Branch o° Assoc PAGE 1 WEDNESDAY, ~ resolution unanimously adopted .{mportance until] it was settled. _tween the Island and the mainland.” _- that we got_at Borden yesterday... lau “Cor he Oirardien Covers Prince Edviard Island like The Dew w. J. Hancex, Publisher Wallace Ward : frank Walker Maneqina Editer-~ ——--Editor Pi lsiahed every week day” eornina ‘(extent Sun | day and statetory holidays) et 165 Prince Street, : Charicttatown, P-E.1., by Thomsen Newspapers Lrd. tices at. Summerside, Montague, Alberton Sous Rerpresert ted. nationally by Thomson Newipapers Advertising Services: Torente 425 Unwersity Ave. Expire 34394; Montreal 640, Cathcart Street Uni- vers ty 65942; Western Office 1030 West Georgia Street Wancouver MA ‘7037. Member Canadian Daily Newspaper Publishers istion ad The Canadian Press. The Canadian Press 18 exclusively entitled to the use’ for repub- lication of all news dispatches in this paper — | | 1 end ' } | ' | tredited to it or to the Assoriated Press or Reuters ane also the loca’. news published herein. All right of repunlication of special dismatches here In also-reserved. Subscription. rate:- Not over 40c:per week by carrier. : $12.00 a year by mail on rural routes and areas | __Mot serviced by carrier. $15.00 9 year ‘off Island and U.K. $20.00 per year in U.S. and elsewhere cutside British Com monrwealth, Not over Whe 8 sgl cepy. 7] Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. AUGUST 31, 1966. _Time For A Showdown | That a few irresponsible men should be in a position fo create the situation which prevailed at the Bor- den pier yesterday-$s almost beyond belief. It is~plain now that our vital ear ferry -service should be removed — from railway control (and any excuse for interference by railway strikers) altogether; and placed under direct control of a commission or depart- ment of the federal government. ‘This was-urged, unavailingly,. ina a at the special session of the Legislature called in September, 1950, when the last nation-wide rail strike, was on. and after our ferry service had been - | tied up. for a week. But why did we ever stop pressuring Ottawa to take | action in the matter? Our local gov- ernments and federal members, dur- ing the intervening years, should have made it an’ tssue of cardinal | Unfortunately. we became com- placent after the 1950 crisis had pas- ‘sed. We thought it would never occur again. We allowed the railway and the unions to continue to make their own private arrangements in the matter, and we now see where this kind of bargaining leads. Ottawa-was too busy catering to union votes to- give ita thought, and we ourselves became too engrossed in other ‘mate. ters take the lesson to heart. We have had a rude awakening Indeed during the past few days. The situation was well summed up last Friday. by Premier ‘Campbell, when he said at a press conference: “T regard the maintenance of the transportation link between Borden and Cape Tormentine—as-the-prime—- responsibility of the federal govern- ment as set out by the British North “America Act under which the federal government is obligated to maintain a continuous transportation link be- The Premier added that he had the assurance of the federal department of transport ‘that they recognize this obligation -and will cooperate with eur province in maintaining the link.” What we expect now is that these fine words will be translated into action. We should settle for nothing less; for assuredly, if we.do, we shall be inviting more of the kind of chaos . New Transport Bill As part of the government's legis- lative plan for settling the rail strike crisis, a bill to regulate the entire field of transportation has been in- troduced at Ottawa. It revamps exist-. ing legislation to allow the railwavs unprecedented: freedom. in settling | freight rates, abandoning uneconomic branch lines. and slashing money- | losing passenger services. It is reassuring to note. however, that ex- emptions are made in the ease of statutory grain rates and’ assistance | to shippers under the .Maritime , Freight Rates Act © It is felt that with control over revenues restored to them, the rail: “wavs will be in a position to bargain. with their unigps over current wage rate