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PAGE 4 TUESDAY. JUNI 4. 157 Time For Reform In several of his campaign speeches Prime Minister St. Laurent has been critical of last year's at- tempts by members of the Opposition to keep the rights of Parliament from being stifled by governmental iii'fl.s'SUl'P. For the most part, his critici,-"in has been based on the fal- lacy that the majority has every l"lLIili to impose its will on the min- (it'll) without giving the latter ample time in which to express its views. ill: jibe about the "natural gas” that featui-oil the pipeline debate was not only in ililli taste but contrary to his reputation for dealing courteously with friend and foe. lllr. St. Lau1'eni"s departure from form in this instance would seem to indicate that he and his colleagues. however hard they may try to put a bold face on it. are in reality per- turbed about the damage which the incident did to the Speaker's office. The only way they can make amends is by rehabilitating the Speaker's influence and prestige, in the event of their being returned to responsi- bility on Julie 10. Vi'hichever party wins the election, this should be re- garded as a primary task: and the only way it can be done is by in- sulating the office once and for all from any semblance of political con- troL As things are now, the Speaker's office is regarded as a stepping stone to something more permanent-a judgeship, a senatorship, a diploma- tic post or some other gift in the Government's power to bestow. This should be changed-and quickly. The British practice of making the office s permanent one and keeping it out of politics is better in every way. Better, not only for the dignity of Parliament but for the Speakerls personal standing in the nation. It is obvious that I man who knows he is immune to political pressure is more likely to do his best and spend considerable time in learning the techniques of procedure than one who is reminded day after day that he owes his tenure to the goodwill- or whimsr-of a political party as expressed in caucus.

Different Systems

The action of the United States Congress in reducing the President's foreign aid program by more than 522 billion points up a fundamental difference between th e American sy stem of government and our own. Iicrc: a government can remain in office only as long as it retains the support of Parliament. There. Con- gres-'s goes its mvn way; but that (iflllSll'i have any effect on the Gov- ernmcnl. except that it is obliged to cut its financial garment in the cloth which Congress provides. Here, it is almost inconceivable that Parliament would flout the official will. There, it is common practice, even when the party of the Administration is in ”control" of (longress. The fact is that no American Administration "controls" Congress in the sense that the Canadian Govt.-mment more often than not controls Parliament.

There are advantages and dis- advantages to both systems: and it is difficult to say which is the better system in an overall sense. But cer- tainly there are times when a little more independence in Parliament would have n salutary effect on the government of the nation and act as a much needed check on ministerial

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fili oil vfewpolllt. it ieunk lb lflvv made Congress mote sensitive than usual to interference from the exe-

cutive branch.

Letters Oi Kindness

A week or so ago there appeared on the front page of the New York Times a sad little picture. It showed a nine-year-old boy, Bernard Berry, crying while his father who was about to be sworn in as a municipal councillor was being booed by a crowd of bystanders. The father's arms were around his son's should- ers.

Since then, it is now reported, more than l00 letters and telegrams have been received by the boy who wept because his father was being badly treated. A prominent physician in the Illidwest wrote to say that ”throughout the pages of American historv many great men have been booed and hissed.” A building con- tractor in New Orleans assured the boy that his father was a winner "because he holds the love and al- fection of a boy named after him." A woman sent five dollars and told to buy a good b()OI( WILII Ii. All the letters in one way and another assured him of sympathy and cheer.

Fortunately. a nine-year-old boy doesn't hold his grief very long, al- though it is sharp enough while it lasts. it is likely that within a few houis after the unkind experience Bernard Berry's sorrow had given place to other interests and other emotions. But he will remember for a long time to come the kindness which came to him from strangers far away. And he will treasure the assurance that it is no shame for a boy to weep when his father is in trouble. As for his comforters, they

t have their reward; for, as Rosseau

said, ”what wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"

