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Air Defence Projects

Both Summerside and Green- wood, Nova Scotia, will share in the $15,000,000 expansion plans which have been announced this week by Maritime Air Command Headquar- ters, Halifax. Details of the $8,000,- 000 Summrrside projects appeared in yesterday's Guardian. The Green- wood projects are ofia similar nat- ure but the larger share of the work

" is beingdone at Summerside, which

is the home of the Maritime Com-

mand’s operational training unit.

The improvements will ‘provide for the new anti-submarine patrol

, planes and will include a $3,000,000

maintenance hanger as well as a cen- tral heating plant costing $1,250,000. As the sitting member for the Coun- ty, Dr. Phillips,/states, all this money

‘ pouring into a town of approximate-

ly 7,000 people will bring increased

employment and a-new level of pro- I

sperity, in whichthe whole Province will benefit indirectly. The priority given to the work indicates that it is regarded as of prime importance to

the country, which of course is the

justification for the huge expend- itures involved. It is highly gratify- ing to note that the Prince County capital will continue to play, a vital role in our Air Force training pro- gram. There is now every reason to believe that it‘ will do so for years to come, on a scale even greater than it has done in the past. A

A Matter Of Conscence I

The resignation of Peter Thor- Britain’s Chancellor ofa of the Exchequer, may or may not mean that the Macmillan Govern- ment is “crumbling”, as claimed by the Labour Opposition. But itl“ will be recalled that when Mr. ’Thorney- croft was appointed to the post he, was acclaimed by the Cabinetianid by a large part of the country as a man who could beptrusted to steer ‘the nation to a position of financial stability. There was even talk that he might get the leadership of‘ the party on Mr. Macmillan’s ‘retire- ment. His resignation, therefore, cannot be dismissed as a small thing, although, of course, its ef- fect on the Government’s future prospects is yet to be appraised.

But there is one thing about the resignation" which merits ‘consider- ation, not only in Britain but where-

_ ver Governments find themselves un-

‘ that I was a very poor preacher.”) .

the taxes, it is also good for

able to practice what they preach. (In this connection one recalls the words of the late Archbishop Wil- liam Temple: “If I were to practice What I preach, it would mean simply

The «British Government——like ‘the Canadian Government——has for years been urging the people to spend less money in an effort to com- bat inflation. Mr. Thorneycroft took the Government at its word and evidently’ proceeded on the as- sumption that if attight-money pol- icy is good for the people, who pay , the Government, which has the use of them. This, presumably, is where he came into variance with his collea- gues, or the majority of them.

The fact is that Governments cannot practise retrenchment on a large scale, especially these days when unemployment is a threaten- ing -problem and people are clamour- ing for more‘and more public works and more and more welfare benefits. Prime Minister Macmillan is prob-

ably right in his contention that the . Government could not possibly be as

austere as Mr. Thorneycrof’ want- ed it to be. But there is a case for Mr. Thorneycroft’s ‘contention, too—- that Governments have a moral duty to set an example of thrift in periods of inflation.

In any event, the Chancellor’s resigination will be no_,_,_ obstacle to his political ambitions for the future, if he has any. There is ample pre- cedent in Britain for a minister’s disagreement with governmental pol- icy to insure his ascendancy at a more opportune time. Both Sir

_ Winston Churchill and Sir‘ Anthony

Eden rose to national leadership by standing up for what they believed to be right in face of top-level dis- pleasure.‘

‘ University

U. 5. Farms

A year end report of the United States Department of Agriculture reveals the following facts and fig- ures: The total crop output was one of the biggest in many years, des- pite one of the smallest acreages. Between April 1 1956 and April 1, 1957 more than 1 million persons left the country’s farms. At present there are approximately 201/2 million persons engaged in farming, nearly 5 million fewer than in 1950.

Gross income to farmers was about the same as in 1956, roughly $34% billion. Of this amount, how- ever, Government subsidies of one kind and another made up nearly $1 billion. This was about double the amount paid out in 1956. The in- crease resulted mainly from soil bank payments for taking land’ out of production of wheat, corn and cot- ton. ' ‘ ‘

30 years ago it took a farmer 2.6 hours to _plow an acre of land,5 hours to harvest and store ‘an acre of wheat and 7 hours to) handle one acre of corn. Today, a farmer with his tractor can plow an acre in about 48 minutes (an hour, if he happens to be a_ bit slow!). It takes only another hour to harvest and put away an acre of wheat, and the same for corn.

