MARCH ”19, , 1951,

PAGE - FOUR . , W g , , IFHE GUARDIAN. CHARLOT'l”E'll0WN . ,. V. ,. , T H E G U A R D l A N gtsudents in lthte ngrg amt: rounn yieatr.;)n:y PUB" F The -ninr: Distinctly list Wanted . . . , ,, f were regs ere n ar s, as aga ns n Lu; URUM - - , I l ' v V '5 Authorised -aeseognd Uh;-MM-U -'-M 0"!-0 science and 10 in commerce. "I am strongly ' g f Notes The Way I i ' "N .,,.,,a''',',',,:''',,,':,',',, pubmm 9,, of the opinion," he states, "that this small 11... ,,,,g,,,..,,'-., on. g, .5. . xx g g ' UIBUliI.Al1IiN attraction in arts has a most unhealthy ef- ::'t:;:'a:n:!o'";::::.1""'T':: Weiread that the lfriuoe Albert look em: them. any Qbgy new

feet on the educational and professional life of the Province. Prince Edward Is- land is training very few young people in literature, art, music and other cultural pursuits, and, perhaps, more important, the Province does not appear to encourage the study of economic, historical and political subjects so necessaryito the commercial, political, and professional pursuits in mod- ern society. A small Province with a Gov- ernment of its own and with active busi- ness and professional groups cannot afford to neglect the education of its young peo-

cost, which most of us can re. , member. was named for the Prince who later became Edward VlI,and not for the Prince Consort. And it was for this siune Prince that the Albert watch-chain was named- that ponderous decoration of poll- tician's stomachs. which looked like a plated logging-chain.-(Peta ezthorough Examiner.) i

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called these "watchers such ” . as itloaby sitters” and they. c g ly never paid them for their ser- vices. As a matter of fact, in the good old days mother and father stayed home about five night, . week. They dldalt trsipu om EV, ery night the way some madam parents do. And. besides, mm -0, them would have been too einlyg.-.' rassed to ask a stranger to look after their children. Anyhow, 1,3. bfes were a much hardier crew in those days.- (Lethbridge Herald.) Exhaustive tests by the rescue; department of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontam

Total City zone Retail Irsdlus zone . All Others . .. .. .. Total Net Paid ... ................ ... BAH: Editor and Managing )lr1IC'Mf' J. It Jurnett Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink"

CHABLOTTETOWN MONDAY, iwiCa7:n 19. 1951.0

Parliament's Plain Duty

Guardian does not necessar- ' iiy endorse the opinion or wrrespondents.

TEACHER? SALARIES

sir, - A letter written by a cor- respondent who is presumably a former Islander has appeared re- cently in The Guardian, in which the writer claims that there lsnmgige money in collecting gar age - tawa than in teaclaing school in Prince Edward Islan .

We admit that .from a financial standpoint garbage collector has been success us, but we object to him using his surplus garbage to sling at Senators who are having a

To rurr the business that is the City of Hamilton is going to cost the public considerably more this year. The oauses are not obscure -they are identical with those faced by all industrial. all cum- merclal, all government operations. Automatic in.

The Progressive Conservative Oppos- ition's financial critic J. M. Macdonneli,

speaking-in the House of Commons on the Defence Production Act, has described the powers sought by the Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe in the proposed legislation as "almost god- like." Parliament, says Mr. Macdonncii, "might as well be sitting in the moon or in central Africa for all it will ever know about defence pi'oduction."

Let it at once be said that Mr. Mac- donneil is a man who invariably puts prin- ciple before party. He fears, and rightly so, legislation which accords absolute pow- ers to a Minister of the Crown. The bill now before the Commons authorizes the cabinet to do such acts and things, as it may, by reason of the existing national em- ergency, deem necessary or advisable ”for the security, defence, peace, order and wel- fare of Canada.”

At least once within living memory of most Canadians Parliament abrogated its responsibilities in favor of the Government. That was in the midst of World War II. For several ycars, out of a sense of patriot- ism alone, Canadians of all parties tolerated a despotism that was not always benev- olent. It is questionable whether the pre- sent international situation, grave as it may be, justifies a return to a state of affairs which, in law if not in fact, would be even more despotic.

There are many aspects of the Defence Production Act which deserve close and careful scrutiny. Most serious and dis- turbing however is the sweeping authority to be conferred upon the Government-- authority which, if exercised, would deny the ordinary citizen access to the courts.

