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THE GUARIMAN

Authorised as second Clam sun Post offico Department. Ottawa. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

President and Associate Editor. Inn A. Burnett, Asooclsto Editor: Frank Wilkes.

CIRCULATION "Covers Prince Edward Island like the dew"

"lhs Strongest Memory is Weeks: Man the Weakest ink".

CIIAIILOTTETOWN, THURSDAY, MAR. 21. ion: Bill of nights

Once more Mr. John Diefenbaker has introduced a motion for a Canadian bill of rights and even those who do not agree that it would be a good thing can be grate- ful for it's being periodically brought for- ward. A bill of rights in statutory form would be useful in defining some of the essentials of political liberty and also in providing ready machinery for enforcing them for the benefit of the individual.

On the other hand-it would mean a further conccr;tration of power at Ottawa which would itself be something of a threat to those very liberties now reasonably well upheld by the division of powers between Provinces and the Dominion. '

The only sure safeguard, of course, is the force of public opinion. It is useless to protest only when oneis own rights are trampled upon. It is essential that a free people should be quick to protect from op- pression even. or rather particularly, those with whom they thoroughly disagree. As long as the most unpopular and despised in- dividuals and groups are assured of justice there is no danger that tyranny can be im- posed on Canadians as a whole.

The Royal income

The annual cost of maintaining the Brit- ish Royal Family amounts to i577,000, which in Canadian money would be about 251,615,000. The Civil List, which author- izes grants paid to the monarch. allows 521150.000 for the royal household. This cov-

, ers the Privy purse, salaries, pensions and

expenses. The balance of i127,000 covers annuities paid to other members of the

' tense expenditure.

"Mr. Abbott will present his next Budget on April 8. The Canadian people do not expect him to announce economies in do- But they do expect him to announce economies in non-defense ex- penditure. They expect it for precisely the reasons he gave last April-that defense takes precedence over all other functions and services; that they must take less so that it can take more."

EDITORIAL NOIES

Montague is in favor politically these ldays-a new post office and new bridge.

Since the two car ferries were first in- stituted at Borden there has been an in- -crease of 24,000 cars visiting the Island.

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If Grenada, the southernmost of the Caribbees, were to become part of Canada this country would have a Charlotte Town as well as a Charlottetown.

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In the opinion of some members of the Legislature, l'Go-Slow Train" seems to be the motto of progress knockers. notwith- standing farmers and business men are clamoring for quick-time autos and mails.

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The Legislature, now with the Address disposed of, is settling down to business preparatory to the budget being brought down. It looks as though Easter will see

the rising of the House.

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On Wednesday a bronze plaque was placed in a Brooklyn dwelling to mark the birthplace of the mother of Prime Minister Churchill-a striking reminder of the close ties of two great nations.

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Captain Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer, died this date 1912 some two months after having reached the South Pole with Captain Oates; Dr. Wilson, Lt. Bowers and P. 0. Evans. Scott's last message ranks with the noblest writing in

the history of exploration. 0 O O

The decline in housing construction indicated in the annual report of the Cen- tral Mortgage and Housing Corporation is the first since the post-war boom started in home building. The obstacles today are

me GUARDIAN. Cl-IARLOTTETOWN

”--But Not A Drop

PUBLIC FURUM

This column is open to the discussion by correspondents or questions of Interest. The Guardian does not fly endorse tho opinion of correspondents.

BROTHERHOOD WEEK

Sir.-The celebration of Broth- erhood Week this year was by for the most successful yet. held in Canada.

The week was given recognition in almost every major city of the country and in a large number of the smaller comm mes. Hun- dreds of programs were held. These were sponsored by special

church .organlzations. by clubs.

THE LAST WORD

Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep. and let no more be said! Vain thy onset! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last.

Let the long contention cease!

-Geese are swans. and swans are geese.

Let them have it how they win!

Thou art tired; best be still.

tore thee '!

Brotherhood Week Committees, byfrhey out-talked thee. hissed thee,

rdoors west of Mr.

Q40mM-ONO! Old C ha rlolletown

(And P. E. 1. )

MADDEN i5 SCH 0,014

"Michael Madden respectfully in- forms the inhabitants of Charlotte- Town and its vicinity. that he opened a School on'Monday last. in the house formerly occupied by Mr. Benjamin James. tailor, two Yates'. where youth will be instructed with the greatest attention and propriety. in Spelling; Reading, V-Vriiillgu Arithmetic. English Grammar. Book-keeping. Navigation, and the most useful part of Mathematics."

