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Terms Oi Confederation

A Royal Commission has been named to inquire into Newfound- land's economic status as a Province of Canada. It will review the 1949 (Tonfedcration agreement. inquire into the extent to which the terms have been implemented and. should it be considered proper, recommend

further grants from the Federal treasury. Meanwhile. the New- foundland (ltwernmciit has had a

commission of its own working on a

similar SUl'V9)' for some time. This

Provincial commission will now sub-

mit its findings to the Federal body.

it appears that public opinion is

more or less inclined to the view

that the Province has profited by union with Canada. There is still a sizable faction, however, which ad- heres to the belief that the country would have done better to revert to Dominion status which it gave up temporarily in 1933 by reason of financial difficulties. Even the Provincial Government itself is said to be divided on the question; and Premier Smallwood, who did more than any other individual to bring about the union, has expressed dissatisfaction over the way in which some of the terms were handled by Federal authorities. However, he seems confident that the work of the Royal Commission will result in increased Federal grants under the terms of Confederation. Indeed, so confident is he on this point that he is already considering what should be done with the extra money, which he believes may amount to as much as 5100 million or more.

Perhaps it would be helpful if I Royal Commission were appointed to inquire into the question as to whether or not the terms under which the Maritlmes. and this Province in particular, entered Con- federation have been carried out to the letter and in the spirit of the respective agreements. Why not? Certainly no one in this Province believes it has received the sort of treatment to which it was entitled and which the Fathers of Confedera- tion intended. If Newfoundland is to be given an extra 55100 million after seven years of Provincial status to compensate it for claims that were overlooked in 1949, it ought not to take any great statis- tical research to arrive at the con- clusion that P. E. I., with I Con- federation history more than ten times as long, is entitled to at least as great a sum.

Would not this he a good time to put the suggestion to Federal auth- orities who, in all probability, will not he in another expansive mood for at least another four years?

Lesson For Mr. Pearson

Last fall when Canada was allied with the United States. the Soviet Union and Egypt against Britain, France and Israel. External Af- fairs Minister Pcarson was one of the "white-headed boys" in the Gen- oral Assembly of the United Na- tions. the others being Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge of the United States and the Soviet delegate. whatever his name was. Arab spokesmen vied with one another in praising Mr. Pearson as I great statesman and indomitable champion of the U. N. Charter. Indeed, so much lation was thrown in his direc- i that one would not have been Ind he been elected as g tho Arabs" in place

-- thelnst few ' flItanArnb fxwihlm . dele-

Dut if Mr. Peal-Inn's stature has

fallen in the estimation of his erst- while Arab admirers. we doubt not that it has risen in the estimation of his fellow countrymen and. indeed. in that of the advocates of fair-play and justice in many parts of the world. And perhaps his sudden fall from Arab grace will convince him once for all that it is useless to keep on assuming that Israel's enemies want a settlement of Middle East problems - except terms. the utter destruction of the only free and democratic stats in the region.

on their own

The Co-Op Movement

A leaflet, "C0-ops in Canada", recently issued by the Co-operative Union of Canada gives some inter- esting facts and figures regarding this important segment of the world's economic structure. The latest report reveals that 377,000 co-operative societies are at work with I total membership of approxi- mately l20'fg million. The most highly organized country is Israel where 37.2"a of the population is enrolled. Finland comes second with 36.Sl7',b and Denmark third with 3l.'.1El"c.

In Canada there are upwards of 2600 co-operatives. in clud i n g 78 fishermenis organizations, with a membership of nearly llg million. The greatest number is in the Province of Quebec. Saskatchewan takes second place and Ontario third. In this Province the member- ship is about 10.000. In 1S).'i3 total business reported in Canada came to more than 3900 million.

Canadian credit Unions. which in general are auxiliaries of Co-opera- tive societies, number about 4.000 with a total membership of about 1'9; mlllioii, which means that one Canadian out of every ten is a mem- ber of a ciedit union. Total assets amount to 5552 million. Here. too, Quebec comes first with Ontario I close second. Third place is taken by British Columbia.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Trade Minister Howe says he is not in I position to say whether a United States' plan to sell wheat to Poland will effect Canadais trade position in that country. However, since the American wheat will be sold under the surplus-disposal pro- gram. it is reasonable to assume that the transaction will put this country at a disadvantage: that is, of course, if Mr. Howe adheres to his policy of expecting dollais in exchange and normal market prices.

