... - s -'....,. " ac...--...., l PAGE FOUR THE GUARDIAN Ilutly (Fa-unulld In U911) rm--nut Cull:-u-Ilrnl up Ilull I'oII Olltro Tho A-nu-tun Iulltnr, Funk Wlllnor. "The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink." l CaAItI.o'rn."I'owN rItlum'.MAv19. 1950 ..j. Free Dispensary Although the Free Dispensary has car- ried on a splendid work amongst the needy of this City Since 1909. it has not for some reason received as generous support from our citizens as a whole as might have been expected. Since its organization the ladies of the Dispensary and their friends have carried on an annual collection. This year some eighteen business men have kindly :onsente(l to help in the collection, and will :all on the business firms of the City in the nope of securing larger donations. These men will make their canvass on the 2'2ntt Ind 23rd instant, and will be followed by the ladies in a general collection a few days ater. it is to be hoped that the appeal for this worthy institution will receive full stip- port from our citizzens. N Washington lobbies higher taxes in U. S. than in Canada." the Washington report says. "At higher income levels, however, married couples in U. S are permitted to split the family income for tax purposes so that they come out bet- ter than Canadian couples with the same incomes." The smaller income groups secure larger federal tax exemption in Canada than in the United States. In United States dollars, the single Canadian receives an exemption of 55910 and the married couple 551,820. The United States gives a flat exemption of S600 per person. The exemption for children in Canada is smaller than in the United States. EDI TURIAI. N01 l:S In the United States this is being cele- brated as National Maritime Day and also the opening of World Trade Week. 0 O O Seeding the flood ravaged areas of Man- itoba will be a major problem. Perhaps the technique of sowing by aircraft will at last come into its own. 0 O O The C. P. R. asking the removal of "poll- tical interference" from the administration of the railways has all the characteristics of Satan rebuking sin. 0 O U Tea for children under eight should re- One of the striking features of govern- ment. in the United States and particularlyi Washington is activity ofirepresentativcsl of special interests. Whatever may be the- declared policy of the administration or of the major parties on a particular question,l there is inevitably a highly vocal group do-i ing everything possible to bring about de- cisions in line with the immediate interests of a particular industry or district. Such a campaign is being conducted to impose strict-import quotas to protect the fisheries of the Boston area. The executive secretary of the Massachusetts Fisheries As- sociation, "incorporated. testified recently before a House labour sub-coinmittee that imports from Canada and Iceland of frozen fillets have drastically endangered normal employment levels in the domestic fish in-. dustry, that since 1939 there has been a 500 per cent increase in imports and that an estimated 700 or 800 fishery workers in the Boston area now are on unemployment rolls. It is, of course, official United States policy to aim at the removal of trade bar- riers, particularly with this country which buy: for more from the States than she cells. There is always the danger, however, that reasoned policy and national interests will be sacrificed to the importunity of these lobbyists who pursue their aims with- out the slightest regard for the general good. outdoallng The flow Ileal Having watched the evolution of the New Deal from 1933 onward, most Cana- .dians probably imagine that the United States Government is spending far more money proportionately on social services than the Government of Canada. contrary, the latest figures show that the Canadian Government is far out-spending its neighbor in this field. Canada's federal expenditures on social services are nearly four times as great, in relation to the total national budget, as those of the United States. In a revealing calculation the Financiall Post has broken down the two national butl- gets into their major categories and shows in the following table how many cents in each budget dollar is devoted to various pur- poses in the two countries: Canada US. Social welfare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22c tic. Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 32 interes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 18 13 Veterans 9 15 international .............. 