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Morning Dally (Founded In I581) Authorised nu Beconil Clan llull. Pout Office Department, Ottawa.

The lslnnil Guardian Publishing Co. Editor and Managing Director, J. It. lsurnett. Alain-late l-ldltur, Frank Walker.

when Mr. Truman announced that the first test explosion in New Mexico had taken place on July l6. It was at once recognized that the radio-ac- tive cloud from New Mexico had soon travelled over lllinois and it was this cloud which had af- fected the straw.

EDITORIAL NOTES

"The Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest lnk"

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CIIARLDTTETOWN. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5, 1949

The P. M.’s Suite

The ministerial suites at Ottawa are allotted ' by seniority but there is a time-honored rule that the Prime Minister may take any suite in the main building he wishes. Mr. St. Laurent has chosen a suite Jhat is probably the most acces- sible to the public of any in the Parliament build- ings. lt is the one form-erly occupied by Mr. Ab- , bott, Minister of Finance. lt is on the southwest corner on the main floor and opens on the ro- tunda of the west entrance. Every time the Prime Minister goes from the Commons chamber to his office he has to cross this rotunda. He may be buttanhaled by anyone in the rotunda, which is open to the public.

When Mr. Mackenzie King was opposition leader before l92l he occupied o corner suitel on the fourth floor. Prime Minis-tar Meighcn had a one directly below on the third floor which had- ‘ been the Prime Minister's suite for many years.l

After Mr. King became Prime Minister he con-l tinued his suite on the fourth floor and left the third floor offices to the apposition leader. Later Mr. King, while retaining the fourth floor suite for cabinet meetings and certain of his staff, took over room 2l2 on the main floor behind the government lobby for his personal use. lt is com- paratively small but has the advantage of beingl about the most inaccessible of any in the build-l

The potato harvest does not lend itself so readily to gayety as does the more glamorous grape but the island is showing that festivity is

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q World's largest chemical plant at Wilton North England wal officially opened recently by Lord McGowcn, chairman of the Imperial Chemi- cal industries. When completed it will cover more than three square miles.

n‘ i i Moscow's publication of Stalin's i928 views would seem to indicate that, being l0 years be- ihind in atomic development, Russia wants the

' Western world to be twenty years behind on So-

viet policy.

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That was a commendable and characteris- ' tic act on the part of the men of Harrington, who, to the number of 54 invaded tho farm of a neighbour in hospital and reaped a crop of seven acres of potatoes and stored them away safely in

the cellar to wait the return of the sick farmer. i i’ it

National housing has suffered from the de- pression, the war, post war shortages and now appears likely to be further set back by the steel strike. There is one bright aspect to the prob- lem. The continued shortage reflects the steady Q growth of this country.

. e e i‘ . Industry requires a supply of skilled labour

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ing. There are only two ways of reaching it,§ through the government lobby which is closed to l the public, and the back corridor where an of-’ ficer of the preventive force is on duty to keep out intruders. Mr. King could slip from the Commons chamber to its seclusion without any- body stopping him.

This, says the Ottawa Citizen, brings out a| remarkable difference in the relations with the; public of the two Prime Ministers. Wherever Mr. King went when he was the head of the govern- men-t people felt free to stop him and talk to him about almost everything. lf he did not want. to waste time he had to protect himself from‘ being continually buttanholed. Mr. St. Laurent has _a reserve more like that of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Sir Wilfrid rode on the street-cars all over Ottawa and few intruded on him unless he made the first move. People rarely buttonhole Mr. St. Laur- i ent. His new office will probably suit him. He will be able to come and go across the rotunda with- out many people stopping him.

More ll. S. Visitors

A survey by The Canadian Press of tourist business this year shows that spending by Ameri- can visitors in Canada will exceed last year's all- tim-e record, estimated at $270,000,000. Last ‘year Canadians travelling in the United States spent an estimated $113,000,000, leaving a bal- ance to relieve Canada's shortage in American dollars of $157,000,000. Although each ProvinceI has reported a marked increase in the num-ber of American visitors, the number of Canadians who visited the United States has also risen. Ca-

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being served by the Provincial Government's voca-

lrelarively low today compared with a few gen- l ierotions ago.

_of the Royal Society of Surgeons, tell us iCanadian contribution to "medicine ' parallel in the world today.

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nadians spent more across the border this year because they can now bring in $100 worth of Americcn goods free of custom duty. The ex-' change position last year forced the governmentl to suspend that provision.

