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"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink”.

CllARl.l)TTl:”ll0WN. TUESDAY. DEC. Ill. 1951 l -------cmc----- " esml For Better Dental Health j F?) i

it would appear to the average layinair that the greatest single advance in the field of deiltal health was made in the dis-I covery of the effect of minute quantities of fluorine in the drin'king water. Although it is still undergoing tests, the results havcf hecil so startling (up to 66'; decline in de-; cay) that its use has been approved by leading public health authorities in the- United States.

In Canada its use is being urged by dis- tinguished members of the dental profcs-l sion. and Dr. D. P. Mowry, dean of the' School of Dentistry at IllcGill l.'niversit,v: has gone so far as to say that if the City, of Montreal acts soon ill the use of thisl chemical ill the water supply, in 50 yearsl plates won't be necessary to the ordinary, person. .

An equally astonishing factor is the ex-, tremely economical cost of treatment est- imated at between 5 and 16 cents per year per capita. it goes without saying that the average faintly would be delighted at a. yearly dclital expenditure of this amount in payment of at least half of the dental bill. It might also have an effective psychological. benefit in that it might stimulate the use of; the toothbrush because of the removal of: what has hitherto been a seeming uncon-l trollable tendency to decay and the conse-i quent "what's the use” attitude ill the child and parents.

Prince lzjrluartl island has already made great strides ill its health services and the fluorine developments have doubtless been closely watched by this department of the govcrnnicnt, but as yet there has been no announcement as to whether or not its use is practical in this Province.

lit-lVel'lilll8lIT Salaries

line of the serious problems of Govern-.

merit is to get and retain the services of qualified top level administrators. With the ever increasing activity of Government the problem becomes the more difficult. In business the man who can efficiently man- age a liiulli-millioii dollar enterprise re- ceives very high monetary rewards indeed because the value of his services is very pointedly shown by the financial state- ments of his firm.

In Government there is a strong resist- ance to rcwardiilg particularly able men ac- cording to their deserts and although the average civil servant probably has an in- come roughly equivalent to what he could earn in private employment, there are jobs to be done in the public service calling for extraorrliil:ii'y ability which pay little more than average.

Some nations meet the problem in part

by lavish distribution of honours fo1' pub-,

lic service. In Canada this is hardly the case so that financial rewards must be depended upon to retain the necessary ad- ministrators The public might as well get .llSC(l to the idea that it must compete with business and the labor unions for top flight cvecutivcs.

A century old

Conllncnting on the proposals for cel-.

ebrating last week the twentieth annivers- ary of the Statute of Wcstminister, the Globe and Mail points out that the date of

the Statute (Dec. 11, 1931) while import-'

ant, should by no means be regarded as (1 sort of independence day, marking the em- ergence of this Dominion as a sovereign na- tion.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier. whose word should be good enough for most Canadians in- cluding all Liberals, said in 1899 that Can- ada had enjoyed "legislative independence absolute" for fifty years. This is not what the history books say but it is just possible the historians havcnlt read their sources thoroughly and that Sir Wilfrid, who ran the country, knew more about it than the men who merely wrote or write about it.

The old Toronto Globe. another unim- pcachable authority. in its issue of Nov. 17, 1849, noted that "Canada is now as free from lbaneful dominatlon' as any country under the sun." Since the grant of, Re- ponsiblc Government, The Globe went on to siiy,Vthe people -of Canada had exercised "full power over the public affairs." This was a considerable time before the framers of the Statute of Westminster o'r the cur- rent generation of Canadian politicians got into action .

Canada, of course, has far more im-

portance, prestige and influence in the world now than it had in 1899 or 1849. This gain, however, was not achieved by charters, declarations, statutes, documents or even political speeches. It was achiev- ed by the mainly noii-poiitica-l activities of Canadians in industry. commerce. war and other fields. All that the Statute of West- minster did was to describe in legal lan- guage a state of affairs established and recognized many years earlier. As the Globe and Mail concludes, ”Canadian history is taught badly enough already without mistallcs on this point creeping in."

LDIIURIAL NUIES

Svvcii more days till Christmas. I It vi The latest estimate of the Gaspe copper ore reserves places it at 75,000,000 tons. Isn't that a windfall, and so near here? it

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A few years ago, one would not have considered it possible for the Government to have 20 snow ploughs operating at one time. Yet so it was over the week-end

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The opcllillg of Canadian Overseas Tele- communication Corporation marks the na- tionalization of Canada's cable communica-

tions with the world.