-Advertisement appearing In The Prince Edward Island Reg- istcr, May 2, 1826.

There is some talk of rcvisins our provincial polltlcsl set-up. it has been mentioned by srious speakers. including the Premier. and around the Province it is n subject of quite general discussion. It is not s new thing. For many years the fact of limited franchise for I lure number of voters has been frowned upon, but old cu. tomsodio hard and institutions of- ten out run the purpose for which they were crested. Now. however. it appears that the principle of equal franchise rights has s chance of being incorporated into our politi- cal practices.

In theory the so-called property clause has not been without I. measure of justification. There was s time when quits s good case could be made of it. In practice it is a. bit too srchsic for our times and it is hardly in our day condu. clvc to enlightened political sense. its abandonment cannot be far 011- Very few people. I fancy. with be sorry to see it go,

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0ne,cannot help -feeling that s Legislature not -more than half its , membership would be adequate for a Province the size of ours. Fifteen electoral districts. each represented by one legislator. would seem quite enough in the in- tcrest of efficient administration. It would then be possible to in- crease the sessional indemnity, something which ought to be done. without adding to the over-sll cost of government.

There does not appear to be any practical value in the dual rc- sponsibiiity of the present ar- m t In fact, it is doubtful if anyone could explain exactly what it does mean. An acquain- tance of.mtnc tried to do so by ob- serving: "Each of them (Council- lor. Assemblyman) has nothing to do and he can always call on the other fellow to help him do it!" I am inclined to think. however. that this view tends to over-simpli- fy the issue. .

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Whatever political reform may come our way it is to be hoped that it will help in the encourage- ment of A deeper and more pro- found sense of the significance and the privilege of the franchise itself. for this greatest of all in- struments st the command of free men is falling under ever increas- ing neglect. on all sides there is' a feeling of near cynicism con- cerning things political. Both the right and the responsibility of the vote are treated by many as small.

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F MARCH I27. 1952

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The Passing Scene

By Observer

POLITICAL IIFORM

"I supported by one o: the lenior members of that body. He did hi. best but it was easy to see that he, too, was convinced that sbomjon of the semis is only a matter of time. His contention that non- sonstors accepted; their posts out, of s sense of patriotic duty wu not a bit. impressive. No doubt men called to the senate have their morncnts of altruism like the rest of us but it is hardly their one and only motive in seeking prefer-mam, Almost snytmo could think or other motives just as common as that of patriotic duty.

The fact that the govcrnmem j; in no hurry to (ill Present vacan- cies would almost seem to indicate that even in high t. official head. quarters. the senate is considered as something less than necessary in our way of life. so far ss practical government is concerned. this is obviously true. The body has vir- tunlly no legislative power and with its present partisan biu (something like so per cent Llbcr. sl) it would be foolish to pretend that it could exercise-any influence on the thlnklngs or doings of the Commons. It is clear that, tr ms senate is to be judged by its pow. arc or even by its prestige, the log. icsl and sensible thing would be to klvc it s honoured place among historical relics of the nation.

Of course. I would not luggest that the Senators themselves should be placed in museums. Thst would be neither (sir nor prscticst Each man would be given what is due him and allowed to find his

'own resting place. The institution

itself would be lemcmbered by posterity as another lsnd mark in the path of s fast growing na- tion. 0 C O

Personally, I do not think the Senate should be judged by its power, or lack of it. or even by its P1180136. or lack of it. Is matters now stand. Power ought never to be considered as the only qualifi- cation necessary to continued ex- istcnce of an institution. As for prestige, I believe the senate could become a veritable storehouse of it in the next twenty years or so it

service to the state and not simply

service to the party were made the chief qualification for membership. some politicians would still find their way to the senate but there would be no danger or their be- coming intellcctunlly "in-grown" (s very real danger now) for they

would be mixed in with men of srt, science. Letters, and so on.

