- l l i l -Tl-la GUARDIAN Hbllslslsvsrynsn-dayne:-nlunIlsIPdnseI:not.(:sr ' hh&vI.P.l.l..hv'lIs'l'bunson0snpsuunlhd "&volI Pteo IIIIII lslsll I-In is low” Idit. frank Full! Isnsnl Runner. In A. Iunott Inset onions on lununnnlds. Modulus and Albums. Aluho bdsslooonltasssllsllbytholfonolslloobepsstlnnnt. ours. Cannon Qsnuubwn. Iumnunlls IILU put III! E P,IJ. O-H. 0&2 PIIVIIII .l N! unuu. III II . 313.8 "Tho strongest mom is weaker than tho weaksst lnk." IATURDAY. MAY I. III Nearing The Homeslrelch From all appearances the general elec- tion on May 25 will be a more closely con- i tested one than we have had for years in this Province. It is the first straight two- party fight for some time, and both sides have been vigorously campaigning. Both parties are fortunate in having a number of outstanding candidates, and re- gardless of the results of next week there should be no scarcity of cabinet timber. The electors will make their choice of the material. It is hoped that they will do so independently of any consideration other than the welfare of their constituency and the Province generally. Perhaps this is too much to expect of human nature; but at least there should be no encouragement given to bribery in any shape or form. That has been the curse of many elections In the past, and it was due as much to lax public opinion as to the politicians them- selves. No elector should expect special favors for casting his vote. He should do it of his own free will, making his own in- telligent decision and-wherever possible --making his own arrangements for going to and from the polling booth. Why should he have to be carried or cajoled, or pamp- ered into exercising a priviilige that his lbrefathers fought long and hard to obtain llor him? We should all like to see a 100 percent turnout of voters in this election: but such I vote, if obtainable. could have real value only if lt represented the public spirit of the electorate and not the zeal of a few party workers. This is a small Province, but the issue of democracy is just as vital to us here as it is at Ottawa, at Washing- ton. sit London, or at the councils of the United Nations. And democracy is con- eerned just as much with why we vote in free elections. as with whom we vote for. The motive doesn't show in on the ballot. but it is a factor of quite as much lmpor-, knee to good government as the "X" we llarlt with the pencil. No Resembiance The setting up by the Soviet Union and its neighbours of the so-called Eastern European Defence Organization under Russian leadership and control comes as no surprise to anyone. Nor does it change the international situation one iota. Even without this formal pact the countries un- der Soviet domination had no choice but to fall in with Moscow's wishes; they are too weak. economically and militarily, to do otherwise. ' The Russian view that the alliance is an Eastern version of Nato may sound good to Communist parties behind the cur- both Roosevelts. and Truman - survived villainous attacks on their persons. This is a higher percentage of actual and at- tempted assassination than is recorded in any other .civillzed country. In Great Britain. where political tensions and rival- ries produced plenty of strife in the past, not a single Prime Minister mat death at the hands of an assassin. The same is true of the English speaking countries whose governments have been modelled after the British pattern; This probably has no pol- itical significance: it is an interesting fact, nevertheless. Mr. Donovan goes to some length to de- scribe the personalities of the men who killed or attempted to kill American presi- dents and the reasons, so far as they can be understood, for their crimes. One was an actor embittered by the South's defeat in the Civil War; another, an amateur pol- itician who was disgruntled over his failure to secure a high diplomatic post; another fancied he was being persecuted by the President; two were ordinary "crackpots" who gave no reason for their crimes; and the final one. the Puerto Rican who fired at President Truman, was a Nationalist fanatic. This last was the only one of the lot who appeared to have the backing of a political organization. Of particular interest to criminologists -is the fact that none of the seven had any previous criminal record, nor was any one of them a political radical in the generally accepted sense of the word. It would, of, course, be foolish to suggest that the more . .m closely a Government head is guarded. the? more danger he is in from would-be assas- sins. At the same time, it is a fact that the President of the United States is and always has been surrounded by an army of police protectors. The Prime Minister of Britain, on the other hand. citizen. His one bodyguard is more of a personal attendant than a policeman, al- though he does act in that capacity on oc- casion. Cautious Optimism There is no doubt about it: there is an W”""" optimism among Western leaders that has not been evident heretofore during all the played Not A OTTAWA LETTER OTTAWA: The brilliant of rainbow hues moves Scenic Driveways in our Capital around most of the time just like any otheri'""i'"' "5 ”l'ld'Y "ii" 0”ai"V5 l Tulip Festival is now at its height. The magnificent public show u. these million new Dutch bulbs in unequalled anywhere else on this Continent. It reminder of the gratinde to Can- ads which is expressed so elo- quenlly by the people Queen of the Netherlands, grati- tude that lhis city provided a safe haven for Family, and. that so prominent a the Liberation of Holland. fro--. - .. '- . .1?