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Transportation Blues—— “No, Johnnie, there is no pie in “he sky-!"74t now seems that the hints dropped in the Legislature abeut a | favorable decision having been reach- at Ottawa on the Causeway rro- of were premature. According to a statement by Works Minister Green in the House of Commons on Wed-_ Nesday, not. enough information has — yet been gathered from the survey to determine the*project’s feasibility.

It is up to our members now to keep prodding the Minister untjl he comes across with a more satisfac- tory reply. We should have an ‘in-- terim report of the survey—several of them, if necessary, until the full report is available. In.the meantime, ‘re can dispense with rumors, from whatever source they emanate, that tend to confuse the public and raise false hopes of an early start on this great undertaking.

We have always been fully con- vineed of the Causeway’s feasibility, economically as well as from an‘ engineering standpoint, when the ever-increasing demands on our car- ferry service are taken into account. This winter has afforded a striking example of the precariousness of our situation and of the heavy burden of maintaining the continuous. com- munication which we were guaran- teed under Confederation.

It has underlined another point that we have argued from the start. That is the urgent need of a modern auxiliary ferry for the winter traf- fie. The old Prince Edward Island, erawling through the icepacks off East Point with damaged steering gear, presents a picture of indomit- able preseverance. Al! credit to her master, mates and sturdy crew! But this old boat is long past its prime and should have been honorably re- tired years ago. Despite this obvious fact and the present urgent need for replacement, we are still in the dark as to what plans, if any, are being made for our relief.

Mnch as we need a Causeway, we say, emphatically, that the Causeway can wait until our present vital com- - munication link with ‘fhe rest of Canada is made secure. Cannot we drill this into the minds of those re- ponsible? The silence on this subject at Ottawa makes us mad every time we pick up Hansard.

The Arrow Contract \ °

What about the argument that the Diefenbaker (Government, by “summarily” cancelling the Arrow contract, has acted irresponsibly, throwing many thousands of people out of work? Why didn’t the Govern-

weeks’ notice of the date of termina- tion of the contract? The answer is provided partly in the fact that there has been nothing sudden in th« decision to discontinue governmental underwriting of the Arrow program. The rest of the answer might be found in the fact that between now and March 31st it would be costing Canadian taxpayers $1,000,000 a day to keep the Arrow project running— that plus the experience in wartime that uniess the final cancellation or- der for defence production is given Without prior notice, inventories for which the government has to pay are usually much higher. ~ Here are the facts about the Ar- row contract, as summed up by a writer in the Windsor Daily Star. lt affords, we think, a comple‘e answer to criticism of the Governmen: on this score. "In the first place, A. ¥. Roe (Canada) Limited, Malton, its em- ees and its sub-contractors knew, *should have known, last. Septem- ber that the Arrow program was being cancelled. At that time Prime Minister Diefenbaker presented the case against the Arrow. He made it plain that he was giving the program a six months’ reprieve for two rea- softs: the international] situation (the Middle East particularly at that time) was such that no government in its right mind would cancel any defence production program until there was something to fill the gap. Secondly. he wanted to give the prime con- tractor and the sub-contractor an. opportunity to find alternative work.

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FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 1953. |

mevitable, The company, tts unions, and others launched a propaganda campaign in favor of the Arrow,. the like of which had never been seen in this country. Even the Defence brass was persuaded to talk both on ag well as off the record. The cam- . paign reached such proportions that Prime Minister Diefenbaker felt con- strained a few weeks ago to warn the lobbyists the decision over

the Arrow " made primarily on strategic inds and that no amount of p ‘by Arrow cheer | leaders would ence the decision.

The company and - unions were _aided by certain sections of the press. A news agency and a metropolitan daily put out a speculative story last ‘ fall that the Government was order- ing 10 Arrow aircraft. It was’ based on a rumor that spread through the press gallery, but was ignored by all but two writers. A day later when the Government announcement was made, the two writers, instead of running for cover, tried to justify their earlier stories by giving an en- tirely wrong inierpretatiop of the Prime Minister’s statement. They

been kept alive by propaganda and wishful thinking.

