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A Retrograde Step

The Health League of Canada is disturbed ever certain tendencies revealed in the action of the Federal Government, which has establish- ed three ‘new departments, each essential and ex- cellent in itself, htit not one of which, apparciit- ly, makes adequate provision for safeguardkig national health. These departments are to be known as Social Welfare, Veterans’ Affairs and Reconstruction. The Department of Pensions and National llcaltli is abolished, hospitalization of returned soldiers becoming tlie responsibility of Veterans‘ Affairs. It is assumed that the Department oi Social Welfare will take over fit work of the former Department of Health.

Ming on these changes, the Canadian Journal of Public llcnlth regrets that Canada will no longer have a separate department to deal with health problems. It points out that for more than forty years leaders of all parties had atlvocalctl the cstriblisliiiiciit of the Depart- ment of National llcalth and that when, in 1919, it was set tip “there was widespread approval of centralizing public health work in one de- partment which would be represented in the Cabinet by the Minister of Health." In i928 the adniiiiistrzititui of veterans’ affairs was traits- ferred to the department, the name of which was then cliangctl to that of Pensions and Na- tional lcleultli. Attention is drawn to the fact that today’ the budget for pensions is about fifty times that for national licalth. What is feared is that, under the new proposals, the progress achieved in the last quarter century will be seriously jeopardized.

In addition to a resolution presented to the Dominion tiovci-iiiiiciit by the Health League of Canada, tirging the establishment of a Fed- eral Department of Health, under a. Minister of Health, with a Deputy Minister who should be a medical man, the Canadian Medical As- sociation has also lTCflllllllfllflfffl “that the medi- cal side of the care of veterans, including l:- pitalization, be plzicctl ltll(l('l' the jurisdiction of the Department of National Health with a medical man as Deputy Alinister." All the prin- cipal countrics of the world have a separate Min- fstry of Ilcalth. and in casts where the func- tions are combined with those of other depart- ments, recognition of the value of public health services is made in the different titles adopted by the respective countries.

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With Premier Jones‘ reference to the moon- shine situation fresh in mind, it is hardly neces- saryi 1o mid anything by way of comment to the following editorial from the Vancouver Pro- vince:

“Addressing a temperance rally in Vancouver the other evening, Rev. Dr. \\'. Sipprcll. 0f Victoria, held up Prince Edward Island as an example to all Canada. Perhaps he was right in doing so. Prince Erlward Island is a very happy province in many ways and its people are to he congratulated.

"But when the reverend gentleman says that it is llCCitlhC of prohibition that Prince Edward Island has no 1ll1Clll]>ltl_\'lllClll, no gangsters. no commercialized vicc. no crime problems, no pen- itentiarv, a low accident rate, only I3 police- men fr].- (XLOOO people and has had only one divorce in (i0 years, he is talking through his clerical hat."

Birth Statistics

Th:- Dotiiinioii lliircziti of Statistics, report- ing on the niuiilit-r of livc births in Canada for the year ltitz. discloss that they were the high- est in twelve ycars- .4 pci- thousand of pop- ulation. In the years imnietliatcly‘ prior to the war the ratt- was zis low as 20.4. It would seem. then, that the ptipulni" liclicf that Nature has a wav of l‘('tl1't‘$.\lllL[ the abnormal loss of life in war-time is ivell-fotiiidcd. Nothing is better for a nation than a natural increase in the pop- ulation. While the influx of desirable settlers. especially iii<i.~c of llritish stock, tinder normal conditions. is to be cncuurzigctl. the building up bf a country by its oun people, inheriting dis- tinctive national traditions and inspired with patriotic aspirations. is tinrlotibtedly better still. i Ontario ls cicditcd ivltli a birth rate of only 20.4 per tlititisztntl, one oi the lowest in the list. Quebec, its might he expected. stands highest. with 28 births per thousand of population. The Maritime Provinces conic next, with rates al- most as high as Quebec: then there is a coit- sideralilc falling-off. with Alberta 22.7; Man- itoba 21.2; British Columbia, 20.4. and Saskat- chewan with tlic lowest rate of all the provinces

—only 20.1 per thousand of the population.

‘The Gas Ration

The warning by l-lon. C. D. Howe, Minister of Munitions and Supply, of a possible further cut in allotment of gasoline and fuel oil to civ-

' ilians, will be accepted with good grace and co-

operative adjustment liy all Canadians consci- ous of the vital priority war needs must have on such supplies.

