‘ a” “ “Father Of The Commons __ In the British Commons last week Sir Winston Churchill was acclaimed as “the Father of the House.” This, of course, was a case.jn: which the ‘House honored itself; but we have

i no. doubt that Sir Winston was * pleased at the enthusiastic applause which greeted the Prime Ministers tribute to him. His eyes must have twinkled when the Prime Minister referred to him as-“a rock that __ resists the floods either of time or

ennoblement.”

It is customary for British Prime Ministers to be given earldoms when they haye completed their service

in the highest political office. In mod- ern times there have been Ear! Bald-_ -win, Earl ‘Lloyd—George, and Earl _ Attlee. Queen Elizabeth is said to have been:eager to confer one of ; the highest titles on Sir Winston.’ Or he could have had a dukedonm

which is reported to have been of- |

_ fered to +him by King George V1 . after World War II—a title reserved. generally, for members of the

Roval Familv. But the great man

has remained a commoner, accept- _ing only the Knighthood of the Gar- _ter which does not preclude him from sitting in the House of Com- mons.

It is said that nothing would in- duce him to\change his name except to become the Duke of Marlborough, which in English history is as rich and honored a name as Churchill. But there already is a Duke of Mari- borough who is head of the Churchiil family. Sir Winston was the off- spring of.a younger.son of an earlier

Duke of Marlborough. If his *father: had been an elder son and heir to:

the dukedom, Sir Winston most like- |

ly would not have become Prime Minister of Britain. And in-that case the history of Britain and even of the world would likely have been different. : Another story is that Sir Winsten has_ grandsons coming along who give promise of being Churchills of the future; and he is said to be anxious to avoid their being harassed and thwarted by hereditary barriers because their granddad took a peer- age from a grateful nation. These hereditary barriers may or may not be removed in the near future. But Sir Winston, in the meantime, re- mains what he was—in a classifica- tion all .his*own on account of the , fabulous service he has: rendered to his country. and in his close associa- tion with the Commons over so many historic years.

The Butter Controversy

Agricultural price supports -in chirteen years have cost Canada more _ than $100,000,000, the bill for butter

_ alone approaching $20,000,000. Now

’ the Canadian Association of Consum- ers has written Prime Minister Die- fenbater to ask why surplus butter bought to support prices is séld to

. the. United Kingdom at 19 cents a pound less than cost, at 56 cents. Why not let home consumers have it at the low price, it is asked.

The Gtthwa Journal deals with this question in an. informative editorial. The tragédy of price. sup- port programs, it notes, is that they build up surpluses and if these sur- pluses are released on the home market at bargain prices the benefits of price support, bought at great ex- pense, can be undermined. Canada could, but does not, sell agricultural surpluses on the home market at bargain prices. The consumers’ as- - sotiation: agrees that such a’ policy would involve the Government in pur- chasing all the current butter pro- duction—an uneconomic. business— but argues that the time has cOme for a change in policy to allow a rea- sonable return to efficient producers

and at the same time halt the dec- line in -butter «consumption. “It is,” says The Journal, “exactly this precarious balance that the ‘Government planners seek, so often in vain, always haunted by the fear

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butter at-56 cents a pound will seem a reasonable bargain.

.Van,Doren Confesses

‘Now Charles Van Doren, scion of a famous literary family and a mem- ber of the Columbia University faculty, has confessed that he was: “deeply involved” in the television quiz show scandals and was, given | answers and even a regular *seript to memorize when he appeared on the supposedly unrehearsed pro- « gra#ms. He was coached in man- nerisms as ‘well. He had testified, falsely to his innocency before the New York grand jury last year, he ‘admitted. 1 he worst: feature of this unsav- ory affaipeis’not that the shows were ‘run by hoaxters but that dozens, per- ‘haps hundreds, of. contestants, al- most all of whom must have applied in the simplicity of good faith, were successfully enrolled in the deception. * In Van Doren’s case, he was per- suaded by the producer that it would | “tnicreasé public respect for the .in- tellectual life, for ‘the teaching pro- fession,” by making a good showing

the contest.

It is incredible that a young man — with the intellectual background of Van Doren could have swallowed such | claptrap, but there it is. He. wanted to believe it because the monetary. reward was so tempting, because others were doing it and because there seemed no great likelihood of exposure.

“It’s marvellous,” comments “the New Yorker, “how long it- went on, considering the number of normal Americans who had to be corrupted to keep the cameras whirring. In all this multitude, not one snag, not one audible bleat, not one rightéous refusal that made the news. The lid _ didn’t blow off until, ‘years’ after- “ward, a winner, disgruntled because he had not won more, was moved to confess and purge his guilt.” 4

‘The turning of all these , people into.paid cheats was a nfénstrous of- fence; more damnable than the brain- washing perpetrated gpon Communist victims because here it was done for filthy lucre alone. The _ television racketeers may get over it, for they have no: great reputation to lose; but in the case of, men like Van Doren, with. promising careers in cultural leadership before them, one can only feel profound regret.