The hockey team visiting Cape Breton suffered two misfortunes-they got blank- ed out, and then got stalled at Borden on

the way home.

liveryoiie is thinking about a very special tree at this season, but should not forget the X'eterans' Tree at Moore & Mc- Lcod's. 0 Slavery was abolished in the U. S. A. this date 1862, ten years after the publica- tion of "Uncle Tom's Cabin". The result of the Civil War, 1861-65, assured that the

abolition would be effective. 0 I

l 0 Sonic 30 tourists fleeing from New lYork's wintry weather for Florida's sum- timer clime on Saturday went instead-and luncxpectcdly to their long rest. The un-

lccrtaintics of life. I

i in a world where a diplomat may not lcvcn be given a traffic ticket because of this status it is little short of astonishing Ito have two being shot and wounded as was the case in Czechoslovakia. .. .. -.

If you want. anything from Ottawa you ;must go after it personally, as the Premier jfound in connection with the Hillsboro Bridge. Correspondence and phone calls are all right in their way, but for action the personal interview has it all over them.

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A cheaper method for providing piped water to outlying farms, estates and vii- glages is being used in the U.K. It consists lot a tractor-drawn mole drain plough which llays special copper tubing underground at .a speed of 100 to 150 feet a minute. i O I I 1 The lifting of currency restrictions both by this country and by the United Kingdom .will undoubtedly bring a flurry of foreign buying, but more important it should re- suit. in greater interest by outside investors

in these two countries.

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it is announced Quebec families of moderate means will save about 2l600,000 ito li70(),0OO a year because of the legisla- jtion modifying the Succession Duties Act. The aincndment provides that in estates of not nwrc than .l450,000 there was to be ex- lemption of thc'Tirst 5510.000 when the heirs larc in the direct line, and of .i'.l,500 for each ,child under the age of 25. l v: -A H l ; To him that hath Christmas holidays ;lll'.)l'(l arc to be given. Thousands of civil gscrvanfs who are employed on an hourly wage will get the same Yuletide holidays as civil servants employed on regular salaries. The Federal Treasury Board decided to ex- tend tlic extra two-day holiday with pay- thc day before Christmas and the day be- fore New Year's-to all prevailing rate lworkers in the Federal Civil Service. The lholidays will be granted providing there is 'no rush work to be done. If the employees have towvork on those days, they will be granted compensatory leave with pay at some other time. 0 His Majesty the King will be part of this Christmas, as he has been for years, and his father before him. On Christmas Day he will follow the happy ritual of broadcasting to his people "from his home", and of gathering all together, as a family of nations, bound by the strength of family ties and interests. There will be something that touches the heart in its deeper places in this Christmas. Whenever an invalid, long absent from the family circle, returns, there is a very special ten- derness to the welcome. So will the King be welcomed into our homes this Christ- mas, before the warm hearth of a glowing

FHE GUARDIAN. CHARL(l'l"lll'iT()WN

"Don't Forget, Huh, Santa?"

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Notes From

Another Island By "Anson"

LONDON, EnBland:-

British plumbing, like our cook- ;ng and the weathenlias long been a source of coiiclescendlng amuse- ('().V.VOLLl”mciu. to visitors from overseas. particularly those from North Am- erica, who may perhaps feel that in these respects they are some- xi hat better served at home. Whe- ther in fact. they are or not-and

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TRFB l.' T E TO FVCA P'I'.

Slr,- Through your popular paper. the President of the Navy League of Canada. P. E. l. Divi- sion. Officers and lads of nlir Sea - Cadet. movement. uz.-h. to express there 15 probably some doubt. if our warmest C0llgl'allllail(1llS to,-mp, mph were known-they are Captain J. J. Coniiully on the lEl'-lg-ncouraged in their belief by many mination of la. most. distinguished of our own citizens, who help to Naval career. We know lnni best fogier the illusion that our gr. f0I' his inlefesl-5 in 011? m0l'Pm0ll1- rzingements in such matters are so and everrthini: Dm".-unin: in our lifld as to be comical. The real joke welfare. 1... of course, that we ourselves On Fl-Fiday 9VC11iIli;-S. from 7 11111” don't. believe it; except, naturally. 9 p. in. (two lioiirs packed with ,.,-hm 9, sudden freeze-up causes lecture aild training). Captain our pipes to burst, but that is Connolly is usually on the ”SI-IIP" liable to happen to almost any- with his cheery smile, good ad- 1,303-. we wouldn't claim that We vice and encourageinent, for wzth- am cxgcuy the envy of other races. out his cooperation, we would not bu; we get by. our lugubrjous Sm. have survived. on that night, the U-mcjsm is no more nor less than "SHIP." equipment, etc. is ours. 3 characteristic, Captain -7- -l- C0Im011.V ll'0H'l bf Another subject on which we ac- lorgotten by the lads, He holds a cum 3 Certain amount of good- big spot in their hearts. We say. mm,-cd banter from our cousins ”ThHI1k X011. Sh"-" from other lands is our methods of J. J. MORRlS. lkceplrlg ourselves warm indoors. President. Navy League of Cali--and more specifically, our appar- 3d3- P- 15- 1- D”'l5m"- cnt reluctance to have anything i-hatsoevcr to do with central rt-atliig. In our homes, that. is; elsewhere. for instance in offices. factories, shops and so forth. we

