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“T he strangest memory is weaker than the weakest ink.”

SATURDAY, MAY 24. 1958.

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Selling The Ships

The decision of the, Canadian Na- tional Steamships to get rid of its few remaining vessels is to be regret- ted. It was, of course, a decision dicta- ted by economic facts. The ships have not been paying their way for years; and there was no prospect that they would be able to do so in the future.

It is a" poor state of affairs, never- theless. A maritime nation‘, such as Canada is to a large extent, without a strong merchant fleet is an anomaly and a serious one. In peace time, per- haps, the situation is not alarming, since foreign shipping is usually avail- able; that, of course, was one reason why Canada’s ships had to be aban- doned—the competition from ships of foreign registry was simply too stern.

‘But, in the event of war, it could turn out to be a catastrophe.

When in opposition, the Conser- vatives were keenly interested in maintaining a strong merchant fleet. Now that they are in power, it seems that further knowledge of the causes of the deteri ation has lessened their zeal. This is understandable and per-

haps inevitable. Certainly, it is a dif- "ficult problem for which to find a 'solution—if, indeed, a solution be pos- sible. It may yet have to come to some systematic pattern of Federal subsi- dization. This is the practice in practi- cally all the sea-faring nations. It isn’t ' primarily a question of how much money it would cost, although that is important. The main question is whether Canada can get along with- out ships to carry its commerce. Soon- er or later, that question will have to be faced realistically. ,

The Common Good

Dr. L.H. Killorn’s address to the graduating class of the Charlottetown Hospital School of Nursing was a very fine treatise of the duties and the in- tangible rewards of the I nursing pro- fession. His advice to the graduates to consider “making their contribution

within their’ native Province” was, of course, commendable; for, as he ob- served, “good wages do not in them- selves buy happiness.” They are a help, nevertheless; and it speaks well for the sense of vocation of our young women who take up nursing that only a. relatively few go outside the Pro- vince merely to seek more money. The same can be said of many of our doc- tors who, doubtless, could attain high- er-salaried posts in other areas. But, as Dr. Killorn intimated, there are other rewards besides high wages; and there is special satisfaction in serving one’s native community, even though it may involve, in some in- stances, some measure of financial in- convenience. For that matter, the his- tory of the practice of medicine and of nursing, on the whole, is marked by a sense of mission which finds its greatest reward in serving the com- mon good. ;

We wish all the nurses who have received or will receive diplomas this Spring from the various schools every success in the. good work they have undertaken. ~

Not Danger Proof . The explosion of a half-dozen mis- siles at a training site in the United States proves what should have been recognized all along but which mil- itary and government officials tried to hide, namely, that no high-powered military device can be considered absolutely danger-proof. The wonder is that accidents are as few as they are. . This is something that should be considered beforehand in connection with any agreement to set up Ameri- can missile bases on Canadian soil. The latest agreement between the two countries, calling for inspection of Vt‘;:'1“11Ei¥bSystems and eventual crea- for tie ::C:k1:1f>‘I1eS, does not provide _ - ‘ ishment of such bases. It is certain to come, h0v\.eV,e1_) Since any reservation in mutual defence gr- Yaflgements would weaken the entire structure. Within a year, pe]"I’1apg be_ fore, it can be expected that missile bases will arise in various places ‘ across Canada. That is in colIfoI'miI’y 5 with the defensive association. But,

/ before it is done, the people should be All told plainly that there is the possibil-

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ity of danger in It, just as there is in the flying across Canada of American planes loaded with hydrogen bombs. The risk may be not very great; but it would be foolish and unrealistic to pretend that it is not there at all.

Farm Management

A new type of program is spring- ing up in Canadian agriculture. It is known by various names, and it is tending to take a different form in different provinces, and even within different areas of the same province. Essentially, though, the objectives of these new programs are the same-—to help farmers improve their manage- ment skills, the organization of their farm businesses, and, ultimately their incomes.

No doubt exists that these kinds of programs are needed, says The Country Guide. Farm economic stu- dies have repeatedly revealed par- ticularly wide variation in net earn- ings as between farms of a similar size on the sametype of soil, and op- erating under similar weather and priceconditions. For" example, a Mani- toba study conducted by the Econom- ics Division of the Canada Depart- ment of Agriculture in 1956 showed that the net returns on eighteen 3 and 4 quarter-section grain-I i v e s t o c k farms in the west-central area of the province varied from a low of minus $680 to a high of $7,159. Such varia- tions can be directly attributed to the difference in the management skills of the farmers concerned. They un- derline the fact that management is frequently the dominant factorin de- termining the net returns from a farm business.

