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Farm Credit Program The new farm credit program, to which reference appeared in an Ot- tawa despatch in yesterday’s issue, marks an improvement over the pre- sent system operated by the Canad-

jan Farm Loan Board, and will be

‘welcomed on that account. It raises the ceiling from $15,000 to $20,000 on individual iong-term farm mort- gage loans and provides for direct supervision by the Minister of Agri- culture.

The Finance Minister, it is explain- ed, will still be responsible for farm improvement loans, made by banks under federal guarantees, which also are to be expanded when the legisla- tion is renewed for another three years. These measures, taken in con- junction with provincial loan legisla- tion for the encouragement of young- er farmers, are in keeping with the

trend of the times which has brought -

a lot of headaches to those engaged in @griculture. The cost of farm operations today

a few years ago, while the returns, in many cases, are More uncertain than ever due to world market conditions. An illustration of how the industry has been affected is given in a Sur- vey of Production report just releas- ed by the Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics, which shows that while the -net

———-value of agricultural production in

1956. was $2,059 million, or 35 per cent greater than in 1946, the indus- try’s share of the net value of output

———4n the-provinces declined, in the same

10-year period, from 23 to 12 per cent of the total. This net value is calcul- ated by deducting operating expenses (including taxes on farm land, net farm rent, depreciation, wages paid to labor and interest on mortgages and other debts) from gross farm production.

On this calculation, the net percent- age value of farm production by pro- vinces to overall commodity produc- tion is given as follows: British Columbia 4.1; Alberta 26; Saskat- chewan 59; Manitoba 27; Ontario 6.6; Quebec 5.5; New Brunswick 11; Nova Scotia 7; Prince Edward Island 43. This leaves Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island as the provin- ces most vitally concerned in agricul- ture, from the standpoint-of their provincial economy. Hence any meas- ures aiméd at providing easier farm credit, or otherwise aiding the indus- try, are of proportionately greater value to these provinces than they are to other parts of the country where farming has been losing out to other industries as a prime source of revenue. fie

Germany Today

The foreign ministers’ meeting at Geneva has gone on for six weeks without reaching any solution to the German reunification question. Meanwhile, an article published by the National Geographic Society helps us to visualize better this new

- {s out of all proportion to what it was__

Germany that has sprung from the -

ashes of the old, thirteen years af- ter it lay in ruins. It is an amazing picture, which visitors have not hes- itated to call. miraculous, of busy factories, spanking new buildings, gay neon lights, and well-fed, well- clothed people who, scarcely more than a decade ago, thought them- selves lucky just to be alive.

The country remains, however, a house divided. Areas that once were German now are part of Po- land or the Soviet Union. Of once great Prussia, nothing remains. Even the name has disappeared from maps. Through the midst of what remains of Germany runs the Iron Curtain that separates the armed might of East and West. Bisected Berlin, long the centre of German culture, is a lonely Western outpost set in Communist-controlied East Germany.

Yet despite war losses and its shrunken size, Germany has more people than before the war. West

' Germany’s population is up by 11

million since 1939, due in large

measure fo refugees. The popula-

density is about 10 times that ' the United States. West and East

lading Berlin, now have on of about 71 million. Of

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fund for research ‘into children’s dis-

research in Canadian universities and

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done,” a Krupp employee once said, “is as uplifting to him as the painting of a good picture ta an artist.” Inherited wealth virtually ds- appeared during the . catastrophic events provoked by Hitler. Hence sabor appears to bear little resent-

experimented with giving labor the right of “‘co-determination”—a voice in management policy. With insight into the workings of industry, labor leaders are said to take a more re- sponsible attitude. ‘Co-determination remains a_ controversial économic policy, however.

Throughout the postwar per- iod, strikes -have heen relatively few. Industrial output has climbed above prewar levels, and Germany has built perhaps the most modern industrial plant in Europe. This. un- derlines that fact that the Russiz,s, at. Geneva, are playing for bigger stakes than the future of West Berlin.

