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Reefer car Disclosures

'i‘hc discussions in the House of Com- mons and in the Senate on reefer cars has drawn active attention to the inadequacy of replies to questions from members, and indeed, to Ministers’ ignorance of what is going on in their departments. The Mont- real Gazette declares the operations of the

(lovernment departments have swollen to such proportions and are spending tax money in such huge amounts that the

bureaucracy has moved necessarily into a position of very substantial independence. The result is. says our contemporary, that Parliament has to rely for whatever scrutiny it undertakes upon a minister who is often incompletely informed of the matters upon which he is questioned. In other words, the chain of responsibility has many miss-

‘ links. 'I‘he Gazette continues with this extraordinary disclosure of the conditions prevailing:

“The lengthening separation between ministers and their departments has been illustrated within the last few months, when a minister of finance sponsored a bill in the House which he admitted he himself was unable to explain; when a minister of transport answered three questions about the coal-buying policies of the C.N.R., only to admit the next day that all three answers had been wrong; and when a minister of fisheries delivered a speech which he.later :l(lllllllt_‘(l had expressed neither his own sen- timents nor those f his cabinet colleagues."

This, added to the disclosures over the erroneous reefer car situation, indicates very forcibly the desirability, nay the nec- essity, of portfolio holders spending more time in their offices, and less gadding about hither and thither on missions which the duly trained technicians and experienced civil servants could handle probably more

must become more familiar with details of their departments in order to answer more authoritatively questions such as Mr. Mac- Lure addressed to the Minister of Transport.

As for yesterday's belated discussion in Legislature over this three-weeks-old issue, the matter was well summed up by Mr. Philip Matheson when he said that quoting comparative figures of reefer car supplies “doesn't mean a thing.” The extraordinary requirements should have been known and anticipated long ago, and the failure to pro- vide reefer cars in sufficient number has caused serious loss and inconvenience. In- stead of co-operating with Mr. McLure in his efforts to obtain redress, the Provincial Department painted a glowing picture of the situation, misleading the Transport Minister into making statements which call- ed for immediate protest from our potato and turnip shippers. The matter was wretchedly bungled by both Governments and their efforts to “cover up" only makes things worse.

Maritime Home For Girls

Of nineteen girls aged 11 to 15 who were enrolled in the Maritime Home for Girls last year. 16 are described as having a history of bad home conditions and com- panions, and three as having no home. The 35th annual report of the Board of Gov- ernors shows a total enrollment of 78 girls.

Prince Edward Island. Girls from the Is- land may be committed to the Home by a Judge of the County Court, by a Magis- trate. by a Judge of the .'Iuvenile,Court of Charlottetown or Summerside, or by the Superintendent of Neglected and Delinquent Children. Medical treatment. high school training, practical courses in home nursing, sewing, cooking and laundering are given, and the girls have their own choir which enters the 'I‘r.uro Musical Festival each year, and frequently receives coveted awards. Spiritual development of the girls receives careful attention along non-sectarian lines, and a wide variety of sports is provided. The fact that not a few girls netum to the Home for a visit. some who married there. is evidence of the care and training they have received, There have been no escapes

Among the legacies to be received is $1,000‘ from the Estate of Mr. Robert

the fact that the cost offoodetuffe has risen : e — what ‘one

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Unscop, the famous body that decided a partition of Palestine, which no one would accept, got tremendous praise in those days for a Solomon’s Judgment, (says The Let- ter-Reyiew). Only trouble is that it never worked, so that U. N. Assembly now has a body instructed to work out a plan to in- ternationalize Jerusalem: Israel and Jordan both refuse to accept this; U. N. assembly has no means of enforcing its decision. Kashmir similarly exposes U. N. weak- ness. Hindustan unfortunately refuses to go ahead with a plebiscite, frankly on the ground that too much of the country might vote for union with Pakistan. Result is that nothing happens, and the danger of re- newed war conditions. Pet example of those who insist that U. N. is working is‘ the case of Indonesia. In that case, what hap- pened was that the Netherlands agreed to withdraw from an area that, as a direct consequence, is rapidly slipping into an- archy.