EDITORIAL NOTES

The Royal Commission on Coastal Shipping said “no” to practically all the suggestions which came their way. Fortunately, the feasibility of a causeway across the straits from Bor- den to Tormentine did not come with- in their terms of reference.

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An interesting article, “Stories in Stamps”, by Mr. Heath Macquarrie, M.P. for Queen’s, appears in the cur- rent issue of the Atlantic Advocate. The story deals with the lives and careers of two Maritime Prime Minis- ters; Sir Charles Tupper and Rt. Hon. R.B. Bennett, both Conservatives.

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f I O The 'War Amps Key Tag Service is worthy of support. Besides provid- ing steady employment for a number of war veterans, it passes over a sizable amount of money annually to the organization's Benevolent Fund. All in all, it is one of the public ap- peals which should be answered fav- ourably all across Canada. Q

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The Provincial Government is to-

be commended upon the new approach it has made to the problem of direct relief payments, and particularly up- on the increase it has authorized to the City and municipalities in this connection. The tribute which Pre- mier Matheson paid to our welfare agencies in announcing the new Gov- ernment policy will be indorsed by all our citizens. O C 1

The opening of the Atlantic Pro- vinces House in London, England, is a big event and it is fitting that both Premier Matheson and Dr. Frank MacKinnon, president of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, «should be in attendance along with the Pre- miers of the other Atlantic Provinces. They are attending on the invitation of Lord Beaverbrook, who may be depended upon to give the occasion wide and favorable publicity in the Old Country. fi O 0

There is this to be said for J .C. Van Horne, P.C. member for Resti- gouche-Madawaska: he shows no fav- ouritism. When in opposition, he con- demned the Liberals when he thought they were in error; and now that he is a member of the ruling ‘party he, criticizes the Government when he thinks they are not doing the right thing. All power to him-——so long as he is not being critical just for. the fun of it. There is no reason why any member should not say “no” when he feels like it.

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A necessary skill for the good dri- ver is the ability to make accurate right-hand turns in a confined space. According to the Ontario Safety Bul- letin, it takes about 30 seconds’ in- struction from a qualified teacher to learn how to do this with precision. But most new motorists put in years of trial—and—error practice before they Hctluife any Sort of proficiency at the manoeuvre. Scratched sides and dellt- ed fendcrs give evidence of the times. they newly 3'“ it Tight. And however they pmciise. Ih:-ll acllic turn in a tight corner is always an aiixious moment.

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'DEFYING THE LAW or GRAVITY UNITED KINGDOM OPINION I

Bus Strike Conslequencels

By “onlooker” Thomson Newspapers, London, England, Bureau

My feet don’t hurt so much now. , Last week I could not help op-

That was at the end of London’s first week without buses, and if the fact that my feet hurt had no effect on you I assure you that it certainly had an efifect‘ on me —- even though my complaint was shared by'milIlioris of Lon- doriers.

But now, as the second week of London’s bus strike finishes, the old feet — in Cockney rhyming slang, plates (abbreviation for “plates of meat)" ,- don’t seem to -hurt so much.

Like London’s 10 millions, I am getting used to having no huge, lumbering, double-deczker buses cl-uttering up the streets. When I travel by cab or car, progress is quicker,

And a strange thing happened in London to me the otiher d-ay. I was passing Hyde Park. I found that I could actlua.-lly smell the flowers. In London's streets, the

into the street cloustitutes news. TOTAL

It has been a total stikej Bus men have been rubbing along on just about $5.44 a week strike

pay. Now, their union has upped

their pittance to $8.16. Even‘ then, less than ten dollars a week to live on makes for a stringent‘ budget. ' W‘hIaII: the strike has proved is the fact that although it would be absunb to think that the capital would get by indefinitely without its buses, there is d.a'il.y proof that the huge fleet it maintains, in off-peak hours anyway, co‘ ‘d be whittled considerably. And w-ithofewer buses, fewer men would be needed. The boss of the London Trans- port system, bunley ex-journalist Sir John Elliot, warned his strik- ers that people are losing the “travel by bus” habit thanks to the increase in the number of pni-vate vehicles used and the lack of evening travel as more and more stay beside their tele- vision sets. He warned them that thou- sands who will be suflfering from this strike now will never return to buses. They will invest instead in perhaps a second-hand car )you can get one over her for about $408) or a motor-cycle or even a motor-sclooter or pedal- cycle. And it looks as if he may be right. IN CONVOY

