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“gepartmental committee, the estab- __lishment and terms: of reference of

—-. | Political Zephyrs Blowing © It looks like a vintage year for provincial general elections. The Con- servatives led off successfully in Manitoba on May 14; Ontario .is to follow on June 11 and the Social Creditors in Alberta on June 18. Prince Edward Island’s Liberal gov- ernment may be next, though the Morell convention on Tuesday still leaves the qu open. If Premier Matheson follows custom, he'll make his bid for a fresh mandate this year, and it is rumored that at Ottawa he ‘was advised by his federal leader, Mr. Pearson, to do so. But he doesn’t have to go until 1960, and he is too experienced a campaigner not to ap-

preciate the advantage of keeping |:

his opponents in suspense. He promis- es only that when he does go, it will be on a brand new program as well as on his record, “with policies that will come as a Surprise-to you.” There is now a report (from Lib- eral sources) that Premier Flemming may retire shortly after the next general election in New Brunswick, and that this event is not far off. But Mr. Flemming has two years to go, and he is in no political trouble. The same applies to the Conserva- tives in Nova Scotia. British Colum- bia and Saskatchewan also have two

more years ahead of them, but in, the latter Province there are reports | that Premier Douglas has been toy-| ing with the idea of re-confirming | his CCF administration ahead of time, before the Tories develop as a serious threat. Premier Bennett’s Social Credit government in B.C. has survived serious scandal charges in better shape than many had pro- phecied, and it might be tempting to strike the electorate again before the Opposition gets geared up for a fight.

To the ancients, Rumor was a god- dess, painted full of tongues which babbled incessantly and witlessly of matters true and false, fair and foul. She could stand as an appropriate divinity for political prognosticators of our own period. Keeping this in mind, we shall not venture to antici- pate, on the basis of rumor-monger- ing, Premier Matheson’s election an- nouncement in this Province; but we shall be more than surprised, from his recent statements and activities, if it doesn’t come pretty sogn. He is going through all the conventional pre-election calisthenics as openly as a jumper flexing his muscles before the take-off, or a pitcher winding up

‘kid the troops’, so to speak, but we don’t think so. In any case, if the) Conservatives aren't fully prepared | for the big event when it comes, they will have only themselves to blame.

Cabinet Committees Evidently there was some con- fusion at Ottawa with regard to the} appointment and functioning of cabi- net committees, for a question on the order paper has elicited the fol- lowing information on the subject: Cabinet committees have no legal powers and are set up from time to, time by the Cabinet without any orders in Council. There are, how- ever, two committees of the Privy Council, both authorized and given certain powers by statute. These are the Treasury Board, established by the Financial Administration Act, and the committee of the Privy Council on scientific and industrial | research, established by the Re- search Council Act. In addition, there is a statutory committee of which certain ministers of the Crowh aremembers, together‘-with the Speaker of the House of Commons. This is the committee of internal economy, provided for in the House of Commons Act. In the past, interdepartmental committees. were set up from time to time by order in council but the present practice is for them .to be established by the Cabinet, by the

or ministers most directly concern- ed. There is still one active inter-

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“pure science.”

A British satellite, perhaps 1,000 pounds in weight, will have maxi- mum capacity for space research, but no military purposes. To hoist it the British are considering using an American rocket, thus taking advan- tage of the offer the United States

has made to the Committee for Space 7

Research, an international body. The British space experts are also plan- ning to obtain fullest possible infor- mation on American experience with satellites.

Hope is expressed in an American exchange that this endeavor will en- courage other-ventures in interna- tional cooperation in outer space where international competition has already had too many sinister over- tones. There is no logical reason why it shouldn’t. —

Standard Traffic Signs

A change that will be welcomed by motorists is to come into effect through the Joint Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. At a recent national meeting of this body, a uniform system of traffic signs got final approval. The new system is set out in a manual which will be distributed to all authorities responsible for traffic control. Traffic signs, _signals_and pavement markings are to be standarized across the country.

The system was worked out co- operatively by traffic engineers from all ten provinces and from 11 major Canadian cities, It has, there- fore, the prior approval of the gov- ernment departments responsible for putting it into operation.

In the past there has been a great deal of confusion over traffic sys- | tems that differed widely not only from one province to another but from one city to another within the province. By ending this confusion the standardization of traffic signs should add greatly to traffic safety.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The most easily understood statement of the month so far: “Naturally we would like all coun- tries of the world to be Commu- nist,”"—Premier Nikita Khrushchev.

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“The world has far more art than any lifetime can cope with but in- finitely less honesty and intelligence than it urgently needs”.—F.L. Lucas in “The Art of Living” (MacMillan)

The Roman Catholic hieparchy in France is considering revising ‘the Church Catechism.in an attempt to reduce highway accidents. The new question and answer will be “Can an automobilist commit a grave sin?, Yes, when he kills himself or somebody else through imprudence, speed excess or disobedience of the highway code.”

