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that the agreement (as stated in the notice) was acl.rally signed on July lst.

The Jones Government can take no credit

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whatever for this increase, as it had to meet the terms of the Federal agreement. This was so stated in the House of Commons when Mr. Stan- ‘ey Knowles, M, P. for Winnipeg North Centre, asked the following question: "Will the effect- iveness of the chang:s in respect to old age pensions, which the Minister said would com- mence as at May l, depend upon Provincial agreement? lf so, have the Provinces been in- formed of any part they must play in the mot- ter?" The reply of the Minister, ‘Hon. Paul Mar- tin, was brief and to the point. "As the hon. gentleman knows," he said, "of course once the legislation is passed the Provincial Governments must enter into agreements with the Federal Government, and arrangements are being made to that end." (Hansard, May 2, i947, page 2727).

While the Jones Government can claim no credit for this minimum increase, they must assume the whole responsibility arid blame for not paying the increased pensions to the pen- sioners as from May l, as provided in the Fed- eral legislation. In other wards they have with- held from the pensioners six months’ increase, evidently for no other reason than to hold it as a bribe for the present election.

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

CHARLOTTETOVYN, THURSDAY. NOV. 27. 1947

The Paramount Issue

The present Provincial election campaign may be of far-reaching importance to the Do- minion as well as to this Province, as the fare- runner of a Federal election. The question at rssuc- is, will the electors of Prince Edward ls- land justify the Federal Government going to the country early next year, or in the tall of i948? There can be no question that the Fed- eral by-elcctions in Halifax and York-Sunbury were launched with a view to ascertaining the prospects in our sister Maritime Provinces. Now the Provincial general election here has been‘ undertaken a year in advance of the time ne-

cessary, for practically no other purpose thar. ta disccn: l‘.3' parties stand in this, the third Maritime Province.

When the result is known the Prime Minister, who has been distinguished throughout his po- litical career as ever having had his ear to the ground, wil! be in a position to shape his poli- cies, both as regards the Federal election and whether or not he shall head the party in per- son.

It is understood that Mr. King has decided to relinquish his position as Liberal leader arid Prime Minister of Canada as soon as he has at- tained the distinction af having been in office for a longer period than any other Prime Min- ister of the British Commonwealth. The ques- tion to be decided in the Party itself is, who shall be chosen to succeed him?

Mr. King's own choice is obviously Mr. St. Laurent; but there are others in the running who feel that they have prior claims, and who will undoubtedly, when the Liberal convention is held, have them more or less effectively pre- tented. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Gar- diner, who visited here recently, is one of those whose selection is being pressed. Should he be chosen the prospects of this Province obtaining cheap feed grains from the West for the pur- pose of developing our livestock industry will be poor indeed. Another prospect is the Min- ister of Justice, Mr. llsley, though it is claimed that he would prefer to go to the Bench rather than accept the post of Prime Minister. But should he be chosen we here would not be in any better position, for he has done nothing so for to help us, agriculturally or financially, as re- gards our claims on the Federal Government.

lt is true this aspect of the Provincial elec- tion has not been brought prominently to the front by the candidates. Nevertheless, the out- come will be used by the Government at Ottawa as an indication as to how the political wind blows; and, should the result ‘be a Liberal victory, as a sort of white-wash for their record cna an encouragement to continue in the fur- therance of their present policies, which have been by no means favorable on the whole to Prircc Edward lsland.

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Fooling The Pensioners

Some time ago The Guardian expressed the hope that the Jones Government would play fair with our old age and blind pensioners, and not attempt to exploit for political purposes the very modest increase of $5.00 per month in their pen- sions payments which they should have received months ago, but which has been held up until a few days ago, on the plea of rush of departmental business, cnd is now only being paid as from November l. lt would seem that our hope in this connection was vain. The increased pay- ments are now being forwarded to the pension- ers, accompanied by the following statement:

"Notice to Old Age and Blind Pensioners—-

"The enclosed old age pension cheque is a special payment due you apart from your regu- lar monthly cheque.

"On Nav:mb:r lst you received an increase of $5.00 p:r mcnt

"This special payment and the $5.00 per month increase which you will continue to re- ccive are due to the Dominion-Provincial Agree- ment signed i1 July, last, and proclaimed Sept- ember Zl, i947.

"(SignecD William Hughes

"Minister of Health and Welfare. "Charlottetown, P. E. l. “November l7, i947.”