Underlsuch an arrangement sp-

- . , I , , p ' - t mm I Th -v -- pointment; to the senate would be

Royal Ifannlb principally financing and cost and should d,(F;1essJi1n)dniadlc'n ntilade s splen-K Better men fared thus before thee; 33'.'.'c"J,'.i':i1 tpoliticgs is inuchglmtlgo frankly recognized as a reward - At first glance the expense would seem be at least as readily overcome as the mic aggkr gnogehgu 0.; mod :1.-an thheir reigalnz shot and passed we-so-9-co-Q-o common, ,mm mm ,0 be m ,0, d,,,,ng,,,,md pawn "Hm m to be a rather heavy drain on the taxpayer. . I . 0, D,,.,5,,,,.s 0, me cnmdm, ” Y C "8 -"id "ink 'l l'-"- b ides abroad that the flurrv of u- my conceivable Held. If the mem- , , . . earlier ones of material and labour. , I I . - t r 1,," did nomn but deb”, the

t b 11 tn Council of Christians and Jews 9 9 cltement knmedlately preceding 8 3'

However, as is pointed ou in 8. Ll el 9 o o , - Charge once more, then. and be 01 my tn 1, 1 u . , . me sponsoring organization, I dumb! . elections is all that, is required. w "d 5 937" 9 9"” "nun -

from the United Kmgdiml Information or' Trade Minister Howe estimates that thank 3'0" for Your SUPPOW Let the victors. when they come ll.-as-er,-xs;.-.-Manama-co-Q-to-x Wm” 3”W"1'Y-”lec””” ""'””” "'9 i:;nl':f,?,:S,d,',sf:ns;if:g a:,,,,.,,dyl,m,',!::

least important thing of all so far as s substantial political structure is concerned. ,

Equal political privilege is s.

It will now be the task of this Council to carry on its day to day program designed to promote good human relations.

fice at Ottawa, the cost is not charged against taxation. On the accession of

when the forts of folly fall,

Find my body by me mm stimulating repercussions. It can

become st. times. of course, but it scarcely ever takes on the char-

the total public and private investment

, , Th e -locus id up of the program in Canada for 1952 will reach a m M5 h a

Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when

Queen Elizabeth the revenues derived from all the estates she inherited from her fath- er are surrendered to Parliament. These revenues amount to it-350,000 a year. So the state has a net profit of i73,000 a year.

This arrangement has been in effect since George III ascended the throne, but it was not until the reign of William IV tifat the Civil List was freed of all charges for government service as distinguished from

er higher prices.- indication of the confidence which is being placed in the future of Canada," he says.

peak of 5S5,000,000,000. This is an in- crease, he told the Commons, of about 3400,000,000 from the previous high of 5'1.- 600,000,000 in 1951. Half the increase will represent physical volume and the remaind- "This is a remarkable

Earle MacDonald made a point

Mr.

I am, Sir. ctc.. RICHARD D. JONES Executive Director. Toronto.

PARKDALE SITUATION

Sir,-The Guardian of March 26 reports from the Legislature the speech by the junior member from 5th Queens and former Mayor of Charlottetown, in which he is al- leged to have said "there was no immediate danger of a disease

-Mathhcw Arnold.

not object. to this. He is doing a good job and should remain where he is, especially till the Trans-Canada highway is com. Dleted.

In conclusion, it word about Senator Grant. I feel that he is wasting his time in Ottawa at six thousand dollars a year. If his coercive elcctloneerlng t a c t l c 5 could just; be made known to Pre- mier Joseph Stalin, I am gun; that s very lucrative job would await. him in the Land of the

he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward Im hungrcd. And when the temp!!!” came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God. command that these stones be made bread. But he Answered and said. It is writ- ten. Mun shall not live by hrcnd alone. but by every word that IJl'0r ceedeth out of the mouth of God. . . . Again. the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high moun- tain. Ind shcweth him all the kingdoms of the world. and the

great principle. but it means noth- ing unless it be accompanied by equal responsibility in maintain- ing sound and effective govern- ment.

A well known social analyst says that, by and large, most commit-

sctcr of chcnpness. This snvins

grace would in itself be useful to the Government. I O C It has been suggested that the

new P. E. I. appointment. may go

to a woman. Whenever I hear of

recall -Dr.

tees have much better. mcnts than they deserve, quite at opinion regarding politicians gen- crslly.

simple political

any such possibility I Johnson's famous observation as reported by Boswell: ”A woman's preaching. sir. reminds me of s dog walking on his hind legs. as doesn't do it very well but it is a marvel that he can do it at nlli'

govern- a view

variance with popular

Pei-sonslly. Iwbuld like to see seminars carried

the court and family of the ruler. Before epidemic in Pnrkdalc", and if Em ,1...-,. or mm; ma um. unto him. Howe", womu” mm m N . . . - - , - - N . . ' -- t ,1 1 th - ,m I H, , on from time to time in central - that time payments to the king included WOT”! Consldefmg When he dedaled 1" his P:.2vi:n;ie”u.e";::”thea:;n,;:5 da';'ge,...e. I am. sir. etc dawn mgxonim Iognnugg throughout mg province, political field. to say nothing of

preaching, has long since passed the 'OhnS0lilu.l'l estimate. and I be- lieve. it the people were naked to express an opinion about the pres-

