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BIIARLCTTETOVIN GUARDIAN

Morning Daily (Founded In 1881)

Prafdeni Ueut. Col. W. Cheater 8. MGLIIIO Vlco-Presldent: J. B. Burnett, F..I.I. Secretary: Llcut. Col. D. A. MacKlnnon, 0.8.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. ll. Burnett, FJJ. Associate Editors: Frank Walker and Hell.‘ Ill A. Burnett, R.C.N.V.R. l-Jn Active Service)

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Conference For

The Duininirizi-Proiiiiciii Conference ahmli o take place at Ottawa i,» prolmbly the most im- portant which has ever been held. It is intended to atljnst the j)t|>l~\\'lll‘ 'rc|:iti0ns between the Federal (iovcrnnient and the liOHTTIHIICHIS 01 the several lH-oviiices, espcctztlly with regard l0 finances. '

The \\'ar has iintiosctl a stupendous financial but-den on :hc Federal Government, a. burden that is coniiiiiiiiig and will continue for some time, and will lhtn only lessen according as the war commitment.- lessen.

Post-um‘ re-c-tziblishnient is also going to impose serious remmitmeiits on lllc Provinces— commitments that cannot be met with their pro- vincial l‘(‘\'l'llll\‘r-

This is c-jlvfilllll)’ the Cikf.‘ with Prince Ed- ward lslziiitl. fliis Province is going back fin- ancially at such a rate as threatens, even with no further commitments, to land us into bank- ruptcy. -

'l'he other Provinces are sending to Ottawa imposing <lf.‘lt‘§.'lll()ll$. The whole uf the Ontario Government is going, accompanied by the De- puty Ministers. experts, etc. The same is true of Quebec and other Provinces.

Our own llelcgziiion is a puny one-only two Ministers will be present, and they will be the only ones with voices at the Conference. How well they are prepared is not known. but judg- ing by the “agenda" published in the local Gov- ernment organ, they are going to Ottawa hat in hand to beg for local works.

If it were not so tragic and so humiliating it would be amusing to learn that our delegation intends to ask at the Conference that a bridge be built autos; the river at Brighton, that a sec- ond road be built from Charlottetown to Bor- den, that the Grey Bus Lines extend their route to Prince Edward Island, and such other local schemes.

Have we got down to this, that our Gcw- ernment is going to grasp at the shadow and let go the substance?

The Dominion Government has made a gift of our Northern domain, immensely rich in all kinds of minerals-that whole pro-Cam- brian shield which belonged to us as well as to the rest of Canada—-and we have got out of i! not a copper. ‘

Vile are at the limit of taxation. We have no natural resources in minerals, forest or water power, such as the other Provinces have. We have no rich corporations which we can tax. We have no industries, no manufactures. We buy everything from Ontario and Quebec. We pay our money to the Insurance Companies and to the Battles, and this money is used to build up the industries of the large Provinces. Arid we go to Ottawa to ask for a bridge and a road!

If the Liberal organ correctly states the Government's xtiews. our delegation will be the laughing stock of the other delegates. Our rc- presentatives at the Conference will rightly be told that they are not there to discuss pro- vincial roads and bridges. They are there to make an adjustment of the financial relations between flttznva and the Provinces, not to deal with local dctziils.

Our delegates should have prepared, with great care and with the assistance of experts, a brief showing our past history and our past relations with the llontinion: the position and status of other Provinces with lllc Dominion, what resources they have. uhtit has bccn don: for thcm. etc. (Jur ll('(‘(i.\ should be set out in full detail. what money “ill he required to mecl them, and where the iuoney is to come from to place us in a llfltlllllll to do the post-war things that must in: done; tils.» to show‘ clearly how im- possible. without Zl l‘C\'i.\ilIll of our financial relations with lllC~l“[‘fl(‘l‘.'ll (ioveriiiuciit, it is for iis to do lll(‘<f' thing--

Let u- hope that despite tlr: lack of cvidcncc to this effect ill zhtir party organ, our (lelcgatcs have slur.’ Wllllllftilldlslitl] of the meaning and significinrt- of the gathering at Otltiwa next week. and will make cffcctiu: use of the golden apportunity prnvidctl of salvaging this Province, 2nd remt-dving some of thc ‘nugv-iaiitling abuses which we have t-zirhirt-d .~illCf' Uiufetlcrzilinli. Otherwise. our casc is lu-yirll-ss indeed. and we might its wclh-in the word= of :1 former Lili- eral l'f(‘llli(‘l'.~—l‘llll-l lair anchor and sail out to sea.

