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THE GUARDIAN

s- Ilarnlng Dally (Founded tn I887) - Authorised no Hem-and Clan Mull. Hons Olfloo 5 Department, Ottawa. ll The Island Guardian Publishing Co. ; Edna: and Managing hires-tor, J. ll. Burnett:

Allnclnln llslllor, Frank Walker

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liuhaburnsrowiv. WEDNESDAY, AUG. n, 194s

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Prime Minister King's genius for making iambiguous statements was evident even in_his 'farewell speech at the convention proceedings 'last week. After making it clear that he _would not be appearing in Parliament as lead- _er of the Government at its next session -— six ‘months hence -—- he went on to soy:

"Once a new leader of the party has been ichosen, it is my intention to confer with him as ito the time at which, all the circumstances con- isidered, I should seek from His Excellency ac- ceptance of my resignation as Prime Minister. . . l am sure you will agree with me that, at ,0 time like the present, this is not a step to be taken without due consideration of many fac- tors of international as well as national signifi- conce."

Commenting cn this statement, the Ottawa Journal rcmarks:

"ls Mr. King telling us here that under certain international or national situations that might arise he would become indispensable, that the man who succeeds him as Liberal party leader perhaps could not be trusted or relied upon to meet the situation? lf he isn't telling us that, if he isn't preparing the ground for his retaining the Prime Ministership for an indef- inite period—the international situation can al- ways be colled 'grovc'-—then what is he talk- ing about?

"lf Mr. King's Government were defeated tomorrow, what would follow? Mr. King, with- in a period of two or three weeks, and regard- less of the international or national situation, would give up his Prime Ministership, hand it over to the leader of the victorious party. lf such action would be possible under that circum- stance, why won't it be possible when tomorrow Mr. King is no longer his party's leader? T0 hand over the Prime Ministership to the leader of one's own party can't be more difficult than to hand it over to the leader of another party?

"lf the answer be, as it seems to be, that Mr. King, disregarding these facts, is determ- ined-to hold on to the Prime Ministership, to keep it at his whim and will, using it a while longer as a sort of bonus for past services, then we thing Mr. King is wrong. ~

"Let us pay him honor, let us thank him for hls services; but let us not admit that any mon in this country who no longer leads a maturity in Parliament, who does not in fact lead any port-y at all, has any right to be Prime Minister for any period longer than is necessary for the nbrmal procedure of resigning. Leadership of the party in office and the Prime Ministership are, rind must remain, indivisible; and this is no time to be creating precedents of power without re- sponsibility. We still hope that Mr. King, on reflection, will take leave of the Prime Minister- ship when and as he should take leave of it."

Perhaps our Ottawa contemporary is un- duly worried about Mr. King's intentions. lt may be that he plans to do precisely what The Journal says he should do, and has had no other intentions. But a lifetime of cautious side- stepping has incapacitated him for making blunt, direct statements of any kind. lt is too much to expect of even a great actor that he should step into another role in the very act of making his exit from the stage.

Premier llreirfs Example

While in Britain a few weeks ago, Premier Drew of Ontario sought to give a fillip to the hitherto restricted movement of British indus- trial operations in Canada, in particular to his own province of Ontario. He advanced the pro- posal that many such ventures could be fin- anced by advance of the necessary dollars by Canadian insurance companies with interest in Britain. The acceptability of this suggestion, with collateral security being provided for such dollar loans by sterling assets of British parent firms, was endorsed in official British pro- nouncemenls on the subject. Premier Drew would thus sccm to have chosen a propitious moment to take constructive action which prom- ises to initiate a welcome expansion of Con- adian industrial activity and perhaps also of export sales, especially in the U. S. Similarly he and his government led the way in institut- ing the substantial ond continuing movement of British immigrants to this country. In both cases benefit is accruing not only to Ontario but to Canada as a whole. '

War 0n Trafflc Accidents

The state of Cdnnecticut has four times won the highway traffic safety award of the U.S. National Safety Council since I940, and in I947 reduced its traffic death rate to 4.3 per I00 million vehicle miles, which is half the national rote andlo U.S. record since automobiles become major killers on the highways.

