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APAGEFOUR g .THE GUARDIAN

Authorised as second Clue Mail Post Office Department. Ottawa. The iaiaml Guardian Publishing 00.

President and Aaaociau Editor. In A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

CIBCULATION ”(.'ovcrs Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"The Strongest Memory is Wooiio: loan the Weakest Ink".

-(7ii.iii'i:o"r:ri:fovvN. MONDAY. MAR. 1171952

strange B-evdfellows In France

Political observers in France are betting even money that General Charles de Gaulle will sooner or later emerge as the leader destined to restore "order" to a crisis-weary people. Pressures both ecoii- omic and political appear to have shatter- rd beyond repair the uneasy coalition which has governed France since the cessation of hostilities at the end of World War II. On the economic front, the seemingly endless struggle in Indo-China and the cost of Eur- opean rcarmament have combined to under- mine chances of a continuing coalition of left and right. On the political front, the rosurgence of Germany holds the spotlight.

The middle-of-the-road parties that have made coalition possible and saved France until recently from the political chaos which now confronts her, are increasingly at- tracted by de Gaulle, who has the largest single group of followers in the National Assembly. They profess to see in de Gaulle, albeit somewhat belatedly and only because of the defection of the socialist left, proin- ise of political stability so desperately need- ed if France is to remain a great power.

The paradox of the present situation is that de Gaulle is receiving increasing sup- port too, from the Communists. Stranger bedfellows than General de Gaulle and the Communists could scarcely be imagined. Yet there is a precedent for just such strategy on the part of the Communists in the support they accorded Hitler just be- fore he came to power in 1932 in Germany. The German Communists gambled on Hit- ler as in certain device for destroying the unity of the West and thus bringing aid and comfort. to the Kremlin. The French Communists today are equally confident that de Gaulle. who is known to oppose the plan for an integrated European Army, who wants a French General rather than Eisen- hower to head the operational defence forces in Europe, and whose dislike of all foreigners and especially of Americans is an open secret, would if he came to power write finis present plans for an Atlantic Al- lianre.

General Charles de Gauile, somewhat austere hero of the Free French Move- ment in the dark days of World War II, could be excused the diplomatic blunders and the bad grace which then so frequent- ly characterized his conduct. De Gaulle cast in the power role of authoritarian Pre- mier of France and displaying those same qualities, would scarcely be the sort of man who would ensure that team spirit and un- ity of purpose so essential to the success and endurance of NATO.

Family Allowance Payments

Family allowance payments in Canada

. . - ! are increasing at a rate between S10 mil-

lions and 311 millions a year, according to the last two annual reports of the Depart- ment oi National Health and Welfare. Pay- ments in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1951, totalled 2l”a309,753.855. compared to the total payments of S297,911,784 set out in the 1949-50 report. The 1951-52 estimates forecast total payments of 5iS320,000,000 for 1951-52, an increase of 310,246,145 over 1950-51. The Department points out that despite the increase in payments, admin-

istration costs in 1950-51 totalled 1.39 D?!"-

cent compared to 1.45 per cent the previous year in relation to total payments.

The total families on payment in March 1951 were 1,910,192 with 4,367,391 chil- dren compared to 1,852,269 families with 4,202,263 children the previous year. Rea- sons given for this increase are the increase in birth rates, increased immigration with the waiting period reduced from three years to one and new applications by persons in the higher income groups. Since family allowance payments began in July, 1945, to- tal expenditures on the programme to March 31, 1951. were 31.561.773.766.

In the past year, 9449.644 over-payments were discovered compared to 5611,33?) the previous year. Severity-five per cent of these cases are due to non-attendance at school, children working for wages, and non-maintenance by parents. Birth certif- ication is now on a current basis in all provillccs resulting in a large decrease in overpoyments through birth date eI'I'0i'S. Collections for overpayments this year were last year. ll still for lathe red on overpay-

I - fwith 83i3,623.95 outstanding of which

-V to-marked uncoiiectable. That's - more than the xt near- ” Bnnlwlcif, w left has

313,882.15 overpayments with 51,172 mark- ed uncoliectible.

For Prince Edward Island the follow- ing figures are given. Families receiving allowance, 13,117; children for whom al- lowance is paid, 34,308; average monthly payment per family, 315.56; total monthly payment, 9207.170.

EDITORIAL NUI ES

St. Patrick's Day. 0 O

The city general the Red ,Cross opens today.