Gifts To The Queen

Approval has been expressed by all parties in Parliament of the Gov- ernment’s intention to establish a million-dollar Queen Elizabeth II

eases. The gift may end up well above the $1 million mark, for Prime Minis- ter Diefenbaker said the Queen would be happy if any Provincial Govern- ment wished to add to it. While this money will be used in Canada, for

hospitals, the benefits of the research will extend throughout the Common- wealth and around the world.

On previous royal visits the custom was to bestow jewellery, furs or other ornaments, which really are super- fluous in the case of Her Majesty who has more adornments than she can ever hope to wear. It may be that shé herself suggested departure from the traditional form of gifts on this occasion. In any case, theré is no doubt that she will appreciate it.

The Ontario Government has an- nounced its intention to commemor- ate the Queen’s visit with a $500,000 university scholarship fund named in | her honour. In Newfoundland, when the Queen and Prince Philip arrive there to begin their continent-wide tour, the gift will take the form of an annual grant of $10,000 to assist in the education of retarded children.

that these gifts, and others that may be offered of a similar nature, should become a substitute for private giv- ing. Rather it is hoped that a sympa- thetic public, in applauding the bene- factions to such worthy causes, will be encouraged thereby to increase their own subscriptions. A

- EDITORIAL NOTES

Ottawa’s travel bureau which helps to “sell” Canada to residents of the United States planning vacations has been accused of overplaying the wild- erness. Members of the Commons re- sources committee would like to see a more civilized approach in the bureau’s advertising . . . “a place where you can see a show without having a moose looking over your

shoulder.”

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In education as in other matters, where there’s a will thera’s a way. The government of Cuba recently launched a campaign aimed at find- ing 5,000 temporary classrooms. Far- mers have been asked to lend to local education committees houses, barns end store-rooms where classes can be held until new schools are built. As soon as temporary accommodation 18 made available, the Ministry of Education sends a teacher’with the necessary equipment to turn it into-

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In the history of Canadian aviation, this is a year of anniversaries. Fifty years ago last February 23, the Hon. J. A. D. McCurdy made the first pow- ered flight in this country and the Commonwealth. Thirty-five years ago last April 1, the Royal Canadian Air Force was founded. Last weekend, Canada and Britain observed the fortieth anniversary of the first-non- stop trans-Atlantic flight, made by John Alcock and Arthtr Whitten Brown. From Botwood, near St. John’s, Newfoundland, they flew their converted Vickers Vimy bomber to Clifden, Ireland, in 16 hours and 27

' troversy taking an explosive turn

power in 1957 Kerala became the

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SHIPS IN A BOTTLE. OTTAWA ‘REPORT

Committee Activities

By Patrick

In its one hundred sitting days to date, this second séssion our twenty-fourth Parliament has | distinguished itself less in the | Commons Chamber than in the ; various Committee Rooms. - Never in modern memory have | so many committees done such |

‘ admirable and effective work. |

Observers here point out the | Broadcasting Committtee, which | has extracted more information | about how the C.B.C. spends our tax money than the fourteen pre- | vious committees under Liberal Governments together were able to elicit, And this valuable achievement will certainly make the C. B. C. more alert to squash : ex‘ravagance in future.

Others may consider that: the Estimates Committee has per- formed a_ valuable service in, drawing from Commissioners of the Civil Service the admission | that carididates for jobs do not | always have the thorough and | impartial examination which the Civil Service Act prescribes as desirable.

But in my opinion, among sev- eral candidatee for the honour, ° the palm for the most construc- | tive committee work must be awarded to the Standing Com- | mittee on Mines, Forests and | Waters for its report on the De- partment of Mines and Technical Surveys.

THE RESEARCH ADVOCATE

a succession of home-runs off committees to sit here for a long | | time, deserves the gratitude of

his favourite pitcher. | It is remarkable that the com- |

mittee’s report on the Department | years will benefit by the increas- j of Mines and Technical Surveys, | ed attention which will undoubt. |

which rotindly condemns the sins | of ommission of the Liberal Gov- | ernments in power over the past

Nicholson ; 0 decades, was approved unan-

; imously by the committees, al- |

though the committee contains nine Liberal M. P.s. :

In brief, the stresses these poin‘s:

“While it is evident that the functions of this department touch a’l aspects of Canadian econom- ic development, its chief respon- sibility is the th of our min. eral industry in all its phasts.

