Reha ke pee ee Sor ee

TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1959.

Recalling Milton

Among tne Western powers, Bri- tain is the. only one which appears fo have no misgivings about holding a top level conference on the German situation. Foreign Secretary Lloyd argues that the Geneva foreign min- isters’ coBference has moved near enough to a Berlin truce to justify _ this action, while his American, French and West German colleagues quite evidently think otherwise. It is difficult, however, as’ Mr. Lloyd argues, to see what the West can. lose by accepting the Soviet assurances that

1962 at least, and that new negotia- tioris could be entered into for longer term arrangements with Western rights intact. Since Soviet Premier Khrushchey, has maintained all along that only a summit conference can settle cold war problems, he would ‘certainly not oppose Mr. “Lloyd's suggestion now. If. he is bluffing, why not call his bluff?

: ~ The Soviets, of course, are-mast- ____ers_of propaganda_and_Britain’s allies.

have stressed the danger of top level d'scussions degenerating into verbal slugging matches -in which Khrush- chev would be in his element. This is a strange attitude for democratic ~ powers to take, and is quite a revers-

$l of the historic role of democracy

as the champion of free speech. Why should they fear a defeat for truth?

John Milton posed tnis question many |

years ago, in a celebrated passage in his “Areopagitica” (1644) which is well worth recalling today. “Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth”, said Milton, “so truth be in the field, we do ‘ingloriously . . . to mis- doubt her strength. Let her and falsehood e; who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?’

Twe e¢enturies after these words were written, another great Eng- bshman, William Wordsworth, ¢om- posed a sonnet on the pusillanimity of his times. ‘“Milion!” he wrote, “thou shouldst be living at this hour! England hath need of thee.” It is not England in this case, but her a'lies, f6r whom Milton’s trumpet call should sound. Their hesitancy at this siage shows lamentable lack of con-

fidence in themselves or in the |

causes they espouse. Of course the “winds ‘of doctrine” will blow fur- fously at a summit meeting; but ‘‘so truth be in the field”, tq douht her strength we indeed “do inglorious- ly.” And let us not imagine that the

‘Communists are not well aware of.

this ahd of its propaganda value! Atomic Waste Problem

Tne U.S. Atomic Energy Com- mission is under close Congression- al scrutiny these days, for a rea- gon of importance to every man, woman and child on this continent.

The inquiry is into the Commission’s |.

methods of disposing of atomic wastes. By 1969, it is estimated, there will, be 120,000,000 gallons of “hot” waste alone, piled up around er under the United States, and some of it’ will remain dangerous for ‘ upwards of a thousand years.

This radioactive material left

ower from the burning of fuel in

atomic reactors ig buried in huge pits near major reactor centees. Other atomic wasies, of lower in- tensity, are> usually buried at sea

}_—in—concrete-lined steel drums. Late-

Jy a Texas senator has charged that dumping nuclear wastes in the Gulf of Mexico in drums.that only last 10 years not only could hurt the

____ succulent Gulf shrimp, but might

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the fisheries in the Grand Banks

off Newfoundiand.

The concern expressed in Con- gress has caused the A.E.C. to take more: precautions in its waste dis- posal. Under’ study, among other

things. are the prospects of. deep:

burial in the canyons of ocean; but not enough is yet known about

no one-sided action against West -

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mae -onusneceetnpensnstnsenesetaseasonecaniyte eeoennennsanrnanasaeantiirenit itvenes~napennptinemeemrees

to divide up the, ocean bottoms for rational dumping grounds.

Some action will’ have to be de- cided upen soon. The number of vedctors in the United States is growing steadily (six or seven ma- jor power reactors built or in pro- cess of building, 40-50 test and re- search reactors in operation), and the number of uranium’ refineries (28) increasing—and all posing problems on land, river and ocean. Tests are going’bn in an. abandoned Kansas salt mine to see _ if wastes might be stored in such locations. There is even talk of shooting these wastes into space in special satellites. As noted above, it is a continent- . Wide problem, in which we should » be quite as much concerned as our American neighbors.

Big Saskatchewan Dam.

