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‘IIIE llIIAIILIITTFIuviII GUARDIAN

Morning Deli; (Funded In “I'll Pruldcnta Lieut- Cci. W. Chester B. ll Viol-President: J. B. Secretary: Licut. Cnlis D. A. Mackinac

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TUESDAY. APRIL II. l9“

Conference Postponed

Ihe Doniiinon-Provincial Conference, which at one time had been expected in the Easter re- cess, trill not likely be held in 1944. says Cfllllv dian Business. 0r, if this year, very late in the season. Reasons for this are many. One is that provincial elections will be held this year in Quebec and in Saskatchewan, possibly iii other pfOYlllCes. The purpose of the conference will be to reach an agreement on the establishment of llllllklllll social welfare measures, of which the uiliiiinisiratiie responsihiiity- will rcst largely “m, {w prtnliltjfs, lliis l: what the bpeech from thc Throne said: ".\ considerable itieasure 0f social s£‘Clll'll\ i. already provided tindu‘ fed- eral and itrcwiiicial leg:slatzoii, but the working out oi a comprehensive national scheme, in winch‘ federul tntil provincial activities will be integrated and which will include naiioti-iride health insurance, will require further consulta- tion and close co-operation with the provinces." lt .1<‘l€ll.'l that. when suitable arrangements had been made with the provinces. the Federal Gov- Ii‘lii' 'lll V-illl/l lti'l'I'_‘ l~ fi-rt- llarliaitient a health insurance s-xheme. a more generous old age pen- sions siheme.

But the pl'O‘-'I.~l"7l‘l of familv allowances was definitely promised in the present session, with- out reference to an agreement with the pro- vinces. Stuilv oi the distribution oi children throughout Canada and the probable cost. at $9 per week per child, have shown that costs n-tav be well in excess of $200 million a year Tainilv allowz-tiiires may be as far as the Federal lii-iwertimcni vill zv- iii new social welfare meas- ii. ~ uhiili dlf’ mainly post~war in their ap- plication at the present time. There are 3,600,- ooo children 1n (janada tinder the age of i7 years. If the entire population is covered in the family allowance scheme. the cost will be about $388 nvllzriti a tear.

li the Ferleral Fioverrirnent strikes off its i944 agenda the proposed Dominion-Provincial Cr-nferc-tice. it will he clearing the decks for a federal election. This view is held in many sf-itiiui. iii riwpviiisihle flttawa opinion. Later iii the year. later than expected, .\Ir. King will git to Lciiirlon for the conference of Prime Min- ' s of the British nations. This places the bility of an election well into the later lt. of i944, if it is called this year. But r-ulitiml i-»li~ei'\'i>rs realize that the dominant factor‘ in Cauirliati political rlevelopntcnts in th= inirnednlte future will be the Allied opera- twn: t1'1i".'!1=f liv-rinaitv- in western Ettrope. \\’Iieii will the second front come? Not onlv Illllrl that question he attswcred. hut the relat- el iiiusticin of how long it will take t0 defeat lieriiiiiiiy- as well. before speculation on the next Canadian election can become definite. An elec- titin in the fall czzniiot he ruled out entirely.

But Une A irolumnist. in the \\indsor Star notes that ie Liberals voted for daylight saving to be rctainvtl in l'l'lllCf‘ liclward island and all the Co|i>i.'i'\.i1i\cs voted to abolish daylight saving. '1 nu. tliil the lrltllltl piiintcitins prom that par- tics line up for or against according to parties and not according to the way the individuals think. I

".\ii innch of ihc legislation in Canada and in the provinces is jockeyeil around by parties. _Ill:I liccatise title party thinks something good, the other party feels it has to oppose the idea and try to pick flaws in the suggestion.

"lt is titlerly silly to think of daylight saving causing pariic. to divide titi partisan lines. lt shows what ,1 yoke the parties can make of legislation when they allow it to split them down the tniddlc on questions like that.

“but, it has itlvrays been the way. If one partv makes a stiggestion, the other parties con- (l"!ll|l the idea, men though they know it is gfrffl.“

lii fairness to .\I.r. Raitisav, First Distrirt of Prince. it may he added that he did not vote with his I.ll1(‘l'2ll colleagues but with the Op- pcisiticiii on this issue.