Typical example of how econo-

OTTAWA REPORT

Vital Course In Citizenship

~ By Patrick N’ holson Special Correspondent for The Guardian

Ottawa: Teen-agers represent- ing nearly two hu.ndred-C‘auad- Ian communities gathered in this national capital last week, to take part in the eighth annual “Cit- izenship Project,’-’ sponsored by Rotarians of Ottawa. _

Arriving on S u n day, these young citizens were given a vis- ual course in citizenship, sugar- coated with dances, concerts and sightseeing.

They toured the centres of fed- eral Government and the head- quarters of government agencies; they sa-w and often spoke with the living occupants of those high orifices which make headline in their Social Studies lessons; and their visit was climaxed when the Prime Minister, Right Hon. John Diefenbaker, presented a certificate of Canadian citizen- ship to each one of them.

This is the eighth year in which the Ottawa Rotarians have spon- sored this imaginative project. They extended an invitation to ev- ery Rotary Club across Canada, and the first 186 to accept were able to select a local tr nager to join this visit to Ottawa. Six Ottawa youngsters were also picked to participate with their out-of-town fellow junior- citizens in this “Citizenship Pro- jectf’

WIDESPREAD CHOICE

The guests could be either boy

or girl, I the 16-17 age group.

, Smaller communities sometimes

asked the principal of their local high school to select the lucky pupil. In larger communities, the selection was competitive. For example, one western city typi- cally held an essay contest to pick the star pupils, then wade the final selection by asking the stars to compete at public speak- ing. The winner was a girl, who will be invited‘ to iddress her lo- cal Rotary Group and other com- munity audiences on her return, describing her experiences in our Capnal

Boys and girls in almost equal numbers made up the visitors last week. The Cl‘0SS- Canada sel- ection included R 0 n a l d Storey from Charlottetown, Pierre St. Jacques from Quebec City, Jim B o l g c r from Kirkland Lake, Lloyd Lawrence from Orillla, Di- ane Gunn from Oshawa. Sandra Jean Pattison from Sarnia, Di- ane Paradis from Timmins. Galb- riclle llarcson from Woodstock, Elsie ‘.\'oI'ma Alli-ocI< from Moose -« .Ia\\’. Yvonne Caslol‘ from Prince Albert, and Beverly Jones from‘

Kamloops. .

The home rota-nians of the visi- tors contributed to the transpor- tation expenses to and from Ot- tawa through the clever idea of an equalisation pool.

While here, the v-isitors were guests of Ottawa Rotary. Most were accommodated in the homes of Ottawa Rotarians. Thirty boys were thrilled to find themselves guests of the R.C.M.P. in their Ottawa barracks. The others were put up at the “Y” or in a motel. .

Some’ visitors descrilbing their experiences to me were obvious- ly thrilled and delighted, as well as thoroughly instructed by the whole programme. This began with watching the. Governor Gen- eral drive to open Parliament in his four-horse landau, escorted by scarlet- clad Mountie outrid- ers. It also included a visit to the Royal Mint, where our coins {are made; watching our Par- liamcnt at work; being addres- sed by Hon. Paul Martin at a lunch in the famous Chate;.u Laurier Hotel; joining with the students of Fisher High School at a dance; hearing Commissioner L. H. Nicholson, the top Mountie,

address them as their host at a ,

dinner; and visiting Rideau Hall, the official residence of the Gov- ernnor General.

PRIDE IN CANADA

‘ I heard Mr. Martin outlining to them the privileges and duties of Canadian Citizenship which he, as Secreatary of State at that time, had introduced twelve years ago. Commissioner Nichol- son described the great interest the Mounties have in “youth," and admitted that his interest in avttractinlg recruits from among those fine young visitors was on- ly secondary to his desire to in- still into them all the Mounties’ desire to help all youth develop into happy, healthy, law abiding and co-operative citizens.

At the end of the busiest and most successful “Citizenship Pro- ject” yet held, Ottawa Rotary Presidelii. S. E. “Tcd" .\/IcDonald told me “It has been terrific."