CHRISTMAS (JTTT!--llt).Vl'1l'

Sir,-Sonic yea igu. when rc-

sidmg i" 1”" lmlm S””"' I have come to accept. that there is found that the Blinks clii 'cd onln lot to be Said for jig

a Chrlstmlls Club every year andi . . .

anyone could join the club and! g , ' l 11 pay iinywhcrc from 25 cents pcrl 51” "in quite 9”ou5h 0 he us work in. There was no conipul- C'''5l'll310l5Cl.V 0” the idea as mr 35

sioil to pay up regularly. and ,xou our homes are concerned. It l5 "05 could not draw your account nul.1mii'c coincidence that makes those That was the good point. 'lllir-,Chilstinns cards and calendars Club started iirounii Dcc. ltl aindlnniong the most popular, year af- ran for a your to December the in year. which show nbfine pic; following year, and at that iiiiizylui-p in warm reds and rowns o the bank sent you a cheque forl;-mjdy-complexioiied olde-English the amount you paid in. flllir-rctgpmlcnjpn of a century or so ago. was no interest and no rliurgc fni'l,.-3,1,”-ed convivlauy 1-Dunn R ,-o;”-.. lh" 59"li'”- ” 3”" "1"-V Wml "lliiigr fire in an open hearth. If the tiny "ems 3"” Wt ll l””'li3 I-inyllliflllllc also shows icicles outside

dollars the same way. And ll-P-1”", wmdmvs and snow in lhrg l':ll”r;d:,l”4'I" L'je:::;1l":;1W”'l'll' '" A r.:"eet so much the better: it helps .' -.l ' ” ' " h ' l -kl those chaos

I believe it would tip I uoiiilir- E'l:p"::K::,p orucf1u; mmm HM ful lhmn for M hm (:hW' iorlld which to toast thenlsclvcs. loumowm '0 MW " l W Oddlv enough "toast" is ius' R lesser one :if next (?hristm:is; -1 H .f "Hi , i lmuch 6! ,1. it would leave us with fewer l':b””l I gl. 1 Jme ' 13 small bills in the stores to iii-it-'iil”'-'1" (mm mm" he Hm” '

paid during the follnwi ix moiitl '

luhicli case one gets very warm on I i side facing the fire. and vcrv

Filly ccnis nI' ll (lollnr per wcc , , as one saw fit would soon slipw Killllil 011 '-ll? 0lhN'- .Y('l ""5 is up big on the pass lmok. Of; iinl considered 8n.VillI"Q 1”” 9" course this is fill up in iii:-lnvri-wlieiminiz nrirumcnt nminst hanks, and if tiny u.mi in (lo tliislwcn fires. After all. a dmuglit

I am sure there wniild hc Stllllltifflll be blocked. iind in nnv case on the list who would .-it the Phil that. is only one of the misfor-

turn their climpies over to ;ill;m(-c of life and lint to be bthmezl savings :ii-colinl. No niatii-r liowlm, mo hmunw svslcvn, Cn1l-i('Hlt- much you pay iiilo liic Cliristmns my. um fpnl djSa(-hrnnlncvgs nr me iCluh it stays there linlil thc mp; firQ..(l1(9 snow phlmnevs for haiiks sent you your i-lir-qlle -- .:,.m,,1(.. and rho now far msnns. ml” is '11" '"'"”'-V "l ”l" l”- '-”:--v of the ashes. ilot lo lll"llilfiF

Now would VliP.llllt Illllrly-yin start mm high mace of (.,mL wmrh 1; smlm: rm ("”S"""s m ralioiicrl nnvlvay-tiierc must be I "'"' 3” S.'llllP reason for its lll1i'lVll"! DOD-

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Cl, .I it I WALTER A" (YEMEN li':lTlll'. It must be its wclcomini: "” 0 ifml" chreifiiliiess. Or. or-i-lmns. its in- F " ' ('.lllV for the quick diiinosal of

combustible izarbiiiic. cirznrettn butts and. of course. the written word! 0 O I

However. progress is lncvltnlile and nei-bans one day the coal fire will be it thing of the past even in our homes. There are signs even now that portend the shape of things to come. A new block of flats bcimz built in one of the London Boroughs has ccnl.ralheai- inc-and domestic hot water-cum ninglv provided by an nrranizemeiit linked with a local rleclrleliv gnincrnlliig station: and the ulti- mate It seems. has nlrcadv been reached at our Atomic Research Establishment. where many of the buildings sre heated by atomic means.

