficial members, and ‘early this year it is ‘planned to introduce the election of 13 members on a wide franchise. By the end of 1960 the Protectorate is promised an elected unofficial majerity in its \Legislature and unofficial members in its Executive Council with execu- tive responsibility in government. Since 1953, local government coun- cils have been established in five centres and are being encouraged to accept responsibility for collect- ing local revenue and administering local services.
malia—with an area of 194,000 ¢
and a population of 1.3 million— has been administered since 1950 by Italy under the United Nations trusteeship system and’ is due to become an independent state in December, 1960, when the trustee- ship agreement terminates. The people are closely related by race, religion and language to the people of the Somaliland Protectorate, and there is a strong section of opinion in both territories which favors some form of political association in the future. If this proves accept-
table to the Protectorate Legislative
s 4 ¥ ‘
= Should the hopes of Health Min- -ister Bonnell be realized, then there
in -
ee ee gr ae Council, the United, Kingdom Gov- ernment will arrange for negotia-—
example of how democratic institu- tions are’ encouraged under British rule, and how nations in the process of self government are aided in achieving the desired goal.
50th Anniversary The vigor of youthful Canada is clearly reflected in its aircraft in- dustry and the 50th anhiversary of. powered flight in Canada, to be
reenacted. at Baddeck on February —
23, embodies “ the atmosphere of excitement that prevailed in 1909— and which continues to develop mid- way through the 20th century.
When a replica of the “Silver Dart” completes its commemorative flight over the ice of the Bras d’Or Lakes and lands at the scene of the original adventure, there will be a fly past of RCAF and RCN planes in honor of the men who put the first reality into the future of fly- ing in Canada.
In that fly past will be Sabres, CF 100’s, the Argus, Neptunes, Trackers and Banshees— the latest
in jet and piston driven military .
craft. They will dip over the throng at high speed depicting the fantastic progress that has been made in the manufacture of aircraft sin the Dart made _ its first, venturesOme probe into the new world above Canadian soil.
The average age of the aircrews of those modern. craft is about 23—the same age group as that of the first pioneers who did the impossible in what is today a ludicrous form of aircraft. They were the “ruhners of the woods”: of flight, and today these hand-picked men who travel at supersonic speed are, in their right, pioneers at the edge of space travel.
The amazing part of the story is that all of this has taken place in the space of a lifetime—of little more than an average generation—and it is abundantly obvious that the swift development of this nation owes a great deal to the aircraft in- dustry. The men who started it all at Baddeck—such men as Graham Bell, McCurdy, Baldwin and Curtiss —deserve, and are receiving, their full share of credit for today’s achievements.
EDITORIAL NOTES
Strange are the ways of diplo- macy. A recent picture shows Pre- mier Karamanlis of Greece and Premier: Menderes of Turkey drink- ing champagne together, just like old cronies. A few weeks ago they were threatening to go to war over the Cyprus question.
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What angers C. L. C. officials more than anything else, in their dis- pute with Premier Smallwood of Newfoundland, is that the Premier’s denunciation of the International Woodworkers Union was totally un-
: expected. They thought he was going
to throw the weight of. the Provin cial Gévernment on the side of the union leaders.
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Finance Minister ,Fleming, an- swering a question in Lhe Commons, stated that the Government has no “fresh information” to provide about plans for the setting up of new in- dustry in Springhill, N.S, It must be hoped that as last fall’s mine dis- aster recedes farther and farther in- the distance, official interest in the plight of the ‘people concerned will not be allowed to fade.
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There is considerable controversy in Newfoundland over what to do with the ferry “William Carson’ which doesn’t seem to suit the service for which she was intended. Some would like her to revert to the North Sydney-Argentia run. Others think she should make another Western port—perhaps St. George’s, a few miles further north, her Newfound. land terminal. Still others maintain that she should remain on her pres- ent run. Prince Edward Islanders could add to the controversy by sug- gesting that she be brought to the Borden-Tormentine run.
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OTTAWA REPORT
An Open Letter To The P.M..
By Patrick Nicholson
Dea Mr. Prime Minister
The Canad‘an Bar Assceciation dovlores the language of Canada's Bill of Rights - your Bill of Rights -es being too prosaic, The Bill should be couched in language which will ‘“‘stir men, well as protect our rights and freedoms,” the associ- ation urges.
You, Mr. Prime’ Minister, are an Honorery Life Mmbder of the Canadian Bar Asseciation: you were clected a that distinguished legal body. You may be impressed by its sug- gostion.