Why didn’t the Government try to clear up the misunderstanding? It could have done so only by can- celling the program at an earlier _date, but it still felt that Avro might land other contracts itself or througn its parent company in the United Kingdom, thereby softening the blow when it came.’ Why was this not done? That is the question labour unions should be asking, and news- papers too for that matter. The Government, quite evidently, is not at all satisfied that Avro has done what it could to secure other con- tracts to keep its Malton organization going.

Tractor Of The Future

British agriculture is the most highly mechanised in the world, with one tractor to every twenty-seven acres of arable land in Britain; but, an experimental tractor, describe ; in a recent BBC broadcast, gives a glimpsé into an even more highly mechanised future. Unlike the re- mote controlled type, it needs no- body at an instrument panel.

A conventional light diesel tract- or, it is pre-set to work on its own It travelled round a 50-yard circuit, over a wire which was buried in the ground and carried a_ continuous electrical impulse: This was trans- mitted through an aerial in the front of the tractor to its pre-set mechanism and the result was very impressive. Hauling two trailers, the robot tractor read and obeyed traf- fic lights, sounded its hooter, threw off bales of hay at prescribed inter- vals, and stopped its engine when it had completed its journey.

Scientists plan to' develop a sys tem which would take the tractor from the farmyard to the field. switch it over to a self-navigating de- vice and return it to its shed after work, and hope eventually that: it will be able to work with implemerits for ploughing, harrowing and even row cultivation.

cDITORIAL NOTES

Britaif is not forgetting the need for colonial development. Under a bill recently passed by Parliament, aid will be increased to 315 million pounds from 220 million - pounds.

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Speaking to a group of college stu- dents, Mr. J.W. Pickersgill Liberal member for Bonavista-Twillingate. urged them to interest thémselves in politics. Joining a Young Conser- vatives’ Club, he stated, is better than nothing, though, in his view, it is a very crude form of political activity.

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Surplus coal is not exclusively a Canadian problem. At the end of 1958, according to a report by the U.N. Economic Commission for Eur- ope, Westérn Europe had 45 million metric tons of ‘coal unsold. This was 29 million tons more than at the be- ginning of the year. Britain had the biggest quantity on hand—29 mil- lion tons. During the year Europe imported: 31 million tons from the U.S.A.—14 million tons less than the year before. ~

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“It appears that the 1959 cars

were wider than last year’s. It does not appear, however, that any thought was given to the number of people who will be killed or injured as a result of the extra four inches of car\space that will be‘ occupied by two pa) Traffic Commi

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"of the Second World War.

CANADA‘S

OTTAWA REPORT

CBC Commentators

By Patrick Nicholson

“Ottawa Press Gallery mem- ment coming from the Gallery.

bers, hired by the CBC to com- ment on current events on radio or television, are selected from a very small closed circle, who predominantly present only one side of our public affairs.”

I, have _repeated this assertion in“two or three recent columns, and have presented facts which fully substantiate my criticism that the state-owned broadcasting system. displays improper _bias. In reply, CBC officials have writ- ten to every newspaper in which my column is published, to al- lege that *‘Demonstrably, this is inaccurate.” —

Let us see who is inaccurate.

My revelation of the CBC's ap- parently deliberate attempt to shape public opinion has caused widespread interest, which has even. surged into our Parliament, where many questions have been asked on this topic by Senator G. S. Thorvaldson, by that great tiger-tail-tugger J. W. Murphy, Sarnia’s Conservative M.P., and by others. | \

CIRCLE SHOWN AS SMALL

The information given by the CBC in reply to Senator Thorvald- son vividly shows how extreme- ly small is the closed circle of CBC regulars within the Press

Gallery, exactly as I have al- leged.

I have carefully analysed the lengthy answers. They reveal

that 66 percent of Press Gallery

members did not appear on CBC}

at all last year. But a tiny 16 per cent of members gave no fess than 78 per cent of all com-

Glaring evidence of the small- ness of the closed circle is the fact that, on ‘‘Press Conference,” 54 per cent of the participation was entrusted to a mere, four members of the Press Gallery.

These figures, supplied by the CBC itself, amply prove my point that the CBC uses predominant- ly ‘“‘a small closed circle.”