Construction is now under way on the South Saskatchewan River Dam, and it is not difficult to appreciate - the tremendous interest which farm- ers in that area are taking in the pro-

partment of Agriculture,’ the exten- sive irrigation system made possible by this dam should switch the un- certain wheat economy. of. the area into an economy balanced and di- versified by the addition of livestock, mixed farming and special crops. Control of the river will be ach- ieved by two dams, the major one at a point approximately half way between: the towns of Outlook and Elbow,_It will be the largest earth- rolled fill of its kind in Canada and one of the largest in the world. Ris- ing above the present floor of the

the river valley for a distance of al- most three miles. ig " The reservoir created by the con- struction of the dam will impound 8,000,000 acre feet of water, or enough to cover 8,000,000 acres in depth of one foot. It will be 140 miles long, 185 feet deep at the dam and have a shoreline of 475 miles. The flooded area at full supply level will be approximately 109,600 acres, 5.2 ‘per cent of which is now under cul- tivation. The remaining land is im- mediately adjacent to the river and has very little agricultural value other than for grazing. One of the principle uses of this project will be for irrigation. It is estimated that 500,000 acres can be irrigated from the reservoir. _It is expected that increased pro- duction on irrigated land will more’ than double the gross farm revenue in the area. This enhanced farm economy will be reflected in neigh- boring towns and cities as old busi- nesses expand and new ones are in- troduced to meet the increased con-

ed areas stand to gain also, as ‘feed banks” are developed in the irrigat- ed portions. Thus, crises due to feed shortages, common in this part - of the prairies, will be substantially re- duced. It is most unlikely that the terrible days of the “hungry 30's” will ever again be’ repeated. That, indeed, is the main interest of the Federal Government in the scheme, and rightly so.

EDITORIAL .NOTES

The ruined temples of Baalbeck. are providing the setting for the an- nual interriational festival of music, drama and ballet which is now being | held in Lebanon. World-famous en- sembles taking part in this 1959 festival are the Italian chamber music quartet “I Musici”, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the: Gaston Baty-Montparnasse theatre company from Paris,.and. the Ballet Rambert from London. . —* .

At mid-June, according te the Federal Labour Department, 6,053,- (00 Canadians were gainfully em- | ployed, while only 320,927 unfilled

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| job registrations were recorded at .

| National Employment Service offices across the country. The former figure considerably exceeds that of the peak month of August, 1958,

while the number of those seeking _ work represents a drop of nearly 50 per cent in one. month.. While the June total now stands as a record for numbers employed, it seems high- ly probable that it will be exceeded in July and August, Particularly en- couraging is the statement that em- ployment ‘in. the Atlantie region

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sumer market. Adjacent, non-irrigat- |

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Siisinccctinmaliy

Ti Far «astern nations has now be- come a familiar sight on the cam- pus of McGill, and other Caha- | dian_univesilies. Many of these students have come to Canada un- der the Colombo Plan. — Their _training here is part of Canada’s

countries. And it is the very best | kind of help. For sends these studenta home trawed to bring to their own countries the techni- cal skilie they have learned in Canada.

This is only one part of what

PUBLIC FORUM

This coltume is open te the discus ~

sion by correspondents of question ¢.

taterest. The Guardian does not nesee

sarily em‘orse the opinion of corres pondents.

SAFETY APPEAL

Sir,—The past weeke here on the Island have pertrayed a scene: of gloom and sadness as many homes have witnessed the loss of loved ones as results of auto-accidents. Indeed the mounting death tol has reached | an all-time climax and presents a terrifying picture.

No. doult but that many dif- ferem opinions could be reached as té'the cause of such mishaps, nevertheless * is my apinion - that the root of this major pro blem can be based on but two sordid facts; namely; reckless driving and mere carelessness. Naturally there ‘are many who will mockingly disagree with me; but these are actual facts which must be taken into con-

bated, will only add to the grow- ing increase in traffic fatalities.

founded solely on what I, per- sonally, have witnessed om

How Canada Is Helping ~

Ottawa Gazette “presence of sudents from | Canada is doing —under—the—C

contribution to the Colombo Plan |

sideration and which, unless a- |

From my viewpoint which is rT

MORE ROYAL TOURS WOULD DO IT _

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ombo Plan — a plan which will soon be ten years old. It is a particularly implortant plan, for it expresses the spirit ef the Commonweaith.

