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THURSDAY. nscunsnuh '6. 1m

Senatogial Counlerblast

Senator William Duff‘ (Liberal) was char- acteristically tttitspolceti last ‘week in de-

the textbooks authorized in the other provinces. arranging for translation where that is neces- “YY- -

Many other suggestions_are contained in the report, which may in retrospect prove of great value in developing a closer spirit of unity] among the provinces, and thus undoing,‘ to some extent at least, the work of a certain class of politicians who have been a curse to this country since Confederation, and whose dis- ruptive propaganda was painfully evident dur- ing the war.

Good New; .01 .COI.1feren<:¢ .

While the information so far rel c‘ has been vague and sketchy, the impression grows that the preliminary discussions at the ‘Dominion- Provincial tConference at Ottawa last week have achieved substantial progress. Before adiourn- ing to meet on Ian. 28, thetconference set up an

iiotinciitg titt- l\llt_Q Liovcritincttfs new Fish ln- sltcctioit liill. "The bill," he said, “is nothintl, but ll lo: of cznn0trflage._'l'he officials who are; KiTZHVlIlQ s:tl.trits' of $i),000 and so have to do, sozitt-ilnng 1.1 :-llt\\\' that they are oti the lob, so 11m,- tr)‘ [l] pull wool over soniebodys eyes. I tgctw rtith trhzit irtts sztid by my friend from Lflczttlic- t l-lor. .\li~. Leger). These amendments‘

are l'ltllCtliUr,1.\ nonsense. Take clause I. NOW._ tin twig, lltrgi-t that wc had a [Jepartmeitt of l-‘i-htnqts .t.nl litirs Qtwfiflllllfl fisheries since 11st,. illll the t~ gcntlctticn in the Department

ltitrt, only non, in the year of our Lord I945, \\'.'ti-.L‘llC(i up t-" the fact that the word ‘fish’ bitttllid include shellfish and crustaceans. .

Llzttr-e 2 extctttls inspection to processing and inztrlnttg of fish to bc packed in containers. liicry man in the fish business has always been subject to lftslR-‘CtlOll, whether he is selling pickled fish, or fresh fish, or any other kind of fish. Now I come to the third clause: ‘l1"/tt'/tt'z*t'r an itirficcting officer sttrpecmj on rtuzsotttible yrotntdr that an offence against this Act or any reg/ulatioit ha: been committed, he ma y xcisc all fish and container: by means of or in relation to tvltirh he reasonably believes the offence tour annmittcd.’ If that becomes law lt might cause a lot of trouble to the fisherman. lle is the man who gets up before daylight, leav- lng his wife in bed, and makes his breakfast of a cup 0f tea and perhaps a piece of dry bread- he has not been able to get any butter in the last

,six or seven years——and goes out in the fog and

rain and stormy weather and catches one or two hundred mackerel or enough herring to fill three or four barrels, and some pollock or codfish. When this poor fellow comes in with his day’s catch he is likely to be met by some inspector front Halifax, who, does not know a kayak from an ale-wife, but who may seize the fish and hold it for several months. I say this bill is ridiculous nonsense. There is no need for it at all. What we ought to do is to give it the six months‘ hoist and then send it back to the Department of Fisheries.”

Hansard drily concludes, after this out- burst: “The motion was agreed to, and the Bill was read’ the second time."

Llnity Through Education

A matter of great interest to edtucationists is the problem of obtaining a more satisfactory standard in Canadian history textbooks. This subject has occupied the attention of a special committee of the Canada and Newfoundland Education Association for some time. The re- port of the committee was presented at the 22nd convention of the Association, and the com- plete text now appears, together with additional data including a. recommended program in his- tory for Canadian schools and digests of critical comments on the program, in the first issue of Canadian Education. This is the official pub- lication of the above mentioned Association, which represents the departments of education 1n all provinces, and which acts in many mat- ters on behalf - of other educational authorities and organizations across the Dominion.

Good textbooks, the committee finds, can be of little value unless the program of studies followed in the schools provides adequately for their use. At present the various provinces show a wide divergence in the curriculum re- quirements in history and social studies. There are differences in the total amount of time al- lotted to history. even more marked differences in the time allotted to Canadian history, and still more marked variation in the emphasis upon different periods and aspects of Canadian hist- pry.