EDITORIAL NOTES

Commenting on British-American relations, Oliver Poole, Chairman of the British National Conservative Association, said: "Partnership be- tween our two countries is essential to the weilbeing of the free world. But it has got to be a real partner- ship. In no circumstances must we allow ourselves to slip into a position of satellite status or permanent de- pendence on America." That certain- ly is the general British view. Any other interpretation of the alliance by American policy makers can only

lead to mutual irritations and ill will. 0 O O

The 4,000 inhabitants of South L'ist in the Outer Hebrides, who were considering moving to Canada en masse as a protest against the Brit- ish Government's decision to build a guided missile range in the vicin- ity, are now reported to have chang- ed their minds. After talking to the crofters and explaining the Govern- ment's intention, Lord Mancroft, an official of the Defense Ministry, said: "The trouble was that they really did not know, what was going to happen. Some of them were under the impression that we were plan- ning to explode a hydrogen bomb

every other day." I O I

But for "term 2!)" in the. New- foundland (lonfcdcration Agreement, that Province would now be in a somewhat serious financial condi- tion. notwithstanding the fact that great economic expansion has taken place since 1949. This point has been brought out by speakers on both sides of the House in the current session of the Legislature. Term 29 was a device intended to insure higher federal grants to the Province if and when the original grant scale proved unsatisfactory. It would be well if some keen-sighted lawyer were to find a similar loophole in the agreement under which P.E.l. became A part of the union.

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Mr. Philip Gruchy, (l.B.E.. re ccntly retired as First Vice President of the Anglo-i 'ewfoundland Develop- ment Co. and General Manager of mill operations at Grand Falls. Mr. Gruchy was one of the six delegates who went from Newfoundland to Ottawa in 1948 to put the finishing touches to the Confederation Agree- ment. He was also a member of the Newfoundland Royal Commission as- sknsd the task of preparing the Provinces cut for an upward ra- vision of the financial terms of the union. The St. John's Daily News says that Mr. Gruchy, a native New- folmdlander. has taken up residence M Prince Eklward Island but will combine an a director of the AND. Qt. Ih WU N burtily welcomed D

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This column In open to the discus ion by correspondent: of queicunl ll interest. The Guardian does not Ions nrdv endorse the opinion of cones pondenln. ....??.mC..... THE CLOSED DOOR

Sir, How many times do we read of the doors of business places being closed. and pass on and think no more about it? Very recently we read where Dr. R. J .llaci)onald. at St. Peter's Bay. had closed his office door for thi- last time. the same office he hail opened as a young doctor sixty- nine years ago in the day. There were no bands playing. no parade marching by. no high hats taking the saline. in a word no fuss that we see so much of today.

We might stop and think. as we pass that office door. who this man really was. Was he a general whose coal was covered with tink- ling brass medals. a governor or an ambauoador. I poteniate who sold girls in the slave market or an lndaiu leader with A hundred wives" Those are the ones who flash their pictures across the from pages of newspapers. If not. who could this old man be to have the front page of our morning paper with his picture across it? No. he was non: those big high fellows at all: he was Just a country doctor who had a small old-fashioned office and who through, three-score years and tan. left it any hour or moment of the day and night when neither snow nor rain nor cold nor heat nor gloom of storm-swept nights slay- ed him from his answered call.

How many limes. while others whose offices glitti.-red with style and assistants were too buly to be disturbed. was this country doctor making his way through blinding night strom behind a horse mov- Ing at walk speed. following up his "yes" to a phone call: ”Yes I will go": a call that took him from I sound sleep-if there it such sleep for country doctors- selling his grip randy-his own drugstore in I grip--and his own horse and on into the night.

How many nights while you and l dined and danced into the wee hours did this country doctor grape his way with oil lamp in hand to the old office door in the still- ness of the night to greet ii man with snow-crusted face: ”.Nfy wife needs you. Doctor. it may be too late." No hot coffee. no nothing; the tired doctor is on his way a- gain with a prayer on his lips that he may get there in time. to step between life and death and with his skill block the way.

There iii only one who know. how many homes this doctor has entered in his sixty-nine yoars of Practice hand in hand with the stark. lie ainne knows how many souls have come into this world through his skill and stcativ hands and how much pain and

Sllffcrinll he had relieved far from .

the interior of spotless hnspitnlg. far from modern equipment and i'9iPlnE nurses. where water was heated on an old wood-burning stove and milk warmed over an oil lamp.

