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Question And Answer

In a question-and-answer political advertisement the Liberals have placed this bewildering item: “WHY I was no budget presented? Because I the results of the Conservatives’ ‘give—away’ program since June 10th 3 would do , untold harm to their I chances of being returned to‘Parlia- '3 -Inent”.

I If this means anything at all—and, ~ of course, it must— it means that in , the official Liberal view the special $25 million grant to the Atlantic

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" Provinces, including the $21/2 million each year for four years to this Pro- vince, was a “give-away” program - and, secondly, that it was money wasted. .

We do not believe for one moment that the voters of this Province will I agree with the Liberal strategists on K, either count. On the contrary, we be- 1: lieve that most of them, whether“ Liberal or Conservative, will say that, far from being a “give-away" program, the special grant was a long awaited recognition of the just “ claims of the Atlantic Provinces and L of this Province in particular. It is not full recognition, but it amounts Q to a pretty substantial payment on" account. Furthermore it sets a pre- , cedent, based on recognition of fiscal , need, which will be permanent value in our negotiations‘ with Ottawa. Until we saw this “question and answer” we had not. thought that

one Prince Edward Islander was op- “posed to the special grant arrange- \'ment. But there it is in black and white; and it is reasonable to sup- ‘ pose that it represents‘ official, though not popular, Liberal thinking‘ on the subject. We must confess, however, that we do not see how it can be expected to win friends, for I Mr. Pearson and Liberal Party candi- dates on this Island. I

Again Quebec

One of the most accurate analysts . in last year’s federal election cam- paign was Arthur Blakely, staff i , writer for. the Montreal Gazette. In a recent article in his paper Mr. , Blakely attempts to sum‘ up the situation in the Province of Quebec, 1 which he terms “X”, the 1958 elec- « tion equation—the unknown quanti- ' ty. All calculations and prophecies, 0 he says, begin at this point. And, [until the votes are counted, they must inevitably end there as well.

A : Conservatives look to Quebec to guarantee a clear, over-all majority which would sustain Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s government through’ _ the five-year life-—if it lasts a full ,; term——of Canada’s 24th Parliament. Liberal hopes are centred on this province as well. They see Quebec, or think that they see it, as the uncon-

'alism. Liberal campaigners would like to believe that retaining or ex- panding their holdings there, they may even yet be able to eke out an election win. Failing that, they pin , on Quebec their hopes of being re- turned with enough parliamentary strength to assure a perpetuation of the stalemate which began after June 10. Or, if not that, then at least enough strength to make them a for- midable opposition. '

Quebec has 75 seats. The Liberals ;' profess confidence they will get. 65 ‘A Quebec seats, give or take a couple. , The Conservatives are equally cer- tain, in public at least, that they will

75 ridings. These contradictory ‘ claims only serve to increase uncer- tainty about the real value of “X”.

One independent organization- the Canadian, Institute of Public Opinion-—has attempted to peer into the collective mind of the Quebec .5, electorate. The poll was a real ‘3 shocker. It reported 49 per cent of . Quebec’s electors were preparing to r‘. vote Conservative; only 45 per cent 1: leaned toward the Liberals. '_ Not since 1887 have the Conser- ’ v-atives won so much as a straw vote from the Liberals infQuebec. If the 3; result of the poll is accepted as any p indication of what is likely to happen I on March 31, then Conservative I claims suddenly seem as moderate as the) had appeared, earlier. to be €XLl’£1\ agant.

Its an odd thing, though, says

querable bastion of Canadian Liber- A

Mr. Blakely, that few independent election experts have been able to detect the swing to the Conserva- tives claimed by the latter and indi- cated by the pollsters. The Gazette’s Wilbur Arkison for example, took his

ed with the conclusion that the PCS

native or outside observers have come up with the same finding.

the Liberals by 49 per cent of the popular vote to 45, or any reason-

to see how they should possibly wind up with such a small share of the 75 Quebec seats. I

If, on the other hand, the Con- servatives finish with 20 Quebec seats or less, then the Canadian ver- sion of the Gallup Poll has committed a boner compared to which the errors of the Truman-Dewey election and last year’s Canadian election pale in- to insignificance.

