‘There has beeg strong Liberal . criticism of the Diefenbaker Govern- ment’s attitude on federal-provincial fiscal relations, as expressed in the Speech from the Throne. At Ottawa, Hon. Mr. Pearson noted the absence of any reference toa new fiscal con- ference, or rather to a resumption of the old one, which met in 1957 ‘and

was adjourned on the understanding

“that it would be reconvened early’ i January, 1958. Instead, adjustments were made providing for an increase in the rental figure for the personal income tax field payable to the pro-

’ vinces, and for a special Atlantic Pro- vinces grant of $25 million annually

. over a four year period.

* Instead of reconvening the confer- ence the Speech proposes “continued active co-operative study of financial relations through a joint commit- tee.” Premier Matheson has indicat- ,ed that this is not at all satisfactory to Prince Edward Island, and that nothing short of a full-scale confer- ence will meet our requirements. Pre- mier Smallwood .is less critical. He would prefer a conference, but the committee meeting proposed is “per: fectly satisfactory” to him, as appar- ently it is to Premier Stanfield of No- va Scotia. The Provincial Treasurer of Saskatchewan has given warning that he will “demand” an increased per- centage of the tax collections.

This Province received nothing ex- tra from the 1958 increase in tax ren- tal figures, though we did get an ad-

2,5 nnually under the Atlantic Provinces grant. Without this aid we would be in dire straits in- deed. But we are still far short of ach- jeving a balancéd budget and of meeting increasing requirements un- der federal matching grants. We had expected to receive more under the

Atlantic grant, which was originally intended for the three Maritime Pro- vinces and was distributed four ways instead of three at the insistence of

._ Premier Smallwood. Actually, New-

—_foundland—gained nothing by this

division, since it lost out in the Royal

Commission finding on subsidy claims

an amount roughly approximating the: share it obtained—at our ex-

- pense—under the Atlantic grant. The

only gainer by this transaction was

the Federal Treasury—a fact which might well have been predicted from the outset.

We think this Preto should have protested vigorously when the four- way grant, leaving us with some $1,300,- 000m vear less than we had reason to expect we would receive at that time. However, there is still hope for an ad- justment under the conditions laid down in the Throné Speech this year. “My Government,” says the Speech, “proposes that the entire subject of financial! relations between the Dom- inion_ahd the Provinces shall receive continued active co-operative study _In that phrase entire subject” lies our hope for remedial actioh. We shall éxpect Premier Matheson to make the most of it in pressing our fisca] grievances. If he does so, per- haps he wil] be agreeably surprised. _ At any rate, he will not be worse off than when he came. back from the full-scale conferences he attended un- + @er the St.

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La arent G yovernn ient.

U.S. Price Supports

Two new = proposals respecting farm surpluses and price supports are being considered in the United -States. One is sponsored by Secre- tary of Agriculture Benson, who has never been particularly. enthusias- tic about price supports in any Yorm. His general thinking seems to be that, price: “SHpRONS.. fncgurage

‘the whole agricultural position woiild in. prove if supports were ab- andoned, or at least curtailed sharp-

the world of: Congressional ap- proval of doing away with supports, Mr Benson has contented himself with recommending a plan for their reduction. But that, too, is almost certain to be rejected byia Demo- , Sratically-controlied Congress.

*< ‘The | other proposal, sponsored

split was made in the Atlantic |

coe farmers to over-préduce and’ that.

ly. Since there is nq@t a chafiée in.

oo. _Herman E. Talmadge, t of Georgia, is to do away |

with. the present system and replace it by compen- satory payments. Under this ar- rangement, the u would guarantee and pay each farmer. an amount of money equal to the dif- ference between the price he re- ceives in the open market and 100 per cent of parity. “Parity” is a

sider fair in relation to costs. Thus, if a farmer received in the market: | $2.00 for a bushel of grain and | parity, was fixed at $2.50,: ‘the Fedé- ral -Government would pay the :farmer 50 cents a busheJ. That is the way it would work. Reports say that farmers’ organizations are showing increasing support for the, pga. seat

The administration, however, is _opposed to it, on the grounds that it would cost more than the present arrangement and, besides, would mean less freedom for producers. It would be interesting to know what our own agricultural officials think of the idea.