A serious fault of the secondary school history texts, the committee reports, is their failure to clarify the meaning of demqq-gtig living. The citizen of a democracy has certain rights and rcstionsibilitics. While describing the growth of democratic government. the historian has to show how vital are these privileges and obligations tu the proper functitflng of the democratic stzttc. In too many tarts the funda- mental principlvs of democracy have eitlfer been neglected or taken for gratitcd.

Another characteristic of Canadian history textsl-aitrl the one which has beer: "of particu- lar concern 1o the commitxe — is the differ- ence in come-n: between texts in the English and French latigtiztges. Generally speaking, French- languagc texts tend to pass quickly over the history of the English provinces, while English- ltinguage books do not give sufficient attention to events or persons important in French Can- hdianjhistory. Needless to say. the relations of

Canada ‘with Britain receive a much different‘

treatment jn the two series of texts. A foreigner‘ would have (an altogether different view of .01 fun ltisttirv itccordin to whether he read ool textbook in the lgrcnch language or in

lisltplamzutige. , t icsnt recommendation of the com- the need for theater emphasis on social ‘growth -- on such things as farming hmdicrafts. rise of. in- attd . mantra-tiers. types

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economic committee consisting of representatives of each of the ‘ten Canadian governments, and this committee's conchisiols _ will - form the‘ basis of what tnay turn out to be definite dis- cussions and agreements by the conference proper in lamiary. '

The continuing committee will not confine itself to the Federal plan by which the provinces would turn over income tax to the Dominion and receive in return equal per capita grants. Many variants of thisformula undoubtedly will be considered. and out of them it is hoped a set- tlement satisfactory to everyone will be achiev- ed by a process of negotiation and compromise. The members of this comtnittee are to report back to their different ogvernments and- no joiiit report is expected from them.

t-EDITORIAL NOTES-

Activity at Ottawa begets activity here,

hence the revival of public interest in our provincial rights and privileges. . is a at s-

Building restrictions now removed, but veterans still to have priority, is good news,

provided materials are availahle. I I I

During a typical pro-war year, advertisers in Canada and the United States spent well over one and a half billion dollars to sell their products -— and they reaped in sales more than fifty times what they spent’ on advertising!

Mr. Blythe Hurst, the well-known litterateur and botanist, has been developing a peat indus- try in the vicinity of his home at Brackley Beach. Samples sent to friends in the city demonstrated that the dried peat is firm in tex- ture, producing a bright fire with abundance of heat. Pity is that the peat industry is not de- veloped here for, as has previously been shown, there areithousands of acres of land good for nothing else but fuel production of this description.

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Nothing succeeds like success, and evi- dently the success of the Charlottetown City Council's housing scheme at the airport is be- coming apparent to other centres. At any rate, Winnipeg's citv fathers have decided to follow suit, and have even approved the purchase of ‘four large R. C. A. F. huts to help relieve the housing shortage. The huts are being acquired for about $3,200 and are expected to provide the city with $1,600 a month in revenue from rent.

a is n- a Munitions Minister Howe, under whose department the government Wartime Hous-

ing agency operates, told the House of Com- mons it was his iob to provide homes for those who needed them, even if he had to“‘tread on someonc’s toes" in doing so. He reviewed the history of Wartime Housing, Ltd., which dur- ing the war built homes to meet shortages in areas adjacent to war plants and now is erect- ing houses for veterans, and said he agreed that dealers in building supplies’ were not pleased with its operation but only because it meant they did not get commissions. Selfishness as usual, the root of all our evils. l 1 U i

A resident of Quebec City, Mr. Arthur Bourget, has the honor of being that Provincds champion blood donor, with a record of 83 don- ations, of which sixteen went to the Canadian Red Cross. Mr. Bourget has given as much as one pint of blood, on certain occasions, when serious accidents occurred, and immediate blood transfusions were necessary. He made his first gift of blood in October, i925, when an emerg- ency transfusion was required for Rev. Mother St. Theophile, of the Sisters of Charity, of Que- bec, who was in hospital at the Hotel Dieu. A few weeks later, he again offered ‘his blood to Dr. Armand Rioux, also of Qutbcc, who was an accident victim in Trois-Pistoles. When the Canadian Red Cross sent out an appeal for blood donors, Mr. Bottrget was not found want- ing, for he was one of the first volunteers to appear at the Blood Donors’ Clinic, and offer .his blood. He gave on sixteen occasions. Mr. Bourget enjoys excellent health, and declares that he has never suffered the slightest dis- comfort or inconvenience as a result of giving up so much of his blpod‘. '