Five months ago, when ‘“‘your”
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SPARKED MUSIC FESTIVALS
Sir.—As Music Festival time draws near.again, we think es pecially of the cne who began this enterprise in the rural areas of Prince Edward Island. :
Prefessor W. A. Jones, a fami liar figure each year ct the Fostival at Summerside, but who, on account of illness, will pro- bab'y not be present this year, is the man in whose honcur ‘this tribute is written.
About ten years azo, through Mr. Jones’ untiring efforts, for wasn't an easy thing to get start- ed, several Women’s Institutes were persuaded to sponsor the enterprise which went by the name of the South Shore Music Festival.
Mr. Jones, as he moved up and down through the communities, worked tirelessly through schools and choral groups. No day or night was ever too cold or stormy for rehearsal and no selection less than the best was ever prac- ticed. Mr. Jones was understand- ing and tactful, giving unstinting- ly where praise was\ due, ready with a smile and a joke when often there was good cause for discouragement .and impatience.
Tae Festival began on a small scale but grew by leans and bounds. struck with the improvement over | the year bofore till now it is a truly worth-while achievement
with hundreds of children and |
grown-ups participating ever-increasing audience
In laying the foundation for musical appreciation in the ris- ing .generation, Mr. Jones has made a lasting contribution to the culture of Prince Edward Island.
He will be missed at the Fes- tival this-year. His: many friends wish him a speedy return to health.
and an
I am, Sir, ete. A MEMBER OF ONE OF HIS CHORAL GROUPS Central Bedeque.
ISLANDERS AWAKE!
Sir.—Yes, Let us awake and
‘ press for the things which will
bring prosperity to this Province by the sea. q
You know that, “‘He who whisp- ers down a well, about the goods he has to sell, will not reap the golden dollars, like he who stands upright and hollers.”
Do we want the causeway? Well, let us be vociferous about it, and not assume a cringing at- titude. We have been told many times that, according to the Con- federation agreement, continuous communication between the Is- land and the mainland was one of our rights. Let us press for it with every ounce of energy that is in our blood.
I have read in the “Fundy Fisherman’, a very interesting address given in the Senate of Canada recently by Senator A. Neil MacLean, who with the Hon. J. Angus MacLean and Dr. A. M. A.’ MacLean, attended the British, Wot Indies Trade Fair
the hearts of |
vice-presider: of |
Each year one was!
Bill of Rights was publicly un- veiled in our Parliament, this co:umn sadly compared the high ideals of your long Parliaments ary battle for a Canadian Bill |; of Rights with the low utilitarian. ism in which it had been cloth- j ed by the bureaucratic drafters | for its debut. Perhaps you read my comments in your home- town newspaper, the Prince Al- | bert “Da‘ly Herald." You may not have been impressed by my suggestion. j | LANGUAGE UNADORNED | I wrote then, and today Can- | ada’s most distinguished lawyers agree with me, that it must gall yop, as a lover of beautiful lan- guage, to se your lifetime's pet- ; ewe-lamb ebout to be immortal- | ized in the strictly utilitarian and | unsdorned homeliness of a hog. You have long read of Abraham Lincoln, and admired his oratory. At. Gettysburg he snoke those memorab'e words which strike, in your mind a cherd so re=mon- sive that they might be said to , eritemize your basic belief of hu- } mon rehts: Our Feathers brought forth on this Continent a new Nation. conceived in Liberty, and d-diccted to the propesition that | i men are created eque!.” Lincoln's Gettysburg address !s p2rhaps the brightest gem ia the storehouse of state literature | of which our neighbours are! justly proud. Proud pdrents as- semble beneath fluttering ban- ne*s and blue July skies to hear schoolchildren trippingly ‘recite extracts. which they have learn- ed in their social studies classes: The Gettysburg address. the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution. These and others are texts which, in the words of the Canadian Bar Association, stir the hearts of men, as well as protect their
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held in Jamaica from January 16 to 25. In that address Senator MacLean stressed the potential in trade which lies at our door waiting to be developed.
Will we seize the op»ortunity or will we let the trade go else- where?, Now this applies to the | Maritimes as a whole, but let us| remember that the people of Prince Edward Islend can have. a good share of that trade if our | business men will go after it.
If I remember rightly, there | was a time when a number of ' our merchants built ships and) | carried on trade in the West Jn-| ' dies. That trade can be develop. | ei again. The West Indies has become a Federation within the British Commonwealth. There should be no tari‘f barriers be- tween Canada and the West In- dies for they need our ducts and we need theirs. ,
We need greater facilities to carry on an increased trede be- tween the two countries. An air express Has been suggested be- tween Canada and the West In- dies by the people of those Is- lands. It seems a shdme that there are a number of Canadian National'boats lying idle in Hali- fax harbour, Why are they idle? The answer to that question is not hard to find. There have been frequent periods of idleness, not only of boats, but of men —far too many of them for the good of this country.
