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Fniofifrnn. 7, 1958

The Causeway Survey

It is gratifying to note the action taken by the Diefenbaker Govern- ment in allocating: $200,000 for a full- scale engineering study of the propos- ed causeway to link this Province with the mainland. This expen- diture, along with a $10,000,000 de- velopment scheme for the port of St. John’s, Newfoundland, is announced as the first of a series of measures in a national program to deal with unemployment. We are not concern- ed with the category in which the grant is _placed, ‘but with the grant itself. It comes at the beginning of

- a’; federal electionlcampaign, and its

political implications are obvious. Nevertheless, it is something that we have been urging for a long time and it is much better to have it come late than never. , W _ ‘

T5 The delay in presenting the re-. sults of the preliminary survey on rock borings during the last »session of Parliament was disappointing, and it was feared that the. whole project might be shelved indefinite- Iy. Our federal- Conservative mem- bers had the backing of the Atlantic Premiers, of the Associated Boards of Trade oflthis Province, the Mari- time Boards of Trade and the0Atlan- tic Provinces Economic Council in presshig for concrete action, and they are now‘ to be commended upon the result of their efforts. E ,A

This was primarily .a Liberal pro- ject.. Our readers» will not forget that it was Mr.»Neil A. Matheson, then a member ,1 of Parliament for

Queens, who first broached the mat- ,

ter in the House of Commons in conjunction A with Premier Matheson who dealt with it ‘in a forceful speech in the Legislature, at which he in- dicated that. Hon. Robert Winters, then Federal Minister of Public Works, had shown interest in its

possibilities. Despite opposition from .

other Liberal sources the Premier and Mr. Neil Matheson worked in- defatigably on the scheme. From the start theyvreceived the full sup- port of this newspaper. We argued then, as we do -now, that this was too important an issue to be bogged down in partisan politics. Our, Boards of Trade took the same attitude. Soon there was a wave of supporting public opinion which culminated in an assurance from Prime Minister St. Laurent as to his government’s favorable attitude if they project should prove feasible, financially and otherwise. .

We shall now have to wait the results of the full-scale engineering survey for which money has been appropriated. It is to behoped that no further time will be lost in push- ing this work to completion, with a minimum of talk 'one’way or the

other as to where the credit should -.

go. In the meantime, why not re- lease the information available as to the field tests already made? Everything concerning this project is of interest to our citizens, and we see no reason for any further official secrecy.

Basic To Securiiy In recent’ years, much emphasis has been placed on the protective

. features of life insurance which are,

of COUIFC, fundamental. However, when the economic outlookvbecomes clouded, the advantages of systema- tic saving through life insurance be- come increasingly obvious. When measured against the hazards of the securities markets, the factor of safety takes on new importance. This timely point was emphasized in the address of Mr. L. L. Lang, pre- sident of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada, at the com- pany’s annual meeting this week. It is a point well taken, in good times or bad. Life insurance savings pro- vide the strong foundation on which personal financial security can be built.

In national affairs, Mr. Long sees the present period as a transition between two phases of the develop- ment of Canada as one of the world’s great nations. He is convinced that

the basic factors. of population growth, expanding demand from a world bent on industrialization, and the intensity of militarysand ideologi- cal competition will create a long- term problem, not of unemployment, but rather of shortageof capital. This is a problem which, he em- phasizes, must not be aggravated by inflation, or the supply of loan- able funds on which government, housing and much corporate finan- cing depend, will dry up.

Disaslrous Fire

Our Summerside citizens will have the sympathy of the whole Province in the disastrous fire which occur- red yesterday morning. It has laid waste an important section of the business area of the town, caused

. damage to the extent‘of half a mil-

lion dollars, and put many. people out of employment temporarily. Coming at this season, it might have been under more unfavorable weath- er conditions, and caused much more difficulty to the gallant fire fighters whose efforts were finally success- lful in getting it under control. That is about the only consolation to be derived from the misfortune, in which many firms have suffered heavy losses. ‘

It will be recalled that Summer- side experienced an even more ser- ious conflagration in 1906, and again in 1916, ten years later. On those oc-

casions, the burned out areas soon

rose from their ashes, more flour- ishing than ever. Our Prince County

capital has a magnificent commun-

ity _spirit. It has met every-challenge

; to its growth and development, _and

we have no doubt that the present occasion will be no exception. In the meantime, however, ‘itiis a matter of very serious concern.

