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U. S. Pre-Election Policy

It would probably be 8. mistake to assume that any British-Frencli military action in the Middle East over the Suez Canal problem would automatically bring the United States into the fray On lhtl flde Of the two Western powers. When Sec- ;-eiary of State Dulles, following his consultation w i t h British a n d French government officials, de- clared ”we have made no commit-

Prince Edward Island brief before the Turgeon Commission on Trans- portation (1949), nationalization of all our railway systems was urged. Lengthy reference was made to the unification proposals of Sir Edward , Beatty in the 30's and to the Cana- dian Paciflc Railway's statements before the Commission that rail- ways will constantly require new capital. Transportation costs, it was argued, are paid by the people of Canada of all trades, professions, or other occupations in the form of rates or of taxes, and it does not matter from which pocket such costs come. On the other hand, there is danger of the railways pric- ing themselves out of business and also of a heavy burden on marginal producers and of interference with the productive economy of the coun- try. Under national'zation, if freight rates cannot be raised a deficit would result which would be paid by the government.

The Prince Edward Island pro- posal was turned down by the Com- mission, and little further has been

ments of any kind” it seems likely that he meant exactly Whai II? Said- Indeetl, there is plenty Of 9VIdem3' for the widely held view that Mr. Dulles was sent to London for the sole purpose of impressing U900 me British and French the fact that the United States would not join them in any military action they might consider necessary-"at least for the present. His subordinate, Mr. Mur- phy, could have handled the routine business just as Well. The United States, while having I very real interest in keeping Suez traffic running smoothly. 13 WI 35 dependent on it as are Britain and France. Moreover, President Nasser has given every indication that he is ready to give special consider- ation to American interests in the 1-ggion in return for ,an official hands-off policy at Washington. As I long-term arrangement this would hardly be acceptable to the United States, but it might be satisfactory in the interim between now and. the November election. The Republican record of "keeping the country out of war" during President Eisen- hower's tenure of office is t e chief plank in the party's platform; a it would never do for United Sta es' forces to be engaged in any mill afy adventure, however small and lim- ited in scope, for the next couple of months.

It can reasonably be supposed. therefore, that nothing short of 8 direct attack on the continental Un- ited States or some vital American outpost would drag the country hit” any sort of military sanction during this politically crucial P9Fl0d- Am" the election is over, I reappraisal of the situation may be 9XP9Ct9d- It can be presumed that this is well understood in London and Paris.

National Policy Needed The proposal of Mr. Clarie Gil- lls, CCF member for Cape Breton: for a national transportation POIICY may be well worth considering in view of the continuing freight rate increases which are working to the detriment of these Atlantic Provin- ces. It is the railways l0t18-hal1I 315' tomers here and in the western provinces that bear the brunt of these exorbitant rates, leaving the big central provinces largely 111'? affected because of their comP9U' tive truck traffic. Mr. Gillis is un- doubtedly right when he claims that freight rates should be regarded 35 "a national problem, rather than a regional headache.” The long-haul traffic is in basic commodities, es- sential to .Canada's economic stab- ility. The CCF member PFODOSCS '- national regulatory body I0 DIR" 3” land,,water and air transportation in Canada, in such a manner that the various areas of the country would be served by the most eco- nomical means. Another ccr member. Mr. Haz- e'n Argue. Assiniboia, charged that ' the Board of TransP01'Ii C0mmI5' Iioners made "a trifle blunder" I" granting an interim increase Of seven percent, pending hearings ,next September of an applllralion by the railways for I 15 per cent rate! mug, This wu granted without Iumcient evidence being presented- Ini in effect prejudiced the case of which have been pro- - In further increase. Ai- '-I the value of the "Maritime lips been prIc-

heard of in Saskatchewan proposal that a study of the question of un- ification of all railways under pub- lic ownership be made. The C.P.R. opposed it and the Commission con- curred. It did, however, concede that horizontal increases "aggra- vate the disadvantage already suf- fered by long-haul shippers and con- signees," and warned that if the railways do not give consider- Ition to this problem, "it ought to be the duty of the Board (of Trans- port Commissioners) to see that they do so." There the matter rests, very unsatisfactorily so far as the Maritime Provinces are concerned. It is to be hoped that Mr. Gillisl proposal will spark a united drive on the part of Maritime members to remedy this grievance.