The time is not far in_the fu- ture when this matter will have to be dealt with if our nation is to prosper. By this we do not mean that Canada is to expand and prosper at the expense of labour. By the same token Can- ada’s progress and prosperity should not be hindered by un- reasonable demands of labour. There must be a spirit of concil- iation betwen industry and la- bour. So far, this Island has suf- fered little along this line. Let us ‘help to keep it so-and thus to- gether seek the best interests. of gocd old Prince Edward Island.
I am, Sir. etc. \ . WwW. D. JOHNSTON
pro- |.
Montague, P. 2. 1.
Measels And Complications
me, “it's only measles.
Let me go on record right now to state that I believe it is foolhardy, almost criminal, to ex. pose young children deliberately
for deliberately exposing your youngster to a person suffering of these diseases so
widespread attitude among par- rticularly regarding
” ! tell
If your youngster can escape measles until he reachs the age of five.or six, then any attack he might get is much more likely to be a mild one. Thus it is much less likely that there-will be any
You probably don't \realize it, but measles are responsible for many deaths among babies and among children who are not in the best physical condition.
most cases last only about a week or so. Yet the possibility of complications always exists, so I don’t want any
To sweep on pointed arch above the roof, :
To stand on air, reverse, and dip - against Germany. It is an inter- | again—
esting commentary that
That is the swallow’s way, not er they have a chance, large ’
So aloof As other birds, and friendlier te ; men.
hanes the gerticn Oe any, 18
The latest example is a group of |_| ‘ Chinese fishermen arrived in | His house on: ours — neighbor Hong Kong after escaping from and messenger
a Red Chinese commune which | From old reptilian worlds remem- they had been forced to join. bered yet:
Fishermen are harder to’ contro; | Our buried intimations faintly, than most other workers, because | Stir.
they have boats and can sail away.—London Free Press —
The Age Old Story
Along the wire a hundred swal- lows perch;
One loops — another — ten, then twenty, fly.
of you to regard measles as Tomorrow take your strongest “just another kid's disease.” Kept by the power of God glass, and search— Ordinarily, communities wil)) through faith unte salvation. You will not find thre> swallows have outbreaks of meas!es every | in the sky. 4 two or three years, generally | fore the student bedy through ‘the Florence Becker Lennon the spring. I. S. S. Committee of their Stu-| in the Christian Science Monitor So if you hear of a measles | dents’ Union. Much interest has , ; ia your neighborhood, keep your | been aroused on the camous as rights and feredoms. _ younger children from playing| a result of this and the first of MAXIMS Have you ever participated in| with any child who shows. any|a series of articles which will eles beers than eee a signs of be'ng ill. deal with the I. S. S. and its! Whoever tries for great ob ss SE DISICr : fou pic-| And keep him from playing | work, is bei repared. something ture Cat jolly little fellow John, with* any children who go to - ne P Jects must setter - : rs ife's arcane a aoe school. Youngsters are apt to get S-\arKung up in dis Crowded school) 4 lot. more than a good educa- N M T N . hall, to recite to a palpitating | tion in the classrooms along about ew ove Oo egotiate audience the following extract! this time of the year. as By Josech MacSween from the draft Bill of Rights? | parry sIGns _ Canadian Press Staff Writer “All the acts of the Parliament|' Early signs of measles are| .
of Canada
ter the commencement of this Part, all orders rules and regu- lations thereunder, and all laws
in force in of Canada ment of tr ject to be
altered. .. That is not stirring - it is re
pulsive. Some of
your own stimulating words spok- en on 24th. March, you urged the House of Commons to adopt a Canadian Bill of Rights Ycu dofined freeadem as priceless thing without which life its dignity only a hopeless form of spiritual
loses
slavery.”
In contrast, Rights defines freedom in part as.“the remedy by way of ha- beas corpus for the dotermina-
tion of the
tion and for his release if the de; tention is not lawful.”
Do you thet “the not the mo party? Yet
7th. February, 1955, the then Li-
beral Mini
Stuart Carson, rejected, your gen- erous offer to include
in your qu no Bill of Canada.
How you
man eat his silly little words!
How you bte please, Mr nct now m unborn gen eat silly lit
ed up by bureaucrats with little
minds. Ple Bill words member wi with pride.