Now in the one nundredtli year of his life Dr. Roddle has retired from the medical world, still fresh as ever. to work in his furden. But that same old office with its doorstep worn from his trend is closed forever. for no man will ever follow in his footsteps. The day of the oil lamp is gone, n- M the horse nize. Hospitals swing their doors open now day and llilbi as nurses and doctors wait for the sick.

so in closing my tribute to this grand old Doctor. as one of the -Iuls he brouinii into this world. and relieved of pain so many times in the past. I would say. why "i "K" I Piltlue beside his office with the inscription: 'Tmm this office every hour of the day "'5 MIN for sixty-nine yegrg there wont forth to relieve the

and suffering of burns. ...i.'Si,', :

Roderick J. lfocbonnld. the pug. out man who ever lived in mg vicinity. known as ”ibe daddy at them all." let us do it now while It is still with us. not qua 5 in none. someone who knows but can start the ball rolling for on mid. and at the mm of the innnulal lbe inscription could read: "Ereeted by his eonnelag

I am. on. eu-.. W. A. Oillllh

JET- PROPELLED CLAM

National Geographic society

When a scallop gels to the din- ner iable friend. it is a mere frag- ment of its original sell it has lost its handsome shell. inu.st of its body. and its 120 bright-blue eyes.

At home in ocean or bay. this guslatorial delight is an intricate- by designed, jet-propelled clam. It also is star of a television show.

Unlike its cousin the oyster. the scallnp is a free-swimming animal. it moves by opening its shell and rapidly closing it. forcing the wat- er out in jets-

Ml'SCLE COI.l'MN EAT EN

The white column of muscle that j ties together the two halves of the shell. and operates the biting move- ment. is the scallop of sea-fond res-

taurants. in additiin to pushing the scal- lop along, the highed shell is .

l home and forelri-.-.s. Wavchke cor- i

rugniinns fan out from the hinge to give the distinctive shape fain- lliar in ancient symbolism and mo- dern gasoline advertising. The i form provides great strength with p little weight. g

At the edges of the shell, when open. can be seen a remarkable organ. the mantle. This envelop lng membrane secretes the shell, but its services do not stop there. The scallop has no head. so the msntle grows its eyes.

As many as 120 have been fniind on ii single animal. They are blue or blue-green. and equipped with lenses, retinas and optic nerves.

The scallop brcalhcs and cats with its nianlle. which contains two sipltons. One pulls water into the gills. while the other pushcs it out until. The gills draw oxygen from the water and pass it on to the colorless hlnod.

The gills also catch lhe scallops dinner. Mucus coatings trap mic- roscopic life in the water and dc-

liver it to the creature's mouth. p

81! MILLION INDFSTRY

Gathering these shellfish is a big industry. in I935. the latest year for winch the Fish and Wild- life Service has figiires. 2.'l.73-1.000 pounds of scallop meat were tak- en; value: Sl2.589.00ff. More than lfi.000.0t'lfl pounds were sea scal- lnps. netted off the coast of New England. The smaller bay scallop. living in the shallow water. is al- so important comiiicrcially.

The Fish and Wildlife Service is conducting investigations of the

OUR YESTERDAYS

From the tlnnrrlian Files

TWENTY-I-'IVI-7 YEARS AGO (June 4, 1912)

At a mi-climz of the llnempluy menl Association of Charlottetown in the Strand Theatre yesterday afternoon. the officers and com- miiltees were elccled to carry on

the work of the Association The ; purpose of the meeting was in be l

come more strongly organized. Standard wages in contracts and limiting relief work in people of the province. were two of the re- commendations set forth.

Since the beginning of int week in: l.C.M. Police have taken over the enforcement of prohibition on the Island. for which purpose they have enrolled three new members. Rug. Morris. City; VI. ll. lily- vv . Iumntrside: and G. Mun, fling: county.

TIN YIAII A60 (Jul 0. I011)

ProvIIII'I illustration lutlonl. sold II the canal IQ- liol push noting is olnonn

scallop to find whether it needs protection either from man or na- tural enemies-

Operating out of Woods Hole. Massacliuselts. research scientists are t I g gin it live scallops. and checking their habits with televi- sinn cameras lowered into the depths. Some of the pictures come from as far down as 150 feet.

Results are not yet conclusive. but tagging returns indicate that the animals don't move very far. for all their jet propulsion, and that the species seems to be in no

p immediate danger.

T MAXIMS

All men are not equally quail-

ited for getting money but it is in the power of everyone to be thrifty and naive.

Pot Remodiosf And Head Colds

By Ila-mu N. Induce. ll).

lovvsre of well-meaning friends who offer unsound medical advice. At'no time no you more vulue able in these suggestion of spec- lni home remedies than when you have a cold.

For example. whenever you got I sniffle or let loose with a sneele. someone is bound to suited: "ilk? a good stiff drink tonight before you go to ACTUAL MEDICAL VALUE

Many persons quicltly.seize upon idea with rniisu. Gr

or two willgglve I penon a feeling of well belpl. PM does it have any actual medical value as far as the itold is concern-

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Let's look at the facts.