0 I O 1 The Legislature resumes this afternoon

for a continuance of the debate on the Ad- dress, the Premier having the floor.

campaign of

This is Farmersl Week, when it is im- possible to do any outside farming and the farmers get together in their various as-

sociations. , I O O

iasm with which they will muster for their annual parade. O O 0

There will now be no excuse for farmers being ignorant of the description of the soil they are cultivating seeing that "Soil Sur-

vey of Prince Edward Island" has been published. 9 O O Taxation extraordinary! According to

the Canadian Association of Broadcasters S512 million taxes are imposed on Canadians by the CBC to provide one-ninth of their radio listening. I O O

The author of the report on ”Soil Survey

of Prince Edward Island" is Mr. G. B.

urday. Mr. Whiteside is soil survey and soil fertility agronomist at the Dominion Ex- perimental Farm in Charlottetown.

O O O

Irishmen may be somewhat disappoint- ed in what the weatherman has done to Charlottetown streets for St. Patrick's Day but the City has every reason to be proud of the wearers of the Shamrock.

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U. K. steel prices are still so low that The Economist argues that at least the heavy section of the steel industry may be "giving its capital away." Low prices are

are obtained by economic processes. Low prices produced by political action are de- structive of the whole economy, including the interests of the people who imagine that they are benefiting from the low prices.

Margaret Grace Bondfield, English trade unionist, was born this date 1873. When less than 15 she went into the drapery business and in 1898 became assistant sec- retary to the National Union of Shop As- sistants, then of the National Federation of Women Workers and in 1923 chairman of the Trades Union Congress. As Minister of Labour she was the first woman to at- tain cabinet rank. She visited Canada in

1938.

The slick mathematicians who manip- ulate the Cost-of-Living Index now advise us that next summer there will be a rc- duction to record, not from the previous basis of 1935-39, but from a war-year, namely 1949. This should not fool any- body. What most people are interested in is how much more it costs them to live now than it did on their pre-war income when the dollar represented one hundred cents in- -stead of fifty cents. - ,

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It now appears that some action may be taken by Ottawa in making a start with the long delayed erection of the Federal Building in Charlottetown. The blame for the delay was laid by the authorities on the scarcity of steel, but when it is borne in mind that such an excuse was not forth- coming in the case of the Summerside pro- ject, or even in the extensive reconstruction of the Moore & McLeod building, that must be taken with more than the proverbial grain of salt. To change the metaphor, there were probably one or two niggers hiding in the woodplle here in Charlotte- town.

with oil and natural gas producing un- told wealth,1askatchewan can afford to dispense with dairying as an industry and resort to substitutes. Saskatchewan's oil production reached the record high of 1.- 249,281 barrels during 1951. This total is an increase of more than 200,000 barrels from the previous record of 1.041.098 bar- rels produced in 1950. Natural gas produc- tion also set a new record during 1951 with 880,082,000 cubic feet- produced. Produc- tion during 1950 was 815,919,000 cubic feet. There were a total of 104 producing oil wells in the province at the end of 1951.

The Irishmen will not have dry walking 1 as has been customary on this anniversary,; but this will not interfere with the enthus-I

Whiteside, not Woodside as stated on Sat-l

a blessing to the human race, provided they.

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I PUBLIC FURUM

X This column is open in the 1 discussion by wrrespomients I ! of questions of interest. The . Guardian does not necessar- : ; Ily endorse the opinion of

- correspondents.

PAKISTAN AND ISRAEL

' Sir,-My attention has been drawn to a dispatch published in the Montreal Star of the 12th ,Mari-h. 1952, under the caption ,".ir.-ab League May Close Israel zRifl.", wherein certain inter- li-relations have been given to Pakistan's Foreign Ministers re- cent statements. It has been isought to make out that. Sir iMohammed zafrullah Khan has been s.-tying point. blank that. thi lfirsi duty of the Arab States is to iwork out o modus vircndi with llsracl. Such interpretations of iPakistan's Foreign Minister's state- :ments are entirely invalid. i It is surprising that such ignor- lance of Pakistan's policy towards iprcbiems oioie Middle East should iexlst. Pakistan's Foreign Minister has hecn the most outspoken ad- vocate of the Arab case in the debates of the United Nations. Pakistan's policy has been and continues to be that so long as Arab grievances with regard to I-rael are not satisfactorily settled tthere is no chance of peace in the ;Middle East. It should be obv1ous Itn any intclligcnt. observer that ;Wcs-tern Powers cannot expect success for their Middle lia-tern defence plans unless they make a genuine effort to settle this pi-cb-i

m in a manner which would lsafeguard the legitimate interests .of the Arab states. i I am. sir. ctr. i E. ii. ENVER. ' Acting High Commissioner for ,Pakistan in Canada. -Ottawa. March l5.