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NAUSEA PROBLEM +e In case you suffer nausea m the early morning, I think you ‘night find that eating a small suack of cereal, toast-or even e —get-out —of+ bed may help to dispose of the froblem. And since you are in the condi- tion you are, I don't think your

your breakfast in bed, at’ least tor a while. .

pension, and where perhaps their | ’ : nearest and dearest do not live. | continue taking tub baths until The Diefenbaker Government |

has recognized that this impeses unreasonable hardship in some cases. I learn that a study of this whole question is now being made: by our Department of

Santa Claus may be preparing a reasonably short, permissive ab-| Health and Welfare. very pleasant surprise for some sence, when one considers the; _1 of course

cannot forecast

cost and fatigue involved in the | what conclusions will be drawn.

TUB BATHS

Generally, mothers-to-be can

the seventh or eighth month. of

‘pregnancy. After that, it’s ofter |. Where, : | Dest to take a sponge bath. Re Out the same window, in the tember, when you do use the tuo,| _ S@me. chair, :

keep the water comfortable, ner ther too hot no. too cold.. |

| I have written extensively -in | the past about the foods’ an ex- pectant mother needs. Sé I'll sum it up briefly now.

dutiful husband will mind serving |.

Prime Minister John. Diefen- | longed-for and long journey to the baker receives-each day an aval- | Old Country, or to visit the mar- anche of lejters. telegrams, tele- ried only daughter at some far

phone calls and visits, from well- | community dn the States wishers, friends, cranks and hard- So ne of the first legislative |

luck cases. : acts of the Diefenbaker Govern-

The topic most frequently in-| ment was to in¢rease tms per- spiring complaints and requests | iod of permitted absence to is the non-transferability of our| B¢arly seven months—with a old age pension maximum of six months in any

Hon. Waldo Monteith, our wel-| me calendar year. But even so, fare-minded Minister of -Health , the old age pensioner is still a} and Welfare, tells: me that in his | “lifer”; he must come back to -matibag too, this is the Number ‘his ‘permanent home in Canada, One topic: pensioners who are , © draw Is pension. unhappy because they must| Our old age pension is a mix- make their home permanently in| ture of welfare state benefit and

Canada if they are‘to be able to , ar } tributory jon. Yet it is, I draw the only income left to, °™" ributory pens i

them after a lifetime of toil mak-| believe, the only pension paid in| ing. Canada. greater. Canad which cannot be spent!

“I have been made a -life wherever the beneficiary desires. prisoner in Canada, without,com-| .The~retired ,civil servant ‘can’ mitting any crime and“ without | Wit Canada and spend ail his | trial,’ one old age pensioner com- pension in Florida; the army's plained to me. : old sweat can sweat it out be- |

‘ TORIES HAVE HELPED Under the Liberal Government, |

whére winter fuel _and warm | clothing are not costly budget a pensioner then drawing a piti-| items;. the well-pensioned “M.P. ful $0 a month was only al-| can live it up in Bali. All these lowed out of Canada for three, are in part the beneficiaries of months in any year. If he “stayed | the Canadian taxpay@r. Yet they

for his period of absence. T*he!| hada, where the climate and Diefenbaker. Government has .re-! high hiving costs minimize their

meath a sub-tropical palm tree! ers. The qualification for the pri-

away longer, he lost his pension | are not _dragooned to stay in Ca-}{

But it seems probable that the) : facts assembled will merit fav,| pRO?EINS AND MILK

binet. And it would not be un-| foods such as meat, fish, eggs, reasonable to extend hope to | beans and cheese. Drink plenty of those old age pensioners wh.o) .niik, too, preferably a quart a seek it, that Parliament will be day. : asked to- approve changes in the|~ As a matter of fact. unless Olid Age Security Act Whereby| your doctor advises otherwise revised regulations would permit} ycu probably should have enougy old age pensioners to continue to, milk. water, coffee, tea and soup draw their Canadian pension even | to give you two quarts of liq- while living permanently outside | vid a day. This should. also: help ‘Canada. in cases where compas: | keep your. bowels regular. sion would dictate this. This . ‘ would especially be probable in’ at ESTION AND ANSWER cases where a pensioner’s near- , G-F-: Could sulpha drugs be S ‘armful to a baby if taken dr

est kin live elsewhere, for hving. .* , 3 ing the-first two or three months -alone on an old age pension is wi pregnancy?

spiritually and economically | “ ancwer: There is po evidence tough. nat sulpha drugs taken early in

Of course precautions ae ‘pregnancy have a harmful ef- taken. We don't Want a rush of - oot on the baby.

sixty -year old immigrants, who would then ten years later rush away to be expatriate penfion-

YARD TAKES ON CASE

COLOMBO, Ceylon. (‘Reuters)— The government announced Thursday that two detectives

here to heip in the investigation lof the assassination of Solomon

vilege of spending a Canadian pension elsewhere should be a working lifetime. or the greater part of it. dedicated to Canada

Someone will have a hard: de-

Ottawa before. The « Winter Fair out atthe Coliseum were presented by Premier Khru- shchev to Mr. Cyrus Eaton the Cleveland industrialist who sent them, with a Russian driver, to Ottawa.—Ottawa Journal

The Age Old Story

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I watch another farmer's chores.