demands They will he obliged, howevér. fo protect. “captive | ship- pers” from excessive charges. These are shippers who have no economic alternative. mode of transport avail-, ahleto them If they are dissatisfied with the rates charged, they may ap- piv to the new transport agency which is to be established, to have an _ adjustment made. The new transport commission will not only administer the new railwav hit also take over all federal contre! of airlines, trucking. shipping and commodity pipe lines Jt will re. place the existing Board of Transport <siéners, Air Transport Board and (anadian Maritime Commission The 13 members of these appointed bédies will -automatically become | | creases reduced its effectiveness, but ' Europe doesn't confine its marine _times_since then, noting a fall in ton- Now. - that “members of the new 17-member com- mission~ , J The hill Is verv sweeping. in Its | provisions, and will have to be given ° ‘earefill’ and. detailal consideration regardless. of the strike emergency which has-been the‘occasion of its in- troduction at this time. It implements most of the major proposals made five years ago by the MacPherson royal commission on transportation; but, as above noted, while it- scraps present railway subsidies it does not propose to tamper with the Maritime Freight Rates Act which is of special concern to shippers in. this: part of the country. It will be for our Mari- time members to keep a close waich on this phase of the legislation par- +—Heularly.Since the passing of this-act} in 1948, general horizontal rate in- . it is still regarded as the transporta- _tion lifeline of this area, and of vital importance in offsetting the disadvan- tages of Maritime shippers in- central Canadian markets. The Swiss Navy Ever hear of it? Well, we: hadn't, or had forgotten about it. But it seems that this completely landlocked — little federation at the crossroads of activities to-plowing the blue waters of its famous lakes. No, sir. The Swiss navy. Sails the seven seas. It consists. of 31 ships. with a total of 267.000- tons, employs nearly 1,000 sailors under the country’s red flag emblaz- oned witha white cross, and it is_ celebrating ite: 25th. anniversary this” year, es ae It's not a fighting navy; of course, but a merchant fleet, made up of tramp steamers, coasters, and bulk -carriers.-And it does not exist as a mere nationalistic gesture. It repre -): ‘gents instead a form. of: insurance policy, first established by the Swiss government in 1941, to provide tran#- port of vital supplies for the nation 4 in time of war. ~~ The original nucleus of eight ae performed its wartime task so well that the maintenance of a merchant navy has become mandatory. Three nage, the government has encouraged the private .companies who operate the ships to increase capacity. with the help of special subsidies and guaran- tees. A big advantage for the opera- tors is that they are not-obliged to. place shipbuilding with Swiss yards’. Contracts can be distributed to the keenest bidders, and the newest ad- ‘ditions to the fleet were builtin a spread of six countries, England, -Germany. the Netherlands=Yugos-— lavia, Poland, and Japan. This means “competitive bidding, and the Swiss often link such orders with a require ment to use their own engines and other equipment tn fitting out. One of the oddest contradictions. notes a Geneva correspondent. is that the headquarters of the main Swiss. shipping companies is at Basel, which is the principal “port” of Switzerland. Yet Basel’s only link with the sea is via the Rhine—-and the river is fully navigable only by boat with a shal- low draft of barge and river-steamer types. So none of the ships of the Swiss navy has ever tied up in the “home” port, and their main link with -headquarters. is by radio... A good illustration of the old adage that where there's a_ will there's a way. EDITORIAL NOTES The Calgary Herald notes that U'S. air force and submarine services will hereafter be alerted to emergencies by the sultry voice of a woman com- ing over their radio systems. It ap- pears that a few well chosen words from a woman have been found by psychologists to_get faster action than | - gongs or wailing sirens. 