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WWhaI Does It Mean?

A matter of great. importance to this part of Canada came up in Parliament this week, in the intro- duction by Revenue Minister Hugh John Flemming of legislation to set up an Atlantic Development Board as an advisory Federal agency.

The value which this board

: could be. to the Atlantic area was emphasized by every speaker, and ~ Mr. Flemming described it as “the most forward step ever taken in my lifetime for the benefit of the Atlantic Provinces." We, too, can see it in that light if its activities are properly directed. For the mo- : ’ment, however, we think it unfor- tunate that our Prince Edward Is- land members were not on hand to take part in the discussion which

I the proposed legislation provoked.

’ Unfortunate because, In one par: ticular, this “forward step” seems about to be takeh with the wrong foot.

We say this in no spirit of carp- Ing criticism, but in the hope that the misunderstanding, or whatever it is, will be cleared up as quickly as possible.

BOARD ACTIVITIES—We know there is a provincial election cam-

-—paign on here. and it is customary for federal members to take part in such campaigns in their own constituencies and province. Per- haps in this case our members didn’t foresee-how the discussion would tend in Parliament on Tuesday on

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this Development Board matter. But the fact Is that we badly need- ed a spokesman for our interests when Mr. Flemming outlined his idea of “the many policies, meas- ures and projects suggested as do- eerving the board’s urgent con- sideration.”

First of these projects, as the Minister listed them. was “the Chignecto complex of canal, tidal power and industrial development." Then came “the causeway from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island” and a number of other schemes. such as development of manganese. iron ore and marble de- posits in New Brunswick, assist- ance to certain “cornerstone” plants, development of Cape Breton steel

' and coal industries and connection I, of the Atlantic Provinces as one unit for power purposes.

A stimulating program, indeed. Butt-.eorneone should have pointed out that our Causeway project Is not-a matter to be listed along with other schemes in which the Gov-

" affluent-requires help from an ad- board in determining its policy. Its policy has already been formed and announced, and what we are waiting for now Is action that will implement the policy with—

. out further loss of time.

.STRANGE OMISSION—C o u l d -

Mr. Flemming and his colleagues have forgotten that Prime Minister Diufenbaker’s last words in Par- liament before armouncing the June 18 federal election were that 5 our Causeway would be built? Could he. have forgotten that in his ad- dress In Charlottetown on May 17 All“ the Prime Minister told a cheering croml of some 4,000 Island alum that .“ainca investigations that's (hwy Is 3 “Ibis both, from an economic

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engineering standpoint. we are

1be eight miles in length and would include one and one-quarter miles of locks and bridges. The fill would cost $49,000.000; locks and bridges $36,500,000; and engineering work $20,000,000. In a burst of enthus- iasm he even predicted that the project would be ready for our 1967 centennial celebrations; but we are not holding him strictly to account for that.- His engineens said it would take two years to com- plete the planning stages. and six years to do the job. That's how the pledge stands today.

Yet we have a minister of the (‘rown talking as though this pro- ject were in the vague category of policies still to be investigated and finalized. The minister gives it second billing under a canal scheme as something an advisory board should look into. And. to clinch the point, Mr. H. J. Robichaud, Liberal member for Gloucester, made the apparently uncontradicted statement that it had been suggested “by sources close to the Prime Minis- ter,” that the Chignecto canal and Fundy tidal power development should be the first things to be “tackled” in this connection.

We. are disappointed at this turn of events. When he was Premier of New Brunswick Mr. Flemming campaigned on obtaining “top priority on the national agenda" for the Chignecto project. and failed in his efforts. Without benefit of an Atlantic Development Board or of much outside publicity, our Causeway project won this position of top priority on its merits in the eyes of the Diefenbaker Government of which Mr. Flem- ming is now a member. It still holds this priority, and we expect Mr. Flemming to remember it. His mix- ing it up with other schemes which are at a. less advanced stage was a. lamentable piece of absent- mindedness. .

