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Editor And Managing Director. J. I. Burnett Ascoclclo Editor. Fl-Ant Walker

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CIIARIJOTTIZTOWN. SATURDAY. JULY 14. 1951

- Massey Report llnller Flro

spokesmen for private radio stations have not been slow in pointing out the weak spots in the Massey Commission re- port on Arts, Letters and Sciences, par- ticularly in its support of CBC bureaucracy, its scorn of "commercialism", and its ap- parent 'lndifference to freedom of speech and the rights of private enterprise. Hope is expressed that the report will at least serve one good purpose if read-that of "waking Canadians up to the dangers that exist in putting our lives in the hands of ivory-tower philosophers, who mean well. undoubtedly, but are determined to make the rest of us listen to the programs they listen to, think the thoughts they think, and absorb the type of culture that finds favour in their eyes."

The most serious charge levelled against ,

the report is that it will, if implemented. put "almost all forms of mass commun- ication right into the hands of govern- ment." The newspapers for a time are left free, but not so very free. Government power over communication channels has in other countries resulted in the overthrow of democracy by dictatorship. Cannot the same thing happen here, ask the private station owners. p

The report pays lip service to the need of keeping the national radio tree from political influence, but its recommendations all run the other way. The Federal Cab- inet already appoints and may replace at will the governors of the CBC; it appoints. and pays and may replace the general man- ager and chairman. It has absolute power over the whole personnel of the CBC, and no alteration in this situation is suggested. On the contrary, the report recommends statutory grants in place of annual grants, which would leave this powdrrul propa- ganda agency in the absolute power of government, without any parliamentary check.

The private station spokesmen are as- sertive in their claims. It is not more, they say, but less paternalism that is needed in this country, and culture. whether indigen- ous or imported, cannot well be developed without freedom of thought and expres- sion. These are basic objections; but after all there may be no great cause for alarm in this instance. Many scholarly commis- sions have made reports to governments in the past. and after due fanfare these reports have been tabled and laid away re- spectfully in pigeon-holes to gather dust and cobwebs. Great is the power of Inertia. which Carlyle regarded as the most ben- eficial force in politics, saving mankind from many disastrous innovations. The Massey report may be no exception in so far as its treatment at the hands of our lawmakers is concerned. In that case let us hope that it will be rediscovered some day for its literary value, which is rare in publications of this kind. It cost the taxpayers a lot of money, and its authors much burning of the midnight oll. Who knows but that it may come into its own, long after its detractors are gone, and achieve an academic apotheosis as a school- room classic along with Platols "Republic" and More's "Utopia"?

II. B. conservative Leader

New Brunswick Conservatives are warmly commended by the Moncton Times on their choice of a new party leader for the Province in the person of Mr. Hugh John Flemming, M.L.A. for Carleton Coun- ty. Mr. Flemming has had seven years' experience in the Legislature, and has shown great diligence as well as ability for public service. In the past three years as Opposition critic he has filled this ex- acting role well. He is credited with fine debating skill and with a wide knowledge of public affairs.

Mr. Flemming is A son of the late Hon.

' J. K. Flemming. for many years a lead-

ing figure In New Brunswick in both the , provincial and Federal fields. He was .; Premier of the Province before serving as gs member of Parliament for Victoria- : Carleton. i ,,

The new Conservative leader is fifty- two years of Age-just two years older Mr.R.R.Be1l.wIlolm&thcPlPtY In this Pmvinco. Both-honors-are in their poiml, with grout opportunities for "cc:-vlco not only to tbclriporty but Provinces.

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The campaign for calendar reform goes steadily along. It will be January 1, 1956 before it can be conveniently adopted, but from that date there is an excellent pro- spect that the muddle produced by Au- gustus, in order to make his own month as long as that of Julius, will be straight- ened out.

In addition, the World Calendar As- sociation, Inc., points out that half and quarter years will be uniform. allowing accurate comparisons between periods. Every month will have the same number of weekdays, although the first month in each quarter will havelan extra Sunday, the months being 31, 30, 30 days repeated four times.