INDEPENISENT ELECTOR. mLjLLm...m.. '.l'EACHERS' QUALIFICATIONS

Anything that might help our people towards a more adequate concept of the ways and means of political order would. I should

maiden speech in the Legislature that the Government should consider the practicabil- ity of making the Canada Highway run

me. Then ssith Jesus unto him. Get thee hence. Satan; for It is written. Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God. and him only shalt

The farms are not in the same danger from water pollution. as farms are widely separated. Should a farm well become bad. there is

such items as salaries for judges, ministers to foreign courts, the Speaker and the Lord

Chancellor. It also included funds to cover a much wider range of pensions and gen- eral expenses. . kept upon the king's expenditures, and as a result it was possible in the reign of George III for the "king's friends" or sup-

No independent check was

porters in parliament to be lavishly reward-

ed with sinecurcs and pensions.

All this came to an end in 1830. The Civil Lists of William IV and his successors. heavy though they may seem. cover only the actual costs of the court and royal household. In effect. the new Queen turns over to her people a large part of her in- herited ineome when she ascends the throne.

The coming Budget

Finance Minister Abbott announced last April that the Government would collect and spend 33.7 billion during the present fiscal year-31.6 billion for defense. and

52.1 billion for other purposes. During the,

last few days, it has been officially stated that collections will be up 55.300 million. mak- ing a total revenue of 34 billion. It has also

through Charlottetown, and also that it should pay more for the city's upkeep by sharing the taxation on Government pro- perty. The proposed new Federal Building could provide a suitable beginning to such

a fiscal policy. '

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One of the anachronisms cleared away by the Act to Confirm the Revised Statutes is the repeal of certain Nova Scotia legis- lation which formed part of the law of this

ber 7, 1763. uniting this Island with Nova Scotia until Governor Pattersonls commis- sion of August 4, 1769, Nova Scotian legis- lation applied to the Island of St. John. It had little practical significance but includ- ed such things as provision for permission to leave what is now Prince Edward Island. The Revised Statutes of New Brtmswick. 1927, made similar provision to repeal Nova Scotian legislation as applicable to that Pro-

vinee.

M. P.'s from rapidly growing provinces like'British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and

been stated that defense expenditures -willlpossibly Alberta. won't be easy to convince be down 5200 million. making a total cost that they should lose seats through redis-

81.4 billion.

In short, out of every threcltrlbutlon.

At present, representation by

dollars collected by Ottawa during the fis-,population prevails in nine of Canada's 10

cal year now ending. close to two went for purposes other than defense. "There has never been any question of

-the Canadian people's willingness to sup-

port the defense program." says the Globe and Mail. "They are ready to give Defense Minister Claxton all he wants for the forces: they are ready to give Defense Production Minister Howe all he wants for the factor- ies. They are convinced that their Govern- ment can. and should. spend great sums for thlspurpose. But they are not convinced

7 it, or should.-spend far greater

N purposes which bear no relation to f -IIAM theyare not deceived by et- ghhlsftbis non-defense spending un- of the defense emergency.

provinces-the sole exception is P. E. I.. which was guaranteed a minimum of four seats in our Confederation temis. If House of Commons membership remains fixed at 262, the Saskatchewan and Manitoba seats scheduled to disappear can only be saved at the expense of the increased representation slated for those provinces enjoying a pop- ulation boom. And the only way that

Manitoba and Saskatchewan can keep their int:

36 seats. while permitting other provinces to retain their increased -representation. (says an Ottawa correspondent), would be by increasing the total number of M.P.'s. Many authorities believe that Canada sl-

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ready has too many members of Pariin ment with 262. i

Province. From the proclamation of Octo-'

room to sink a new hole; in the thickly settled areas a. contamin- ated well may infect the neigh- bouring well which may be sepa- rated by only a few feet.

The people of Psrkdslc are not looking for "hand cuts" from any Government. They know that there are now several properties thst are low in value. probably unssiesblc, because of the water situation. It is an area of large and young families; probably some future Mayors and Members of Psrllarnent. will call Pnrkdalc their birthplace. The protection of those from any epidemic. or danger of one. should receive more concern and leadership fromthosc we elect. to manage our provin- cial affairs. and not A fllppsnt dismissal of a serious problem.