Thcre is cvidmtly-an attempt being made to mislead the pensioners into believing that their $5.00 increase in pension is due to the Do- minion-Pravincial Tax Agreement. This is ab- solitely incorrect. As a matter of fact, the new pensions regulations were worked out at a meet- ing of the interprovincial Old Age Pensions Boarn last year. Following that meeting, it was neces- sary to put in textual forrn the changes agreed upon and to submit them to the respective gov- ernments for final approval. The regulations came into effect as of May l5, the date of their publication in the Canada Gazette, but the pay- ments are retroactive as from May l. The Prov-

civil wor as the birthday of the Prince of Peace approaches.

this is a movement in which everybody, man, wo- ‘nan andchild can have a share.

tion, for the most part hiding behind the "mike" whcre nobody sees them and they see nobody. ‘I i it t

are nat on unmixed blessing for the milk producer. Since the price of milk went to quart sales have dropped about l0 per cent and sales ol cream about 25 per cent.

"new look" will be short-lived. the automobile makes outsize hats and extrava- gant styles impractical.

siu too: As of the first of the year various wa heroes’ privileges will be rescinded. Money pay- ments connected with orders will be abolished, free transportation and reduced payments for living quarters ended for holders of military dec; orations.

date l70l ; was professor of astronomy in Upsala University; lie measured the arc of the meridian

and wrote several works on astronomy, which are still recognized as text books on the western continent cf Europe.

Parliament will be asked to give the Government wide powers over industry, probably taking form draftsmen are going to run into difficulty de- vising any such scheme without infringing provincial territory. " I I

pose country is almost unique in shipping goods to the U. S. A. than she lakes in return. some advantages in having trade in government hands. but what the appropriate department considers necessary.

doubtful Srriirley Bridge, that "it cannot be denied that the Church of today has been a greater failure than many people are rcady to admit." would have thought this would have been a "caIl to arms" such as the reverend conlroversialisl ardently desires. But that would involve entrance into a political campaign in which so many of the Prohibitionists are, irnli

er than anywhere else in the world, according to reports given at the annual meeting of the two largest lead companis in Australia, North Bro- ken Hill Ltd., and Broken Hill South Ltd. Lead prices in Australia are pegged by price fixing regulations at the i942 rate of EAZZ ($70.62). The present price obtainable abroad is £A90-l00, ($288.90). Of the total lead produced during the past year at the Broken Hill Associated Smelt- ers, 77 par cent was exported.

of the export was sold to th U.K.

racing or not will be proud of the announcement published in our columns yesterday O'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Brien, Al- berton, has shown such

- LDIIURIAL NOTES —

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France, ltaly and Palestine on the verge of

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Politicians seem unwontedly shy at this elec-

Saint John is finding that increased prices

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) predicts that

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of a licencing system. Parliamentary

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The United States has decided not to op- increased trade with the U.S.S.R. That

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the Green,

There has been no challenge of

indictment af the Rev. W. l.

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The price paid for lzarl in Australia is low-

Eighty per cent

Islanders whether interested in harness horse that Joe

marked ability as o

reinsman to be selected to fill the role of assist- ant trainer to Sep Palin, in charge of Castleton Furni racing stable, Lexington, Ky. Its winnings this season totalled over $120,000 and the race horses that comprise the stables are valued at upwards of half a million dollars. Mr. O'Brien has been for years the leading race driver of the Maritimes, and has won the Macdonald Briar Trophy for leading driver at Old Horne Week during those years. He is young, gentle- manly, modest and unassuming, and his success is due to the study and hard work he put into his exciting and hazardous profession. One and all will unite in wishing him the greatest suc- cess in his new environment, and all the happi-

inces are obligated to pay 25 per cent of the increase, the Dominion paying 75 per cent. They had nothing whatever to do with the so-called Dominion-Provincial Agreement, as the Jones Government well knows. lt was expected that the increase would be much more substantial thpn $5.00 per month, and keen disappointment was expressed by 0p- positlon members when the actual figure was announced in Parliament. ' As above stated, the pensions increoie was iupposed to have been made retroactive asJrom May l, but there is no hint of this in the notice sent out NpPtlfiCG Edward Island old age pen- sioners. Evidentlyjlre Dominion offer was not

THIQJQUARPTAN e

fill! Ilrl on be as pretty as a picture if she has s nice frame.- Brrzndon Sun.

bomethlng we never cxpgcl t, hear: a woman candidate claiming ntie is one of the plain peoplg, _ New Glasgow News.

Traffic congestion la nothing new. 1\.are than 2.000 years ago Roman officials barred all but their awn private vehicles from that city's ("uwded streets, says The Chicago Journal of Commerce.