Then And Now “Russia is’ playing the most stupendous game that is now ‘in progress om the map of the world. It is Russia now, as it was Russia in the past, that causes the greatest fears, despite her friendly protesta- ‘tions. She has a settled policy of Asiatic conquest. Steady, sometimes stealthy and sometimes ostenta- tious, but always certain in her ad- vance. In methods very different, she absorbs. one country on one side of the continent, and on the other side -acquires another. Ruler vy succeed ruler and niinistry ministry, but there is a continuous process, perhaps an in- evitable race movement in the Rus- sian push eastward. Sufficiently Asiatic to understand the art of conquering and assimilating Asiatic }populations,the Russian has _advan-__ tages that no purely European con- _.queror can hope for—whether his conquest be by arms, by industry, by diplomacy or by trade.”

Thus does history adhere to a continuous process. The above pas- sage might have appeared in this morning’s paper. Actually, it ap- peared in an American magazine in

| May, 1901. The main issue then was, curiously enough, a Middle East issue—Russia’s threat to Persia, -now Iran. At that time, of course, Russia was ruled by a Czar. But the system of Government, doesn't seem to matter much, as far as Russia’s dreams of conquest are concerned The policy of Khrushchev in the middle of the 20th century is very similar to, almost identical with, that of the Czar at its beginning.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Russia is the only country that has expressed approval of the wholesale executions in Cuba. Whether this has any special signi- ficance, it is difficult to say; but it does look a little suspicious.

” ‘ + ” ”

Henry Clarke, a 90-year-old Yorkshireman, advertised for a. wife. He received 149 written of- fers and a number of: telephone in- quiries. For the time being at least, | he knows that it pays to advertise

* ” ~ =

Commander Allan Noble has re- signed from the British Cabinet be- cause, as he puts it, “I don’t want to spend the rest of my life in politics.” He is a rare type of poli- tician. Most of them stay in until- the electors put them out.

* * * +

Mr. Diefenbaker says that it is not “fit and proper’ for defence chiefs to comment publicly on Government policy. -Perhaps _ not. Certainly, such cémment, when critical, is embarrassing to the Government. We recall, however, that when the Conservatives were

ai

** in opposition, they rejoiced’ in “criticism ? of Government policy made by high army officers.

ey se | ® *

Randolph -Churchill appears to be a thorn in the flesh of the British Conservative. Party. He can: take comfort in the knowledge that his distinguished father was one in a somewhat similar position: It is uri- likely that the son will ever reach the eminence achieved by the father.. He may yet, however,_find a prominent place in political af- fairs. He certainly has ability, whatever his faults may be.

pPagreements,

LUNAR LEAPFROG

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In The Home

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THE WAY

tant Shoes were not always lefts and rights? There were ne lefts or rights until about 1860. Then the

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this is desirable if the drug is indicated. But it also means that .it is_dowbly important to keep aspirin, and similar common tended to

pain - relieving

: eo > ask af the deep ruts of | reach of all childree,

carriers. As |

ONE OF MANY

Aspirin is only one of the om) Geographic News / merous potentially - poisonous. - substances found in the average | home. You probably don't even, vould think of the others, as being dan-| ada. has very little value gerous. | othe US. Kis sterile and thinly

Let’s make a quick search of| populated. It is unlikely that! your home, room-by-room, an di | Congress will ever consent to the see what we find. ) giveaway of American territory

The bathroom contains all sort | but. in all goodwill there should of potential poisons. In addition | be no insuperable obstacles to ne- to the ever - present aspirin bot gotiating whatever access corri-!

edge of Alaska. great value to Can- |

OTTAWA REPORT

Parliamentary Secretaries

By Patrick Nicholson

Hope deferred has made the heart sick for many ambitious backbench Consefvative M.Ps. who for nearly a year have seen themselves as suitable candidat- es for one of the vacant posts as Parliamentary Assistants.

Over the previous fifteen years, promising supporters of the Gov- ernment have been appointed to these posts. From. ten: to four-

teen of the busiest Cabinet Min- isters have each had a Partia-

are “to onalal a Minister of re Crown and to vepresent his De partment in the House of Com-

mons in such manner and to such: the Minister may deter- |

extent as mine." Those quoted words were spoken by our then Prime Min- ister. the Right Hon. W Mackenzie King,*when he for- mally launched that new post six- teen vears ago.