The Dominion Travel Bureau each year rc—‘ ceives thousands of letters from people in thcl United States who are planning to visit Canada and want information. The bureau forwards them, theneach fall send-s follow-up letters asking how they enjoyed their stay. So far this autumn the, bureau has received many more letters of com-‘ rnendation than of criticism.

s Mechanical Spy

When President Truman made his announce- ment about the atomic explosion in Russia, he purposely omitted giving any details as to how it had been detected. Subsequently an unidenti- fied informant in Washington said the discovery was the result of "a veritable miracle of intelli-

instrument. It is the some Geiger counter thatl uranium prospectors have been using with such success.

According to the authoritative scientific‘ Times, these instruments will show evidence of on atomic explosion anywhere in the world. From them it can be learned'not_ only ‘that an explosion

y, has taken place but its intensity as well. Thei ' “huge radio-active cloud sent up by the explosion -. is dispersed by the atmosphere and carried by the winds around the earth. Within a few days Geiger counters thousands of miles away will pick up this great increase in the radio-activity of the atmosphere. ' _ '

Radio-activity from the Bikini bomb explo-

sions reached Geiger counters on the _U_nited States Pacific coast, 4,000 miles away, within l0

This for-flying characteristic of radio-activ- ity from an atomic explosion was the cause of a minor scientific mystery even before the news of the first United States tut explosion was made public in INS. lelore the secret became known, scientists at

that unaccauntdrly hill N" that the film had been-WNW‘ l" m" Illinois end tlietthe straw posed ta radio-activity. 1h come about. The mystery

i cided by a large majority to continue to support

.in the present Legislature, Winnipeg having been

9°"=9-" _ _ ‘the country's selling efforts abroad has been an- . Tlll5 iullllfils "if" H“? '"l°"“°l"°" Y" °b' naunced by the Trade Department. Mr. G. R. " lfllllid Il"'°"9h 0" °5Pl°"°9"° "efwlliki bl" I'm" Paterson, Canadian agticultural counsellor in

what is known about the characteristics of fis- , Washington, w," be trqnsperred to Ottawa to slvnflibl-E mfllefifll ll’ Wlwlfl Se"? "N" llle b?" _5P_Y y supervise and direct the work of four new form available was not a human being but a scientific . Produce gpaciajists ujreudy appointed h

Writer, Mr. Willlflm |-- l-flllfell" °f ll‘? N" Y°'k l promotional activities under Mr. Paterson. The

theiiastman Kodak COMIWIPL "I Bradley, himself a Nevvfoundlander, will be the llocllltllf. N- Y-r W" "lllwlim will‘ 5"" "h" guest speaker at the "Newfoundland Luncheon," "WIM- “l” l°‘"l‘l , on the last day of the convention. At the main m" , banquet, Thursday evening, the guest speaker llilsl "will" 5"" ‘F’ l will be Prime Minister Louis S. St. Laurent, who lvirlwr M4 M "WWW . will be thanked "by m. Daniel

dustry. The problem of the chicken or the egg is

tional wing at P. W. C. The next step is to in- duce industries to make use of the newly acquir- ed skills.

lt may not logidall; follow, but the boost in salary of the judges of the Supreme Court of Canada is generally expected to be followed by a general increase in judicial salaries which are

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Canadians tend to be modest about their own accomplishments so that it is particularly gratifying to have Lord Webb-Johnson, President that is without

Angle parking has obvious advantages pro- viding space lor cars, but according to a recent survey it also provides more traffic snarls and accidents. lt was found that almost three times the accidents occurred when angle parking was permitted,

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A rumour was current recently thatour old 5.5. Northumberland was to be added to the Ferry Fleet, but there are no plans for replacement of the steamer Narthumberland, burnt at Port Dal-hausie, Ont., some time ago, Transport Min- ister Ch-evrier informed T. L. Church (PC-To

ranto Broadview.)

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In Manitoba, the Progressive Conservatives at the annual meeting of the Provincial Party de-

the coalition with the Liberals, and will contest the forthcoming elections as coalitionists. There will be 57 mem-bers to be elected, two more than awarded two additional members-four instead of two. ~ I I I

The good ladies who initiated and organized for a secondary school in the city now have reas- onable ground for believing their project will be realized. The School Board is willing; it is for the City Council to foot the bill. With long time loan practicable, Charlottetown can finance the scheme just as w-ell as Summerside has done, and there theproject was started without a cent in cxcliequer, but reliable men in the Council on whom the Bank could depend.