A cold, it is generally conceded, is a virus disease. Taken intern ally. alcohol will not kill any infec- tion. virus or otherwise.

A drink of liquor, however. does raise your internal temperature somewhat. By dilating the blood vessels in your mucous mem- brnnces and skin. it brings A ' ”.g of warmth to the chilled surface of the skin.

GIVES SOME COMFORT

in this way. it might actually make you I bit more comfortable.

Yet. too much alcohol can make you more uncomfortable than would the cold alone. Dilating tlie membranes of your nose too much only adds to the congestion and makes it more difficult to breathe.

All in all. a small amount of al- cohol does have a limited value in making a cold victim feel a little better. NOT A CURE

But it will not stop your cold; .

it will not even shorten its dura- lion.

One more thing. If you do decide in "193 I nil) to ease your cold suffering. make sure you do it a home. The best place for anyone with a cold is in bed. But you don't want to wind up there as the result of an auto accident caus- ed by a bit of ibmibing to "help" your cold.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

A.E.S.: I have enema at the back of my knee loint and other lmru of my body. What causes it and is there any cure for it”

Answer: It is possible that die rash is due to what is known as psoriasis. Examination by a skin specialist would be advisable.

Eczema. as I rule. is due to some type of sensitivity. Treat- ment usually consists of finding the subtance to which you are sen- sitive nnd eliminating ii. The use

of A brand ointment may be help- ful. i

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COINCIDENCE CONTINUES

ST. BONIFACE. Man. lCPl-- Two sisters married to two brothers shared a ward at St. Boniface Hospital and both had I baby the same day. At 8:30 s.m. May 31. Mrs. Ovlde Marion gave birth to I hon. About 4'; hours later. a girl was born to Mrs. Philbert Marion.

VETERAN D0("I'0Il DIES

GALT. Ont. lCPl -- A distin- guished physician and former member of the Ontario legisla- ture. i)r. James McQueen died here in his 90th year. He had practised medicine for 28 years at nearby Freellon and 86 years in Call. lie was Liberal memebr fohwatcrloo South from lilll to ill .

L7.-iEiFuiTx'iiii-iTici i.ONl)()N 'CPi - A reading room to be built at the Tate Cen- tral Lihrnry in the Brixton district will cost more than 2.500.

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ONLY THE BEi.I-”RY SING!

Under the darkened rafters of the

night.

Birds hide their head in tucks of travelled wings,

The winds an-. stilled and hold upon their flight ..

To hear the village belfry as it sings

Reminders of the time from most-

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French doctors unset-Ibo a :1. day sleep cure for many forms of uurmis. Sleeping up an. weeks removes all your wu-fig. -except when to get anochgp jgb, -Hamilton Spectator

News that tbd post office depart- ment in settling up an electronic 50"" in speed Candis mail is certainly welcome. The vagaries of our mail system in recent years have been disturbing. Indeed it seems at times that you can almost add an extrI's day's delivery time for each increase in first-clau pol- llle.-Vnncouver Sun

The Victoria Day weekend out the lives of 82 Canadians. Fifty of them died on the streets and high- Vflys. 20 drowned. two died in fires. 10 from miscellaneous acci- dents. It is a shocking recon! - lnd. we repeat, practically all no- cidental deaths are preventable.-

OI son” in needed to make the pi", Isbitalbe. -'- Iunchester Guardian

It In been proved that co" give milk more readily and ,. (roller quantities when there ., music in the air. but the gum, thing does not seem to hold in, high school students writnig exam. instlons. A test in Newport News high school students writing exam. in lroups exposed. to Strauss. l-:1. vis Presley. mood music and no music. The results showed pi-3... tically no preponderance, any um. except um the pi-euey gt-...i,,'

it has an hourly voice that calls -

and sings.

The ch:-vrnned pininns and the mat ilnd brensl

llsve let their colors melt upon

the dark;

And song is silent. cupped in throat and nest

On wooded hill and orchard. city park.

Dawn will return in plumage like the west

And paint a voice upon the climb- in iark. ..

-William Vincent Sieller.

Ottawa Journal um. in Int gboudon Free Pr ' es;

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We owe it to ourselves and to the other driver to have our cars in good working condition; to drive at moderate speed; 1,, ob. serve all-traffic rules and to DRIVE CAREFULLY.

This aim combined with adequate insurance Cover will bring relief from anxiety in many Canadian homes.

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