A SMALL WORLD

__We have come to learn in mo dern times that the “world Is very small, and that the future will be won for freedom and sanity only if all friendly nations may come

gether for a better way of life. The Commonwealth is a unique association, and one that has been growing all the more world-wide as new nations, of diferent climes and races, have eome within its free borders.

In thia way these Common-

the Colombo Plan nations are not

known. BROAD PLAN

other

has been mostly in relation to its Commonwealth members — In- dia, Pakistan and Ceylon.

The’ Colombo Plan is not pri- marily an organization for giving direct aid, which, however use ful, is only temporary in its ef- fect. Such direct aid has heen

and flour to meet acute shortages of ood. But the greater and more constructive purpose of the plan is to encourage the development

various occasions,. t would re- | veal that this type of driving is | indulged in by many; especially teenagers who consider as) being, “‘knacky ‘with the wheel.” Still there are times when their ability faila to reach ther ex- pectations and with the accel- erator stamped to the floor is then too late for prevention. - Annually. here on the Island as | in other provinces throughout inion, many of our teen- agers have the opportunity to participate in a Safe Driving Rodeo. How many of these boys and girls accept this event for ite true value and basic train- ing with regard to their every- day driving abilit¥” As they manoeuvre their vehicles through the various proceedi in com- petition for this Safe Driving Title, do they manipulate with the skill and assurance of, safety or does the sense of pride in their driving ability overshadow the direct meaning of the event? Being a competent driver is in- deed something to be proud of and those who are considered as “such, are indeed worthy of ree- ognition. However, I refer to the “Safe Driving Rodeo" mainiy te establish the fact that im my opinion, the ability which en- ables teenagers to compete im such an event must also play an influential part in their daily driving routine; for the necess- ities which are esential in guch | &@ competition can produce “safe driving’ only if carried out “onte ‘our righways. For just as

meet their own needs. IMPORTANT

This is where the educating! anxious a world.

te feel that they are working to- |

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wealth students in Canada from THE FUTURE

strangers, though they come from | serve the future even more than lands very different from ours. | the present. They are not eforts They are partners and friends in, to meet i one of the greatest adventures in much as to help proyide lasting |

fellowship that the world has ever | improvements. In this same spirit | and with this same purpose Can- |

| of public works in India, Pak-| - . The Colombo Plan '¢ a broaa istan and Ceylon. Examples are| The S.S. Charlottetown held a | one, in that it includes not only the atomie reactor near Bom-. capacity crowd on Thursday eve- Commonwealth nations but such bay. a hydro-electric project in ning for the Moonlight sail up the Far Eastern nations. as Madras, a transmission line and Vietnam, and such other Western | a cement plant in Pakistan, and nations az the United States. But | projects for developing the fish- the role thet Canada has played | eries of Ceylon.

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given, as in the donatitn of wheat |

ada has participated in a long list

Up to last March 381, these ef-_ forts have meant an expenditure by Canada of %.6 million in tech- nical assistance and $224.1 mil- lion in capital assistance.

All this assistance, important as it is im: itself, is expresion of something ial still. The greater fact ta that the nations of the Commonwealth, by their very diversity, independence and mingled necessities, are members

| one of another, and must find a

| yesterday moming by train for

confident trust, a sure courtesy,

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Some 6 cubic miles of rain fall each day on our planet. This totale about 16 million tons of rain per second around the clock. The moisture supply of our planet ie conetant:. the problem

| is uneven distribution that creat-

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Rain On The Roof.

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In the darkness of middle night, one wakens. Rain is making mu- sie on the roof. Few sounds are sweeter in the farm year than the steady monotone sung of the drops as they play on the roof. The drought is broken and a man turns over and goes - to -sleep,

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

(July 28, 1934)

Northumberland Straits. The af- fair was sponsored by the Sum- merside Golf Club. The steamer calied at Tormentine number of people from the main- jJand embarked for the trip.: Bian- chard’s orchestra from Charlotte- town provided the music.

Allan Matthews of Alberton

ing from a fractured hip. He was | riding on a load of hay when he ' lost his balance and fell from the | load to the roadway. It is also. feared he may be suffering from some internal injuries. TEN YEARS AGO (July 28, 1949)

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Two Island Army Cadets

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a two-week camp in Banff, Ai- berta. The cadets are Majors, Edwards Mullins, Queen Square Cadet Corps, and William Mac- Andrew, West Kent Cadet Corps. Both are cadet commanders for their respective cadet corps.

