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PAGE l \\l~‘.l).\'l-I.\'ll.\\i. MARCH ll. I964
Mr. Macqua
IIiil .I.il
rrie's Warning of l‘ai'lia- nirli' t‘ llcatli Mac- quarrie. iaccn'éy undressed the an- nual meeting of Young Progressive (Maseru-din~ of New Brunswick. Naturally he dcal? chiefly with the.
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i.i:.ci-i:s. Mr.
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role oi" the l'oiiscrvative l’ai'iy iii preserving and strengthening the bonds of lioiifei’leratioii. but there
were broader aspects of his address which thinking people of other pariies would do well to consider.
The present state of our national political institutions. Mr. Mai-quar- rie maintained. is serious and dis- turbing. It could even be dangerous. Debiliiaiiiig influences are at work on these institutions. an increasing aggressiveness in the provincial arenas and an undemiining of re- spect for our national parliamentary forms and functions
As provincial electors Canadians have no difficulty in giving solid and often overwhelming endorsa- tion to provincial parties and gov~ ernmeuts. Hui their national franchise these same Cana- dians seem gripped by Iiesiiancy and iiiiceriaiiiiy. In the past four elections only one, has produced a
in exercising
majority government-
PANAI‘FAS \\'O.\'"l‘ CI'RI‘J— "()iir i'raciui'ei'l Parliament." as Mr. Maci'piarrie put it. “sometimes be- come fractions as well. The agree- able idea that we are a two—party State has gone into eclipse as third. fourth and now fil'ih parties com- pete with ew‘n other in producing impossible or unpalatable panaceas for the nalion's ills."
Hut it is what we see when we look beyond the House of Commons, the speaker warned. that is really disturbing. “We are approaching the ceiitciuiial of Confederation, one of greatest achievements in stalesci‘aft the world has known. Because we Canadians (leglamorize our history and ourselves almost out of existence does not minimize, the actuality and ihe greatness of what John A. Macdonald and his associate-s achieved. But he would be casual indeed who did not have some concern about how much of our national fabric will be. extant when 1.007 is reached.
“t'mit'cdci'z-ition was the avenue through which the separate colon- ies passed on the road to a common nationhood. Has much been achiev- ed if within a hundred years the fed- eral Sll‘llc’lll‘e is so eroded and weak— ened that the Dominion of Canada is not a united country from sea to sea but a loose alliance of practical- ly independent provinces?"
The. point the speaker was mak- ing here. is that the federal structure and federal institutions are. or should be. the unifying forces of Canada. Deriving as it does its strength and mandate. from the whole nation and not merer “I19 of its parts. the. central government should not be the junior partner in every association or activity.
PLAINLY EVIDENT—Whether it is the weakness of the present government that is chiefly at. fault. as Mr. Macquarrie suggested. or whether it was the last Conserva- tive regime. that "balkanized" tan— ada as Peter Newman maintained in his controversial biography of Mr. Diefenbaker. is beside the point here. The fact. of the existence of the trouble is 'what. should concern all of us. We believe that it has been developing for some time, and that it is getting worse. The trend was unmistakable at the first federal- provincial conference, when the fis- cal needs of this province were
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practically ignored because of polit- ical pressure from other quarters which Ottawa found itself incapable of resisting.
\\'ill the conference. to be held in Quebec (‘i‘y. follow the same coiii‘so'.’ \\'e do iioi know; bu:
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plainly the root of ~he trouble lies in the illllllt‘llilitll ot' the authority. the
our
initiative o
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eft'cciivcncss and central Qiiccns t'oiii ly Illt‘mi't‘l' has poiiitcd out.
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Car Ferry Schedules
We all the coopera- tion we can get from the railway authorities in handling the ioiirist traffic this ycar. and it is reassur- ing note that the. Bordon—'l'or- niciiiine car l‘ci'ry servico schedule is being planned to provide for 38
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ll
crossings daily during the summer
season. This is the most extensive
schedule in ‘i o history of the ser- vice. and it has been drawn up spccially to handle tourists taking part in our i'cnieimiul conference
celebrations this year.