- ,Hoiiday Weekend For Everyone ---....L..,gg Medically Speaking Ilennss If. lnndosol. hub. WHEN MAN TAKE! OVEI FOI NATURE - Unlike very. -lmplc vi-It Ind snlmsl life. mu cannot replace by process of no par of his out or be torn from him. IIIY body msy function for . as in the can of one kidney doing the work of two, but men and so-called higher animals can- not naturally perform the relu- venatlng process in any but s' very minor way. Therefore. msn is using modern metals and in- genuity to devise many spare parts for his own body. very much like the tin man in the ”Wlrard of 0:." ' Ancient Practice False substances, or prosthetics as they are known medically. that take the place of the normal parts of the body. have been used as far back as ancient Egyptian times. Today.the man who has a defect from a skull injury can have a silver plate put in his head; if the lenses in his eyes are destroy- ed. a plastic lens made of acrylic is available. Plastic cheek bones. plastic joints, and plastic cars which look almost life-like are now available to help those whose bodies have been terribly disfig- ured. Blood Vessel llepnlr Blood vessels that have been destroyed to such a great degree that surgery was once of no help, I Tulips and Tourists gliy Patllt-k Nicholson daubs of funds spent by visitors frolni alongside the other rounlries, the United States again leads - largely thanks to Canadians who contribute more lhan hall Uncle Samis earnings in this industry. The States lakes in S527.000,000; Canada is again number two country, receiving 5:l02.000,000. of which more than four-fifths is spent by Americans. Britain is third earner. at 3246,- 000.000. and little Switzerland's mountains hnist her into fourth place with tourism earnings of Slll2.tlfl(l.00il. WHAT CAN CANADA l)O'.'-. The officials. ranging from Jean Lcsage, Minister of Nah. is an annual and the the Royal this country mic in less than last year, but to increase. can now be helped with the ski of a new plastic tubing made of polyethylene. For those whose " . one organ ofkths II x Page Gipivdfu. I NOTES, iv The sun! resort for nu of Fire Chief Waterman lot: out that old and defective wiring. to- gether with ' smo . are two of the most prevalent causes of uflrcs. The careless 'smoker.lbcFtroCh.lofauertl.ls by'fsr the cause oftho larger per- centage of serious fires. The care- less smoker. he might have added. a to ” " to others in the same building. in fireman. an and when he sets forests shine to the Province. -Toronto Tele- KTOHI. Tslklng before a lawyer's gath- ering in Chicago. former President Truman told his hearers that "un- less the citizens have rights against the Government, no'one can safe and secure." As all men do. Harry Truman will some day leave us and there will be discussion of what kind of memorial ought to be raised. Our suggestion would Pge that those words he uttered in hicsgo be carved on the corner- stone of every town hall. county courthouse and Federal building in the land. - Detroit Free Press. Joe Vltch is no ordinary man. He came out from Scotland over 50 years ago and he has only once been "out." as Northerners call civilization. He lives with dozens of dogs and cats across the river. Hels quite a character. At a party for some visiting dignitaries one of Joe's cats got in the reindeer stew. Joe caught it by the fall. flung it out and con- tinued to serve as if such oc- currences were accepted features of Aklavik banquets. - BBC Home Service. There seems to be two extremes of thought in respect to getting up their acreage M m"5' barley and kidneys temporarily fail. an artl- in the mornng. On the one hand I flax. '-LATE IN BC. I Seeding in British Columbia is- ficinl kidney has been devised to take up its function until it can return to normal action. other are those who exclaim 'happily about the lengthening days. say- ing: "It makes a person feel like LiVD it-eons late but cl-up pl-aspects. metals. such as platinum mm um. leaping out of bed to greet the are good given favorable weather conditions. Total grain acreage in the province is about 250.000, apart from land in hay and clover. Spring wheat at-rcagc was in- creased this spring to 85,800 fromi last year's 81.400. Grains came through the winter "extremely well" in Ontario with only a small amount of winter kill- ing and a good yield is expected. winter wheat acreage dropped to 640.000 this year from 710,000 in 1954. flue-cured tobacco to 90.000 from ll6.000. and burley tobacco to 4,300 from 4.800. Fruit blossoms, are about two weeks ahead of; schedule and yields are expected- to be heavy. Watcrlogged Iields held up grain seeding in most of Quebec. as was the case last year. Prospects ale talum, are being used in brain surgery to help the doctor com- plete his work more easily. Modern mechanics have devised artificial limbs so remarkable that they enable the amputee to carry out almost any activity the normal person performs. In fact. artificial hearts are now being used which can temporarily take over the activities of one of the most complex parts of the body. Electric computers now exist that can solve problems and do mental work that would require hundreds of persons years of time to complete. These machines can lemember and learn different tasks and practically think. How- troubled years of the cold war. Look where one will. one sees signs of cheer and confidence. In Washington President Eis- enhower and his Secretary of State Mr. Dulles are talking quite openly of "a change for the better.” When they chat- ted before the microphone a few nights ago there was an unmistakably