as , . The Guardian | Covers Prince Edward Island Like The Dew W. J. Hancox, Publisher ‘Wallace Ward Frank Walker Managing Editor Editor Published every week day morning (except Sun- day and statutory holidays) at 165 Prince Street Charlottetown, P-E.!., by Thomson Newspapers Ltd. Branch offices at ‘Summerside, Montague, Alberton and Souris. Represented rationally by Thomson Newspapers Advertising Services: Toronto 425 University Ave. Empire 3-8894; Montreal 640 Cathcart Street. Uni- versity 6-5942; Western Office 1030 West Georgia Street Vancouver MA °7037. : Member Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers Association and The Canadian. Press. The Canadian ‘ Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repub lication. ¢f al! news dispatches in this paper credited to it or to the Associated Press or Reuters and also the !ocal news published herein. Al! right or republication of special dispatches here- in also reserved. Subscription rate: Not over 40c per week by carrier. $17.00 a year by mait-on-rural-routes-and_areas not serviced by carrier. $15.00 a year off Island end U.K. $20.00 per year in U.S. and elsewhere outside British Com- - --monwealth. ° Not over 7c single copy. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. _. PAGE 4 MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1966. Loss To The Community The late Ernest D. Reid was one of our most esteemed citizens, and his tragic death over the weekend has come as a shock to a host of friends. at home and abroad. Active for many years as leading potato grower, produce dealer and machinery agent, terested in the rights of individuals,” he said, “it is time for us to sit back’ and take stock.” ’ A writer in that staunch old Lib- eral organ, the Winnipeg Free Press, summeq up the government's prob- lem a week ago when he advised that, is. “while the admission .of error always unpalatable, the alternative for a government with Liberal princi- ples would probably be a good deal worse. The ministers have this in- common with Mr. Spencer: they too are under close surveillance.” And a good thing, too, for all con- - , cerned! Consumer Week “Among the many economic in- terests all Canadians ‘have in. com- mon, perhaps the one that comes closest to being universal arises from our common role, day-to-day, as con- . sumers.”’ Thus writes Prime. Minister Pearson in a letter extending good wishes, personally and on behalf of the government, to the Consumers Association of Canada on the opening of its national campaign to increase its membership and broaden its ser- | vices to consumers in every province. | This week is being observed as Con- sumer. Week in connection with this Mr. Reid also found time for partici- | campaign, and certainly it is one pation in many worthwhile com- munity efforts, in which his zeal, ability and experience were an invalu- able asset. - This province, and indeed the Maritimes generally, owed much to his activities: as a member of the- Maritime Transportation Commission | and as past president of the Mari- | time Board of Trade and member for many years of the Charlottetown ‘Board of Trade. He had served also as president of the Prince “Edward-} Island Liberal Association, and had been a Liberal candidate for Queens . in the 1958 federal election. In religious and welfare activities Mr. Reid was équally active. He was a devoted member and elder of Zion Presbyterian Church, and had been . giving much of his time recently to’ -his responsible duties as provincial chairman of the Salvation Army _ Capital and maintenance drive now - under way. This was but one of many evidepéés he had given of his personal ~ inter which the Salvation Army is doing, and indeed there were few causes aimed at bettering conditions for the underprivileged which did not have his enthusiastic support. ‘Quiet_and_unassuming in his man-__ ner, Mr. Reid was at all times an exemplary gentleman, one whom it was:a privilege to know, and who set an example of integrity and conscien- tiousness which was all the more effective because it was totally devoid —f_ostentation or self-seeking.. Words are inadequate to express the deep sympathy which is felt for his bereaved wife and family at this time. Parliament Wins. ~The reversal--of-the-Peatson--gov-|~-— ernment’s previous stand in refusing an inquiry into the Spencer case was rightly hailed by Opposition Leader Diefenbaker as an indication of “the power of Parliament to preserve human _ rights.” It also afforded an -example -of--governmental-_befuddle-. “Ment and obfuscation rarely paral- led in Canadian polical history. The Prime Minister acted wisely in