Perhaps the most striking feature is that any given date will always fall on the same day of the week, so that holidays, for instance. can be established to fall reg- ularly on the same day each V661? and there need be no labourious search or calculation to determine what day of the week July 1st falls on or what will be the date of the first Monday in September. To horsemen, it means that a schedule can be drawn up which will serve year after year. instead of having to be laboriously re- vised to take account of changing dates.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow-St. Swithin's Day. 0 O O

Tomorrow-Eighth Sunday after Trin- v.

I O O

Housewives need not worry overmuch about the increase in price of eggs for a paternal government has arranged for im- portation from Ireland, no fewer than 10,- 500 cases being now cll the way aboard the S. S. Irish Rose from Cork.

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The continued decline in butter pro- duction is exactly what dairymen had pre- dicted when margarine was permitted to enter the Canadian market. High costs of feed and labour and relatively profitable beef production have merely emphasized the trend.

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Nothing succeeds like success and the co-operative movement in the Maritime:'.. or rather Atlantic Provinces, is making great strides. "Well over the S1.000,000.- 000 mark" is big business indeed. although based on the little man.

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"A Million Acre Farm, Prince Edward Island" is the title of an illustrated des- criptive article in the current issue of the "Canada-West Indies Magazine". Featured are the Provincial Building, the Car Ferry, the Premier, and the Premier's Holstein- Friesian Cattle herd.

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The S40 per month old age pension for all those of seventy and over is payable in January next, but those not already pensioners must register, and the necessary registration forms may be obtained from post offices on and after the 30th of this

month. 0 O O

The Bastille of Paris was stormed and fell before the fury of the mob this date 1789. Built late in the 14th century as part of the fortifications of Paris, it later was used as a prison and from the time of Richelieu persons obnoxious to those in high place were incarcerated there on "let- ter de cachet."

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The Parliamentary privilege of frank- ing letters through the mail has come in for criticism, or at least its abuse has done so. A similar privilege was abolished in 1840 so far as the Parliament at West- minster was concerned because limits of 10 outgoing and 15 incoming letters per day were flagrantly disregarded.

D O O O

The resolution of the Women's Insti- tutes in favour of bringng Latin back to the rural schools was based on the pract- ical consideration that country students are at a disadvantage when required to take up the subject at a later stage of their education. Less purely practical, but pleasurable, is the recollection of the late Dr. "Sammy" Robertson expounding Grimmls Law and tracing the regular mod- lflcatlon of common words from Sanskrit, through Greek, Latin, Gothic. Old High German and German to the present English form.

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Mr. Charles Strong. author of dog stories and editor at standard Publica- tions in -New York, is giving a series of talks at the present convention of the Canadian Authorsl Association in Banff. Mr. Strong is currently engaged in writing a history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for Longmans, Green & Company. and in the course of his travels by car in Canada he plans to follow in the troll of the original openings of the western posts .whlch began in 1874 at Regina and proceeded to such places as Moose Jaw, Medicine Hat, Lethbrldge, Calgary, Mor- fey Mission, and Plncher Creek. '

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to the uuscusdoa by col-rccpcsulmlo of questions of Inlcrcst. Tho Gucnllcn does not neocons- Il: cnnoru tho opinion of wnccpcndcnh.

MYBTIIY IIID

Sir,-An editor is not expected to be An ornltllologist but possibly you know someone who is, And who can identify our "Mystery Bird" for us. '

It persistently eludes our sight but we hear it every day. Its call is hard to descrlbs-not A song. not A whistle but A muted sound consisting of sometimes three. sometimes four notes on A down- ward sliding scale. Possibly the difference in the number of notes we hear is due to the distance from which the sounds come. This call is repeated in quick succes- sion for A number of times, then may not be heard for some hours. This morning I caught A "glimpse of a bird About the size of A ro- bin-ns far as I could tell, grey- brown on the back, white breast. longish tall, but it was in I dif- ferent part of the grove from viahich the "Mystery Bird" sound- (2

A week or so Ago I heard the same note in Hantsport, N.S.. but saw no sign of the bird.

If any of your readers can help us in identifying this new feath- ered acquaintance we shall be very

grateful.

I Am, Sir. etc.. (MIRSJ G. M. MARSTERS Bellevue Farm. Charlottetown, RR. I.