5 “ee. * Automatation continues to en- compass more and more the opera- tions: of the agricultural industry from. West. Germany comes _ word of an automated harvester having been developed by Gerrhan technicians for use in the vegetable fields. It is a completely automated machine which, it is claimed, can do the work of some fifty farm workers. * * . Prime’ Minister Pearson will be expected to stay at his post. in Ot- tawa until the present. rail crisis is resolved. Then, if there is time. he can pack his bags for the Common- wealth prime ministers’ conference | which opens in London on. Sept~6-- and which also is predicted to reach crisis porportions over the Rhodesian airuation African iré is likely to boil -up'over the falure: of, British. sanc tions to bring the , white Rhodesian government to heel, and it is likely the meeting will seeth with charges and counter charges. ay i eas en — eM Uy i ie He A Pet ee ¥ = rn nd 6 =< | 5 run LL ae rads - coo Cornel wesole Wort nee: Prt oct ~ %& © : otf’ < © Ss e ¢ }@ we THE TRAIN CREW TULL Serer oe . na ee & o ae of pg Ge ee eg ‘ e* @ ie cue e e e eB ° OTTAWA REPORT by All The Signs Of A Political Debacle = The. iMcreasmely glamour of the Pearson Govern- ment has finally disappeared beneath sa wave of public dis- y. Patrick ‘Nicholson - tarnished Canada’s only melting pot rates: will '-Pearson's “economic. policies -as “disastrous, and divides its sup- port between. the Conservatives gust, the death-blow being its- and the New Democrats. Quebec eight months of apathy in the face of a threatened rail way strike With what enthusiasm: the de- =—feat-ofthe_Diefenbaker_Govern- ment was hailed on 5th. Febru: | ary 1963! With what high hopes |— the Pearson Government was - sworn into office on 22nd ~April that same year! What applause and goodwill greeted the new minister's promise of “Sixth Days of Decision.”"! ” But in the subsequent twelve hundred days there has not been even one profound -decis- fon! Typically. Pearson's 40 mnonlle” old promise to enact the. strike- avoiding recommendations of the Macherson Royal Commis. sion” on Railway has. lingered unfulfilled: And now a Minister of his Cabinet, cz the eve .of the rail strike, admits that MacPher- son is ‘'a new factor, which we have thought of in the last day or two''! |__Of course there have been un- profounded decisions. There was | born = aft- | _er_the_longest_parliamentary de- the Pearson Pennant, livery—of. any—conception remem- bered on Parliament Hill: ,mis- handling wasted more than ten working weeks of Parliament's time Now we have the °1966) Pearson Pattern. which- Parlia-_: ment had no ‘opportunity te com- bat, setting the disastrous for- mula of 30 per cent wage in- creases. | : HIS: PERADVENTURES | The Pearson Pennant wreck- | ed national unity; the Pearson Pattern would wreck the. nation- al economy. No wonder reports from all parts of Canada scream “Pearson Must Go!" His own Liberal Party caucus heard that ery faised by its predominant French- Canadian . three ‘months ago: tire population is hearing it. Returning. MPs..of.allparties | : bring back the same story: eral support right across Can- ada has’ plummetted. Pearson was given goodwill and. a good chance; the repeated incompe- tence of the New Frontier of Kennedy-aping intellectual ama- teurs around him has . disgusted the public. The Maritimes “tif smart from Walter Gordon's recom- nendainll that Maritimers should take a one-way ticket out of their native provinces; the Liberals now count less supnort there’ than ever before. The Prairies are sil prospering frim...the Alvin Hamilton pro- gram of Wheat sales: but the Liberals, say the farmers. have forgotten: the Prairies. “Tory Toronto’ swung away. from Diefenhaker Conservatism to Pearson Liberalism hut now Our Vaistaseliy (From The. Guardian Files) TWENTY.- FIVE YEARS. AGO: (August 31, 1941) The Royal Air Force swept aver northern France and the low countries after pounding in- dustrial) targets at Duisburg, Germany. Sources of machine shape across Canada, hitherto main- tained for the private use of in- dustrial concern, are being tied into Canada’s industrial war program under a plan formulat- ed. by the Wartime. Bureau. of Technical Personnel in the De- partment of Labor. | = “4 TEN YEARS AGO : (August 31. 