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4

Mr. Pearson & Thie“Soviels

Why did Liberal Leader Lester VB. Pearson go out ofhis way in a re-V cent. speech to assure his listeners that he had never been “soft”, to- wards 1 Communism? The only oc- casion on which his name was men- tioned -irrthat way-—-andthen only in an indirect fashion-—-was at the time of the_ lamented death_’of Am- bassador Norman in Cairo. Some- one connected with .a Congres- sional.‘ inquiryhinted that Mr. Pear- son was not as firm in his opposition to international Communism /as he might be. That, at any rate, is our recollection. But the suspicious , in-'

‘ ference was given very‘ little cre- dencein the United States and none , ,

at all in Canada.

No» Canadian has the slightest,

doubt of Mr. Pearsorfs loyalty to the democratic way of life; and there ls no reason at all (why he should feel called ‘upon to defend his re- cord inthis respect.’ * ’ - 1 Mr. Pearson’s suggestion that the. West should work for a ‘‘split’-’- be- 1:ween~Russiain imperialism and na- tional Communism‘ is another mat.- ter. Frankly, we are a little surpris- edgthat he mentioned this..,_As' every- one knows, he’. was an influential figure in "the United. Nations when the Hungarians, buoyed up by Wes- tern urgings to throw off the yoke of Etussian imperialism, took -the risk, with consequences which were cruel-

'ly§,1sha"ttering' to themselves: and

sham.eful to the free world which,

wlien the chips were down, cowered

before Soviet threats. Now, Mr. Pearson is suggesting in effect that the other- Hungary did, without any more as- surance than that co,unt,ry' had? that. the: West would come to its aid. That must be the interpretation of his hope that -“the Communist country.

that broke away would then decide i

its dwnfifate”. , ' Mr." ‘Pearson knows ‘ as well as?

anyone that no country now under‘ '

Soviet domination has -the ‘slightest

chance of “deciding its own fate”.' If

Hie.-knows, too, that nothing th-athe or anyone ‘else may say, will en- courage any Russian satellite follow Hungary’s example.

. Different Opinions I

President Eisenhower believes

that the down-‘trend in theeconomy,‘ I by whatever name it may bepcalled, _ A

will come to an end late? in March and that from then on: figures on employment and other barometers of economic weather can be ex- pected to improve. In this, of course, he is merely repeatingthe opinions

‘of his economic advisers, although

he may have spoken a little, less cheerfully if this were not a con- gressional election year. ~

' Support forthe Presiden-t’s' view comes from the President of Bethle- hem Steel Corporation :.who said in art; interview with Time -Magazine:

be‘:,t_er about things the last week.

Wevlsee some signs alréady that

me" ‘us we will be at a ‘better rate sot}. ’.‘, wlfien they decide the turn ‘has come, will come back fast”. 0

J,

_ , who are not quite as optim- istglc. Six of them told a Congres- sional Committee that “the possibil- ity? of serious recession appears to b much greater now than in 1949, o._|i1953—54”. Others are said to feel the upswing will get under way in§=-‘earnest in early summer.

{In thiscountry, the general elec- campaign is a complicating fac- tor in all discussions relating to the’ eéonomic situation. The Liberals, no -doubt, are exaggerating the unem- ployment problem, hoping thereby to reap political benefit; while it is possible that the Conservatives are playing, down the problem for a

similar reason. But the consensus .

among Canadian economists—~and this is more weighty than political appra_isals--seems to be that the worst is over, although another “boom" period such as the country experienced for several years may

SATURDAY, ms. 22,

Soviet satellites do as;

to.

. miration and -respect

“Sizing, up all the factors, VI’ve felt A

When people“ regain. confidence, '

-here are other econormists, ‘how-,

be some time in coming.

At all-events, the sooner the throwing of political-brickbats, char- ges and counter charges, can be dispensed with, the better it will be for all concerned. Even in an elec- tion campaign, all parties have a responsibility to look at economic problems objectively, without on the ‘one hand exaggerating them out of all proportiongor, on the other, treat- ing them with indifference or levity.

. AA Magnificent Try To have come within such close range of winning the . Canadian School Cuirling Championship, as our Prince of Wales College boys J3’ did yesterday in a strenuousseries ~of contests at the ‘Charlottetown Sports Arena this week, is really something to crow about. Matched against the best rinks in the Domin- ion, they came ‘through to win na- tion-wide acclaim for their skill and perseverance. It would have _ been grand to have won the curling crown, but there are compensating

‘magnificent try.)

