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THE GUARDIAN

“covers Prince Edward Island Like the Dew”

Published every week-day morning at 136 Prince Street. Charlottetown. P. E. I.. by The Thomson Company Limited. Editor and Manager. In A. Burnett. Associate Editor. Prank Walker.

Branch offices at Summerside. Montague Alberton. Authorized as Second Clan Mail the Post Office Department. Ottawa.

By Carrier: Charlottetown. Summerslde $15.00 per annum. Elsewhere in P. E. I. 89.00. Other Prav- inces and U. S. A. $12.00 per annum.

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“The strongest memory‘ Is. weaker than the walnut Ink.”

A Welcome Voice

It is refreshing to hear above the fear- ful and hysterical shouts of the demagogues, who seem to have much too strong a hold on the current American political situation. a voice that'speaks for the best in Amer- ican traditions. Such a voice is that of Senator Ralph Flanders of \'ermoni.

Here is a man who is as conservative in his political and social beliefs as any man of this generation; moreover. he rep- resents a State where extreme conserv- atism is the norm. Yet. Senator Flanders knows. and does not hesitate to declare. that American democracy was not built on. nor can it be sustained by. fear and hys- teria. The tendency in certain quarters to attach the stigma of subversion to anyone who might have associated socially at one time or another with a person r.o\v known to have had Communist sympathies would be comical if it were not so tragic in its possibilities. Then. again, the tendency to attribute fellow-traveler status to any per- son who might have read, at some time in his life. a book of socially radical theories, is so fatuous that it seems incredible that any sane person could have thought it up in the first place.

Against these things and others equally foolish Senator Flanders speaks with a clear and reassuring voice, and it is good to hear

, him. Last week in a Commencement ad-

dress at a small college in Floiida he de- cried those who "fondly hope that tf we could shut out or exile from this country every Communist or even those who once

' knew a Communist or read a Communist

book. the country would be safe." Laws against acts of subversion there must be; no self-respecting people can be expected to treat sedition lightly; no democratic society can afford to wink at infiltration of alien and destructive ideas. But. it is one thing to search out and punish disloya! and seditious elements: it is quite another to make the search a pretext for the sup- pression of intellectual freedom. As Sen- ator Flanders indicated in his address. the only effective way fo keep Communism or an_v other pagan or neo-pagan philosophy from taking root. in a free society is to keep that society free from all the meth- ods used by those who would like to en- slave if. It would be it tragedy ii’. in the process of keeping the totalitarian doctrinc from its shores, the United States or any other country should get into the habit of penalizing or discouraging liberal thought in any form. No free society has any- thing to fear so long as it remains true to the principles which made it free and strong.

Our Past Resources

From time to time. investigations havc been started with a view to determining the practical value of our Island peat bog re- sources. Nothing much has come of these surveys. but the resources are still there. According to a Department of Mines re- port. made several years ago. “it has been proved that peat. fuel can. under favorable circumstances. be manufactured at a cost that will leave a margin of profit," and it was suggested that the Miscouche bog had advantages not possessed by any other on the Island. of having the railway run through it and of being comparatively near a large centre. This repoii estimat- ed a total cost per ton (in the field) of $2.47 for a plant of thirty tons daily cap- acity. It assumed that a hog of 100 acres, 9 feet deep would furnish sufficient peat to supply the plant for twenty years. As the average depth of the Miscouche bog was un- der five feet. 200 acres would be required

We are not the only Province. appar- ently. that has been neglecting ils peat re- sources. Canada shipped 80,000 tons ‘of peat moss to the United States last year. but this is a mere drop in the bucket. Ac- cording to Mr. Peter Thomas. an Irish manufacturer of machines for peat harvest- ing and bog drainage who has been show- ing his wares at the International Trade Fair in Toronto. this country has 23,000.- 000 acres of peat and peat moss which could be economically developed.

As evidence of the usefulness of peat, he points out that in Ireland they are now building power statloru which operate on peat fuel. Shannon hydro-electric ‘ dompleted in 1929. is _ ted by peat burning 1 "are being built in remote

, whirl‘ . ,II no electrical power mm the ample peat avail-

'1'he Irish firm’s principal products are a “mole drainer” and a tractor specially de- signed to operate on marshy ground. The former cuts a drain paralleling the surface at any desired depth and gradient, thereby providing low-cost drainage without the use of piping. These mole drains last about three years and can be easily remade. The Irish have had a lot of experience in drain- ing peat bogs and marshy ground and Mr Thonias is convinced that the equipment developed over there would do equally good work in Canada. They might even help to make the peat industry economically feas- ible in Prince Edward Island. At any rate. the possibilities are worth re-examining.