Tlirealenecl Strike

The dispute between the railways. and the Firemen’s Union is back where it was when it started more than a year ago, when ‘it was PI‘0P0S' ed to dispense with the services of firemen on freight and yard diesel locomotives. The railways plan to go. ahead with the proposal, in accord- ance with therecommendation of the Royal Commission headed by Mr.

Justice R. L. Kellock; and the

Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men and Engineers says it will tie

- up both systems if the recommenda-

tion is followed up.‘

Apart altogether from the merits of the Commission's findings, the situation’ points up the futilty of ap-

pointing arbitration boards or fact

finding commissions * whose recom- mendations are not binding on both parties to a dispute. It is awaste of time and money. " A Presumably, the only‘ way now for a strike to be prevented is for

' the railways to back down on their

proposal to get rid of the firemen or

‘alternatively, for the Federal Gov-‘

ernment to take a firm hand in work- ing out a compromise, if one is pos- sible. This is always a difficult and unenviable task for any govern- ment. ’ With an ‘election pending it is, of course, even moredifficult. But it is something which has to be done

- ——and quickly—i_f a crippling blow to

the nation’s economy is to be avoid- ed.

EDITORIAL — NOTES ‘

There will be contests for every ward as well as for the Mayoralty and board of Water Commissioners in the coming civic election. This is a good sign. It is to be hoped that the vote will be correspondingly heavy and that the qualifications of every candidate will be duly weighed and considered. , ' _* 1: w (

Newfoundland leads all the Pro- vinces in at least one phase of pub- lic health. Legislation passed at the lresent session of the Legislature provides free hospital and surgical care for all children 16 years old and your zr. They had previously be: provided free medical treatment at home. ’

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Mr. Adlai E. Stevenson has added his voice to those who would like the Secretary-General of the Unit- ed Nations to select a group of pri- vate citizens from over the world

"to consider the various disarma-

ment recommendations. Mr. Steven- son thinks that such discussions would “help to clear the air of all the bunk”. Certainly, it could do ‘ no harm; and it might help to convince the governments concerned that something has to be done to break the deadlock, which they themselves seem unable to do.

- era-tion. Of these, only 74 per

g tion to exercise the greatest right

_ be our most politically enthuses-

, ed the national pattern, with 74

, per cent in Quebec.

bout the way Jo nny Canuck and

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, OTTAWA REPORT

TAKE OFF’

Over Nine Million Voters

By Patrick

Nicholson 1

‘Special Correspondent for The Guardian

‘ Ottawa: The number of voters qualified to write an “X’.’ ion a ballot paper on 31st March will for the first time in our history exceed 9,000,000. «

In the last general election’ on 10th June of last year,‘8,902,- 125 electors were listed at enum-

cent, or 6,605,980, took the trouble to go to their nearest polling sta-

which we enjoy in a democracy. Saskatchewan proved itself. to

tie province, where "a top 81 per cent of. the qualified electors went to vote. Newfoundland was bot-‘ tom of the list, with only 47 per cent going to vote. Our three lar- gest provinces all closely match-

per cent going to vote in B.C., 73 per cent in Ontario, and 71

The official report on the 1957 election is expected to be publish- ed by Nelson Castonguay, our Chief Electoral Officer, sometime in April. It will be old history then, with everyone more ‘inter- ested in the results. of the 1958 ‘elections. ‘

But even though the full result is not yet officially ‘released, it has been possible to put togeth- er some interes ing statistics 11-

his wife voted last year. HOW QUEBEC VOTES

The one outstanding fact about last year’s vote was the manner

trary to the national trend.

To get the correct picture, one must consider not only consti- tuencies in Quebec Province, but

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also certain parts of other prov- inces where there has been a sub- , stantial over-spilling of the French ' Canadian population. The eastern end of Ontario and the north-wes- ’ tern part of New Brunswick of- fer the classic examples of the “overflow.” There are certain oth- er districts, far removed from the boundaries of Quebec, where the population is now substantially French-Canadian. The riding of St. Boniface, part of Greater Winnipeg, is commonly con- sidered to be typical of these. Suppose we consider the seven most predominantly French rid- ings outside Quebec, and add these to the 75 ridings in Que- bec. These 82 ridings. returned only"10’ Conservative members. The vote in those ridings was 62 per cent for the Liberal Party, compared to a mere 34 per cent which the Liberals obtained in all the ‘rest of Canada.‘ . - The Conservatives received only 32 percent of the vote in French- ‘Canada, whereas in the other

parts of'the couutry,~ which con- 1 tain nearly two-thirds of our vot-,

ers, they enjoyed the support of 42'percent of all those who went -to the polls. This made the Con- servatives the favourite political party in the non-French areas of Canada. « ,

Liberal spokesmen at their con- vention in Ottawa last month, and Liberal M.Ps in the C: nmons, have frequently boasted that Lib- eral candidates obtained in total some 250,000 votes more than those polled for their Conserva- tive opponentsiin the last elec- tion.

