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Much Leii Unexplained

If there has been misunderstand- ing with regard to Attorney General Farmer‘s attitude in the matter of the Queens County Jail, we doubt if his explanation in today‘s Public

~ Forum columns will do much to rev move it.

We all know that the jail is overcrowded—grand juries hsv e been complaining of this for years past—end that the Government is hoping. eventually, to have a federal institution take care of prisoners serving sentences of six months or more. We know, too, that many at present in the jail, or roaming the streets waiting their tllrn to serve time, have been convicted on charges of drunkenness.

Many of us. too. sharn in the Attorney General's concern for these unfortunate people, and would like to see some better provision made for them. No doubt the magis- trate who sentenced them to jail is equally convinced that the system is a poor one and could be improved upon. In the meantime. however. the Government hasn’t done so and he has to comply with the law by imposing the sentences he deal. And the Attorney General. as chief law enforcement officer. is equally obligated to see that the sentences of the court are carried out.

Mr. Farmer repeatedly refers to this enactment as a civic bylaw, which he says is "evidently not having its desired effect." He ig- nores the fact that the same of— fense is punishable in the lame manner under a provincial statute. Iii he not sworn to enforce all the laws of the Province? Or is it part of his duty to pick and choose among persons who have been sen— tenced to confinement, decide who shall go to iail and who is to go free until called upon? This is usurpation of the court's authority. and it seems to us to be quite un- warranted.

One thing. surely, the situation Calls for. That is immediate action In placing the overflow of jail prisoners in other quarters where they can be confined until the over- crowded condition there is remedied. We gather from the Attorney Gen— Pral's letter that he sees no neces- sity for doing this: in which case we can only express. again. our regret at his incredible complacency.

Coslly Strike Ended

The settlement of the longshore- men's strike at three St Lawrence River ports on Saturday, after ten days of costly idleness, came as e welcome prelude to Thanksgiving. and as an additional reason for ob. serving the anniversary in the proper spirit. The strike ended when the last of five local unions decided to accept settlement terms worked

‘ out by the federal mediator, Judge Rene Lippe. to whom much cruiit is due.

The strike is said to have cost $2.000.000 e day in Montreal alone. where 80 ships stood waiting in the harbor or river anchorages to be serviced. In Quebec City 17 Ihipe were queued up. and there was a long waiting lone at Trois-Rivleres as well. Now there is e feverish rush to clur the bookings of cargo at these ports, particularly the movement of 00,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat to Russia. The rush will continue until the end of the phan moon, sometime in No- this!

Prime Kiln-terle mela- “mum-avowe- Wmmbunvindioehd.

LN curl: mum for

mpuleory methods that would have been “premature and therefore ineffective." But it was touch and go, for national interests were at stake here which would have neces- Iitated such action had Judge Lippe's arbiiralion efforts failed. Mr. Pear- son had intimated as much on Fri- day. when he seemed anything but hopeful of the outcome.

Another event over the weekend has given cause for satisfaction. This “as the (to—operative spirit shown in the House of Commons by members of all parties, in pushing through legislation on the federal trilsteeship of five marine unions. Ry sitting nearly four and a half hours longer than usual. the House put the measure through all its stages—a commendable example of unity In the teeth of unwarranted United States interference in this domestic issue. The significance of this action. it is to be hoped, will not be lost sight of at Washington.

U.S. Subsidy Backfire:

Judging from the shocked ro- uctions of certain congTossmen. one would think that Canada had be- trayed the United States in sign- ing s new wheat deal with Russia. New Washington is going to do likewise; but if there are special difficulties in the way, American policy-makers have themselves to blame.

Oils would think that if there is any nation in the World whose pro— duction and scientific techniques should make it competitive it is the United States. Yet not so in this use. A combination of cold-war ex« port policies and a costly domestic subsidy system has held down the sale of ['.S. wheat for dollars. Dur- ing the 1962 crop year the country exported 637 million bushels of wheat, but of this only 155 million bushels was sold for hard currencies. For the rest. the U.S. government either accepted soft currencies, or donated the wheat under the Food- for-Peace Program with the U.S. farmer reimbursed up to full price supports out of the federal treasury.

Now President Kennedy has authorized the sale of wheat to the Soviet Union. just as Canada and Australia have done. But opponents of the idea are preparing a last ditch fight against the "subsidize. tion" of the Russian economy at U.S. expense.

