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THE GUARDIAN

-900030 Prince Edward Island Lilo the Deaf

Published every week-day morning at 138 Prince

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Parliament Prmgus ,

The Government has shown little weak-

ness during the past session and the course,

of Parliamentary business has reflected that fact. Armed with a strong majority the Government has been able to have some 67 bills passed in addition to private measures and divorce bills. In fact it was only in the last group that it encountered any difficulty. Important general measures such as basic amendments to the Bank Act and re- vision of the Criminal Code were dealt with

without difficulty. Certain features of theiwhich prohibits the employer f1'0m dt-ling;

latter, however. have been turned over to a Royal Commission for study. The Gov- ernment resisted pressure to introduce any-

procedures for dealing with subversive ele- ments and, although not everyone is satis- fied that present methods are the best, there is much to be thankful for. The Emergency Powers Act was permitted to expire May 31.

The Budget brought little in the way of either pain or pleasure. however, took a firm stand on the claim of the Province of Quebec that the Provinces

have prioritv in the matter of levying In- P9130" Sh0l-lid be C0I'lViCt9d. and that Drill"

s . . N Parliamentary indemmties, if) ' they can still be so termed, were increased iU5ilC9-

to 310,000.

come Tax.

A most important measure was that giv-i ing effect to an agreement with the Prov-I inces that Provincial boards should be giv-l cn authority to exercise Federal powers in theymatter of inter-Provincial highway traf-J fic. This in effect puts the situation where it was before the Privy Council ruled that- such powers are properly Federal

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Eclipse tit Tile sun

Tomorrow a shadow will speed at 3,000- miles per hour from Nebraska to Pakistan,- its 8,000-mile course lasting from sunrise to sunset although accomplished in less than three hours. A total eclipse of the sun will be visible near Minneapolis, across nor- thern Canada. Greenland, Sweden, the Mediterranean, India and Pakistan. Short- ly after 7:10 a.m. AST it will reach maxi- mum intensity in this Province, althoughp visible here as only a partial eclipse. ,

Many warnings have been given by- scientists and medical men that its is dan- gerous to look at the sun even in eclipse without adequate protection. Ordinary sun, glasses are quite inadequate. A number ofi layers of very dark exposed photographic prints are required to provide a minimum of protection. Even so equipped it is most, unwise to look at the sun more than mon- cntarily.

Estimates of the temperature of the sun's surface range from 4,000 to 35,000 degrees centigrade) Canadian and Ameri- can scientists will take observations in this country both from the ground and from aircraft in attempts to learn more about the composition of the chromosphere, a ruddy, flowing layer of hydrogen, helium and other gases that surrounds the sun,- the corona, the .'l,OD0,000-mile long stream- ers of anunknown substance and any other 1 information that they can obtain. . I

Totaiity in any given place will last 89! seconds but the whole show 53 minutes. I

During a previous eclipse observed int this Province amateur photographers ob- tained interesting effects of sunlight shin- ing through leaves and producing innumer-i a . crescent: of light.

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vital interests At stalls

The Dominion Government has decided 1 resume, by special legislation, the power hich it had exercised under the Emerg-

y Powers Act until that legislation ex-

, granting or withholding at its own i, the license to work on vessels on the-Great Lakes. , '11-do action,

the Financial Post. has met with a

, deal of criticism on the ground that ,makea "a man's livelihood entirely de- , on the arbitrary decision of a gov-

-odficiaip with no judicial process

C X4311)! in true, concedes ,. ”.Ulfi:3lt remains to consider what ,.i”IIb.a'vallable. ago it could boule- igjbat the owners of. the on the Great Lakes, viii any.-. vessels operating

. .:.-ll filled won in re-

Iliv Illtlili whom they re- f H . Theyhhad the :10! new to M

,worthy person being dismissed as untrust- l

The Government, 1 lV0i'thY- ,principle that it is better that a guilty per-

- ing committed them.

,of the Bank of Canada and Central Mort-

I British troops from the Suez canal zone.

1-Afllcali I as

trustworthy, and it was obviously much in their own interest to do so. There was therefore no necessity for anybody else to bother with the problem. Sabotage, it was assumed, would be made impossible, or as near as might be to it, by the precaution; of the owners of the property at risk, In protecting their own property they were of course also protecting that of the nation in the form of canal locks, etc.