The Defence Production Act, let it be remembered, was drafted under the direct- ion of Mr. Howe. Mr. Howe, despite his acknowledged talents in the realm of in- dustry and production, is no student of re- sponsible government. The iegislation for which he now seeks the approval of the House is alien to all British political tra- ditions. .

Parliament's plain duty is to reject the legislation which Mr. Howe has brought down in the House of Commons, and sub- stitutc for it measures which will preserve intact, no matter how great the emergency, the principle of the Supremacy of Parlia- ment and the Rule of Law. Canadians have had enough experience in recent years with the arbitrary exercise of authority by the executive not to tolerate the "New Despai- ism" which the Defence Production Act im- plies.

Prince of Wales college

Some popular prejudices with regard to Prince of Wales College are satisfactorily disposed of in the report of the principal. Dr. Frank MacKinnon, which is contained in the general annual report of the Depart- ment of Education for the year ending March 30. 1050, tabled recently in the Leg- lslaturc.

In the first place, the College is not crowded, as is generally supposed. With proper planning, many more students can be accommodated, particularly those who, for various rcasons, have "felt it necessary to go to schools and junior universities in other Provinces.

"The number of students passing with honour standing is very high and the num- ber of failures low for an institution of this kind. 215 out of .598 students, or 36 per cent, passed with certificate or honour standing, 75 out of 598, or 13 per cent, fall- ed to pass, of which the big majority were in First Year. The number leaving the Col- lege during the session and the number passed conditionally are normal. "These re- sults," says Dr. MacKlnnon,. "compare most favourably with those of similar in- stitutlons elsewhere, and they are encourag- ing iii a time when most institutions are re- porting great increases in the number of students who fall."

it is also pointed out that 723 students wrote the entrance examinations in 1949. of which 433 or 60 per cent passed. This com-

day. was merely a fishing station and source of furs have greater prospects seemed in view for Canadian fisheries.

working expenses, and

pie in this sphere."

EDI IURIAI. NOI ES

Fallen power lines near Montague were

found to have fused a mixture of clay and sand to produce what resembled a glazed stone. dustries to have owed their origin to such freakish accidents.

It is not unknown for important in-

I C O

The sixth annual meeting of the Fisher- ies Council of Canada opens in Ottawa to- Perhaps nevcr since the new world

a it 0

Over 7,000,000 bushels of Maine pola-

toes were dumped before the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture made decision to con- vert the 61,000,000 bushels into industrial alcohol. difficulty in getting the make it worth their while to ship the sur- plus to the starch factories.

Here our farmers are experiencing Government to

it I I

Complaining that few people attend the

meetings of the Common Council of Saint John it has been decided to post at noon the preceding Saturday Court House and thc'Ciiy Hall, the agenda of the meeting to give the public an op- portunity to know beforehand what mat- ters would come up for consideration. This, too, in a city that has both up-to-date morning and evening doesn't the Council use their advertising columns?

in the County

newspapers. Why

It used to be Nova Scotia that advo-

cated Maritime Union with headquarters at Halifax. Legislature favour it. A Maritime Legis- lature to speak with a united voice at Ot- tawa for Canada's four easternmost prov- inces was advocated by Mr. G. W. Perry,

Now some in New Brunswick

(PC-,Carleton). Mr. Perry said a Mari-

time government would be more econom- ical than the present system of four pro- vincial governments. rate "the Federal

squandering taxpayers money.

Surely not at the Government is now

David Livingstone, African traveller, was

born this date 1813, at Blantyre in Scotland. From the age of ten he worked in a cotton factory, at the same time teaching himself Latin and studying natural history. Later studied medicine at Glasgow and in 1840

was ordained as a missionary by the Lon-

don Missionary Society. After many wan- derings in Africa and after discovering the Victoria Falls he returned to England, where he received various honours and sev- ered his missionary connection. He accept- ed the post of H. M. Consul at Qullimane

and before his death in May 1873 had ex-

plored the Zambezi, Shire and Rovuma riv- ers and discovered Lake Nyasa.

It is pleasant to be told by Mr. Donald Gordon, President of the C. N. R., that that organization has always met operation ex- penses since its inauguration. Its financial troubles, of course, are due to having paid "too much for its whistle". In order to have a Government railway in competition with the C. P. R. it got involved in heavy borrowings to pay off the stockholders, etc., and that has been a burden around the C. N. R.'s neck ever since. The patrons of the railway have to pay first to defray then again to pay the enormous interest on the borrow- ed monegjnvolved in acquiring the bank- rupt railways.