Recreation Facilities

-\lll-&‘4lllllll‘ili(‘f.‘ on R:- crealion of the tXiiriliiin Youth Couuiiission. reveals the norm-u of rlssrctia-Ilwiial facilities available in the Jiverage Lluvirliaii niunicitwality‘. .\ 1p‘. . lire mailed ‘it tht- mayor m’ each of ‘ urlun localities" listed in th’: Canadian ceu us oi lull. '|l:e smallest of these communifits unmlrcrid p) ticrsons. the largest 350,009. 'l‘h.i qucstioziiuiirls.» went out to coni-

mtinities in eri 'i of the nine tirovliices Seven quiz-films were zisketl. covering re- creation programs both in and out of school. They included a rvrnze-t for 1i sititvnicnt of the amount liurlgeterl for "e-eazitiu. and an en- umeration of lllll>ilHll facilities and recreational leaders available. The l.i-t two l|ll"'.sll0ll!~' asked hOW far \(‘llti(ti- zire uizide available for atlul: recreation and \‘iilf'li.t‘f the municipality has

-ny machiuciw for yiltiimiilg recreation. Eight tpiz-stivninziircs wue sent to munici- ' ‘es in this oroviucyantl two replies returned.

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sons in Ontario wrote as follows:

“Three years ago, through church assist- ance and public subscription, the community built a community centre here that cost approx- imately $85,000. This has a large basketball floor which accommodates three badminton games at one time, or two volley ball_games— a large stage for local and travelling dramatic troupes which accommodates on most Occasions the dancing public. There is an excellent kitch- en attached for serving banquets, such as Lions, Rotary, Game’ and Fish Association, etc.; space for two bowling alleys and some billiard tables, and a large lounge and Scout room as well as showers, rest rooms, etc. The centre is run on the budget system . . . each person in the community and surrounding small ham- lots being assessed 25c per year which entitles them to a budget ticket to all budget events. dances, shows, musicales, etc., without filrthei- charge. Athletic periods are divided by ages. each age and sex having certain periods to use the building. The svstcm works well and provides ample winter recreation for inost of the community.”

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Tlianlugiving Day will be celebrated on October 8, the second Monday of that_ month, according to an announcement from Ottawa.

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Remember next week will be “Clean-up and Flag-Flying Week,” when everyone should

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Taxation in Britain plays havoc with big estates, as may be seen from the fact that Queen Elizabeth's father, the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, left about $302,000, not very much considering he was one of the old nobility and territorial grandees of the first rank.

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In another few days we will be into Old Home Week with all its attractions, revival of old memories, renewal of old acquaintances, and the initiation of many guests to the beauty and charm of Abegweib-"on the crest of the waves"—this earthly summer paradise which we stay-at-homes so undervalue.

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As Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Arm- ies in Italy, our new Governor-General. Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander is known to not a few of our officers and men who fought under him there, and all have '

a good word to say of him. He is an Ulsterman with all the grit and determination which char- acterizes that aggressive race, and has made a success so far of everything in warfare he has undertaken. His family scat is at Castle Cale- don, Tryone, Northern Ireland. I l 1 i

Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Eliza- beth, born this date I900; was Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite, daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne; Lady of the Garter, Lady of the Thistle, Grand Master of the Royal Victoria Order, Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, Royal Vic- toria Chain, D.C.L., D.L., Hon. Col. of nuin- erous regiments, including the Toronto Scot- tish Regiment; became Queen December II, I936. being crowned December I2 of the fol- lowing year; family, two daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose.

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Government employees are not being de- mobilized. For a moment it seemed as though we might have an unemployment problem in Ottawa, but with Mr. Claxt0n's Baby Bonus staff, the inability of the Income Tax Branch to keep up with its work, the additions to staffs being made to deal with housing probletns, and a general refusal of heads of departments and understrappers to think for a moment of reduc- ing their staffs, Ottawa still remains the silly sort of a boom town uihich it has been since the War got going. Literally thousands of Gov~ ernment employees could be let go tomorrow, without any interference with iteccssary Clover-n- ment functions.

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There is a growing demand for an illustrated handbook of Charlottetown which should be inst with as little delay as possible The kiuardittn had a letter yesterday from a large atlveriising agency in Toronto asking for a series of [tho- tographs, either skyline or aerial views, "cneral illustrated views of the Citv as it looks zit pic- sent, and. for the historical part, some illus‘.r:ite:l matter as the city was in by cone (lays. licrc is a sort of publicity ivhich our City Council and Board of Tlldl would find it would pay to un-

