PRINCE PHILIPNVISITS CANADIANS
area for a week visiting Air Force personnel. (CP Wirephoto National Defence)
OTTAWA, —-Prince Philip is seen here being greeted by Air- Vice Marshal H. B. Godwin as
he alights from his aircraft dur-
ing a recent visit to the ItCAF’s No 4 fighter wing base at Baden- Soellingen, Germany. The Prince stayed in the Baden Soellingen
AMONG THE FARMERS
Federation of Agriculture Newsletter
THE MONTH OF MARCH
March is a period of very par- ticular interest to farm people, it brings the end of winter and the beginning of springs, even- ings that are long enough to do many of the chores by daylight, the return of some of the early birda the provision of fire wood, fence stakes, etc., for the sum- mer and appraisal of feed sup- plies to determine whether they will carry the" livestock to the grass.
Farmers’ meetings, Fat Stock Shows St. Patrick’s Day, open- ing of the Provincial Legislature and this year an election cam- paign all contribute to heighten man's interest.
This year the market prices for many farm products moved
. up quite rapidly during the month, potatoes, turnips, eggs, beef all improved and contribute to improving both the farmer’s financial position and his state of mind. All in all March has been so far an exciting month. THE ELECTION
Agricultural matters have been
introduced into the current elect- ion campaign in a variety of forms but in no more striking manner than was the case in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where a little pig appeared on the platform with the leader ,_ of a national political party. Cer- tainly pigs are pigs but whether they are competent to discus-s farm policy with respect to the hog industry may be questioned. In Grandview, Manitoba, where a Federal Cabinet Minis- ter was speaking, one represen- tative of a farm organization who entered a debate with more en- thusiasm than judgement ‘had poultry matters brought to his attention with an egg on the side of the head. , _ In the election campaign the farmer has, of course, a dual interest that of being first of all a Canadian citizen and next as a farmer. In the latter capacity he will, of course, attempt to judge the merits or otherwise of the Stabilization ‘Bill and the value of price supports andIde- ficiency payments as a means of
improving his situation. The farmer may take /some comfort out: of the fact that all political parties are recognizingthe diffi- culties that exist in agriculture
and have committed themselves to doing something about them.
QFARMERS’ WEEK This year’s ‘Tarmers’ Week”
meetings are now history and event with indifferent travelling the attendance was satisfactory and interest high. The dairy in- dustry, as usual, was well re- presented at its annual meeting and turned out in force for the banquet and program in the evening. The most recent effort was the third in this series and was the largest in point of at-
tunate in being able to maintain an organization which functions effectively and .is able to pro- vide the sort of program which had such good attendance last
men’s Association an anniver- sary which may possibly call for
a'~ program. FARM FORUM
/ Last Monday the discussion among the Farm Forumswas on the topic “Canada’s Role in
World Affairs” one which can
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tendance. The dairymen are for-,
week. Next year will be the 60th" annual meeting of the Dairy-_
something special in the way of.
not be very well described agricultural in nature or holding keen interest for the average person. However, the Canadian farmers does have an important interest in world affairs, anat- ion which derives almost one- third of its» income from exports has much at stake in internat- ional matters.
While the field of diplomacy may be a very complicated one yet world politics are certainly influenced by the opinion of the citizen on whose support govern-
« ments must rely for backing in
foreign policies initiated. Canada is a country with regional eco- nomies the Western has a very important stake in Great Britain and Western Europe as a market for grain, Central Canada is more interested in disposing mineral and forest products to the United States.
What happens in both areas is, of course, important nationally. Canada has a good reputation among the nations of the world and has made a noteable "contri- bution in the development of the commonwealth, in N. A. T. 0., in the Colombo Plan and gen-
, erally in smoothing out the road
to peace. FARM FORUM
The 19th season of Farm Forum will draw to a close next Monday and finds the program 591118 carefully studied forways -and means, of bringing about changes that will keep it in har- IHOHY With present day condi- tions.