finally yielding to the storm of criticism the government’s policy had provoked. But it was humiliating that he should héve to do this after having assured Parliament that all was well and that the alleged spy whose right to a proper hearing with regard to the manner of his dismissal from the civil service was in issue, had throughout - been treated with “scrupulous fair- | néss.”” His minister of justice and solicitor-general, were still harping on this theme, and insisting that even a closed legal hearing could not be justified, when Mr. Pearson. pulled - the rug from under them by announce: ing his .capitulation. It will be noted that Mr. Diefen- baker spoke of, the triumph of | “Parliament,” not of the Opposition alone, in forcing the issue to a show-: down. One of the most outspoken critics of the government's policy had indeed been a Toronto Liberal,Ralph Cowan, .who relentlessly compared’ the answers given in the Spencer case \ with those offered earlier in the af- fair of Lucien Rivard, and accused the government of ‘trampling on the t in the humanitarian work ‘which merits widespread support. Originally fourided in 1947 to help Canadians buy wisely in the post-war period of inflation, the Consumers | Association’s work was soon extended | to related fields. Hygienic production and distribution of foodstuffs, honest . advertising and the abolition of re- sale price maintenance became its concern. As the needs of the con- sumets changed, so did the associa- tion change. Within a loose federation of local branches, strong provincial "and national organizations were de- veloped. The consumer's case was put effectively to government ane: to - industry. Membership had initially been con- fined to women. When, the constitu- tion was changed, more and more men—chemists, engineers, civil ser- ‘vants, teachers—joined the associa- tion, until almost every walk of life is represented today. - This, of course, is not a movement _ confined to Canada. While here it is struggling to reach a 20,000 member- ship figure, its British counterpart has close on half a million members. Its income of less than. $100,000 may .be compared with the six million dollars__a— year _ which Consumers | disposal. Nevertheless, the Canadian association has done excellent work in obtaining legislation to protecct the consumer, in seeking to put the consumer's view to industry and: to- help Canadians get better value for their -dollar.-- 1965 was-a year of consolidation for the organization. It looks to 1966 as a year of progress, and we wish it every success in its endeavors, v j For Safety's Sake made a proposal’ which, strangely, . appears not to have been made before but: which should find ready accep- ‘tance by the entire automotive in- dustry. It is that when one company comes up with a new safety device it “should be made available immediately to the whole industry. This would expedite improvements designed to reduce the number of traffic acci- dents, and all concerned ‘would benefit. As the Windsor Start points out, there has been mounting ~ public criticism, both in Canada, and the United States, of the failure of auto | ' This column is open te the discussion producers to take the initiative in this regard. Not all the critics are well-informed but there is enough substance in some of their comments to command attention. One need not be.an expert, indeed, to see where some betterment can be achieved, and at little or no cost. The Windsor..paper_cites,.. in, this. connection, the need for eliminating sharp corners or other protuberances which can be injurious to-drivers or pedestrans. Bumpers, it adds, can be restored to their original place and purpose. Now they are set so close to the body of the car that they offer practically no protection either to the front grill and fenders or to the rear grill and trunk. They are little better than ornaments. Most accidents: no doubt, are due to driver faults. including careless or A motor company executive has” doors” | zen “ apathy to conservation of any | HELICOPTERS OVER VIET NAM OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson : Efforts To Broaden Divorce Law Grounds | An unprecedented. number of | Jim Byrne from Kootenay East , throrugh the House of Commons ‘MPs have introduced bills intend- ed to broaden the grounds upon | which Canadians’ may obtain | mental illness, desertion, divorce.’ And a similarly unpre- cedented move by the govern- vernment suggests that Prime Minister Pearson and ‘his cabi- net colleagues have decided to lead Canada out of the biblical dogma: that marriages are for-— private Member may pre-_| ever. Any sent a motion for leave of the House to- introduce a bill; and in every session for years past ~;~one or-more-MPs thus moved. to amend our divorce laws. But no government has ever permit: | ted any of these hopeful ventu- res to come to:a vote, and 80 the only admissible ground for divorce in Canada has remain- | ed the single charge of adultery As a solitary exception, in No- va Scotia cruelty is a permit- ted but hard-to-prove ground. In’ Quebec and Newfoundland there are no divorce courts, 80 | “residents of ‘those~ provinces for~ farce of the Senate Divorce Com- mittee where, even more than in the courts ‘of other provinces. the evidence of adultery was sometimes suspected o: being perjurously jubricated. WIDE PARTY SUPPORT Already in this session bills -intended to liberalize Canada's_ divorce laws have been intro- | duced by seven MPs. These in- | include four Liberals, two New Democrats and one Conserva- tive, of whom three came from Ontario, three from BC and one from. Nova Scotia... This indica- tes the wide inter-party and geo- graphic support now found in the “House “for: amending “legis-~; lation, some of which has stood unchanged © on our statute book for over 98 years. Solicitor-General Larry Pen- nell has taken the significant step of having these bills re-- ferred for study by the standing committee of the House on Jus- | tice and Legal Affairs. Hear. | ings..seem-_ certain. to_result. in. that committee making a _ re- | commendation for a composite bill, which would then receive government assistance: in pass ing into law. The committee's task will be to winnow the additional | grounds for divorce. The bills offer a ‘wide choice. Liberal PUBLIC FORUM by correspondents of questions of in terest. The Guardian does not neces- sarily endorse the epinion of corres. pendents. All letters published are sub- ject te editing and condensation where necessary. The Guardian is unable te enter inte any correspondence regard- ing letters submitted. GAME PROTECTION Sir,—It was most your newspaper, March 2, ‘‘Out- by Jake In my opinion the most important. point . he made was, this: ‘‘when all is said and. done, the only thing that counts is legislation. Good, bad, or no legislation, is a reflection of ~the society that elects the legislators.” To;this point the average citi- has indicated wholesale kind. I think it’s safe to sav that ' organizations such as the Tour- ists Association and the Fish and Game Association have shown considerable. interest but | little understanding of the real | problems. |. to the cabinet bv* The brief presented both these or- refreshing | to say the least to have read a | new column, first appearing in | would simply add to adultery” So they have —consideable= -ex--.movement to our. cities will com- incurable | | perience of the problems at- | | pound -the situation. and | tendant the three reasons: | renee conviction for crime | resulting in prison sentences | | to adultery, only the additional | differ from _ ordinary totalling at least three years. At the other end of the scale |Arnold Peters, New Democrat / for Timskaming; suggests | twenty. while Ian Wahn, Liberal MP. for Toronto-St: Pauls, sets out twelve grounds. 2 Perhaps the bilf which will be studied with the greatest res- ; pect te C-133_ introduced by_Con- servative Bob McCleave of Ha- | |Vifax. This is worded exactly | | the same as Senate bill S19 | introduced in the Upper Cham- ber by Liberal Roebuck of Tor- onto. These two worked in | | close harmony for several. ‘years in processsing the annual six hundred or more divorce cases |from Quebee and Newfoundland | submitted to the Senate Di- vorce ee ond a. ~one grounds for divorce | f upon broken = martia- } ges. But this bill would add, | grounds of desertion for three | years, cruelty, and insanity | over five years. | Many MPs, now-as never be- the time | has come. to loosen our divorce practice, would include of the other grounds pr by Parllacneare Hill’s ‘‘group |” | of seven’. Some of these are | failure to pay spay oa at | | sly-harm the spouse: the ome mission of rape, sodomy or | | besa refusal to consum- ate the marriage: inability to maintain a normal martial re Jationship through excessive | | use of alcohol or drugs: and ‘‘absence”’ “which is defined as | “the defendant having been de- | | Clared dead by a court of com- | Beall ae id | that -| the sun.” What it can or cannot Air Pollution — Health Aspects By Dr. Theodore R.