.\s outlined by (‘.\'R Vice Presi~ dent in a Moncton des- patch in our issue of yesterday. the summer schedule will be effective from June iii to Sept. 2. The ‘30- spring timetable commences March 2? and end: June '33. and will be resumed in the fall on Sept. fl _\'o\' 30. This is the same as the spring fall last year. The winter schedule. which starts Dec. un—
Grays: on
sailiiigs-per—day
and continue to
and schcdiile
l. iliis also rcniains changed at In trips per day.
I'iidci' existing conditions. this is about the maximum service that we can expect on the Borden-Tor- mentiiie route, Hut we do wish the Moncton officials would wean them- selves from the habit of calling it “the P ri nc e Edward Island ferry service". It is the lloniinion Government’s inter- provincial ferry service. operated by the ("NR as of conven- ience. but way either ownership or final the railway's
y ca I‘.
t'anadian .\'aiional's
a matter in no implying respon- sibility on part for maintaining it.
This may seem a little iliiiig. but is it'.’ The constant repetition of a misleading nomenclature has tended to fix in the public mind a ouiie wrong impression about what. this service means. how it originated and why we in Prince Edward Is- laiid hold Ottawa responsible for every failure to keep the service in working order. We commend the railway on doing a good iob when it discharges its operational duties efficiently. it when it doesn't: but always we insist on having a direct road for our com~ plaints to elccicrl representa-
aiid criticises
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lives in Parliaiin-ni. Royal Birth Her Maiesiy's [om] subjects
throughout The ('oinnionwealth will rejoice in the news ‘rom Bucking- ham Palace that she has given birth her fourth child—41 son—_de that mother and child are both well. This addition to the Royal family is another reminder of the happy domestic relations that have. count.- crl so much in the life of our gra— cioiis Sovereign. and givtn her the strength and carry out her exacting i'ospoiisibiliiics.
It will be in the exercise of these responsibilities. as we know. that she and Prince Philip will be visit-
to
inspirat ion to
ing us in Charlottetown next September. to participate in our centennial observances and receive
our welcome on behalf of Canadians generally. It is a visit to which we shall look forward now with all the greater pleasure, after yesterday's joyous event.
EDITORIAL NOTES President de Gaulle. comments the New York Herald Tribune. has started making friends at the wrong end. Before recognizing Peking. he might first have recognized Wash-
ington and erdon. O
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Citizens of Pisa are beginning to Worry about their famed “lean- lng tower." 'l'hev have asked the. Italian government for more than a million dollars to jack it lip and put some concrete under it. The LEM-foot. has been leaning since it was completed in 1284. and is now 11 feet. off perpendicular- They don't want it straightened. for it. is the city's big tourist at- traction. But its tilt. has increased by a quarter of an inch in 45 years. And that’s what's worrying them.
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WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY
OTTAWA REPORT by
Patrick Nicholson
Anomalies In Federal Pension Plan
The ("I‘H television p u bl i c affairs program." Tclepoll." has contributed a very signifi- cant straw ln ili gale howling a r 0 ii ii d the federal govern- pcnsion plan. Public op- inion in Ottawa. ’l'clcpoll rc- poris. iops that of the other nine major population areas in bel- icviu: that such a pension plan should be operated by provin- rial governments. rather than by the federal government. 38.0 per ceiii of Ottawans favour provincial plans over a federal plan.