That is no longer the case. A worker once employed can no longer be dismissed for untrustworthiness based merely on his

of his character. There must be some seri- ous overt act proved against him in order to deprive.him of his right to the protec- tion of his job and his seniority by the full power of his trade union. And the trade lunlon expressly renounces all responsibility for judging or not whether he is :1 Com- imunist. The union naturally wishes to lavoid a responsibility which it probably Icould not perform very well. But when int also refuses the employer the right to .get rid of the untrustworthy employees,

land secures the passage of legislation

"so, it is certainly creating a very difficult fsltuation.

1 If neither the employer nor the union is! in u o . i thing in the nature of McCarthyism into our '” 3 Posmo” to get rid Of the Ullillusi-i

iworthy employee, there remains only one iauthority which can do it, and that is the lsoverelgn power..lt is contended that the ,methods followed should be closely similar ito those of a court of law, in order that there may be no danger of a really trust-

In a court of law it is a basic

son should escape than that an innocent

ciple is the very essence of democrataic

But on the Great Lakes it cannot be made a principle that it is better that an untrustworthy person should be left in his employment than that a trustworthy per- son should be wrongly dismissed. The risks of a wrong acquittal, argues our Toronto contemporary, are infinitely graver, the evils of a wrong adverse decision are in- finitely less, than in a criminal case. Nor can trustworthiness be adequately guaran- teed by making crimes of certain actions, such as joining a Communist organization, and by assuming the trustworthiness of -. anybody who cannot be convicted of hav-

EDITORIAL NOTES

Festival of St. Peter and St. Paul. O I I The third annual aerial battle against the spruce budworm has ended in New Brunswick. Favorable weather allowed spraying during the period when the pest is most vulnerable. . , O O O The Government of the United King-I dom has always laid great stress on con- tinuity of foreign policy. Sir Winston Churchill was faithful to the tradition in associating Mr. Eden with any understand- ing reached at Washington. 0 O O lAccording to official figures, the Gov- ernment payroll in Ottawa, including staffs

gage and Housing Corporation, now num- bers 36,077 men and women who are paid approximately S115,461,000 annually.

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Politicians are commonly reported as citing the rights and privileges to which they consider their constituents are en- titled. It is refreshing to have Mr. J. Angus MacLean remind them that they should also learn and exercise the duties of citizenship on a municipal, provincial and national level.

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From Washington comes the story that

the Prime Minister and the President have is in

agreed on condition for the withdrawal of

Supervision will be turned over to Egypt provided that country makes the canal zone available to allied forces in the event of a Soviet attack on any Middle Eastern state. 0 O 0

Joseph Aloysius Hansom, English archi- tect and inventor, died this date 1882. Orig- inally a joiner by trade, he showed an aptl- ture for design and took up architecture. He designed Birmingham town hall and many important buildings, particularly Ro- man Catholic churches. His name is per- potuated, however, an inventor of the Han- oom Cab, the predecessor, of the taxi.

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It is unfortunate that India should have decided even "with regret" to close ita,l-ligh Commiaalon in South Africa at the request of the South African Government, breaking the last direct diplomatic link be- tween the two Commonwealth nation. It in to be hoped that relations will again be returned and that India concern for south of Indian in-lgin can be given of-

political beliefs or on a careful estimate,

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Advice To Male Readers: One Thing Sometimes Leads To Another!

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V in Hawaii,

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AUSPEX

My heart. l cannot still it.

Nest. that had song-birds in it; And when the last. shall go,

The dreary days to fill it,

Instead of lurk or llnnet,

shall whirl dead leaves and snow.

Had they been swallows only, Without the passion stronger, That skyward longs and sings Woe! me, I shall be lonely When I can feel no longer The impatience of their wings!

A moment, sweet delusion.

Like birds the ,brown leaves hover;' But it will not. be long Before their wild confusion Fall wavering down to cover The poet and his song.

-James Russell Lowell.

Old Csiiariotiotown

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TRADE IN SHEEP SKINS

"To give an idea of tlie trade in sheep skins in Charlottetown, we may mention that one individual. Mr. Charles Reilly, purchases un the average 200 sheep skins every' market day. and has expended the amount of 1:120 per week since the middle of August on this one article. The trade will close for the season about Christmas. Mr. Reilly is but one of the many on the is- land engaged in the same businris "

-Roars Weekly, Oct. 27 1863.

Essence Of June

(New York Times)

The man who moves the lawn gave us the season's first whiff of that sweet, green fragrance of fresh-cut grass; but now come the haymakers, and the whole coun- tryaidc takes on a fragrance as characteristic of June as the fragrance of lilacs in May. The mowers clatter, i.he' tall falls in windrows, and the hay- making is on.