Meet The Legion

Anticipating by about six weeks its 15th biennial Dominion convention which will

meet in Toronto. the Canadian Legion has .

issued a most informative pamphlet on its own organization and objectives. “Meet the Legion!" is addressed to veterans and it

gives many worthwhile reasons why veter- 5'

ans should join their comrades in the Leg- ion lll.'0lhel‘hO0(l. It also should prove high- ly interesting to the general public which may see little of the Legion apart from Remembrance celebrations.

Remembrance is indeed a most import- ant aspect of the Legion‘s reason for be- ing. The necessary parading for the pur- pose is kept at a minimum, however, and the Legion is in no sense a military organ- ization. It stands ready to assist veterans and their families. making no distinction between members and non-members. It works for the betterment of conditions for thousands of fellow-Canadians whose lives were affected by war but is in no sense a “pressure group" forever demanding bigger and better privileges for veterans and their. dependents.

A sense of responsibility to the nation as well as to servicemen past, present and to come influences its policy in advocating such things as adequate defence prepar- ation and particularly training. Legionaires know only too well the cost in lives of sending untrained men into battle.

These are only ai few of the aspects of Legion membership brought out in the little book or resulting from reflection on its contents. Pervading all is the sense of comradeship of men and women who have gone through ii great experience and who have organized on democratic lines to serve their fellows in a democratic world

EDITORIAL NOTES

A worthy recipient of honours by the Canadian Medical Association is Dr. A. A. MacDonald. of Souris. who has been named a senior member of the Association at the annual convention in Vancouver.‘

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Today the new nurses’ residence of the Kings County Hospital will be officially opened. It represents the hard work and co-operation of many people from many districts and the County may well be proud of their efforts.

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Servants of the Crown. civil and mili- iary. are to have life insurance. if not com- pulsorily, at least if they voluntarily re- main in their insurable jobs. The benefit is undeniable but it is suspiciously like the “tied” sales that certain departments of government crack down upon.

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The 200th anniversary of the Sydney on Monday has considerable inter- est in this Province. Much of our law and procedure. although English in origin. came to us by way of lawyers trained in Mass- achusetts and Nova Scotia. From 1763 un- til 1769 the Island was annexed to Nova Scotia and it was only by the Revised Statutes of 1951. that Nova Scotian la\vs of that period were forfhally repealed as far as they concerned this Province. O I O Canada is to transfer 82 Sabre jet fight- crs each to Greece and Turkey as mutual aid under the North Atlantic Treaty. Each aircraft will have a spare engine and an- other 195 spare engines will go to each of the two countries. The gift will benefit this country's defences directly, however. as well as indirectly. Our twelve squadrons stationed in Europe will be equipped with a later version of the Sabre. O O O ' Arthur Meighcn. Canadian Conservative statesman. was born this date ‘i874. He was a school teacher. businessman and law- yer. practicing at Portage La Prairie. for which place he was elected to the House of Commons in 1908. Solicitor-general. sec- retary of state and minister of interior. he attended the Imperial Conference of 1918. Two years later he was Prime Minister. His party wasvdefeated in 1921 but in 1926 he was again in office. From 193235 he was leader of the government in the Sen- ate. Early in 1942 he accepted leadership of the Conservative party. calling for con- scription. a total war effort and a national government. He was. however, defeated.

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OTTAWA REPORT

By Patrick

Members of the British House of Commons have just voted them- selves a 50% raise. from 82.800 to $4.200 per year. This increase will lift the total cost of Britain's 1.- 475 man Parliament to just over half the cost of our 367 man Par- liament.

I02 Senators plus 265 members of the House of Commons. with their "staffs of secretaries. officials and charwomen. their stationery and printing. cost us in round fig- ures $7,000,000 per year. In Bri- tain. 850 members of the House of Lords plus 625 members of the House of Commons. with their satellite charges. cost the tax- payers $4,829,000 per year. In both countries. these figures exclude the cost of heating. lighting and main- talnlng the Parliament. buildings.

One basic difference between the Parliament's in the two countries Ls the remuneration of the Upper Chamber. Members of the House of Lords have never voicd themsel- ves a salary out. of public funds; our Senators are paid $10,000 per year. In both cou.ni.rlcs the func- tion of the Upper Chamber is ap- proximately the same: that of a rubber stamp in legislation passed by the Lower Chamber. But ow- ing to the British custom of nor- mally appointing several members of the House of Lords to the Cab- inet. debates there are apt to be more significant than debates in our Senate.