2 ll. Allothcr..................31 23 On this calculation over a fifth of the Canadian budget now goes to social wel- fare of various kinds and if present plans for expanding welfare develop these ex- penditures will be greatly increased. It will be noted from the above figures that where Canada spends 18 per cent of its budget on defence the United States spends 32 per cent. Again, in international aid of all sorts (which is essentially a mea- sure of defence) the United States spends 11 per cent and Canada 2 per cent. The cost of the two budgets is about Identical if measured against the two na- tional national incomes. That is to say; all taxes in Canada, federal, provincial anti fnuniolpal, take just under 25 per cent of the national Income which, according to the Uflitcd States News and World Report is almost exactly the United states figure. it I in said, therefore, that Canadians and .. nolgliborn pay the same total percent- oQdIIiIirlncometo thoctate. Th , of taxel in distributed dif- fdolltiy ' the two countries. "Single por- ' i married people pay suit in better teeth according to the London lDaily Mail. The claim is that tea provides the fluorine which must be supplied during the first eight years of life for sound enamel. O O O The national executive of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities have suggested that the mayors of Can- 'ada give the lead by opening public relief subscription lists in their communities. I I O Islanders never seem to get used to the idea that at least until the 24th the weath- er is totaily unreliable. Perhaps it is the perfection of later months that drives May's antics from the memory. 0 I 0 According to a statement given by Agriculture Minister Gardiner in Parlia- ment, the cost of the Dominion Govern- ment of free transportation of coarse grains for feeding purposes in 1948-49 from West- ern Provinces to Eastern Canada was 3515.- 801,874. and to British Columbia 3i1,753,757. . O U Congratulations are in order to Dr. J. A. Macmillan on his re-election as chairman of the Maritime Blue Cross Shield Board of Directors. He has been in the move- ment since its inception, and has the satis- faction of having seen it grow and spread under his aggressive leadership. I O I The Post Office, during the coming months and perhaps extending into 1952; plans to release pictorial stamps with de- signs associated with industries, and voca- tions and flowers, birds and animals na- tive to this country. This seems to be a major change of policy compared with noting only the Royal Family and historic occasions. On the! ' 0 ' p John Clare, the English farmer poet, died this date 1864. He was of a melan- choly temperament and dealt largely with the sad and unfortunate happenings of life; so much so that towards the end of his life he became insane. But, if nothing else, ,his poems are realistic of rural life in his day and generation. His three principal works are, "Poems of Rural Life", "The Village Minstrel", and ”The Rural Muse". I I 0 It is anticipated that a dark horse will emerge in the Quebec provincial Liberal sweepstakes, and walk off with the leader- ship. Party insiders claim Gaspard Fau- teux, M. P. for Montreal-St. Mar , and for- mer Speaker, of the House of Commons, will definitely enter the contest as rumor- ed. and has a good chance of coming out on top. He is a grandson of the late Honors Mercier, a former Liberal premier of the province; and that name is expected to be an asset. C I O . An entirely new and broadened pro- cedure for control of vital statistics infor- mation in New Brunswick is provided in an act passed by the N. B. Legislature, en- titled "The Vital Statistics Act". The act provides for its administration through a di- rector of vital statistics. who may be the chief medical health officer for the province or another person who may be named the lieutenant-in-council. For adminish'a- statistics with respect to birth; stlllbirths, provides for registration and compilation of adoptions, marriages, deaths, deaths by which has had enough of Meteorologist W. tive purposes the province will be divided districts who will receive salaries. The act violence or misadventure, change of name, into registration districts. There will be deputy registrars in each of the provincial and other vital statistics. It also sets up in legal procedure for prosecuting failures to comply with the act and niuiotionl. - I THE GUARDIAN. CHARL01"rE'ruwN - STILL. i'o FEEL Barrel! IF u:'o LET some suomseas cw: rr A LOOK-OVER .' THRENODY FOR. A POET Not. in the ancient abbey. Nor in the city ground. Not in the lonely mountains, Nor in the blue profound, Lay him to rest. when his time is &n1C And the .