EDITORIAL NOTES

ment now approaching prorogation is said to be the second longest in the country's history. Whether it has been the second most useful is I question for the historians to an- swer at I future date. It doesnt look that way at the moment. I I O

The world's population, accord- ing to I UNESCO report, is grow- ing by leaps and bounds. Latest fig- ures show an increase of 160 mil- lion over those of a year ago. China has the most people, 583 million. India ranks second with 377 million.

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The first lawsuit claiming dam- ages from the sinking of the Andrea Doria has been started. The claim is for 5100.000. There will be plenty more before the unfortunate event has passed into history. It will prob- ably be several years before every- thing is settled.

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The Soviet and Chinese Com- munists have never been too smart in making up excuses for their ag- gressive designs, but the excuse given by the Chinese for their cur- rent invasion of Burma is the lam- est on record. The soldiers were looking for a herb recognized as a cure for snake-bite!

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Police Chief Llewellyn Strange

that a censor board is needed in that city to classify movies, books and magazines which children see and read. Censorship of that type is, admittedly, open to abuses. Never- theless, it may have to come in many Canadian communities. 0 O I

In bririgingbefore the Commons

legislation to provide for equal pay

work in industry, Labor Minister Gregg said it had been "unavoid- ably delayed". Women workers will say that it had been delayed' for quite I long time. It was 20 years ago that the late Miss Agnes Mc- Phail, the iCommons' first female member, started agitating for the leglslafon. Incidentally, she was not I Liberal. O C O The Newfoundland Government is not depending too much on I Federal-Provincial agreement on in health plan but is going ahead on its own in I llm'ted way.- Legislation passed It the recent session of the legislature provides for free medi- cal. dental Ind hospital cue to all children under 16. The pin is now being put Into shwe'Ind will be ttmplleme-bud in V , I

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of St. John's, Newfoundland, thinks,

for men and women doing similari

Scotland Yard's Ghost Squad

By lhmond Palmer. Assoehted Press, London

LONDON (AP) - The shadowy figures of Scotland Yard's "ghost squad" of undercover agents are moving into action against bon- don's gangs.

Behind the red-brick walls of the Yard, London's police chiefs have conferred on the problem of best- ing the capital's thugs Ind their "protection" racket.

At such I conference 10 years Igo-on combatting the post-war crime wave-the idea of the ghost squad was born.

The squad has won many vic- torles over crime. but much of Its work remains cloaked in secrecy.

As one example I man and I woman operative wormed their way Into the heart of I gang that was pulling I regular and violent series of payroll robberies. After months of preparation their work paid off. The girl operative phoned in I tip which enabled I police ambush to capture five gangsters. All went to prison.

The idea of the squad came to Ronald Howe, assistant police commissioner in charge of the Criminal Investigation De- partment. A craggy - faced man with thinning. almost white hair, Howe is an unusual police chief. He had never served In the ranks or pounded I heat. but studied at Oxford and became I lawyer in

the office of the director of pub- lic prosecutions. When he joined the force be was made chief con- stable of CID. Later he became head of the department.

NOVEL IDEAS

He was not bound by tradition. Instead, he was prepared to use unorthodox ideas. often gleaning them from his avid reading of de- tectivc novels.

At I Scotland Yard Intl-crime conference in 1946 many officer: complained that the old type of police Informer was dying out.

"Why can't we have our own In- formers?" Howe Isked.

Eventually there wen 30 men and women commended for initia- tive and self-reliance. These vol- unteers did not look too much like the usual conception of I detec- tive. and could frequent under- world haunts without attracting more than passing interest.