The Feast of St. Nicholas. Nearly four hundred churches in England and Sootliind ate

the special protector of children, scholars, merch- nnts, and sailors, and is invoked by travellers against robbers. In Art, St. Nicholas is repre- sented with various attributes, being moat com- monly depicted with three children tllllldffll lfl a tub by his side. Of the various interprets- tlons of this none is absolutely certain. bbt the is supposed to have rescued three children. from the hands of a would-be murderet. A legend of his surrlpitiously bestows! of dowerlea u the three daugbteri of an impoverlslietbci ‘Den.’ ls llld to have originated the old collapsing: fng presents in secret on the eve offSt.’ V alas, subsequentl transferred ttrfiitlfflnliilliy; hence the ‘assoc tlon of Christmas that Santa Claus, a corruption ofthe Dutch

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A aclcnflst atahl flat a do‘ gsmetlmel steers himself with hll tall. He uses 1t to guide his wuurl- ering bark, as 1t were. —5tratlord Beacon-Herald. i

The autonsoblio alhnllun he fl- pally reached the point where you can trade 1n your 01d can-for un- gféer old one. - Landon Bree

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‘hate show that eating hm r. lrily dull: the hearing. Dr ng, however, must have the opposite

on recond where a man failed to hear, “Have another drtnkfi-Klt- chener Record.

The German war criminals, now on trial, would like to call promin- ent Britons and Americans -who might say a klnd word for them. But nothing can balance the 1n- vlslble witnesses for the prosecu- tton-the slaughtered millions done to death by the insane and rutli. lels ambitions of these evll men. -Ottswts Journal. »

In the shipyards of John Brown at Clydebank, a 3300mm liner 1s being‘ constructed with prefnbrl. csted sections built 1n varloua parts of the country. The new ship 1| being built for the Cunard White Star line and ls the first example of the application of the new rind lpeeded-up methods to Brltlsh passenger liner construction.

This yelr. to dole. Ontario has seen twenty-one trials involving the charge of murder. Comment- ing on this grimly alarming situa- tlon Deputy ' Attorney-General Cecil Snyder says that. not only 1s this the largest. number on record, but that s particularly disturbing feature consists 1n the fact that many slayings were the result, not of premedlfatlon but of "extremely brutal attacks" by youth. Mr. Sny- der went so far as to say (and the record bears him out) that. most

vlnce 1s being committed by young men who have grown up during the war years but have not been given military training. - Brant- ford Expositor.

By the use! of phosphorescent pigments 1n prlntlng lnk, theatre programs are now produced which may be read 1n the dsrkos well as 1n the light, Mops so prlntqd enable airplane pilots to read their dlrectlons and follow the maps 1n complete darkness, says The Ro- tarlan Magazine. Doubtless ordin- ary road maps with this same ad- vantage will be available when peace comes, The phosphorous pigments are now so low 1n prlée that they can be used for many purposes which were out of the question because of high price.

As n result; of the war. one out of every flve women will be a spin- sfer, 1t was state 1n London when some of the spl ters Brltsln demanded reduction of the pension age of insured single women from 60 to 55, The Man- chester Guardlan reports. The heard a mllltunt speech from their organizer, Miss Florence White, who said that lack of recognition of the needs of splnsters had earn. ed them the title of the "forgot- ten women."

Scientists of Imperial Chomlcul Industries, England; have develop- ed a new and revolutionary ant‘. malaria drug from coal tar. It known as "‘ptiludrlne" and 1s far more powerful and effective than any other anti-malaria drug, It is ten times more powerful than quinine and three times more pow- erful than mepacrlne-also devel- oped by !.O.I. research scientists.

fectlon from mosquito bites ls stat- ed tc be remarkable. It ls already being used 1n Brltstn, the United States and Australia for treating thousands of returning servicemen and civilians from the Far East.

The Canadian public, as such, does not. give one solitary damn about art, never having encounter- ed 1t 1n any authoritative form. Very few Canadians, as individuals, care about art, and fewer still are ready to do battle for 1t. Our successive governments have neg. lected art because our penlllmln- tarlans rarely know anything about 1t; certainly they have not grasped the simple truth that a nation's quickest road to maturity and the esteem of other nations 1s through urt-Peterborough Examiner.