Senator Wishart Robertson, Halifax,

Government leader in the Senate, is fath- er of a means of Senate reform, which he would now like to withdraw, Senators having had their say. anlmous consent to permit withdrawal, and

resolution seeking ways and

But he can't as it requires un-

tough enough time these days keep- ing their skirts clean.

It is regrettable that the writer is not a public-spirited man, as he claims that he does not belong to either of the official political part- ics and as, according to his name, he is half scotch and half Irish, he should be either "for the Govern- ment" or ”agln" it.

I am sir, etc, KING'S COUNTY

THE & MT. ARARAT

sir, - with reference to an art- icle ln your issue of Feb. 14 on Mt. Everest, a few observations for Bible students may be in order. For years the same story has appeared, con- cerning thc Ark being located on Mount Ararat in Armenia. It pops up persistently. but note:

to) Armenia lies North of Pales- tine.

(b). Until recently this Mount (singular) Ararat was known as Mount Massls.

(c) The Bible speaks of the Mountains (plural) of Ararat. meaning a. chain of mountains. Gen. 8:4.

(d). The Bible shows clearly the- coursc taken by Noah after leaving the Ark, East to West. Gcn. 1122.

ie) The "Mountains of Ararat" was the ancient name for the high table lands of Thibet.

(ii Thibet is from a Hebrew root. used in the Bible for the Ark of Noah.

(g) All Mt. Everest expcdltinnzs have failed to penetrate the secret of the heights and will fail until the time arrives to reveal what is preserved there in ice and swirl- ing snow.

I am. Sir, ctc.. BIBLE STUDENT Albany, P. E. I.

SENATE REFORM

sir, - I notice in The Guardian of March 14th that Senator Grant replied to "Reader's" letter and I read both letters and cannot find any connection between them. notice in Senator Grant's speech "Reader" starts off as follows: "I delivered in the Senate on Febru- ary 13th., he was the last person from his constituency to get a job in the Charlottetown Post Office. This is quite an admission coming from the doughty doctor, and the chairman of the Civil Service Commission must have had some- thing in his mind that he kept to himself, when he refused to make any more appointments from Kinris County since 1899. Perhaps Senn- tor Grant will explain the reason fully".

Senator Grant explained as fol- lows: "Well, I was a school teacher fifty years ago and in the annual report of the Superintendent of Education, my name was mention- ed as one of the six best teachers in the Inspectorate of King's Coun- ty. Since that time I have not lost the art of making my point of view perfectly clear to my llstetncrs and if 'Render' has at least the intel- ligence of a child, all he has to do is to read my speech again and get the information he has evidently overlooked”.

Does Senator Grant really think he has answered the question? In no place in his answer or in his speech did he reply to the question put to him.

Now I ask the question. What. happened that the Civil Service Commission refused to make any appointments from King's County to the Post Office in Charlottetown since 1399?

I notice a letter by Allan J. Cni- laghan in answer to Senator Grant's letter regarding teachers salaries, wherein he states: "When you consider that 3225. would buy as much fifty years ago as SL000. would today, the teachers are no better off now than they were in Senator Grant's days. Therefore he has nothing to boast about in regard to past Liberal Governments." This effectively an-

swers the rest of Senator Grant's letter. I am, Sir, ctc.. PADDY.

St. Patrick's Day. Q-eem-so-t-cot-out-tom

9 Old Charlottetown

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PUONEWS OBITUAIIY

From the Prince Iikiwsrd Is- land Register. May 5. 1820:

" Died at Murray Harbour, on the 2'lth April last. William Gra- ham. lot as. Mr. Graham was a native of Lockerbis, near Dum- tria. had spent fifty-four years in this Oolony, and departed in his son: year. Though he did not bring much wealth from his na- tive oountry, he possessed more solid requisites - at stern integ- rityli.hIl..ecuid not brook being in

-The lilies were

SBIGFY increases: have proved that Sudlbury wage, is abnormally "soft". 'Nu'.s mum that it is lacking in some cheinicu contents, particularly cslcium..gh, stuff that costs the inside 01 ho; water inks and protects tyhgm against he corrosive influence of acids in the water. The HEPC in. tends to continue tests of sud. bu:ry's hot water tanks. and im been experimenting with zinc pal.

creased wages put into effect through agreements; cost-of-living bonuses; reduction of working hours for employees-to meet these the local homeowner will have to pay an additional four mills on his 1951 bil'l.-(Hamilton Spectator.)

A properly constituted Canadian Coast Guard service would provide

Soviet's Threat To Leave The U.N.

