TAGE FOUR

THE GUARDIAN.

CI-fARL(YTTETOWN

APRIL 24, 1950

THE GUARDIAN

In-ling Dally (Founded in lIl'i) Authorised as local! club lull Post office Department. Ottawa The Island (luudiun Publishing Co. Editor and Ilunaglng Director. J. B. Burnett Associate Editor, frank Walker.

f "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than

eh. Weakest Ink."

CEARLOTTETOWN. MONDAY. APRIL 24. I950

Shipboard Fire

PIS seems almost inevitable after each great fire disaster, the appalling loss of life in the burning of the S. S. Noronic has re- sulted in new and stringent regulations de- signed to prevent the recurrence of a sim- ilar holocaust. The new regulations under the Canada Shipping Act are specifically to provide for precautions to be taken against fire in home-trade passenger steamships carrying 25 berthed or 50 berthed and un- berthed passengers, and they are to-apply to an existing ship as well as a new ship unless the Board of Steamship inspection permits departures subject to conditions which satisfy the Board that the ship may be safely operated.

Fire resistant decks and bulkheads are required for living quarters, openings to be provided with self closing fire resisting doors. In railway car ferries the car deck must be completely isolated from the pass- enger spaces by fire resisting bulkheads, doors and decks.

Paints, varnishes and other preparations of a highly inflammable nature areinot to be used and automatic sprinkler and fire alarm systems are required, the latter equip- ment to be connected with shore water and telephone services when alongside. Ships carrying more than 100 passengers must have a public address system for use in di- recting passengers and crew in case of em- ergency and more than one means of exit must be provided while the ship is tied up at a dock. '-

Fire patrols and musters are provided for, printed notices and diagrams must be prominently displayed lndicatingmuster sta- tions, emergency signals and instructing passengers how they are to conduct them-

' selves.

Fifth Wheels To The Cart '

Inforlnation and publicity divisions of 'Dominlon Government departments cost the Canadian taxpayer S975,670 last year ac- cording to a return tabled in the House of Commons recently by State Secretary F. Gordon Bradley. Had the return included Crown Companies and Government agencies, the figure would run well over S1,250,000. Departmental publicity and information (staffs include 113 permanent and 173 tem- porary civil servants for a total of 286 men and women. Major items in the publicity cost was salaries, with appreciable amounts devoted to photographs.

Most costly information division in 1949

' was that of External Affairs which ran up .a bill of S226,-120 for salaries, photographs -and publications. This division has 14 per- manent and 37 temporary employees. Sec-

” 0nd in line was Agriculture with 33 per-

manent and 31 temporary employees and with an annual budget of S172,413. The

Post Office Department ranked third with

, an annual outlay of 2580,000 and a staff of

15 permanent and 13 temporaries, and Na-

tional Health and Welfare fourth with 13

permanent and 15 temporary employees and

a budget of S77,888.

Commenting on the above expenditures, the Ottawa Journal emphasizes that these publicity agents with their cost of more than a million dollars a year have nothing to do with preparing the official and neces- sary annual reports of government depart- ments, nothing to do with preparing or issu- ing the reports of Parliament, nothing to do with the work of costs of the Printing Bur- eau. They are publicity people engaged in preparing and doling out what newspaper- men know as "handouts", and a great deal l of which is mere propaganda for the Min- istry.

Our Ottawa contemporary suggests that A no public interest would suffer if at least 50 per cent of these propaganda "hand- - outs" were dropped. There are newspapers all over this country which do the real work of publicizing Government as well as other news. There are 80 correspondents in the Parliamentary Press Gallery alone, and news agencies with large and ,, com- petent staffs cover world affairs more ex- portly than the 51 publicity employees of the External Department at a cost of s226,- 420 a year ban do.

"We have a strong suspicion," the Jour- nal concludes, "that this revelation of costs .for publicity is symptomatic of what goes I on with s,lot of other Government expend-

; ,1 lanes-that it shows up the psychology of g, .1

Qending from which the Government has from which it has made If10!.k'-pbelolllt. Iinoethecloseofthe

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EDITORIAL NOI ES The Trans-Canada Highway is not ex- gected to be completed until 1956 but to- ay Canadians may expect to learn the

route which it is to follow. I O

Nova Scotla is adopting an advanced and wise course in trying to reform youth- ful offenders rather than jaiiing them. Jail for many young offenders is all too often a course in advanced crime at the expense of

the taxpayer.