The value" of farm real estate, however, is going up all the time. This is considered to be the result of merging small farmers in bigger units. By March 1 this year, the total value will be $118 billion, 7.8 per cent above the 1957 figure.

This is a Congressional election year in the United: States. Conse-‘ qupntly, more and more, public money, will likely be (diverted to the farm economy——the stabilization pro- gram, soil bank, etc.

EDITORIAL NOTES 9

Weather-wise, this Island is cer- tainly a favoured spot as 1958 gets underway. All around us are bliz-

zards, heavy frosts and gales, while ,

about all we have had to ticomplain

, about so far is unduly mild weather.

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, Congratulations to Michael Liu To Hin, 3. student at St. Dunstan’s, who won firstprize in a photo- graphy contest sponsored by the National Federation of Canadian ’ students. Congratul- ations, too, to the old man who con- sented to have his picture taken.

‘ I an -1- 4- ’ .

The Hon. Dr. Bonnell and his associates in the Health Department have reason to be pleased over their achievements in the past year. In every phase of the public health program some advance was made.

1 I‘ R — “Nowadays everything grows , old in a few hours. Reputations

I fade, a work passes away in a mom-

ent. Everybody Writes, nobody reads seriously/”. How often in the 20th century one hears this complaint! It was "uttered by Chateaubriand in 1836.—Van Wyck Brooks in “Sat- urday Review”. ' ‘ ‘I’ ‘A’ Y ‘ Congratulations to George Mac-

-- Pherson of Launching, ‘the new Pre-

sident of the Provincial Junior Far- mers; to his predecessor in office, Edward Clark of Belmont, who led the organization through a'success- ful year, and to all the officers and members for’ the very fine manner in which they are helping to streng- then the agricultural economy of

the Province. I

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The Russians have rejected Bri- 'tish, American and Japanese pro- tests against the ‘closing of Vladivos- ‘. )k_ Bay to foreign commerce. There was a time when such a dispute wot have led to serious: interna- tional complications. In this instance there will be nothing more than dip- lomatic grumbling for a few more days. Then, the incident will be for- gotten. It probably ‘means that fear and not wisdom is in the ascendency; but in ' case is an improve-

ment over the old way’

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The politicians need not be dis- turbed over the Rev. H. L. Hender- son’s intimation that he might run as a candidate in Kings County in the next Federal election. The Port- age La Prairie inayor’s expressed intention was made contingent on his being chosen as leader of the Liberal Party; and that possibility can be dismissed from serious con- sideration. The fight in King’s will bees before-—Mr. J. A. MacDonald for the P.C’s and lVlr. T. J. Kickham for the Liberals. with possibly a CCF nominee to provide a little dis- tractior -

AU REVOIR.

UNITED KINGDOM OPINION

Anxious Eyes On MOLIIGI

' By “0nlooker” Thomson Newspapers, London, England, Bureau

Amid all the talk of summit -talks, world tours by Britain's Prime Minister, sputniks and guided missiles, quite a few Bri- tish eyes have been turned southwards to Malta -— and to a more immediate human problem. There, -think many Britons, the tiny island in the Mediterranean has been given a raw deal.

Back to London has flown Sir Robert Laycock, now British go- vernor in the ‘island and war- time commando leader. He came on a lightning visit to plead that Britain should forget her deci- sion to close the dockyards the Royal Navy keeps there -- the dockyards that represent the life- blood of -the island.

He warns too that if the Bri- tish are too heavy-handed in their treatment of the Maltese they will find themselves without Malta’s support now and, ‘more impor- tant, if a conflict flares‘ up again.

Coming as it does now, the row is unfortunate. Plans had been made for Malta to send members of Parliament to the British par- liament at Westminister after the next general election —— a tribute to Malta as sound as the award of the George Cross to the island for its bravery during the war.

But if things are not handled delicately the vital island will drift away, not towards, Britain.

‘.UNl-IAPPY- NEW YEAR

For more than one segment of Britain’s population, it has been an unhappy new year. The Rank Organization film - makers are to cut-back film production at their huge Pinewood Studios just outside London and 360 techni-

cians are threatened with loss of jobs./Another big filrn outfit, As- sociated British, has shed 148 tem- porary studio workers.