In \l\|fl and inlcresiinc con~ li'asi was the public opinion measured in Montreal. the oiin sampled community in the pro- vnicc of Quebec, Montreal c r s are less in favour of a provi cial plan ilian the inhabitants of any of the other nine sanip l e d area; yet Quebec is the one province w It i ch has "1515 i ed upon us right to contract out the porposcd federal pension plan These two results 0 fe r ammunition to the many critics of iiie ,ii-cscni Oiiawa proposals for a federal plan. column has previous l y ex‘n'cssed vi:orniis disagree- ment with two points about the fedcral plan. The most disquiet— in: is its “pay as you " a tin-e. railier than the crest l o n of a big pension fund: we dcs peralcly need in create more Canadian capital for invests mom in Canadian and pens i o n funds 5 h o iild be carefully nurtured for this pur-
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enterprises. ,
irate the 400ili
The second iinaiiraciive point is the federal government‘s rec- ognition i h at there are two classes of Canadians: iii 0 se who may collectively contract out of the federal plan —. namely all Qiicbcckers those who willy - iiilly must join in It
namely all olll(‘l' Canadians. I am among those who prefer the Robarts formula. and as an Ontarian I would like the same rights as any Que b e c k e r; namely to coiiiraci oui of the federal plan and share in the more attractive benefits of a provincial lan.
BETTER \IAII SERVICE
The newly - appointed Posi- niasier - General may be hitting us with a ‘30 oer cent increase in the cost of mailing a letter to a local address. but he is dclcrmi~ and that his Post Office shall give us the best possible ser- vice. Hon Jack Nicholson tells me that he will spend parl i a- meni's Easier recess in Japan. studying improvemnis ‘11 let- ter sorting and handling. "Tokyo has faced postal problcms uni-
ue in ilie world." he told me. “Just imagine. Tokyo has doub- lch its population in the past fificcn years an now with 12 million residents. has the larg- est popiila i i on of any city." While in Japan. Mr. Nichol son and his wife will be the Japanese government I'NIQI'E STAMPS
From the British Post Office comes news which will interest all philaielisis To commemo- anniversary of
PUBLIC
FORUM
OMINOI'S RL’MBLINGS Sir. There are ominous l"lnlI)Ill‘lES emaiiatin: from Que- bec which can. and will be harm- ful io ('aiiada as a whole. 'l‘liose loud niouiliinzs are not represen- tative of the people of that pro. \‘illi'f‘. They are the bellowings of a few hot heads: irresponsible persons who are seeking the limelight.
Ilisiory reveals the fact that .loliii (’aboi, the great Italian navigator and explorer for Eng- land. discovered North America in 1407. the year previous to his death That fact gave Eng- lanrl the first claim to this vast continent.
in 1335 Jacques Cartier. an- other navigator. appeared on the scciir‘ He set to work to colonize the land for France. and it e "clnslcr of huts“ became “('an- ada”: for that is. I believe. what name signifies. The Eng- lish. the French. the Scotch and the Irish came. and the infant began in grow. and kept on growing until she attained Na- fioiiliood.
Now. it is the task of all who are living in Canada today. and the task off coming generations to make (an zreater nation. Shall we do
.a
it? Yes.
This cannot be done by sep- aratism or isolationism. Old grudEes. differences and bicker- inzs must be relegated to the scrap heap. let us ever beware that it was “the last straw that broke the camel's back."
The world has its eyes on (‘an- ada. So let us show to the world. that we are. regardless of relig- ion. nationality. colour or creed. a united people.
I am. Sir. etc. W.D. JOHNSTON Montague. P.F..l.
WINE AT CANA
Sir.»~Bcing I reader of both the Guardian and Patriot l was interested in a letter by Rodney Ives. Would you kindly print the following copy from t United Church Observer. written by Rev. CH. Johnson. Kamloops.
BC. "With regard to the discussion on the wine It the wedding of
ads 3 larger 3 nd .
Cana. the late Dr. EM. Isaac: for many years editor of Jewish Messenger" wrote. “The
Jews did not at their feasts for ‘
sacred purposes. Including the marriage feast. use any kind of fermcnied drinks. Fermentation is to them a symbol of corrup- l iion. as in nature itself it is de- cay and rottciious. This is con- firmed by the historical that at a ‘ Rabbis held at the Ben Jakkai School of Rabbinical Studies at Jammai. four miles f pa. about the year AD. 135 prohibition was lifted. That ac- tion. historically. was the begin- ning of ilic split between Ortho- ‘Vdox and Liberal Jews."