-miiufg mortal lips are dumb; But here in the decent quiet Under the whispering pines, Where the dogwood breaks in bios- som And the peaceful sunlight shines, Where wildlbirds sing and ferns unfold, When spring comes back green and gold. in her And when that. mortal lIkCI1E55 Has been dissolved by me, Say not above the ashes, "Here ends a man's desire." For every year when the bluebirds sing. He shall be part of the lyric spring. Then dreamful-hearted lovers shall bear in wind and rain The cadence of his music. The rhythm of his refrain. For he was a blade of the April sod That bowed and blew with the vrhispcr of God. -Bliss Carmen. Vi Fiignw by W. N. Ewel- it is unfortunate, though it was perhaps inevitable. that Mr. Trygve Lle's visit to Moscow should have given rise to so much iii-considered speculation. The suggestions that the Secretary General of the United Nations is taking messages from President Truman to Stalin, and that he is trying to arrange for a meeting of the heads of the American. British, French and Russian Gov- crnmenis. must have been cm- barrassing to Mr. Lie himself, for to act as a sort of diplomatic go- between would be consistent neither with the functions nor with the dignity of his office. Nor one must add, does such a a pro- cedure seem at all appropriate to the circumstances of the moment. Mr. Lie's main concern is, rightly and naturally, with the critical situation of the United Nations Organization itself. The Organization, as he notes, is be- coming "incapable of functioning e-lficiently.” He seeks to make it again a "meeting place where statesmen can negotiate, different points of view can be reconciled and dispute: between grcat pow- ers settled." It is a purpose which has the full support of the Bri- tish Governmcnl and of every responsible person in the coun- Lry. O O I The immediate cause of the Or- gnni7.ation's incapacity is the dis- pute over Chinese representation on the Security Council and other organs. That has caused the with- drawal of the Soviet Union's rep- resentative from the Council it- self and of the Soviet Union's rep- resentatives andyor those of its associated States from other bad- ies. The "boycott" is so far tem- porary: various organs have con- tinued to function: but the posi- tion is anomalous; the validity of the decisions taken in such con- ditions is chnllengcable; and pro- longation of the secession must endanger the whole structure. Moreover, the next meeting of the General Assembly lies only four months ahead. If the Chinese puzzle has not been solved by September. Russia and her assoc- tutu may decide to withdraw from the Assembly itself. That would create I situation from which re- covery would indeed be difficult. So one may take it that the prime objective of Mr. Ltd; can- versations in Washington. London. Part: and Moscow in to try to find a way out of the lmpoma which has arisen from the fact that five member; of the Council rocoinizc the "new" Chlncu Gov- ernment whilo five still recognize the "old" Government: the clov- cnth member being China her- bolt. 0 o c if that deadlock won broken, than the Council could function again with full membership. And not only the Council, but so im- porllnt. a body on the Assembly worm Ems! no DuPucrnoM, -'1'.-'5.-.1l'arI”' ennui." ' .” WASTE, on. EKYRAVA SANCE .. r ,. rt-In ')f it .. F (vi TIII Machinery of Public Accounts The Strange Case. Of Dr. Fuchs (Montreal Gazette) Each additional statement. made by the Labor Govemment. of Great Britain regarding the case of Dr. Fuchs gives additional cause 101' questioning the adequncy 01 We British methods of dealing with such espionage. . The stages of this remarkable case may be listed as follows: (1) Prime Minister Attlee de- clares. after Fuchs has been ar- rested, that this atomic scientist- had been so completely above sus- piclon that his crimes could not possibly have been detected an)! sooner. says Mr. Attlee: "I am SPA- isfled that. unless we had here the kind of secret. police they hone in totalitarian countries, and employ- ed their methods, there was no means by which we could have found out about this man." i2) Viscount Jcnvitt, Lord Chan- ccllor in the Labor Cabinet. is ask- ed whether it. is true that. the Can- adian authorities handed over to the British aut.lioritios some four years ago a copy of a notebook dis- covered d-urlng the Canadian