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The Federal Government’s plans

for increasing the loans available to | war veteran farmers, part-time farmers and commercial fishermen, to enlarge their holdings and equip- ment, should meet with the full ap- proval of Pafliament. The amend- ments introduced this week to the Veterans Land Act will also extend the payment periods as well as the purposes for which the loans may be used, to include purchase of live- stock and equipment and refinane- ing of existing indebtedness.

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Some Western military leaders seem to think that if war shoulc break out over the Berlin issue it ‘ould be limited to the conventional ype. Sir Winston Churchill, whose views are certainly entitled to re- spect, does not agree with this view. He told a political rally: “There is no need for leaders of the Soviet Union to say that the use of armed.force in Berlin would -inevitably unleash a general conflict. We are aware of his. We are well. aware, too, that here is no chance of the world being spared the use of nuclear weapons

KITE FLYING ON PARLIAMENT HILL

Bargaini

State Secretary Christian Her- ter of the United States is using the prospect of a summit meet- ing as choice bargaining bait in Geneva. It's thought that this is the lure for which Russia's Prem- ier Khrushchev hungers.

Such thinking was apparently in the background of Tuesday's re- port from Geneva, which told how Herter explained to Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gro- myko in a blunt way that Pres-

from a summit conference unless the foreign ministers’ talks go in good faith.

It wasn't the first warning. Eisenhower and Herter both went on U.S. television before the Ge- neva conference, explaining in measured terms the American position.

Later, the word was given out in Washington—by Herter him- self, it is widely believed—that Eisenhower would say no to the summit under certain specific

| conditions. The second version of

the U.S. view was tougher than the first. U.S. SITE?

The view Is widely held in the U.S. that Khrushchev not only wants a summit conference, but also wants it to be held on Ameri- ean soil—possibly at San Fran- cisco, or perhaps at the United Natigas headquarters in New York. :

The possibility of such a meet- ing conjures in uneasy minds pic- tures of the ebullient Khrushchev

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discus

sion by correspondents of question c.

interest. The Guardian does not neses

sarily ex‘orse the opinion ef corres pondents.

MRS. ROOSEVELT’S VISIT

Sir,—Judging from a recent is- sue of The Guardian there is a possibility that Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt will visit our shores. Such a visit from this beloved woman known through the world for her good works down the years, would be greatly appre- ciated by our people who have followed her accomplishments in many fields of endeavor.

I am Sir, etc.

KENNETH BRUCE STEWART Bedeque, P.E.I.

HOSPITAL INSURANCE

Sir,—In the Guardian of May 14th., there appeared an article which stated that the Provincial Government now plans Free Hos- pital Benefits ‘The statements are credited to Premier Mathe- son one wonders. Why not the Minister of Health, Dr. Bonnell?) It states that anyone paying $6.00 for single $12 for families before December 31, 1959, would be en- titled to an additional free period of Hospital coverage for the months of Jan., Feb. and March, 1960, and that all persons paying three months premium and re- gistering before August 31, 1959, would insured against the cost of hospital service provided un- der the plan from Oct. Ist., 1959 to Jan. 30, 1960.

We all believe the Hospital in- surance plan a very good thing and we sincerely hope it will re- ceive the support that will make it a suecess. thing which is going to be such ‘a benefit to the people of the Province should be paid for from: the very beginning at the rate set down. And why make such an important matter as Hospital Insurance a political football? There is to be an elect- jan this year. And this-will be a very good vote catcher. Let the electors be wise. This Hospital In- surance Act must be carrigd out by any Government elected. It is to be regretted that such an im- portant matter is put on the same level as some of our ‘soap con- tests." Thank you Mr. Editor for space.

I am Sir, etc. VOTER

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staging a sort of barnstorming campaign from coast to coast in the U.S., making propaganda in his rough-and-ready way.

Khrushchev is said to have been impressed with the perfor- mance of his deputy, Anastas Mikoyan, who visited the U.S. last year and made numero public appearances and speeches. Khrushchev may well beli that anything Anastas can do, Nikita can do better.

The Russian premier, by visit- ing the U.S. with all the official recognition due to a chief of gov- ernment, could also deal a heart- breaking blow to those peoples of the Communist satellite countries who see in the West an eventual hope.

OTHER ANGLES

| The summit question, of course, | is only one of the many angles in the thrust - and - parry of the Geneva negotiators. On the Com-

munist side, it appears that Gromyko is trying to arouse dis- trust of Britain by the French and the West Germans.

Western diplomats say the So- viet minister tried deliberately to give the impression that he has a special political relationship with Britain's Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd, resulting from Prime Minister Macmillan’s re- cent visit to Moscow. ;

One illustration raised smiles among some diplomats. It was noted that Gromyko invited Lloyd to dinner Tuesday night for their fourth private meeting since the conference began. Gromyko had seen the important figures from other countries only once privat- ély.