‘ As former director of youth 'likeio add the names of our . great men and women who have ‘done so much for their country
and did not drink fermented liq- . ~ Gen. Montgomery. Gen. ;
uors JRoberts Ithe beloved soldier) . Frances Willard iW.C.T.U.l lea- Eder, The great pr. Gladstone .of England refused the brewers ;wlien they wanted more liquor outlets He told them “Give me .a sober and industrious people and i know where to get e ‘ taxes."
I admire our leaders in the Assembly and the iRev.) Mr. ioward who have spoken against more liquor outlets. We :iill have people with ideals. Even President Johnson in a public address hoped he. with God's help. would lead the na- tion wisely.
i am. Sir. etc
DIES IN HAWAII
WINNIPEG 'CPl 7- Lloyd E. Moffat. 35. a Winnlpeg televi- sion and radio executive. died Monday of a heart attack in Hawaii where he was on a holi- day. Mr. Moffai was president of Moffai Broadcasting which loperates radio station CKY in iWinnipeg and CKLG in Vancou- ver. He was also president of 'radio station CHED in Edmon- lion. offal also was vice- :prcsident and secretary of ("JAY-TV. a Winnipeg private . TV station.
. Shakespeare.
lis
guests of '
gathering of Jewish la
ANNIE G. WATSON
the birth of Shakespeare on 23rd April. a series of live special stamps will be issued. Bear i up. the First Folio portrait these commemo- rative stamps are the first ever issued in Britain which are dir~ ectlv associated with an indivi- dual other ilian the Monarch.
Through Canadian stamp dea- lers. or through the Pliilate l i c. Bureau. Gener al Post Office. St. Marti's - le - Grand. London E.(T.l.. England. special first- day covers, mailed from Starts ford - upon - Avon. may tained for seven shillings a nd two pence iabout 5108'. ACI'PUNCTURE
This column recenin refer-
-red to the adoption by Europ- ean doctors of the old Chinese
medical treatment k n o wn as Acupuncture. Several readers expressed interest in this. a n d
'sought more information. Miss
of Gait.
Gertrude M. Bu r g a r. e o r g 9 Street North.
:1
‘ asked if any books on the s u b- l ject are available, Yes. i Ii 9 re Fel i x ‘ .Mann. published by Hcinemann in England. price 25
“Acupuncture” by shillings (about $3.75. This can be orde- red by mail from lIaicliards England.
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[Heart Attacks 'And Build
By Dr. Theodore R. Van Delle
Conflicting reports have ap- peared on the relationship be- tween body weight and the inci- dence off heart disease. The life span off the o b e s 9 person is shortened if he has high blood pressure. diabetes. or hardening of the arteries. But the chances of developing coronary throm- bosis are not necessarily in- creased if he remains healthy and is able to avoid these other conditions.
Some of the controversy re- sults from the failure of our sta- tisticians to distinguish the var- ious body builds isomato-typesl. Overweight may be due to heavy muscles. as opposed to fat.
Dr. David M. Spain and col- leagues at Beth- El hosp i t a 1. Brooklyn. N.Y.. have concluded that the lean. muscular man is more likely to die suddenly than the man with less well develop- ed musculature. Posimortem ex- aminations in this survey show- ed coronary disease as the cause. This suggests that unex- pected heart a i t a c k s tend to occur more frequently when ex- cess poundage stems from a large muscle mass.
A man with this body build is classified as a mesomorph—the athletic type who is full energy and wants things done in a hurry. He differs from the endomorph who is fat. round, enjoys good food. relaxes easily. probably enters the picture at this point because these charac- teristics are difficult to acquire.