spy trials in which the name of Fuchs was listed. Viscount Jowitt. denies that this ever happened. til) One week later Viscount Jowitt. tells the House of Lords that the notebook had been for- warded. But he explains that the name "Fuchs" was only "one in a. long list," and that it "had no sig- nificance ,at that time." 14) Prime Minister Atticc, ques- tioned in the House of Commons on Thursday, repeated his earlier declaration that the British Gov- ermnent. had no suspicion what- ever. But. he makes an interesting qualification. He refers to Viscount. Jowlt.t's statement in the House of Lords, and recalls how the Lord Chancellor had accurately said that there was no reason to sus- pect that Fuchs was a Communist - "except. a, very vague allegation by the Nazis many years before." (5) An examination of the Han- sard of the House of Lords. the official record of every word spo- ken in that chamber. shows that Viscount Jowltt, made no refer- ence to any allegations having been made by the Nazis. It. is quite true that there is no cure for a betrayed secret. But. the best cure for a faulty security sys- tent is a frank declaration that. things are going to be much bet-i ter. This involved and contradic- tory process of denying all re- sponsibility for the greatest fail-. urc since the war dom not give the assurance that. might reason- ably be expected by those friends! and allies of Great Britain, whose, fate and future is closely bound, up with the need for keeping our. common secrets dry. i ----w I - -- s V s ----or-n-7-mo - The Ago-(lid Story 5 JQllQk".O.f'JiZ!.i.tLLCLCLy2l'J '.L'JiL! U.O.'.oL' U 0.0 p gar gar Tlut the Lord may turn from the florceneu of His anger, and show thee mercy, and have compar- oton upon thee. and multiply t.hee,l no He hath sworn unto thy fathers: when thou Ibalt hobrken to the voice of the Lord my God to keep Ill: commandments. which I com- mand thee this day. to do that which In right in this was of tho Lord thy God. Committee on Atomic Energy. And the danger of a split in the Assembly in September would have been averted. But at the back of all mind: there is now another question. Even though a form of unity were restored-, and all the United No- tions organs were again at full strength, can they function effec- tively in the present circumstan- ces? Can there be a useful Un- lted Nations Organization when the nation: are, in fact, not "unit- ed" but divided into two con- tending "camps" so that tho Or- gontutlon itself become: in prac- tice not an instrument of co- operation but on Iron: of conflict? As Mr. Lio has put it himself "the cold war in destroying the useful- neu of the United Nations." So, inevitably. Mr. l..ie's Moo- cow vmt has to be I search for an answer to the great question: in Russia prepared to call off the cold war, or are her rulers deter- mined to continue their polloieo town-do countries whichl they denounce u the "camp of imputation and wnrmonux-o"'l lilo vial! givco Premier Stallp and his colleagues o grut opportunity. And we wolf-perhaps rather anxiously than hopefully-lo no if they will take it. hostile i I--ea-o-oo-no-so-coo-muse p, Old Charlottetown it (And i-. c. 1.; DEPUTATION T0 LONDON es”:-oaia "A deputation is now in London. bearing a petition to Govern- ment not. to renew the appoint- ment of the present Governor of Prince Edward Island. Circum- stances have for some time ren- dered a continuation of Sir Henry Vere Huntley in office anything but desirable; and the well-being of the colony would, no doubt. be served by the appointment of some other gentleman for the ad.- mlnistration of its affairs. Indeed, no other course would seem to be at all politic. from the number and station of those who object. to his peculiar course of action. "The deputation consists of the Hon. Joseph Pope, Speaker .of the House a Assembly, the Hon. Edward Pa mer. representative of Charlottetown, and Andrew Duncan, E5q.. one of the prin- cipal inerchanls of the Island. The second named gentleman was I member of the Executive Council. and only resigned his seat at the board in consequence of his own and the public feeling with re- gard to this question. "The petition bears the names of all the Sheriffs. thirty-six Jus- tices of the Peace, forty-three Commissioners holding judicial office. and about four thousand three hundred electors. including all the principal merchants and other inhabitants of the Island; and the prayer of the petition is supported by the recorded opinion of a majority of the present. mem- bers of the House of Assembly itself. Such a movement will doubtless meet with prompt at- tenslon at the Colonial Office, where the good government of our distant provinces is regarded as an object of the first importance." -Liverpool (Eng.) Mercury, Oct 12. 