June haymaking used to be a hazardous necessity because of June rain. But not any more. in- gcnlous technologists got. to work and turned out hay choppers and hay, driers and a lot of other equipment. Nowadays the farmer: stow their early hay green. chop- ped and fresh, in silos. Then it undergoes a process known as en- silage. a fermentation which pre- serves and even enhances the nourishment and flavor of growing thinla - to a cow. at least. The mowers atart in the hay fields rilht -after breakfast. the rakes soon follow, the choppe follows the takes, the trucks follow the choppcr and before dusk the hay the silo -

hay from his first crop; he can dry it a bit on the ground. bale ii. and atou it. in n loft equipped with a drier which will cure it aafely oven in the midst. of a wet. apell. Dry hay. however. usually comca from a later cutting.

Whatever the ultimate purpose, now the mowcra go to work in the hay fieldl. The bromc. the timothy. the clover. the alfalfa are cut, and the sweetness pervades the valleys. Not a hay smell; Jun the fl-uh-cut groan small. The hay amell in a further distillation. with sunshine in it, and dew. and a touch of wild mint, and just a trace of butter-cup. The essence not only of hiy. but of June. A summer Imell if there ever war one.

The Age Old Story .

lquarter of the human race,

KFESS g

Or, if the farmer insists on dry E

OTTAWA REPORT

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Commonwealth Conference

By Patrick Nicholson

Seven Senators and Members of Parliament, representing all four political prrties, will enjoy a trip to Africa this summer to attend the bienn al meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary As- sociation.

Kenya and Rhodesia are acting as joint hosts to this gathering The governments of those coun- tries will pay all expenses of the visitors: from Montreal back in Montreal in the case of the Canadian delegation. Representatives of all the Par- liaments in the Commonwealth and British Empirg. covering one will unofficial

gather for this huge formal

Parliament. After the meetings in the city of Nairobi early in August, the delegates will tour Kenya and Rhodesia; some will go on to tour South Africa. while others will visit the Gold Coast in West Africa.

Canada was host to the last. meeting in 1952. Over 100 dele- gates met in Ottawa: after that they toured Canada to the Pacific Coast and back in a special train as guests of this country.

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The conference will discuss, be- hind closed doors as usual, ev- ery subject of mutual interest to the Commonwealth and Empire countries. These will include for- eign affalrs, defence, trade, migration, as well as an inter- change of information and ideas on topics ranging from agricul- ture to parliamentary procedure. Nothing is binding in this ex- change of views: no resolutions are passed: but it has always been agreed that the meetings are in- valuable through the understand- ing obtained of our fellow-nations' problems and ambitions.

Representing Canada this year will be Senator Gershaw, from Alberta! three Liberal M.P's H. P. Covers from St. Catharinea, On- tario, L. T. Sticlrfrom Newfound- land, and Pierre Gauthier from Quebec: Donald Fleming from To-

ANOTES BY

Pesalmlam at lowest. level: "Even in a land flowing with milk and honey. Iomebody would have to look after the cow: and the beer." -Stratford Beacon-Herald.

We have already called atten- tion to the fact.that Robinson Crusoe invented the five-day week. having all his work clean- ed up by Frlday.. We neglected to mention that he waa also nome- thlng of a contorfioniat, for he distinctly says that when his day's work was done he sat. down on" his chest.-Petcrborough Examin- r.

The biggaat spender of the prov- lncea il B. C. The British Colum- bla Government apparently has re- tained lta champlonahlp title as the biggest tax collector in Can- ads. On a per capita basin even oil-rich Alberta lag: behind this province in taxation. The other provinces are hardly in the race, and, on average. Icerna to.bc col- lecting not much more than half the Brltlah Columbia figure. - Vlctorla 3., C. Timon).

rat to sound Inc in dire- year: the people of Port Stanley have rejected cocktail ban in the community with approximately 75 per cent of the votora going to the polla in the laat test to turn back the liquor Ialo promotion. There in no need to comment at length hero on tha ponluehco of than interested in the sale of liquor to force a second plcblceiu on the question within a three- year period. II. II on a par with

the pro . of colonial-clallud Sunday I :1: who would not public opl ion every ucca-id or- thlrd year in the hope that their effort: wll be , . The record of rejection viguon-och

llng xtenalon in past two year: il avid llc disgust with the and their oafonunanl , cannot

ronto representing the Conserva- tive Party; Roy Knight from Saskatoon representing the C. C.