-Van Dellen | . The air we breathe Has been | polluted since man first lit a} fire. Waste is exhaled from | every community and it is diffi- | cult. to incriminate any particu. | lar culprit. Progress has been : | made ‘where dirty air stemmed from inefficient combustion of soft coal in industrial and home | furnaces, ‘ Los Angeles has a problem | goes beyond smog and smoke. It is engine exhaust and ,| the eun. The city is plagued with thermal inversion in which warm air jies above cooler air —a phenomenon that is just the 9 the laws of phy- oe health aspects ‘of air pol- lution are exaggerated by some and minimized by others. Some- oon the two is the an- Air pollutants irritate the eyes, throat, and bronchi. It ag- u cancer and air pollution is well- known | The US. government takes the ‘attitude that air pollution threat- of death. In one of their pamph- lets they say ‘‘it can hasten the decay of stone buildings, cestroy croops, ruin the paint on .: house and kill livestock, soil or cor- rode almost everything; and, on occasion, it can even blot out do depends upon the concentra- ; tion and nature of the wastes in the air. Wind and thermal in- version also play a role. But de- spite the pros and cons, we know that air pollution does not im- prove health. ” NOTES BY THE WAY “Billy, get your little brother's hat out. of that mud | puddle.” ‘I can't, M&, He's | got it strapped too tight under his‘ chin.” — Toronto Star. On his way out = church last Sunday, a young man ‘stopped at the door for a few words with the minister. ‘‘Would it be right’’ he | asked, ‘‘for a person to profit from the mistakes of another?" “Absolutely not!"’ . replied the +pastor.: ‘In that case’, said the young man, “I wonder if you would consider returning the ten dollars I paid you when you married my wife and me last August?” — Montreal Star. A computer can spot teacher prejudices, experts have decid. ed. Old-timers will recall that a- | way back red, rosy apples were ‘ supposed to produce similar res | sults. — Vancouver Sun. : Patient — “Doctor; I'm “pothe ‘bend forward, stretch out my | arms and make a semicircular movement with them, a => sting comes in’ my left shoul- der.” Doctor — “But why make such motions?"’ Patient — ‘Well, if you know any other way for a man to get on his overcoat, I | wish you'd let me know.” — Montreal Star. By Joseph The split over Ghana'snew | military regime shows Africa has a long. way to go before achieving anything like real continental unity — and small wonder. Walkouts from the Addis -|sters with chronic disabilities. | Ababs meeting of the 36-nation The relationship between. lung | Organization of African Unity | have aggravated frictions _al- | ready existing over Rhodesia's defiant white supremacists. To many diplomats the won- der is not that the OAU is havy- ing difficulties but that.it evér came into existences at- all. ‘From. one standpoint, the strug- gling and largely improverished African nations managed to establish in a few years of in- dependence what Europe for centuries. But only nine of the 36 have. followed a previous OAU meet- ing’s dictum to break relations with Britain unless Prime Min- ister Wilson employed: force to overthrow the Rhodesian rebel regime. It is a world- wide problem ‘and many industries have chem- | ists and engineers working day | and night to devise ways in which wastes can be used prof- | itably. Fresh air is getting scarce and the mass population | | ABSCESS AROUND TONSILS | N. J. writes: How does quinsy sore throat? | REPLY In quinsy, the tissues sur- rounding the tonsils are infect- ed, producing a superduper sore | throat. The abscess that usual- |ly develops requires surgical drainage. NOT SCABIES Mrs. P. writes: Can se ee Notas a rule. Scabies prefers. | the webs of the fingers, the arm- pits, and the abdominal areas. NOT ALL E. writes: Do all old people | have enlarged: hearts? : REPLY No. Enlargement is more like- | ily to occur in those with high | | blood, pressure or arterioscler- otic heart disease. ~ NEARSIGHTEDNESS scabies Commendable though their arguments may be, health offic- | jals and public- spirited mem- | bers of Parliament who are urg- ing Ottawa to require printed | health warnings _on_ cigarette packages are wasting their time. . After a long and bitter battle | in Washington, compromise leg- . |islation was passed last year ‘and American cigarettes now come in packages small- type legend warning that smoking may be injurious. ‘*May” is a mild word. Statis- bearing a | Wasting Their Time \ London Free Press | tically, the link between : ee tes and lung cancer and circula- | | tory ailments has been proved | to the hilt for more than a quar- |. ter of a century. But cigarette sales go up, up and up. Any. amateur _ psychologist knows why. The cigarette addict understands he’s endangering his life, and