Some officials think Gromyko is intentionally trying to suggest something obviously incorrect— that he and Lloyd are continuing the British-Soviet political talks that began in Moscow last Feb-

ruary. Lloyd’s sharp rejection of |

Russian proposals Tuesday prob- ably went far to kill any such idea.

Stretching across the north of Canada is a mass of spongy, | treacherous, ill smelling territory that has probably done more to hold back northern Canadian de- velopment than anything else.

From the air, much of this land looks beautiful. The sun ; may reflect upward in blinding | flashes from thousands of small lakes and pools, between which twist delicately colored strips of land—blue, red, brown, purple. This waterland often stretches for such distances that it seems to be curving out of sight.

. Muskeg—for that is the land be- low—covers 500,000 square miles

France, East and West Germany and Greece, all lumped together: It has cost Canada countless mil- lions of dollars. The petroleum industry alone has lost an esti- mated $100 million as a direct result of muskeg. Seemingly bar- ren and dead, it is an almost impenetrable barrier to the north.

BLACK AND SMELLY

Muskeg, a mixture of water and living and dead vegetation, is largely black, smelly, peaty muck which breeds insects and bogs down everything from hors- es and dogs to earth moving tractors.

Dr. Norman Radforth, a Cana- dian university professor and one of the world’s great authori- ties on muskeeg, once gave this description of a bad type of muskeg: “The peaty matrix of which this is constituted is made up ‘of microscopic organic par- ticles forming a loosely associat- ed, highly saturated mass, streng- thened only by a weak \webbing of nonwoody fibers.”

An engineer offered this trans- lation: “What the doctor means is that if you put your foot in

of Canada, an area bigger than

War Axnonet Tha Muskeg

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that s.uff, you'll go In up to your waist.”’

Muskeg hits every\ industry in the north. In fact, if it didn’t freeze once a year, many indus- tries would not be able to oper- ate in muskeg country at all. Without a freeze up, the eastern Canadian pulpwood industry, for instance, would never be able to lug out its annual harvest by any conventional method of transport. Nor could the petrol- eum industry even begin to pros- pect or transport in much muskeg country.

But such is the pressure in Canada to develop, to’ advance the frontiers of forestry, mining, petroleum and agriculture, that an extraordinary revolution is in- volving muskeg right now. The muskeg ccuntry is being challeng-- ed—and beaten.

PEAT BOGS

The Quebec department of min- es is analyzing peat bogs cover- ing about 700,000 acres along the lower St. Lawrence valley. This work is revealing that muskeg contains the raw materials for stock feeds and certain kinds of plastics. If. these chemicals can be isolated commercially, it might be possible to work the area for chemicals while convert- ing the bog to farmland. .

At a recent conference called by the National Research coun- cil’s associate, committee on soil and snow mechanics, a muskeg expert made these predictions:

Within 15 years, cities will be springing up all over the far north largely because of our de- féat of muskeg. \

Huge farms, growing every- thing from grain to vegetables, will be common across the north, because we'll be using muskeg productively instead of trying to destroy It.

The National Geug.apaic So.- iety and the Smithsonian Insti- tution, in cooperation with the of Jamaica, will sum-

mins of Port Royal, Jamaica, Dr. Melville Bell Grasvenor, pre- sident of the Society has announ-

tion. Headquarters will be aboard Mr. Link's new 91-foot oceano- \graphie research ship, Sea Div- er Il, recently launched in Quin- cy, Mass, Mt is the first ship de- signed and built especially for underwater exploration,

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West Indies. ic always like a con-. Mart or Fair. where all sorts of choice merchandizes are daily imported, not only to fur- nish the island, but vast quanti- ties are again transported te supply the Spaniards Indians

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in his personality. Maybe he will be more irritable, more easily frustrated. He might not be able to keep his attention focused on any one thing for very long. Perhaps he will laugh or cry" without any apparent reason. It might seem that he doesn’t par- ticularly care about regaining his speech, if he has lost it. Speech training, incidentally, should be begun as soon as ‘pos- sible.

Be careful not to frustrate the

‘patient with tasks that are ‘too

difficult. Don’t expect too much from him.

It. may take him a long time to shave, brush his teeth or even comb his hair. But if he can do it, let him, no matter how long it takes.

PRAISE FOR EFFORT .. ; Be sure to praise him for each successful effort. And don’t you become discouraged if he fails frequently. He'll make it event- ually, with your help.

It is a great boost to his mor-

ale if he feels useful. So don’t put him on the sidelines and ex- pect him to occupy himself with radio or television. . Make him a part of the family activities, help him keep in con- tact with the world as he knew it..before this attack. Help him pursue old hobbies or develop new ones. eae

In short, help the patient help himself.