The claim is correct. Yet in

National Geographic Society

The “forbidden kingdom" of Nepal has opened a tourist bur- eau—an 1 event that would have seemed incredible only a‘ decade ago.

Venetian adventurer Marco Polo reported about the year 1300 that the Himalayan kingdom was “little frequented by strangers,

whose visits the King discourag--

es.” The description held true until the power of a long-time ruling family was broken in 1951. ,

At that time only a few hun-‘ dred Westerners, in all the an- nals of recorded history, has ever visited the Wisconsin-size land.

Nepal hasylet down the bars under the progressive leadership of its youthful new monarch, Ma-‘ hendra. When he was crowned in May, 1956, many Americans and other Westerners arrived to witness one of -the world’s most magnificent ceremonies.

PROGRESS COMES

. Katmandu, the capital, normal- ly has only 150,000 people; it bul- ged with nearly half a million. Houses were decked in gay pas- tel colors and painted elephants lumbered down the streets, graz- ing the eaves of temples. E. Thomas Gilliard traveled to Kat- mandu ‘for the ceremonies and prepared an illustrated account for the National Geographic Ma- gazine. (July, 1957).

The Shangri-La country fas-j cinated coronation guests, and the Nepalese found that it was pleas- ant to have visitors. Completely reversing previous policy, Nepal has now set up an organization to arrange excursions and pro- vide guides.

The Government is also work- ing to improve conditions for? both tourists and the Nepalese.= Before World War II, the only3 way to reach the exotic capital; was by mountain trail from In- dia. Now visitors can fly in by] plane or ride over a modern highway.

Sandwiched between India and Tibet, the rectangular - shaped kingdom covers about 54,000; square miles. Topographicallyé speaking, it is on top of the world. Eight of the 10 tallest mountains of the earth~including Mount} Everest-rise within the country

.or along its frontiers. They pro-

vide the natural fortifications , at have helped Nepal remain aloof _ Until a few years ago, Nepal ihad only three miles of paved ;roads. But recent developments lhave been impressive. Last July lthe King dedicated a 72-mile ‘highway which he described as a symbol of progress by his na- tion from isolation to active par-

lticipation in world affairs.

HOME OF GURKHAS

Visitors to Nepal are struck not only bythe scenery of the Himalayas (the name means “abode of shows”), but by the country’s sturdy, devoutly relig- ious people. Cities are studded with temples, including special places of worship for people of different trades, such as weav- ers and ‘brass-makers. Richly carved Hindu temples and Bud- dhist shrines dot the countryside.

V Ye ‘spite of this lafger Liberal vote, the Conservativeslwon the great- er number of seats, by 113 to 106 for the Liberals.

Liberal candidates polled a to- tal of 2,796,039 votes, compared to 2,578,045 for Conservatives. But these figures dont tell all the story, for the Liberal vote was highly concentrated in French - Canada, where their candidates rolled up enormous majorities. Nearly half the Liberal votes were obtained in those French ridings. where their majority ov- er the Conservatives was a stag- gering 588,784 votes.

In addition to Quebec, the Lib- erals polled more votes than the Conservatives in three other pro- vinces. Saskatchewan, ‘Alberta and ,Ne'wfoundland.' The Tories outpol-‘ rled the Grits in the six other pro- vinces.

The Socreds of course excelled

Wise Rule For Cor Drivers T00

‘ By Herman N. Bundsen.

TAKE a tip from the airline pilots when you get into your auto to drive anywhere. ’

Regulations adopted by $519,133‘: lines, and support_ed.b.V 319 P1 0 5 union, prohibit drinking of alcohol by fliers for 18 hours before flying.

COMMERCIAL DRIVERS

Now the Harvard School of Pub- lic Health has looked into the mat- ter pretty thoroughly and 1"e°°m‘ mends a similar rule for commer- cial drlvers. Let me go one step farther and suggest that 311 dljl‘ vers, even you motorists, abstain from alcohol for a minifnllm Of 13 hours before climbing into a car to drive.