1956) Mr . Douglas McGowan. Mon tagueq. was. e-elected presidént af the Third Kings Progressive Conservative Association: & Davison Bigzar of Charlstte- town announced he wil! mpt fo swm Northumberland Strait. atte contingent | now the en- | ‘Lite +— Strait. . is reeling frustration after the Peafson- Lesage years: the present Lib- eral leadership will never again | attract an electoral majority there : To. date» Pearson's ment bv the support. Thompson and his small band of | : Social ‘Credit MPs— not because , | they supported Liberal: policies, | 1 but from the statesmanlike mo- ‘| The. tive that thev conidered ‘Canada should be saved from anot her | election. But now Boh Thompson must’ face realism he can. con- tinue to.give substance -ta the ‘ Liberal Cabinet's boast ‘we've | got- them under our thumb”, | he-ean stand up and be emanted | ; ent from Pearson.. The omens casa critic of the present admin- istration. which is foreign. to everything Social Crediters vote for. If Boh Thompson keeps Pearson in power any longer. he | in. bankruptey and. | the {loss of appetite, nausea, dedtrey himself ‘and his party: if We helps to bring down ~ the.. Liberal Government, he | May yet recapture much of the waning ial Credit support. This is way the polls are talking on Parliament Hill. aft- er their brief and cut-short summer holiday among thé roots - of the grass. But there is one omen. “whieh minority || may: carry even more conviction | neck has heen saved in Parlia- | than this impressive chorus. The | of. Bob- | Liberals always . get | when an economic disaster 18 |approaching. They. got licked in | ; they got licked” in” 1957: igh prices of Canadian pro- | ducts, the Pearson inflation, the | loss of overseas markets, and } imminent high. unemploy- <ment— which will all stem from ‘the Pearson Pattern -- indicate the approach of the worst reces- sion Canada has known since 1930— .our 100th birthday -pres- and <the historical precedents | suggest that ~the Liberals are once again on the verge of a po-. | litical debacle. Modern.art- may astood. in the vears tn come. But, for hosts of present day ‘people, the paintings and sculpture car- ry no,meaning. They look and “thev--cannot understand. fo a head in Boston, where a $25,000 mural in‘the lobby of. a new. federal building is causing | | controversy. Most persons who | ' viewed the 180 square feet abs- tract painting thought it was supposed to be ‘of the death scene when the late President | Kennedy way assassianted. Not so, says the artist- It is an ele- | gy which is an expression of | grief .for someone dead, like .a requiem mi mas. The desire to’ possess weapons— is not near!y~ so passionate | among Americans. The individu; al dn this country stitutional right ta possess and carry arms as he‘has in the United States. Nevertheless. To- ronto’s police chief. James Mac- kev. estimated recently that there were 77.000 pistols and re- volvers registered in Toronto. There must he thousands of hand weapons that are not rer- istered — pistols and revolvers brought back as trophies by men, in the forces: wea- and. of armory which who served pons bought obscurely. + course,- the permanent of the criminal classes naturally is not registered Outside this field are the sports guns. They are easy enough to huv. providing one is over 14 vears of age.” An old army 393 can be adapted into a fle’ easily’ enough and sold as a sports” ein. The Criminal Code, which ts stringent enough in laying down the law on the possession. . Sale and transfer of pistols and re- volvers, excludes shotguns and hunting rifles. In the hands of a mentally de- ranged person, a criminal or a child, these‘rweapons can be ex- tremely dangerous The Crimin- al Code should he amended ta include them If in a city the size of Toron- to Other than as members of shooting clubs. possessors of weapons, have to satisfy the au- thorities that they need them for | their occupation or: profession. or to protect their lives or proper- ts The r my! {¢ e should try the “weapon amnesty’ method Al lowing anvore with. no questions asked to turnin unregistered weapons. The fewer weapons of any kind there are among a civ- ilian population the better. iCan- ada is not a lawless country | There is no need, thank heaven, be _under- | | — that to. the ordinary viewer | ae Thousands t The subject has been brought | has no con- | ‘deer n-° > particular... |__ Puzzle Of Modern Art Fort William Times - Journal Shown are heavy black shapes reould ‘be |who have seen confess they | are not able to figure out what the painting |s or means. ‘indignation when critics.