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Mr. Pearson's Trade Views

Liberal leader Lester B. Pearson has stated that he will not interfere with the holding of a Commonwealth

‘ trade conference in Canada if he

“beats‘ the Conservatives on March 31.” That is as it should be; for, in general, it is not wise for an incom-

‘ ing Government to repudiate a com-

mitment made by its predecessor. Mr. Pearson, howéver, should go further and state his views on the uholte subject of Commonwealth trade. The former Liberal Govern- ment of which he was an influential member presumably was satisfied

-with trade conditions among Com-

monwealth members as they were. At least, it did very little to improve‘ them. If that is still Mr. Pearson's view, he should state so ' publicly so that other Commonwealth Govt- ernments may have a fair idea of what to expect _in the event of the Liberals’ return to power. If, on the other hand, he has been converted to the doctrine of freer and expanded trade among Commonwealth mem- bers and, particularly, to expansion of trade between Canada and the United Kingdom, it is his [duty to make a forthright statement to that effect to the Canadian, 'people_.

A preliininary meeting of Com-

monwealth officials is to held in I London" next week; and, asthe' Man- '

chester Guardian has pointed out,

they will be working under',a handi-

cap “because of the divergent views on Commonwealth‘ trade of Canada's

two’ main political parties”. They .

are reasonably safe in ‘going ahead on the assumption that the Conser-- vatives will be returned to office; but should that. assumption prove to be in error, all sorts of difficul- ties would enter the picture. These difficulties can be. obviatediand with

certainty only if Mr. Pearson is pre- I

pared to state his views with can- dour. As one who hopes to be the next Prime Minister of Canada, he should do that even if no confer- -ence were in the offing; but, of

course, the fact that a conference

has been planned makes it.-all the more imperative. ' I

That Gordon Report

Just before Parliament was dis- solved, Finance Minister Fleming brought down supplementary, esti- 7mates including what is called a “further” $40,000 vote for the Gor-

don Royal Commission on Economic *

Prospects.

“That reminds us to ask,”, says the, Ottawa Journal: “what has hap- pened to the Gordon Commission report? When the preliminary part of it came down last Springit seem- ed to have struck the country like a thunderclap; created almost as much excitement as the Kinsey re- port. Then a great silence. The Lib- eral cabinet, which had fathered" it,

.didn’t even make it a part of their ,

election ‘literature’, not even that section of it which had dipped into astrology and told us what Canada would be like in 1980, a time when ‘the Liberals seemingly expected they would still be in.power._” (The Journal notes, in the interests of his- torical accuracy,‘ one exception to ‘this: Mr. St. Laurent telling them in ‘Fredericton that he had learned ‘from the report that Maritimers were less well off than the rest of of Canada.) Our Ottawa c‘0n~tempor- ary concludes:

“Since then not a twitter. We had thought confidently that when the Liberals were holding their con- vention the Gordon report would be ‘flung to the breeze; that it would at least be mentioned in the eloquent discourses of Messrs. Pearson and Martin. But nary a mention did it get. And this notwithstanding that Mr. Walter Gordon, author of the report, was a faithful attendant at the convention. Ah, well, as Thomas Hood would say, ‘just another-poor unfortunate . . .’; just for the dust- covered junk heap another blue- book, the number of which lying around, were they laid end on end. would stretch from here to China.”

No Need For Recess

We feel that most of our citizens will agre-e with Premier Matheson and Opposition House leader Bell that the session of the Legislature which opens on March 11 should continue without interruption, des- pite the Federal election on March 31.

‘It is understandable that a few of the members might feel that they

should be free to go on the hustings’

in support of the candidates of their choice. But, although that might give the participants a ‘little excitement and an added sense of importance, it is extremely doubtful whether it would have any appreciable ef- fect on the outcome of the contest. After all, everybody knows that the Liberal memblers of the Legislature would like to see a Liberal victory in all three counties and that the Conservative members would be de- lighted to see the results of the June election duplicated. If they want to make that official, let each man issue a brief statement expres- sing his view and then get on with the work fbr which he was elected.