After early Mam at Sutton Par. ish Church one day recently, rs little procession came out of the rizain porch and made its way to a 200-year-old tomb in the church- yard. The heavy tron door was un- locked and a brief ins action was rwade of seven coffins inside. Then the tomb was locked again, Th; ceremony was the annual opening o.’ the tomb of James Gibson, g wealthy 18th-century elty m". rnanb and his family. Body mum. ers were busy when he died. and l dflllihier- MET.“ loft a large sum for the tombs upkeep and annual nspection. WhlCh has been made for 160 years. -lpndqn Ext

It can be said that. whatever path

Newfoundland takes even if it stays as is. the ‘United state; counts on’ friendly relations wit); St. John's, on continued use or base rights, and on using tho 1;. land's strategic location for hemis- piiere defence. Philadelphia law- yers may argue whether the base rights in Newfoundland, acquired from Britain, would continue valid 51101116. St. John's come under Ot- tawa's authority, Wuhlngton l; quite aware of this problem. Its prerent attitude ls that all the rmfies involved can be counted on to recognize the value and im- portance of having Washington's pzrsent leasehold continue. - At- izinta Guardian. Fanny Brice says a girl doesn't dare be funny. I1’ she ls, she hasn't. any chance of getting married. Getting married of course, l; mo height of a girl's ambition. met. ls a nice compliment to the male of the species, but we are a little afraid 1f Miss Brice is right we are nether an the dumb side. Miss Brice —Wh0. by t-he way, ls a cornecllenne and twice married - says that. men piflffl’ glamor-pusses to the funny gals. She may be right, but. this shouldn't be so. Ask any married man which he would sooner have. a wife who looks like an advertise- mcnl; for cosmetics or a spouse who can make him laugh. He'll vote for the latter. The trouble ls, we sus- pect that most men fear that. a rcmerlienne may spend her mar- ried life laughing at. them, instead of making them laugh. That. ain't. funny, McGee. - Owen sound Son-Times.

_lt is eminently fitting that the “family doctor." the, general prac- titioner, the greatest of all practical liumanltarlans. should be honor- ed suggests The Moose Jaw Times- Herald. The American Medical As- sociation is searching the United States for the family doctor "who has rendered exceptional service to his commualtyr," and proposes to present to him a gold medal for distinguished service at e. cere- mony on January '1 next. In this 3S0 of specialization the "family doctor“ is fast disappearing. Few sl the young men entering the rricdical profession are attracted to the small community and gen- cinl practice. Fame and fortune are mirvli more likely to‘ come to we medical and surgical specialist. or research worker. than to the ciottor who answers calls at all hours of the day or night, visits patients in their homes and re- ceives them at his home or office whenever they come.

It is an ironic twist of history that Eamon de Valera. lilmsel.‘ a former revolutionist, should find himself opposed by scan MacBrlde. who was cradled by revolution. re- vcunts The Ottawa Journal. For Sean MacBride is the sori of ltfaud Croniic. a great beauty iii iici clay (Yeats ivrote his most passionate love roem to lief-i, who was a revolutionist all tier life. and \\l.o used to be known as "Ire- land's Joan cf Arc." Maud Gonna, \.-'io ant-e was presented to Edward lnt’ Seventh when he was Prince o.‘ Wales (it was said that while alto danced with liim sire bummed "The Wearing of the Green"). married o Maj. MaoBride who fought with the Boers in the South African War, but later divorced nit-n. to the scandal of all Ireland (bringing her hisses at the Abbey Theatre)_ where her acting created a sensation. Sean MacBride, her em. an outstanding lawyer now turned to constltutlonallsm. has defeated de Vnlerrfs candidate in n ‘try-election.

Many hospitals are revising vil- ltlng hours. In several, afternoon calls have been eliminated entire- ly. while patients are limited to iwc visitors an evening. Attend- liii: llhysii-lans agree their efforts are hampered and. in many cases recovery delayed by well-meaning friends and relatives who flock to the bedside of patients at every op- portunity, These persons can do nothing to hel-p a sick pa-son. They make demands on his strength wliile many have the poor taste to vet-lie the history of their own ill- iirsses, or the experience ot friends who "had the some thing and nearly died." Most hospital visits art prompted by friendly interest, Lut many are the result of curios- ity. A mueh better plea is to stay away and express interest through letters and cards. These can be road at the patient‘: leisure and will be cherished later. Hospitpl visitors should be limited to close relatives, and these should not

ness that goes with it _ro him and his attractive

taken advantage of by tlre Jones Government oestrus Ma- O'Brien- ,

will the oreeent eroritlr, gigtyritlistoiigiliig feet

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come too often. — Oslsary Alber- tan.