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As part of a last-ditch campaign to keep racial segregation in force in defiance of the law. the Georgia Legislature has passed I resolution calling for the impeachment of the Chief Justice and five Associate Justices of the U. S. Supreme Court. The resolution won't be taken ser- iously anywhere outside the "Deep South"; but it shows to what extent lawless elements will go in their disregard of simple justice.

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Our serious financial condition is reflected in the increase of 32.427,- 290 in liabilities for the last fiscal year. as shown by the Public Ac- counts in the Legislature. Nor does there seem much prospect of relief under the proposed new tax' rental agreements. We have, indeed. received the shalibicst treatment of any Province under those agree- ments. and the Legislature will be failing in its duty if it does not bring this fact forcibly to the attention of Ottawa during the present ses- sion.

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The attention of our civic Water

nunl report of the Provincial De- partment of Health, tabled in the Legislature on Wednesday. In It they will find the following state- ment from the tblvision of Dental Public Honlthz "This Division has been active in stimulating interest in the possibility of adding sodium fluoride to the municipal water sup- plies of our two larger centres whereIbout20percentofotn- population reside. This would ap-

pear to be I safe and efficient ofdecreaslngthaamountof iheaylnclilldrcn. Risin- . ',.tbh,meIsure.which - his-sdenffflcnlly J -ifultl be

Commissioners is directed to the an- '

MARCH FIRST DAYDREAM

OTTAWA REPORT-

EDWOEF Cases

In Parliament

, By Patrick Nicholson

Ottawa: (Inc of the hardy In- nuai ”rtiiinlng sores" of Parlia- ment is that. as it matter of pure- ly political expediency. it has more than four hundred divorce cIs- cs rammed down its throat each session.

This means that a large per- centage of the working and extant Senators have to sit. hour after hour. day after day. in the role of tribunal. hearing pleas for di- l vorce. with all the sordid. highly- . coloured and often dubious evi- l dcnce of adultery which is requir- 1 ed.

It furilicr means that the House of Commons has to go through the l motions of passing separate bill to give effect to each and every divorce application approved by I the senate's divorce sub-commlb (998.

T h i s divorcevhyvact-of-parlh ament is intended to be supplied for the, benefit of residentss of the two provinces of Quebec and New- foundland. there being no provis- ion for divorce by normal judical channels in those provinces. The 5 great majority of divorce sppllcI- l

lions come to Parliament from the province of Quebec. l Lawyers. witnesses and relI- l

lives flock here In their scores. accompanying spouses who con- , sidcr themselves to have been i

, vorce are briefly two:

wronged. in each case. the two houses of parliament are expect- ed to pass a special bill. officially

I entitled an act for the relief of the

wronged spouse.

The C. C. F. has for several

g years past spearheaded the bat-

tle to preserve Parliament for par- liament's business. and to have these gate-crashing subjects of legislation thrown off the floor of Parliament and into some court of law where they more properly belong.

The arguments advanced by the C.C.I-1 foes of parliamentary di- flrst. that divorce is none of the business of Parliament. and secondly. that parliamentarians lack the know-

. ledge and legal experience to en-

sure fairness to both parties. Privately. many M.P's Ilso cri- ticise the fact that, although this unsavoury work originates from tho province of Quebec. no French- Canadian Senator from the prov- ince wlll carrry any of the load of

, work of hearing these cases. and

no French-Canadian M.P. from Quebec will ever vote on the bills when they reach the lower house. NOW IT EXTENDS

Two new grounds of criticism have recently been turned up by these C.C.F. watchdogs.

The first is that I divorce case

To Study Earth's Riddles

National Geographic society

This summer. scientists will start the greatest joint effort in history to ferret out secrets of the earth, sen. air. and sun.

The international Geophysical Your does not officially begin un- til July I. hiil some 5,000 scien- tists in 56 countries already are bcndlnll all their encrtlics toward the unique research program. Sup- plies arc moving into distant ob- scrvatinn stations equipment is being tested.

The progum will usher in the satellite age. I momentous new period in science. A metallic man- made moon, spending at ltl.ll00 miles an hour with its cargo of sensitive instruments. will scrvc as man's eyes and cars in :he upper atmosphere and beyond. ROCKETS T0 IIE FIRED

As the satcllilcis life splln will be limited. the United States plans to launch perhaps a dozen (luring the Geophysical Year. Hundreds of rockets also will he fired to re- CDTG 'iUlf'-known phenomena out- side the dense sliicld of atmns- I pliere that protects the earth against cosmic rays and possibly lclhal radiation from the sun.