Dealing with this subject. the London Free Press nrltes that it is still the 125. farmer who is being subsidized. sometimes to his detri- ment. The Russians, if they buy wheat from the US. at all. wollld l’iil_\' at the world price for the grades available. If the U.S. euba sidv holds the price to the producer well above the world level that is no concern of the importer nations.

U.S. farm organizations believe the remedy may lie in changes in their grading system. It is hoped. however. that such a revision does not lead to the dumping of more low-grade grain on the world mar- ket lit bargain prices. But the greatest offender in this instance is the hamstringing subsidy system.

Preserving Wild Lile

Word comes {mm the Winnipeg Free Press of a pilot project to save duck-breeding grounds in Weston Canada, which Will be noted with appreciation by conservationists evelywhere.

The Canadian prairies are the greatest duck—producing area on this continent. But with the spread of agriculture. many prairie slough; and potholes—the ducks‘ nesting grounds—have been wiped out, This has led to a steady decrease in the number of birds.

To preserve those breeding areas that are left. the Federal Govern- ment intends to enter into agree- ments with farmers whereby the farmer will be paid by the Govern- ment for leaving sloughs and pot- holes on his land in their natural state. The pilot project involves eleven owners of farms slong the Saskatchewan-Manitoba boundary and covers more than a thousand acres. The farm owners will receive $14,000. and for this they promise not to drain or fill the land or burn over the vegetation on it.

This is a project, says the Free Press. that should be extended as rapidly as feasible. Agriculture is imporhnt to this country but no II the preservation of our wild life. The present program see-ills e eul- Iible way of making sure that there will be ducks in use "on geome-

ONWARD AND UPWARD

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Needed In Canada -— A Political Elite

s'ow um members of Pal-lil- ment Er? getting so much more money than before. perhaps a political elite may be developed in Lhis country. It so. lb. mu

m Prlnfed Word

expenditure will be I u r t h ‘. while. Money alone— I plutth cracyv has never produced great governments. or at less! not for long: but the mnst_eliec-

tlve way of conducting Affairs is m have m elite in positions of responsibility.

This ll seen to have been on for Athens in the great your of that it was true or

PUBLIC

FORUM

ATTORNEY-GENERAL

sir;— 'in view of adilol'lll corn- merits End the published results of the meeting held it City iluil on October mil. 1963. I see um there is some misunderstanding as no my position in relation to um Queens Cnuniy .iail as ex- prr‘ssl‘d in a press release re~ porled in The Guardian 3 n u Evonlnn Patriot or Friday. 011- tuber lull.

The pertinent facls eppeur to me lo be as follows: i lei m the present time vile Queens County Jail will not nc-i commndatr all persons whosel sentences are to be served. th '

ere: lbl Then- is in coniemplatlnni A policy of lnlueruiinn with thel Federal authorities to have sen-iI fences ofslx munihs and up-‘ wards served in an Atlantic Provinces Institution:

la» The persons who I nu llrllit‘nces in Gut-(Ills County Jail include those \shoso leniencrs are imposed ullrlf‘i" the Criminal Code and other Statutes 0' Can- alil. Various Provincial smules. syluus of ill! City of Charlotte- town and bylaws of other Vil- s, s in Queens County; rm or lilo persons serving sen- fences in the jail. many e ibrre for drunkonness. .n in- fraction or a Ey-law of the City of Charlotteluwrl. end of these a very high percentage are per- sons who are repeater: and who spend inan days. Ind in cases several months out of each year in jail roi- lllls offence.

The penalty provided for an in- fraction of a law, whether stab ulory or otherwise. is calculated firstly to deter llld prevent in violation and. then. it vial-led. to punish Ill! offender. H avlhg these considerations in mind in regard to me situstion which hu developed in Charlottetown con- cerning drunkenness. it is very evident that ill! By-lew il nu: having the desired effect in re- lotion in the habitual repenlers. To them u Jail milieu" it no lonler s punishment slul In some crises it ll an obparlunity to get In» lodging. Nn (bull in in he found wilh the nfovlllonl of “is (thy lay-lbw, but with the lack of lullsluctory resqu from its enforcement against the heir ilual repeats-rs.