Declining cinema attendances and the retention of entertain- ment tax in the cinema —- al- -,thoi1gh live theatre here is now free of tax — is blamed. During the last quarter of 1957 attendan- ces in Britain zoomed downwards to less than a quarter over the 1956 figure. -

In the meantime. the British film industry still does not seem to know, quite, where it is going. It has little idea at the moment on how to create stars, and the British are getting rather tired of seeing photos of cuties in their newspapers and having them described as “film stars” — ev- en though they have never made a. film. Ranks are the worst of- fenders. They have ainurnber of players under contract who nev- er were and — as one appear- ance in a minor role so often‘

2 proved conclusively enough —- ne-

ver could be stars. But in the meantime they are still pulling in a hefty salary for their medio-

v crity. - ,

‘AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY ,

An unhappy - happy new year for those who make Britain’s planes. In Isle of Wight, a small island just off England’s south coast, some 1600 aircraft workers are faced with dismissal — be- cause Germany, enemy of bare- ly a dozen years ago, has decid- ed not to order a new fighter the workers have been engaged upon. If Germany had ‘placed an or- der,'it would have meant more

Khrushchev vs. Kennan

Christian Science Monitor

The foreign policy question raised by George Kennan are crucial and irrepressible. The al- ternatives he poses should be ful- ly weighed. For sooner or later all talk of negotiation comes round to the central proposal for a neutralized Germany.

The free nations must be ready always to neogitate with Moscow. They must keep the door open for every possible exploration of disarmament agreements. ‘But public should know that nine- tenths of the disarmament talk is propaganda. Few men who have dug into the subject have any hope for more than token limitation on arms. And the pos- sibility now most intensely dis- cussed in limitation in the form of demilitarized zones — espec- ially in Central Europe.

Mr. Kennan, prime fashioner of the United States’ original “containment” policy, is only the latest advocate of trying “disen- gagement.” As we understand it, he urges consideration of a with- drawal of NATO forces from West Germany, and of American troops -from the Continent, eventually even from Britain. In exchange the Soviet Union would withdraw its forces from East Germany and other satellites. A reunited Germany would maintain force

sufficient only for internal secur-‘ ity and be committed to a neu- tralpolicy. GUARANTEE T0 GERMANY » Mr. Kennan says he would not dismantle NATO. Indeed, he would have the United States still guarantee Germany. He believes, apparently, that policy must be- come more supple and that demil- itarizing Germany would not in- jure the West’s military position. The idea is that the ultimate threat of nuclear war would still be a protection for Europe. The hope would be for an easing of tensions and more chance for sa- tellites to work toward freedom. This is a beguiling vista. But before'moving far on the path toward it one encounters several vast uncertainties. What safe- guards, it any, would accompany troop withdrawals? Would reuni- fication of Germany be on Mos- cow’s terms? Would Germany not be exposed to the same condi- tions in which the Allies left Eastern Europe after the war conditions which produced the Kremlin’s satellite empire?

‘ Under what conditions would an

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American guarantee of Germany take effect?

Can defense of the West —be rea- sonably or safety left to the ulti- mate threat of retaliation? What

The Status of Mr. Speqker

Ottawa

Mr. J. W. Pickersgill wants to give the Speaker of the House of Commons greater powers, and has put a motion on the order paper to that effect. In particu- lar, he would like to abolish all appeals from the rulings of the Speaker, meaning there would be no more recorded divisions (gen- erally on party lines) against such decisions.

The House can do it as it choos- es, of course, but it would seem that the more scope the mem- bers allow themselves for dealing with unexpected developments the more smoothly are they like- ly to get their business done. Why should the House deny itself the privilege of appealing a ruling from the chair‘? The more impar-

tial the occupant of that position,

Citizen

and the more respect he has earn- ed, the less frequent will be the appeals. And if the government itself wishes to appeal against a ruling by a Speaker ( a member of its own political party), only the circumstances of the case can determine the rightness or other- wise of such a course.