Another Coal Inquiry

ihcrc is to |;c another Royal Commission in- quiry tutti the Canadian coal industry. 1n aii- nnuricitiq the (ioveritmenfs decision prior to the rccessiiig of Parliament, Hon. C. D. Howe outlined the duties of the commission as “study- ing all aspects cit‘ the production and distribution at ciul iii Canada, to report to the (Iiovernitient with rcizriniiiieiidutions for such alterations 0f the prewar coal policv as its findings may indi- :ate as necessary or desirable."

This definition of the comtnissioifs functions. says the (ilohe and .\lail. is not to be taken as the prrci~c term. iif reference. Neither, tin- fiirtiniuteli. can it he taken as assurance of the floieriiinents deterniznation to solve the lotig- standing fuel problem (In the record of Royal Commissions and of special Tarlian-ientarv etiniiiiittrc iiiirsligatiiuis intri coal, the natural ri-iiclusiiiii will he that another commission is but the substitute for action.

llicre is no other fragment of the national e-“rin-wniv ivhirli has bran so thoroughlv studied. m lrrqueiitlv lll‘.P~llg3IPFI and an widelv re- pr-rtiwl I'll its i-i-iil. ll is no exaggeration to sav tlir "tlir piii/lti-iii-n .iii~l dislrihiitioti nf coal in tkinacla." oi sriitw plia=e of these operations. hair l~."fn dll1l">l innstanllv under examination from the last war to the present one. There was the special cnmtnittee of the House of Contmrms in irizi-zz, there was the Mcfiregor ("ommissioit n! VH2 <3. r1|l"l lllPte was th- Roval Commission on aiithrntitr iii icttFi-_t;_ in mention but _, f";

Fri the in“ N". and regardless of ti» bountiful recommendations these surveys

brought forth, the policy on coal has been a subventiori herepa subsidy there; always some form of Treasury bonus to meet a special plea or circumvent an "emergency" in sortie section of the industry. Never has there been a forth- right attempt to employ the accumulated sur- veys and recommendations in facing the coal problem for what it is, a national problem. Un- less there is the intention of evolving a national fuel policy, there is little to hope for from an- other__Royal Commission now.

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EDIIURIAL NUIIIS i.

Spring has now set in, and in a month's time planting will be general. U U i I Prospects are bright for a continuance of all summer work at Bruce Stewarts, full speed

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The railway locomotives should provide quite a lot of repair work as 5001i as the freight tie- up has been straightened out.

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Drafting married women for urgent domes- tic service jobs in hospitals and institutions is the latest example of Britain's woman-potter shortage. Since single wonien are in €>S?llIlJI war jobs, married women are now being called to fill the critical need for 30,000 women in this work.

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The five sloops of the Royal Navy which destroyed six U-boats in twenty- day's are the first sloops to come into prominence. The. sloop i5 still swifter and bigger and more heavily armed than the frigate and seems to he at least rim answer to the C-btuat. $loop5 are one of the faniilv of t"‘>l'l\f\V\‘-f.iCOl'l ships that have grown up since the war and have contributed so much to the doom of Ilnenitz. and his U-lioats.

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Pupils who attend school in Brandon, .\lan., learn more than reading, ’riting and rithinctic —the_v have lessons in old-fashioned etiquette as well. For the past two years courses in "good manners" have been part of the. school curri- culum Superiittentlent T. .\. Xerliii and his

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staff believe that such courses will have far- reaching results and will later stand the pupils

in good stead.

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There is a sign outside the Newark office of the Ministry‘ of Information Emergency ln- foritiation Service which says, “.\n1erican In- formation". Thg result has been a constant stream of enquiries, including one from an Ani- erican who wanted to know \\'h_v the telephone operators say “you're through" before he has started.