Canada needs a Bill of Rights. Our treasure of freedom calls for a memorable Bill with a resound- ing Preamble and with inspiring Clauses, Surely-it is not beyond
the capabi
| tongue and
to ensure
redraft your Bill in language of a grandeur to match the grand-| ; eur of your long-nourished idea? ' sity next fall has been placed be-
Instead, he challenged you “at the next general election to get together with your friends and try to elect a Parliament ‘that will b you think necessary.” :
the dust
enacted before or af-
er:
Canada or in any part
at the commmence is Part that are sub- repealed abolished or! anpears on ¥s the body.
us here vividly recall doctor. 1952, when
“the fruit?
and becomes Answer:
the draft Bill of
validity of his deten-
remember asserting | quest for freedem is nopoly of any political | three years later, on
ster of Justice. Hon.
Charlottctown last
‘his party est; he declared that Rights was needed in
Hosp.tal said to be improving.
ring in the Bill which
made that silly little
of the nature of
made him personally in defeat! But . Prime Minister, do ake him, and us, and erations of Canadians, tle gobbledegook cook-
ase give us in that which we shall re th pleasure and recite
lities of your golden’ your legal brilliance | that your legal staff
horse.
student to St.
QUESTION AND ANSWER : ’
Mrs. P. R. N.: Can a diabtie | scrived as a historic move to eat an orange or grapefruit a day, or any other kind of fresh
TEN YEARS AGO (Fo. 18, 1949)
LA. Col; A. WW. Rasers, GO. C.. 17th Recce Reserve Force, received word from National De- fense Headquarters, Ottawa, thaf the regiment would henceforth be known as the Prince Edward Is- land Recce Regiment. In this name a local application is given the unit which links it with the traditiens of two well-known for- mer regiments, the P. E. I. High- landers and the P. E! I. Light-
A proposal to bring a “D.P.” Dunstan's Univer-
familiar to most of us, but I will} . ropeat them briefly as a remind-
Moderate fever; puffy, .watery eves; lining of the lips and cheeks with small bluish - white spots: one to two days later the rash the head and then
If you notice that your child has any of these symptoms—no matter how old he is—call your
Most. diabetic diets provide for the inclusion of fresh fruits and citrus juices.
COUR YESTERDAYS
(From The Guardian Files)
TWENTY—FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb, 18, 1934) :
It is understood that’ the ‘Sum- merside Hockey Club is arrang- ing a bene‘it game in the Cry- stal Rink next week for Fred Moore, one of their players who was injured while playing week. Moore is in the Prince County where his condition is
in Mr.
Many citizens are confined to their home at the present time by reason of the ‘“‘flu’’ epidemic which is sweeping the province. | Because of the speed with which it runs its course, a large num- ber are already ill. On acocunt the malady, the Provincial Sanotorium closed its doors to visitors last week.
has
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| Monday's messages to Moscow , ing until his iliness in his cus tomary energetic way for a new flexibility in the Western position. He apparently was able to con- vince West Germany's Chancel- lor Adenauer that free elections * are not specifically necessary as
a prelude to German reunifica- tion.
CONCRETE OFFER
The Allies—notadly Britain— are prepared to offer Moscow concrete security guarantees against a united Germany.
Th Kremlin, it appears, has been manoeuvred into a position where it can hardly sidestep ne- gotiations, even thcugh they may not be exactly what Khrushchev 7 had in mind in the beginning.
At the same time the West has given Khrushchev a chance te save face on his threat to tura Russia's responsibility for four- power relations in Germany over to the East German puppets.
Khrushchev, in his proposal that all foreign forces be re moved from 2 -eutralized Beriin, said Russia would act unilater- ally unless negotiations began within six months, which would mean a May 27 deadline.
The Western plan provides for talks, but not on Khrushchev’s terms.
‘rom the Western biz three con- stitute an important diplomatic | move, but an even more impor- | tant step is yet to come.
Prime Minister Macmillan’s mission to «the Soviet Union— scheduled to begin this coming , weekend—is likely to get past the | formalities of diplomatic ex- change and reveal more of Rus- sian thinking and real aims.
Tht United States, Britain and France have made what is de-
ward compromise on the German question with their call for a foreign ministers conference in- cluding advisers from, the Allied and Communist sections of Ger- mary.
MACMILLAN’S ROLE ‘ee
Now it will be up to the ex- petienced and skilled Macmillan ‘to try to determine whether the | Russians are really willing to negotiate in a genuine way or whether Premier Khrushchev has merely been seeking propaganda advantage all these months.
Evidence continues to moun of a powerful movement in the U.S. for a new look in foreign relations, and this inevitably is complicated by the illness of | State Secretary Dulles.
Th's was underlined with the appointment of Senator J. Wil- liant Fulbright, who has often been sharply critical of Dulles. | as chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee.
Senator Mike Mansfield, an fluential' member of the same | committee, now has come out with the view that the U.S. needs a basically new -policy on Ger- many. Compromises, says Mans- field, are needed by both East and West Germany.
Dulles himself had been. work-
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