There can be little dispute with Mr. Howe's assertion that the ciirilian supplies available through careful planning and conservation made Canada "in this respect more fortunate than any other country." There would be limited basis for complaint shoiild-it he found necessary, as lllr. llnive foresees, to curtail civilian stip- plies further u» maintain consumption frir war purposes.

At the some time, remarks an exchange, it

would be a comforting reassurance for many citizens if they could be satisfied that the re- strictions on ration allotment: were being fully and impartially applied and the controls of dis- tributioii strictly enforced. Evidence persists that there are still enough leaks and laxness in the system to permit gasoline to be obtained for non-essential use.

While the situation appears to have improved in this respect, it has notbeeri cleared up en- tirely. It is only reasonable to expect that, be- fore any further cuts in ration are made, the public shall be convinced that every possible effort is being made to apply present restric- tions with equal force to all users.

EDITORIAL NOTtS .-

Fourteen English factories have been in op- eratioii for dehydgation during the past year. and an entirely new prodtict-“niashed potato powder”——has been developed.

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The new figures 0f British aircraft produc- tion show the great increase iiot only in the numbers of planes produced. btit also in the average weight of planes. The number pro- duced in the year ending March 1944, for ex- ample, was 15 times as great as in the year i936. The total airframe structure weight, however, was 52 times as great.

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The family doctor, while on a vacation trip to Vancouver, entrusted his practice to his son, who had just completed his interneship. On the father's return home, the young man tokl him with great satisfaction how he had cured Mrs. Blank. an elderly and wealthy patient, of her chronic indigestion. Old Doctor: "Congraula- tions, my boy.’ But that case of indigestion is what put you through college!”

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George IV died this date i830; as Prince of Wales was notorious for his levity and profligacy and on his accession to the throne the trial of Queen Caroline destroyed his few remaining shreds of reputation; fortunately he left the af- fairs of State iii the hands of his ministers, with Canning as Prime Minister; largely through his policy Great Britain assumed a coinmaiid- ing position on the continent and iii homc affairs reforms were iiitrodticcd and social progress made.

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Canada vrill be represented by a delegation of eight or 1o at the international monetary con- ference which opens July t at Brctton Woods, New Hampshire. Finance Minister llslcy, tin- dcr present arrangements, will be there at the start, while his parliamentary assistant, .\Ir. Douglas Abbott (L.. St. .‘\ll[Ollltf-‘VCSIHIOIIIIY), expects to be there for most of the conference. There will he one or two private iticmbcrs of parliament as well as monetary experts from the Finance Department, probably headed by Dr. W. C. Clark, deputy minister, and .\Ir. W. A. Mackintosh.

1- a at Immediate adoption of a standard i6-ouncc tin for canned fritits and vegetables, to super- sede the present "over-sized" containers of from 2o to 40 ounces, has been recommended for submission to the Prices Board by the Oti- tario retail food distributors section of the Re- tail Merchants Association of Canada, in war- time conference at Toronto. Mr. George S. Houghani, Dominion secretary of the Retail Merchants/ Association, predictctl pOSl-\\'2ll‘ fed- eral legislation pertinent to the retail food iu- dustry and said "no matter what controls might be evolved looking towards establishing stand- ards of free trade, skill in management must tiltiinatcly be the (lctcriiiining factor iii achiev- ing sticcess." a n- a- a

"Xcvei- before has Canada been given such publicity as one of the ivorltfs leading manu- facturing and exporting tiations," says Paul Sykes. Canadian Trude Commissioner at llom- bay. in a recent report to the Department of Trade and Commerce. "The distribution of such information through the press and the screen, and by the many Canadians who are serving or working in civilian capacities iii this country", is likely to influence both the variety and extent of post-ivzir exports to this market, and whilc it is as yet premature to speculate on the specific effects 0f this improved knowledge of Cana- dian affairs. the increase in the number of cn- quiries rcccivcrl in the office 0f the Canadian Trade Couiniissioncr during rcccnt months from both local importers atid Canadian exports prompts the suggestion that they are likely to be of considerable volume. Canadian firms who may be concerned with commencing or ex- tending their trade with this mztrltct may ac- cordingly regard it as being of more interest and value than at any time in the past."