CHARLUITETOWN

PUBLIC FORUM

This eoiamn h opens in the dseeaflol by earm- , of *‘ at tutored. ‘he Charlottetown Guardian loco not aesreQr- lly ossdorao the ophslea of reepoudenl.

TIAITIC EDUCATION

Bin-Most of our thinking citi- zens agree that street traffic ln Charlottetown is more hazardous than truffle in the ngesbed areas of New York City. Perhaps this is an over-statement, but. neverthe- less the disregard of traffic rules by both motor vehicle operators and by pedestrians is quite ob- ViOllS.-

It. can be definitely stated that ir. many instances traffic rules are violated because our people are unfamiliar with the regula- tions. ft. would seem logical. therefore, that such rules be pub- lished and widely distributed by the Provincial Government, end that enforcement be carried out by the City Polloe and the R. C. M. P.

'I‘ratflc rules should be t-hor- oughly taught; la the school sys- tem, explained and illustrated be- fore group meetings. and discuss- ed in the family circle. In some Canadian Provinces, notably Bri- tish Columbia. candidates for driver's licenses. ln addition to road tests. tests of vision, colour vision tests. and tests for reaction time are required to pass a check list examination of traffic rules.

Let us achieve eater traffic operations by intelligent action.

I am. Sh‘, etc. "PIMMDIJNE"

MI. GAY‘! ADDRESS Sin-The C.C.P. does. has, and always will welcome constructive criticism, but unfortunately we meet very little of it tn this elec- tioii campaign, and statements such as made by Mr. Petey Gay tn an ecldrees on Monday. November 24th. are a direct insult to the iri- telllgence of the electorate of’ this Province.

In an padres preceding that. o! Mr. Gay I mentioned what depths people will go in distorting facts and misrepresenting the C. C. P. iii this Province, and this was apt- ly exemplified in the latter pert of Mr. Gay's address.

It ls very easy for Mr. Gay to glve his private interpretation of ‘J/iifll; he imagines the C. C. l". to be, but I believe that the time ices ct me to call the bluff of these lr- responsible or misinformed suppor- tus of the "old party" (since the Liberals and Conservatives are in many cases making a joint. ap- pral) and I stand ready to meet Mr. Cray, or anyone, on a public platform and refute (with proof) e-ery charge made by him against the C.C.F., imd I give notice that I have a few questions of my own "which will prove embarrassing for Mr. Gay 0r the spokesmen of the parties he represents, to answer satisfactorily.

1n the last. Great War I was temporarily disabled in our fight to maintain the freedom and ideals of a Christian democracy, the fight for those ideals was not en- tirely won by the cessation of hos- tilities, and I intend to continue that fight in the only way it can be achieved -through the C.C.P‘. Mr. Gay need no longer doubt 0.1 sincerity -— we are not bluff- ‘lug.

I am. Sir". ctrn.

GEORGE WOTION.

CICF‘. Provlnrlal President and

Candidate for lst Queens

var-enamels. socixusin

Sir‘. --Tl1o following is a resume of a discussion an f-ree enterprise held by a group of student veterans, all of uiliom served four or five years overseas. It 1s twlrtten for those who complain that. the veteran is a soc- ialist or, at least. lies o. leanl-ng in that. direction.

The veteran. iii liis belief in ur- divlduel freedom, tiie belief in the worth of the itidlvldual. belief in the right. to lead his own life with-

’ Glarlng Discrimination IAgainsi Maritime Ports

(St. John Telegraph-Journal)

At the very time when it is ap- plying for yva lssion to raise freight rates in Canada 3o per cent the Canadian National Rall- WIYI has lowered certain export rates to Portland. Maine,

This was done to put that Amer- ican port in a better position to compete with the ports of Saint John and Halifax-and for no other reason, Officials at Portland are naturally jubilant. They look ahead to the busiest winter ship- Plnz season they have had in years.

As a result of the new C. N. R. freight tariffs, one steamship line has already announced regular Sflillnis from Portland to South America and is making plans for a service to Europe. Other lines are likely to be attracted.

Nobody can blame Portland for" trying to get all the trorfflc it cart, because this means work and wages. But lt is hardly the duty of our government-owned railway system to take work and wages away from Canadian workers and give them to workers of the United States.