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A reallocation of agricultural specialists in Canada's Trade Commissioner service to bolster

the service. Dr. W. C. Hopper, Canada's commercial secretary in New Zealand, will succeed Mr. Pater- son in Washington. To be trained in Ottawa for service abroad, the four new appointees will study

new officials include W. F. Hillhouse of Saska- toon; D. B. Laughton, of Nelson, B. C.; C. J. Small, of Toronto, and W. J. Van Vliet, of Quin- ton, Sask.

The coming national clonvention of Young Liberals is the first one to be held in Quebec and, according to national president C. A. Duranceau, of Montreal, "requests for hotel reservations al- ready point to the largest attendance ever re- corded in the history of the Federation." New- foundland delegates will be the first to reach Montreal. Representatives of Canada's newest province will arrive at DorvQIPby TCA plane next Sunday. The participation of Newfoundland in the conventidn is of special interest, this being the first national convention hold by the Young Liberal Federation since Newfoundland joined Confederation. Secretary of Stats F. Gordon

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OBNOXIOUS VILITIA LAW Tcxt of an address to His Ex- cellency Colonel John Ready, Lieu- tenant Governor rind Commander- in-Chlof in and over His Majesty's Island of Prince Edward, and the Territories thereto adjacent, &c., March I6, 1825:

“The House of Assembly having taken into consideration the stale of the Militia Lriiv, beg leave to submit to your Excellencys con- sideration the following observa- tions thereon:

the present year, unless ln cascsi where your Excellency may wish

to inspect the Iifferorit. corps iii

your progress through the Island;

when we trust that your Excel-

lency will see abundant proofs of the loyalty and good feeling which, prevails in the Colony; and we‘ pledge ourselves that nt the next meeting of the Legislature, we will enter cordially with your Ex- cellency lnto the consideration of the subject, unrl endeavor, with your valuable and extensive cx- perience. to adopt nnd cnnct such laws nnd regulations as may he required to give the Colony nn efficient and serviceable Militia.

"In the meantime, we hope that your Excellency will not permit any unnecessary i-xpendlture on Militia services, until some pro- gress ls muile in securing that

"Th-tit this Law was passed at an curly period after the com- mencement of our Colonial Gov- ernment ln 1780, during the exist- ence of e general war, and the revolt of the North American Provinces, now the United States, rintl had long fallen Into disuse and hccoma obsolete, other laws of a temporary nature being from time to time enacted on the same subject, which owing to the fre- quent interruption and long sus- pensions of our (‘alonlal Legisla- ture, have been suffered to ex- jiire; subsequent to which this Lnw was again resorted to by the Colonial Government, and under its authority the Island has suf- fered great inconvenience and loss. without its being of the smallest value In promoting the ohjcct" foi- which it has been brought forward. as our Mllltlu now is, and long has been ln the most inefficient strife, nnd most- ly without arms or any Idea of military dlsclpllne and ls truly a pupcr Militia, not for the want of loyalty, splrlt or zeal, but lie- ciiiisn its management and the ln- stitution altogether has long been in the hunda of persons entirely unequal to the services which they have undertaken; while the lndl- virliinls enrolled therein have often hccn subject to injuries and op- prr-ssioris of the most vexatlous na- turc. and much more frequently called upon to sacrifice valuable nnrl productive time to the object of attending Mllltla meetings than is common among our fellow aub- jcris ln the neighboring Colonies; Lo which may be added, that they were for a considerable time caller! upon lllld harrassed with mounting Mllliiri guards and watching and wrirrlirig at their own expense, In n time of profound pence, with- out ihr- existence of any disturb- fllICP nr the appearance of ony- thing of the klnd in- the Colony.

Mllltle not

"That this Inefficient which has for many years mrirle the smallest progress In ncqutrlng any knowledge of the use of arms has nevertheless been very expensive ta the public in the priy and allowances of the Ad- jutant General, Adjutentl and Clerks of n ttisllona, with the cost: of provisions supplied for a Militia Guard In the Town for n considerable time: the total amount. of expenditure on the Militia alnce last Selllon eppeerl by_tlic Public Accounts on our table to be about 11.000,’ a sum which we are confident might have been much better given to the in- dlvldualn who received It. ll I izratulty, than to permlt them to Interfere with and impede every year the productive labour of the country, by meetings end outer- Inga which really answered no other object than glvln; a colour to this useless expenditure.