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Penicillin "The \\'onder Drug" has reached India, Capable research workers have evolved a quicker growing method in India wl-rch takes a quarter of the time hitherto taken iit lzihcira- tories elsewhere. Wheat-bran. is the secret iif their success. lt has now been discovered that

the penicillin growth on a wheat bran medium has an average activity of 3o oxford tinits per gramme, ivhereas the mould produced from su» gar or glucose stilutirin, the method used iii \\t‘>- tern laboratories, yields only three to four units per cubic centimetre. ii ii i Gibraltar ceded to Britain this dale i713; it is a naval base of vital strategic importance to Lireai Britain and hei- Allies; it was captured i704 during the war of the Spanish Sticcession. by a combined Dutch and English force. under Sir George. Rooke, and was ceded to Great Bri- tain ufiie years later by the Tireaty of Utrecht; several attempts have been made to retake it, the most celebrated being the great sicgc of 1779-83, when General lilliot, afterwards Lord Heathffeld, held it for three years and seven- moittlis against a combined ITrench and Spanish force; during tunnelling tipcratioiis in thc prc- sent war a cavern of great beauty with stalactitc, columns, apparently sealed for 111311)‘ years was rediscovered and now designated "Lower .\ficke_v's Cavern." i Canada, “a supposedly eitliglitened deitiocracv" habitually spends less on educating its young than it does on alcoholic li uor, according to an editorial iii the Winnipeg ree Press. Canada. as a whole, in i937 spent $io8,899,ooo on educa- tion, says the editorial. and, while admitting "there has. of course. lieeii a further T€C0\'€l'_\' since i937," fifiillls, out that "it has been estimat- ed that the Canadian liquor bill ii-i i939 was $153,000,000. Last y-ear it was put at $250,000,- The editorial continues: “These are surely figures which will bring all thinking Canadians up sharply. The only real asset this country or any country has is its young. Yet we spend less educating our young than we do on al- cohol."

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According to a usually well-informed Ot- tawa correspondent there is doubt whether the present session of Parliament when it restinies after Easter-tide will continue right through to August to fitiisli its IICAY)‘ legislative duties. or prorogtie in _|uly and have another special ses- sion in September. Should good fortune at- tend the greatest invasion in history the King Government may be tempted to conclude the sessiniial program and appeal to the electorate either late this year or early in i945. .\lr. King on the last da_\' of the recent strings indicated that resolutions standing iii his name. would be called and it is notable that three of them are related to post~war legislation. lt is apparent the governmetit is not disposed unduly tn de- lav the social scctirity and rehabilitation nit-as- ures One of the Prime .\linister's resolutions calls for the establishment of a department of recntistruction tn cushion the nation against the shock nf demobilization; another looks to the

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THE CHARLOYT’!

PUBLIC FORUM

INCOME TAX DIDUCTIONI

Slr,-- It may be news w m!!! people that. the income tax ex- emption o! 8108 per child we heu- about includes the swings portion

$54 P! Y9"- If f: weren't for the peyroli da-

heve been in for e urllier aur- prlse as there seems to be e nigger

fiver $660 Ind apparently exempt- ions 1'01- depcndenu an reduced

e 81.500 income the nte with one child l; the ume ls for the child- less, $31 fixed and $31 savings. Not until the taxable income is over

to $54 for a single child, and with three children ran income over $1.860 i5 required in order to bene- fit to the extent of $54 each. Instead 0f $108 as we thought, the chart shows outrlflht allow-

on the lower lnocmee:

One Child Two none s 7.00 30-00 92.00 45.00 37.00 54.00 54.00

Income $1300 $1400

$1500 $1870

Three

8 8.88 19. 20.33 54.00

I think the married men with e

should be entitled tn n little more consideration. Don't you?

I am, Sir, etc

J. W. GILBERT.

right tax as given on the lnccnie tax form. TTPOWTRMD copies were sent to a few newspapers and they apparently found my figures to be correct:

Chlid- One lem Child m Three SOO-Tax s 3i sat an 49o as as 21

Income $1 Si

'1 l0 I2 78 24 1n addition to the above, there l! an equal amount of savings port- ion tax from which certain insur- ance and mortgage payment; are dsduetable.