‘ con- |.demn_ their work. Some cover up the unreality they portray on | . canvas by emphasizing that their design in the paintings tells the story. To practical “people who know. \little about art, most of, ine | shapeless work being put on | play is something that will shake future generations believe that some artists in the 20th century ‘suddenly went balmy. Guns In Canada Toronte Daily Star for-a“man—to-carry <a ~pletels un. | der his armpit. ~Tis noted. In some, defeated | Creators of modern art flash | Calsified Lung Areas When a tuberculous lesion in the chest heals, it is replaced by caleium. This hard, stonelike material. is easy to see under the X-rays’ ahd. remains ever_-after ‘as tell-tale evidence. of having had the diseass. \ positive tub- erculin test also denotes that the infection was present at one time, The initial attack may have been so slight as to pro duce no symptoms; in others, it | masqueraded as a cold or a_se- vere attack of bronchitis. These a two. procedures have been used | for several decades in the diag- i Nosis of tuberculosis. Several years: ago this con- cept of ealcified areas in the lung was upset when it was dis- covered that not every one_ of these indiviuals had a positive tuberculin, test; in one study of | 2,577 only 18.3 per cent were tu- | ean positive. But this was only part of the story. When a skin test was done for the fungus disease, histoplasmo- \ sis, 82.5 per cent were positive. Moreover. prior to This study, histoplasmosis was considered | a rare-and-a-fatal disease. Ht “is now the consensus. that in the | past only the serious cases came ‘to the attention of the medical profession. The’ causative: fiingus invades | Not only the lungs. but the bones, ‘spleen, liver, blood, and diges- tive system; In fact, few organs are exempt, Those with the ac- ute form.of the-disease develop an irregular fever, ment of the glands, shortness of breath, malaise, and persistent tough; now and then chest pain ; ulcers and papules appear on the skin, lips, tongue; tonsils; and back .of tne throat. When the. fungus> settles in the stomach or intestines, vam i- ing, abdominal distention, = and diarrhea ensue’ The liver and spleen enlarge. In few, the condition spreads throughout the -body and causes a serious form | of the disorder. + Histoplasmosis fs confused so | frequently with pulmonary. tu- | berculosis hat tests are done for | both conditions in most sanator- ; | jums. We also-have-an excellent | ‘remedy in Amphotericin B | START OF MENOPAU ‘SE™ A reader writes the--menopause__without eonsult- ing a physician? _ ” REPLY iteacouuse Means pause | + Menstruation. All women sus- pect the condition, when. your age is reached _and— -there is a lessening of: Not everyone | “develops hot flashes Lor becomes -nenyous and __ irri- table. _ SF . ACROBATIC@>TNANCING ~: “Mra. R. writes: Is it safe fora | six-vear-old girl to take lessons -{n acrobatic dancing? Someone | told ‘me my little girl would suf- fer later in life if IL permit her to do such exercises. | REPLY This old idea. should he refut- Barring ac- In ed once and for al! | cidents. no harm will come from: acrobatic dancing | BREAT CANCER. | AND CIGARRTS — Mrs.:V. writes: Can smoking cause cancer of the breast?