Dr. Spain reported his obser- vations on 5.000 men. comparing weight somatolypc with the prevalence of coronary disease. It was no greater in the corpulent. provided they did not have diabetes or high blood pres- sure. These conditions increase the risk even if weight is nor- ma
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attacks Occurred muscular individuals than in the ectomorphs ithe fragile. non- muscular ty 9*. Underweight men had the least trouble along this line. MISSING PARTS
Mrs. E, C. writes: \ly sister . gave birth to a boy three weeks 1 ago who is missing a left band | and wrist. She did not take any . drugs during pregnancy a n twas not X-raye . Can you ex- ? plain?
I Heart | i
R PLY
Children came into the world with defects of this nature long . before we had atom bombs. X- I my and drugs such as thalido-
l mid
c. MELTIPLE CANCERS S. C W. writes: If you have I cancer on the skin. is it true that jyou will not get any other kind ‘ of cancer? HP No As one who has had a skin cancer. I wish ' were. Some persons develop more than one 1 cancer. not only on ilie skin hiil elsewhere in the body. Pl'. IN PLFJYRA A. B. writes: Does a chest X- ray always disclose empyema'.‘ Pl Y
Fluid of any type in the chest cavity can be detected with X ay. But in empyema. the fluid .is pus and a sample must be
withdrawn with a needle to
make this determination.
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Abnominable
Neanderthal
Winnipeg Free Press
Alilioii:li no one has e v c r
seen one alive up close. the ab- .
oniinable snowman of the Him- .'as continues to excite spe- culation. If there is such a crca- iurc. what. is ii'.‘ Many interest- in: theories have been advanc- ed. including those that ‘
M 3) I
yeti is a kind of a bear or a spe- i
cies of monkey living at h i g n
1 altitudes.
. A ifor romanticsl satisfying ex-
planation has now been put for-
ward by a Russian historian. He
1 believes that the abominable snowman is really a descendant
ii of Neanderthal man who flour- ished on earth some 80.000 years go and who did iioi. as every.
I body thought. become extinct.
‘ In a book recently in i\'lo.~cow. arciies that while the ancestors of modern man “took the path
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much more intriguing and-
publislied - Professor Pors‘inev ‘
of labor." formed a society and learned to communicate, w i t b one another. the Neandert h al man took another path and con- tinued to develop not as a man but an animal.
The doctor bases his theory on photographs of footprints said to be those of the abomin. able snowman. The differences between these prints and footprint of a modern man are. according to the professor. the same differences as those be- tween the foot of a Neanderthal man and contemporary man.
This theory sounds. and prob— ably is. utterly fantastic. But it : should he remembered that ‘ scientists beliele that the cool- acani‘i had been extinct for mil- lions of years when a live speci- men was caught off the African coast.
Too Many PeOpIe
Globe and Mail. Toronto
work in the W.C.T.U. I would .
. Britain is entering a no r l od 1 when she will be adding popula i tion at a rate close to 500,000 per year. The British Government reports that England and Wales. . which grew by osme 200.000 peo- ple annually between 1911 a n .l 1961. will now fas a result of war and postwar birthst row by 0 00.
annually. This will raise population from the present 46.3 million to 63 million by the year
In
Scotland and Northern Ireland now have a combined population of seven million. Thus. be whole population of B r i l a I n may beta k en to stand at 53.3 million. and the future growth rate may he placed between I 450.000 and 500.000 annually. If this rate is sustained for the rest of the century. Britain will enter the Twenty-First Century with well over 70 million people.
Here is the case for emigra- tion from Britain. and here is the opportunity for countries like Canada and Australia. w h i c h urgently need population. Bri- tain. with virtually no natural resources. is seriously crowded. It is doubtful that she can continue to provide a decent standard of living for the mil- lion people she has now. le t along the 20 million who will be coming along in the next four decades
Many British people realized. since the war.
have that
I there. is more room and m ore , opportunity for them in of h e r ‘l parts of the Commonwealth l Some two million Britons have I emigrated in the last 20 years. with 700.000 of thcs coming to Canada.