I am, Sir. etc.. "FRINGE AREA". Parkdslc. March 29.

SENATOR GRANTS LETTER

Sir.-Sincu reading that famous cplstle I have been s bit. confused.

I am more or less of an inde- pendent in politics and like to vote for the candidate whom I think best qualified to represent us in Parliament.

For instance in the recent by- election Angus Msclscnn was I man with s. good wsr record ovcrseu.b.nd was also I useful cit- izen at home: this coupled with the fact that he conducted a very honourable campaign led his to cast my ballot for him.

Now according to Senator Grant this was s wrong thing to do. I should have obeyed, the party whip. stepped into tho! booth and voted for "The Party" in order to secure justice for Queen's county.

It seems to me that this is the kind of politics they have behind the Iron Curtain. Do we want. that kind of a "system" in Can- sds?

Then, sir, I noted in The Guardian of March 24th A letter signed "Taxpayer" stating that if Mr. Cecil Miner were at Ottawa there would be no delay concern-

thc commencement of the various rcdcrsl projects promised. Well, that is I matter that might. be remedied. Why not " t solidly he-

s

I feel sun Pmnisr Jones would

Blr, - I was very much interest- ed in s. letter, "'I'es.chers' Qualif- ications". which was published re- cently in your Public Forum.

What. action could be taken that would effectively correct the "very confused teacher situation"? would depriving the experienced J clus teachers of their licences be the answer? In view of the pro- posed substantial salary increase. the Legislature could hardly back- track to the extent of giving the teachers s. second class licence sf- ter, one year at Prince of wales. It would seem that we are on the horns of s. dilemma.

I agree with Ron. Walter Darby who said in the Legislature that if s teacher hasn't the aptitude, he or she cannot make s success of teaching regardless of class of lic- ence or university degree. I would add to the above statement the very important factor of exper- fence.

The increased salaries and teach- er training loans and grants should encourage "dedicated teachers" (to ouotc Mr. Darby again) to sequlre the qualifications and the exper- isncc necessary to raise our edllCI- tionsl system to a higher nlsnc.

Much more could be said on this subject but at us stick to the ver- tincnt fsc : more conscientious. well-trained teachers are urgently needed now.

I am. Sir. etc.. A SECOND-CLASS TEACHER

FEDERATION C MARKETING

sir.-After reading "Good Citiz- en's" letter regarding our Farm- ers' Tbdontion I felt t I would likotosoyswordor wosndssk I couple of questions.

thou serve. Then the devil leav- oth him, and. behold, angels came and ministered unto him. . . . Bub- mlt yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw nigh to God. and he will draw nigh to you.

Federation meeting in Charlotte- town iast week.

I have been disappointed lately in the price of beef and pork. and every time I see my Dad selling a cow or steer to the packers I feel we are being roped in a bit and not getting our price. When I was young I used to hear my Dad say, "Wait. boy, hold back until the Newfoundland boats come in and we will get a better price." But when Dad and I talk about New- foundland trade now we seem to think something is wrong, espec- ially in the last three or four years. as that good market sp- pcnrs to be getting worse sud worse or we are losing it altoge- ther. -

I wonder would it be some day to have a. Marketing Board for beef and pork that would pay us as much as they can instead of as little as they can got away with now?

What can be wrong with our organization in giving some sort of support. to some shippers who seem to be trying to arrange bet- ter conditions for everyone? I don't know anything about A del- egation to Newfoundland. neither do I know snything about a re- port. from this trip. although I have heard it said some have read s report of this dclcgst If so. where is it now. or as "Good Citison" said. why can't. it be given out?

I am, air. etc.. JUNIOR FARMIR. last Royalty.

Filll TIIE BEST Ill IIIIIIGSTIIIIE NEEDS Slop At

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cnt Senate vacancy. s large major-

imsglnc, be well worth while. I C I

The Canadian senate is also coming in for a good deal of dis- cussion pro and con. chiefly the latter. The matter came up on the C. B. C. Citizen's Forum I few

ity would say. "Give it to a. woman.

by all means!" some would so further and suggest that all the senate seats should he filled by women, but it isn't likely that will ever happen. although good argu-

cvenings ago and the Senate's case

ment could easily be made for it.

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