1N PRAISE or nit. oiuivr

Sin-In ycur Public Pbrum of 8th instant appeared a letter un- cer above heading the object of wlucii seemed to be t: get a dirty digr, at our Federal membe Dr. T. V. Grant. at the expense of our transportation difficulties without which our daily papers would af- ford very dull feeding.

I am wondering lf the chap who wrote the letter referred to, had been our Federal representative since 1905 would he have succeed- ed In securing the Basin Head boat harbour at a cost of $50,000, and which will remain. u a monu- ment to Dr. Grant‘: memory for all time to come? If he would have built a new boat harbour at Red Head. a new boat. harbour at McFarlanes Cove, a new boat nar- bcir at Georgetown. and a new ivhzrf at Murray Huber? If he would have put modem conveni- ences In the stations at Montague Murray Harbor, Murray River, etcf. If h; would have seen to lt that every wharf and boat harbor in Kings County were thoroughly

ln the ‘s County, as eetor admits Grant since

fng was neglected Public Works ln Kl everv fair-minded to the credit of Dr. 1936?

The writer of the letter referred to. shows his lack of information when he stat/es that the Govern- ntetat savi flt to grant a pension to ti“ Captain ivln was held respon- sib1= for the sinking of the S.S. " lottetswii." and I am not ,0 . to waste my energy in try- l‘\'>. t1 educate him. but for the benefit. of others who might. pay attention I should like to point our that the Government did not gran: a pension to the Captain. Th pension which the Captain receiv ed was his own. He had paid out of his salary a percentage of his wages for a Brent many years, tn- h tti- Railwnv Brotherhood, to provide himself with I pension on retirement.

I understand the only ti-ilnas which would debar the Captain from getting hls pension would be dlshonestv and drunkenness. and no oni- can accuse the much belov- ed Captain of any such misfortunes as thqse.

I 1,111, 51:, etc... KING'S COUNTY ELECTOII-i April 10. 1944.

Locking“? Stable Door

(Halifax Chroniclei

The failure of appreciation of the value of the 5:11:01 teacher in war by the Dominion nutorities has had a serious effect cm the training of the young, From Fred- ericton comes a Canadian Press despatcn reporting the Director of Edueatlcn for ttew lrunswlck as flying t/hat. more then 30 schools have been closed ovdn: to lack of teachers.

Provincial Departments o: Educ- ation for 5.10m! time protected tlhg nssentlallty of school tewhers. Children need school cure. Teach- ersvare vita to the war effort at tiiezr posts. It was only last. June that the authorities decided that. teachers were to he frozen tn their Drofessicn. But that was like lock- ing the stable door after the horse

creation of a departitteiit of veterans’ affairs to l'lPlII irith petisittns and the re-eiitablislttttent in civilian life rif the arniril fii|'rri._ while .l tliiivl wriiilrl set up a dfparliurnl of sfliflal ivelfarr- In rleal with social securitv and the welfare- of the people. These three nitastires “filllfl form the basis for the government's post-war program to promote the interests of the returning forces, those at home who viill Jlrfi want the assurance of emplovment, and also prmirl.» the aflmlllll" trattve machineryi for the national health insiir-

ant-e scheme.

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If Mnclhersan meuure near from the ground up. Int to volt. there is no excuse

so the actual eiloweccc is really l

ln the wood pile. The tax for a married mm ls figured on income

by other tutor; u we find that. for

$1560 doe-s the exemption lmoiint.

ances for each chfd to be much less M

wife at home bringing up a faintly I"

PST- Hers t5 the fixed oi- out- p

repaired every year and thatnoth- brewer W!“ line of 1n many Provinces for Pubic school

ETOWN ‘GUARDIAN

Maritimes Rally Round

(Out-ewe Jcurnel) 5 The Maritime: Province m, rallying to the a incc Edward Ishtar! In i demand for improvement; of its connection; with the main and cf Ounce. The Hell-i fax Really: beast 901mm t-Igyv‘ impose y m a , fury that, "efficient and cominw. oue oommunicltion" premised the island Dmvince when it cabana Confederation more than “VQMY

iductlon; the smut taxpayer would m0!‘

for construction of a tunnel er e post-war pmlect, unless ft. is provea an engineering impossibility, and urge; the Dominion Iovcrnmont. to give the question ate study. to prepare pllns IO mm W01‘! =10 be undertaken without delay when the time ezrfvfl. ' »