“The mineral industry is grow- ing faster than Canadian indust- ry a whole: between 1947 and 1957, mineral production increased 173 per cent while that of all industry increased 51 per cent.”’

Yet there has been serious

negligence in the expansion of |

the services of this department: “this serious lag has for many years been’ prejudicial to our national development”. TOMORROW’S JOBS

The serious lag jn all forms of exploratory mapping is hold-

, ing up development of our min- | eral

resources. Only one-third of our hational geological sur- vey has been prepared to date: without this, the developers of our minerals will be héld up and needed jobs will not be available as early as next year.

Mr. Murphy’s long battle to have adequate industrial and

| scientific research work perform. | | ed in Canada is aimed at freeing | tween this Province and the

us from the role of mere hewers of wood and drawers of water to other nations. So it comes as no surprise to read in the report

that ‘the information elicited on .

the Mines Branch was depress- ing. The compelling point is the urgency for inereased and varied production of minerals and metals in Canada, particularly’ for on -site processing”. The more pro- cessing we can do in Canada, rather than merely export the

| crude ores mined out of our

rich ground, the more and the more highly-paid job there will be for Canadians.

The civil service staff of the department, who so frankly set forth their needs for a freer rein in their work, deserve applause for their past struggles and for their present honest. appraisal; aboVe all, they deserve more re- cogni‘ion than their task has brought them in the past. And Mr. Murphy’s committee, one of the most exciting and valuable

all those Canadians who in future

edly now be paid to the cinder-

ella devartment of our federal

government.

India’s Only Red-Ruled State_

“\ By‘ Joseph MacSween

‘ Canadian Press Staff Writer

The trouble in Kerala, India’s only red-ruled state, is the re. | sult of a two-year simmering struggle involving the Communist government. the combined opposi- tion and the. Roman Catholic: Church.

Fatal violence and‘ wholesale arrests have occurred, the con-

although the opposition forces are pledged to use only picket- ing and other non - warlike methods in their efforts to over- throw the government.

Kerala, the scene of one of the strangest experiments in Asia, is a land of several unutual fea- tures. The smallest and most crowded of Indian state, its 14,- 000,000 people live in an area smaller than Nova S-:otia, a con- siderale part of it either arid or water4ogged,

When the Communists took only state of any size in the world ever to elect a red govern- ment in.a reasonably free elec- tion. .

UNDER HANDICAP

But the Communist government

operated from the start under

handiceps, since it lacked the trappings of a@ police state and

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is subjcct instead to the central Indian government dominated by Prime Min‘ster Nehru and his Congress party.

The Communists weren't strong enough to buck the constitution, whose provisions forced them to drop the popular premise of na- tionalization — without payment— of the tea, rubber and spice es- tates.

But the threat of such national- ization has been enough to stop normal expansion investment in the plantations, with resulting hardship.

The full weight of religious. op- position to the regime came Mon- day, the date on which a highly contentious state education act

' was scheduled to take effect with

the delayed reopening of Kerala's 11,000 schools after the summer vacation. RALLYING POINT

The measure, giving the gov- ernment tighter control of the ad- ministration of state - aided schools, became a rallying, issue for anti-Communist elements. An “agitation” movement was Or-

to picket schools with the

ultimate objective of getting rid of the ‘Communist government.

Mannath P. &2-

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PUBLIC FORUM

This colume ts open te the discus

fion by correspondents of question cj

interest. The Guardian does not neses

sarily en‘orse the opinion of corres pondents.

CIVIC MEAT INSPECTION

Sir,—Consumers e Charlotte- town are wondering just what happened to the motion proposed by Councillor Hyndman 2t several recent meetings the Council, that some steps be taken to have inspection of all méat sold in the ¢ity made compulsory.