The proposed stiffening of penalties for drunken driving could well have the op- posite effect to that intended. It is well known that harsh mandatory punishment provided for an offence makes it the more difficult to obtain convictions.

Trade Minister Howe has stated,that the National Research Council is studying the effects of extreme winter temperatures on "whole sections of buildings." In Canada's climate that should be a singularly unrush- ed task.

A Western musical festival adjudicator disapproved of the quality of singing be- cause, although the girls, 14 and 15, had "lovely voices" none of them believed in fairies. But did he try them on flying

saucers ?

A famous British regiment renowned throughout the world celebrates its tercerl- tenary this month. Known today as the Coldstream Guards, it is considered by the historian of the British Army, Fortescue, to have a unique pedigree. The regiment's proud motto is "Second To None."

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Nineteen nations are studying the means of abolishing passport visas for visitors staying not more than three months. The Council of the Organization for European Economic Co-operation has asked member countries to put this plan into force as soon

as possible.

The unanimous resolution” of the Com- mons on the desirability of a' committee to look into the matter of establishing a dis- tinctive Canadian system of medals and decorations reflects a growing dissatisfac- tion with a situation in which Canadians can receive high honours only from foreign gov- ernments. '

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T. C. A. has found that Summer profits are more than eaten up by the loss in op- erating during the winter months when costs are at theirlpeak and flights cancalled be- cause of weather conditions. On their re- cord of getting through in almost all kinds of weather, our own M. C. A.' should have been able to show as good a financial state- ment in winter as in summer.

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Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke was born at Kensington, London, this date, 1846. He emigrated to Australia in 1863, became a writer on the staff of the Meiboume "Ar- gus" (1867) and assistant librarian at the Free Library there. He published "Long Odds", "Holiday Peake" and "For The Term of His Natural Life" besides dramas. The latter novel has been translated into German.

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A group of enthusiasts in the Mathe- matical Association of Australia formed the Mathematical Problems Bureau in 1939. Since then it has solved more than 200 ab- struse mathematical problems from all over Australia, and boasts that it has never been stumped. It was asked, says the Sydney Herald, to explain why one can obtain the number of a person's house and his age from the following: "Multiply your house number by two, add five, and multiply by 50; add the number of days in the year, and add the present year. Subtract the number of mem- bers of the House of Commons (615), and then mbtract the year of your birth. The answer gives your house number and age- at least it did in my case. But who on earth thought of it, anyway?"

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Pressure is increasing on Ottawa to keep out foreign goods. Not a day passes with- out new protests, briefs or deputations. In all cases the aim is the same; stop or cur- tail this new and growing competition with Canadian production in the domestic mar- ket. Ottawa will have to move carefully and firmly. Shortsighted action in either direction could hit this country hard. Ac- cording to the Financial Post unfair com- petition could hurt many new industries we have developed here since 1939. It could also gravely injure souls of those older in- dustries which have expanded production during the same period. On the other hand, barriers against legitimate competition will invite certain retaliation with disastrous consequences for our vital export trade and will keep costs to the consumer unnecessar- ily high in the Canadian market. This is no time for hasty decisions. Management and labor as well as the federal authorities

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IUIITADO LAND (Fl-om ”'I.'eounseh") I

oft.

. . . We.l The silent forest. and, day after

. d8l'. Great prairies swept. beyond our

achlng night

Into the messureless West: un- charted realms

voiceless and calm. hve when

ternpcsiuous wind

Rolled the rank herbage into bil- lows vast.

And rushing tides. which never found a shore.

And tender clouds, and veils of morning mist

Cast flying shadows. flying light,

Into interminable wilderncssel.

Flushed with fresh blooms, deep perfumed by the rose.

And murmurous with flower-fed

. bird and bee.

The deep-grooved bison-paths like furrows lay

Turned, by the eleven hoofs of thundering herds

Primeval. and still travelled u of

chased by

yore. And gloomy valleys opened at our

' om Season on ilsslsslis Toe!

feeb-

Shagged with dusk cypressu and hoary pine;

rAnd sunless gorges, . ” by the wolf.