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The payroll on Ot.i.awa's Parlia-

Unruly Commas

iotiawa Citizen)

Mr. Donald Fleming, MP for Toronto-Eglinton. is a lawyer, ac- customed to the language used by those who draft the laws of the land. To a layman. this language is frequently battling. for the statutes abound in pi-onouncements that require to be read ovei' sev- eral tlmcs before their meaning becomes clear——and perhaps not then. So it is somewhat reassuring to find that even an experienced lawyer like Mr. Fleming has trouble too.

In the Coinmona the other day he took exception to an amend- ment. containing this clause: in respect of any member of the armed forces who has died for any period prior to the date of death." Grammatically. this did not. ap- peal to him. at all, and he tried without. success to have the sen- tence recast.

A subject is raised here that. bothers anyone in the writing trade. He knows. or is supposed to know, the rules of punctuation and un- i.i-noe structure, yet. how often to the reader a meaning quite different. from what he intended. simply by leaving out. a comma. or by putting a com- ma where there should be none‘?

In "Modern English Usage". H. W. Fowler has a learned article on the comma. In example after example (usually taken from the best periodicals) he shows what damage in meaning can be done by this innocent little black dot. with in tell. one. which he runs "ii triumph of perversity." rims thus: "He wants to give workmen more interest in their work and vulgarity. cloth and luxury lean scope." This is a case where. as Fowler remarks. even the inser- tion of commas In no full cure.

Then there is the matter of the superfluous comma. to wit: "Por the Boot. who ignores ouch (Gee- lic) literature. does not deserve his name." Did the wrlur really mean every boot. in Scotland in- noree Gaelic literature? That et any rate is what he has slid with his pair of oommu.

They are treacherous thinga. thoee commas and their allies. "Women without her man would be a savage." is I l1'lmma.rIan's delight. ‘try putting an exclama- tion mark efur "women" and a comma after "her". and see what happens. .

WelI..Mr. Fleming may turn his critical eye on the grammar of the etei.utAI.‘btt he may depend on it that henceforth his aim speeches

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Parliamentary Payroll

Nicholson ment. I-lill not only includes the legislators. but also some 800 of- ficials and staff. The indemnity of Senators and Members of the House of Commons: salary and expenses of Cabinet Ministers, Speakers. Leaders of the Opposi- tion in each Chamber‘. ulery of Parliamentary Assistants to Cabi- net Ministers; legislators‘ travell- ing expenses, and contributions to the M.Ps. pension fund total over $4.800.000.

salaries of the 215 stenographers made available to Senators and M.Pa. amount to over $425,000. Then there are 1'76 cleaners and chars costing :lU.000 per year.

Duplication of some services. which are supplied separately for the Senate and for the House of Commons. got. I tongue-lashing by Moose Jaw‘: economy-minded rep- resentative. Ross That.chei'. dur- ing R. recent session. as being un- necrssarily extravagant. These in- clude two Post Offices side by side: one for the Senate with a Post- master and assistant. Postmaster together paid $6.960 per year. and one for the Commons with the Post- master and llclerks together paid 336.53’! per year. Also two reading

rooms one for the Senate staffed 9'

by two curators together paid Oil.- 260 per year and filled with $3,500 worth of newspapers and periodi- cal.-. and one for the Commons staffed by Seven curators and re- ceptionists together paid 821.747 and filled with more copies of the same publlcationa costing $0,000 per year.

_e e 0 There are also two separate pro- . iective services in the one build-' ing: a Chief with six sergeants and constables for the senate. paid a total of 821,020 a year. and a Chief with forty-four sergeants and constables for the House of Commons. paid a total of £134.- 000 a year.

The efficient and much-used Parliamentary Library has a staff of .17: the salary bill is 8168.436 a year. and new books. mlcrofllms and other supplies cost $59,400 a year.

Printing the I-Iansard reports of the daily debates la a large item: $25,000 per year for the Senate and lust ten times that sum for the Commons. M.Pa. who wish to order reprints of their own speeches to be distributed among their con- stituenta however have to pay for those reprints themselves.

Other staff, ranging from the Gentleman Ulher of the Black Rodi and the Sergeant-at-Arms down to the teenage page boys, costs a further million dollars or so Finally there is the cost of post- as9 ($1.500). telephones and tele- srams ($1.100: and created sin- tlonerv 172.000), and bringing witnesses to give evidence before Parliamentary committees (315,000) and other miscellaneous items; to bring the bill for this year’: op.

erntion of Parliament to an em. .

me ted ld.Dd’7.000.