has decided to take the risk. He just might be lucky. When the smoker goes through the act of buying another pack he does so to enjoy a puff—not to roan the neckae: Imagine, if you can, multiply- | ing two 10 digit numbers cor- rectly in a millionth of a second. A computer can do it. -_Until.recently__these_ amazing _ machines could store about ,50,- 000 to 100,000 numbers and re-. _trieve each with precision and fantastic speed. Now computers are available with storages of | 250,000 mumbers. Miniaturiza- ‘tion techniques are being deve- loped that will shortly produce _computers with storages of mil- | lions. of numbers. | Reflecting on this development recently, Dr. Richard Bellman, Our Yesterda (From The Guardian Files) TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (March 7, 1941) Dispatches from Sofia, where the German censorship function- \ed rigidly, indicated that Hitler had his hand on the bell ready to signal.the advance of his army, possibly into Greece, but later information said that German spokesmen prédicted™a~cutet weekend in the Balkans. The Daily” Telegraph said in a dispatch from its Lisbon corres- pondent that 300.000 German soldiers and airmen were then in Italy. TEN YEARS AGO (March 7, 1956) Senator Iva Campbell Fallis, 62, the first woman belonging to the Conservative Party fo-he ap- pointed to the Canadian Senate, died in hospital in Eero Ont. : An: Italian priest's deathbed He Computers CanDolt Milwaukee Journal | professor of mathematics,“med- icine and engineering at the | University of Southern Califor- | nia, remarked: “Computers “have” irrevocably changed the “world.”” Yet, “most “individuals! ‘who make decisions and hold | positions of power. .are un- | aware of the intellectywaral revo- lution brought about by these new information handling - ma- chines.’ Bellman believes that the present use of computers in the | scientific, engineering and busi- | ness worlds is trivial compared | to what they can do to solve.| . problems of everyday living: “For the first time in history, we are at a point where Ameri- . cans can have a choice to find out what is on the moon, what is | inside an atomic nucleus, or how | to solve the problems of heart trouble,”* he said. Bellman's observations _Others have weren't original. said much the same thing. Still, it is always exciting, if sobering, to have emphasized anew the potential of com, for ‘man- kind’s good. | FAMILIES ARE PAIRS Polar bears breed every sec- ond year and usually have two: cubs: at a time. % Call us for programs, . club _ bulleting, busi- . _Mrs. A. writes: Are any vita- mins of value in helping myopia in a child? REPLY To my knowledge, . vitamins will not affect this hereditary de- fect of the eyes. PROMOTES ENERGY L. W. writes: What is glucose and what ie it used for? REPLY It ie sugar that the body uses for energy. TODAY’S HEALTH HINT— Beware of medical quackery. (NOTE: All correspondence to Dr. Van Dellen should be addressed to: Dr. Theodore Van Dellen, co Chicago. Trib- =. Chicago, inseam Now WORK IN SHELTER» HALIFAX (CP) Freight handlers at the dockside here now can work under cover of | to be increasing. a $700,000 freight shed: Built for || Ghana's K-wame Nkrumah | was a prime mover in rgd rec- ommendatin and, indeed in all | aspects of the OAU on which | | some of his fellow leaders have long suspected he hoped to ride to pan-African dominance. Now that Nkrumah is more. occupied ‘with trying to over-|— throw the illegal regime in Rhodesia, the whole exercise has assumed an air ot unreality to observers. The danger and even likeli- hood is that frustrations will in- crease with consequent further strains on-the OAU. Oil ship- ments to Rhodesia, despite an international. embargo, appear has eluded | African Nationalism Canadian Press Staff Writer f Wilson, meanwhile, {s open. ing a general election cam- paign. The Africans well | fear his attention will dis © verted from Rhodesia — espe- cially when many British voters manifestly oppose the Rhode- sian sanctions. i In view of. Nkrumah’s con- tribution to the OAU and his long-time role in African na- tionalism, it was perhaps in, evitable that a split \occurred |at Addis Ababa over the seat- ing of delegates fromthe re- gim. that overthrew: him. The rupture appears to be along the lines of the two groups that merged in 1963 te form the OAU — the ‘radical Casablanca group, in which. | Ghana; Guinea and the United Arab Republic were prominent, and the more conservative Monrovia group. Despite scenes of joy in Accra at Nkrumah's downfall, his gifts of persuasion and_ friendship | are obviously formidable in his wn circle. Besides, it