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“Returned officers say, very definitely, That our men at the front are worrying ovcr what they hear from home," says The Letter-Review".

wives and families are not being treated as fair- ly as those of men who are in Government scr- vice and munitions manufacture. The charge is quite obviously correct. When the cost of liv- ing bonus came into effect, we said it should be given to soldiers’ wives, but it was not. In the end, they obtained a smaller bonus, given to some classes of workers. As other classes of workers had won increases in pay, even by il- legal strikes, the least the Government could have done would have been to increase payments to families of service men very substantially. That was not done, except to a very minor ex- tent. The'figliting men are coming home some day, and it is important that welniake it clear that we mean to see that they are to get a fair deal. To treat them as is now being done, that is by giving them Unemployment Insurance, and letting Selective Service deal with them as unemployed civilians, is totally wrong. Our much advertised plans to help them to obtain training. or jobs, are nothing special. We are promising exactly the same treatment to those

who stayed at home. and no one has even said that we should not give this sort of assistance

“They are disturbed over the fact that their 3n

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Notes By The Way

I Brlllsh Broadcasting Company, atnonu other taboos. bans the lau- ns of c a music. How about lend-teasing that idea to this coun- lfy?-Phllldt!lptllfl lnqulrer.

lt l: pointed out that more of us are killed 1n mlsthrtips at home than die on distant battle fronts. Wnat we don't know about. safety rules would fill a momue.-—W Dbl

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Authorities have ordered medical examination of a man in Montreal who tried to buv a ticket to Hum- burg. Germany. Tney sliouxl. Any sane person knows there 1s no such nlace.—Wlndsoi~ Star.

Somewhere up there the clan and planets wheel lnto line. and we have another equinox. Anu down here the earth quivers impercep- tlbly, a root ivedizes its way between two grains o1 sand, a bird sings. Ann the ‘Pulse 1n a human heart. quwkcns for a brief moment. know- ln: thwt. another Surlnl ls at hand. —New York Times.

No more will you need to keep track o.‘ how far you uriva and how much tmsoliiic you buy in order to know how many miles per gal- lon your automobile delivers, ca)’. The Rotarlaii. soon \vc shall be at- twilnr: a autism to the fuel line which will IIHXILK; to.‘ indicate inc clrect miles pernzzicon. It has ul- readv been patented.

The United Statics price admin- istration says that the gtissliize ra- tlon for the average Anterican would be 25 t:er ‘cent. his-tier than it ls but for chisclers who drain 2.509.060 gallons daily frcm the nation's total SUDZL)’. All over tlic country it. is reported motorists are getting more than their share cf the available motor fuel through black markets and the abuse cf ration cards. And the more they get. of course the less there is left over for law-nblldlng motorists. We ivoinder whether tibuscs cf this son: are affecting the aaéolitie ration 1n CanadtL-Winnlpez Free Press.

New findings 1n the study of polle- myelitls (infantile paralysis) made bv Prof. Carl Kline. celebrated Swedish bactcrlologist. apparently support the tlieorv that the virus mav find temporovv life on a un. celluliar animal of the genius Bobo, says The New York Times. Accord- lniz to Klliiifl‘ lhe virus canbe spread t-hrctuah a city's watzr sys- tem. He made this announcement. 1n a_ recent report to the Swedish Medical Board.

The pluck of uii t-x-cziilet itlio voluntcred for the mines has been praised by Earl Fltzwilllnm, The London Daily slzctcli. youth — ex-Cadct B. Vlrlght. - did splendid work during a lire in the mine. Earl Fttzwtlliam told Wright. "By your prompt action. many men's lives were saved." Wright's only continent ivas: ."I did the rirtrt. thlnt: at the right. time. but. if it hadn't. been for my Cadet training, I should have rtui like hell."

Research work ls Nat-tire is woiitlcrlul. oyer the ocean in all birds are never lost— animals lrcoiv ivhat sort o We RH‘ £01m: ta have — carter-pillars change into butterflies - trees can haul sob 250 feet. out of the ground -—-fou.r-ouiice liummltuz birds fly over the G-ulf ct sico butteiuli . each other through s . stibstaiiccs —-mayflles llvc 12 hours and turtles 200 rears-London Free Press.

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Mr. Churchill might. tiavc added that he will be '10 years old below thls Will‘ cl ISM-a vcar tilled with lzreztt nortents for the Allied cause —l.s over; and vvcn so vigorou; a person as he ls not lolcimz to i... political Dlftfifllilzlle 1h. tnnt age. But let there be no mistake about this: Britain and the United States and the world ncctl this man in the anxious times tthcuu. He personi- fies the valor and the sirriittlli and the faith which field back the Nazi tlcle in modern LlVllli/flllJlYS black- est hour-Buffalo Courier Express. A Belgian w ltmaii deported to Germany who l .llli‘.,",'l2d ta act. billli to occupied Bctgluii statics \l\fll._ in the PYUSSZZIH ‘town \v'l"l’.‘l't: he was forced to wars, tne ciuncr o1‘ the bcnrrlinghouse where lie rook n.s meals allcivod lilm to listen in to the London radio, in return for n cigarette. ‘this dZDOFtCG lldClCLl that. tobacco ls beniu_ old tn Gszmnnv

. ‘ ; .0 ' 5500 Bcliziai r tier-i‘ $5 on 11.11100. tleportlses in Lie.- many are insuftlcietitlv icti. 'I‘lic_v get little else but ureen soup tind a plate of boiled C€1thbfl¥€.-—V€1DCOUVB! Province.