“I hope the time will come.” he added, “When this project will be developed to the point where all young men and girls across Canada will be able Io visit our beautiful Capital, and to learn

mics could be achieved during the non-rush hours in London is provided by a well-used and fre- quent service around town called the Number 11.

These ti’-undle from Sltepherdis Bush (where there are no she- pherds aud no bush these days) all) n g through Sloane,,Squa~re I which is oblong anyhow) and then along Fleet Street (named after a river which isn’t there now anyway) up Ludgate Hill (which isn’t a hill and 'hasn’t a gate) to the other side of town.

Number 11 buses are notorious. You wait for long periods, then a whole bun ch of them used to come alone together. But it pro-

vided one of the best London -

Cockney gags I heard. One pas-

senger complained of the way

half a dozen came along at once. “We always travel in convoy," said the conductor. “And want to know something? haven’t lost a bus yet." THREAT AVERTED To keep up the morale, a more serious strike has been averted by the acceptance by the rail- way unions of a three per cent wage increase for its members. A rail strike would really prove a huge blow to the‘ British econo- my. The bus strike hits London, but little outside the capital. The simmering down in the rail crisis has made everyone happy. Many thought that the railway- men would take a cue from the busmen and get tough. But the crisis blew up — and blew over — in less than a fortnight. FIVE-YEAR PLAN Not so. badly hit have been Lon- don’s theatres. Crowds still queue daily for tickets for the recently- opened London production ( with New York cast) of “My Fair Lady.” And there is another “sell-out” a couple of miles south of Lon- don’s “real” theatreland around Piccadilly Circus, at the famous Old Vic Theatre. The attraction there: three of England’s greatest artists, Dame Edith Evans, Sir John Gielgud, and Harry Andrews are there to- gether for Shakespeare's “Henry VIII.” My colleagues in the s»cri‘bblin.g business who specialise in thea- tre reveiwing welcomed these three to the Old Vic for a differ- ent punpose. “Henry VIII” mark-

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ed the end of a five-year plan embarked upon by the Old Vic

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO , (May 24. 1933)

‘At a meeting this week of_the Executive Council the regulations under the Old Age Pensions Act were approved and the Issuing of a proclamation was authoriz- ed to bring the Act into effect. It was announced in the last Leg- islature that pensions under ‘the Act would be paid after the first of June.

The first special train of live lobsters to be operated by the C'.N.R this season was made Saturday afternoon to St. John so that connections would be made with the Boston boat. _0f the five refrigerator cars making the load, two were from Prince Edward Island. TEN YEARS AGO (May 24,. 1948) A new service is to be inaug-

Home Nursing Department of the Provincial Red Cross and to be known as the Sick Room Supply

Loan Cupboard Service. On occa-

sion, families in communities, find themselves in need of wheel- chairs, crutches, hospital beds and other items This equipment,

used rarely, but difficult to ob- ‘tain, will be loaned by the Red

Cross. ,. , Messers James E. Harris, H. A. Messervy and Ray Still] have been appointed as a committee by the City Council to study the practicability of the Market building basement as a terminus to the Island Motor Transport bus lines. L

The Age Old Story

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let ‘ us put on the armor of light.

A TIME TO PLANT

Now the red furrows of the fal1’s ploughing

Become the willing cultivation

Cradling the future gold of au- tumn days.

In other fields, buried segments

In the blood-red soil,

Await the alchemy of sun and rain ' ’

To make them grow.

earth A heap of treasure, A leprechaun’s pot of gold, Rounded nuggets form;

Of many an Island acre; Make its food, its produce, Its honest pride: The excellent potato. —Wm. H. Doucette

urated here this year under the ‘

Beneath the royal coverlet of

That multiplied in serried rows

Outer space seems to be like juvenile delinquencl’. the m0I‘e we investigate it, the more there seems to be of it.——Hamllton Spec- tator

A bridegroom asked the parson what would be the amount of the wedding fee. The parson, smil- ing genjafly, replied: “phi Just give me what you feel like after the ceremony.” The knot tied, the bridegroom produced a Quarter.- The parson looked at the coin, then at the bride — and gave the bridegroom 15 cents change. - Ottawa Journal

A member of the noted London book-selling firm of Bumpus. Ltd. (how Dickens himself would have loved that name) says Dickens is still the most consistent best seller, and, if anything» is Selling in greater numbers than ever. Sets of Dickens, he says, are a .booIksell-er’s best sto»cIk.—St. Thom as Times- Journal I