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PUBLIC FORUM

this column Ie OPGII 90 ‘'1' discussion by 1-Ul'l'6l[)0nU8llbfl of questions of Interest. The Guardian dose not necessar- lly endorse the onlnlllll 0‘ correspondents.

PARLIAMENTARY RECORD

sir.-—I notice in the Editorial Notes in The Guardian of Pride)’. June 11. you state that "Parlia- ment is expected to establish a re- cord of more than 136 sitting days. The previous record was set in the anxious days of 1944 and 1945]‘

I would like to point out that al- though this statement has fre- quently been publiahed recently. it is not correct. The longest ses- sion of Parliament since Confed- eration occurrd in 1903 when the House set from March 12 to Oc- tober 24t.h with no long holidays during the session.

I am Sir_ etc., .1. ANGUS MacLEAN M. P. for Queens

Old Charlottetown

and P. I. I.

From the P. E. I. Register. Sept.

I828:

John Jury. clock and watch maker. having altered his inten- tion of leaving the Island this Fall. begs to inform the public. that he has opened a Shop in Queen Street. next door to Mr. Smardon's. saddler. where he has just received a supply of articles iii the watch making and jewelley ne.

Edward Lanernn. Cambridge Mills. Murray Harbour, under- standing that the fishing business is to be carried on extensively next summer. offers his services as a Splitter and Salter. I-le un- derstands. also the building of Stages and Flakes. the preparation of Cod l,i\‘ci'. and draining off the Oil. and all matters connected with an extensive Fishery. which he acquired during a residence of eighteen years in Newfoundland as a Master of Voya!c..

Messrs. George Clark and< Francis Longworth. Jr.. announce that they have entered into co- parinership under the firm of Clark and Longworth. and are now opening. and offering for sale at their store in Queen Street (next below Mr. Nelson's and directly opposite Mr. Sims's\ an extensive and elegant selection of British and India goods. suitable for the nresent season and prevailing fashions.

The Age Old Story

Afterward he appeared unto the eleven so they eat at meet, and upbralded them with their un- belief and hardness of heart. be- cause they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

BIG CANADIAN ORDER

STOCKPORT. England, (GP)- The engineering firm of Thomas storey Ltd.. manufacturers of the prefabricated Bailey bridge which was used extensively in the Sec- ond World War, has . lived I memo order for pontoon: from the Canadian Govemnfent.

Refrigeration

SALI3 I SERVICE lfopelrl To All Makes

MOTORS

Rewinding and Repairs-

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He takes this window for the last.

And in implore your lleht he s u-

Aweke. awake! the mom will never riu

Till she can dress her beauty at

_ your eyes.

The merchant bowl unto the sea- n\ari’o star.

The plouflunan from the sun his union takes:

But still die luvtr thlr are

who look for true wakes. ,

Awake. awake! break through your veil: of lawn!

o_ndere what

‘men draw your curtains. and be- lln the down! A

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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Benin V Paleor Electric

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—- Windsor Star. .

i ' ter how beautiful the scenery. no

As life gets more complicated .re must be sure of our defini- .ions= If it has a pickle beside it. it is a sandwich: if there‘: a wo- man‘: head inside it. it is I bet

"I lhluk Junior must be inside ‘.he house somewhere." his rho- Jier remarked. “I've counted the times the screen door has elem- med since school let out and it's an odd number."—Winnipe[ Tri- bune.

The first consignment of loco- motive bollers given by Canada to India under the Colombo Plan reached West Bengal recent- ly. Canada is giving India 50 boilers and 120 locomotives under the Colombo Plan. The total cost is about $16,724,000. — Hamilton Spectator.

A Detroit hospital authority tells us 50 percent. of the nurses graduating disappear from the profession within three years. mainly due to marriage. This is despite many working after mar- riage. Indeed. in one hospital. 68 percent. of the nurses are mar- ried women. may of them middle- nged who have returned to the profession after raising a family.

All Canada is vltell! Interested in the tourist trade. But no mat-

matter how historic the aree. so long as the tourist feel: cheated on his food spending. he is not likely to return. nor to tell his friends about his wonderful va- cation. High standards for the preparation of foods will pay divi- dens in tourist dollars. — Moose Jaw Times-I-Ierald.

—Whl|e the results showed that 34, or 79 precept. of cities over 25.000 population have some kind of planning board, only 15. or 35 percent. have a planning staff. Of ld'I cities between 5.000 and 25.- 000. only 42 percent. have plan- ning boards, while only 10 per- cent. have planning staff. Of the smaller communities between 1.- 000 and 5,000 population. only six percent. enjoy any planning services. -— North Bay Nugget.