One by one they dropped from regular duties Ind faded into the underworld. They are usually known to their colleagues It "the Yard" only In I voice on I phone. identified only by I code number. Occasionally they Irrangc I meet- ing, far from police headqulrters.

These are the men Ind women who are out to provide the infor- mation that will break up Lon- don'I gangs.

The Value Of Education

llnyalpllank of Canada Mtmthly letter

One of the most filghtening things In our world in ignorance; not merely lack of knowledge, but more than all other the ignorance that consists in not knowing that there are better things, better ways of doing things, and I soc- ial responsibility to try and see and do these better things.

Education will help you to think clearly and reach good judgments about the realtive importance of the various kinds of activity that make up human life. . . .

Scientific technology has broken up the placid life familiar to our grandfathers. It has converted the man of general competence into I specialist.

Our ancestors were content no long as they were just one potato row ahead of starvation: tomor- row; science will have moved for- ward another step. machines will run machines. labor will be up- graded in terms of skill, and there will them be no appeal from the Judgment that will be pronounced on the uneducated man.

SHOULD BE USEFUL

Education should be useful. We don't mean useful in the sense of making us adept in manipulating gadgets. You wish to be fit to per- form justly, skillfully, magnum- mously and with pcrsonnl satis- faction all the offices of life.

Learning sheer fact Is not all of education. The three Rs do not consitute education, Iny more lhan a knife. fork and spoon con- sltutc I dinner. Some of the great- est bores Ire people who mem- orized I great deal of informI- tlon Ind love to talk about It.

The aim of an educational insti- tution is to give studen I living fund of knnwlcdge f , which they may generate ideas. When you cIn .brlng relIvInt buck- tmuml to bear on I problem, Is nimble pertinent dIlI, 'yrIIp rc- latlonnhlpl. appraise the wines in- volved, Ind make I judgment: when you can do that you In In educated person. . .

But. you may say, "Io-Ind-Io made good in life without having had In extensive formol IducI- tlon." Quite true. Mnny men Ind women did not hIvI,lhc oppor- tunity that in open to every boy Ind girl In (human today. They left school and went to work be-

Choosing I career todIy is not the docila allowing in father's footsteps that was common I half century ago. There Ire Ittractive professions Ind buslncssu Ind

craft: that were not heard of,.

some not lmIgined, when todIy'I university giaduatcs were born . .

A liberal education help: us to be many-sided Ind to take large views. It provides us with power- ful tools by which we discover Ind handle facts. Beyond this, it en- ables us to transcend facts and to deal with the larger questions of purpose Ind meaning. A when we asked Dr. Sidney Smith. President of the University of Toronto, for an expression of his opinion. he wrote this: "Peo- ple have uld that ti-Ilning for I vocnlon is useful, but thIt libenl education in not useful. That is non- sense. All education Is useful.

"Huck Finn lost interest in Moan when he found out that Moses was dead. because 1 don't take no stock in dead people.' To- day many 'don't take no Itock' In dead Ilngungel. or even lnllvlng languages Iplrt from thler own. Latin, French and German are academic and useless; .but English is practical Ind useful. Then teach Englinh, they uy. Don't tuch lit.-.rIture--ShIkeIpeIre Ind Milton Ire unless. Dontt tench gnmmar-gerunds Ind particl- ples are only for the pedInt. Just teIch English! USEFULNEBC

"But It in the aludcnt of useless languagcs Ind literature who cut use his own lInguIge with pre- cision and lmIginItlon. Useless Ilgebra, history. phllosoph, and physics produce uuful pawn-I Ind reslllcnco. The uufnlpcsl of lib- cnl education is to develop useful.

llclllotll Ibould cnIblI I person to can I llvlu Ind to live I life." Then: work. To be fully pro-

OUR YESTERDAY:

From The Guardian Filel TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Aug. 8, 1931)

The Boy Scout Camp just clos- ed at Fairview was by far the largest and most satisfactory ever held in Prince Edward Island. 44 boys enjoyed to the full the nine days of camp, and, with the wea- ther ldeal there was plenty of op- portunity for hikes. swimming and

the passing of tests.

