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THE GUARDIAN

Authorized as Second Clan Mali Post. Office Departineni. Ottnwl. The Island Guardian Publishing Co.

urcsldenf. and Associate Editor, Ian A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Frank Wilker-

CIRCULATION "('nvers Prince Edward Island like the dew”

"The strongest memory is weaker than the weakest ink".

CIIARLOTTETOWN. SATURDAY. JAN. 3, 1953 The common Man lion-Existent

llcrhaps the greatest mistake being made in this generation is the tendency to view human beings in the mass. We accept as gospel such obvious absurdities as that the average household consists of 3.7 or sonic equally impossible number of mem- bers. We are apt to forget that the indiv- idual. above all others that we are least likely to encounter is the ”average man.”

llLiinaii beings are essentially individual and must be treated as such. The approach to government", education, medicine, or em- ployment which denies that individuality is iinhcaralily repressive, however just and logical it may seem on thelbasis of aver- gigi-s, The greatest difference between oui' wav of life and that of either totalitarian or t-onimunist dictatorships is in the relative importance of the individual. Unfortunate- ly the democracies are tending towards the totalitarian attitude. The statistical method. the adoption as a first principle, "The gfeat: est good for the greatest number,".is used to justify hardship and injustice inflicted on particular individuals.

It is not claimed that the minority sliriiild be permitted 10 g0VC1'n III” "l'd.I01lIi.V. but that we should be reluctant to. l'ri.V down hard and fast rules on thepbasis of majority opinion. It is not impossible that the minority have as much right and JUSUCC on their side, as have the niaJ'01'it.V- ThC.V certainly have the right to be heard.

c.ii.il. innovations

A striking feature of the year-end re- port of President Donald Gordon of the Canadian National Railways system is the indication of aggressive policies which are already taking shape, designed to curtail revenue losses and in time. create new in- come from new types of freight traffic.

Mr. Gordonls frank recognition of the fact that no single transportation medium any longer can serve the country's needs is a clue to his meYhods. To bcglibwithv he has inaugurated a combined railwa.V” highway system of freight transport be- tween Montreal and Toronto. Railway: owned trucks are loaded at one end of the run and then placed on specially construct- cd flat cars. The load of trucks is hauled in trains to the other end, where the trucks are discmbarkcd and under their own pow- ,.,- proceed by highways to their ultimate destinations.

In addition, ancillary truck and services are being inaugurated I0 SLIPPW inent. rail services in certain Parif of the country. They are not only holding traf- fic which otherwise might E0 I0 0001991" iiors, but owimz. to the 1"?1I1W3.V'5 Capaclly in make deliveries over transcontinental dis- mwcsv 11,93; are creating some new. traffic. Sonic of these innovations are cxP91'Im0maIv notes the Globe and Mail, but they 595'-m to he on the safe side. Extension of the ”;igi'ccd charges" contract. ensures contin- uity of business from specific sources. There is therefore justification for the claim that the System is trying to improve its various sci'viccs by a flexibility of p0liC.V which would be somewhat startling lo iiii Ca1'llC1' -.;eneration of railroaders.

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"Iron curtain'

A Soviet. news expert protested fitlfiinsi the use of the term "iron curtain in ii document circulated by the United Nations because, he. said, it was coined by JOSGPII Goebbels. Nazi propaganda chief.

As a. matter of fact, comments the, New York Times, the term "iron curtain was coined neither by Joseph Goebbels her by Winston Churchill. As far back as 1930 it was used in the Soviet press. In January, 1930, the Literary Gazette in Moscow pub- llshed an article by Lev Nikulin entitled The Iron Curtain. The article began:

"When a stage catches fire, an iron cur- tain falls to separate the hall from the stage. The capitalists see Soviet Russia as having been enveloped in flames for 12 years. Pushing the lever with all their strength, they try to pull down the curtain lest fire spread to the hall. This is natural from the capitalist point of view, but it is not clear why on our side some venture- wme mdctupid people also try to D115" the lever and pull down the some curtain-

tliottron curtain between the USSR. and

nuope."

iJanuoify. 1930. was the month of all- niound ootiectivotlon and liquidation of the iigpigto amt Rollin. It won tbs-hazin-

ning of the new Stalinist revolution. Nik- ulin's remarkable article expressed the anxiety which had spread among the Rus- sian intelligentsia in the "year of the great change” when the ttventuresome and stupid" Soviet rulers began pulling down the iron curtain between Russia and the west.