In April 1943. Mr. King creat- ed ten such posts, each to carry an additional salary of $4.000 a year. Mr. King took the unortho- dox step of creating those posts | by Order-in-Council, namely by Cabinet action. instead of the more usual method of allowing Parliament to pass a Bill estab- lishing the posts.

WAR EMERGENCY At that time, Mr. King appoint-

Le.

ed seven M. Ps to be the first\

those posts. and subsequently

ocupants of announced his act in Parliament. Among first ‘appointees were Mr. King’s Three Bright Young Men. all of whom subsequently achieved Ca- binet Rank under their bene‘ac- tor: Pau! Martin. Brooke Clax- ton and Doug A*bott

those.

| ed by

Mr. King explained to the House of Commons that he had created those posts by Order-in- Council, and had had their salar-

‘ies: provided on a yearly basis

through the Estimates rather than in perpetuity by Statute, Because he wished to regard them as “more or less tempor- | ary posts."’ This, he. said, was| preferable in time of war, and | would give Parliament an oppor-| tunity to see » the advantages afd disadv 4 the posts. “1 ‘all hope. added then Prime Minister. ‘“‘that soon after the war as possible, Bill might be passed to perte- tuate the system

Unfortunately the phrase “‘as soon after the\ war as possible.’ | did not inclide the remaining three years of Mr. Kings Prime

as |

Ministership, nor the nine years |

of Mr. St. Laurent’s Ministry Thus, at long last, that old ir-! reguiaritY was _ inherited by |

Prime Minister Diefenbaker. and |

he has taken steps to have it corrected, by the significant phrase included in the Governor General's Speech from the Throne last week: “You will. be ask- ed to approve a statute to auth- orize the appointment of Parlia- |

mentary Secretaries to Minis- ters of the Crown.” | Thus the deferred hope has been brought to palpitating life again in the hearts of at least

thrice the fourteen Conservative | M.Ps who will be honoured by appointment to these posts as soon as the. Bill has been pass- Parliament and received Roya! Assent

It. is interesting to note that

the salary,

| ada not to be raised during these

| ond P.P.S

as already submitted in the Estimates, is still $4.000 as it was when introduced by Mr. King sixteen years ago - surely the only salary anywhere in Can-

|

inflation! |

REASON FOR POST

The urgent desire of so many} ambitious M.Ps to. attain the}

sixteen locust-years of

rank of Parliamentary Assistant | turpentine,

or, as it is henceforth to be call-

ed, Parliamentary Secretary, is; that it-is the first step on the| ladder of political advancement.

The appointment gives the ris- ing M.P. a chance to learn about} Departmental Administration and |

| the time when he himself’ may the be promoted to Cabinet Rank. At

Ministerial work, as training =

the same time, it focuses the

| limelight on him and on many. of

his: rivals, and enables the Prime | | Minister and other Cabinet mem- bers to assess their relative mer- its.

Political historians might be in | terested in the long trail leadi ng | to the present proposed Bill. Mr. King himself actually ap- pointed Ottawa's first ‘‘Parlia- mentary Private Secretary” 1921, when Lucien ‘Pacaud of Me- gantic was made assistant to the | \Secretary of State for External | Affairs ‘who was Prime Minis- ter King himself, in a dual role In the Throne Speech in 1936,

and again in 1943,. phrases simi- |

lar to that incthis year’s Throne Speech were read, but not. acted upon Yt was not until Mr. King took his arbitrary step by Cabinet action in 193 that Ottawa's sec- was appointed, to fol- low up the Pacaud experiment which Mr. King described as “a very real assistance to me.” while deploring that ters will not follow my example and appoint P-P.Ss to themsel- ves’.

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U.S. And Latin America

By Ken Smith

Canadian Press Staff Writer

Milton Eisenhower's recent re- commendations to shore up sag- ging Un.ted States-Latin Amer- ican friendships’ are getting a quick test with a visit to the U.S. from President of Argentina.

The recommendations

“= made earler this month by Pres>

ident Ei senhower's brother after a fact - finding trip to Central. America to try to find the basis of a new US.*Latin American policy spots

Frohdizi has’ come to the U.S asking in effect that the U.S. put action to his words.