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Ni-JIGIIBOIILY COUIITIJSIES people of P. E. I. are fun well aware of this winter's yfzirl shortage for me to waste space in your esteemed paper to ,discu.-s it, but I would like to say that this week we were very happy to supply cool to some residents of Hunter River when their own dealer's supplies were exhaustzd. in return for the kindness shown some of our residents by those same dealers during the inclement .neal.lier when our supplies were isold out. This, I think. is a fitting innswer to Mr. Carr's letter critic- ;i5ing the people of North Rustlcu 'i'or their alleged improvidencc.

We know that our good neigh- hours of Hunter River are not responsible for Mr. Carr's com-i merits, and I can assure them that although some other person or persons mlzzht have aided in the writing of the letter in quest- ion. the people of North Rustico know full well that. it does not express their opinion of us. and will in no way whatever mar the good relatlonsiilp that has always existed between our two lovely villages. of which, respectively. we ure so justly proud.

With regard to the atat:me-'-s pertaining to the flood. I can only say that the people of Norm .. - tlco were no more to blame for the exaggerated stories at that time than they are for the ones nbout the recsntstorm. and the u- sertlon that,they were made for the purpose of getting help from the Red cross is far from correct. True some assistance (approxim- ately 87.00) was received from this wonderful organization. but this. as with all their other kind missions of mercy. was done on their own initiative and for no other reason than to show the people how thsy appreciate the small amount. of support we were able to give them with their financial campaign and blood donon' clinics.

To commfent even briefly on the

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A twenty-year-old ban on t.iso' import of parrots into the British Isles has been lifted. it. doesn't seem to have aroused much stir in Britain, but. the parrots can be ex- pected to squawk.-Cornwall stim- dard-Freeholder.

Another United . Slates cargo ship has turned up in an English port. with 5. bad crack across her main dcck. A succession of such cases must. be causing concern to American shipping interest.s.--0t- fawn Journal.

Lake Shore, when it completes two new levels, projected for the, further development of its new; South Zone, will be the deepest, mine in the Americas. The levels will be at 7,950 and 8,015 ft., and the shaft will be at s. vertical depth below surface of 8,125 ft. Presently the deepest mine on this side of the Atlantic is the Morro Veiho of st. John del Rey, 2. gold mining company in Mlnais Ger- als, Brazil. -- Northern Miner.

About 78,000 babies under one month of age die in the United states - well over twice the num- ber who succumb during the re- maining ll months of infancy. Life is particularly hazardous for the newborn. One-third of all deaths in the first. year of life happen on. the day of birth; three-fifths of, the infant deaths occur in the first week. If the number 0! deaths on'

the good people of Hunter River. as it was only last. year that they found it advisable to hire our hall to put on their amateur plays, when their own hall proved un- available for the purpose. I am. Sir. etc. .

J. G. GAUDIN

North Rustico, March 14.

A FINE RECORD

Sir. - I have been reading a lot about the situation of North Rus- tfco during the recent storms; but it is an ill wind that doesn't do someone good. The Tourist Assoc- iation won't have to do so much advertising as I understand the newspapers in both Canada and the United states have had this story in their headlines. I have lived in North Rustlco practically all my life and I have never seen or heard of such an outrageous description as appeared in certain papers. The people of North Rustico were not asking for aims: all they asked for wss s. snow plow to come from Hunter River.

As usual the merchants have to keep well stocked up as we are ten miles from a railroad. but we must remember that this winter was an exception. as coal was scarce not only here but even in Charlotte- town. Most. peopln should take off their hats to North Rustico as about 70 percent. of our boys were in the llast. War and many other boys have signed up lately. But there are some who just go around with 9. nencil behind their car and fl school book in their hand. We admit that I good many Govern- ment checks come in here but they are well deserved as A number of our boys are quite crippled due to the last war, and we have an- other young married, man who was a prisoner in Honsxong for four years. ,

Sneaking favorably of North Rustlco. a merchant told me he had done business there for sixty- flve years and only ones there was s oatr of rubbers and two this of tobacco stolen from his store. Rub- bers at that time were 03 cents I milr and tobacco was 4 cents I fig. He also told mp that people could

buy and out their parcels in nloighs

ment. benefits. stc.. received in thii village would be wasting. time. as everyone knows t. t. those bene- fit) are on give according to merit. As or the pnosrsss mode in North Rullico. I loan it to oil the people who have visited ou- village to judge for themselves whether it has made any or not.