- “REPLY The -cause—of —cancer=_of- | breast is not known but it ‘doubtful if smoking | plays a role. he enlarge-~ How cana. woman of 45-tell when she is in| d sy) | No Dozing, Sir Christian Science Moniter Library users everywhere may ‘well be .concerned about the By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen action of the Courity: Council of West Suffolk. England. The. coun cil -has approved an_ ordinance making it an offense to ‘go to sleep while reading, in a library If convicted, “the dozing reader may be charged a fine up to £5 ($14) In adopting this by-law, the county, board was no doubt try- ing to act’ in the interest of cul- ture. but some Britons have raised their voices in protest. We commend their spirit ‘This savage legislation spoils — the work of learnéd: writers sho have spent sleepless vigils writ- ing books to send-their readers to. sleep,’ writes an irate ‘staff reporter of the Times His sur- versity librarians turned up a number of persons who shared his view. vA sleeping reader Is less of a Le wes “AED, Joey Smaliwoed of fea tounds land ‘said he would retire from politics. He forgot-to-sas when, however. It would be Wsnaaras for any one to risk their reputation by hazarding. a guess as 1 the is- land premiers intentions, . but nevertheless. something did hap- pen the’ other day that must have made many a Sma!iwood watcher sit up and take nouris‘f- ment. : What hua /was. the an nouncement from Mr: Smal!wood. himself ‘that his minister of lab- or_had resigned: and that hi3 suc- cessor was Clyde Wells, a 23- year-old lawyer. Mr. Wells will be a candidate inthe provincial election of Sept. 8 which will of course return the Smaliwiad government to office with anoth- er juicy- majority. Now, 28 is pretty young as pe- lities, goes (even. though — Alber- | liberty-lovinz. . * youthful -his successor menace tno the ‘howks waking one.’ librarian of Cambridge. Univer. sity. "The modern reader re- gards the stuff in a great library as being there solely for his nse and not for posterity" ‘You could hear him adding. his. tsk, tsk and shakinz his head as he gave some_of his honk-centered colleagues this little thrust > At the great Bodleian Library Officials said they deal with these offenders gently: “We wouldn't like it if they. were snoring.” said a staff member with understandable modera- tion : We agree that first offenders should be treated kindly, perhans with a poke. and a rebuke The next move could be to insist that persistent dozers switch to liv t- er literature. Or perhaps the =n- swer would bea dozing room for thos who tind the liberary so ara bien relaxing. than” a beatae -_, Oh, That-Cry stal Ball Ramilion ee as Ernest anning Was a mere 24: when he hecame Wi lam Aberhart’s numner- one & sidekick hack im thatjeeart nag year of 1995), so. Mr. Woells, even by today's rapidly: switching standard won't: be quite readv for the Liberal leadership .man- tle until 1971 or 1972 at least On second thought Smaliwood, if he really has the lawyer earmarked as and we think he has’, could do the dramatie thing and announce his rettre- ment on midnicht on Christmas Eve of 1970 and then ane miifute later_en Christmas Day name Mr Wells as his choice to sue- ceed him ‘That's not as strange as- te. sounds, especialiv if vay've been following: the flamboyaht Mr. Smaiiwond's ‘eareer.... Far. en though. Mr - Dec. 24, 1970, he will be.70 years old, | } | | pe amen FREE RECIPE BOOK Candies and yout favorite beverages. Rew iceas ‘with Doric Malt Extract ! Choose trom 38 tested recipes im the Done Recipe Boot. Add flaveur to vour meats, sesserts, Clip this ad and mai! with your mame sad GREAT, isn’t it? ... Wait ‘till you see_what ELSE you can make with DORIC ! 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If we were to°haver TV cov- erage the Maritimes,’ PEI. in which... is... the only. province on the emergency list ,as the result of this strike, | would have been mentioned also. After all. are we ‘Islanders. not interested in ‘the Maritimes?’ Surely now all Islanders will | do all in their power to see that we get CTV coverage, ao that we may know what is going on at home T have heen Informed, hy a re- liable source, that CTV have "had | their newsinen with their cam- eras on the Island since Thurs- day, interviewing union people |and the general public. These | 4 | pictures will be shown on CTV, but the Island which is. suppos- ed to be so badly affected by this -strike will not get this coverage and therefore will not see and hear the feelings of people in general § eae Is this not proof enough for Is landers that we this CTV transmitter in Amherst | so that in future we will get full Maritime coverage. 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