In addition to studying the mysterious forces that bombard

the earth from space. scientists will study its crust and core; penetrate its interior with e-

ploslnn sound waves: measure the tldes.Ind deep currents of the scat.

The earth itself is an enigma. -No one knows its preclsg shape. And so little is understood about ocean circulation. for example, that estimates of the time it takes rlr-ep wslor to make I round-trip from the Antarctic to the Equator range from to to Hill years.

"A 3 to I thousand ques- lions will be sought." according to Er. Joaephilhpllll. chairman of the United sum-9 NIIIIIII Com- mittee for the IGY.

"Is the cllmlll of the earth changing? Are glaciers receding will meltln ice sheets someday flood coast: lands? when do cov- mlc rays come from Ind who! is their salute? Whnt causes the aurora? What is the relstlonsnlp between sunspot: Ind solar flIres sod long-range radio transmis- sion? These Ind many other questions are the objects If the III? program.”

The program is divided IMJI.” major field: of study: suns-I nod

: cosmic rays; geomIg- naiun: sinclolosy: gravity the

- lnalllndo

Twelve nations. including the United States. will maintain at least 60 research stations in the Antarctic. The white continent of 5.050.061 square miles is the great- est unknown lsnd moss today. and Is suspected of having I powerful influence on world weather. A rhlcf goal of Antarctic research will be gathering data that are vitally needed for long-range weather forecasting.

A preliminary United States I- pedition to the Antarctic in I955- l956 involved 3,000 men. 12 IlllD3. and 38 aircraft.

The Geophysical Year, which actually will continue for It- monihs, is the third such enter- prise in I century. The first inter- nIllonIl Polar Year was conduct- ed in I832-I883. with several nations manning observation sta- tions in the Arctic. Studies in the Second International polar ycnr. I932-I933. broadened knowledge of rrldln communication and 0pl'lTTd the way for many electronic ad- vances. '

Normally the next nssearch year would have been held in 1982. but the availability of such new re- search tools Is rockets and rada: prompted the International Coun- cll of Scientific Unions to plan another assault on the earth'- sccrcts now.

Too. solar Ictlvity is measured in ll-year cycles and will be If its height to M7-ll. As mankind depends on the silo for enerly. IGY psrtlclpnnts hope to set I better .....1crstIndlng of the solar flares. sunspots. Ind eruptions that produce ms etic storms Ind aururnrdlsplnys in the ionosphere. WIRELESS t

planet. Dill Gxtnlnt

an affect local radio television.

scientists will obnerve tho

has crept into parliament which does not originate from residents of either Quebec or Newfoundland. This case concerned a husband resident for about 13 months in Guelph. Ontario, and his estrang- ed wife resident for about three years in British Columbia. Why. says Vancoupcr lil.P. I-Irhart Rez- ier. should this couple not take their domestic quarrel before I court in either of these two prov- inces. instead of being permitted to waste the 510.000 per your time of our federal legislators.

The second is that perjury. col- lusion and faked evidence has long been suspected in these cases. For example. the city of Montreal was for long the scene of an in- teresting little spare time job. that of "professional co-respond- cm." In case after case. these non- union workers played their role so repeatedly that the gcnuineness of the case was doubled; revised rules have now put I stop to this. But the suspicion of perjury con- tinues. and Vancouver's alert Har- old Winch has turned up I bona fide case - so ho says. He has endeavoured to prod Justice Minis- ter Carson into taking action. by directing some pointed questions It the Minister. But to date it Ip- pears that government policy in these divorce cases is to let lying dogs sleep.

PUBLIC FORUM

This column ll open to tho dlsan stnn by correnponrtentn of quesuon d Interest. The Gusrdinn does not Incas

sarlly endorse III opinion canon pendants. FORUM WC

THE l.lTTl.l-I 0I.l) BRICK CHURCH SPEAKS

Sir.-The day has come when I shall no longer shelter those who might chance to come within my humble walls, to receive I Beiiedic ictinn to their souls. l have served for many years. I have heard the prayers of saintly souls and the testimonies of sincere and thank- ful hearts. I have listened to the voices of those who sang praises to the great Architect of Heaven Ind earth. I have listened. Lord. to pleadings and cxhortations of Thy faithful servants. as they sounded forth the gospel of Re- dccining low.-.

In my years of service. I have seen many penilcnl sinners come forward and surrender to the Lord, and accept Christ as their person- al Saviour and Redeemer. if by some mysterious power I could have become articulate. I would have cried out. "Hallelujah! What I Saviour!” as I witnessed prec- ions souls being born again.