Which through long reaches of the prairie wound,

Then melted slowly into upland Vales,

Lingering, far-stretched unoncst the spreading hills.

--Charles Mair. 1&6.

;9oo-eoo-9-soc-co-tart X Old Charlottetown Q (And 1'. E. I-) A GOVERNOR ILIJBUKED

Excerpt from s dispatch to Lieu- tenant Governor Sir Henry Vere Huntley from Earl Grey, colonial Secretary, Downing Street. 15111 August, 1846, concerning the sus- pension of the Hon. Joseph Page from his seat as a member of the Executive Council:

"I cannot conceal from you the regret which I entertain that you should have allowed the express- ions used by Mr. Pope in his place in the House of Assembly to lend you into a controversy which has assumed such an unseemly aspect. In the first place, I do not think the words used by that gentleman are in themselves sufficient to Justify you in taking any notice of them. c

"The position which you hold in the Colony renders it highly in- expeclient that you should notice any censure of which you may be the obje;-t, unless some specific acts of misconduct. should be falsely charged against you in a manner so distinct as to admit. of, and to require an express Cull- tmdlction. But further. you ought to be aware that it is a rule. of which the authority has been ling and universally recognized in this country, that words spoken by A member in his place in either House of Parliament, are not to be noticed or punished. except by the House to which he belongs. run same rule ought to be considered as applicable to the proceedings of Colonial Assemblies.

"Secondly. I am of opinion that the manner in which the proceed- ings against Mr. Pope have been conducted. have been highly ir- regular. 11 there were any distinct charge to be preferred against that gentleman, it should have been pm- ferred in a. special and definite form, and communicated to the accused party. The reference made to the letter addressed to Mr. Pope, as containing such a charge, was by no means sufficient. The accu- sntion should have been of the most precise and formal charac- ter; and I am at a loss to under- stand; the grounds on which Mr. Pope was refused permission to attend the Council. there to be heard viva voce in his own defense

"While an accusation against him was under consideration he could not, indeed. have taken his seat in the Council as a member, but this was no sufficient reason for refusing him permission to al.- tend as a party concerned in the proceedings; and common justice required that if the accuser were heard by word of mouth, the no-. cus'ed should be heard in the some manner also. For these lesson I have to instruct you to desist from the further prosecution of this case.

"I feel it to be my duty. in con- clusion, to point out to you that the respect which ''ought to be entertained for the Representa- tive of the Queen in Prince Edward Island. instead of being increased by the notice which you took of the words reflecting upon you, spoken by Mr. Pope in we place in all: House of Assembly, could hardly fall to be impaired by your allowing yourself to be drawn into I con- tention llke the present, upon grounds so untenable."

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Keep the charge OLGIIQ lard n:y0od.townl,kIn lllswoymeo keep Ills statutes and Ills oom-

msndments. and Ills Judgments and Hip testimonies. that thou mint prosper” in all that than does: and wbltbenoevot Don turnesi. thyself.

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The first Canadian bomber squea- ron flew its first bomber operation aogainlt a German target in June. 1 .

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OSGOS66m0 l Notes From I Another Island I

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By "Anson"

In a day or two from the mom- ent. of writing, and long before these words appear ln print. V-B shall have heard from the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. when 119 presents his Budget. what the M31- few months hold in store for us in the way of taxation. -

Budget Day is always something of a fascination. i. was going to say novelty but. that is hardly the word. for there has been little novelty about our national budgets for quite some time. in fact. one might say, cynically. that the only pos- sibility of surprise lies in the we.t- tng to see how high taxes can get.

To those in the upper income groups it must. seem that thing: can hardly get any worse from their point. of view, for the olll left-wing cry of "Soak the riclll” seems to have been acted upon with a vengeance. In fact it seems there are not many people left these days who can afford to be rich. It costs far too much! It may have seemed like a comic line from a sophlst'c- ated show, but there was more than 3 grain of truth in the remark made by someone, noting that ice-f boxes were being installed :21 apartments being builtina working class district of London, comment-' ed that "Only the poor can afford such luxuries." 3

Of course, in theory it seems pe-'-: fectly legitimate and thoroughly commendable that those who have most. money should be asked to pay most. income tax. It lightens the load of those who haven't. got. so much and. when all is said and done, it is just the sort of policy that the Socialists were elected to carry out, which makes it the will of the majority.

