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TIHE GUARDIAN

llorntng Daily (launder! ll Ill!) Authorised In second Clans blall. Poae Oman I Department, Ottawa. | The Inland‘ iiuardlu Publishing Co. llitoe and Managing Director. J. B. Burnout. Aaanelnta Editor, Frank Waller.

{The Strongest Memory is Weaker Then the Weakest ink.‘

CHARLOTTETOWN, FRIDAY, JUNE l7. 1M9

Service And Profit

Rotary international has wisely discarded the traditional Rotary slogan: He profits most who serves best. The phrase has been abandoned because it was felt the word "profit" might be misunderstood. The fact is that it would be dif- ficult to find any meaning for the word that would fit. History is full of examples of noble characters who have served best and profited least. lt is also full of examples of demagogues and successful rogues who have profited most and served indifferently.

lt is true that the world profits most by those who have served best, and conceivably in another world the injustices of this will be reme- died and each will be rewarded according to his deserts. But there we come upon a highly con- troversial theological issue. lt concerns the ef- ficacy of grace vs. good works. At any rate "we were put here," as Robert Louis Stevenson reminds us, "to do what service we can, for honour and not for hire; the sods cover us, and the worm that never dies, the conscience, sleeps well at lost; these are the wages besides what we receive so lavishly day by day, and they are enough for a man who knows his own frailty and sees all things in the proportion of reality. The soul of piety was killed long ago by that idea of reward." e

There is also the old maxim that virtue is its own reward, and the some applies to public service. Doubtless there are many occasions where reward and merit happily coincide, but they are still rare enough to cause something akin to astonishment when they occur. The Book of Job appears to ‘have been written for the purpose of disposing of the fallacy that service and profit are inseparable. As a modern English poet admonishes:

» \ Seek other spur

Bravely to stir

The dust in this laud world. and tread

Alp-high among thewhlsperlng dead.

These lines would make an excellent Rotary slogan to replace the one which is being discard-

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Free Medical Services

One of the policies of the Liberal Govern- ment is to introduce free state medical service as in England. The present system is to be legis- lated out of existence and in its place will be introduced one that will cover all sorts of medi- cal and surgical needs of the whole body of the people to be paid for out of taxation, the doctors to be servants of the State, or civil ser- Wants.

At a recent gathering of the Prairie doc- tors at Saskatoon, they were advised by a lead- ing British medical man to face the "inevitable institution of a national health scheme in Can-' oda."

IDr. H. Guy Dain, chairman of the council of the British Medical Association, told mem- bers of the general council of the Canadian Medical Association that "the modern outlook is that everyone should be provided with medi- cal services."

in the post, people without money in near- ly all countries have been able to get some medical service with "low fees or no fees," he said. But public opinion had altered and now no one wanted to accept charity. ,

However, Dr. Dain said, the people who par- ticipated in voluntary prepaid medical service schemes were the ones who could normally "look after themselves. The state cannot accept vol- untary insurance schemes to take care of all its citizens."

Dr. Dain, while suggesting Canadian doc- tors will have to "solve your problems as may seem suitable," put forward Britain's capitation plan — which provides for so much fee a year for each patient on a doctor's list — as a work- able scheme for Canadian doctors under a gov- ernment health program.

,_ Under the capitation plan, the patient em- ploys the doctor although the government does the payingf The patient has the privilege of changing doctors.

Path To World Peace

‘Politicians may find themselves It vlvllleo on this as on other issues, but in the opinion of ‘the International Federation of Agricultural Pro- ducers — a body representing the farm organiza- tions of twenty-five nations — there is but one sure path to permanent peace. That is, speaking materially of course. The Federation does not set up its views in opposition to those who are right- fy insisting on spiritual regeneration as the first and foremost requirement. At their third annual convention at Guelph the world farmers were dealing with mundane offaird. and their solution to the ages-old problem is that of satisfying the world's food needs while at the some time build- ing a stabilized agricultural industry the world over. The policy programme adopted at the con- vention coils for aggressive action not only by the Federation's own international organization, but by the United Notions‘ food and agricultural organization, behind which lies the authority of most of the world's notional governments. 1

The conference called for o determined ei- fort to establish inter-government commodity ogrieements as a "basic" method of procedure to attain the main obiectgflehlt Oilillll- d g’ pg Ill! Mt fill, submiirodpaduriirg ‘conference, for the de- velopment and administration of commodity agreements, coupled with a IIYWMI 5"“ "P" the Canadian plan, also submitted at the con- flfgpgg, for "special action" to deal quickly with "a ' his s! sumac o! M'-

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ing embarrassing surpluses of food to needy countries. ‘

island farmers will be interested to note that the conference also mode recommendation for the stabilization of agricultural prices through inter-governmental commodity agreements. This will involve co-ordination by an international agency to be financed from o fund created by a per unit levy or transaction fee, one-half by the exporting country, and one-half by the im- parting country; also the establishment of mini- mum and maximum prices within a range which would ensure "flexibility and the optimum free- dom of trade."