Today, of course, the appearance of such an article in the Soviet press would be quite impossible.

A costly Acro

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Word comes from Ottawa that the Cab- inet has given the Defence Department authority to buy nearly an acre on the,' celebrated Massachusetts avenue in Wash-,' ington. On it will be built a new head-ii quarters for Canada's joint Military Staff Mission.

ing will cost a million dollars.

to estimate the cost, because plans for the new building have not yet been drawn up.

"Undoubtedly," comments the Montreal Gazette, "the staff of Canada's joint Mili- tary Mission needs to be properly accommo- dated in Washington. Perhaps the size and location of the land purchased are exactly what the Mission must have, and there may be no reason for questioning whatsoever. But in view of certain recent disclosures about Defence Department spending, it might be reassuring to know exactly why the Military Staff Mission cannot get along

one of Washington's most fashionable ave- nues. And it would also be interesting to know (perhaps in due course) just what" the proposed building will cost."

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow, the 2nd Sunday after Christ-I

ITIZIS.

O O O

The Atlantic Provinces are always well ahead of the game in the matter of having the first baby born in Canada in the new year. Newfoundland has, of course, a further half-hour advantage over the oth-

er three Provinces.

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A newspaper in Washington has, printed a story saying that the new build-: A Defencei Department spokesman, commenting on thisi story, said that it is at present impossiblci

with less than nearly an acre of land on'

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This coluiiin in open to the iiiscussion by correspondent-

GOOD HEALTH

Sir,--The manager of n busi- ncss institution sends out every month quite an instructive pamph- let on subjects relating to social conduct or niayhe business prac- tlce. The last contains advice at great length, which if followed, should result in health or mind and body. But to begin using these precautions is like making

goose that lays the golden eggs. more farmers are finding that a well-man- aged woodlot is both useful and profitable. The work of the Provincial Chief Forester has made both information and seedlings

available.

It is a pity that this Province will not be represented in the adjudication for the Dominion Drama Festival, the necessary three entries not having been obtained by Dec. 31. It is to be hoped that those who counted on entering go ahead with their productions and be so much ahead for next

year.

0 O O

The story of the Crown Jewels, which is being told in pictorial form beginning to- day, has all the romance of authentic history. Although "St. Edward's Crown" was made for Charles II to replace the original destroyed by Cromwell and the Imperial Crown dates only from 1838, many of the jewels are historic. They in- clude a ruby which belonged to the Black Prince and was worn by Henry V at Agin- court and the sapphire from the ring of Edward the Confessor.

I I O

Clement Richard Attlee. British states- man, was born this date 1883, He was educated at Oxford and called to the Bar in 1905. He lectured on social science, served in the Army in the First World War, became mayor of Stepney and then MP. for Limehouse division of Stepney from 1922 to the present. He held a num- ber of cabinet posts but declined to sup- port Ramsay MacDonald. Leader of the Opposition, he joined Churchill's Govern- ment in May, 1940, and succeeded Chur- chill following the post-war election. He is now leader of the Opposition.

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As the fishing industry plays such an important part in the economy of Scotland it is natural that there should be several research institutions connected with the fisheries around the coasts. One of these which has: already won international re- nown for itself is the Marine Biological Re- search Station at Mlllport, a amalitown on a small island, the Greater Cumbrae. in the Firth of Clyde. Recent work carried out there has been on the use of submarine television. Great interest is being taken in this new technique of observation and in- vestigation, and hopes are high that it will lead to much wider knowledge of under- water life.' Larger vessels and more staff have allowed the research work to be push-

liioiitli, iii 'tiie.wsautii- of England, and than the much colder watmi oft Tromioo, in ,Northm Norway. '

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Clearing a woodlot is like killing tlie.'”””-i' More and set. when we reach adulthood.

c.ii:,,;,iii-ziieii uieiiii, and during 1992 twopof 33.. an the ggnioiy members visited waiteni off Ply-

New Year resolutions, which gen- result in failure, because are pretty well

our characters

windows. no walls -- was a melancholy

of questions of Interest. The ", -"",' III"? "I" ”'"''I "IdI"I'" Guardian does not neceuiir- 3'9” 11 hm? it, CWI95 fmm the "y endow, tho opinion 0; Greekfldiotes.' According to the ,,,,,,e,mo,,dcm,. who did no voting. This makes

Greeks. the "ldioies” were citizens

just. as much sense today as it. did kallne soap and water.

in ancient Athens or American citizen who

An not.