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First of a fleet of aircraft to b;- iltwvn to Paris by the R. .-\. F. Transport Command for civil passenger and cargo service in France, lhc (7-47 Datoka which took off from llorvzil ill.‘- port on Saturday" last, arrived in Prtstwiclt, Scotland, Sunday morning on the first stage oi her trip. Although the plane is the first des- fined for use in France, it is only one of a large niunber of aircraft, converted for civil use, which are being delivered to litiropean coun- tries which are at present incapable of produc- ing commercial planes to incl-t current require- ments. Planes have already been delivered to _I\'orwziy, Belgium and other continental coun- tries as well as to Australia. The planes zit present being delivered to France will have .2 distinctly cosmopolitan background by the time they reach their destination; they are being supplied from the United States and ferried t» Canada by American airmen of French (lcsccnl; tnotlifiedfrom military to civil use by French- Canadiau technicians and mechanics at the (‘ar- tierville airport; flown to France by the R. ./\. F. with a stop in §cotlantl. and piloted and tiavigatetl bv French aviators who escaped from France after the German occupation and wlit have been flying out of Canada for the last-four

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There are two malls ‘t of pie-those who know and ose W110 don t. It wouldn't be so bad f! those who know-were right. - London Free Press.

“Thls England‘? wu the heading till London Dally Mall put on a Brighton item about a woman who went. to collect her ration books. startled to find only the office staff about. she asked: ‘Where fs the queue?" She was told she could have her books immediately. "No. thanks.” she said, "I'll come back when there's a queue.”

Tint destiny was writing his fu-

ture was indicated by the late F0. W. J. ‘dl/Iaftland. . ._ Hon. R. L. Maltland, K.C., and Mrs. Maftlimd. when he was a boy of 12. This untitled poem. written by him at that age. was found re- cently by hls parents in a boyhood scrapbook:

\ Weave the heroes of the alr, Weflght and laugh and die and roar;

To come near us no foe would dare For such a stream of lead we pour. Our planes

so crashing to the ground‘

Our men fear not the sight of Hell,

And some of us lie benea h s mound

Whof {pr their King and Country 9 .

Oh, how the dusky tempest. blew

And the battle in the sky kept n. As through the air the bullets f ew Until the brightness of the dawn.

The poem was written when young Maltland was a student at St. George's College, Vancouver. Six sears later he was flying the war planes about which he wrote. He was posted as missing Decem- ber 16. 1943, ln a raid on Berlin. -_Victorla Colonist.

The judge in an English ussize court said that if young women dld not want. to be kissed at late hours of the night they had better not. allow en they had not seen ln their lies before to accompany them home. "Sometimes," he said, they complain when they are kissed, and sometimes they com- plain when they are not. It women want to save themselves from un- pleasant experiences, the best. thing ls not to walk out, ln the dark with young men theyhave not. seen before. Young women do not allow young sailors to walk home with them to discuss Plato. They nreuytoung fools." - London Dally Ma ,

Gen. Joe Stllwell made s. speech before 1,400 officers and clvfllan of- ficials of the Detroit Ordnance Dis- trict at. the Book-Cadillac. After his speech was over Gen. Stilwell agreed to answer questions. One of the questions was whether he thought that the Communists in Russia and those in China would join forces actively and aggressive- y in the near future. Gen. Stll well. mindful of the stars on his shoulders, iveighed the question solmenly. Then he gave hls ans- wer-loudly, clearly, for at least. two minutes. But hls answer was lnvoluble Chinese, after which he smiled. winked and sat: down. - Ncw York Post.

No one, so far 3.5 has yet been shown, disagrees with Hon. R. P. Vivian, Ontario Minister of Health, that doctors must remain inde- pendent, no matter wha form of health insurance ls intro uced into Canada. Why he even mentions the point ls rather obscure. unless he is trying to make s subtle at- tack on the Dominion Govern- ment's proposals. Each such re- ference builds up the impression that there ls some deep plot, to make physicians mere employees of the state. Nothing of the kind has ever been proposed bv any one in authority. The heath insurance program adopts as a cardinal prln- ciple the right. of the individual to choose hls own medical attendant. No doctor in private practice can either be hired or fired by any governmental agency. This fact should be thoroughly understood gitid generally known. — Windsor

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Young men with high technical training along aeronautical lines, fn other branches of engineering mid the sciences, will certainly find Bri- tain a land of opportunity. In spite of all that was said. especial- l_v at the start of the war, about obsolcscent Brltlsh methods. 1n- dustrlally Britain has the know- how. a way of dolng thlnlls which enabled her to emerge from the war as the greatest. per caplta producer of all the nations. Re- cently n British authority an- itoimccll that there would be nl; least two research men placed ln industry after tlir: war for every one emu! "ed b" Government projects. -To.nnto Globe and Mall.

It remained for a British scienf» i=1 to 1mm the secret. of making ivool uusltriiikable. What. hls pre- ptirtitiuti i< no one knows, but. we do know that _lt works. He made it available to the British Gov- ernment during the war and lt solver! u ttrcat Vinny problems con- nected with clothing the troops. It is understood only a couple of men besides the dlscoverrr know how to make the preparation. In n fuc- tnrv irliich they have set up woo] which ltas been wished and comb- ed is rev-rived, treated rind sent back to the textile company own- in: lt. reatlv for further processlnlf. It is said that n pair of socks made cf th.‘ treatrd wool can be washed

for two or three hours ln soap and wntcr which would shrink socks mode from untreated wool to ln-l fnnt size, yet the treated wooll socks conic out of the wash soft and sprlngy and as large as over. -!.cthbrltlize Herald.