It is not a good thing, in any

event, for Provincial business to be

subordinated in any way to Federal politics. ‘It seems to suggest that the Federal jurisdiction is more import- ant in, the democratic process than the Provincial jurisdiction; and that is a mistake. It is on the municipal level that our democratic form of government is, or ought to be, seen at its best. Next in order is the Pro- vincial Llegislatu-re. ‘The Federal Parliament takes third place.

Better Than Average

- One reason why safe-driving cam-

"paigns are not as effective as they

ought to be is that most drivers have an exalted sense of their ability to handle a_ car under all conditions. This, at east, is the finding of a sur- vey conducted by the Opinion Re- search Corporation of -Princeton, N.J. . ‘ ‘

,The question asked of a large number of drivers was: “How good.

,a driver are you?” 5 per cent re-

plied: “One of the best on the road”. 24 per cent answered: “Definitely above average”. 64 per cent said they were “a little above average”; and only 2 per cent acknowledged

that they were “a l_ittle._ below. aver- _ age”. The remaining 5 per cerit had

no opinion. , _ The researchers concluded that

,‘f9 of 10 motorists had drawn a self- . image of a good and law-"abiding dri-

ver to such an extent that safe-driv-, ing appeals were going over their heads”. - I

EDITORIAL NOTES

There are no M.P’s these days. Until the election has come and gone there are only candidates; land they are all on equal footing.

, . e I» .._. ‘ “My old grandfather told me

‘when I was 7 or that when he heard one of his neighbours up in

the Amen Corner of the church pray- ing too ’loud he went home and lock- ed his smokehouse”.—Former Pre- siden-t Harry S.-Truman in a tele- vision interview. 1 t t

Britain has made an agreement with the United States for the pur- chase of $8 million worth of surplus agriculture commodities. They in- clude prunes, canned fruit, lemons,

canned lemon juice and grapefruit.-

However, this is one shipment which

won’t damage the Canadian ex- ’ port trade. " I § * * Reports from Washington I say

that President Eisenhower may be more receptive to the idea of a sum- mit‘ conference, now that the Un- ited States has launched a satellite

stzcccssfully. For the same rea-_

son, Soviet leaders may be not quite as enthusiastic as they were, since they no longer hold a, monopoly in the missile field. i’ I W

Times have certainly changed over a period of a few years. Dur- ing the Second World War the Ger- man scientist Werner Von Braun was a much feared man in British circles, for he was the originator of the V-2 rockets which played such a destructive part in the bombing

of London. Now, Dr. Von Braun is »

credited with having most to do with the successful launching of “Explorer”. Recently, Britain’s War Minister Duncan Sandys sent him a message of congratulations and “best wishes”.

EOOI(S DIFFERENT

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UNITED KINGDOM OPINION

Two Sides "Of

The Question

By “onlooker” Thomson Newspapers, London, England,‘ Bureau

From the government benches In Britain’s House of Commons and from a drab document just issued by the Ministry of Labor ,-here two sides of aflmighty im- portant question has had fresh limelight swung upon them during the past week. The document first - the stodgy- looking, figure-filled Ministry’ of Labor Gazette. Its figures proved that since‘~last year the average lé\\'.>l of full-time weekly wage rates rrose by over 5 ‘per cent. Over twelve and a quarter mil- lion people got increases, and they cost about $10,971,000 a -week. On the other hand, industrial disputes caused the loss‘ of 8,400,- 000 working days. This is a peak figure, exceeded only by that supplied in 1926, when the whole country ground to a standstill dur- ing the paralyzing general strike. N0 CLIMB DOWN L This week, too, showed well enough that the Government, de- termined to get tough with wage- seekers, is not slackening its ef- fonts. “No” said the Home Secre- tary to a wage claim from proba- tion officers -- they wanted a ten per cent, upgrading. “No” said the Minister of Labor to a request by 50,000 London busmen for a $3.37 a week rise. And the Minis- ter of Power is getting to the read with another negative when

_ some 350,000 workers in the na-

tionalised coal-mining industry

put forward their ca‘se for another.