Sparta. does

use his right to vote is an lpliot.-' Boston Traveler.

C I People in West Germany are

givlng n stained-glass window furl the new cathedral at Coventry in England.

roof.

ing what. is in their power to show I! better feeling. -- Ottawa Jour-

To read of some of the things ml, advised we notice these: Learn -.,.- ' to handle worry and throw it Tm. dam-.o.d(,o, gclnn, of into the waste basket. Relax the cm-Lggmag c3yd5' magazines, and

muscles completely in sleep, or if in conversation with any one, or when waiting for a call on the telephone. I suppose also if in a traffic jam on the street, we should be perfectly relaxed. Then we must not hurry nor work more than five days per week, take a yearly vacation. trike plenty sleep. carry none of the day's zilfalrs into the night rest. But in St. Paul's words "who is suffi- cient for these things", or in King David's words. "It is high I cannot ailiiin unto it."

The nlrohnlic joins the A.A.'.s to get. a cure, he must know that he cnn't cure lilinself. So one of the l2 steps in his recovery is, to quit trying and depend on the Great Power outside of himself. One addict told me that his first prayer each morning is "Oh God! keep me one more day without liquor." I understand that one other step is to jump in to help save another weakllng.

I knew a man that worked In A place where food was prepared. He had his health partly spoiled by picking at food between meals.

He found it. so difficult to break the habit that. he had to do pretty much like the liquor ad- dirts.

Since the last. war we read of the flying ace, Capt.” Eddie Rick- enbackrr. He was one time ad- dressinz A group of veteran nir- men who were wounded in body and badly shaken in mind and soul. The Captain is ll man of inspired faith. and in the middle of his talk he stopped and then said earnestly, "If there is any one of you' who have not yet had an experience of God, my advice to him is. to go out after it and get it.”

Medicine, psychiatry and relig- ion have their place in the re- storing of those who are broken up. An Old Testament write said: "He hcaielh all my diseases". He did not. exaggerate. Inquire about it-this experience of God. The beat doctor is one who has been healed himself.

I am, Si etc. A II. MACKENZIE Kenllngton. P. E. I.

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The Ago-tllii Story

MOFCOOO

mule on and of opuklng unto Soul. that the Mill of lonltlun woo knit with the will of David. and Joint. on Iowa him no III own soul . . . . nfllnvlil won! out ultim- Ioovor soul not him. Ind behaved blnaoell wisely: and Soul not him ourlhonop ofwmond ho was oooouoil hi blldxlllib of all the DOOIIIO and one In Ibo oltlu of More nirvana. And it can to bus uilboy nine. when David was returned from the nloimnor of nu. Hillhttno, that the. when , oct,o(.,oll,bIIlu of land

lush:-. to nest

tlui Zinnia. will be annuals i

Anal It came to pal. when he IIIII -

many other items could become ll serious matter and could quite easily put some stores out of busi- ness. If the public likes having the things it wants brought to it on a silver plater, door-to-door selling might become E Frankenstein. Not only would the average house- holders doorbell be ringing five times as often as it does now, but hundreds of clerks and other store employee might eventually be out of work.-Lethbrldge llerald.

In all the prison riots which have taken place on this contin- ent: during the past year or so there was one complaint the prin- oners had in common - over- crowding. It may not always have been the issue. but the fact. was there, nevertheless. The prisons are too large and too congested. Maintaining discipline is becom- ing increasingly difficult and al- most non-effective where crowded conditions necessitate the bunch- lng together of all types of hard- ened crimlnala with those whom society hopes to rehabilitate. - Saint. John Telegraph-Journal.

In llockhlm. England, I. myo- terious character (who may be u poacheri has been tapping on the doors of old people who are poor. He disappears into the night be- fore ihey get to the door. But on the doorstep is a package con- taining A pheasant. and II. card saying: "We have taken it. from the gentry who have birds in plen- ty to give to the old who rarely have any." Several elderly recip- ients. being conscientious. have asked the police what: to do with the pheasants. "Eat them." said the police. - New York Herald Tribune.

very wrath. and the buying displeas- ed him: and he said. They have loci-lined unto David ten thoun d and to me they have ucrlbed jut itlxounndo: and what can ho have .'mora but the kingdom?