_ It was 'quite an achievement to have brought this‘ big junior . bon- speil here for ‘the first time. Thou- sands of our citizens . watched ’ the colorful parade on Monday which

pionship and large crowds were in ‘attendance’ at the ice. Lieutenant Governor -Prowse, himself anfiardent ficurler, opened the proceedings and

rooters for the home team. - Curling .-‘has been popular here for over half a century, but never

shown. New fans for the sport have undoubtedly been won by the bon- spell, and this is not the least among

success. ;-For the] participants, it has been an experience long'to remem- ber. ‘New friendships will have been

ment will carry, over into

M , other activities as well.’ -

,ED|TORl‘Al.' NOTES V‘ Although few Parliaments have ~ lasted the full five years, this will be

loccurred in less than 10 months. The last election was June 10,1957. . * . *. I * — g ‘ _ Dr.“ Clara Dennis," who died re- cently in Halifax, was one of Can- ada’s distinguished authors. -Her works, most of which dealt ,_ with 'Nova Scotia, her native province, were widely read. . 1 ’ , vk at in . I, ,The whole, world is anxiously awaiting further reassuring news from_the bedside of Sir Winston \‘_Chu_rchill. No other man in modern history has so captivated the ad-

',De<.>p’le-j;

‘ - '*‘ ' ‘k * ,5 l V w . Despite the fact that’Parliament was dissolved on ‘Feb. -1‘, all Com- mons _-members ‘continue to receive their $10,000 annual pay up to March 30.,lWinners in the election. will start to receive their pay im- ‘ mediately. ’ 1: 1: ~n “ For what it is-(worth, the Can- adian Institute of Public Opinion

shows 60 per cent of those inter- viewed approve of the way John Diefenbaker is handling his job as ‘Prime Minister. 10 per cent dis- approved and 30 per cent had no opinion. V ‘

iv * 1 w.

No. one will find fault with the decision of the Provincial Loan ‘ Board to make a further grant to James Oliver Gallant of Souris for - the purchase, of a 65-foot fishing boat. Mr. Gallant has the distinction of being the first beneficiary under the fund to ‘pay off a former debt. What is more, he knows how to bring in the fish. ,He is, therefore, en- titled to every possible considera- tion. . I ’

1: at w"

In congratulating the Queen’s County -Conservative candidates on their re-nomination Thursday, we, neglected to include Lt. Col. J. A.) Macdonald, -who was re-nominated in Kings. Last evening the Conser- vative slate was completed with the re-nomination of Dr. Orville Phillips in Prince‘. This is" admittedly one of the strongest teams of ‘candidates any party has had in this Province "in many years. All comparatively young men, they proved energetic representatives during“, the last Par- liament and they should be able to answer for themselves effectively on

the hustings.

rewards for having made such a‘

preceded the opening of the cham-

.has local interest been so keenly. the rewarding "consequences of its ‘

made through fraternizing with oth- ' or players; and the glow of achieve-_ .

_ the first time that two election have 0

of. so many i

(Gallop poll) says its latest survey '

was among the, most enthusiastic .-

, .

PAPER CHASE c

PUBLIC, FORUM F This column "in iopen: to the discus- sion by correspondent: of .,ueation of

interest. The Guardian does notpnesek

sarily endorse _t_h_e opinion of corres-

' pondents. \ -

IRON CURTAIN AT BORDENV

Sir,-—Durin-g the past years we have heard a great deal about Russia and the dreaded iron ‘cur- -tain, but at. the same time‘ a great many Island people do not‘ seem to know or realize that we

7-have a. very real iron curtain :01!

the Island a-tithe Borden weigh‘ scales." Most Island truck drivers- and mainland ones as well, ap- proach flhis dreaded place with fear and misgivings, as well as

. the usual,--,rema.rks——How far is

the mercury down today? 'Who is on duty today-?. if the right man is here we might get by. V

We keep a two and a half ton truck for our" own business. I be- ‘lieve it to'be the first closed-in van orrth-é“I~sland and although we pay ,a registration fee that is fivetimes too high, we still use it but I hope not forlong. ,

On January 27th llfhad occas- ion to haul a"load' from St.-John, so the d-ay.,being fine and the mercury well do I set out at an early hour in order to .catch the 7 o'clock -boart. My‘ truck was empty, and the /ground q-uitefirm so I decided I ‘could do no harm to the roads. However, I was very much mistaken for on ar-

rival at the weigh scales a loud -

voice boomed‘ over‘ the still

. morning ‘aid “Wheredid ydu cpme

from-?” it demanded. "At first I thought by some freak‘ of nature that I had landed on Mars, butV no, it /was Borden alrigh»t—-then I realized I was behind the Iron

' Curtain.