Turning to my other criticism —that the CBC deliberately pre- sents only one side of most im- portant public questions—let us compare the extent to which the CBC hires journalists from the two English-language newspapers in Ottawa, which give perhaps the most intimate attention to our Parliamentary affairs.

Last year the CBC hired five writers from the Liberal ‘Jour. nal,”” exh to speak once only. Does this.ratio of fifty-one to two represent balance?

CBC officials in their letters also objected to my inference that they are ‘‘second-rating” their audience by not hiring the ton Press Gallery reporters. “When did you last see or hear President Jimmy McCook, or immediate past presidents V.ie Mackie or Harvey Hickey on the CBC?" I asked.

“James McCook appeared on both TV and radio, while Harvey Hickey appeared in various CBC radio programs last year.” huff- ed the CBC.

But the inaccuracy of the CBC’s attempts to whitewash its short- comings is clearly shown in its own answets to Senator Thorvald-

Khrushchev's Change Of Pace

By Ed Simon Canadian Press Staff Writer

Prmier Khrushchev let fly at a range of 8 miles Tuesday and hit Prime Minister Macmillan sharply over the head with a non- aggression pact. :

The. widespread dismay with which Khrushchev's Kremlin, ad- dress was greeted by Wes'ern observers while the unsuspecting Macmillan teured a _ Russian

atomic plant ofitside Moscow is a clear indication of their ua- spoken misgivings regarding the prime minister's Russian vis.t

Khrushchev’s oratory_ threw lit- tle new light on his attitude to wards summit conferences, Ber- lin, the Middle East, capitalism. foreign ministers’ meetings or in spection of nuclear installations The only apparent novelty was the non-aggression pact.

In point of. fact, Russia and Britain signed a treaty' of friend- ship in 1942. Russia revoked it in 1955 and Macmillan himself proposed last year that it should be renewed. .

RECALL CHAMBERLAIN PACT

Neville Chamberlain signed a similar pact with Adolf Hitler barely a year before ‘he start Ger- many and Russia concluded an- other in 1939 and began fighting in 1941. In short, a/-non-aggres- sion pact by itself.is no guaran- tee of peace, and its absence does not perceptibly increase the danger of war.

Macmillan's success in hig pri- vate talks with the Russians de pends less on the signing of docu ments than on preparation of the ground for removal of the under lying barrier of distrust between East and West.

If Khrushchev's revival of Rus- sia's old complaints against the West provides a few talking points for the conferees, it may have made some contribution to their efforts. But it has not necessarily provided the atmos- phere for their discussions.

Russia’s premier is renowned for his abrupt change of pace in foreign relations, and is capable of denouncing the West in public on Tuesday and amiably con- ceding a point or two to a British

prime minister In private on

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EFFICIENT BLACKOUT

The efficient news blackout of the talks effectively forestalls anything more than speculation on. the relatiénship between

Khruo.shehev the orator and.

Khrushchev the negotiator. But

NATIONAL GAME

son. Those answers reveal that

neither Mackie nor Hickey ap-

peared at all on CBC last year, while McCook made only one ap- pearance - on TV.

CBC HIDES TRUTH

It would be cbvious even to a simpleton that Senator Thorvald- son's questions were seeking a comprehensive record of the use made by the, CBC of Press Gal- lery and other commentators dur- ing the past year. Yet’ the ans- wers supplied by the CBC do not conform to known facts. It ap- pears that the CBC split hairs, to submit a wilfully imcomplete reply to the Senator—an act which,, coming from a group of public servants, almost constitut- es contempt of Parliament..

Typically misleading was the further comment in those CBC letters, alleging that the CBC's “wide circle of Press Gallery commentators included Charles Lynch and Gene Griffin. Mr. Grif- fin at once pointed out to me that he has only been on the CBC twice in thirteen years, whereas Lynch had appeared on three separate programs all on the previous day.

That reminded me of the fam- ous recipe for Belgian Game Pie, which is said to contain the cost- ly delicacy, rabbit, ar cheap horsemeat in equal proportions— one rabbit to one horse.