The methods by which this state has made such a good showing might well be investigated Iiy traffic officials here in Canada. lt is a mat- ter of interest and importance to every Province.

Having established that 20 per cent of vehicle operators are responsible for nearly all their traffic accidents, Connecticut traffic offi- cials hovo set up a system that enables them to keep a close chock on‘ dangerous drivers. Iii a word, they have devised an accident prevention system which enables them to attack the traf- fic accident problem at its roots.

ert J. Stack of New York University. Every lic- ensed driver in Connecticut has a report card on file with the department of motor vehicles. Law infringements result in demerit marks being placed on. the individual driver's card to show the seriousness and number of accidents in which ha has been involved.

When chronically bod drivers are uncover- ed, oppropriatc action is token, first in the form of friendly warnings and corrective suggestions where these can be useful. But dangerous driv- ers, who cannot be corrected, have their licences suspended or even cancelled. ' ,

~ EDITORIAL NOTES —

Today o civic half-holiday.

The Governor-General in residence here. I Q i i Business is at a discount these days-being Old Home Week. I I I i lt need not necessarily be flying fish that's to be handled at the old R. A. F. airport. i i i ‘I

Island riflemen are distinguishing them- selves as usual at the Connaught ranges in Ottawa. I C O Q Where there's o will there's o way, hence the transference of the occupants of Maple Hills to homes elsewhere has been accomplish- ed without undue inconvenience to anybody. I I I Q islanders at home or working elsewhere. here on vacation, young and old, are taking part if at all possible, in Old Home Week cele- brations. i Q I i Britain's Labour Government is reported to be preparing to nationalize what directly inter- ests every Briton-food. lf they succeed in keeping happy the knife and fork wielders then Socialism is really there to stay. I I i U Reports that seven ships are currently do- ing the work of the Nascopie in supplying Arc- tic outposts indicate that either the Nascopie was remarkably more efficient than the ships replacing her or that the North is at last being really opened up. i i "I Q The contrasting values of peace and war are sharply illustrated in the "Death Railway" of Siam which was built by the Japanese at a cost of 75,000 lives but which the Siamese gov- ernment now cannot afford to put in efficient running condition. I I I I

lt was q magnificent and memorable open- ing of our Provincial Exhibition with His Ex- cellency the Governor-General performing the ceremony. The Driving Park and Provincial Ex- hibition Association has had a long and note- worthy history and enjoys the record in Canada of never having failed to carry on, even in the stress of two world wars. No other Provincial Exhibition Association can make the some claim.

Toronto Sundays may not be quite so dull" to those who care to hire a boat, horse or auto- mobile. The General Secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance has stated that such hiring is not considered to be prohibited. Commercial re- creation is banned under the Lord's Day Act.

i R i i Evidently no one wants to shoulder the responsibility of converting the Market Build- ing basement into a bus terminal. At least the date for receiving tenders was allowed to pass without any response being made. Perhaps "J. F. W.'s" protest had something to do with the boycott. I I I I Parliamentary Commissions have long been recognized as a Government's means of shelving an inconvenient problem in administra- tion. The Mackenzie King government has gone one better, it has made the Court of Justice "the goat", soddling it with the responsibility of denying or delaying the will of the people as expressed in Parliament. I‘ I i Q Prime Minister King uttered a fundamental truth last week that will probably soon be for- gotten in the quest for votes. "The most ef- fective means of promoting social security are the preservation and extension of freedom." It should be kept in mind by all that once the individual loses the rights of free speech, free- dom of association and the protection of the low and the courts, any particular social measure might as well not exist so for as he is con- cerned. .UI~.I.'I Sir John Young, lst Baron Lisgar, Governor- General, arrived in Canada, this date I869. He remained only a year, resigning in June I870. His period of office coincided with the Riel Re- bellion; and he acquired a reputation for abil- ity and sound judgment at a time when vice- royolty meant much more politically and od- ministratively than it does in the present day. Before becoming Governor-General he had rep- resented County Coven in the British House of Commons in the Conservative interest, and a member of the Peel administration, and later as Secretary for Ireland in the Aberdeen Ministry. Q Q rI I