Place whirls like time. Who ¢goes?—who stays?

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WESTERN: RESERVES In time the western oil ant gas

it yas been jearned. A meeting of | the program committee was held |

a lonely road. Its. bordér incur-} with China. ’ sions. against India are having| Demands in the press that India | ne important effect: Pakistan} should ‘meet. force with force |

were followed this week by shouted demands from Socialists that he resign.

nd India are being brought | closer together r

For some months Prime Min- ister Nehru and President. Ayub The fighting along the India-. Khan, Pakisian’s strongman,} China border and the cruel sup- ‘have been workinz to settle their | pression of the revolt in Tibet differences peacefully. Recently | last spring has led to disenchant- they pledced once again to nego-' ment with China elsewhere in tiate border disputes and refer to Southeast Asia.

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Perhaps even the .problem of} Delegates to the Colombo Plan Kashmir. which both republics Meeting now going on in Indone- claim, may yet Be se'tled without | Sia seem tq be nearly unanimous

of the new parliament in Great Britain has coincided with a level. | Minister has been able to promise | lower taxes and a still higher stand- ard of living. ;

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of prosperity so high that the Prime |

more blood being spilled Four years ago,at the Badung That beh countries are threat- | conference, the newly independ- ened by Peking’s recent war ent nations of the area looked moves was evident last week With admiration at China. when the Communists clashed However, when the United Na- with an Indian patrol. killing nine,| tions general asdembly- took a border policemen and capturing Vote last week that in effect cen- 10 in the Kashmrr. oes | sured China for the Tibetan af- , fair, only Malaya—one of the co- INVASION POSSIBLE. | spShsors — Pakistan, Laos and Ayub Khan seid recentiy.an in-| Thailgnd: were“ brave enough to vasioh pf’ the subcontinent some afree té& the resolution. - 5 day isn't a hypothetical question. | “Russia’s role in all this-is the In such-a case, he said, Pakistan | subject of much debate. Peking’s would be bound to go to India’s | ambition to “liberate’’ Formosa help and for that reason the issue and ifs actions in Tibet and along of Kashmir. predominantly Mos- | the Indian frontier—a poorly de- Jem as is Pakistan but now an-/ fined one where one country's nexed to India, should be settled territorial claims overlap the quickly | other’s—have al] been defended Within India, Nehru has come| by the; Kremlin as | internal

last evening to finalize plaas for

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limits and development costs will |

rise, the Gordon Commission not-| James Nicholson. son of Mr. ed. Coal should then come into! and Mrs. John Nicholson, its own again, Yargely for major! paud, is receiving congratula- industry and for power produc-| tions on having received the Eliza-

tion. This. of course, may be} 2 ; (vente Sunn. or Gane wad. Jones Scholarship at MacDonald

The that while there was a limit to government aid. the subsidy ar- rangements should be revamped to promote the greatest use of

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DESPERATE PLIGHT

The plight of.,the Nova. Scotia mines is indeed defperate. In a year or so the diesel program, on the two great Canadian’ railways will be complete, robbing the mines of a market which in 1950 consumed 25 per cent of Cana- dian coal production. Western natural gas and oil are moving in relentlessly. on eastern mar- kets. The Seaway makes it even easier for cheaper American ‘coal to compete in these markets. Production costs in Cape Bre- ton’s deep, undersea mines are prohibitive.

Eve though modernization from 1945 to 1955 increased pro- duction by 47 per cent, produc- tion increased at an even greater rate in the more accessible US. coalfields. The rising subsidieg on Maritimes coal aiipments to

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OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Nov. 3, 1934)

... Mr. W.D. MacNeill; former P: E.I. rie@wspaper man, and for some years news editor of the Halifax Chronicle until three years ago when he left the news- paper field temporarily, has ac- cepted the editorship of the Is- land Farmer and the Pioneer of Summerside and wi!l enter upon his new duties next week.

For_the—pest ten days. several workmen have been employed at the drill shed removing the plank floor and preparing a foundation of crushed-sfone for a concrete floor which will be covered with mastic. Ih addition to the new floor, the offices are also being repaired.

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