ag ee ee ee

- basic mission to maintain peace. It _ has protected the people of the At- lantic Alliance from the westward expansion of Soviet _ Its development has increased the _ sense of community of the Atlantic nations by making their people more conscious, through the ex- change of persons and _ ideas, of their common political and, moral values. As inter-dependence within this alliance has grown, the historic ties between the countries of North America and Western Europe have been strengthened. The member na-

5 ° ree i . ° ; : the early symptoms and seek tions have enlarged their area of | feelings; passions run high; contro- Does Prime Minister Johr ,is not overshadawWed by any of | weeks of the present session. caer te promptly.

; : : ‘es Diefenbaker run a ‘‘one man’ jhis colleagues, but neither does Mike Pearson’s name appears gma er ae te, eee versy and confusion continue to be- Cabinet? Are there only four he rafk in effect as the “only” |157 times in the official Piiidex wee

consultation on matters of common -_ NATO concern.

Meanwhile, the Soviet threat persists. While pressures have been increased in other parts of the world, there is no change in Soviet objectives in which the North At-

: pre-eminent. name is John Dief- j ; lantic Treat is th her that the measure under djscussion— method of measuring these things | working C.C.F... whose mere | enbaker, who made 145 appear-| Other symptoms include itch | aged eae ae cette dong: in this case, fluoridation—is both The impression formed as a |@izht members*”have to work | ances in the list; he is followed | m& around the ankles. cramps

_ one target. A strong NATO mili- tary shield remains fundamental to _ the organization’s function as an in- strument for defense and as a de- terrent to aggression. That -and no more. It must not, as Mr. Buchan Writes, “become a vested interest, __hor must the maintenance of the al- liance for its own sake be allowed to stand in the way of a genuine measure of disarmament or a work- able political settlement in Europe if and when it should become pos- i sible to negotiate one. Just how these partially conflicting require-

i : : : ; : Despite the almost impassable

ments can be reconciled is the prob- | most lively oratory in the current ses- | Matheson having to do“with the a fr eer ae oT ae are badly outdistanced | condition of the roads. following ° ‘ in wid ouse. ‘ , bs °

lem that the Allie must solve long | sion of the Legislature were an act to | CraPaud Rink, in which he stat: | Hous Shea on Heiogge? oageoh oN gyn

% ae

before..NATO’s second decade has run its course.”“~ Le

imperialism.

results of this research have been gathered together by the Depart-— ment of National’ Health and Welfare and by the Ontario Depart- ment of Health. Considered opinions on it have been given by Canada’s na- tional medical, dental and public health associations. These reports and opinions are all available to the

* government and the public.

~“As experience in the past has shown” says the Citizen, “(with pas- teurization, for instance, or chlorin- ation), issues of this kind arouse deep

cloud the issue, regardless of the re- ports of committees. .In these circum- stances the proper course for the gov- ernment to take is to meet its respon- sibilities. If the government is satis- fied, from the findings of its own ex-

- perts and those of other jurisdictions,

beneficial to the public and safe, it be- comes the government’s_responsibil- ity to allow this measure to be used.”

EDITORIAL NOTES

Lord Beaverbrook’s falling down stairs aboard the “Queen Elizabeth”

wonders why. Certainly he could. not

have fallen up.

- * *

It must be symptomatic of some- thing or other that the two pieces of legislation which brought out the

encourage the shooting of cats and an

has received a lot of publicity. One |

A HORNETS’ NEST

OTTAWA REPORT

Liberal M.P.s who can and will do any work in Parliament: Who is the busiest M.P. in our House of Commons?

These and similar questions bob to the surface here frequent- ly, kept alive by the charges of politicians. It is never ‘possibl< to give an assured and accurate reply, because there is no exact

result of weeks of hourly study of Parliament at work leads me to give these answers: First, Prime Minister Diefenbaker is exact- ly what his title suggests: He is the ‘‘prime’’ or first Minister of his Cabinet—he is the leader, he

“PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the discus

sion by correspondents of question c.

interest. The Guardian does not neses

sarily en‘orse the opinion of corres pondents.

THE CRAPAUD RINK

Sir,—I able

read with consider- interest in Thursday's Guardian, a remark by Premier

ed that the Government had loaned the Village of Crapaud a

“Hardest Working Members

By Patrick Nicholson

| Minister. :

Second, the main load among jthe Liberal group forming - the Official Opposition in the House , is carried‘in effect by four ex- | Cabinet Ministers, Mike Pear- ison, Paul Martin, Jack Pickers- gill and Lionel Chevrier.