Q f..Notes Byl:The WaxI.-

the day of birth were to continue

for the first 100 dayl. no in-lent would survive beyond that time.- Metropolltan Ll-fe Bulletin.

The influence of wurfupon our vocabulary is apparent in the news coverage of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Re- gina. area. such expressions as tlbuflfer zone." "second line of de- fence." "counter-attack" and "reinforcements" have been used to describe the battle against the

dread disease. Mind you, we are not criticizing the use of such terms in describing the war

against foot.-and-mouth disease. After nil: the disease poses just about as much of a threat to our natlonal economy as would a war with another nation. It. is interest- ing nevertheles, to note how terms used to describe battles be- tween men have become I. part: of our every-day vocabulary.- Leth- bridge Herald.

The real probie , we suspect, II to encourage more commercial and industrial help for the universities. in the form of endowments and scholarships, without impinging on their -freedom to serve those fields and interests which are not. of an obviously practical nature. The growing conviction among executives that even a business or industrial training should include more than the teaching of techni- cal knowledge and skills seems to us a hopeful -first step in this dir- eciion. - Saskatoon star-Phoenix.

&Q3Cl9t-;)00m-r0O300-.-O ii) Old Charlottetown f (And r. n. 1. ) '

TI:1l.I'J(iIlAIiIlY CLASS

"Mr. Prescott's class of Telegra- phy is now in full blast. A large number of our young men are availing themselves of the chance thus afforded to learn this im- portunt brunch of the business. They are so far succeeding well. Mr. Prescott is proving himself to be an excellent teacher, and he is ably assisted by Mr. A. E. Mor- rison. There are yet five vacan- cies in the class. Thus a" few more of our young men are ni- forded an opportunity to learn the electric art."

-The Examiner, Jun. 19, 1883.

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ST. PATIt.ICI('S DAY This is the day when Irish hearts

rejoice. Wherever and whenever kinamon walk They sing their country's praise: in one v ed With faieiidly get together and good i .

Jcstinglyughey scorn quaint super- in

That are a port of Erin. Old wives' to es.

Folk dancing and odd stopped-in traditions,

log fairies, phanian haunted valcl.

ships

native is!

stalwart sons.

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and

They love the grandeur of their 0.

Her rugged shares, her stubborn.

Her comdly colleen: with their

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An important change occurred in 1942. in order to have full con- trol of all milk supplies. the Min- istry of Food then decided to buy all the milk and to re-sell and al- locats it to the distributors and manufacturer. itself. From 1933 to 1942, the Board had regulated supplies through the terms of the milk contract to which both producer and buyer were parties. This method had proved satisfact- ory when supply was ample but was not found flexible enough when supplies were falling short of demand. Under the terms of the milk contract, the buyer could sell his milk either for liquid or manufacturing purposes.

Under the new system, all milk was sold to the Board which in turn sold it. to the Ministry of Food. Methods for allocating the milk then became more flexible. The hauling of the milk from the producer to its first destination, the depot or dairy, was the re- sponsibility of the Board. After that, responsibility for further transport became the responsibil- ity of the Ministry. As a result, ll much improved system of deliv- cry to the distributor and man- ufacturer went into effect.

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The Board. as purchaser of all milk sold off the farms, in turn sells the whole of this milk to the Ministry of Food at A price which is sufficient to my the pro- ducers the negotiated price and cover administrative expenses as well. The Ministry then sell: the milk to the distributors and man- ufacturers at prices which are fix- ed from time to time. About one- third of the fluid milk in Eng- land in processed and distributed by the Consumers Co-operative dairy branches which makes for greater efficiency. Notwithstanding the fixed price: between 1933 and 1989. milk costs to consumers were substantially improved; the consumer only paid 12 per cent. more for his milk in 1939 than he had in 1933. During the same period, London Board of Trade figures show that whole- sale prices for other foods had ov- ersged a 19 per cent increase and that retail prices for those foods had advanced 18 per cent. On it basis of quality it is doubtful if the consumer was paying any more for his milk in 1039 than he was in 1933 for the milk he was getting in 1939 was greatly su- perior to the product he had been buying six years before.