ALL LINGERIE HOUSECOATS BLOUSES
1/3 OFF
162 Great George St.
in . greater numbers among slim,‘
SUNTER’S PRE-EASTERI
_l Sunter's Ladies' Wear
NOTES BY THE WAY
In order to put up a good front many a girl has to supplement nature.——- Timmins Daily Press.
One year’s profit of one U. S. corporation would be more than enough to wipe off the total of personal loans owed by Canad- ians to the chartered banks. On the day that the Dominion Bur- eau of Statistics issued its state- ment showing that general per- sonal loans by chartered banks had climbed to $1.4 billion th Bell telephone system of h huge AT and T Corporation an- nounced a profit for 1963 of $1.5 billion.— Winnipeg Free Press.
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major cause of staii' ' Geneva Regional News.
A man and his wife Dr. Raiaaalo's office. ‘I warn tooth pulled." the wife told the doctor. “And don't bother with gasnor novocain. We‘re in a lllll‘. ry. “Well. you certainly are brave." the doc e x claimed “Show me your tooth " “Heurv‘l she said, turning to her bu 5- band. "open your mouth " Iron County Miner.
Pnlered a
Competinq
On the day French President Charles de Gaulle makes his grand entrance into Mexico City next week. President Lyn- don B. Johnson will compete for Latin attention by delivering a major address unveiling new plans to bolster the sagging Al- liance for Progress to aid tile improverished southern half of the Western Hemisphere.
fact all through de Gaullc‘s three day state visit to Mexico. with its apparent aim of solidifviniz French relations with the Latin Americans. there likely will be a drumfire of competing propaganda from Washington where a conference of all US. ambassadors in Latin
American countries will take place.
Viewed in the light of the deepening split between the US. and France on many glo-
hal issues. timing of the Wash- ington performance would indi- cate the US. intends to show dc Gaulle. in a subtle way. that there will be resistance if he i intends to circumvent American lpolicies in Latin America. .‘ WANTS INVESTMENT Notwithstanding the 1823 Mon- trine, warning Euro- pean countries to keep their hands off the Western Hemis- phere. the US. wants to en- courage European investment and aid for the Latin alliance-— but not the imposition of poli- cies which would counteract those espoused by the US The US is trying hard to get the Latin American countries to adopt a tougher attitude to- wards Cuba. Mexico has al- ready indicated it won‘t go along with the US. and has suggested this [LS-Cuban quar- rel ought to be aired United Nations. not ' ganizaiion of American States.
Prooogondo
Morrison
Canadian Press Staff Writer
The presence of de Gaullc in Mexu‘o is not liker to aid [ho American cause Indeed. {give encouragement to lIlOsp _which Side with Mexico, [)9 {Gaulle appears to be able to :sense the are-as in which
TS. is especially weak and to move into those areas with pro- lpOSaIS that conflict with :iw ‘ American position 1 That is the case in Souiii \‘iei iNam where the US. ‘ ' l pressing iYiet Cong. even if tlnv may...
it may
line only sane solution is ‘ l The poiiii thai makes lihe Americans angry ls lli;il I . l
.Gaule oes not indicate how this neutrality would prevent a
U S_ has been trying restrain the loss of :mi . . seas. The hIEL'OSI buyer of 1'; ;gold is France which 1in \mr i took 5511000000. Johnson exprmsed a com-z: tory view towards i; ‘diiring a weekend press forlor— ‘ence when he said be u nued lfo wish the French :Im'ein'iiciit well. but he left open ilio (lies- ltioii of whether the two coun. . tries can work togpihpr
“We want to bclu-vo iiia' vilif‘l'f‘ are no irreconcilable dru fcreiices between us." he sazd
With Russia and Red ('liaia hammering at each other in vitriolic language. Johnson does not want to leave the impres- .Sioii somethinez similar is going on wiiliin the Western alliance The \merican response to do lGaulIe will be more subtle. but. lnoi so subtle that it would be completely lost on the cool and austere French leader.