Third, the busiest group in the House appears to be the hard-

like beavers to keep their noses showing above the flood of 208 Conservatives and 49 Liberals; and their leader, the young Sask- atchewan farmer Hazen Argue, is possibly our busiest Parlia- mentarian. ‘In saying this, I don’t mean to imply that he has.any- thing like as much work to do as most Cabinet Ministers, who have departmental chores sup- Parli : ACTIVI IN HOUSE

As I said, there is no exact yardstick by which one can check the accuracy of these im- pressions. But there is an ap- proximate standard of measure ment, and that is the number of | interventions made by each M.

This tally bears out my above impressions very closely.

in

newspapers and in Parliament. The overwhelming share of the Liberal Party’s parliamentary load is certainly carried by the Four Horsemen, if-we judge by, the number of ,interventions in the House during the first six

covering the first 32 sitting days, namely from the Opening day in January up to the’ end of Febru- ary; Chevrier’s name appears 110 times, Paul Martin’s 98, and Pickersgill’s 88. Then there is a sharp fajling away to Robichaud 66, and Hellyer 46. i

Among Cabinet Minister's, the

by House Leader Howard Green with 109, Finance Minister Flem- ing with 97, and George Hees 94. Hazen Argue just noses out Mike Pearson with 158 listings to take first place. In his. group he is followed by the Kootenay’s Bert-Herridge with 68 and Port Arthur’s Doug Fisher with 66. Tt is interesting to note that the

998 mentions, so the Prime Min- ister only took one-seventh of the Cabinet role—surely no domin ation. The 23 most active Liber- als made 931 appearances.

The eight hard-working C.C.P. members totalled 462 appearan- ces in the list. This gives- them easily the highest average of any of the three political parties

vatives and by the eight most active Liberals.

23 members of the Cabinet -total | Ues im this area and is often |

img on their feet a lot. they also have to carry heavy loads.

By and large. women are more likely to develop varicose veins than are men.

Actually, you might have vari- cose veins all of your life and never be troubled by them. However, it pays to recognize

Probably the first symptom will be a feeling of heaviness in your legs, particularly after you have been standing for a long time.

A feeling of fatigue in the leg muscles or swollen ankles at the end of the day might be other indications of. the beginning of varicose veins.

~BENEFI

The heme of BILL CLEAN-UP LOANS

BENEFICIAL FINANCE CO.

Cc

with a BENEFICIAL

Clean-Up Laan! Then, make only one monthly

more cash left

—— oem amt SvSTEM

{LOAKST:

in your legs at night. dull or stab. bing pains in the legs and sore- ness along the paths of the veins. | QUESTION AND ANSWER i S.J.S.: Could you give me 2 simple reason for pain in the heels of my feet after being on | them for several hours? ' Answer: Pain in the heels is: due to inflammation of the tis-

IF YOUR GUARDIAN

IS LATE... OR MISSED

may reveal the exact cause and treatment.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (March 16, 1934)

and a paper will be delivered right to your door. Special delivery service available between 8:30 am. te 9:08 am. your paper is late — or minsed_

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the storm of the preceding day. a jarge number of people from Tyne Valley and the immediate

Fer the Fastest Service in Town, call

ce pe certain amount of money, inter- When our Twenty-fourth Par- It is interesting to note that the ‘ f what | x act to establish an association for | est free, to build a rink, and was |liament assembled for the first | 36 busiest M.P.s include all eight ain Se - 5 on for ED'S TAXI id j h | hi hairdressers. sorry to note that this Village | time early last summer, follow- | C.C.Fers., 16 Liberals Doc Mec- Vall B 7 ae “¢C — wt Non-Resi ent Sc Olars ips 4s a had gotten behind in.it’s pay-|ing the tidal-wave gyictory of | Millan, Hubert Badanai and Bill A pers lh ~ os eaten teen: e It j tt f sde that > ments. He feared the Govern- | John. Diefenbaker in the March | Houck; and 16 Cabinet Minis- vat ee : Ings. is a matter of some pride ment would have to withhold | election, I quickly noticed that | ters. Port Hill, chairman of the Lib

C:.nada now offers through the Can- ada Council about 60 scholarships, to non-residents. Another 30 scholar- ships will eventually be added t this number. Among the non-resident scholarship winners are promising ar-

A : $700.00 interest free, the same to / AgnewSurpass Company will tists and students who have _ taken public works projects at,lower cost. -|. be paid back over a period. of Kelly S Cross Settlement represent the latest word im af- their first degree abroad and have a ten years at $70.00 per year;

- come to Canada to take a post-gradu- vate degree.~ : ;

For years our country has accept-

ed the hospitality of other nations.