There are to be, alas, no more "$64 ques- tions" over radio in the United States, and pre- sumobly here as well. Federal Communications Commission of the U. S. A. announces it pro- poses to crock down on radio cosh prizes which appear to involve a lottery or to depend "upon lot or chance." The action, the Commission sold in a statement ls promoted by "the grow-' ing number of ‘money’ programs on the radio." The crack-down will apply not only to cash awards but to any other thing of value. That takes in the familiar mink coat, trip around the world, deep-freeze locker full of food and fam-

The basis of their system for spotting bad drivers is a "point system devised by Dr. Herb-

.age American efforts at. self-de-

Rebecca West Reports

(Ottmre Journal)

Journal) on the flnsl session of Henry Wallace's convention. One of the accusations levelled against Wallace ls that. he once belonied to an Oriental cult. and wrote let- ters to an Indian mystic named Guru. Wrote Mlss West:

“If I were an should not worry whether Henry Wallace wrote the Guru letters. but I should be terribly worried because most of the people at the Wallace convention looked as lf they might. have wrltten them.

"This convention . was as urmppetizlng an assembly u I have ever seen ln America, and I feel no compunction at making that. statement because I will oovn I have seen lts like ln Europe." Her teeth thus In heir subject. Miss West went on to denwllsh a fallacy all

movement. or group ls compound- ed largely of youth it must neces- sarily be good. Thus:

"Why do we pretend that youth ls always a beautiful thing? There are lots of horrible your.’ people, just as there are lots r I horrible middle-aged, people or lc-ts of horrible old people.

“At this Wallace oonventir there were quite a number t. young people who were qulte horrible indeed embryo Bab- bits, having their fling before, they settled down to safe and narrow lives, stupid young peo- ple, too stupid to understand how the world ls run and that. the present system, tor all lts faults, took a great deal of patient and intelligent effort, and who there- fore wrote off the whole of the past with a sneer; and who are so smug that. they saw their own sncerlng as idealism others who were on their faces the signs of atmore serious maladjustment girls with the restless look that comes of profound insecur- ity, of consciousness that; neither their physical nor mental re- sources rwere adequate and that they must create n persbnallty somehow-by revolt l: not-hing else turned up boys with the sullen eyes and the dropped chin whlch mean a, brain just good enough to grasp the com- plexities of llfe and to realize that; ll; would never be able to master thmi."

Answering her own question as to why she lays stress on these "unfortunate boys and girls," M155 West says lt. is because these are the materials of communism. Wallace himselr ls no commun- ist, bul—

"Among the people who looked as if they might have written the Guru letters and these sad boys and girls were a number of peo- ple who would not. have written the Guru letters and were not 1103's and girls but tough and ex- pert men and women. They were the Communists who were run- ning this movement The whole Wallace convention was Communist, and lt. was not straight communism, ll; was Com- munist hrmbug.

"I do not believe they want. Henry Wallace ln the White House at all. They merely use hls candidacy to collect the disaf- fected lnl/o a negotiable gmup .....Thery do not. want racial equality, they want to make the Negroes n discontented mlnorlly, with an unconstructlve discon- tent whleh wlll lead them no- where — and to lament, race riots \vhlch would cause clvll disorder hem and discredit the Unlted States abroad. They do not. want. people. They want. war with Rus- sia ln which they could count. on a nlce crop of smug and self-sat- lsfled traitors who would sabot-

fence."