1847. Less than a month later, on Nov. 5. the following item appeared in The Islander: "With feelings of sincere grati- fication we announce to our read- ers the appointment of our new Governor. This office has by Her Majesty been conferred upon Sir Donald Campbell, Bart, whose assumption of the Government will.” we hope, bring about I new era in our history, and again re- store to us internal peace, happi- ness and prosperity." The Common Crown (Prof. R. C. Wheare in the Sun- day Times) Sir.-Attention has been drawn once more to the question of alter- ing the Royal Style and Titles- an operation which requires, by constitutional convention, the as- sent of the Parliament: of all members of the Commonwealth. it must be admitted that the pre- sent. Title of the King-"George Notes By -The. Royal Air- Force .will in future tally a distinctive put. in tho celebration of occasions of na- tional importance. approval hav- ing been given by His Majesty the King for those to be mnrk.d by ceremonial fly pasta. Occirlons which may be so marked inclrde tho soverclgnb official birthday and such event: an the birth of 3 Royal Prince or Pruiocu and the wedding of a child of the Sover- eign. The fly past: will be by not fewer than three squadrons of air- craft. and will normally take place over London. -UK information Office How about squirrels? Here In Owen Sound there are large num- bers of them chiefly of the black variety. They are active, pictur- esque and cheery little animals. it must be admitted, and probab- ly many persons find them amus- ing and entertaining. But - and We a big "but"- they are probab- ly the worst: nest-robber: and bird enemies in the entire animal kingdom. If we wont songlcrdn. then we've got to do something about squirrels. Or, it we want squirrels. then IBWO got to our songbirds var tab. - Owen Sound Sun-Times. We have put come across something Thomas A. Edison said a short while before his death which perhaps make: more in- to-resting reading than it did at the time he spoke Here it is: "1 am wondering what would happen to me by now if 50 years ago some ma daily growing The Way - Th?” 5'9( "'9 dill when u" small lead of unrest that ha, been "0111!!! within us for month; put splits wide open. Dl.ll'l.llg much of the year we must be cw, lliud human beings. and are turn -or less content tn behave as such We move through each day in nu routine of shop or office, and fed no stir of rebellion: we may or" be subconsciously grateful for th. harness of habit which helps a hold us up. After all, this in ii" accepted put.te'n of adult; life in our century, But yen-1y sprlm sows the small enchanted gm within us, and it takes root tang grows. By mldsumnicr it 1, stronger than we are. and it my have its way. We make of-f tin dust of the city and go back to nature. only for awhile. We an conditioned for civilization, and to be natural is a strain which we now cannot. long endure. By 111. end of summer we will. hate haa enough of freedom and its atten. domt inconveniences, and mu hurry to clothe ourselves again in the decent hablllmenta of cus. tom, But that will not be until September. Now, with the sun vvariner, the ab stiller, the sea smoother. we can- not accept. the reality of an ill. tlmato September. We hasten to shake off the shackles of habit and return to the primitive. Sop. tember will come indeed-but it is still four g nrlous months away, -Vancouver News-Herold. fluent talker had converted me to the theory that it was not fair to my fellow workers to put my best: efforts in my work." "I am glad that the eight.-hour day had not been invented when 1 was a young man. If my lilo had been made up of eight.-hour days I do not believe I could have accom- plished o great debt. This country would not. amount to as much on it does if the young men of so years ago had been afraid that they might. earn more than they were paid for." Fort William Times-Journal. ..m1.:-Zj-: the Commonwealth, to be deter- mined by that member, and to have in addition I common "title say. "Head of the Commonwealth of Nations", this common illle.l.0 be determined and changed only with the assent of the parllamen of all the members. t In this way the King's two ca- pacities of Head of the Common- wealth and of Head of certain member States of the Common- wealth could bc distinguished. Changes in the membership of the Commonwealth or the conversion of kingdoms into republics in the Commonwealth would not in- volve amendments to the common title but only in the individual titles. Oxford K. C. WHEARE, (Gl -' t 'r'rofeaso of Govern- merit.) HO Canada. Rule The Wave!" (Montreal Gazette) No more will a Royal Canadian Navy band strike up the tune of "Rule Britannia" in formal salute to the chief of naval staff and other very important naval person. aged. l Novil headquortero hero in: an- nounced that this famous musical salute to being thrown into the air.