The stern facts of Quebec polit- ical life as they affect Federal part- ies are, basically, amazing general election record since

1926: s,’ Members of Parliament, Elected in Quebec

Liberal Conservative 1926 60 4 0‘ 1930 40' 24 1935 55 5 1940 V 61 O 1945 - 54 I 1 1949 66 2 1953 66 4 1957 63 8

relative strengths of the two parties in Quebec in recent decades. And it explains the incredulity which has greeted Conservative claims of ' mas- sive gains in Quebec. This time how- ever, Conservative gains are strongly indicated even if the exact extent of those gains remains uncertain.

Newsprint Production , A rapid rise in production of news- print is revealed in a statistical re- port issued by the United Nations. Food and Agricultural I Organiza- tion. It states that between 1946 and 1956‘. (the last year for which figures. have been compiled) it rose by more . than 50 per cent. 1 i In Asia’ and the Pacific area, where prior to the Second World War production was negligible, it rose to a point where it made up more than 6 per cent of the world total. Combin- L ed output '0 of North America and Europe tons in 1946 to morethan 10,000,000 ‘ tons ten years ‘ later.’,Canada. still leads as the world's greatest pro-b ducer. In the last yearunder review Canadian shipments came to nearly ‘ I 80 per cent of the total world ‘output.- The: bulk of _it went to the United ‘States. \. A ' — The greatest rate of growth, how- ever, was recorded in Australia,- Japan, France and the Soviet Union, in that order. ~ ‘

EDITORIAL NOTES

The name oflthe Federal Building has been changed from “Confeder- ation Building” to “Dominion Build- ing”..Now, everybody can keep on re- ferring to it as the “Post Office”.

Q

A Baptist Church in Texas has the

financing. The minister locks all the doors of the church, puts a wash-' tub on the platform and tells his con- gregation that they are not going to leave until it is full.

It has been a tiring campaign. But one or the other in each riding (2 in Queen~’s) will be able to take a long rest after it is over. And the opening of the fishing season is not far off. The winners will not be as; fortunate; for, of course, they willhave to start immediately on carrying out their election promises.

The Suez Canal Company, which controlled the. Suez Canal before it was nationalized by Egypt in 1956, is setting its financial sights on Canada. Recently it purchased 250,- 000 shares in the British Newfound- land Corporation (BRINCO) which has mineral and other interests in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Chief Electoral Officer has ruled that it was permissible for Don- ald Fleming to list his occupation on election ballots as “Finance Minis-

A ter”. The proper thing would be to b have the party affiliation of each

candidate marked clearly on the bal- lots. What would happen if two can- didates of the same name and the

same constituency? How. under the present system, could voters tell one from the other?

own soundings in Quebec and emerg-

might win a total of 20 seats. Other

Yet, should the PCs outdistance

able facsimile thereof, it is difficult

the province’s L

The table reflects, accurately, the-

increased . from 6,200,000 .

‘answer to the problem of deficit '

same occupation were running in the ‘L

conscious these days-

’Dciily Calorie‘ my

Requirements

By Herman N. Bundesten, M. D.

T e is calorie- ALMOS everyon With all

reducing

Nous BY THE WAY

Comments of a magistrate 0“ discharging a man accused of stealing petticoats at Taunton. Somerset: "I believe this Was 8

the publicity given to

in regrad to weight- But how many of you

Men generally need mo cries than do women.

less active. Age also Pl_ayS in determining the daily needs.

many doctors:

during a 24 hour _ tiplying the ideal weight If the individual is

short, elderly, subtract 200 calories.

ca.lories. ACTIVE PERSON

diets of one sort or another, you ca,” hen, but be aware of the major role the calorie palys In our everyday health‘-e5P‘e°1a11y

your own daily calorie require- ments? Probably Vefy few- MORE CALORIES FOR MEN

who do a lot of physical Work need more than those who are

To help you find your P61‘- sonal calorie requirements. here is a simple formula used by

In a general Way, you can determine the basic calorie ex- pend-itune of almost_ any adult period by mul-

If the person is male_ young, tall, add 100 to 200

momentary Slip!" '— Sunday Pic‘ torial, London

The Ontario Legislature is dis- cussing the idea of a law to force pedestrians to pay attentlofl *0 traffic lights, just as much as mo- torists must. This is a reasonable attitude and, although it is ad- mitted that pedestrianswere _a- round long before motorists, still for their own good, they mils‘? regard themselves as part of the traffic to be controlled-— King- ston Whig Standard

know

re cal- People

a part caloric

The west coast has once again entered the annual period of Iso- lation as highroads everywhere have become virtual seas of thick. gooey mud. The recurrence of this perennial closure of roads in this province points up the fact that Newfoundlanders. just dont know how to build roads, or if we do, we are purposely failing to put this knowledge to use.— Corner Brook Western . Star

by 10. female. 100 to

If, in Dante’s Inferno there should be a special hell for de-

MORE POLAR EXPLORATIONS

PUBLtC FORUM

This column is open to the discus-

sion by correspondents of question of

interest. The Guardian does not neses-

sarlly endorse the opinion of corres- pondents.