My truckwas weighed at once Vand a kindly voice informed me

-that my early morning ride on

the hard-frozen road would cost me $23.60. .. ‘

But what shamed me most as an Islander was what befell the next innocent victim, a man I believe fromthe Summersidve ar- ea, with a truck loaded with grain who was required to pay $126.00.

.Now, I know if he happened to

be 1 poor man I am sure this could chainlg-e his way of living

'for imite some time. It could

also quite easily change the way

' he votes.

Now all this happened in some twenty minutes; so if this can be any medium to go by, you can well imagine what‘ the truckers have gone through in the past two. months. I

My trip to St. John was without further incident but when I ar- rived back to the Iron Curtain the same monkey business star- ted again. I trailed another truck, to the scales, which was well load- ed and weighed in the vicinity of 2 tons, more than my empty truck did the past morning. How- ever, this driver was neither ques- tioned nor detained but given the -high sign to proceed on his way. I had «to-leave my 5-ton load and tnuck there and get home as ‘best’ I could in quite a snow storm as well. Next day I had'to.- unload with the use of 3 half. ton truck, which I believe would do no’

more harm’ than the larger tired '

vehicles.

I don’t know how all this is go- ing to end, ’for on the Island to- day it seems our people need and want trucks; and let's face it we have no roads to use them on. Our Canada highway is break- ing off fast and costs a lot of borrowed money too. Now if we plan on using trucks of the pre- sent proportions, We must also

' plan on building roads costing ‘twice as much as our present

roads, and we can't do that with about a -thirty million debt hang- in-g over us. Shall we go back to the rail»road?Well we may have to. Remember, heavy loads do much damage in summear too, es- pecially during wet seasons.

Now I think you will agree that the answers to our problems very simple indeed. We -have plenty finance companies. We have plenty trucl<s—-on the other hand we have no roads and no money.

No, I don’t want my money

‘now on it would be

lJNlTED KINGDOM OPINION d e Enter Jolck McLonn

. By ‘fOnlooker’‘ , , Thomson Newspapers, London, England, Bureau ;

In a few days’ time a burly, genial - looking engineer called Jack McCann will fall in 4- for all the world like a new recruit- being marched before his com- manding officer - between a cou- ple of other men and stride for- ward into the chamber of Bri- tai-n"s Houses of Parliament. ‘His escort will look as‘ genial as he

‘does. But when you analyse the-

situation, not one of the three

will have all that much to be gen:-‘

ial about. ) -

McC~ann will be taking his bow as Britain's newest member of Parliament. He was the ,Labor Party (the main‘ Opposition) can- didate at the Rochdale by-elect-l ion here which-I talked about last week. As I reported them, it was La three - cornered con- test -- Mccann, a Tory (Govern- ment) candzlclate, and A Liberal.

Mccann gave’ the Government its second by-election defeat in a Government .,.-- held constituency. since the present administration came‘ into power. Why, then, should ll",/IcCann feel some trepid- ation as he takes his seat in the House of Commons?

. -THIRD MAN . A The. third man, the Liberal,

supplies the answer.

Close on 50,000) people voted. Over 22,000 said that Mccann was their ‘a man. Instead of getting 26,000 votes, as his predecessor‘ grabbed, the Tory got under 10, 000.: And the Third Man, the Lib- eral, got 17,000. -1’

And that is the significant fig- ure. True, if no Liberal stood in the election the Labor majority

would have been bigger — it was always a 90 per cent t_hat‘local man Mc-Cann would get in —- but

the Liberals’ slice of the" votes V

has astounded political observers here. . - '

Rochdale, famous up to now for its cotton industry -- and for the fact that it is the birthplace of world - known entertainer Gracie Fields - has staked a fresh claim to prominence in the political field. of the 19505.

It gives a sign tothe rest of Britain that the philosophy of most voters since the war has been more than a little off the beam. *

“I’d vote Liberal," is an ex- pression I’ve heard scores of times, here in recent months, “but they just don’t stand a chance of getting in.”

The cotton spinners and engin- eers of Rbchdalc —- and their wives —* have proved that from worth while to vote Liberal in future.

superficially, if ban ‘be said that the hefty supp rt the Liber- al candidate got in, ochdale cost the Tory Government a few thou- sand votes.