The national sponsors and the national board will meet in Toronto on April 10 and 11 to plan changes in adminivstration, program and personnel. This meeting will take the ‘place of the usual Juneconference which if held this year will likely take place in the fall. Farm Forum has made over the years a not- able contribution in a great many different ways but probably the most worthwhile has been the training of rural people in the principle and practices of. leader- ship. A
While at one time many more forums operated in Canada than is the case today, nevertheless. the program continues tojustify itself as the outstanding national study group program ether in
‘agriculture of out of it. Thought-
_ful rural people who continue to recognize the importance of adult education will also recognize the value of Farm Forum as a- practical approach, '
THE FARM — HOW-LARGE?» Big farm or small, [family
‘farm \ or company farm, these
are questions which are bound to come up. for discussion, at any time , agriculturally minded people meet. Everyone believes
in families, ‘everyone believes in
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Page 14 The GuardianFri. March 21. 1958
Eclgczr Mclnnis Says Asia Won't
Go Communist
HALIFAX -— (CP) ~Edgar Mc- Innis, president of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs who recently returned from In- dia, said today Asia “won’t go Communist.”
The Charlottetown native who has twice won the governor - gen- eral’s award for his writings, said “Asia is not attracted to com- munism as a way of life.” India- and Pakistan are, however, in- terested in how “Russia has lift- ed herself from the bootstraps to become a_ great industrial power.”
farms. but the combination has been running into increasing dif- diculties and there are many ways people who believe ‘that the unit must justify its existence on a economic basis if it is to merit continuation.
Large farms are not always more profitable than small ones and there may even be, less effi- cient use of labour on farms em- ploying a number of men, on the other hand the one man farm places the operator in something less than a -desirable manner of life. The statement made at the meeting of the Central Farm- ers Institute that the ideal mix- ed farm appeared to be one of from 200 to 300 acres with two men on it, preferably the owner and. his son seems. to be very close to the mark.
The larger farm is in a better position to stand the high cost of mechanization. -and certainly two or’ three, men working to- gether at jobs with less effort than one man. Income fromsthe farm is derived from labour and investment of capital. If the amount of invested capital is small that portion of the income will be inferior and will also ef- fect the labour income as well.
Trend To Secrecy Annoys More And More Americans
By BEM PRICE
WASHINGTON (AP) — The red ink pad and the rubber stamp marked “secret” appear to have become a permanent part of gov- ernment in the United States.
Is anybody getting exercised about the trend? ’
Some people are, pointing out that:
1. Democracy’s basic doctrine that the people need facts to make intelligent decisions is being .stamped silly;
2. There is evidence that gov- ernmental preoccupation with se- crecy has damaged U.S. drfences, military and scientific.
3. There is testimony that most of the so-called secrets are se- crets only from the American public.
Some examples:
An important report on the state of U.S. defences has been suppressed by the White House. NOT TOLD
Americans never’ have been told the whole story of their mis- sile program, and how it stacks up against what is known of Ru: - sia’s. .
Books and records of nearly every government-al department are closed to public inspection. There are 2,000 active agencies, bureaus and departments in the federal government,‘ plus some 5,000 advisory bureaus. Nearly all meet behind closed doors. .
Almost $70,000,00_0,000 has been spent on foreign aid since the war — but ‘the’ government never has given the public a detailed -accounting of where ‘the money has gone or how effectively it has served.
The cutback in ffinds for mis-
sile work was concealed until after reporters began digging into the program in the wake of Rus- sia’s Sputnik I. ‘ HIDE INFORMATION
-Secrecy mania has reached the point where scientists in one
for our welfare plan benefits;
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branch of the armed forces don't know-and can’t find out—what their colleagues in other services are doing.
Agents of the government ac- counting office, supposedly the watchdogs a g a i n s t graft and waste, cannot inspect all the rec- ords of’ the defence department on the ground that some projects are secret. The department spends two-thirds of every tax dollar. The roots of the problem go back to General George Washing- ton’s administration, when the ex- ecutive department was made custodian of -records. This is the so-called Housekeeping Act.
As custodian, the executive de- partment has refused to turn over records to C o n g r e s s on the grounds of the constitutional sep- aration of powers between the legislative, judicial, and execu- tive branches.
The justice department has held that the president is sole judge of what is secret in the public inter- est. }
HISTORIC LAKE
Megantic Lake in Frontenac County,,Quebec, was crossed by missionary fathers in 1640.
Little Girls , Cause ~Mysiery
HAMILTON (C‘P)+Three little girls who wanted to bake a cake have been unmasked as the cul- prits in a baffling series of break- ins at Mountain View School near here. Constable Jack Wiebe, of the Saltfleet Towsnhip Police, said for several weekends the school had been entered but noth-
ing stolen.
The girls, ranging in‘ age from 9 to 11, told police they were playing on the school grounds one day when they found a window on the ground floor had been left
unlatched.
They climbed through an d
locked the win carefully re 1 . In plants on theDWa~lcnl:iԤ ti; ,entry would not how .then headed for science mum to b
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