Election Controversy

The hottest issue to emerge in the current election campaign con- cerns the danger, or advantage, in- volved in the Liberal pledge of a potato support price for three months. Two leading potato ship- pers have been quoted as saying that this policy would bring re- taliatory results from the United States. and threaten the loss of our potato markets there. Other. ship- pers appear to be less concerned.

This is an issue on which we feel incapable of offering comment that would be of any value whatso- ever to the electors. Many of them. being potato producers if not ship- pers, are better able than we are to assess the value of the argu- ments either way. And unfortunate. ly there is no expert source to which we could apply for an opin- ion that would prove mutually ac- ceptable to the contending parties.

The objections raised by the dealers quoted in yesterday’s issue have served at least one purpose. They have given Canada-odds pub- licity to this campaign pledge, since the issue involved is of concern to other provinces as well as Prince Edward Island. Doubtless it will be fully resolved in due time, but meanwhile the election will have been over here, and the voters themselves will have been obliged to pass judgment.

In any case, the Liberals are stuck with this pledge and must make the most of it. The Conser- vatives claim that it shows reck- less Irresponsibility, and are mak- ing the most of that. Their own pledges haven't run Into this par- ticular snag, though they have been criticized by their opponent: on other grounds. Neither party seems to be worrying unduly about where the money for all their promises is coming from. But we said that before and It's been like water off a duck’s back. Perhaps it's because

selves that we keep harping on this subject, and wondering why it doesn't loom as the Number One Issue of the campaign.

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cuts are remind that during election ounpeigne, \lettere dealing with political issues are not accepted for publication anonymously in the Public Forum. 0 O O

duetry, which has been enjoying neon-record sales this year. con- tinued the pace in August by loll- ing 402.808 American-built cars.

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OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Mr. Fulton’s Decision Puzzles Newsmen

Hon. E. Davle Fulton, a B.C. representative in the Federal Cabinet. announced some days ago his intention to stand for the leadership of the provincial arm of the Progressive Conser- vative Party B.C. next month. and has now been as- sured that his bid will be unop- posed. So it seems certain that Mr. Fulton will shortly become the leader of a party which is so low In popular esteem that It lacks' even one representative In the Legislature.

W y did Davie Fulton make this decision at this time? This Is the question which puzzles Parliament Hill. He Is leaving the status of federal Minister of Public Works to become captain of a corporal‘s guard. He is quitting a Ministerial salary of $17.000 a year. plus an M.P.‘s emolument of 510.000 a year, which are the peak earnings In his career to date. In return he will enjoy a guaranteed income of a reputed $20000 a year. plus a house rcnt free. plus certain perquisites such as travel and entertainment allowances al provided from private funds.

Ottawa Is Intrigued to know why this ambitious young poll- tician. who six years ago 1' an third In a leadership convention here, chose this event-fraught

moment to retire from the field which he has cultivated so assi- duosly since he entered parlia- ment as a young army officer

.in 1945. B.C. BECKONS

ed to hit the headlines from the almost hermit-like Ministry of Justice. And the Conserva- tives 18 federal seats in B.C. were whittled by two-thirds this

ear.

Had Davie Fulton then made the safari to B.C. to strive and perchance to win there. he could have asked for the assurance that he would be offered a sen- Ior federal cabinet post some months before the next leader- ship convention. to enable him to pursue his federal ambitions. HEADLINES MADE EA

Just a year ago, rumour mov- ed Davie Fulton the Minister of Health In a cabinet shuffle. But. said the whispers. he was willing to accepl what he was a down-grading from the Ministry of Justice. If this was so. be overlooked the obvious fact that headlines aboun around the shunned pest. In the last, Liberal Government. who ever heard of Justice Minis- ter Garson? And who failed to hear often and well of Health Minister Paul Martin? As Health Minister, Davie Fulton might well have attracted widespread support for his future career.

It may be that he recognized the handicap to an English-

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speaking Canadlan of belng a Catholic. In politics, the turn of the Catholic almost always goes to a French-speaking candidate. Or it may be that Davle Fulton felt that his rivals were outstrip- ping him.