J.Notes By The Wayl.

Doctors who specialize In treat.- ment of the skin were told here the other day t.hat:' eollodial oat- meal. the gummy part. of the car- eal. relieves sktn irritated by al- Thua sci- ence once again vlndlcatea an old- wlves tale. Oatmeal has long been 3 popular. it unofficial. remedy for the winter itch. It should be noted, however, that. the sugges- tion fat using oatmeal to relieve an itching epidermis applies prim-

to those getting along in life

ar'ly The old cathedral after anh most likely in be plagued by a the German bombers left it -- no dry skin. The very young. we not- fragmenl-S Oi ed long ago, instinctively

apply

spec- t.hLs cereal both externally and in- tacle. Now other Germans are do-iternally without. medical advice.-

Old Charlottetown 'And 2. z. I.)

PRINCE COUNTY PETITION

House of Assembly, Jan. 18, 1832:

A petition of divers inhabitants of Prince County was presented to the House by Mr. Green. setting forth:

';Tho.t: petitioners having learn- ed that the House was pleased at. its last. session to vote the sum of N00 for the erection of a jail and Court House at Prlncetown, and presuming that the motive of the House in so doing was to obviate the difficulty under which the in- habltants of Prince County at pre- sent labour in attending Courts of Law. beg leave to state that the local situation of Pi-incetown is such (being placed at one extremity of the County) that petitioners consider it. would be extremelv in- jurious, instead of being I bene- fit, to the great. majority of the inhabitants. if the said building be not placed in a more eligible and central situation. l

"That. in the event. of Circuit Gourts being established. the Court House and Jail ought of necessity to be erected where it. would be most. convenient. to that. part of the County which possesses, and which. from its situation, always must possess, the largest portion of com- mercial and agricultural business -that if said buildings were erect- ed anywhere between the two ex- tensive Boys of Richmond and Bedaque, persons having business at Court, could come from either side by land or water. H bozits could approach within twp miles of the court I-louse."

(According to the Royal Gazette, a great deal of discussion took nlace on the above resolution. Mr. Pope, Mr, Green. Mr. Compton and other: contending that at. ll.'lezLnor'a was the best situation. while Mr. Speaker (Hon. W. Mc-

, Neill) and Mr. 1-lyndmui wni-ml,v

argued for Prlncetown. It. was. however. decided in favour of 5:. Eleanor: by I lu-go majority.)

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i SAFEIGUARD , . YOUII INTERESTS . .

.WI'I'R IOIIND AND ADEQUATE INSUIANCI

with over eighty year: experience In handling all line: of Protection. we nojlod to be of what borvloo we can to than having Inounnoo problems so naive, without obligation

go. no.

pl-E-MOICTAGIII . d ,. .

, well drawn map of P. E. I. such as

hiapy linaglnntlon child who believes t at during the

along and drew the pictures. In my case ii: to one more credit to be

spring nor summer, nor yet but- umn, is capable of such genius.

A5 I looked at the brilliant u- sortment. early this morning I could anally. imagine myself to be in one of the great picture galleries of the world. "Without money and with- out price", and without interfer- ence from guides or anyone clue. I could let my eyes feast. on beauty and perfection. I can mention here only a few of the many wonder: that looked out from our picture window. t O O D

The most striking of all was it

one sees when flvlng over the Is- land in the middle of June. Names of places. being unimportant, were not, marked, but about everything else was clearly shown.-

Neatly laid out form lands. look- ing for all the world like the toy blocks which youngsters delight in at Christmas time:' hosts of came S0me zmzimz in the meadows, oth- ers izambollng. glad to be free: here and there ll tiny stream patiently and toyously trying to find its wav to the sea: patches of woods and nrettv flower gardens: the lauirhlnoz gleam of the sun on "the uviinnd lawn".