CAPITALISM O COMMUNISM Sir,-Under the heading "Mud- dled Thinking" you published in Friday's Guardian an editorial from The Printed Word which ac- cuses Dr. Gordon A. Sisco, Secre- tary of the General Council of the United Church of Canada, of loose talk when he says "Communism and Capitalism are both defective from A Christian point of view." The writer goes on to say that Dr. Siscc denounces the economic system that the Prime Minister and his cabint. colleagues have declared to be essential to the preservation of freedom itself. So what? Since when has the Prime Minister and his Cabinet become an authority on what is Christian and what is not? Further he accuses Dr. Sisco of being a socialist because he dared to say that "Both Communism and Capitalism are defective from A Christian point of view.” That doesn't. mean the man is A social- ist, but it does imply he is A Christian.

I believe we seriously misrepre- sent the Christian religion when we try to make it support the status quo, From the Christian point. of view no man-msde sys- tem is perfect, whether it be Capitalism. Communism, Social- ism. or what have you. The Christian religion presents the Kingdom of God as the ideal to which sll society must conform. and anything less than thot is de- fective from the Christian point of view.

I am. Sir. etc. HOWARD CHRISTIE Hunter River. (There is nothing in either

Christian Socialism or Capitalism to prevent men from enrolling themselves as citizens in the King- dom of God. and by example And precept helping to remedy the conditions which are inimicsl to Christ's teachings. Under Com- munism, the state commands the religious As well.ss politicalt sl- leglance of its subjects. It denies the spiritual relation to which God

- is A party As well as his creatures,

and thus omits the one thing needful for any reformation along Christian lines.-Ed. G.)

rr.uuvmns' PRICES

sir,-Despite the uproar con- cerning the price of food. which seems to snuggle all the spotlight these days (And, unfortunately, do my neighbor phrased it. "this pub- licity t;eat.ls Always on the farm- e.r”.) I got the proverbial bang out of this forthright item in your Editorial Notes the other day: A warning that it would be "foolish" to cut back farm income through lower flu-m prices was sounded at the hnnuhl meeting of the Nat- ional Independent Meat Packers Association by Carl B. Wilson. Washington economic Analyst. Farm income is the gear wheel of national income and the gear ratio is seven to one. Mr. Wilson said. For every 81,000,000 of farm income. the country has consist- ently hod 57,000,000 of notioml in- come for the past 25 years. he clslmcd. (June N. Guardian).

I find the above A thcught- pro- voking picture. And while I Am too close to the "good earth" And far too busy to study All the im- pllcstfons-or even the soundness -of the above formula. I have no doubt that wise and able: men will do so. At the Above "seven to one” run-Al ul-bAn income l-Atlo therefore. I suppose one would be safe in multiplying the 1960 fav- enues of the United stokes form-

find the overall nationcl Income, and which would work out At Ap- proximotoly &30.000 million?

Be tint As it may. I was up”. folly lntcscsiod in the frank so- scl-tlon from so Authoritative 3 source that form income is Who gcor-whccl of notional fnccms. despite the foot thct. whorcu st rho beginning of the century

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EARLY MOON

The baby moon. 8 canoe, A silver papoose canoe sails and sails in the Indian west.

A ring of silver foxes, a mist. of silver foxes, qt and 51:, around the Indian moon. One yellow star for A runner. and rows of blue stars for more runners. keep A line of watchers.

0 foxes. baby moon. runners. you are the panel of memory. fire-white writing tonight of the Red Man's dreams.

Who squats, legs crossed and arms folded. matching its look against the moon-face. the star-faces of the West?

are the Mississippi valley ghosts. of copper foreheads. ridins wiry ponies in the ni-zht?--no bridles. love arms on the pony necks. riding in the nlsht a long old trail? do they always come back when the silver foxes sit around the early moon. a s1). ver pspoose. in the Indian west? '