ihavc hecn mending the Charlottetown Pullce Court for lppruximntcly thirty-two years. From 1931 in 1935 I was in u- lendunce as CHWIII PIMECUIOI Ilium! daily. Since our time my stlendnncus have been leu fre quent Ian M the lame time lum- clent Io lmmv in e general way what was hunpenillg. Over these tnirly-lwo years the daily pro- cedure was. The officerl coli- durleu - iii-nun of men. charged under the lily Byvlsw for dnmlr- ones, in tlli‘ Courtroom. The number of mu group varied lo Is high as probably 11 in is on some occasions. The officer in chum called the line! ear-h one in turn up. Evi- dense WII taken. a modest nu- m- in default of payment a u fence of lei-l deyl or more or was imposed. A u the Court closed the» people were placed in Queens Couuw Jen to . Very ill

“temp-id thl Clnfllllminlll III. "loll lln‘ullr Irknhll minim. “In” A! 5 outs fulunee of lugs per Ilour the enswer mull! be was the luck pl on "yes". Thu leaves the employ- pefl our. amp sndltis hop-d they ammo is . my swam If It would M “it this dilerl Mr! mutt the inn ru- eu hmin their nation ll so im occurred in the! shown he demanded on they (I e W I can. ‘. go, ll th- mher IIan ! em, llr. etc. lthIlmoloyilin-hlf "um I been to m

FARMER REPLIES

help Ionic in these people This ll - problem which requires consideration and (or its own sake nu ailempl n - solution must be made.

in addition in this. on early solution is linked closely with the lumpornry situation at Queens County Jail as well u with the lam: term prospect ul the provision of adequate facili- tics either by the local authori- lies or upon an integrated basis with the federal authorities. 1 have a preference for a 00—0 alive effort will. the federal uu- thorities,

Tile inslliutlnn which is being construcin ul 5 p r i n gill ll should afford up-io-dblE practic- es in pmoingy. These include I program of training Ind activity for those who are semllg sen- tence. Such a program. even on u smaller scale m Ibis Province‘ alone, an account «I «be special personnel and facilities requir. ed. is likely to prove prohibitive.

Under the clrcumstences i feel i.

that for the lime being i m u n abide by my l'nl'mer decision on eve offenders for the more serious offences cummiltcd to the lml, The present facilities are quite adequate for this pur- pose. and for special cases of drunkenness. The risks involved in uvercrnwdinll ole present no comnlodution by me inclusion of Ill offenders [or drunkenness ll on. which i do not think should be liken.

The report of the results of . meeting held at City Hill on the “(alumni of F l' i d a y. October 11th was quite disappointing in

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m . n l. difficult to believe our the ing a. come out of these deliberations wn . lhml of some sort g i not i on. More deliberate consideration of the problem. 1 Im mu could produce u more constnlctlve result. However. ii the duel de- cilinn of the oily Authorities II n Pepnfled then i can only My «ml em may to accept ser- vice of my procoea which my be issued. 1 cm. sir. em. M A. reams

Chlrlottelnwn

.‘Afil 01D“

Sir:— The recent announce ment of e special minimum WIS. order menu the em- playeel of potato warehouses we: I hit of e shocker. In re]- regsle these people from a a y Ether werehauumen ur labour- or group and expect than to sub- Iisr on anything less than til e Illlblllhed pflwlurl‘l minimum wage seems lo Melt the WI- poee of the Act and lndlclul m“:de Blinking in m qulflefl.

1! ll evtdcnl NI! hm bail”

are involved. VII: the b-buu '3

Rel-tines Mud who draft ludl orders and fl. Executive Council who than. But since s [new or a government body rarely initiat- ll the-e orden without first

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the Roman republic, in more re. cm times, (be political elite of Britain. now largely - phenom- enon oi the past, he: been an outstanding example at what can be achieved by people who mm. a lifetime study of now to run a country, Polybius. e M the suburb. ies among uie ancients of cm - me of Cartilage was in her form of government. aolll Rome and Carthage were republics. and: had risen to eminence under ill. management of elite s. aui. whereas in Rome, dunnl the period of the Punic wars. highest regard wll paid senate. I body composed It I in cm

to

whim: of wisel- people who no longer listened to.

OTHER DIFFERENCE!

There were other differences between the two warring pow- ers. The Carthaginiau ellte wu a pluiocracy. An nlder state than Rome, Cartilage had begun Io decline at the time ml the cele- mated IL'l'lEl of sci-u g 1 lol. Against these racial-s. Cal-luau ad more wealth and Ill! wu e sespuwer. while lb. Romain, car all their efforts. never be came sure of themselves about. And Hannibal we: probably the supreme military commender of .11 time. though Scipio Africeuue did beat him at Zone. in wars that lasted for a century Ind e quarler. Polybiul haul; the de- ciding element lo have been um Rome was guided by prudence and Carthage by "the ; lady multth c."