The artist. draw it all fiilthffilllv and weft with ll. good eve for the flrw details of form and harmonv. The. picture of the man lazily fishing for trout (with worms. I regret to savi was it surprise. being ii bit out of season. This is the time of year when ti-out flshemien are in varvlng moods of taclturnlty. A little too late for reminiscing on last year's experiences and 9. little too earl": to anticipate what may lie ahead. so there doesn't seem to be much to talk about.

Surprising how the time izoes. however. Any day now rods will be taken ort for inspection: lines for

All in preparation for new cop- nuests to attempt. new exaggera- tions to make up. new strange stor- ies to relav. These things and oth-

to mind when I saw the main in the window. - 0 O . Away no in the corner was a fan just as nialn as anything. Imagine any artist: painting I. fan on a near zero mcrntngl Perhaps its purpose was to remind us that. if "it is not always May" neither is it always December or January, The not days will came again and those timid souls who now grumble about frost and mow will wish they might see, if only for a few minutes, fan- tastlc pictures on the window pane. Nothing keeps us contented for long. That, too. may not be alto- gether to our discredit: for discon- tent is not entirelv useless in the overall picture of life. In another corner, between I miniature water-fall and n gor- geously di-used Christmas tree. was ii. beaver hard at work rm in new home. There seemed to he a. sad look In his eyes as if he had heard all about the new regulatflon aimed at: the extermination of hta kind. No doubt beavers do their share of destruction Just as people do but somehow I. for one. should be very sorry to see them dl.sapnea.r- from the Island's good earth. Their per-

to say nothing of their skill, seem to me to outweigh their mischievous

No doubt it was the front. that did it aided by the warmth from within. However, in this respect. M ,ln so many others on; envleo the the little

nlghiig some elfln sbmiget come

marked up for winter. for neither

testlncz. reels for ollln-2. and so on. ”

ers of interest onlv to myself came i

severance, ingenuity. and patience. -

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JANUARY 3.

1953

The ' Passing Scene - I 3! Observer I PICTURE! ON THE PAN!

lot from a beaver 1! only he in Wm. log, to come his lessons in hum. llllty and rld if of the delusion that he is mu.t.er. of all.

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What on earth would feathe;-5 be painted for on A cold end frosty m0minB? I'm sure I don't know. Yet, there tbey'wete as plain as day. Luge onw and little ones; toll ones and chart onea; feather; of

.. and feathers of sold. No one can tell why his thoughts mm in any particular direction It the sight. of my particular picture. but an I looked at. this one I thought of ., bit: of imagery In one of the palm;

"surely he shall deliver then from the more of tho fowler and from the nolsome pestilence. He stun cover thee with hla,feo.thei-a and under his wings shalt thou trust; hil ti-uui siiiiii 1;; thy shield ma buckler".

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What: riches there are in the songs and poems of the Bible! How much men mine who never take W39 I-0 brine out of its treasures. thing: new and old!

I must: not forget to tell about the sheaves of grain that were in- cluded tn the frosted pictures 1; seems only yesterday that men and machines were gathering in the harvest. And now the earth is cold. But the coldness is only on the sur- face. perhaps a little wav beneath it. Down in the depths life goes on without interruption.

Like everything else in nature. the earth. Li: least thiit part of the earth we can see and touch, must. have rest, but only as preparation for a new task to be done. It. must wait, as all created things must wait. for the things that must; be to come and go.

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A: the sun rose higher and high- er the pictures made In the night: began to disappear onc' by one. some words written by the poet. Emerson have ltnaei-ed in my thoughts all during the day.

"ro the attentive eye each mom- mi. of the year has its own beau- ty. and in the some field it be- holds every hour 8. picture which was never seen before and which shall never be seen again".

74:) 77 '7oedi

A SAILOWS GRAVE

out of the wlndA' and waver riot, out of the -loud foam . . .

He has put in to a. great quiet An! iii still home.

Here he may lie at ease and won- dcr

Why the oldbhlp waits.

And but for the surge and tho strong thunder

of the full siniu.

And look for the -fishing fleet at morning.

Shadows like lost souls.

slide through the fog where the aenl'a warning

Betnys the shoals.

And watch for the deep-sea ilnei climbing

Out. of the bright West.

with I. salmon sky and her woke shining

Like a tom's breast.-

And never know he is done forever with the old can pride,

Borne from the tight and the full endeavour

on an ebb tide.

temperaments. A mini can learn I

.-Mai-Joi-le Plcktbnll ,

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