The Palace of the Soviets 1n Moi. cow, now under construction again after a delay of four years, will be higher and also greater 1n many ways than any previous structure 1n existence today, lays Center's. While the Empire State Building contains 00.000 tons of steel 1n its frame. has 01 elevators and la 102 stories high, the Palace will contain 300,000 tons of steel 1n its frame, will have 148 elevators and B2 es- calators. and will be 112 storlr-a high when 1t 1a topped by the 20. foot. statue of Len .

Philadelphia was the first city to condemn pigeons as a threat to

ordered that all pigeons roosting 1n public squares and streets be executed. But the birds have re-

‘of sentimental and obsolete laws which prevented the killing of pig. eons within a city area. It ox- pected, however, that ac. tion will be token III the o! Brotherly Love" now bu a by- law which makes the feeding of plleona an “ punishable by

It was found that about forty percent of the birds were infected with virus pneumonia at: parrot fever. The vagrant flocks a- round tbe city bqfl no to be trap. Rd and 11 uldaud. —8pint John

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the mind of the P1111110 l V"? vogue idea as" to its status. Is the Infirmary hthosoltal. a home, or a non escro um, The fact of the matter 1s 1t 1s to some extent n11 three. and 1n some t ‘ lea most.- Iv the last named. It. 1s 1n fact a very real though somewhat beau- tuul prison house where the 1n- mates are kept. behind looked doors. or otherwise behind locked sates. and are let out and 1n only by permission of a tmflfd 01' Wm" key, and this only 1n the case of a limited number o! “trusty 1n- mates". or pat-tents as they are more frequently called. And even ln the case of the trusty inmates they are detained behind locked doors or locked Rates for over 20 hours it day. except on Sundays and one week-day. unless indeed these rules have quite recently

been chsnned. To what. extent fthis curtailment. 1s 1n the nature of ,. tectlon I am not here Roms to say. It 1s quite true that. 1n the case o1 s consider- able number of inmates it. 1s nec- _ so. But. it should be clearly understood‘ by the publlc that there 1s from time to time at. the Inflmiary a coziside ble number for whom this gross cur- tailment of liberty. 1s not at all. necessary. and for whom 1t 1s ln- tolerable and unjustifiable. In other words there are residing among others at the Infirmary. tntelllz nt well-behaved persons. who s ply require s half-decent home.

Now 1n order to constitute a. real home two fittings are absol- utely ecessary 1n a residence. namely. protection and a. generous amount of freedom. and the last named requirement 1s badly want.- 1n: at the Infirmary. Moreover a real home should not be a place where those 1n charrte fare better than the rest o1 the inmates. and feel 1t. necessary to forever assume an attitude of superiority and ab- solute autthorlty over the rest. as 1s notoriously the case at the Infirmary: and human nature be- ins what; 1t 1s. this attitude 1s oer- haps natural and unavoidable 1n snv similar institution. ~

There ls therefore an urgent

y demand for a more homellke home

than the Infirmary provides for normal elderly people who 1m- varlous unfortunate reasons may require a temporary or a perman- ent home. It. 1s no credit to our Province that no such home ex- lsfs except 1n the case ctt’ the Sac- red Hear-t Home which 1s entirely under the control of the Catholic 1s not entire- ly exclusive of persons or other denominations as residents when room permits their inclusion. Quite recently. however. the 5,1. vstion Anny has undertaken to establish a home for elderly peo- Ple- 8t present for women only, but. I understand 1t intends to ex- tend the institution to include men ln the nets-r future. 'I'1ie Anny |1s well-qualified for this under- [fflklns curing to its peculiar and ,eff1c1ent form of government and ‘its well-known Renlus for social ‘benevolence. other religious and frattemsl societies might. well lake no lce cf the Armys work and 1n time follow its example. writer's opinion there several such homes 1n our Province txmder the auspices o! rellstlous or ratemsJ societies. and one or more 181N161‘ the direct control o1’ the

ovei-nment. ‘These homes should n" b9 llwtlether charitable inst!- tiiflcns 1n the time-honored or rat-her dis-honored sense of‘ the word. but they should b; home; accesplble to self-respecting mm and women of moderate means. and 1n these days of pension; (m- most. everybody they should b; practically self-supporting; mg Ffftdffétfé’. "Si? J3." fii‘..°““’" "° prison-houses. evoimt