What is more needed, at this time, is the abolition of a rule or custom that declares that there shall be an English - speaking Speaker alternating with a French - speaking incumbent, Parliament by Parliament. The only sensible test should be the fit ness of any particular individual to hold that office. And this same test ought surely also be applied to those who may have an op- ‘

portunity to become Prime Min- ' There was only one good road in jthe huskies had done their job 3 lthey would be shot.

ister of Canada.

money for development — and then perhaps the Royal Navy would have taken the fighter - the S.R. 177 — as well. ‘

Although British aircraft export figures for .1957 will prove the highest in the industry’s history, there is disquiet behind scenes. Manufacturersare thinking that

“the British defence decision to do

away with manned fighters in the near future ‘is premature. And they warn that without substant- ial military orders, it_ is impos- sible to go ahead with civil pro- jects —- like the supersonic airlin-

. er which they started to plan-

béfore the axe fell —- which are necessary to keep Britain up front in civil aviation. ' ENSURING POSTERITY But a fairly happy new year at London’s huge Theatre Royal in Drury Lane —— the only thea- tre where flunkeys in powdered wigs, scarlet coats and knee bree- ches s ill help you to your seat; They’ve just eaten a cake there. The cake is called the Badde- ley Cake, and it is made each ~year from «money left by an ac- tor called Baddeley. Baddeley was an awful actor,- and when he died better. than a hundred years ago he .mu_st have sensed that for his ability in that sphere he would not be femembered. So instead \he stipulated that a

th Night and it should be eaten by the players of the production ‘ going on at the time at the Thea- tre-Royal.

While they are at the threatre, the players are automatically called “The Queen’s Company of Comedians.” -. '

Baddeley’s,ghost will be hap- pier this year than he has been recently. For the first time since the war started a-British pro- duction is going on at Drury Lane —— Shakespeare's “The Tempest”

Since the war.Drury Lane has housed imported American shows Next year -- and probably the year after that as well -— the Americans will be back again, in the London production of “My Fair Lady.”‘ ICE AND SNOW

“No Snow” rleports a friend by postcard from Austria, where he went a few days ago equipped with skis and all the other equip- ment. He should have gone north from London, not south. At the moment, thanks to the weather, some of the best skiiing in Eur- ope can be had in Scotland.

Now come the three worst months of the year for the Bri- tish — ice, snow, fog, and, to- wards the end of the quarter, rain, rain, rain. And there will be thousands of Britons deter- mining to do something about get- ting c e n t r a 1 heating installed some time for next winter — and then forgetting all about it as the first sun glimmers through. . .

exactly sets off retaliation — and world War? Would a repetition of Hungary? Or Soviet interven- tion in a civil war in Poland? Cane the lines be drawn so clear- ly that restraints will become ful- ly understood and automatic? Or will the situation become fuzzier, witlimore chance for division and uncertainty in the West? BALANCE OF POWER

Is long - range bombing by planes or missiles the only weight in the balance of power? Isn’t it more probable that a stalemate in that field will give new impor- tance to conventional forces and their employment in aggressive nibbling? =

Nikita Khrushchev has shown himself quite aware of the pos- sibilitics of both divide - and- conquer and nibbling tactics. He is the principal advocate of de- militarizing Central Europe. His ultimate aims and Mr. Kennan’s are wholly contrary. Which one is mistaken as to means‘?

NORTHLAND LAGS

OTTAWA .(CP)—R. A. J. Phil- lips, former secretary of the Canadian Embassy in says Canada is generations be- hind the Soviet Union in the de- velopment of its nortliland. Mr. Phillips, chief of the Arctic divis- ion of the northern affairs de- partment, told a meeting Wed-

nesday night that the big prob- lem is lack of transportation.

the Northwest Territories.

cake should be baked each Twelf-’

Bosic Foods For Dinner

By Herman N. Bundesen, MD- You’ve had a busy day at the office. And despite all my “F- ging to relax. many of you are still weary at the end of V0111‘ working hours.

So relax once more en route. home. Again, you can read. 01‘ doze but take these P1‘ eC10‘15 few minutes on the train or bus to forget your worries and take things easy.

BEFORE DINNER H When you arrive home, ITS 3 K good idea to lie down and take a nap, or at least rest for 15 ‘or 20 minutes, before eating din- ner. This will give your stom- ach a chance to become unknot- ted.

Whether you plan to stay: home for ‘the evening or to go out make "sure you eat a good dinner.

What should you eat? Well, that’s very simple to answer. BASIC FOODS -

Each day you should get your seven basic foods in the proper amount. What you don’t eat for breakfast or lunch should be made up at dinner time. These basic foods are:

Milk—An adult needs at least two glasses a day. It may be taken by drinking it, mixing it with other foods, or’ in ice cream and cheese.