A: zentina is racked with labor and econemic woes which already threaten violence: One of Fron- dizi’s chief aims is to try to get closer economic ties with the U.S. Milton Eisenhower's recommen; dations, if followed, could go a long way toward achieving thaf. MARKETS NEEDED

“Argentina and _ other American countr.es have long claimed that their domestic ills wotiid d Sappvear ence their stand- ard of living was improved and an assured market found for their predycts. Since the war, es- pecially, the people have looked to the U.S. to make these aims poss: ble

The U.S., occupied with the cold wan and recurring ‘crises in other parts ¢ . the world: stoug- ged off repe South Amercan calls for such aids as better trade an inter - American bank that could finance develop ment projects and commodity price agreements.

The U.S. pointed to tpe hun- dreds of . millions of ~ dollars poured into South America for years in public !oans and private investments and said ip.e‘fect it was dceing as much as it could; the rest was up to South America itself. -———

RECESSION EFFECTS

The business recession, with its resultant cutbacks in sales of commodities, had severe eco- nom.c repercussions in several South American countries and led te an outburst of anti-American

South

Arturo Frondizi |

aimed at healing trouble |

}

= such as the mob a! tacks on Vice-President Richard | Nixon. during his goodwill tour | last spring. These atiacks spurred the U.S into trying to do someth q about |

| the situation and resulted (9 Mil- were/|ton Eisenhower's fact - finding |

‘tour this summer. a4

‘ Hi§ report calls for more U.S

for the |

a as

understanding and sympathy the needs and feelings of South American pecple. and broader policy of economic sistance

| NEW ATTITUDE)

He suggested as a basic policy that the U.S. receive Latin Amer ican democratic leaders with a warm embrace and dictators with only a handshake. A friendly U.S. attitude toward dic- tators has enraged all freedom- loving South Americans,:he said.

Underlining his words now is the anti-American blast last week of Cuban rebel ' leader Fide!

‘posed

| and

Castro, who sharply attacked the U.S. for sending a military mis- sion’ guns and planes to deposed dictator Fulgenc.o Batista Milton Eisenhower also

setting up as quickly an inter-Americ called for by Argentina, the U.S:, as

pro-

as possible

a move rejected by recently as 1957

It is likely that Frondizi will renew the-¢ -all, drawing on Milion Kisenhower's Teport to ) oe tis arguments

/ IGNORED EARLIER

The report also recommended | | U.S. ..co-operacion on committees seeking to stabilize commodity prices, encouragement of Latin | American trading communities

| and stepped-up technical aid

There is no doubt that such | programs would make South American countries_hapvier. But in the report's intreduction, Mil- ton Eiserhower makes one dis-

couraging comment.

Pointing out \that he made a similar trip in 1953, with a sim- lar aim, he says that he made essentially the same recommen- dations then as now—’ must add a note of urgency ...

Canada’ s Lo s Lop

A report from the British Col- umbia Government's Bureau of Economics and Statistics estim- ates that Province’s present pop- ulation at 1,550,000, an increase ' of 60,000 since the first of the year. If this rate of growth, or anything approaching it, is .main- tainedg in the -months ahead, , B.C. is certain to pass the 1,600, 000 mark in 1959—almost twice the 1941 figure .of 818,000

For a Proyince to double population in 18 years is: a re markable achievement. It has never been duplicated anywhere else in Canada, except during periods of pioneer settlement. It is a testimony to the boom con- ditions produced in British Co- lumbia by the ment of its timber, mineral and power resources, and by the ex- | pansion of mnauafteuring An impressively large part of the increase was the fesult of migra- tion from other Provinces and) other countries. Between 1941

its |

sided Growth

Mail, Toronto

| 1941,

rapid develop- |,

and 1956, B.C. received some 45.070 migrants. Numerically, his is less than Ontario's influx of 680.331 in the same _ period, put as a percentage figure it is much higher.