But going beyond that you can bet that at the next General El- ection it will prove to be tens of

* sometimes disgusted by the can-.

proved that it is worth-while to consider the possibility of putting your “X”; against the name of

the third man. ~ -

NONPLUSSED PRESS ,

As I said, political ‘observers here‘ were nonplussed by the Rochdale result —.—‘and that in- cluded the political boys in the I Press. “ — ,V , 'At the moment, ‘all the Press v are another topic’ that has crop- ped up in the correspondence, columns‘ of the famous ‘‘Times'’ I newspaper —- certainly the most distinguished, probably the most influential “Letters to the Edi- tor" feature in the British Press to—day. ‘ ' .

In those columnsit seems that all walks of life from industrial- ists to country clergymen have been getting in thpir two-bits worth of criticism of the conduct that some Press reporters and photographers have been guilty or recently. V . FEW CULPRITS

True, journalists over here as

ductof some — A yery, very‘ few ‘— of their fraternity in get- ting a sensational scoop story or picture. . ‘ But the criticism in’ ."The Times" — called “Auntie Times”: in London’s newspapenland —- is up of sweeping, generalisatjans. . The tar brush‘ has been brought out, and everyone is getting spat- tered.~ ‘ '

“The Times?’ may think that it ‘is doing a public service. What ‘is apparent to Fleet Street is

that it is doing -a disservice to -

journalism as a whole by allow- ing general, and not specific, ac- cusations to appear and to mis- lead.

And ‘it all boils down to the chicken - and - egg poser. Does the public create the Press, it wants, or does the Pressmould the public of. its way of thinking?

The only way to hit at the sen- sational Press is through its cir- culation. And it is a healthy Sign. with latest figures showing that the more responsible papers are increasing sales while the jazz- ier papers are slacking off 3 little, that some of the public at least over here are beginning to

realilsle the fact. ‘ BACK TO FORMALITY .

I climbed — reluctantly as al-

ways -— into a dinner jacker suit this week to attend a move pre- miere in London’s West End. My Press ticket came with a chit: -“H.R.I-I. The Duke of Edinburgh requests thatevening dress (din- ner jacket) be’ worn.” .Next month,» the Duke is to attend another premiere. And on that oc- casion lt is the lot --V white tie, tails, decorations.

It seems as if the Duke, usually informal, is favouring a return to dressing - up - in - the - evening

for males.

thousands of votes. Rnchdale has

, Bombs”Across A Borde

Winnipeg Free Press _ . settlement. It must now be said

.The French bombs that tore apart a Tunisian village on Sat-

urday blasted al new rift in the Western alliance. This is a case in which the immediate reactions of people in the foreign offices may be less important‘ than the revulsion of public feeling in all the democracies. There has been much sympathy for France in her African troubles; an aware- ness that France has ll great stake in Algeria that cannot l1gh_f.- ly be thrown away; a strong dis- position to believe the assurances from Paris that France IS work- ing presistently and sincerely to achieve a fair and reasonable

back, I prefer to call it a gift in help mil some poor unfortun- ate chap w-h.o probably isn't mak- ing than five or six thou»- sand year. I am Sir, etc.

GEO. P. DUNSFORD

Hampton, P.E.L

.and to cast away this fund of

’ I think I'll stay home.

that for the sake of narrow mil- itary logic those who determine French policy are apparently pre- pared to spurn public opinion

credit and goodwill.

It has long been the French contention that rebel bands, driv- en from their Algerian strong- holds, were finding sanctuary across the Tunisian border. This is by no means surprising. The border country is wild; the Arabs on one side feel themselves kin to the Arabs on the other; the‘ young Tunisian Government is in no position (it lacks even the arms) to police the frontiers pro- rperly. To French generals, this situation was intolerable. They persuaded the French Govern- ment last September to assert a right of pursuit: the right of French troops to track down and destroy Algerian rebels on the territory of Tunisia, a sovereign

: by the Bulgarian and Yugoslav

"‘border incidents.” France has

Whof Hoppens While You Sleep

By Herman N. Bundeseu. M. [ABOUT one - third of your hfe is spent sleeping.’Lik€ to know. what goes on during that time. Well, I can tell you some of the -things that happerubut I can’t tell you what sleep is. The .n-nth is, we'don’l; exactly know. ENERGY RESTORED

The important pomt, however» is that your energy 15 Tesmred while you sleep.

Here is» what happens: . By the fourth hour of sleep. your blood pressure has dropped slightly, your heart beats. slower and the pulse rate has slowed 10-30 beats. 3 Your rectal /temperature drops a fraction of a degree. the plasma and urine volume are reduced. but the secretion of the ‘sweat glands increases- METABOLIC RATE