It has been announced that G. Wesley Murray, formerly of Fre- dericton, P.E.1. has eccepted a position as Electronics Inspector with, the Inspection Services of Canada. Mr. Murray is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Murray of Fredericton, and is now residing

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id is import Safety | Yard to smell the air. There ie s } Secin sts paas te be | definite tinge of coulnens; the || « }-cbeyed,-even—more-imporiant_ia | wind. je freshening and_ swinging the use of common-sense on our | ito the enat. je @ song fron highways where rules sel- | the leaves of the maple by the 1 dom obeyed but where life ie| house corner. Rain is on the , the reward for —_ See way. . he : and ‘surely with the terrible ac- Z e's cidents which we have recently ae a nag ni experienced we shall all awake CONNE. Wags ee a te the fact that “Death takes no husiness manager DIAL holiday'”’ tame (Ohio) Star - Beacon war ; when bettind the wheel that the | dav might. Police said te wife : : lives of others as well as our confested » shooting. 3 ’ depends drive, | C. Hankdne, 34, was shot once in|] 173 Great George St. 0) Se the hack ae he was removing his

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Have Annual ‘By Herman N. Bundesen, WHAT you don’t know hurt you. So get the facts, fast—with am annual health audit. s hope ‘eapd pes you to _ | thorough .checkup at least ‘|}@ach year. But this advice te just as sound today was est ae call , over | Germany by his father where the | lad secking 2 ‘who Tide waan eb ae ek mistake was straightened out and | “Hope you are swimming in tht Have | Standard-Freeholder ; appear to be functioning perfect oo ae ne naeea e ly—tested for their éfficiency, time for the state last year whe. Thére are teste which will indie- ther he knew it or not. Some 1) ste how these organs react to & hours of work a week out of challenge and how they future endurance. SO oe ens pay for Not enly chould thay he be wist lee Canodion hoagie as example, there is the Haines cold- | Down in the green depths, deep 7 water test for future high blood] under water, but the facts are not widely pressure and the Master test for | Nought but a dim shape covered | known because the tax collector the heart. . with rust, appears in many different guises USED AS AN AID Ropes of the lobster fleet tang- | and his total bite is taken in An anatomical test might re | led about it. fad Nie many veal conditions which can be ue- | Lying there sinking within the | ™Dbles. often invisibly.—Winnipeg ed as an aid to health and pos | earth's crust. Free : ) dil gedlonging-Ufe...9 1) — 4 23 Of course. the doctor will take | Years had it lain on the rough - | ee male enon history. | sandy bottom, The Age Old Story you see him every year, this is | Oft hid yet often exposed by the 9 @ relatively simple matier. tides... os . The Lord thy God in the midst 3 While this might mot seem im- | Then the ‘cold see so cruel and | @ thee is mighty; he will save, portant to you, it is a great help | fickle he will tejoice over thee with. : to the doctor in trying to deter- | Had risen and‘ humbled the | Je7- : as | mine what might happen in the| fishermen’s pride. , as 2ell as at present. Now as one looks at this rust en- ity, too, Plays e major role | Gone were the hundreds of buoys | cased treasure,.. in the overall picture. end lobster - pots, Slowly a picture commences te know how you spend your work| torn away, Long, low and rakish, with can 57 day and your leisure hours. Some on the bottom and some| vas full bending, 33 ORAL REPORT : on the beaches, Surely too swift to be felled by i eee ct ees | ee ore tO eS a storm. : generally be of great value in| and the spray. ; helping him judge what your Lashed to her deck agleam by future as well as the present. | Nothing was known of thie an-| her bowseprit, . will indicate to the physician just | cient reminder, Black-painted flukes, hand forge where the greatest stress is like- | Waiting to bring back pictures of | ed im the yards ~~ = __~ | ly to-oceur. : old. Rugged and ready to hold in the = ' And if you are abusing your | Then the sharp graphel searching | tempest 7 _] of their students becomes se im-| health by overdoing anything| the bottom, Or in the calm waters.neath shim- portant, Up to March 91. 1960. | during your leisure time, this | Gripped the old anchor and loos- }- mering stars. a3 total of more than a thousand wil) show up, téo. - | @ned ite hold. 4 trainees from Colombo Plan coun-| “Another important aspect of - Wes this her anchor that fate tries had spent varying periods | any general over-all checkup is a | Up from the muri depthe trail-| brought amongst us, in Canada, studying at univer- | psychological examination. Per-| ing ite debris, : That which once flashed im the _ sitiess and other educational in-| haps it would pay to consult a| Up to the light to re-enter the| sun on her decks? stitutions, learning canadian ind- | peychiatrist. if you have any] world, : Be what it may, we shall each ustrial techniques, or’ receiving | grave concerns or From which it had gone leaving; have our picture, training in Government depart-| mental habits which are effecting | no trail behind it. Proud ocean rater, er desolate ments. Fields of study included | your physical well-being Down —into__depthe where the | wreck. 5 nursing. public health. engineer-| At least ask your doctor about | strong currents curted. — |ing,agriculture, forestry. fisher-| if poe ‘ ‘the | Dowa through the ages a story ies, geology. aerial survey tech- | QUESTION = wear an - dt aa —inte an a z sabaiati niques, statistics, raitway opera-| Mrs. E.AM.: 7 ert : How in dismay tions. and public administration. | Will a child afflicted with this or with the sights that stared. In: addition, Canada has sent |have to wear glasses the rest of | ue Mew 7 | | As all sails drawing « great ship . to the Colombo countries 134 ex- a ee eee gtirring nen en ; perts, in such varied fields as Wr re sod to death as watchers public health, agriculture, fish-| Answer: Myopia is nearsight-| SUM bright jm the memories of | despaired, ' eries, mining, engineering, aerial | edness. The ¢ondition often in, Crashed to her death where the | surveys, Medical books have been | creases until the age of 18 or 2) Wa) 15 ine ship that had once | cliffs towered o'er her, ? | given to the libraries of 76 med- and then becomes stable. In lat- "Rides Gis aneiee? aauae to halls had eas aa, ‘ieal schools of ten countries in| er years may prove eomewNel. | oo) long tpefore te a watery | Beauty and grace to inglorious South and Southeast Asia. Glasses eee bod ga grave? ending. ; a aa ae comeae hears peene dg Had she gone down with her cap- | Such is the tale of the seafaring All these efforts at. aid will: U | they will be necessary tain‘ and crewmen? — men. taengnent Bie . | Was it a storm and were some —Thomas Morris immediate needs, so