The conference's recommendations far a "special action" programme to deal with im- mediate surpluses include the establishment by governments of on international agency to han- dle movement of surpluses to countries where greatest need exists, in such a way as not to undermine stability of prices, and payment by the importing country of the maximum propor- tion it can afford of the price paid to producers in the surplus countries, the difference in these amounts to be borne equally by the international agency and the country selling ‘the surplus.

There were many other suggestions mooted at this important farmers’ conference, which war- rant serious consideration. Incidentally, this country was highly honored in the election of Mr. H. H. Hannam, head of the Canadian Fed- oration of Agriculture, as the new international president.

./_ EDITORIAL NOTES f,

Eleven more days till the election. l‘ i I

Our armed forces will be represented in

bath London and Halifax this week. U I I

The various conventions are having a glor- ious time in our midst. Hope they will come again.

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Evidently the safest way to escape charac- ter criticisms on one's looks is not to wear a hat at all. A man gives himself away by the set of his hat, the trade journal Men's Wear declares. it provided these clues: "A hat dead straight on the head shows lack of imagination. Too much on the back of the head suggests the yokel. Too much over the nose, a prig. Tao much on one side suggests a character with rather too much bounce."

O I O

"l predict that business will continue on the present high plateau right through the remain- ing months of i949," said Leonard A. Drake, economist for the Philadelphia Chamber of Com- merce, at the National Association of Credit Men, "Backlogs of such basic industries as auto- mobiles, heavy construction and steel are still such as to warrant our confidence, while the full impact of European recovery expenditures is only now being felt.” I

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Richard Harris Barham ("Thomas lngolds- by"), English humorist, died this date i813. Was educated at St. Paul's School, London, and Br-senose College, Oxford; entering the priest- hood of the Church of England he became a minor Canon of St. Paul's. ln 1837, the first year of Queen Victoria's reign, he acquired lasting fame by his ‘lngoldsby Legends, combining whole- some humour with much medioeval scholarship: "There is not a nation in Europe but labours To toady itself and to hum-bug its neighbour!"

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ln Ottawa East there is an unusual nomin- ation complication, two "official" Liberal candi- dates, Mr. Jean T. Richard and J. Albert Pinard having been nominated. Both claim to have been recognized by Prime Minister St. Laurent, and both are fighting each other instead of their Progressive Conservative and C. C. F. competi- tors. lt seems they bath ran at last election, one official and one independent, the unofficial one on that occasion leading the poll by a substan- tial majority. The electors will again‘ have to decide between them.

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There cannot be much shortage of butter now. While production is continuing to climb, Ca-nada's stocks of creamery butter ore stead- ily piling up, the Bureau of Statistics reports. In- creases of both production and stocks also were reported for other dairy products, such as cheese and evaporated and skim milk powder, but there were declines in stocks of shell eggs and poul- try meat. Creamery butter stocks at June l totalled 23,648,000 pounds, about double the stocks held at the same time a year ago, and an increase of more than l0,000,000 pounds over holding at May l. Production increased 1,593,000 pounds in May over the 30,483,000 pounds of creamery butter produced in the same month last year. ln addition to this a shipment of New Zealand butter has just arrived at Montreal.

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‘Election issues aplenty. A promise that a Drew Government, if elected, will investigate the federal public accounts to find out where the people's money was wasted was mode by Mr. George H. Heon; K.C., Prdgnessivo Conservative chief organizer in Quebec and candidate in Ar- genieuiI-Two Mountains. "We shall punish and castigaie the thieves as was done in tho temple of Jerusalem," he said. "One of the reasons

why Parliament was dissolved before the budget was approved was to avoid an investigation of

the public accounts committee. We want to know where the people's money was wasted in con- nection with the disposal of war surplus pro- perty ond materials. It's not surprising thut_Mr. St. Laurent should say there are no big prob- lems before the people in the present campaign," he sold. "T he Liberal administration has been sit- ting on them. What about the agreement‘ with

the Provinces? lu that not a problem? What

about the notional debt which places o burden of SIJN on every man, woman and child in the country? The baby baptised in the church here a few minutes ago came into this world with

o_ Cqpodion burden 9f H.700 on his spgidopl ~

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THE GUARDIAN, cunkwrnrruwrw

THE TUB-CART

Perched on my city office-noon!