I’d like to explain why._ _ Alcohol, you see, is eliminated from the blood stream and tissues very, very slowly—at the rate of- only one-third of an ounce P91‘ hour. And contrary to popular 139' lief, the Harvard investigators say, drinking black coffee or eit- ercising will not speed‘ up this rate. ‘ ‘ SPEEDY BOOST

For example, drinking eight highballs over a period of four hours will boost the blood alcohol content to 15 per cent in about

two hours after the first drink.

It will remain at this high level

for some nine hours. In fact, 14 hours after the final drink the al- cohol level still will be .09 per cent. "

SLOWER RATE

Of even greater importance,

possibly, is the fact that alcohol is eliminated from the brain and‘ and spinal fluid at an even slow- er rate. ’

All of which means simply that alcohol reduces a driver’s stan- dards of performance and his in- sight into the quality of his per- formance. . Q 01', to put it more bluntly, you can’t drive as well, but you don't know ‘you _can’t. V QUESTION AND ANSWER

T.E.: My brother’s eyeballs fre; quently shift horizontally from one side to another. What can be causing it? -

Answer; From your description,

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A prophet is usually without honor in any country that keeps a record of his batting average. in foretelling events.-Kitchener

Waterloo Record

If you have moncyv “'5 “S3 to imagine in what Way Y0‘; 3:): a superior person-Moose a Times-Herald

In the long run ignorance (I18 always more_expens1ve reg“; less of the increasing cost 0 education.-—-St. Thomas Times - Journal

Car manufacturers don't belie“ the human race is becoming lazy. White is forecast as the m 0 st popular car color. —— Edmonton Journal

A doctor says colds cost us a

be he said million; couldn't tell with the cold he had.—Calgary Herald

A Russian scientist says he has seen two Abominable Snowmen. It must be a pretty tpugh neigh- borhood, where Abominable Show men. travel in panrs.—Ham1lton Spectator

The Age Old Story

I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.

it would seem that V0111‘ b1'°th¢1' is suffering from nYvSt8_gm“S- _

This may be caused by a VIS- ion difficulty, badly-fitting glass- es or eyestrain. However, some nervous disorder may also be the cause. , A Better see your eye doctor.

a decision of the cm‘

billion dollars a year, but may-.

_ Pipe-smoking is re 1 increase amon U_

ents. If they dgon'ts{u§.:n°3'9_st& scientists, the universifi . pus least turn out mm-Q “Vina, look like scientists’_me-Twit Journal '. E s

The British dipldmt a—, to Russia under hi _

circumstances is wage‘ eager to return

sure of his acceptamx. are that many of his,“ would merely * inquil. aWay?’f -— Winnipeg,

The city of 3 lovely legal tangle The Six Nations Inga claliming ownership 5;; Market Square on

cery of Upper‘, can 1858: city disputes the basis of an ac tario Legislature‘ of is to prevail?--otuwg

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LLECTORS OF

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In consenting to the request of many 5» I men, and property holders, I have nominated joy; I: 1 Councillor in,Ward Three. I sincerely solici1;.yogf;’, ’ support on Feb. 12th and if elected I-»will.serve-2 you to the best of my ability. ~ - I ‘

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bothold parties in Alberta,’ and the C.C.F did the same in Sask- atchewan. While the Tories were top-dogs in B.C., both splinter parties outpolled the Grilisthere, forcing them to the bottom of the poll.

. OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The ‘Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb 7. 1933) ' Another cheque for $30,000 from the Carnegie Foundation was re- ceived yesterday ‘by the Provin- cial Government for the purpose of library demonstration work in

will also be received fdr this work, $15,000 in April and the last installment in July.

Several recommendations were submitted to. the City School Board on Monday by a delega- tion representing the executive of the Children’s Aid Society. The delegation requested that provis- ion be made for sufficient shel-

V ter accommodation for the care . of delinquent children, and among

other recommendations, that a family court be set up in the Province. , TEN YEARS AGO

; (Feb 7,'1948)

‘ Awareness of the potential dan- ger from contaminated water in areas, contiguous to prompted the Provincial Govern- ment to make amendments to the existing acts. It is now prohib- ited to erect a building less than 25 feet from the boundary of a highway and less than 50 feet from a neighbor. It is also pro- hibited to dig a well without first obtaining a permit from the Minister of Health and Welfare.