Party on Thursday, July 30th, 1959; Friday, July z 31, 1959 no parking will be permitted on the fol- ee lowing streets and roads between 9:00 a.m. and % 11:00 a.m. ’ d Prince Street south of Kent. 3 Water Street west of Prince 3 Rochford Street south of Grafton ne = Grafton Stret between Rochford & Weymouth ‘ ig Weymouth Street north of Grafton 3 ‘Avenue and St. Peter’s Road to Point Road. . Brackley Point Road to Sherwood Cemetery Sherwood Road to Frozen Food Plant. . No will be permitted on the following stréets and roads between 2:00 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. | St. Peters Road Hawthorne Avenue Longworth Avenue Euston Street Ambrose Street McGill Avenue North River Road P. E. I. Hospital Driveway Government Pond Roadway . No parking will be permitted on the following streets between 8:00 p.m. and 11 p.m. Kent Street from Government House to Roch- ford Street Rochford Street, along Haviland to the H. M. Naval Barracks. E On Friday, July 31st, 1959, no parking will be permitted on the following streets between 8:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Kent Street between Gevernment House and. Great George Street :

Great George Street nérth of Kent Euston Street east of Great George $t. to

Brackley Point Road to Airport

The Park Roadway will be closed to traffic on the night of July 30, 1959 from 11.00 p.m. to 9:30 a.m. the following day.

In fact there is to be no parking on any por tion of the route to be followed by: the Royal Party on the above dates prior to the passing of the said Royal Party. ;

Also, no citizens will be allowed on the wharf Thursday morning from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.

We solicit the cooperation of the public in

Pits hy,

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Charlottetown whom we |

| this ee a —have no untoward —incident—

Duke of Edinburgh.

Previously we have had a’ great deal of trouble with roaming dogs, so please see that

your pets are kept locked up for this occasion

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