F. ; and Solon Low from Peace River representing the Social Credit group.

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With Canada and the sterling Commonwealth countries present. the question of trade will loom large in the talks. In 1952 Mr. Low strongly advocated that the sterling currency of our sister nations should be accepted by Canada, tol assist trade. Consid- erable interest was rrouaed by this proposal; the sterling should be used, Mr. Low recommended, on the purchase of sterling area products and on investment in underdeveloped Commonw e a 1 t h countries. He is likely to propose this again at this year's meeting. when it is especially attractive as a possible means of loosening up our clogging trade channels.

Defence, especially the defence of Asia against the encroach- ments of communism, will be the most important and topical sub- ject discussed. In this, the prea- ence of Indian, Pakistani and Ceylon delegates will make the talks of more than superficial significance. .

"It has been my experience at these informal talks held e cry two years draw the Common- wealth countriea .-loser la more sympathetic association.” r. Low told me. "They enlarge the un- dersianding of all of us. - Such understanding, for example, was the invaluable prelude which en- abled uo to foresee the value of the Colombo Plan."

"I believe too." he added. "that recent developments in world af- fairs have made us all realise more clearly that the great an- sociation of nations we call the Commonwealth offers an import- ant balancing factor against the immense power of the United States, and saves the Free World from being dominated by that

country.' '

THE WAY

than has been apparent. -- Sud- bury Star.

The U. A. W., the autHna.kcra' union, ha: initiated firat atepa in its next major goal, amely, ob- taining from the indus ry a guac- anleed annual wage for its mem- bers. This will be quite a trick if the union can pull it off. but there's one quite obvious catch. The industry. before granting a guaranteed annual wage, will, in turn, have to get a guarantee from the public that so many cars, and no less, will be bought each year. Thla trick may be just a trifle difficult. to execute. - Brockvillc Recorder and. Tlmu).

A pan of wlulon la the most dangerous pone of all. It in fun- damentally dlahonoat. and it fool: the actor more than it does the audience. The moat extrema form of trying to "loll" thla pole in the suggestion that &ort-cut, pill-form book and information digest: will make any one a good conversation- allst. Nothing in mora likely to make him a bad one. To think, to wonder. to queltlcn oneself- occaalonally to accept the dignity of doubt-thou an the attribute! of a win man who make: ulce- tlva reading a non of plrtncnhlp in hll development. Thla in the and encourage a humility-with

out which than in no wisdom. - Hamllton Spectator. A

with all the eta-ranttalk about the movsmcnto and mmootlvo movcmcuta of arnilcl. navial and air fiesta. news of another and dif- ferent kind of expedition coma aa

the Arctic which began bay Harbor. Maine. laat Saturday. This will be the Iotb Northern exploration trip for Commander Macmlian who in in his soul you-. of the thirteen man crew (12 men and one woman actually: Mu. Mac- Mlllan is going along for the ninth time) a maiarlty can claim prior experience. Clayton Hodgdon of not Boothbay. Maine. is making his fifth trip aroook. portant. office on auch a. venture. Dr. William Thomas of Chicago is going. along an physician and first mate; he went once before in 1930. Novlo 1Beria'a.nd goes for the sixth time as aecond mate and takldcr- mlst. Walter Boyd of Washington and Rutherford Plait of New York City are both second-trlppcra, hav- ing gone in 1950. , , , a a 0 First. time adventurers and ex- plorers are two University students, the head of the Science Depart- ment. in a small Connecticut col- lege. the auperintendcnt of "a. park and o middle-aged scientist from Pennsylvania. Not to be overlooked is the good ship "Bowdoin" (9. four mooted auxiliary schooner, named for Commander M.acMlllan's alma ulster, Bovvdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. a veteran or many years. Commander Macmillan is one of the truly greatrcxplorers of this century. Born in P1-ovlncctown, Mass, in 1874, he taught school as a. young man. In 1008 he Joined the Peary Arctic Expedition which re-

- suited a year later in the discovery

of the North Pole. For two years following that historic event he made a. study-on the spot.-of racial characteristics of Arctic and Labrador Indiana and Eskimos. In 1913 he organized his own inde- pendent cxpedltion which, except for war years' interruption, he has kept going ever since.

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On one voyage Commander Mac- Millan remained in the Arctic reg- ions for four years. His chief pur- pose at that time was to find out once for all whether or not a new island, which Admiral Peary be- lieved he had seen in one of his earlier expeditions, did in fact. ex- ist. He proved to his own antis- faction and that of other scientists that the island was non-existent: at the same time he discovered new lands of his own.