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- :4 The Age-Old Storyff

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And Ahnslah fell down through A lattice In his upper chamber that wu in Snmurls, And who nick; and he sent messengers. And said unto them. Go. enquire of Baal-sebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. But the Angel of nu- Lord cold to Elijah the Tlshbitc. Aflle. lo up to meet the mess- engers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them. Is it not be- cause them Is not ll God In Is Plel. ptlnt ya go to enquire of Bani-cebub the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus saith the Lord. Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou Art tone up. but shalt surely die. And Elijah deported. ,

there were. according to the ex- perts. & rural Americans and 15 descrlbnble as urban. today's rstio is Almost the reverse--with 83 out of every 100 U. S: citizens "either on the pavements or off the farms." Yet that basic "gear wheel" rural-urban relationship is. apparently. still valid in 1951. It is A bit breath-taking snd Ap- propriately humbling for some of our streamlined city brethren to ponder. It seems desirable, Sir. to remind the busy Average reader unable to hunt up the fact for himself or herself. that. According to the men who know. Agriculture in the Canadian economy is said to have more thon twice the weighted importance of the U. B. former in the Republic”: economy. I Am. air, etc. ' J. B.

MEDICINE HAT Alts. -(cP)- Ncmos of 00 pioneers have been branded into the walls of the new ” ” '-w I-In Museum.

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SETTLEIIS FROM SKYE

From the Colonial Herald, Sat- urday. Sept. 12. 1840:

"The brig Rather. Captain Hall. six weeks from Toberlnory. with 220 passengers. all natives of the Isle of Skye, arrived here on Tuesday last. One child died and another W15 born on the passage. so that the number lsnued corre- sponded with that taken on board. They seemed all in robust health. and we have no doubt will prove themselves to be a hardy and In- dustrlous class of settlers. The ship Nlth. which had previously sailed from the some port with 400 passengers for Cape Breton and this Island. was spoken on the 7th inst. by the Rather. in sight of Cape Breton."

In its following issue. Sept. 1.9. the Herald reported the. due or-

rival of lhe Nlth. Capt. Shaw. with 315 settlers from Skye for this Island, after landing up-

wards of 100 passengers at Cape Breton. The ship arrived on the preceding Monday (Sept. 14) "in 40 days from Tobermory. Those landed here are A fine. hardy- looklng set of people. and they are mostly. we understand. pretty well provided with meuns."

A week later. Sept. 26. the Her- ald reported: "The ship Heroine. Walker. Arrived here yesterday. in 37 days from Stornowsy. with 281 passengers from the Isle of Skye. The passengers Appear to be in good health. and seem highly pleased with the change in their condition. We have been partic- ularly requested to state. on the part of the passengers. that they feel most grateful to Capt. Walker. for his uncenslng Attention to their comforts on the voyage.”

Beds Of Dinosaurs

(Edmonton Journal)

Citizens of Brooks and Hands are urging that A national park be established at Steveville, in Southern Alberta, to cover the particular dinosaur beds in the Red Deer River badlands at that point. Their request deserves consideration by Federal and Pro- vincial Governments.

That these dinosaur beds are worth putting on display seems definite enough. As "Peid Piper" pointed out in A recent article on this page, they constitute one of three fossil areas in this province which compare with any on the continent and which should be bet- ter known to Albertnns. Probably this last also Applies to Canadians generally. In any event, As A park the Steveville beds would pro- vlde the province with mother tourist attraction for All comers.

Better use should be made of these deposits. By I slight stretch of imagination. the area might be considered A historic site worth preserving for posterity. even though our Ancestors weren't Around when the big reptiles were on the earth. ,

LONDON .- (CP) - Three boys hired A rcwboot. in London's Barking Park. They broke the rudder, cl-Acked An on, then lost both ours. Just As they reached the wharf. the boat sank when the

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181 QUEEN IT. AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE

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when exploring the mind the foul-ncy is often brief -London Free Press.

"The word 'AppcAccmc'nl.' should. if possible. be Avoided. since. though largely lncsnlnglcu in it- self. it can be interpreted As ex- cluding any negotlstolns of Any kind. even of A -ccncc-fire."--Sir Glodwyn Jebb. United Kingdom representative on .thc Security Council of U. N.

am Is the neat challchgc to An-lcrics.ns.todsy: not to Allow the revolutionary urge toward A more Abundant. life to bc csptured by those who would cynically exploit it. This challenge cannot be met by ranging America with the forces of the put. Let it be made clear to the whole world that those Am- cricun soldiers whose graves its in Asia have fought not to preserve the post but to enlarge the fut- ure. - Christian science Monitor.