While Tritish Cohimbia's rapid growth is a matter for congratu- ation,

development. three Provinces besides B C. have. experienced a rate of trowth appropriate to a new ountry in a period of high pros- srity and substantial immigra- on. The population of Ont. rose

| COMMON TRAPS

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in|

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‘an bank |

‘but now I}

it emphasizes once again ; ‘he lopsided nature of Canada's ; In the years since |

tle, we find candy laxatives, dis-| dors to the open sea Canada| infectants, liniment, eye drops, | needs for the development of its boric acid and probably some) northern regions which have:a barbiturates.

future of incalculable promise.— * Buffalo Evening News ©

In the bedroom there is nail

polish remover, nitrobenzene shoe ippers

polish. hair dye, permanent wave frog Fasge the oo

solution. moth balls made | ecieisiaabinets of Canada for

naphthalene and camphor and) e<:ablishment of a one rate zone

cologne containing ethyl alcohol.| jg p_ FE. 1., it was learned yes- | Now let's peek into the living | terday. ?

room and the playroom-work- 2

shop. There we might find lead-

Island farmers may benefit materially in development of peat resources for soil improve- ment purposes as a result of a survey conducted. last summer by Mr. A. A. Swinnerton, Ot- tawa, in co-operation with the Provincial Government. The re- port sr‘the location of two

1 sized bogs in the province;-.gt Black Banks and East Bideford..

hobby fluids, mode! airplane glue, typewriter cleaner and, of-course, lighter fluid. The kitchen undoubtedly con- tains furniture and metal polish- es, detergent concentrates. am- monia, lye and insecticides BASEMENT DANGERS In the basement we may find kerosene, bleaches, fabric dyes, tetrachloride and perhaps

sem

| read, with the excaption that not

More than one out of a ‘housand

of them can read this indetible notation that appears on the in- side of collars of most shirts: “Do not starch."’—Woodstock Sentinel-Review ee

- BEFORE THE’ BEND IN THE ROAD -

Loneliness is an old crow Pecking at mercies, so plain @

thing That bird fanciers ignore it Because it was there long before Their votive quest was courted. It caws there black with remorse Though it is stout as.a penguin; surely it never migrates away But thrives about — in fruitless days Sating of everyones folly. In gaunt and bitter truth it Must be the grimmest bird-guard- ing Its rights without ceasing, even If beyond the next bend in the he road Whimsical thrushes sing favors. —David Cornel DeJong In the New York Herald-Tribune

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The dwelling and. barber shop | of Mr. Frank Vuozzo, Montague, was totally destroved by fire Sa- turday morning. The loss. estimat- / ed at $1,600. was covered by in- surance. The fire started about \ $45 a.m. around the flue in the attic. Members of the family | who had not arisen escaped in | scanty’ clothing.

YOUR OPP MAN

In the vicinity of 1,500 people | were turned away through lack | of seating accommodation at the | Prince Edward Theatre last eve-

ning. The address by “Silent ‘Bill | Biddle on “Does Crime Pay” was scheduled to start at 8.30, but before that hour.the theatre was~full and crowds lined the sidewalk as far as the Bank of Commeree corner.

He will be in town next week. If you

would like an inter- TEN YEARS: AGO (Jan. 21, 1934)

Farma! application by the Transportation Commission of the Maritime Board of Trade nas been made on behalf ef the P.E_I.

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tion, to discuss career

Edward Island remained virtual- opportunities for you ly stationary; it had 95,000 in- : habitants in 1941 and 99,000 in) 1957. Saskatchewan actually lost| Deople; the figure -was 895.000 in 1941 and only 879.000 is 1957 The meaning of these statistics -is plain. The population, the wealth and the industfy of @ana- da are more and more beimg con- | cemtrated in two sections—the Great LakesSi. Lawrence reg- ion and the Pacific Coast. The rest of the country is advancing: much more slowly, and in some

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om 3,788,000 in 1941 to 5,622,000 ( 1957; that of Que. from 3,322, ‘00 to 4,758,000: ‘om 796,000 to 1,160.000. Els

Vhere the situation was differ- | “m™. Three Provinces had mod-+ »st increases in the ‘same period Nova Scotia from 578,000 to 702. 900; New Brunswick from 457, 000 to 565,000; and Maintoba

from 730,000 to 960,000. Prince’

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| tion. One of Canada’s basic

problems has always been the

disparity in development and op- ‘sortunity between different sec-| cons. If this ‘disparity continues | > grow at its present rate, with-| tt a serious national effort to. orrect it, we can expect a grow-!

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