Before I pass from this earthly scene. grant to me one more pri- vilege - May I breathe I pray- cr for the Spiritual Ministry of my successor. MIy she be I bene- diction to all who enter her doors. MAY many souls be saved by lhe faithful preaching of cow. up. vants. to the praise and glory of the Heavenly I-'Ither. May the Holy Spirit direct Ill her Iffslrs to the praise of His Holy Nnrne. Amen.

When my remains are laid In the dust. slng no requiem over me, for 1 shall live on in the hearts of those who gsvo of their time Ind subrtanco so that I might flll

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Medically Speaking

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NIIVOUI TENSION EASE!) IY TIANQUIUZING DRUG Hon Ind more drugs In being

developed to combat nervous no skin. And two of the three drugs I out to discuss today ill our ! monthly review of medicine deal with Illevlntfng tension.

' One of them. Compaslne. is re- portnd to have In extremely lilgli lfllntilllxlag activity and rapid response even in smIll doses. it was tutu! on more than 11.000 person before it was introduced to tho enersl public-

IIAY NDITIONS

This tranqulllrer is reportedly successful in treating I wide vIr- iety of mental and emotional con ditlons including anxiety. agitat- Irl depression. tension. confusion. restlessness. senile agitation. Iv- en post-alcoholic states.

Small doses taken by mouth are said to be pnrticulnrly effective in preventing nausea Ind vomiting during p-egnInc,.

Another drug developed oriilinr ally as I treatment for premen- strual tension.- has reportedly pro- ven effective also in preventing acne and other skin ailments.

The drug. Pro-menu, ls sIid to ' relieve premenstrual tension, de- pression. Inxlety. backache and bloating.

Moreover. studies indicate that it also prevents premenstrual ex- acerbation of Icon and other skin Iilmenil sutured by so many wo- men.

A third new drug. Camolorm. is an anti-Imeblc which reportedly is effective against ' ' Im- eblssis.

Ameblssls is I parasitic intesti- nal disease which frequently has been considered chiefly I disease of the tropics. But the high rate of the disease recently has led medical experts to Igreo that the illness can be found wherever sus- pected and sought.

Usually Imcblasls involves the large intestine. the liver and pos- sibly other organs.

Not only is Csmoform effective in treating the disease, it also re- portedly produces only slight, if any, side effects even on prolong- ed Idmlnistrslion.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

E. S.: Will the giving of penicil- lln prevent I measles run from erupting?

Answer: Then is no evidence penicillin will Iffoct ' in

Construction J I Quiet Il Illnrl River is Ilvocshl. Iewt.ownIniuslbIvIIlllbIinod- era conveniences Ind frills. -Put Arthur News-Chronicle

Fur Iennle noon to understand that what the government provides. with I substantial charge for our- enucrntlc handling. it must first take Iwsy from them. - wnlml Herald

Apparently when the winds do not blow down from Canada. hur- ricI.ies end to come up from the IOIITI. In 1954 and 1955 when the westerly winds tended to stay in Canada instead of blowing across the international bcder. the north. western states were harassed by hurricanes -seven in Ill. - Winni- p'1 Tribune

In its most simple terms. auto- mation iis the use of machines to run machines. Many homes have furnaces regulated by thermostats, That is automation. The washing- machine that changes water and bullets when the wash is done; the oven that cooks dinner while the housewife is mil: These are Iutomation. The automobile head- light dinner is I very high type of Iutomation.-Royal Bank Letter

The scope of the bllllon-dollar plan for the development of the North country of BC, in the Omin- eca Valley as far norrth as the Yukon border. is of breathtaking proportions. It represents one of the greatest projects in the minds of I titan of industry. It will mean that British Columbia will at last know the full extent of the treas- ures that are In her territory. It is another Kitlmat in grandeur. -Vancouver Herald

A warrant charges Mrs. Marlon Little with shooting at three per- sons who were looking for lost golf balls on the links at Fort Lauder- dalc. Florida. Seems that her hus- band has a contract there to re- trieve stray golf balla. So. Mrs. Little fired a rifle and three golf- ers ran. A conirscrs I contract. Gold becomes more melodrama- tic than sporting when bullets whiz across the links. Let those planning Winter vacations In Flor- ida be forewarned that somebody has I contract to find their lost K0” balls. and possibly he has I wife, with I gun.-Sydney Post Re- cor