In hls age group. the big cen tral provinces have two out standing and improving candida- dzfates for the federal leadership 0

e day. These are English-speaking protestant George Hees of n- tario. and French-speaking Cath- lic Pierre Sevlgny of Quebec. Fulton would stand no chance of beating either at a convention today. But he may feel that the time has come to win back the rightist vote in B.C. from the Social Credit Party. If this Is so. either he will be B.C.‘s next pre- mier, or he will ensure that the N.D.P. will slip between a split anti-socialist vote to form Its first government In Canada. Davle Fulton will leave regrets behind him In Ottawa. regrets not only at his departure. but at the way the clever young Rhodes Scholar with a brilliant future predicted for him somehow be- came transmogrified by flve

years In the polllical backwater.

A Kashmir Settlement

By Harold Canadian

Optimism owr a possible set.-

“ lo“ a 0 as June “I 1958_ itlement of the long-standing this coluémgsuggested that Da_ lKashmIr issue has been gener- vie Fultnn shmfld heed the sip :ated of India and, Pakistan to en song the“ caning mm to 3'0 1 reopen negotiations on the fu- I to fight for the premiership for- ‘lm‘e Status Of the dlSDUtEd merly held by his grandfather and by his great-uncle. Attain- ment would have enhanced his public stature more than c on- I llnuing here In the obscure role j may be Premature- I as Minister of Justice. An at} Both Duncan Sand“. Brlt- the same time, he would be ser- i aln's Commonwealth relations ving his party well by restoring lsccrelary. and W. Avercll Har- Its decayed provincial strength. triman. assistant US. state sec-‘ and thus strengthening Its fed-er- rotary for the Far East. have al position. iraised hopes of a settlement

But Davie Fulton dld not feel Iafter talks with India's Prime that draft from B.C. He at Mlnlster Nehru and Pakistan’s In Ottawa. He predictably fail- President Ayub Khan. Sandys

PUBLIC FORUM

FOR OUR SAFETY hue and cry about thclr free- Slr. -— A Royal Proclamat on dom belng restricted. Yes. But has been issued by our ‘ do the same people ever con- ena t - Governor. Honourable I alder the way they Interfere Frederick Walter fundman. De- with the freedom and llbertlea signatlng December first to of others by their Inconsiderate December Seventh. as Safe actions. Driving week- This same Pr0~l The human being ls. after filamat‘m‘ ex???“ “5 to make all. a selfish creature. and until every Week 0' the coming he learns to cultivate the high-

But observers who have i l watched the K a s h m I r issue I closely suggested the optimism

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we’re not running for office our-'

The United States motor In- K

year. a “safe driving week." We should heed these words. .For they have been proclaimed for our safety on our highways.

We all know that bad weath- condlllons are accountable for a number of our highway accidents. especial- ly In the winter season. It tak- es an expert driver to handle a motor vehicle under such con- ditlone.

In all our Provinces. are one w o are careless. headless and extremely reckless, concerning the safety of their fellow travellers on the hlghwey. Prince Edward I land. has Ila quota. But by at the worst menace we have on our high-

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have m ghway myself. and I have had a few narrow escapes. When you see a car coming toward you zlg as g from one side of the road to the other. It creates In your mind a very unpleasant appreheuslmese. For a person an a motor vehicle while. but slightly under the Influence of llquut h a potential killer on our blghyraya. The question am: Are the new Books ede- wltll those offend- ers? If they are. not. they should be , and sharper teeth

them. «labelling of licenses for

quate to deal

put The

the than M. can- tribututomanyofthafatalltles on our b . ‘

More people retro a neat

er qualities of life. and exercise a greater love toward God. and his fellowmen; he will not over- come his falling I am. Sir. etc.. W. D. JOHNSTON. Montague. P. E. I.

THAT TORY PROMISE

Sir. — In todays Guardian. It Is stated that Agriculture Minia- ter Andrew MacRae. called Lib- eral leader Alex Matheaon' promise, that If elected. the LI- beral Party would guarantee the farmers a floor pride of 81.00 per 75 pound bag of potatoes “a ridlodm vote getting pro-

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Now sir. previous to the 1938 Federal Election. Mr. J oh Diefeubsker. speaking at meat-

of; the "Price! Support Intuit " he Infused

n. proc "Isn't that what you farmers want.”