$1.35 a week. / This “get tough" movement will continue over here at least until the Budget comes out in a few weeks from now. The optimistic are predicting that there will be a lowering of taxation so that the money the workers do get will be worth more to them., The fact that the next Budget may be thelast the present Government_will pro- duce strengthens this view. LIFE PEERS -

In the House of Lords this week a good gathering of Britain's blue- bloods passed a bill that was to help some of them_out of a job --

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENT'.'-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb. 8, 1933)

Mr. Frank B. Clarke represen- ting the firm of Paul A. Mur- ray returned last night after vis- iting the principal potato mar- kets in Canada and the United States. He reports that Island po- tatoes placed in storage in Mon- treal and Toronto aretgoitig into consumption very slowly, due to the fact that shippers on the main land seem anxious to move their holdings at the present market prices.

An addition has been made to the teaching staff of Prince of Wales College in the person of Mr. J.G. Paters; , M.A., who

began his duties yesterday. Mr..

Paterson, who comes highly re- commended, will teach mathema- tics in which be specialized at Dalhousie and Harvard Univer- sities. . . TEN YEARS AGO

(Feb. 8, 1948)

An accident on Fitzroy Street yesterday when a snowplow struck an electric light pole, left Charlottetown streets in darkness last night. Mr. V.A. Ainsworth Manager of the Mar.';ime Elec- tric Plant, said that as a result of broken "wires a section of the street lighting switchboard at the plant burned out. With a snow storm raging at the same time travelling conditions in the City were hazardous.

Mr. S.H. Burhoe, Manager of the J.W. Windsor Co., Charlotte- town. who returned to the City last evening from a fisheries con- lerence in Quebec, said that the industry is not in an encotu'ag- ing condition, and that the view expressed by Mr. Stewart Bates was that the industry must cur- tail its production to meet local and overseas markets.

or, at least, some of their success- ors’ sons out of a job. They pass- ed a bill sanctioning peerages for life, as, opposed to the present practice of making a peerage hereditary. The old system will go in, but the bulk of the new peers appointed will be for life only. .

-‘This will save emtiarrassement to many. an ermlned gentleman. Often peers are appointed for pol- itical services. Often, too, the sons who follow them jump from their fathers bandwagon on to the opposition. More often than not, second-generation (and more re- moved) peers have little interest in=politics — except when It comes to%. discussing things like atten- dance allowances.

So a move has been made to do away with what have been la- belled the “backwoods peers" — those on the roll but who never show up for the debates In the House of Lords. .

On the debit side, we may lose some of the dry wit that the House of Lords can come across with when we getia man talking who really knows what he is talking about. A fragment came in fact. during’ the “Life peers",debate. "I have heard it said," said. one member,”, that thelltyplcal back- woods peei‘ had three qualities. He knew how to kill a fox, get rid of a bad tenant, and how to discard an unwanted mistress." and he paused for a second before" he added: “A man who possessed those three qualities would cer- tainly have something to contri- bute to the work of the House of Lords.”

PLEASE -- N0 FISH

Think of England’s ‘aristocracy. and sooner or later you get around to thinking of Eton, the famous college on the banks of the Thames (almost) hear Windsor. More blue blood has passed under the arched gateway to this temple of learning than any other school.

But there is a crisis down at Eton now, brought about by the clash of two very English ways of life. On the high level, Eton; on the lower level, fish and chips traditional delicacy of most class- es‘from: the lock labourer up- wards. The Duke of Edinburgh himself is fond of disconcerting his hosts at swank dinners by glancing at the menu in fancy French and commenting, "Good-— fish and chips again, I see.”

Although even the schoolboys of

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Eton are like any other young- sters with a passion for fish and chips, it seems that their neigh- bours are not. A fishman wanted to open a fried fish and chip shop in Eton High Street. Immediately there were protests. It would low-. er the whole tone of the place, they said. There would be litter all over the High Street. And a few of the teachers were a mite horrified at the thought of their scholars. among them future Prime Ministers, walking down the street in their .-famous stripped trousers, swallow-tail coats, and stiff white collai-s‘eating~fish and chips as they should be eaten - sprinkled liberally with salt and vinegar, the whole, wrapped in newspaper.

So the fishman has been defeat- ed. Eton is still Eton, as it has been for the past centuries .... IMPORTAND EXPORT I

Into Londons theatrical has come two imports from America. Tennesse Wi1liam’s“ ' “Cat on 'a Tin Roof" opened to so-so comm- ents from the critics. And in the tiny, 250 seater Arts Theatre 0’- Neill’s _ Provided.-_ a .- marathon of «plays going for those who like tuft sort of thing. The play has as an inter- val — not for. a drink, but for a meal. You go into the theatre‘ around six in the evening, you stagger out around ‘eleven.