He gives n on exlmyln now one hundred young Rum-nu. who by lot were to give the llrn me. which generally directed all the rest. hm numb-led two consuls. Itrance of Fshlue. who r.- seated lo the people that ill the fury of lime tlmel the but men ought to be chosen, hundred returned their suffrag- u and nonlineth mher co

Amanl the c Irtnlglnilnl, however. eff-ire were transect- ed by lllll'llfle Ind con-l. Dunn: ale whole of Hannibal‘s fourteen- year invasion of Italy he lmtrlied and Del-flexed by tho mum of u:- lecuou bbul w- poscdbimbeckunmnnbe-in Cartilage.

HOW ABOUT 1'" Young Canadian: who

u good my, might well consid- el- being fulltllnl politicians. To Ir-in lol- this. an In.-

ere

er Clnldlln hum C O] m s e to master. luck as Ulullini . [Mllln llfl 5'- men. may be useful and eye- Rllsslln and Olin:

IVI science. Wm lulil people can Ida m

in u‘l in; the “Moll! Ill-0'!- lmly un- mu

pin politic-l careers to null- fnr mm‘dvol b hlvo olden ineomee "

Home Care For Schizophrenia

Van Doll-ll

I! Dr. Theodore H. A psychiatric treatment manor m

was opened in downtown bulb ville iu moi. All patients with schizophrenia. cumin! to the eentel‘ lor crumb: were divid- 0“! Into three groups. Thirty per cent wen placed in . ml. m kl institution Ind 40 per cell were mu home for combined cenler-and-home sin-by. The remaining on pel- cent received the some treatment .- the letter [mull except on e placebo was substituted for an active tran-

Home can coulsed of dill! medication ilucludiul placebo for the third group). I weekly at bimonthly visit by a public health nurle. Ind frequent tell phone calls (visit: to the sly- cbiutric center. will! were the resulle‘.‘ sum of ab. home pl- tleml did not succeed Ind land to be bnspitaliwd. This occurred more often omens the mill: re- eeivin: the placebo lhuu lmmll those letting file reel medicine.

After 18 months.

were ulslcd. The patients treated with enig- at were able u. remain there nu pe'r mu of an mm; only “.3 per cent of the period was spent in hospitals. Comparable figur- al for the plmbs groups were “.7 and 13.3 per cent, respec- tively. Individuals who were lent to the state hospital epent «is per cent of their mu. in the

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TWENTY-FIVE YEAR! A00 Mr I" ll”

The residenlisl property as Prince Street belonging to the nuts of flu Illa Min Mlbel nnmuer. he been uqulred by J. Emit E. Worth, druflllt, who is carrying out considerable alterations.

Min chfluellne Will of Tar- nntfl, editor of the White Ribbon Mn l Wu est er It I Cornwall l n d Union It In a home of Mn. Gordon Mchlllln. Cornwall, Thursday anemone.

TEN YEA" AGO

meeting of Ill. North Wlanhln

1‘. I!” At a meeflnx of the directors

of the Claudettequ Forum Md. held 1m I15”, Forrest E. Claw was appointed men-gar. Thil ll to f' vacuity be: by WJ. Brown film ll fibrin! Ilpul n luv autumn“. Announcement Ill made l t night of us: ward in Meier

F. S. Jenkinl of Ill. Efficiency Dee- m'lidnn in "ecu n of his twenty you-‘e accredited "filial in tho Army. Major Jenklnl ll Second-lumen! of In In:

lusmulioh and only see per colic Signals Remnant. - unit with ethorne. which he bu boll wool-led In the opinion of Dr. nuujumln blue. 1937.

Pasamanlck. on! of the lender]

or the protect, this study sub mm the contention that home care under the mpsnnum bl

tel. Family um b len ape lve. creates llu dllol'glni tion. and keepl the mentally dil- turned person in a. good guess ul the husband. wife. or children.

Outpatient care is particularly important because 45 per cent ol nose in um mmui hospital] spend in ol' more years in cumin. uous residence there. Thm in- stitutions are overcrowded and home car: mly prove m be the. modern Approach to their prob- lem.