This ls not. merely good writ.- lng; 1t ls clear, c001 thought -- the flndlng of one who, having observed communum In Europe. understands lts techniques, and knows lt. for the vile thing it. ls. And what Rebeeca West reports of this Henry Wallace convention ls not merely for Ann-leans; it ls for us u well. For here too we

our stupid young people who thlnk that. history began yester- day, and our fellow-travellers who have not. the courage of Corn- munlsts but who, because of their Incompetence to understand or face llfe‘: complexities, up the easy prey iof Communists, who collect them into s “negotiable group." Herc. too, we halve the people we cell "well Mentioned," those who can- be used by slogans against "fascism," who have n smattering of history and irnlnds muddled by what they cull "econ- mnlcs," and who Imagine (hut change moans progress. . Mlss West's plece warns us use- Iully on what. Communists oan' do wfth them,

A Story Did It‘

(Well Street Journal)

The advocates of s blll to 1r.- crease the pay of senators from 87.500 to 810,000 s. year were thrown into e state of near-panic when the late Senator Bornh arose and spake feellngly elslnst the proposed salsry hike. concluding with the ringing declsrstlon- that. he would not. accept the Increase if it wu enacted.

Into the breach the advocates at more-money-ln-thie-eenetmlel- pay-envelope thrust their official story-teller, Senator "Cotton Tom" Heflln of Alabama, with s prayer that. ho would relate some parable which would hob to over- come Benstog Sarah's opposition to their pet measure.

Ono day, sold Senator flellln. "Private" John Allen returned

ily helicopter, as well as minor temptations ln the way of groceries and other provisions.

Rebeca: West, beck to the (win which made her plows on the Joyce and Avery trials perhaps

the finest journallsm of our time, wrote a memorable report (published ln Monday's Eventng

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There wfitn roaring ln the wlnd all r1 ; The rain came heavily and fell. in

floods;

But. now the sun ls rlslng calm and bright;

The blrds me slnglng 1n tho dls- tant. woods;

Over his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;

The Joy makes answer u the Mag. ple chatbers;

And all the alr ls filled with pleas- ant noise of waters.

All things that love the sun are out of doors; The sky rejoices ln the morning's t a

h. The gross ls bright. with raindrops; —on the moors The hare ls running races ln her mirth; Arid with her feet she from the splashy earth Raises a mist; that glittering ln the sun. Runs with her, all the way, wher- ever she doth run.

--W1lllam Wordsworth.

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grip. Wont you send a bottle up to my house and instruct her t-i give ft. to me as medicine?" The doctor agreed. In is llt-vlil whlle he phoned Mrs._Allen and told her he was senalng up .\ quart. of whiskey, and that shc should prepare a nlce mlnc lulc’? and make her husband take it. Private Allen lay weak and worn to n frazzle. In the next. room he heard the cllnk of lce ln glass. Presently hls wlfe came ln with a tall, frosty glass and bessed him to drink. John refused. his wlfé insisted. Finally, with s greet. show of reluctance. he took the proffered

drink.

"When dld the doctor soy to glve 'me another mint. Julep?" Allen asked.

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"Well" ma the weary 1111a"- msn. slghlng happily "lf I arr. asleep. woke me; and lf I wont take lt.. make mel"

Wlth o mutter of "who" m9 use?" senator Borah surrendered, permitting the advocates of sis.- ary increase to "make hlrn take

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CIVIC AMUSEMENTS

"The amusements at Charlotte- Town, although not so extensive, are much the some asan Quebec and Halifax. Duzrlrig winter, as- semblies are held once a month or oftener. There ls an amateur theatre. Pinlc parties are common ln summer and winter. Dlnneir parties were at one time usual, but have not been so for some ism past. The principal gentle- men ln Charlottetown generally dlne together at. one of the hotels, on the annlversarles of the titular saints of the three kingdoms, as well as during the sittings of the Colonial Ixglslaturo and of the Supreme Court. Skating, flshlng and shootl are other sources of pleasure. public subscription library, on a liberal and re p ‘- able footing, affords a variety of entertaining and standard works. Almost every householder keeps e horse, and driving during winter ls a favourite amusement of all classes."

-From an account of Prince Edward Island, by John MacG-regor, 1829.

CONVICTED 10o TIMES LUTON, Bedfarxlshlre, England —(CP) r- George Elliott, 49, was convicted tor the 100th time here

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or shut. up ln the matter of stem- mlng inflation. But no matter who shuts up, it'll be us folks who nave h. put up. - Hallfdx Chronicle.