The CBC has got itself into em- barrassing difficulties trying to explain away what Liberal M.-P. Hubert Badanai from Fort Wil- liam has described to me as ‘‘an attempt to mould political thought through the medium of TV.” But my revelations have already be- gun to bear abundant and ripe fruit. for a CBC producer recent- ly confided to one of that “small closed circle’ that “We have to spread it around now.”

in the absence of a reliable leak, the pundits are free to ponder the significance of one official announcement.

Macmillan is due to follow up his visit to the atomic plant with a flying trip to Kiev. This time Khrushchev will be going’ along. One reporter wrote that Moscow considers this as evidence of the Russian premier’s high personal regard for his guest. It can also be taken as a sign that Macmil- hlan considers it a good idea to remgi#ewithin earshot of his host.

ie Yielding Arctic Secrets

Natrona Geographic Society

New discoveries are changing

| man’s hazy concepts of thee Arc-

tic Ocean, the icy crossroads at the top of the world.

For centuries the Arctic Ocean’s 5,400,000 square miles remained unmapped as the far side of the moon, Until Nansen’s icelock- ed Fram drifted across the polar basin in the 1990's, it was thought to be shallow and perhaps not a true ocean. Even early 20th cen- tury: — expected to find a polar céntinent there. Slowly ga- thered knowledge of the Arctic has been costly in lives and ships.

Now passenger planes fly re- gularly over the polar route. Men have maintained scientific sta tions on ice floes, and two nu- clear sbumarines have crossed the frozen sea via the North Pole. DEEPER THAN ESTIMATED

Commander William R. Ander- son, skipper of the submarine Nautilus, reports in the Nation- al Geographic Magazine that the Arctic is a very deep 6cean. It has low-lying approaches from the Atlantic side, shallower ave- nues from the Pacific. Sound- ings revealed differences of more than one mile between estimat- ed and actual depths. (The Arc- tic’s greatest known depth is 17,- 124 feet). .

Anderson said the cruise show- ed two other things: ‘One, that the under-ice profile is fantas- tically-rugged, far more so thaa anyone ever thought; and two, that there is, stating it plainly. a lot more ice up there than anvone has suspected.”

As the Arctic has been warm ing, some optishists had envision-

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ed icefree trade routes across the | polar basin in a matter of de- | cades. The abundance of ice sug- gests, however, that routine tran- sit by surface ships may never be possible. Submerged shipping routes are a distinct possibility.

Another recent discovery is the 9,000-foot Lomonosov Ridge, nam- ed for the Russian -scientist who predicted its existence. The drowned mountain range divides the Arctic Ocean into two huge basins with their own circulating systems, one clockwise, the other counter clockwise.

Twelve nations took part in Arctic research during the re- cently ended International Geo- physical . Year. Anaysis of the data will doubtless disclose strik- ing new facts about man’s last unknown sea. ° GREEKS HAD WORD FOR IT

The word Arctic comes from the Greek arktos, meaning north. The Greek explorer Pytheas, who went voyazing in about 325 B.C., probably was the first world tra-

the Arctic Circle.

The outer reaches of three continents — North America, Asia, and Europe—encircle the Arctic Ocean. Its contfhental shelf is unusually shall extending more t off Siberia. The merous ‘groups

miles across the -world’s apex Spitstergen- to Alaska. The North Pole is closest t

Greenland,

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history of ulcers in the family. In adults we know that exces- sive smoking and drinking . may be associated with ulcers.

But children, I hope, aren't troubled with either of these probiems.

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PUBLIC FORUM

EDUCATION

Sir,—According to Parent’s your paper on Saturday, he be- lieves that it is wise to build a house on. a foundation of sand. Why does such a small percen- tage of pupils in Prince Edward Island complete Grade X? Simply because the children have not been taught properly in the lower grades. If this parent had ever taught school he would know that it is much more diffi- cult to teach Grades I-VI than Grades VII-X.

I read an article which stated that in the city of Edmonton no teacher with less than a B.A. degree ig engaged to teach Grades I-VI while for higher grades they would accept a tea- cher, with a lower class of licence. The School Board reali- zes the importance of having higher qualified and better teachers for the lower grades. But we do not have to go so far afield. In a Charlottetown school a few years ago a teacher who was a fourth year graduate from Prince of Walies College was en- gaged and the School Board re- served this well-trained, compet- ent teacher for Grade I while for some higher grades they em- ployed second class teachers. This School Board realized the great importance of giving the more difficult task to the one better qualified to deal with it.