The champions of the P.E.l. Tennis Tournament will be decid- ed today. The semi-final matches played yesterday produced the most sparkling tennis ever seen on the Island. ,

TEN YEARS AGO (Aug. 8. 1946)

The Queen Charlotte Naval Dyi- viaion. Charlottetown, is to have two new officers added to its staff in the persons of Lleut. Vernon A. Campbell, Borden, and Sub.- Lieut. Charles A. Graham, Char- lottetown. Lleut. C ,b " is If present serving on the II.M.C.S. Middlesex.

A Prince Edward Islander who has achieved I distinguished rec- ord In the field of f is Dr. E.P. Weeks. I native of Mount Stewart, who is now enjoying I brief visit at the home of his fath- er, Rev. Ernest S. Weeks. Bede- que. before going to join the Econ- omics Research Branch of the Department of Reconstruction.

Over 400 citizens of New London and neighbouring communities at- tended the Illustration Station Field Day on the farm of William E. Johnston. New London. Wed- aesdIy afternoon.

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How smooth this road, how rib- bon-stralght it glidcsl

Though where motel and rush of motor feud

With groves of greenncss patching countrysides.

But I have need of deer-run I0”- tude.

Horizons carved by mounulns lost in mist; .

A limping for the scrubby, singing w

Of hedge where thorn Ind berry bush persist.

With pine and elm. not yet by IP&d deflled.

And when 'returncd to roads thIt rutted stay,

I shall. where wildwood things ex. pect no harm,

Even glimpse I pheasant flImI Icrosu the play

Of sunset, vslieyn veiling in the charm

or mauve: Ind who the silvery notes retire.

Know stillness by the song. It tnnquil fire.

-Suzanne GIyne. In the Christian Science Monitor.

is dllclbllne. We cannot In-uglno useful. thought or creItlvI ldIII Iriulj in otbc than I dllulplllld

significant harmful effects. TOXIC EFFECT!

The bond used rats to check

It relatively non-toxic.

Studlpi on cyclImItu liIvI been conducted since these. swab- enen were introduced. to tho publicin 1950. C,clImItcI .Irc the sodium Ind calcium um of cyclohexylsulfamlc Icld. Sound: pretty dnngerouii, doeurtuitl but it isn't. of course.

The Iix-year-long Itudlel re- veal no IlgnlficInt adverse effects when the .,.clamItcs comprise I percent or less of the” tolIl dict. When they totaled 5 per cent of the diet of laboratory InlmIlI used in the test, there were some slight toxic effects. including moderate diarrhea.

In healthy men, the only Id. verse effects observed when 5 or more grams were taken per day was I lcftenlng of the stools. And this doesn't seem to Iffect the heqlth.

SAFE DOSAGES

Since experience with cyclI- mate is more limited t.hIn with saccharin, more studies Ire need- ed to determine safe dosage: for children and expectant mothers.

While the AMA report is re assuring Is far as speclIl diets Ire concerned. It does not sup- port unrestricted use of these sweeteners in general purpose foods Ind beverages.

Just use your head when you use ncclinrin or cyclnmnte. QUESTION AND ANSWER

D.K.: II fish I good source of proteins? ,

Answer: The protein: in fish In practically equal to those of meat Ind eggs. This II beneflciI1 to those wanting to reduce, Ilnco the amount of M II compared to other protein foods is less.

Fish in Ilso I good food from the point of View of supplying certain minerals. such II calcium Ind iodine. '

The Age Old Story

Contentment could: not In nut Ivenltb but in few wulu.

MAXAIMS

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Motorists who knock down I tree in Prestofn must respllccng with I tree o sm Ir we type. The Parks Bond Inn 15 n”Uhdhm um Rewln maples In half I mile of boule- vIrd have been destroyed in thin E,E(,'1'nlCAL way. The-council bu orderod in .1 constabulary to report name:

Ind Iddresses of Inyouc dIInIg- Band"

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