QUESTION AND ANSWER ....

Mrs. R.: I am a shut-in be cause of a fear that something dreadful will happen to me if I leave the house. I have high blood pressure and a heart con- dition.

Can you suggest something to help me overcome this fear?

Answer: See your physician who can recommend a_psychia- trist so that the cause of your fear can be determined.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (May 20, 1934)

Mr. T.D.A. Purves, Halifax, is in the province at the present time investigating for the Dom- inion Government various pro- posed projects for unemployment relief. Several schemes, includ- ing highway building projects are being looked into, but the whole matter is still in the state of in- vestigation. Up to 'the present P. E.I, has been continuing this year the unfinished unemployment pro- jects begun last fall.

The officers of the P.E.I. Light

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dinner to their newly appointed Honorary Colonel, His Honour Lieut. Governor DeBlois at the Canadian National Hotel Satur- day night. Lt. Col. F.I. Andrew, officer commanding, welcomed their new colonel and proposed a toast in his honour.

TEN YEARS AGO (May 20, 1949) \ ...It.{s reported unofficially that

and other nations, who in ex- change return us bars and cakes of gold, wedges and pigs of sil- ver, pistoles, Pieces o° Eight and several other coyns of both met- a2."

Port Royal's reputation for wickedness was well earned. Dr. Jofin Oliver La Gorce, now Vice Chairman of the National Geo- graphic Society, omce reported.

“History and legend call Port Royal the pirates’ Babylon and the wickedest city of its day,” he wrote. ‘‘Here in many a cur- ious and seabitten craft were brought the treastres of the seawolves of yesterday. . Here swaggered the sea rovers laden with bloodstained plunder, who harried the tropical seas with skull to the breeze.” .

TO SEEK ARTIFACTS

It will be the mission of the

National G hicS-mitt “4 Institution-Link Underwater Ar - cheological Expedition to recov- er as many artifacts as possible. National Geographic-Smithsonian Curator of Naval History who is taking part in the exploration, be- Meves that the discovery’ and precise dating of important 17th- century relics will be of compel- ling interest to archeologists, his- torians, and intiquarians. » Other members of the exped- ition will ‘include Marion Clay- ton Link, author and explorer, who will prepare the official chronicle of the project for pub- lication in the National Geogra- phic Magazine, and Luis Marden, National Geographic writer ex- plorer-photographer who discov- ered the remains of H.M.S. Boun- ty off Pitcairn Island in 1957.

What remains of Port Royal above water today js.a small vil- laze on the outskirts of Kingston. Near b yis Fort Charies, which the British naval hero Horatio Nelson commanded before he was 21 years ofd,

Horse tendered a complimentary -

tion as their representative at the second meeting of the inter- national conference of fur breed- ers to be held this year at Oslo, Norway, on July 18th.

The Age Old Story

God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, al- ways having all sufficiency in all See ay Steen Te eeery Oe wi

_ Why should we . “ pense and trouble of preserving openspaces and providing parks? Because life depends upon it. The scampering of a squirrel, the ploughing of a worm, the | flight of a bird, the honey-; | thering of a bee—all these play | their part in regulating the na- | tural machinery of fertility and growth.

The protection of trees on our watersheds is essential to the col- lection, storage and distribution of water, without which we could not live.

We admire the wild flower for its beauty, painted by myriad ar- tists, each with his own special

C.F. Kettering, Vice-President of General- Motors, ‘“‘a man comes to me and says, ‘All of the maj- or problems of science have been solved’—I like to ask :-him simple question, ‘Why is gr green?’ ”

The green leaf is the mental link between life and the enengy of the means of their green chlorophyli—plants are abl manufacture their own food raw materials they gather the air and soil. Animals this ability and could not without the food-producing

Everything that has life, the bird long that wakes us dawn to the philosophy that our minds as we linger by moon-

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man streets ; through trolley windows, but your face, John Keats.

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built of the product green plants,

How close is the affinity be- tween human beings and the trees, grass, shrubs,

of

open spaces? It is closer than most people realize. We may, as Donald Culross Peattie put it in his book Flowering Earth, lay our hand upon the smooth flank of a beech and say: ‘“‘We be of one blood, brother, thou and I.” Because the one significant dif- ference in the two structural for- mulas is this: the hub of every haemoglobin molecule in man. one atom of iron, while in chloro phyll, the green stuff of the plan leaves, it is one atom of mag nesium.

In earth’s long history one spe- cies after another of animal and plant has disappeared, and one culture after another has passed to oblivion, because of its ina- bilty to adjust to environmental change. sane

Today it is necessary for man-

remaining capital more creativ- ely if he is to survive.

We tan adapt ourselves under- standingly if we go into our open p.aces, to learn by personal ex-

that mankind is dependent upon the living resources of the earth

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