I watched with envy. whlle a cool And lucky cert-er handled lco . . . And I was wandering 1n a trloo For frcm the gray and grimy heat Of that intolerable street,

O‘er sfippphfre berg and emerald

oe

Beneath the still. cold ruby glow Of everlasting Polar night, Bewildered by Lhe queer half-light. Until I stumbled, unawuree,

Upon a creek where big white bears Plunged headlong down with flour-

ished heels,

And flounder-ed after shlnlng seals Through stilverlng seas of blinding

blue.

And as I watched them. en I knew,

I'd stripped. and I wee swhnmlng too.

Among the seal-peck, young and hale.

And tlslilstlrsg on with threshing 1 .

With ‘twist and twirl and sudden e

ill) ‘Through cracking ice and salty deep- Dlvlng and doubling with my kind. Until. at last. we left behind Those big white, blunderfng bulks

of death, And lay, at length, with panting breath Upon a fer untrovelled floe. Beneath e. gentle drift of snow- Snow drifting gently, fine and white, Out of the endless Polar night. Falling and felling ever-more Upon that far untravelled shore, Tlll I was buried fethoms deep Bcneegi that cold. while drifting

Q¢p_ Sleep drifting deep. Deep drifting sleep . .. .

The carter crooked o. sudden Whip‘, 1 clutched my stool with startled

grin. Awakening to the grfmy ‘heat. or that intolerable street.

—Wl.lh"l.d Wilson Glbeon.

fl Old Charlottetown

(And P. l. L)

FOURTH HEAVY BRIGADE

Once again the Fourth Heavy Brigade of the Province has swept the heavy artillery list. its three batteries winning 1st, 2nd and 4th place in competition with all the heavy batteries of Canada. The Governor General’; cup for general efficiency went to Na. 8 Battery. Charlottetown, the Lansdowne cup to Na. 7 Battery, Charlottetown, and the 4th prize to No. 9 Battery of Souris and Montague. The total score of the 8th Battery, which stands at the head of the list, was 605 out of a possible 700.

The record of the Fourth Regi- ment since heavy artillery was in- troduced in 1906 has been five vic- tories in six years. The year in which they did not win was when they could not compete. owing to forest fires ln Petawawa. Their record has never been equalled by any other regiment of artillery in the British Empire. Lt. Col. H. M. Davidson has been in command of this regiment during all these years and the facts quoted are an elo- quent testimony ta his tactful hand- ling and hard work.

Other officers of the regiment:

Staff: Maj. A. G. Peake, Adjut- ant; Maj. E. Cameron. Quartermas- ter: Li. Col. S. R. Jenkins, Medical Officer; Capt. W. G. Gill, Paymns- fer; Rev. T. F. Fullerton, Chop- laln: D. Ferguson, Regimental Sgt. Mlsjor; A.>McConnell, Quartermas- ter Sergeant. _

No. 8 Battery: Maj. J’. R. Dnrke, Capt. D. A, MecKlnnon. Lieuts. J. A. S. Bayer. E. E. Jordon, H. i... Bethune, L. N. Seaman. Sgt. Maj. F. Murray. Q.M./Sgt. R, Diamond. Sgts. S. Bagnall. J. G. Bennett. G. Campbell, A. McCnnnel. G. Mc- Quaid, J. Storey. J. D. Jenkins, W. Vnnlderstlne. P. Craig.

No, 7 Battery: Maj. C. Leigh. Capt. C. Leonard MecKay. Lleutl. J. L. Garnham, .l, W, Stanley, W. McCalder. G. W. McLeod.

No. 9 Battery: Maj. H. H. Sterne. Capt. A, T. McKay, Lleuis. A. F McQuald, J. N. McEachern.

~—Guardlan flies. 1911.

Mr. Howe Evades Issue (The Globe and Mail)

1n the next two weeks the public may expect to hear a good deal more about the Canedalr (In! by which n United Staten company, linked with the arma- ments racket. got possession of a $22,000,000 Canadian aircraft plant for 34.000000.

In these two weeks. of course. there in no time for the judicial inquiry which alone can bring all the facts to light. Nor can there be a Parliamentary hearing since no House of Commons ll at prel- ent in ‘stence. It is not the fault of Progressive Conservative Leader George Drew that the peo- ple cannot learn the whale Car- edelr story before they vote. Fe asked for an investigation in Ap- ril when the loot Parliament wrl still‘ sitting.

fn the circumstances the votei have to moire up their mine’: about this question. for the_iirre being. on the belle of linemen‘! by Mr. Drew and Trade Minister C. D. Howe. If they examine the record. they will find that Mr. Howe has been by turns evasive, frivolous and blueterlne. but has felled to answer Mr. Drew's charges.