is surely only te be expected that presidents and premiers will feel uneasy over the overthrow of a president whether by military coup or as- sassination. Kings felt the same way in another age. “*T cannot be indifferent “to the assassination of a member of my- profession,” said Eng- land’s King Edward VII when |he refused to recognize the ‘} Serbian regime after the mur- der of King—Alexander. "We would be obliged to shut up our business if we, the kings, were to consider the , downfall of kings as of no con- - sequence at all.” — Alittle Of Everything — New York Times March hasn't a really verdant ring to its name, but still-- it doesn't have the brusque sound of-February. And it is worth re- membering that the Roman god who gave his name to March was-a god not only of war but of thngs, of life renewed in root and branch. March was the beginning of a new year in the early calendar, a time - of hope and change. for the-better— The March we know, thanks to the weather patterns that make our climate, is a little of every- thing. It can be snow and ice, and it can be cold and sullen rain. It can also be balmy days and clear skies and greening grass along the brooks. It usual- ly is pussy willows opening their silvery catkins, spring peepers yelping and red-wings and rob- | ins back from the south. ‘It brings crocuses to bloom, sometimes with grimy snow- | banks still at the roadsides. You | never know whether a March to- | “métrow is going to bean invita---}- tion to an early case of spring | -|fever_or_a belated dose of sniffl- | es. March is change. Put it that if It's Fish and can use with the side - loading a freighter Cabot, the shed lets 3 be nite a fork - lift truc drive under | WE | cover aboard the ship. eat PLODDED THE MILES Fresh Frozen DIGBY, N.S. (CP) — Lloyd, ' 4 s | Mullen, 60, estimates he cov- Cured Fish ered 83,000 miles as a rural | postman before his retirement i : : |after 42 years. He walked for | & | Se first few years and later | JONES INC. used i aes or Griggs tie | 223 Queen St. Dial 4-7336 Cal bobs Charlettotow wn | rounds. | ine : way. It is February losing its grip and April trying to take hold. It has bad.. reputation mostly because we’ expect too much of it. It brings .the vernal equinox three weeks from to- day, a promising* sign but not the mandate we would welcome. Whether it comes as lion or lamb, however, it does take us green, sunny sound. From this distance, at least. eee JENKINS TRANSFER _ We | 101 Longworth Ave. | | | Dial 2-120 Hf You Need Water You Need Us. ‘| Spring is just around: |] the corner. If you are ‘| planning on __ building, WRITE us today. DOUGLAS BROS. Looking tor an investment that offers Security Plus Extra Interest? _|_ BET 512% SIMPLE INTEREST WITH TORONTO-DOMINION B-YEAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES | kvatlable in conventelt smoutts from $10 to $50, 000 anytime if you need the money. ered with a queer pain. Whey I} and an unreliable record, but— . -to-Aprit-And-April-has-a-warm,—_—_— |-CALL, PHONE orl]. | ‘a $10 certificate, costs only $7.50) and may be comtied | | wish came true when a 12-year- old boy lunged forward in his hospital bed'in Milan, Italy, and shouted 4 can see, I can see.’ The commen of the priest's eves | ‘ganizations is an excellent step | in the right direction. During the last three vears we_ have had a director of Fish and: Game.. It has been most conven- ness letteFheads, All work guaranteed. rights of every Canadian.” | drunken driving: but this does not Mr. Mackasey, Liberal member for | exonerate the industry entirely. Even Verdun, was. not very far behind in | a fool of a driver. to say nothing y Go-Ahead people bank on™ : GUARDIAN - PATRIOT . demanding that a Ser ane Sper: about toes who are not foolish, is ient to blame. him for all our had made it possible. Father TORONTO-DOMINION cer cannot have his case presented to | entitled to a car which is as safe as it woes. But let's be fair, The pro- Gnocchi bequeathed his eyes as C E N T R A L he: Heinkvls la inake the ditt the House of Commons, the highest | can feasibly be. It is a question of &ram cerigieetea 4 rete ‘eee tet ha soon "remele alive 5 7 een ere eee te @ the airrerence. co court of the land, where can. he turn | enlightened self-integest for the auto lated. through a child.” The blind boy P R t N T E R Y ee 1 am, Sir. etc., was made to see jist 12 hours | ¥ for protection? ; If this high court companies, quite apart from other ARCHIE GLARK | after the priest Had died of can. Phone 4-8506 | B. C. TOWNLEY, Manager . becomes so callous that we are not in- | motives . Suriuiiereide. | eae _ : ; ee : { co ‘