But, just as it has often been said that nothing is wholly bad. so perhaps nothing is wholly good. so the sysfem of taxation which places the greatest demands on those who have most to give nos mother side. It gives rise to u situation which seems likely to threaten one of ollr most cherish- ed possessions-those magnificent edifices lauded in song. verse and prose as "the stately homes of Eng- land."

It is not only income tax alone. however, which is causing the aid order to change. There are so many other things, death duties for instance, payable on the amount. of an estate which a man leaves when he dies. Sometimes thcse duties place a severe strain on the resources of the estates themselves. and there it at least one case on: record of a part of an estate left by one of our best known titled personsges having to be sold in order to meet the heavy duties which fell due after his death.

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This particular estate, one of the. most. famous and beautiful of slip the old English properties, nasr subsequently Joined a. long list of, others which have felt the pinch all present day costs of living in, other directions, and which hsvel as a result found it necessary to, commercialise themselm. in av fashion which seems almost in-' decent.

Now more than twenty of thcsel grand old homes, mostiof thrml dating back for centuries, with histories all their own and teillnill tslesfof bygone eras. seeming to be the very bodlment of the pageantry of England, have been opened to the gaze of sightseersl for an admission charge of I shil- ling or two. For this one may: wander about the notes of private, grounds. or even inspect the inter-l-' on of the buildings themselves, and l in this any the estates help to pay for their own upkeep.

In these difficult times probably! the titled fsmllles who still live in these homes accept the situation philosophically. and would lhl'l.VK from the idea of claiming an special privileges for themselves. But if any of their nledioevsl ancestors could talk. we should surely bur them compbln that." .......... ..it was never like this bsfon Cromwell? time. I"

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.men are not. fatallstlcally accepting

lllttle hope of restoring the e on- levr is the means of buying 1 their col-nlnunll.lu”will face a temp-

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British Trade Picture

(Canadian Chamber of Commerce)

As Canada faces a deterioratinl foreign trade picture it is hearten- ing to see that Canadian business-

the situation. but are displaying initiative and courage in trying to (incl an answer to this impor ant national problem, it is hardly necessary to stress again the im- portance of trade to Canada One- thlrd of our income comes from this source. Despite our small population we. are among the world's leading trading countries.

But this position cannot be main- talned without effort. Govermcnt controls-, exchange ard import re- strictions. the breakdown of the traditional convertibility between U. S. dollars and oounds slerilrg, the growth of barter and bilateral trade deals - these are a few of the hazards facing the businessman trying to trade in today's workl- From time to time governments get together and try to clarify the situation a little, and some good work has been done but there is stlll a long road ahead. This road, leading to a return to free and ex- panding international trade, can be traversed only by the busiress- men of the world. Government. no matter how well-meaning. cannot do it for them.

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The Anglo-Canadian Trade Com- rnittee, established by the Cans- dlen Chamber of Commerce and its opposite numbers in the United Kingdom, is one attempt by busi- nessmen to bring their intelligence and experience to bear on this dif- ficult problem. This Committee has- just. completed a week of meetings in London, in which a very wide range of suljects was discussed- but behind each individual item was the idea: "We must clear the barriers out of the way of t..aie." The Canadian group of 14 leading businessmen under the leadership of their chairman, c Gordon cock- shutt and the President. of the Canadian Chamber. Robert A. Bryce, represented every section of the country and every type of in- dustry. The British group was similarly representative.