Hundreds of young Canadians have

i Crapaud to set up the frame | Sia itself. studied in France as guests of the | peckers. Or more properly, one | fum (not interest free). Perhaps | Ireland pioneers in his. vessel: Sr ae Need doe A atte | 2 Ieelenr wor ould bn a See French government, not only in the woodpecker. It -is estimated that | Mr. Matheson is right, and we | they settled on the land now gall-| Mr. Best superintended this work,| Tible and costly form of warfare,

arts but in law,gmedicine and physics. —

The renowned Rhodes “scholarships are one of many awards from private sources in the United Kingdom ; num- erous privately-sponsored - scholar- ships are available also in the United States.

Patrick’s play, “Laughing Irish | to for five years. | Dulled below the gy and then | fy was the first Parish Priest, aa a mare responsible of

” : Operating a rink is a very | Made into one big raft which) and James Bradley stood at the | cials after’ the press conference — Each year governments and of- | Eyes, would certainly not be enough tough undertaking. To” begin | as then rolled out into the basin| door with his “coppers” ‘beet {left no doubt that Eiseahower ficial agencies abroad. earmark a | to satisfy the demand, and it /ix_| with, it involves an investment | The Irish people had very sweet| This old church may be. stilt | ¥5 trying to say that. as he sees number of awards for Canadians. | being presented in Birchwood High , % ® Jeast, $30,000. Crapaud rink | “oices, were good singers, and| standing; it was converted into a| it: 28¥ conflict over Berlin would

France allocates to Canada 50 schol-

A practical suggestion in the muni¢ipal* financing field comes in a report from Thetford Mines, Que. The Civic Council of that town pass- ed a resolution urging the Bank of Canada to lower interest rates so that municipalities could undertake

In Campbellford, an Eastern On- ‘tario town of about 3,000 popu- lation, public utility officials are worried over the damage being caused to utility poles by wood-

—-

damage to the tune of $3,000 has been caused by the bird in the past few weeks. »*

St. Patrick’s Day falls on Tues- day, but one performance of the St.

* *

School auditorium both today and to-

next year’s grant if no payment on the loan were forthcoming. Now, to make this situation clear to our, own villagers as well as the public, let ug see if ‘there was any misunderstanding or error 4 the above statement. In 1953 the village received a loan from the Government of

these payments have been paid as per contract, and as/of Oct. 20th. .1958 there was only $350.00 due, These payments have been deducted yearly from our village grant. In Dec. 19583 the village received another loan from the Government : of $8000.00, interest at the rate of 5 per cent per an-

are paying interest in enror. At

payments as per contract to ap- proximately the sum of $2,142.00

hardly correct, as only. $700.00 was interest free, and that is be- ing paid as per contract. As to withholding our grant next year, this procedure has been resorted

cost $29,933.44. Subscribed shares amounted to $12,875.00, so there

any rate we are behind on our |

' The statement ‘‘interest free’ is.

our ‘Liberals were carrying the load for their party, and I. re- ferred to that in this\ column, dubbing them “The Four Horse- men of the what-an-eclipse’’ That name has stuck—they have been called the Four Horsemen in

*Kelly’s Cross came into being an the DeSable half lot. The ‘cont part was settled by Scot- tish Protestants on Lord Mel- ville’s estate, Lot 29, the back of this lot was all heavy timber. Wm. W: Lord brought out from

ed Kelly’s Cross. These young Irish people took up thoir farms at one shilling per acre, and vent into the business of cutting mber for Mr. Lord wao sold it n the Old Country. The timber was cut in winter, hauled out to Sturdy’s mill: with spring tides, smal] rafts of the timber were

i ‘he best of neighbors. ‘In spate time they cleared

P. E. Island Historical Society

"Pe figures which I have com- piled fromthe index give a good. representative picture; they are however not entirely accurate as there is slight duplication in the indexing, but this can virtually be disregarded.

| |

es; they could taresh out thirty stooks of grain per day with a flail. They wanted a church, but there was no money to build one:

they had lots of wood: so they hired four of five Tien from

and was killed, and-many were injured when the _ scaffolding proved unsafe. This church was used for about fifty-tive’ years though it was never properly fin- ished—there were no pews, men stood on the north side of the church, women in the south.