On the screen,lthoiigh,‘. it has been a worth-while week or the British. Hollywood actor a :1 dir- ecto_r Jose Ferrer has just releas- ed his made-in-Britain. “I Accuse”, in which he plays Captain Drey- fus,_ the French Officer accused of treason around the turn of the century. The film itself is a bit slow, but it has some of the best actors in Britain in it.

For good measure there is “Wit- ness for the Prosecution” based on English crime-writer Agatha ChI‘1Stie’s stage play. Charles Laughton, another Briton, steals the whole show in one of the most fascinating “Whodunits” I’ve seen for a long time:

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“The. Iceman Cometh”»

Where Change Of Diet Helps

By Herman‘ N. Bundescn. M. D.

Ordinaryitchirlgy the T005‘ Com‘ ’ mon skin complaint of.al1, gener- ally can be relieved fairly easily- Scratching. of course 8iV€S 01113’ temporary relief and is no Pei‘-

manent cure.

To end the irritating itching, we have to find the cause for 1t- A change of diet might help. Avoiding chocolate, pork, fish and strong cheese may be all that 15

required.

Or, if you wear woolen under- clothing this time of the year. maybe a change to cotton or silk

will help end the itch. Varioiis drugs and

tion. ; MOST POPULAR

Phenol probably is. the most widely used. As an ointment, its strength varies from 0.5 to 2 per cent. As a lotion, it is generally

about 2 per cent.

Menthol has cooling effects and in curbing itching. Benzocaine is an excel- lent itch remedy and thymol_is good, but it may irritate the skin. are some-

therefore is helpful

Even tranquilizers times employed. SIMPLE THINGS

The choice of the remedy, of course,’ should be left to your doctor. There are, however, some simple things you can do at ‘home to stop the torment of an inces-

sant itch.

First, get your doctor's advice It may have therapeutic value or harmful ef- fects, depending upon the cause of

about bathing.

the itching.

If he advises it, the bath water - soothing bran,

should contain- some agent such as menthol, Aveeno or sodium bicarbonate. PROPER TEMPERATURE .

Water temperatuieat the be- ginning of the bath should be about 78 degrees and then grad- ually cooled to about 68 degrees. Or, if you- prefer, you can follow your tepid bath with a cold spray

from tthe shower spout.

An oatmean bath may be he1p- ‘ ful. It is easily made by boiling two cups of oatmeal in a— gauze

ointments are very valuable in treating this annoyance. Of course, they should be used under the doctor s direc-

NOTES BY THE i

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Too many pedestrians stand up for their rights Fight in me mid‘ die of the street. — New Glasgow News

A high school principal In Cal- gary claims sideburns go hand in hand with unsatisfactory con- duct and poor grades. And to thii‘: our best statesmen of yore used to grow them.-—F0x‘t William Times-Journw‘

Wreckage sighted on an un- explored peak in the Kndes has been identified as that of 21 Pan American Airways aircraf: which crashe<' 25 years . d not, as first supposed, of a B-ltish P1311? lost in 1947. This disclosure gives one an idea of the vast and lon- ely reaches of mountain ranges in the South American continent where a plane may vanish and its wreckage not be found until a quarter of a century later.-- Cape Breton Post

Admittedly, those -rubber-tired carts provided in supermarkets so that women can conveniently transport their children and gro- ceries from aisle to aisle, are intriguing vehicles. They were so intriguing last-year that market owners in four counties of South- ern California reported that 55,- 000 carts, W‘01‘-III] $1,...,.50, were stolen from their premises. How? As one store detective put it: “Most were just pushed away by the ct.-stomers.”—Hamilton Spec- tator

The Age Old Story

The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk up- rightly.

Tailors are‘ .'u.. ‘ ern man doesn't T ets any mt Herald

Speaking of where a French with a whale 0 lands. The veg“; Marsei“es for re , where the whgie in search of 3 ' Sudbury Star ‘

To disregard‘ thinks of us is. but shameless.

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