We have just such a man in Charlottetown now, and | believe his services are available.

We commend Councillor Hvynd- man fot his efforts on behalf of the welfare of the people, and trust that the Council will not | pubh this matier aside as we be- | lieve it is one of vital import- | ance. ’

T am, Sir, etc., | INTERESTED CONSUMER.

TRANSPORTATION

Sir.—Today’s Guardian ¢ar- ries a report of an interview with

| Mr. Heath Macquarric, M.P., concerning transportation be-

mainland, in which he insinuated that the Liberals have been play- | ing politics and bluffing. Bui my | opinion is that Mr. Macquarrie

yeat - old leader of what he

terms the ‘“freedcm strugg’s,”’ ts supported by segments of the ‘ocal Congress party—possib'y to | the embarrassment of Nehrv’s | central government—by socialists and by the Roman Catholic Church. Church schools, many of them financially assisted by the | state, are ameng those most | seriously affected by” the educa- | tion act. . | More than 3.000.000 of Kerala's peopie are Christian—more than in any other Indian state — re- | flecting the historic role in the | state of the Portuguese. Dutch and British. But Christianity had come to Kerala before the Eu- ropeans, the church tracing Its origins to the missionary work of | the Apostie Thomas. CHURCH INFLUENCE | he high literacy rate o* Ker | ala’s population—60 per cent com- | pared with India’s over-all 20 per cent—is largely due to the church | schools. Ironically, the state’s relatively | advanced educational standards fostered the growth of commua- ism by creating an wnemploy- ment problem among literates, leading to burning discontent. The Communists won control in | 1957 with 35 per cent of the vote , in a March general election and | the opposition strategy now is to | force paralysis of the state. gov- |ermment so that Nehru will be | forced to take over pending a new election.

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Perhaps you have an overeat- ing habit that was formed dur- ing childrhood, If there were

the -like—around your childhood home, you might very well have developed a craving for them which you have to this day.

Now this vicious cycle doesn’t end here. Children are great im- itators, you know, and your kids will probably develop: this same bad habit.

EXAGGERATED IMPORTANCE

For some persons food has an exaggerated importance. Just as some find a sort of security and satifaction in alcohol, others get the same results from food. In effects they become ‘‘foodahol- ics.”’

Any emotional upset may ‘boost your desire for food. I think most of us have experienced the de- sire for a big meal right after some disturbing episode. We feel sorry for ourselves and seek con- solation by eating what we want apd as much of it as we want. ONLY TEMPORARY

Generali, this form of self-satis- faction is only a temporary thing and we can stop it without much effort. There are some persons, however, who actually develop a morbid craving for food.

Boredom quite frequently caus. es us to overeat.

For the lack of something else to do or to break a monotonus us chore, we eat, attaching far too much imoprtance to the type and amount of food we desire.

As a cure, I suggest you edu- cate your appetite. I'll have some more to say about this soon. QUESTION AND ANSWER

J.H.0O. My daughter has trou- ble with her arm. The doc‘or says i is bursitis and has given her pills which have not helped her.

Could you suggest anything that might be helpful?

Answer: As I am not familiar with your daughter's case, the physician who is treating her would be better qualified to diag- nose her condition.

was attempting to do his own share of bluffing in the hope of fetting away with i', because I think he already knew that a causeway is mot going to be built by the Diefenbaker Governmené.

In support of my opinion, I may say that in the early part of the present session of Pariia- ment, I wrote a letter to Hon. Mr. Hers, Minister of Transport, urging the construction of a pow- erful i*>breaker for cartying automcSt’2s and trucks, while the Absrmweit ‘and P.E.I. would meet tio trains at Borden and Tormer ine to carry passengers and fr:.ght across the Strait

I received a reply from the Minister of Transport to the ef- fect that his Departmert had decided to wait until the report of the engineers was received, and if the report was unfavor- able, a new car ferry would be built. I showed the Minister’s letter to another Liberal Senator who told me that he had received a similar reply to a letter he had written to the Minister.