By W. N. Ewer

On February 16th, Moscow Radio, followed by all its subsid-

iaries, broadcast an interview given by Mr. Stalin to a Pravda correspondent.

In the course of it he said that "the United Nations Organization, created as the bulwark for pre- serving peace, is being turned in- to an instrument of war. into a means for unleashing a new world war. In this way, it is burying its moral prestige and docming itself to disintegratlbn".

Since then, the theme has been repeated and developed. And the theme of the disintegration of U. N. O. is continually linked with the theme that its place as a bul- wark cf peace is being taken by the World Peace Council - which Pravda announces is now "the

most representative organ of all peoples". The first task ,of the Council

says its repcrt to the recent Ber- lin "World Peace Congress", is to "expose before world public opinion the disintegration and bankruptcy of U. N. O." " If", says a star Sov- iet radio commentator, Mr. Olus- ehek, "the U. N. does not respond to the representations of the del- egaticn of the World Peace Coun- cil, the Soviet Union would have no alternative but to leave the U. N.”

It is hard to resist the conclu- sion that the stage is being set for Soviet withdrawal from Lake Suc- cess. Nor is that surprising. The Soviet Union and its satellites have long since ceased to take any positive part in the work of any of the U. N. 0. crganizaiions. They have remained in order to obstruct and in order to have a forum for their propaganda. But. obstruc- tlcn has been getting more and more difficult as the Assembly has found ways of circumventing the Soviet veto in the Security Coun- cll. And there is little propaganda advantage to be had from debates in which soviet spckesmen so con- iinuously get the worst of the ex- changes.

It looks. then, as if the decision has been taken and as if the de- mands of the world Peace Coun- cil are to be made the occasion.

What is this curious body which is held up for our admiration as "the most representative organ of all peoples"? The phrase is 1: rev- elation of the meaning wiilch Communists attach to the word "representative".

It began with 2 "Congress the Pnrlisans of Peace" held Paris in the spring of 1949. delegates were invited by a com- mlttee. who appointed the com- mittee hus not been revealed. changed to the World Peace Congress and the World Peace Committee.

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of in The

The second World Peace Con- gress was held last November in Warsaw. Again the delegates were all invited. This vast majority were Communists or notorious "fellow travellers." A few genu- ine paclfists. who were invited either in error or in the hope that they could be deluded. were de- ncunced and derided in hysterical sessions in which the current Bov- iet slogans were the theme of most of the speeches.

No expense was spared. All the delegates had all their fares and expenses paid. I came from Bom- buy to London in the same plane as an Indian delegate. He was a deaf poet who spoke only Malayan. so his daughter came as inter- pretor. His attendance (the value of which is not very obvious) must have cost somebody something not far short of 03,000.

This ocstly congress of invited delegates set up the World Peace Council. And. in true Communist style, there is also a "Permanent Bureau" of 12: stven of them com- munists, the rest "fellow. travel-

lers". It is this "cadre" of twelve members. entirely Conununist

dominated. which runs the Coun- oil which claims to be "the most representative orgsn of .ali peo- ples". It is, at the bottom. this

to cultivation not much, less than ieo acres. Owing severe injur- ies. Mr. Graham was for a long period very lune. and has been

W greatly improved search-and-res- cue facilities for craft in distress A in the waters off our shores-whe- g '1 thcr our own craft or those of our neighbors. It would combine into one organization the many duties now distributed among half a dozen separate Government de- partments. And.by no means least, it would provide a force. trained on naval lines. which could be ab- sorbed as an invaluable part of the naval service in time of emergency. -(Halifax Chimiicle-Herald.)

lets as a means of combating 12,. corrosion. Sudbury people cm, draw consolation from the fad that "soft" water is best for swim. ming and bathing, and that soap last: much longer because it 1.5 m much-easier to whip up 1 lat-he, in soft waier.- (Sudbury Star.)

Blessed be the Lord. who daily londeth us with benefits, even the; God of our salvation. Selnh.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

body which is "demanding" that the United Nations shall accept its proposals. And we are told from Moscow that if the "demand" is not obeyed, the soviet Union will leave the United Nations. Now, the chief proposal is one which the Soviet delegation to U. N. 0. has already mnde and which- ilic Assembly has declined to ac-

WIIY baby sitters anyway? in . the good old days parents used to i take their children with them (and there were usually more 6 children in families then, too) NATIJR5 wherever they went. Young chil- dren and infants in arms used to go to the old silent movies, to dances and p:irt.ics almost. its fic-