"Under all fhelafolreumstenceu. without any idae of Interfering In the smallest dc ee with your

ject. we think It our duty on be- half of the Colon"). to recommend

Saint John-Albert and prusiilltitip the Young

was cleared in in I t“ “Yi Liberal Allficlatlall of rm Jrunswicli.

that. the usual meetlnll of the

Excellency’: eutho ty on the lub-

importrint object for which, if His Majesty's Ministers should not think fit. to extend the sumo bounty to his Island ln respect to a supply of arms as has been conferred on our sister Colonies. it will become neccssary for us to provide at our own expense, as "soon as possible; which consider-

lng the many alllcr claims on our small revenue, it will require a COIISIIIETuIIIG time lo accomplish."

The above petition appears la have had its effect. It wns fol- lowed on April ‘i, I825, hy an ari- nouncement signed by Col. J. F. Holland, Adjutant General, to the effect that “the Lieutenant Gov- ernor, huvlng lt in contemplation during the course of the sum- mer personally to i-xnnflne Into the state and condition of fhe Militia . . is therefore pleased to dis- pense for the present with any other Militia Muster than a Regi- mental one of Corps and Battalions on the 23rd of this month, helna the anniversary of Ills Majesty: Birth Day."

The ilge-Olil Story

Happy II the mammalian Ger] correotetli; therefore despise not than the ohutenlnl of the Al- mighty: for He mnketh sore. nnd hlnrleth up: He wountleih. and Ills hundl make whole.

TROPICAL PRESERVE In the West Indies the tape of

tender bamboo shoots are pickled and eaten. .

Bufiiiiff t5 stasis.’

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Obvloualy the eradication of overhead wiring, at lean in In- dustrialized or downtown areas, will be a tremendous task. but It is one that wlll have to b6 fllifid ultimately ln every Canadian city. The fire chiefs lxi convention at Ottawa mentioned Montreal and London, Ont, as two cltlea which were making good progress In the work, but elsewhere they declar- ed Canadian cltlea were bnoltwlrd ln this regard. In feet, one Welt- ern flre chief said Canada we! still llvlng "in the era‘ of the gay nineties" when lt came to miiderh wiring methods. — Owen Sound Sun-Times.

No public demand hu ever been known in Canada for the system of shotgun public distribution of ' [flxgg which I; known as social

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but no important element of Car-is. rllans ever demanded that the Government of Canada lhould t“ the People. and hire thousands 9g clerks to send a cheque once | month to every parent for h]. chm dren. Indeed, if that proposition hail ever been offered to the Cum. dill! PflfiPle ln ordinary time; l‘ would have been rejected by' | llllfie malvrlty.——Quebec Chronic]... Telegraph.

Don't be offended if someons culls your Albert a “little Chimp" It may be a compliment. This Ii the conclusion to be drawn from the results of experiments Ilelng conducted by Prof. Henry Harlow of Wisconsin University. Prof, Harlow has been pitting chlm, panzees against children in a ser- les of intelligence tests. He re. ports that "the

security, The number of Cana- dians who ever thought of ask- lng for the welfare state ll 100 small to be of any interest at all. Social security and the ivelfnre‘ state have been wished on the Canadian people by a "comblnflllfln of unwise economists and enthusi- astic polltlclans. Nor was there any demand in Canada-outside of Quebec, at any rate-Jar the baby bonus, There was always need for l-(TGZIICT assistance to those poor parents who are not able to pro- vlde properly for their families,

such as that of the Noronic. They are fascinated by the sight of a fcllaw human in pain; crowd around him with slackened jaws and moistened lips: offering futile, even dangerous advice. Only when he has finally been driven away in an ambulance does their circle break up. and even then some will remain to gaze at the spot where he lay. Especially if It ls mhrked by a pool of blood.

Yet, apart from their unhealthy curiosity, these people are usually very Iikcablc. They do all the things a good citizen should do, and wouldn't so much as dream of doing otherwise. They are klnd- l,\'. fond of their children. and good to their aged parents. It would be difficult to convince them that their morbid curiosity indicates is streak of the same sort of cruelty that degraded the Ro- mans. who flocked in thousands to watch the early Christians torn

apart by lions.

smartest up" learned faster than the dullest children", and. ln fact, this; jn