No doubt Mr.- Macquarrie was already in possession of the

above information from the Min- ! |

ister of Transport (but he didn’t say a word about it during the “interview” referred to) and already knew that the engineers’ report, which has been in the pos- session of the Federal Goverr- ment for. some time, was unfav-

| able to the constructian of a

causeway between Prince Ed- ward Island and the Mainland. I aim, Sir, ete.. THOMAS V. GRANT Senate Chamber, Ottawa, June 15,

The Age Old Story

Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

\ REBELS KILLED

ALGIERS: (AP)—The Frenth army claimed Tuesday that 446 Algerian rebels were killed in fighting lest week and 145 were taken prisoner. The army said its losses weré 47 killed.

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Members and staff of the Hospital Services Commission of P.E.I. will attend the

The forthcoming Province Insurance Plan will be discussed and questions regarding operation of the plan will be answered. All adults are urged to attend these meetings, which will be held in the

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such meeting within five days af- ter it is held. —Voice of Korea

That light-footed sexagenarian, Mr. Fred Astaire, has executed another graceful performance. He has asked the Television Acad- emy to take back* the “best ac- tor’ awardiit presented to him for his 1958 TV show which won many other Emmys. Controversy over thé ‘honor bestowed upon him personally broke out when the jury making the award gave it to the distinguished dancer- emcee rather than to an actor.— Victoria Times g

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (June 17, 1934)

Valuable results from the work in oyster culture of the Biologi- cal Station at Ellerslie are report- ed by Mr. J.J. Cowie, Ottawa, se- eretary of the Biological Board of Canada, who with Dr. A.T. Cam- eron, chairman, spent Saturday inspecting the station and the work in progress there in con- nection with the cultivation of the oyster.

The three masted schooner, James William, under command of Captain Rangdale, left on Sat- urday afternoon for Baie Chaleur, Quebec, to load pulp wood. This schooner is owned by John E. Campbell and was refitted dur- ing the past year to resume trad- ing. operations.

TEN YEARS AGO (June 17, 1949) Federal scientists are experi- menting with ways to increase the size of speckled trout in Prince Edward Island streams and make them available in greater num- bers to sports anglers. By dam- ming a stream to form an arti- ficial pond, the scientists provide a new habitat in which the small trout should grow to sizes suit- able for angling.

Designed to serve the residents of O'Leary and surrounding dis- tricts, the recently constructed 13% mile long power line from Mount Pleasant to O'Leary Corn- er was officially taken over by the Provincial Government on Tuesday. With the completion of the line the residents of O'Leary are able to receive power from the Summerside Electric Light plant.

the judges were married for more than 30 years.—Ottawa Citizen

Seamen, who after long voy- ages, have to walk upon dry and stable land, do so with a notice- able spread of the legs, still bal- ancing themselves against the rise and fall of the deck. The other day in Toronto, a man charg- ed with impaired driving inform- ed the Court that he was not “staggering” as the gendarmer- le said It was “swaggering left over from my naval days. I can’t help it’.—London Free

Censorship. operates by stealth for very good reasons. The best guarantee thata publication can receive for its success is to court censorial reproof for *what is jud- ged to \be its salacious content. In this respect, in fact, censor ship is entirely self-defeating; it seldom succeeds in prohibiting the circulation of a book or mag- azine; it really only enhances the adventure of obtaining a copy. —Winnipeg Free Tress

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THE SPACE TRAVELLER:

Canaveral is still the place, The time—before the dawn; ~_.

Not brains will take him inte space, He must rely on Braun! __| The shores a away, _~

Yet on some barren plain

The family of man will stay: And he will live again: ‘s The task of keeping him down

here fo

To gravity assigned, .

Is ended, and the atmosphere «3

Is leaving. him behind. ‘ He leaps into the universe, His new horizon seeing That irresponsible, perverse, Intrepid Human Being!

—David Stevenson, in the Montreal Star-Herald

MAXIMS

Nature will not have us fume and fret. She does not like our henevolence or our learning much better than she likes our

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