If Is Vsafd that. In 1882. Bismarck told irobuml Ito. framcr of the w constitution. um with] Jan-anew: nssnt the German cmplrt‘ could dominate Europe Int in _\'."."l'~-' and the world in 5n yearsi says Mnl. Comptom Pnkenham in Ncivsivrck. Th." magic was shlnio. emncrar wnrsliln laasod on folklore. Thlrlv yours later Premier Count Oknma dcrlarccl: "Evcrvthlnz we- have done has boon with the aim of ldcutifrlnt: the individual with the throne nod the ancient snlrft of Japan." To enter the modem world, Japan armed itself with s larizoly spurious set nf traditions. myths and ethics. The samurai (warriors) were abolished and the despised hrlmlu lcommon paaple) now permitted to bt-nr arms in the emperor's service. were soaked fn these ideals. Having sturlnusly In- doatrlnated the masses with that philosophy for 60 years. the gov. ornment now finds that ft must‘ carry on the game. It would he almost Impossible for a Jan to un- derstand hls leaders’ complying m

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PUBLIC FORUM

III all; the of onlrdlollsals;

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Slig-Jrhfs ls being written as an open letter to the people of Char- lottetown. which I hope wlll be made public to them. _ -

In this small wav, I want to take the opportunity of expressing our extreme nks for the‘ kindness and generosity of the people of Charlottetown to the oflfcers and men of H.M.C.S. "Huntsville" dur- fnz our stay 1n your fair city.

We wish you all to accept our heartfelt vote of appreciation for the numerous klndnesses you show- ed us. and the kind and generous way in which you were all willing t0 take us. total strangers, into your homes. Words cannot adeq- uately express our feelings. so we merely say. msnv_ many thanks to you, one and all, people of Char- lottetowm. As the Huntsville heads for the Pacific theatre of war, we all have fond and happy memories of Char- lottetown to carry away with us.

I am, Sir. eta,

GEORGE W. JAMIESON Able Seaman. H.M.C.S. "Huntsville."

THAT BUS LOCATION

Sup-Notwithstanding the that I may again be snubbed by the writer of "Current Com- ments", appearing in the evening paper, I wish to refer further to the necessity of transferring the bus terminals from their present location on Queen Street. * I do not. think this "Comment- er" had my Justlffcatfon for class- fng your editorial of July 26th as a "snub" to or against any corre- spondent wha might. entertain a different conviction to that of your paper. Furthermore, The Guardian editorial referred to did not indicate a. different viewpoint to that. of lts cox-res ozdentk. It only suggested that e authorftlu get together and evolve some settle- ment that would be 1n the best in- terest of all concerned. I thought was a splendid editorial. so much so that I read ft several time: and derived much benefit from doing so. I do not think The Guardian ls in the habit of "snub- blng" anybody, or attributing ulterior motives to correspondents, when lt. does not agree with opin- lont: expressed by such correspond- en . I can mute you I have no biased reason for advocating re- moval of the bus terminals. acknowledge and appreciate splendid transportation these companies are giving 12h! people of the Province. but. I think the public whom they serve are entitled to better and more humans accommodation when they arrive In the City and as they prepare to depart, than they are now re- ceiving. Even hogs. cattle and other livestock arriving here. are accorded more respectable treat- ment than that meted out to country people coming to Char- lottetown. It: Ls all take on our part. and no give to these people. I am convinced too, that th: people of Charlottetown should not be deprived of their rights. as citizens, to the free use of every street and sidewalk without this continual interruption of traffic and blockade to pedestrians. of our main street. The City Council did right. when they decided to instruct the bus companies to locate elsewhere on or before Aug- ust 11, and I trust they will abide by their decision and not recent and somersault as they dld a year ago. Let them help the bus com- panies all they can. and let every-

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bit. But clear up this congestion on Queen street before "Old Home Week" comes rc-und .

Here's a suggestion I would make to the authorities, for who’. it ls worth: Give the bus com- panies permission to locate on Grafton Street, east centre, op- posite the Capitol Theatre. Lots of space there to alight and re- embsi-k as each bus arrives or departs. The City could supply n traffic director during necessary periods. and slow down signs might be placed on either side. Therei are lovely shade trees there that. would protect passengers from me torrid sun while waiting. and from rain. unless too severe. and even then. better than where they are. Benches could be provided where people could sit down or they could loll on the grass 1n comfort. A temporary office could be huut cheaply and speedily, where com- pany buslness could be transacted.