- card in favor of an arrangement of "0 Canada." l Although the official announce ment makes no mention of it. then appears to be little doubt that thin and other similar chutes an- nounced this week-end by the Navy stem from the findings of the now- hst.orlciMa.inguy report. This ro port, in dealing with 5 series of incidents on board R. C. N. ships urged, among other recommend- ations, that determined efforts made to "Canadlanlze" the Roy Canadian Navy. The naval dignitaries who on entitled. henceforth, to be greeted with the strains of "O Canada" are the same as those who one: heard "Rule Britannia." 'Ilho short list includes the chief of naval staff. admiral: of the met. thi Naval Board of Canada. admit!-ll and commanders-in-chief. similar changes have been authorized with respect to the sol utes accorded by New band: to officers of less exalted rank. Muflioson 8: Podito A. w. nurnson. mo. A. I. raum. an. u.n lnrrlnaro. on. collection: - Monj! to la!-I oo Grout doom Shoot oiu-imoum Jo Ac mnnv. mo. unlus-rlos. souorms. count: amwmo Dr. A. L. Maclscoc DENTIST Donut X-Bay GLORIA BUILDING I'll Grafton St. Phone :01 John P. Nicholson. PROFESSIONAL” CARDS Bell 8: Muthioson IABBIBTEBS. SOUCITOIB. M II. II. BELL. ML. . D. L DIATHIESON, L.B., L0- Attornoyn at (Aw IDANS ON CITY AND FAIII PROPERTIES I50 lllchmond St. Charlottetown. Ell) M. Alban Farmer MONEY T0 (JOAN ILA-. LLB. BABBISTEB. SOLICITOB. It Charlottetown, P. I. L Dr. W. R. Carson Chiropractor Palmer Graduate J. S. TAYLOR Optometrist Inc examined. I'll” m' IOU Corner Kent & Queen. GIL Offlu Phone I956-llnnu lfll-l VI. by the grace of God. of Great Britain, Ireland. and the British Ll"B' Jtxairgl D l ' , . . ac , .. -. ..:.";::;:r.':":::: t.l:...5.:::.”::: -w--mn.,,:wumos - wholly satisfactlonary. The word ' I”'''''”"' E” . "Dominlons” in the title does not, 1" l""'"30 35- Ch'WW"- r”''''" 3"u- "5 Q"”” 3" unis often! supposed, refer to the PHONE fill! T"""C-"C ' se -govern ng members of he C f;ll'fil0nWellil'l uveruu; it is ,chust R' use in the old sense of the torrl- ' torles or possessions of the King. Rt Magmmcno mwuulmn whether self-governing or non- B Btu"lsTEn' self-governing. But even if "Do- ' ' g NOTARY, cm. mmow. mm mm m the mod. noun-u. wi.mnoi.,no-. anmn front .-ulldllu ern lenle. it is I word which bu 7' Q""' Sm" U"53”"T,7"'w” fallen out of favour with some .u u IE0" 7'' y "nu Phono 711 member: of the P ...lih, '” w "' .. notably Canada, South Africa, and India. Finally, the use of the G”"d.' 3' H5539” A. WCIHIOII Galldtf. geographical expreuion "Ireland" 35-33" 4- 0500". IA. U-I B in not quite compatible with tho 333'”!!! Mil IOINNII ' ' umenco of the Irish Republic. "'0'? N 100- 31331373! 50'-'U"'i”h ”" n 3 no; an. ,,,w,,,,,.' y, nu, Canadian look of oommocco lug. rbllllpo Butldlnl '9” r. .. . No, On: In in on-anon snot u I, all members of tho Common- n”''” ” u” 0”.” o.. wealth want I change. If certain W A0 I members want their name: in- I0l.l0l'l1I. -PCIHICP & HUS..." sorted in tho title. in it not in- vldioul for others to be left out? What about India. which rocog- i nice: the King on Head of tho Commonwealth but not on King of India? In it wise to insert. -thy .phruo "Head of the Common- wealth." which in not a legal ox- prouion. into a title which ll to be given legal authority? And would not a title which consisted mainly of I recital of I list of homo: be a little unlmprcouivof Nona tho lou. if any mombcr of the Commonwealth fools rally dissatisfied with the title In it stands. that in a good touch for. making a change. . It may well move to be but for the King to have I uparnte and diulnctlvo l title In respect of each member of L J. IIAILAM. IA. I-LI Ilnb of Ohorloucoown. P.l.I. IIONII 1'0 LOAN 4,. amuuum II. II. bonus: as oo. MINI! 91:. can ':'.l.':)'a"ll Anions lnndotpb W. Manning. 0. A. "',:'"0'uW' amid. a. cum. oat S'"'m0 Pbonoll Ia?” 303 2"- IoDONAl.n. 0018!! 8 00. nooool-mm odors. much. lohl Jon. Iunnotq mama.