EDITORIAL NUIES

Nine days till Easter. I 0 I Provincial budget expenditure estimates received more consideration in committee this year than they have for a generation or more. 0 I 0 Georgetown is still being mooted as a prospective big coal centre. The Premier's references should stimulate the Eastern capital to grasp firmly their opportunities. 0 I O

P. E. I.’s car ferry is not to have a sis- ter ship serving Newfoundland. "I‘he com- bined railway car ferry and automobile ferry seems likely to remain unique. 0 I 0

Now the Legislature is practically un- animous in support of the Governments dragger policy. At one time it looked as though a political issue would be made of it. ' . .'

Newfoundland has decided to sign the Provincial tax agreement with Canada. Con- clusion of the agreement will mean that only Ontario and Quebec will remain out. Most of the agreements were signed in 1947.

The Charlottetown Board of Trade have as their guests this evening the City Jun- ior Chamber of Commerce, and Kensing- ton Junior Chamber. who have proved themselves live wires.

The New Brunswick demonstrations may have been an effective way to oppose im- position of a sales tax, but the promoters took serious chances that, once assembled, the demonstrators would behave as a mob rather than being content with “passive re- sistance. _ O O O

‘ Premier Jones‘ proposal to place on Boughton Island the gift deer offered by an Ontario man looks like a satisfactory com- promise.. P. E. I. is generally too closely settled for deer to run at large without damage to crops, but Boughton Island, or possibly the National Park, might be ideally suitable. ~

0 I 0 Members of the R. C. M. P. are to in- struct Charlottetown Boy Scouts for their Master-at-Arms badge. This direct interest taken by the “Moilnties" should do as much good towards creating proper attitudes in the boys, as will the instruction in manly arts and skills itself.

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Rt. Rev. Paul Emile Leger, 46, Rector of thq‘Pontifical Canadian College in Rome, has been named Archbishop of Montreal. Archbishop-elect Leger succeeds Archbishop Joseph Charbonneau, “whosome .weeks ago resigned because of ill health." After a short period as professor of theology at Montreal University, he was trulfeued to Japan where for six years he instructed at the Fukuoka Seminary. For a period, too, he was a professor at the Sulpician College, the Solitudes, in Paris. Archbishop Leger is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Leger of Montreal and a brother of Jules Leger, one of Prime Minister St. Laurent's secretaries.

Ludwig van Beethoven. German com- poser, died this date 1727. It as in Vienna that all his chief works were‘ mposed, and in that great musical ntre he formed many lqtlng friendships re was much in Beethoven calculated to destroy friendly re- lations, for though a man of the most. gel‘:- crous and noble character, be frequently treated his best and most intimate friends with ‘inconsiderate rudeness‘ and inclvlllty. Perhaps some portion of this defect in his

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correspondents.

Sr.—’l‘here is a matter that I- wioh to bring. as forcefully as I can. to the Veterans of Prince Edward Island. and that is in con- nection with Veterans‘ physical and financial affairs.

I first wish to say frankly that since I've become a'Mcmbcr of the House of Commons at.0b- tawa. l have had numerous ap- plications from Veterans praying and petitioning me to assist tincnt in presenting their requests for increased percentages of pension under the Veterans’ Pension Act and Veteran‘; Allowance Act. also Veterans applying to be placed on pension because of the after effects of rigorous war ser- vice. affecting their nerves and physique generally. and I a-m dis- appointed and chagrined to state that, after all the representations I have made in the Veterans‘ behalf. the administnators of Vet- erans‘ affairs have not granted one cent increase to a single one M the Veteran applicants. nor have they granted any new pensions.

I usually forward the Veterans’ petitioning letter. accompanied by my letter of recommendation ask- ing ior sympathetic and favorable consideration of the applicant's request. Now. it would seem to me. that surely it would be only reasonable to assume that one or more of the Veterans would be entitled to increase.