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‘the Opposition Lender launched hie attack on April 4 when he tiroooeed that e Parliamentary Defense Committee look into tho purchase and use of North Star aircraft. e Cenedalr product. Ho took up the theme again on April ll. demanding that the Public Ac- counts Committee meet and study transaction in detail.

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l-le got nowhere with either of these efforts. The was adamant against any inquiry on both occasions. Parliament was dissolved on April 30.

Now consider Mr. Howe‘! part 1n the proceedings. He told n Port Arthur audience on April 15 that he had a “ready reply" to Mr. Drew on the North Stars. A month later, replying (again out- side Parliament) ta what M!‘- Drew had said about. Canadalr. he announced: "When all the facts are available. P11 put them be- fore the public."

There wee, however. 110i I "JP"! out of Mr. Howe on the subject. up to last Wednesday; Julie 3» when Mr. Drew at Fort. William gave chapter and verse for his Canadalr accusations. Next day Mr. Howe said the charges were "senseless." To quote the Toronto Star, “Mr. Howe said he would reply ln detail when he had . . . been able to refresh his memory of the transaction from his office records." The same source quot- ed him to the effect (hilt the Government had no knowledge of the arrangements under which the original directors of Canadalr Ltd. Benjamin Franklin and his associates, transferred ownership . . . to its present owners." l! he had "no knowledge" of the d951- hay! could he be so sure the gyms-gee were‘ "ienzelesfl?

Mr. Howe has since called the charges "inconsequential." He has said: "I won't take them serious- ly." He has also said: "T118511 charges roll aff me like water off a duck‘s back."_Hc has had tel;- phane conversations with an oh- miral’ nnd_ "a senator m Wag“- ington, which. according i0 5 own account. made him feel bet- ter. The one thlng he has not 110"‘! 1; deny Mk. Drew's main charge with "the ma" he was coins i0 give the public.

Why is Mr. Howe so cegey 8nd uncommunicotive? The Cenadull‘ deal was entirely lils- 3° must re‘ member it in detail or. if he doe; not, he has had ample time look up his flies. Why doe! l!!! not produce the facts now? Alter- natively. if he is confident a full inquiry would vindicate him. he could say: “These charges will be thoroughly investigated y I Royal Commission as soon 5 9°5- slble. If they are substantiated. I will resign whatever office I mgy still 1101?".

The people will draw their own conclusions from Mr. Howe! P91‘- formance. While doing so. they should refuse to be sidetrackedlly the preposterous answers beinB given to Mr. Drew in some quer- fera. When he exposed the faults of Canada's munitions program n 1938. he was accused of ‘treach- ta the nation. but the sub- sequent Bren gun inquiry led *0 sweeping reforms. When he ex- posed the lamentable state of Ce- nudiun troops lent into action in Hang Kong. he was accused of

Government‘

of “wrecklng" the aircraft fn- us- try when. in fact. he is once a in doing public service by show g up malfeasance in high places. T

aircraft industry is in no danger‘, from’ Mr. Drew. 1t is official in- competence and worse that in in

danger.

"m. Age-iiid Story

He shall stand ll the right lllllfl

of the poor. to save him from. those that condemn hla soul.

DISCUSS OLD ROAD

5T. THOMAS. Ont. — (OP) - Designation of one of the -oldcst pioneer roads in the district as part of the country roads system is being requested by Duawtch Town- ship Council. The road leads through "little Ireland" past ffne old pioneer homes.

PEGS AND HOLES

MONTREAL — (OP) - A course in modern personnel appraisal me- bhods being given here has en- railed nearly 30 personnel direct- ors. Object of study ls reduction of number a1 misfits in business and Industry.

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PLANS ON VIEW

HAVELOCK, Ont. — (GP) — ' Plans for the town's recreational l centre t9 be erected in the local park are now being displayed oi: HA McNeelyb drug store. Plans cell for the arena to have o seating capacity of 1200.

Br. W. ii. Carson

CHIBOPIIAOTOB Palmer Grndulta SUMMJLBSIDE Tuesday and Saturday Only 71 Granville - Phanebflsz

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021031113151‘! ‘Specialist: in tho fitting 0| gllooeu for the correction of

ocular detects." b! GBAITON Milli‘! \

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It's The I'll That Counts

discourallnfl recruitment. but. no- “ewsgzguaotnl-"n "i" UUNMWWI‘ ‘ body now questions thait he lg; Palmer Orgies?“ \ wholly right. Today he s eccu "I "h" M‘ "on ‘u!