It is believed that Father Daf-

public hall and was one of tae

-Tmong those present was Hon. G.

| rary Committee, presided. A-

\

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Shelton Sharp. lic Works. -

Minister of Pub

Located at 123 Grafton Street, opposite the Square, in the prem- | ises formerly occupied by the Canadian Stores, the new store of |

173 Great George St.

Ed's Segan- “Te-mamiain thego0dwill of those whom we serve — the geal fer which we strive!”

Charlottetown

tractiveness. The Charlottetown store will be under the manage- ment of Mr. W.A. Woodley, whe has been manager of the St John store. Assisting him will be

other 150-plus in supporting posi tions. in eastern Europe and Rus- :

But he would not say that nuclear war is a complete impossibility. He took the position that the Western powers must stand steady and defend their respon- sibilities by whatever means is necessary. ;

necessarily Kad quickly and di-

’ DR. CHASE’S

" best halls in Lot 29; a grand rectly to a global, nuclear clas : arships; Germany, nine; the United | morrow. The play is under the skilled | 4; ‘endiniie” sae: soe eer rata at erick 7 now servés the the Soviet ae NERVE FOOD “ ; ; , : ; d\gre rnt over . ity. . ; Kingdom and Italy, three each; Spain | direction of Mr. J. Pius Callaghan, | quently the Company had to de- Scent TELLING POINT?

and Sweden, two each; Japan, the Netherlands and Israel, one each. Another group of awards is made available to Canadians in competition with the nationals of other countries by governments of Australia, Brazil,

-C.D.A., with a talented local cast, and there is no question but that the at- tendance will’ be both large and ap-

preciative. ,

* * *

The choice of a new location for

lay payment to it’s creditors for material ete. in order that it might carry,on. However these bills have been pretty well clear- ed up, so I think Mr. Matheson can tell his friends at East Point and Nail Pond that they will not loose any of their money on Crapaud Rink.

By John M.

President Eisenhower has con- frpnted Premier Khrushchev with

Eisenhower’s Warnin

Associated Press, Washington

Hightower

g

nesday Eisenhower talked with unusual bluntness about the kind

Indeed, it is this prospect the U.S. administration and Allied leaders abroad are apparently counting on to dissuade Khrush- chev from carrying too far his | drive to get the Western powers out of West Berlin. ;

Authorities said the president

“So nice to come home to” —that's what , my husband tells me since | got rid of the nervous tension that threatened our happiness.” ‘ It's a wonderful thrill to be feeling just right—physically and men-.

. | the grim prospect that if -he | of conflict hi his chief tally — to te wee aoe

sos rs 1 would like to say at this] ..- cuootin . which could develop # | and his chief advisers do net se Fatigue—to banish those jumpy,

Denmark, Greece, Iceland, India, Ire- | the Maritime Winter Fair Seems te | point that the remark by our |<.) er a aes Pt eo e Seat ak ace ls = ty te 8 ere or eetwens a aitable ‘tense feelings—to have i : ; : , Myers, i Fs med clash. in great crises ’

land, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Spain, | have been narrowed down to Saint | Bemper, Mr. Rrank Myer nen | hands. He apparently was prompted to | year over Lebanon in the Middle the sound steady nerves that go

Es Switzerland, Turkey, the Union of South /frica and Yugoslavia.

‘ The Canada Council has not so far allotted a fixed quota of fellowships to any country. Screening committees abroad select a number of applica. tions which are then sent to a panel

of the

John, Moncton or Halifax. These cen- tres are mentioned as_ putting in strong bids. There has been no re- cent. reference to Charlottetown, No doubt our uncertain winter twansport- ation conditions have worked to our disadvantage in this, as it -has done

are doing a marvellous job.

. The management is tr¥fng des- ‘perately to keep the nink solvent. All the work of flooding and gen- eral ¢are of the rink is-done with no remuneration whatsoever; the accounting is done free, the Village grant is applied to ‘the debt, ee the Village goes with- out the=4tmprovements it would otherwise be receiving, and

At his press conference Wed-

this area, it is my belief they will continue until we are debt free. I feel sure the management is anxious to co-operate with the hockey clubs, and give them. as good a deal as they possibly can under the present circumstances.