In the course of time we mav even become renllv proud of our absence of open fires. and over-

ONCE IN DECEMBER Once in ii decade of Decembers There is one sunset that is flaming gold. When the sun, this great circum- ference of light. Restrained for days behind gaunt clouds, Malevolently cold, Leaps at the rim of nizzlii From those grim feltci-5, To a new perfection of 1lanscend- enl. glow, Gold heaped on gold,

Gold fleckcd with copper sheen; The hanging rays between liens visitors might well come to This sphere of gold and the hm--geiivy the scientific wonder: that

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ering clouds

Arc slim fcstoons of burnished fire: The damask sun of May,

1110 carmine of July,

Are polo beside this light:

Once in I decade of Decembers There is one sunset that is flam- ing gold

and grateful affection.

lrm-n us warm. But. we shall nev- ertheless find plentv of reason for thinking nnstseiciillv of the old days and the flames milking nick- crmiz pattemii on the walls in the twilight. Never more so. nerhans than at Christmas time: ooor oil

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Old Charlottetown (And r. r. I.) THE NORTHERN LIGHT

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The first. so-called ice-breaking steamer supplied by the Dominion Government to this Province W85 the "Norther-ii Light", of whose efficiency It chnrlictcristic instance is cited in the following clipping from the Pictou Standard, reprint- ed in The Examiner of Feb. 8. 1375.:

"The Gilli steairier lNni'tilr-rn Light? has met. with her first trial of this season. and has somewhat ignominiously succumbed to King Frost. Oil Wednesday last. while rounding B floe some three miles from the mollth of the harbor. she we caught between floating mass- es. and. in cndeavoring to extricate herself, succeeded in jamming her- self in such a manner that it, was impossible to move in any direc- tion. On Thursdny an attempt was made by those on board. after landing the passengers and mails. to cut through the surrounding burgs. but to no avail. and the steamer had to be allowed to rest in quiet, till 1! gale should disperse the heavy fields holding her in their rigid grasp.

"The fields lmprisoning the ves- sel were moving shorewai-ds dur- iiig the closing days of the week, and mllch alarm existed as to the ship's keel striking the bottom. in which event she would go to pieces; but as yet she has not. r,rIiiiudcd, and we hope may escape. that threatening danger. As, how- ever. the draught of water of the Nortiierii Liglli.' is about 18 feet. it will be seen that she is always confronted by the danger of being aground.as well as of being crush- ed in the ice. There is not now riuch ice in the Gulf. and it is very unfortunate that the steamer should be so firmly fastened in what little there is."

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In , 0' I -I . S. The Age-Old Story; . .. ' J-E ”nN'.5'..'u'-'- '-'u'-S-'.'i-.'-'-'.'. 'n For thoiigh there, he thiil. are called gods, lvlictlicr iii licuvi-ii ur in earth. (us there he gods inuiiy. llllll lords miuiy,) but to us thori- is but one God, the Fntlier. of whom all things. and we in him.

one thing. And those fine olde- Englisli gentlemen on the calcu- dars would look pretty silly hud- ole; round an atomic: pile.

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, Dec. 17 -(AP) -The Dutch Gov- ernment started a crackdown to- day an Communists in civil ser- vice .ioli:.. lil zi new mnvctr. slrciigllien infernal security. the government published a list of Comm-.inlst or pro-Communist or- ganizations to which government cmployces may not, belong.

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Lessons From Europe

o.':Ci-zlmsiz 18. 1-2;.

in Community Progress

By Leo P. lllclsaac

Part Three

A man put. this questioli to three

workers: "What are you doing?" The first man replied "I'm work- irgs for sl.00 an hour." The sec-

ond. "I'lil chiseling granite.” The third. "Ilm helping to hilild ii great calhedral."

Until we change the social out-

look of the masses of the people by effective education techniques. little or nothing can be done to make democracy really work. Com- plete capitalism is not the au- swer; state socialism is not the answer: a voluntary cooperative movement is not 'the ail:-ivcr. Wily? Because no one of those plans, in its own form. has provcn ll solu- tion tn the past, and they have all been tried in varying degrees with many nges and classes of people. Why are people more dissatisfied now than ever before? Why is it necessary to wage war in order to have prosperity? Iii basic econom- ics, it is this vicious circle: labour wants a raise in wares. l)lT:l".. the costs of food and nthcr qpirements of living are too lliah: the farmer wants liiglier prices for the food because of the costs of the products of industry-such as machinery. fertilizers, electricity building supplies and fliel-are so high that they cannot continue farniing witliolit mining the soil or slaughtering the forests to the detriment. of the country.

For a start, why cannot-ogricuk ture and labor. both groups of primary producers, get. together? Who is keeping them apart? This is the first step in reaching a so- lution to the present. economic problems in almost every country in the world. In Sweden, consid- erable progress has been made in this respect with the Gnvernnieul acting as ii referee; and the result- ing prosperity and security nf the rcople of Sweden. is quite evident.