For lack of horses. so ‘iccmcn at a certain Dill in lxarincnt Ail.- t.a.1:t are 1a lleld mice. The

course is geneiallv liii ulu Kerosttie tin laid flat and cut open so that. everybody can see how the iuvuitte Ls dolntz. The high v.".:lls cf the ttn kqvt. ‘the mace from qulzlitrl lii the midd.e and lunipitn: elf Ill" course.

W“ are in keen ._ amount of in bets liamzs on every race. u. arse. tiovlccs have to be brought in lrcm time to tkne to make up the ilcld. and these are not to lie down on the job. just like horses. 'I‘l:c or fcreizcc ls that. Wilt.“ tlicv i owner. unclcr the loci‘. tat: the rizlit to uct tlnin lnto on umaln by ttkling tlitm. '1li.s can't he done wltlh horses-Australian News Latter.

While the collection and distri- bution of Empire news have been grzttly improved. iixtisli tnote re mains to be done in the wav of news 1n the peace . irs. t compézilnt of lung the its: that the t daily i-ieuxaprnzt-rs devote lit- tle sbace even ln \1"l‘1l'\"l times to news of Empire orlaln. Their niai l eoecttipoltoii 1s ....i LZXYODCHH iainueninzs. simian... ‘.110 pr i the Dominlons. while curryirg much British news and comment. lamely neglects to climnlele lend- ing events 1n sister Domlnloiis. Dis- tance, of course. ls an l-m en to the month of keen interest. but now that the wnr has revealed their strong community of interest and muoual aims there may be tin lrn- provement along thls lino when the war ¢l1dl.—C8IlB-IY Herald.

John - Geller of Brighton, 11l- year-old 101m. mamaaintz director of a London women's costume business employing a stafl’ of 60. wlll be a vohmteei- Bevin boy at Woodhouse Colliery, Shefféeld, says The Um-

never even seen "When I registered. I selected the navy. But when I saw the up-

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QUEEN SQUARE FOUNTAIN

Si1'.~—Wh€bt has happened to tlze Watciwvorlo; oi Unarlottetown, years come and years no. and no fountain we iiotw sec sllayiiitl! on , zen Square. It surelv would not. xke much irntt-r to stuoult’ iue ornklizg fountain donated to the city by Mr. James Paton. vears 11510. Water ts a good wholesome drink and many b0.\'s and alrts would like l/a quench their rhlffil, ivlicn passing through the Suuare

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Krircl‘ ii stronghold has fallen fur the t. time in tour years of, conflict. with a Russian Aimy a- gain tnaklng triumpal entry be- hind tlizttering urtiilcrv lire Soviet troops captured it March

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structures so prevalent ln Finland. The des- truction of three campaigns has levelled much of tlic city. On the Karellan isthmus 75 miles frrtn Leningrad. Vllpurl was found- ed bv the Swedes 1n the 13th cent.- lll‘_\' us an outpost against enemies striking from tlte cast, art-l war. fnmlnc and death rode again and again through Vlfpurl and Karelta in battlcs and selgcs through the bloody centuries. Bv coin: one of Europe's strongest 1o ifzcrl ivalled towns. It was Ttl to the Russiars 1n 172), and o two centuries later was won y "Milte" forces 1n the Finnish civil war following the R/usslan revolution It became an import- ant city 1n the republlc of Finland fanned lii 1019. 52mg of the most bit-tor fighting of lllp Russian-Finnish wiir raster! near Viicurl city. and the Sorts-ts salcl Vllpurl was captured luat. before the ar- mtstlee was signed 1n Match 13th. 1941. In the peace settlement. the Russians retained Vllpurl. Kare-lion lsthrnre. and islands Vllpurl Buy

It was heavily damaged in that fighting. and again mfore the Finns recaptured it nearly a year and a halt later. Residents who left, the clty before and after the Russian cociupatloi-i flocked back. In peacetime Vllourl was eastern Finland's main Industrial. cem- mei-ctal, and dtstrlbutlon centre, and a hub of communications. It

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centre. and had machine shops, flour mills, and sea-p and tobacco factories. It. was also the chief flblABlCM and artistic centre of Kar- e