1 would like to extend to Mor. rell my best wishes on their

.

do so by attacks by Democrats - Congress on his defence pol- cies,

Implicit in these criticisms has been the idea that should there be shooting over Berlin it would he initially a conflict between fround forces, and that — this might lead to a limited or “bush. fire’ war. HITS TWO POINTS

in East Germany and am

"BANI

with good heaith. Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food will help your nerves fast!

awe

due to faulty elimination with the faster acting

| ACHING DR.CHASE’S _

consisting of representativ in many other respects. Which . re- cent the women earn in| rink venture. It is a big under- {the other side—Russians or East Canada a2 a is Affai he inid i. that er he d nothi ee sealewe is turned into the | taking, and cequires stern man- rae hit two points hard: Germans—*ill have to begin an & L PIL a : : ome ae SS Ne SS WE MSvE NCATE NOSRINE | rigk funds. 3 de not keow “ow | agement. ‘ sii Se ae we ost There one smertene, British = . K LS 4 ) le will ‘ry I am Sir, etc., a war French forces in Berlin itself A . ‘, . ee ee ne yet from Ottawa about any conerete long these good people will he So, wise the we fon oe . : and Ottawa: Uni- plans for improvement t for the sake of the children of | Crapaud P.Ed. visions begin «here.

versities, and the Hi nities’ and | ; E Y ; picked from the larger countries, one , . : or more from the smaller ones. Senior a preteced firms amd i yen kindly, re ; : ae) : > hiet brigade ate village shopkeepe ’

scholarships for very distinguished heavy pressure te have the Reyal | three hot-water bottles, two bot- 7 scholars from abroad are © usually visit follow the old. suff. efffacial ~ = —— os a lanes sf granted on applications made to the = a — = = ee —~ [them round right away. Al-well =f Council by sponsoring universities in Mr. H.J.A Breen and Mir. Oscar —_— 1 hope?" —Gait Report 5 this country. : . . " - Se a em rae | ents meme rere | oes cote | Fluoridation In Ontario | The City of Chachetirtowa wim W® WAnl6 to climingte “make | | ‘ie ‘and United. aS ee pce a eerie ‘| receivefrom tie Pr —— eve. S- = Rharen. a PAGE 4 MONDAY. MARCH 16, 1959. In: setting up 3 committee to in- erament 2 total of $0,208. am io-| reading hasn't come up will any. —— vestigate the merits of flouridation crease over last year of $7.40, ! thing new. Eighty years ago in N ATO Today in Ontario, Premier Frost will delay His Worship . Bz ee my boyhood the stories of Jules . 8 Under tha site heeding, 0 : * Sclslonem this lesue fora long City, he said. ts peal ty the Gow-L tae ground ihat they were “all 5: Sete +» Buch- , time to come. In the meantime, he erument at the rate of $1.39 per | lies Those romances are aveng- a

timely vooklet, by Alastair Buc " : rh head. He. added that steel the! ing themselves by exhibiting 3 an, has been published by,the Can- | ¢Vidently doesn’t want to lose political districts, surrounding Charletie-| tendency to become true in these : . dian Institute of Sehieabthtindl Af- ground €ither by, allowing fluoridation town amalgamate with @ theselgays At the other extreme : : its : , eutlying sections would receive! “qurk Finn” and “Tom Sawyer” 4 fairs, outlining ‘the eyolution, | in communities which haven't got it, from the Goverment $235 per | ue ceesine ‘aor adil . achievements and present problems | or by withdrawing it from towns head. true and offered deplorable mod- d of the North Atlantic Treaty Or- | which want it and already have it. . Hew Gey te ethane ae ganization. . Timely, we say, for This fence-sitting policy is strong- om Aen Sa Samed & | any further inspiration. —Letter NATO’s tenth anniversary falls-on | ly criticised by the Ottawa Citizen, aoe og ggp weg — _ im the New York Herald Tribune April 4, and it is highly important | which’says it is difficult to, see Campbell presided at the mect- public mind. " do that has not already been accom- tion. Other officers gre wiegres-] Except a man be born again | In its first ten years of exist- | plished through research in North et eee ameny-tie eunist exe the Magpie of |

ence, NATO has accomplished its America over the. past 15 years. The ;