Out of these diversified points of view evolved ascom agreement that their primary objective should be to expand Anglo-Canadian trade to the highest possible levels. And to do this, the Committee agreed that "every effort should be made to promote the return of internat- ional trade to a multilateral basis.” This does not mean, of course, that the members of the Committee are so naive as to expect an lm

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Progreu note: In the put 20 yous, the average man's neck has increased a full size. the average woman's feet a size and I hill- -Peterhoroulh Drummer-

Tho truth In that teach!”- liks nursing, is I. vocation rather than I job. For anyone not Dil-

sionately interested ill teaching

as an art. it milhl Well BMW to be an intolerable occupation, and there are few slshts more DWIG- tic than a. teacher who is a com- -..-- ggyg: '"rhe U. K. representatives record their extreme sympathy wlthithe point of view expressed by their Canadian colleagues, as they canot, forget the close ties which bind the two countries together, and especially the generosity of Canada to the U. K., not only ec- onomically. but also through finan- ciul help during and since the War-" The matter of immigration was also discussed, and the sl-ntemfht makes it clear that the internat- ional business group rec0B!1lZ9S the "commercial sdventaies '0 Wm Canada and the United Kingom of a movement from the United. Kingdom to Oanlds of men and women readily asslmllable into Canadian life, particularly those having familiarity with the oper- ation and servicing of British machinery. Buyer acceptance in Canada of British machinery will be assisted by such Immigration to Canada.”

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Another item among the many down-to-earth matters talked over was provincial corporation tax and its effect on British ard Ster- ling area investment in Canada. The Committee urges the govern- ments of Ontario and Quebec to "amend present corporation tax laws to bring them into harmony with what is now standard busi- ness practice in seven other Cens- dlan provinces, and with the

agreements definition."

It is hardly necessary to say that, as at the other meetings of this Committee. an atmosphere of cordisllty and hard work prevailed. The problems that this group ale studying are tough ones. But they are keeping at it, and that is the only way they will be solved. The next meeting of the group will be in Montrr-ti, early next September. And in the meantln-le'this group of public spirited businessmen and the Committees Canadian secret- ariai: "maintained by The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, will con- tinue exchanging information and advice with their British colles uea, studying he situation as it devel- ops from day to day. and in a wokl, making it clear that Cans- dlm businessmen are keeping after this important notional, problem which must be solved if Cansds is to continue along the upward path

expanding national income.

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plete misfit in the classroom. For- this reason alone. preoccupation with material matters like sun-y schedules, important as they un. doubfndly Ire, will not solve the problem by itself. -Calgary nu. aid. i

Canada is I long way lehlnu in television and wants to catch up. Whether we are going to catch up with the public funds og- prlvnte capital is something that affects taxpayers more than they realize. The whole television issue should be thrashed out on th.' floor of the House of Common; before this session is much Older, -Vancouver Province.

A Customs officer is stationed at the Eastern Passage airport on the shores of Halifax Harbour. He can clear pushes for the Unit. ed States-if tue flights have ori- ginated in Canada. He cannot give permission to planes to fly to the United States - if thosa planes started their flights in Europe. Surely this is one of th. most. extraordinary examples of Customs regulations to be found in the very think books of extra- ordlnary rules! An airplane fore. ed into Halifax by stress of wen. ther, encountered on a voyag. from Ireland. is ordered back to Newfoundland to report that 1: picked up gasoline in Halifax, it has done that can it. go on New York. That is an actual case.-Halifax Chron- icle-Herald.

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achievement of this goal. But too often of late this purpose has been entirely forgotten. thereby reducing even further the chance of an eventual return to multilateral trading. ' O I O

The joint statement of the Com- mittce (we should emphasize that, the British as well as the F -" approved this statement, and that it was released in the United King- dom) says that: "governments should subscribe to the policy of private trading as against bulk buying and should move as rapid- ly as possible to restore internat- ional trade to normal commercial channels, withln the broad frame- work of international agreements where applicable."

The statement then sounds a timely warning note when it. Ins: "While the Canadian laps entst- ives recognise that dollarshortage is driving the U. K. to curtail im- ports from Canada, there can be

omlc situation by increasing ies of U. K. goods in Canada if re- strictions impose severe hardship or even ruin without warning upon Canadians whose purchasing pow- these goods." 1;: the nme vein the com- mittee suggests that "many Oms- dlsn lndusrieo have been built up very lsrloly to nlnaly the U. K. mullet. and while producers and

orary reduction in the amounts to

be supplied. in the hope of better 1

thlnu in Lone, they can neither understand not accept without pro- test heavy cuts nlth imposed

The Committee therefore can- siders it eszehtisi, in order "to keep the pump primed. to main- tsln a flow of imports to the U. K.. to be increased as and when the sale of U. K. goods In North Amer-

lonlg-term market for U. K.

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