The Telemann-Journal simmer- tzes in these words whet it. eels the island's "sirens Mid 6°11- vlnctng case" for construction of n tunnel to carry botth rail end mot/or traffic:

"1. Prince Edward I-illnfl W!‘ only induced to enter Confeden. atlori (this lii 1873) by the DWI-Knits: continuous and adequate com- munication, winter and summer. with the railway systems 0f the mainland. 111s ferry service, no matter how good it hu been. hll never been onttnuoiu‘ in the strict sense of the W011i; has always, been eubjtnt to interruption front- oi-ie cause or another. The rest of Canada nu a cleu obligetton to ehc‘

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land. "2. Prince Edward Island has been under a very hBlVY handicap due to the high 00st 0! mflVlni go o d s across Northumberlsnd! Strait. This has worked Him" regress and has prevented t-hep full reaizstton the Hand's potentialities. l “3. A tunnel, by removing bu“, rlers to development, would create new values, new industries, new, sources of income from which the‘ federal treasury would get returns both dlmtly and indirectly. "4. Most o! the money spent on the tunnel would be pbld out in wage; at. n. time vchen, most. ‘pro- babfy. public undertakings W1 be necessary to prevent, tcntponry un- emtpciymerit." O ‘The question has become mute ln the Marttlmea, aim especially of course in Prince Edward Islsnd, becauie there is 110w only one ferry in obi-ration, and if l Ls hampered by lee oi- bad we: er. as has happened in the put winter, or breaks down, the Island Ls hoisted except for aircraft. But at best. a ferry service aver tidal waters cannot be as fact and efficient a service as modern con- ditions demand. Prince Eldwlitd fslanrl has immense possibilities u a tourist centre. but they cannot. be realized if, u h stantly before the put, down on the touristic car, visitor; arrlvlni at. er leaving the Island often have to welt. hours for a ferry. Prince Edward Island ls no, un- reasonable In asking that. at lent an inquiry be made into me tunnel project. In fact that. province hi! een extremely patient, over I l0!!! period of indifference on the pert of federal authorities to its special situation. had been stolen. The situation E1 New Brunswick the result. In Wat-tame l; s the iupomlbtl- lty of the Government tc decide wnsre a man Dr woman can be placsgl best for the effective pro- secution of the war. During the the annual salaries

teachers were dlsgracefully low. Conditions have been improved Slantly since than, but not, much. So it. was not unnatural to find that. teachers, when the opportunity of war industry offered itself, aece-ptieq new Jobs with higher pay,

Had the Ottawa Administration apphecl compete compulsory nat- ional selective service for the force-s, the farms and the factories, we would ‘not. be faced with the p“. sent dlfllfililblfig concerning man- WWET- 3V6" yet the steps taken with regard w teachers are not fully effective, for IQ§LLLIQ§§ or the h Importance of

ti!" 9T. he Ls still b

draft for heme defeiilzlefiecn to the case; the Selective S

have shown fairness in

heart of the matter. V lu t

lisftneny, of the male sebum? fig’:

ifipfifglfiss of euentlality L; p”. e .

in the case of t1 , t teachers there it llttl: fliite clflwii,‘ done novi. itmt cf the r" voung IMF-n have been tn the (one; (ml some time. But 1t lhFig ti , an adequate overall u _ POW?!’ the schocl teadhei: gilt n33; Vfiluable contribiirioit wouq m; have been passed over.

FLEET STREET

I never see the newsbuys tun Amid the iivhtrihis street.

tomb. Wit-h unrest. Arohanxel Micheal e81’; i And nae them runnln: from the Fleet. A; messengers of God with Heaven's tidings choc! l About their brave UEYéPJTIQtI feet.

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Another Shifter llilliiian Suit And Another Wall Dressed Man

inn to blly the best Ind have e men such u J. P. you. one that has learned the finel- Personel appearance Ilium I for Iii-filling clothes.