“NOTHING FOR KING'S”

Sir,—It is the practice of every good member, before goiiig to Ottawa for a session of Parlia- ment to make out — in conjunct- ion with the Federal engineer -— a list of the Various sums of money, which he will try to secure, and have placed in the public estimates, while the House is in session.‘

Last session, however, there was not such an amount of money in the public estiinates, for the constituency of Kings, yet, in the face of that, the Tory candidate for Kings, on the plat- form, and in the press, enumera- tes an unusually long list of public works, purported to have been authorized for the consti-

-tuency of Kings, which, to say

the least is absurd and ridicul- ous. Public works cannot be un-

. -dertaken withjmagiiiary money. ' The money must be secured, and

placed in the estimates. That was not done at the last session of Parliament. _ i _

Now, the Tory candidate for King's knows ,as'well as I know, that there‘ i-s no money authori- zed for public works in King’s County and I think the electors should also be aware of the fact. Moreover, any money spent in Kings County, on public works, since June 10th election, was money which Mr. Kickham had secured, and which was placed in the estimates, at the last ses- sion of the late Liberal Govern- ment and which was left over from unfinished public works, un- dertaken by Mr. Kiclrham, then Federal member for Kings.

It is well known, that the Tory candidate for King's securedthe majority of votes at the June 10th, election by a multiplicity of promises, but the question is, can he do it again?

I am, Sir, e~tc.. THOS. V. GRANT. Montague, P. E. I.’

(An Ottawa despatch‘ in this newspaper of Feb. 19th,‘ reported the authorization by the Treasury Board .of Canada of a $5,700,000 public works program for Prince Edward Island, including several items for Kings County. — Ed. G.)

i

CCF ON EDUCATION

Sir,—In reference to your edit- torial comment in Saturday’s Guardian, upon the statement of M. J. Coldwell, National leader of the C.C.F. Party, regarding Fed- ‘eral grants for the purpose of c- qualizing educational opportuni- ties in Canada, may I Say that there is nothing new about this attitude on the part of the C.C.F. towards Federal grants for this purpose. 1ndeedi_Mr. Coldwell was reiterating what has long been the stated policy of the C.C.F. on this matter.

I quote from the C.C.F. brief on Education presented last year .,to the Select Standing committee on-Education in the Legislature: “We, of the C.C.F., have long felt, very strongly that Federal aid to education should be grant- ed in amounts sufficient to equal- ize educational opportunity for all Canadians without interference in provincial jurisdiction.” Again from the C.C.F. brief on Health Insurance presented last Novem- ber to the Citizens ‘Committee on Health Insurance: “ . . .a shortage of trained personnel will doubt- less occur in those provinces adopting the (health) plan for the first time and steps should be taken ‘immediately to relieve this shortage by generous grants, scholarships and bursaries to students. . .”

May I add, that important as Mr. Coldwell is to the C.C.F. movement, he does not make its policies. These are hammered out by democratically elected rep- resentatives of the provincial or- ganizations at the National Con- .vention which meets every two years.

The officers of the C.C.F. Par- ty, including our great national leader, Mr. Coldwell, are not the masters but the -servantus of the

C.C.F. and are up for election

OTTAWA REPORT

' Ottawa? There never was an

election like this one.

Never before has there been so much interest among the vot- ers. Never before have the Party leaders travelled so far and so fast. Never before, alas, have so many speakers made so many promises to so many electors with so few hopes of fulfilling them.

This is the first large‘sca1e.air- craft and telel/ision I‘ campaign. TV has brought more election speeches into more homes‘ than ever before. This seemsto have stimulated interest in meetings, and brought out larger crowds, whereas the campaign managers expected that voters who had al- ready seen the Party leaders on TV, would not face winter wea- ther to travel to meetings to see those. same leaders in person.