The tour Conservative candl-

Well, In It not summing low. to bee: auy Mann men- tion a certain «usable. karma as

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Morrison Press Staff Writer

says the prospects of settlement are greater than they have ever .

But It Is obvious that Nehru agreed to reopen the Kashmir talks only after facing the point f a gun—the Red China gun. CHINA MAIN FOE

Both Britain and the U.S. made clear to the two Common- wealth countries there would be no great flow of military aid Into that area If India and Pakistan continued to deploy that aid along their mutual border. The common enemy, In the Anglo- can cw. Red China. That’s where the guns should be pointed.

Nehru anticipates hla fight with the Chinese will be long and costly. He needs massive aid. Britain and the us. have Indicated aid will be slow In coming If lndla and Pakistan don't end their costly Kashmir quarrel -

Nehru Is In no position to bargain. So. with evident reluc lance. he has agreed to reopen talks on Kashmir.

like to see the present Kashmir situation disturbed.

- religious Mos- allzned to kl- fhe majority In LKashmlr but they are a minor- Ity In Hindu India. Hindus and Moslems are reported getting along fairly well In India. But if the Hindus suddenly get the

with vIolence. Some form of war might be the ambit! n a

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Foocl Described Security Symbol

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taste good and“ give them a feel- Ing of well being and “flag;

tlon. Tastes u are ago ed early In life; the nufri one] value and caloric count are secondary. provided food plentiful and a choice exists. Mothers have the greatest ef- fort on molding the dietary ha- bits because they run the house- hold and plan the menus. Fath- ers enter the picture only when they are the more loved parent. and have definite likes and die-

But there Is more to food than Its taste and nutritional value. It is a symbol of security a n d this aspect (may determine whether a certain item Is accep table. The person who worries where his next meal Is c 0 min: from I: more likely to be emo- tionally disturbed than his more fortunate friends. This y have some advantages; many successful men who knew hun- ger worked harder to'ralse their economic standards.

“Let’s have lunch together" is a way of utilihlng food as a me- dium of socialization. A gather- ing of the clan or a dinner par- ty Is a gesture of our friendship for each other and we are more likely to accept meals from our friends or relatives than from strangers or foreigners.

Our likes and dislikes also are influenced by advertising. Manufacturers must ed ucate the public before they can sell a new product. In some In- stances, the ad reflects the newer knowledge of nutrition whereas others supply Infome- lion based on half truths.

Food fads often serve as a re- lief from social restrictions. They in be bizarre in nature but. are shortlived and haveonly a temporary effect on eating put-

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(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics If stamped self - addressed envcL lope accompanies request.)

ALCOHOL IS TABOO .S. writes: I'm just out of the hospital after being treated for cirrhosis of the liver due to drinking. Will the condition re- turn if I drink a little beer?

Yes.

HOW MANY PILLOWS?

Mrs. T. ertes: When my doctor was examining me. he asked whether I slept on one pillow or two. Why did he want' to know?

REPLY

Because individuals with cer- tain types of heart 6 I s e a a e sleep better if they use two or three pillows. Had you answer- ed “yes” the physician would then have asked. "why?" In this way he would have obtained In- formation that is helpful in mak- Ing the diagnosis.

TODAY'S HEALTH HINT— Learn to gauge your strengths and weaknesses.

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MS I" fully. want the front of the bus, the back of the church. and the mld- die of the mad. -- Calgary Hen- ald.

A Brill-b Medical Journal — The Lancet -— reports that th e tallest and healthiest men In the British Army are those holding the rank of colonel.,ThIs Isn't so surprising. A tall soldier l conspicuous and. supposing h other endowments are of advan- tage. he’s the less likely to be overlooked when It comes to ad- vancement In rank. As for the prevailing good health of colon- els. anybody who becomes a colonel Is unlikely to be gnawed b du eual ulcer. His ad- yancemeut has fed his self-con- fidence. At the same tlme he doesn't have the worries that. beset top-flight officers. and he has desirable dignity. —- C a p e Breton