Now if we can obtain teach- ers with higher class of licence who are willing to accept the dif- ficult task of teaching juniors let us see to it that they are paid according to their qualifications.

I am, Sir, ete. TAXPAYER Albany, R.R.

HOSPITAL INSURANCE

Sir—In one man’s opinion at least the proposed charge for membership in the hospital plan is too high. If we would bear in mind the average net income of the citizens of P. E. Island I think a yearly fee would be more in »armony with reality.

I would like to suggest that the payments be collected under a plan somewhat similar to the Motor Vehicle Registration sys- tem with everyone receiving a certificate or emblem when they pay their yearly fee of $25 with their name, number, etc., print- ed on it. This certificate would

mail boxes, etc. :

This should help to advertise and promote the plan. I think the fee should be $25. a year or frac- tion thereof; that it from Jan- uary Ist to January ist the next year, but if anyone should join during the year the fee would be the same as a full year. At the beginning of the new year all those who wanted to join or continie in the plan would have to pay their yearly fee and I think this should be in one down payment of $25. -

I believe that monthly pay- ments should not be alléwed as they lead to excessive bookkeep- ing and confusion. I also think that anyone who can’t pay a down payment#of $25 could not pay monthly payments with any degree of regularity.

The following should be en- titled to Hospital Plan benefits after paying $25 yearly fee:

(1) Husband and wife and all children up to 18 years.

(2) All unmarried persons from 18 years to 70 years.

(3) Persons 70 years or over would be entitled to membership without charge. ,

‘4) Tourists.

(5) Persons from other parts working for short periods on the

Island.

I am, Sir, etc.. INTERESTED ISLANDER Montague.

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The drug, pathilon i ethyl chloride, relieves pain spasm in ulcer patients.

eliminate the painful spasms. QUESTION AND ANSWER

P. I.: Do you think it advis- able for a woman of 40 to be come pregnant, after she has given birth to 4 children and had 2 miscarriages? -

Answer: This question can only be answered by the personal phy- sician who knows the physical and emotional condition of the patient.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

_ TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb. 27, 1934)

Mr. W. J. Lidstone was return- é@d Mayor of Summerside at the close of yesterday's civic election with a majority of 138 votes over Edward W. Manson. This will be Mr. Lidstone’s seventh term of office as Mayor. He was first elected in 1923 and was re-<lect- ed the following year. He was Mayor in 1926 and again in 1929.

The storm of Monday night dis- rupted and delayed rail commun- ications on the lines west of Charlottetown yesterday, while the trains onthe eastern lines and southern lines were running only slightly behind schedule. A wing plow left Charlottetown to clear the line to Borden and ano- ther to clear the line to Summer- side. Plows were not required to clear the eastern and southern lines.

TEN YEARS AGO _ (Feb, 27, 1949)

Valued possessions of Mrs. Perley MacNeill of O’Leary are three gold nuggets which her husband’s aunt brought home from the-Kiondyke. ‘‘Aunt Mag- gie” MacNeill, by which name she was generally known, taught school in P. E. I. and in the Prairie Provinces. She joined the gold rush to the Yukon and staked a claim in the famous gold fields.

During the regular monthly meeting of the Brotherhood of

-| Railway Employees (Hotel Divi-.

sion) held at the Station Build- ing Monday night, Mr. Austin B. Connolly, member of the Char- lottetown Hotel office staff, was presented with a gift prior to his transference ‘ into another de- partment of the service. .

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THE WAY.

Stylishly, in the white season

We come here wearing awkward logs

On our feet, to skate on icebergs,

To ride pulleys into the sky

And ride the sky down.

We ride the sky down, Our voices falling back behind us, Unraveling like smooth threads. Say I am the air I break; or say, I am a spool unwinding.

I am the spool that unwound

While riding the sky down, that waits :

Now to ride the pulley back into the sky,

That comes here, stylishly,

Each weekend, for the trick

In the white season.

—Anne Sexton, Science Monitor

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