‘Comniiinist takeover of Yhat isiratcuic ar a.
; BIGGEST GOLD Bl'l'IZR
; The quarrel goes decal-v the l
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Clip-Shed
Satire. as offered on television screen and stage. has 0 e it much in the news lately. it is noteworthy that satire made its appearance in politics in the re- cent federal by-cleetions for two ' Monlreal seats. The vehicle was the Rhinoceros Party. founded and headed by a Montreal physi- cian. Dr. Paul Ferron. His run~
I Our Yesterdays
I (From the Guardian Files)
'TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO l (March 11. 1939)
“There are in the United Stat- es only two Cobbler p of a t o l fields iliat have. a record at all tcomparable to the 1.000 farms ‘ growing Cobblers in Prince Ed- i l
ward island". CL. Fitch. ‘ Iowa State College. Ames. Iowa. l remarked. Furthermore t h e seed from those two farms in 3 Colorado came from Prince Ed- iward Island. 1| years ago. I
The following officers w e r e elected at the meeting of th e Charlottetown Camera Club. B. F. Tinnev.
Harding. Mrs. Mrs. J.W. Mackenie and R land Taylor. .
N
TEN YEARS AGO (March II. 1954)
Solid opposition in the use of vegetable oils admitted free for the manufacture of margarine was voiced at the annual meet- ing of the P.E.l, Dairymen's As- sociation held in the Legion
Several speakers during the day made it clear that they considered the introduction of the butter substitute a serious threat to the dairy industry.
"The present legislation re- garding Daylight Saving Time is unfair." 5 ate _ W.J.P. Mac- Millan. “I believe it is only fair and proper that people th at work in the stores should be al- lowed to say whether they want Daylight Saving Time or not." ie sla
I SHIFTS i
I Special Price I I l l
_ Bramwell Chandler. ‘ Fredda MacMillan. Gordon. Gorge Tweedy. ' n- i
'si—m Jim— T' “cc—>710"
Satire In Politics
. Toronto
iiiiig-inaie in the Montreal vo'ui I was Mr. Andre (ioulei. a pruru, "I‘lieir four-plank platform. nip;-
said. was borrowed from i ii e | other parties. Their purpose w is . less to win votes than in :rc'm'n l by iroiiical exaggeration some of the absurdities of preseni- d a y politics. -
The Rhinoceros Party advrr- tised that it had borrowed from the Liberals “unconditional ai- ogiance to the United States." and from the Conservatives the proposal that ilie Queen be repa- triated amt installed in a palate on the site of the M o n tr e :il World's Fair From the New Democratic Party it said it had borrowed the demand that Can- ada be reconstituted as an lin- perial Socialist Federation. and from the Quebec Social Credit Rally the slogan Ci‘cutncs! Throiiuh Iln'isioii, On the pun If. works side it proposed to guar- success of the Montreal l World‘s Fair by rcaciiv at i n a I Mount Royal's extinct volcano t and by dammin: the St. .alv- lrencc to flood the city a lid ' make it the Venice of N o H h America
Finally. the party proposed lthai a suitable Canadian flag would be the Union Jack with a rhinoceros in the centre. Tlin ‘ animal. it was claimed. would be a suitable symbol of the aver. age member of parliament since it is iliickskinned. clumsy. low: to wallow in the mud but is i;-;\- able of moving quickly and lie- structively when it senses d II‘A‘ er to itse .
There were 60.000 persons i‘i iblc to cast ballots in the \l o ‘l- treal election. and 20.000 liirlli‘d up at the polls. But our 400 voi- ed for the two Rliinocc'w PIII‘W candidates. It seems :i ' ‘
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