The greater use of regular

every two years. Thus the C.C.F. differs fundamentally from the two old line parties in that it is built democratically from the ground up.» There is no.» ."bras's"_

dividual m e m b e r s working

tioiial organizations. . I am‘, Sir, etc., (MRS.) MURIEL MacINNIS. Borden, P.E.I.

EVILS OF DRUNKENNESS

Sir,--A matter of the utmost concern and one which is on the increase and affects a large num- ber of people directly or indirect- ly’ is the consumption of liquor and drunkenness. Drunkenness is on the rampage as is quite evi- dent by observation. The R.C~.M. P. report in the House recently stated that the number of con- victions on charges of drunken- ness has increased. Why have they increased? Liquor is too easy to get, and a member of the local House had the audacity to say that the book permits should be done away with. Why? I would suggest that the liquor shops be closed up and the bootlegger be cleaned up and then there would be too much drinking. If anybody wants a bottle of. rotgut and can’t get it at the local vendorr, he can easily get it at any one of sever- al bootleggers, and willingly pay twice the price. If these bootleg- gers were caught and penalized heavy enough, maybe they would go to work.

How did the vendor shops be- come established? Simply by the non - drinkers being indifferent, and others who hate the word li- quor refusing to vote against the ‘establishment of the liquor shan- ties in this province. The ones who did vote for it are the so called social drinkers of which there is no such a person, some of whom hold positions of authority in schools, business establish- ments, civic and other positions of importance,

Liquor is flowing altogether too freely and now Premier Mathe- son has said in the House that Temperance -is to be taught in the schools in an effort, I suppose to stem the tide of drunkenness which is slowly but surely engulf-

teaching of Temperance should begin in the home with the par- ents telling their children the damnation caused by drinking, but first of all being an-example to their children by not using it.

If people would stop long e- nough to think, maybe they would realize the foolishness of drinking. After all, what does it all end in; nothing but wasted money, accidents, broken homes, mur- dens, robbery, assault and every other crime under the sun that the inebriate would not do in his sober senses. Liquor is responsi- ble for every act of injustice in one way or another.

Where is any government or- ganization or individual who sup- ported such an issue going to end up?

I am, Sir, etc., , “TEMPERATE” Elmsdale, P.E.I.

Never Like This One!

By Patrick Nicholson _ Special Correspondent for The. Guardian

in the C.C.F. There are only in-i

through their provincial and na-.

‘headed in this campaign by their

ing the present generation. The’

Trans Canada Air Lines fligllts and of chartered planes has re- volutionised electioneering. I re- member, less than ten years ago, how the campaign train of the then Prime Minister, Louis St. Laurent, progressed comfortably and leisurely part of the wry around Canada just once; He did not visit the West at all, because he had been there a few weeks before the campaign started.

But this year, in stark and bus- tling contrast, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker has hopped nimbly between train and plane and car, and has criss - crossed the entire country not once but twice.

Liberal Leader Lester Pearson‘, I’

showing plenty of bounce for a man in his sixties too, has con-_ ducted an equally rugged cani- paign. ‘ In the wake of these two giants of the election, younger newsmen have found it tough sledding.

Moving in and out of train bed- 1

rooms and hotel bedrooms, keep- ing track of bags and tyepwriters, locating telegraph facilities ' to file the stories: this has proved to bee much tougher assignment than the good old days, when one settled "into a train bedroom, and stayed put for four or five weeks. INTRICATE ORGANIZATION

The management of -an election campaign involves an immense amount of careful and detailed staff - work. The leaders of each of the two big parties is accom- panied by a personal following,

wife in each case. Then there are secretaries and public rela- tions experts, local party officials, campaign managers and aback-

room boy or two to assist in.

marshalling facts for speech ma- terial. .

. In addition, of course, there is a large but fluctuating and ever- changing satellite crowd of jour- nalists, some easy - going and others more trouble than a bunch of prima donnas. NOT—SO—HEAVY GAMBLING"

The focus of interest among the newsmen travelling with Mr. Die- fenbaker and Mr. Pearson this year has been “the little black book.” This is the ten cent note- book belonging to Fred Davis, the well - known Toronto news photographer who has been trav- elling with the Prime Minister.

Fred organized a sweepstake on the election result. For the modest sum of one dollar, all- comers have been able to pick their choice as the number of seats which the Progressive Con- servatives will win; after the poll, the P001 will be divided among those canny enough or lucky enough to have spotted the cor. rect Conservative total.