At this stage. I would not place the blame on the shoulders of the Minister of Veterans‘ Affairs, nor r on the Government. but I would place the blame directly on the officers administering the acts. ' I personally have made repre- sentations in a case where the Veterans’ doctor would not per- mit the Veteran to work at all because of a heart. condition. I was then told that the Veteran had the heart condition before he entered the armed forces. Now. in my opinion, this is a pure falsehood. How any medical army examiner could place a volun-, teer in category A with an exist- ing heart condition is beyond me and. even if the medical examiner’ did on‘ then and place a volun- teer in such category. subjecting him in this condition to unen'dur- able hardships. this is all the more reason for granting him an in- crease in pension now that he is unable to provide for his home. It is really dcvplora-ble that what I believe to be generous federal acts to provide for veterans should be neutralized by unsym- pathetic officials.

If there are any persons who deserve our appreciation and re- speci. it is the veterans who risk- ed their lives to defend our dem- ocralic way of lille and whose life expeciancy is now shorter than those of us who were not sub-

jected id the neFve~wracking strain

of war. There are demands being made to the Government for social se- curity measures to provide for people at both ends of life, but there is no one in our society who demands our consideration in the, same way as the veteran. ~ It is urgent that we act at once as many young veterans are passing on. My first suggestion is that all veterans should contact their as-K soclaled branches and discuss these problems. ' Secondily: Instruct all veterans making applications for relief to write to the national office of the Canadian Legion. B.E.S.L.,‘ and have them take their ease up with the parties concerned in their be- half. ‘ I believe by vigorous action on the part of the veterans‘ own or- ganization we might -expect a measure of justice. - I am. Sir. em.

'1‘. J. KICK!-IAM MP. for King's, P.E.l.

SMOI-TIN G AND DRINKING

\ Sii-.—P1ease allow me sphce for a few comments on smoking. Professor Harold Pearle, of Johns Hopkins University. compiled the life histories of 12,000 persons and traced the record of tobacco on those persons. and found that up to 70 years of age the death rate of heavy smokers was double that of non-smokers. He said there are 19 poisons in i ” o. and when tobacco kills indirectly the doctor will say it is some disease of the heart. and srrlolcing. escapes the blame. _Dr. E. C. -Princip in I recent. article under the heading smoking and babies set forth some start- ling and little known facts. He referred to experiment; with uni-I male which proved that nicotine, the poisonous alkaloid of tobacco. consistently poisons nursing‘ pups Ind cllvel. and that it poisons ofhprlpg ‘while being carried by. the mother animals, and be dis- cloau other horrible facts per- taining to humans that I would not attempt to ‘ in here. Now then, quotations from such high. authorities should convince any one that tobacco is I , ' , and ehould not be indulged in. Besides being no injurious to, health let us see how it robe‘ people of their ‘money. I heard of . I am: who would like to have

to because his c Aretha colt him mono a year. man told me that he was bi-on lit up in great. poverty because ' father spent more money. in to- bacco than his mother ‘had on which to feed the family. no doubt

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headed the right way in national I never talked with a man yet development to spend 15 times that gave up smoking but, said more per year on booze and to- -that his health was better.

baoco than we do on education. With thanks for your valuable As Canadians we have a moral space. responsibility to ourselves and to I am, Sig. etc

our children to eliminate the abuse of both these products. both by formal education and by ex-

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it. up.-There are thousands of both men and women like that poor without hope. How many smokers d 3 k h . and with 9. single thought or rn ers w o read this letter can bﬂng the world to naught’ give up these habits and save bends to ms nu“ ng will themselves? Professor Pearl tells an Mme’ am mikes C,‘ it “Never try tapering otf. Stop soundleu in life and death short and keep away from smok- although he venlshetb. 01 Wang. milk or ten. and you'll makes all the um ; gong. succeed. One good testimony Gold. void. and yet the grim don. He said he had been A heavy‘ and space is but the span smoker for 35 years and gave it of the long love of man.

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