glad tone to their voices, amounting at times al-most to religious joy. Indeed, once or twice Mr. Ottawa's Tulip Festival has an- other significance. It marks the opening of the tourist season. as the first wave of summer visi- tors motor in to admire the beauty of the bulbs. Tourism has ceased to be a fountain of gold for Canada. To the bewilderment of the trade and to the worry of the government, it has become a dollar drain, costing us on balance more each year than we earn from it as a nation. Ottawa has recently been hear- Resourccs, and Leo Dolan. Chief of the Canadian Tourist Bureau. downwards. have all urged Can- adians to be more Canadian to- ward tourists from other tries. This is very sound advice. Tourists normally visit other coun- Irics to see how their inhabitants live. not to see a pale imitation of their own way of life. The average American tourist visiting Canada stays at s motel outside which the Stars and Stripes flutters: a less well prepared and more not as good as last year because heavy f;llt rains! prevented fall plowing, o a gm :1 acreage sown l - in 1954 was 117300.000. accuracy and the complexity of ”"m' AVERAGE POTATO CROP Little from New Brunswick but the main crop of potatoes is expected to be about the same as last year. Seed- ing is a little ahead of schedule. Prince ienced a cold spring and was delayed except for a few acres he ems good which 1, of potatoes. turnips, small and vegetables. ever. of the many machines that stimulate if, none of them can come close to the smallness, the the human brain. QUESTION AN!) ANSWER Mrs. E. W.: in there such I thing as a false pregnancy? Answer: Yes. Sometimes. due to ...” ' ' ' ' needs. I may stimulate all the signs and symp- toms of a pregnancy even though information is available. Edward Island exper- sun." On the other hand are those who harbor the dark thought "What good can come out of a day that has to start with getting up?” In between are the silent major- ity who are dumb. resigned slav- es of the alarm clock. too broken for actual revolt. but certainly tak- ing no joy in that peremptory ring which announces the coming of an- other day. - High River Times. Inspector Robert Wltls. former- ly of the London Detail of the On- tario Provmcial Police (and also St. Thomasl. told the Forest City Kiwanis Club in London. Ont.. that super-highways are not the answer to the problem of dangerous driv- lng. Super-highways. he said. tend to mesmerize the driver because the sight distances are no great. Speeds are built up by the wide. open highways and today's cars are not built for the speeds at which some people wish to drive. No highway. no car. no law can at best tend to reduce accidents. The most dangerous gadget on the roads is the nut behind the wheel. Until in some way the level of driver intelligence is raised we shall to have crashes. in- juries and deaths. - London Free Press. THE WAYT A wlntns and after demon. strating to I Houss subcommittee devices for intercepting and .3. cordlng conversations on tele- phone: .ud in office. obu-M that 'lts.sll rather ts-lghumng... rad-an nothing "mm" ......" lt. Aside from the very real ll... get to national security paged 5, sensitive electronic lnstrumem, which can pick up conversations 900 feet distant mun the equip. ment. unscrupulous businessmen. can learn their rlvsls' secrets and vicious blsckmsilen can race”; personal convu-nations. Newspapgr men who were skeptical .50", the claims made shout the "exact science" wiretapping wen n. be sponslble for bringing about lb. eye-opening demonstration: 5.. fore Congressmen. The show W" put on to demolish their skepticism -which it assuredly did. It 1," been proved thst the dirty rag-1.-cg has become dlrtier. That should serve to convince the public and CuI.l5lCS5I'nCII that laws regula- ting wiretapping must be nlain- lsined and strengthened in the in- terests of national safety and to preserve the Constitutional gua.-. antee regarding the right of every citizen to privacy. ..Deu.,;. Free Press. 7M' 5:?! 084' K 0021221 ANSWER TO YOUTH They write of "old men dreanling in the sun"- The young, who have so much to learn of life. Who know not that for old one: dreams are done; That tho they still hear lhrob of drum and file They now are grown too learn'd, loo wise to dream Vlcariously now they live their youth! As knights and maids bring to old eyes a gleam Of sympathy. for that they now know truth: Thst dreams are for the yuunl. who'll never die; Who clench hard fists at morn and dare man , To break their robust grip: and who defy The world to stop what they find The old ones have their memories, their signs; But dreams are now mirages In their eyes. -Russ Walters in The Chicago Trlb i The Age Old Story i Not every one that ssith unto me. Lord. Lord. Ihnll enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doeth the will of my Father 'them taking which is In heaven. fruits she may not be pr A These although women may even convince their Novs Scotlans expect no change physjclgng that they are PI l. in screages this year land Prime Minister Eden professes to see "a bright ray of ligh.t through the darkness". In this he is helped, no doubt, 'by election fervour; but, all that aside, therg is no mistaking the upward lift of his spirits. Our own Mr. Pearson, who is not a man easily fooled by appearances, comes back from the Nato meetings with a message that "we've left the trenches and lare now out in the open." 5 To be sure, accompanying these expres- sions of cheer is a note of caution. Mr. Slates. Dulles chuckled audibly, thus permitting ing the eloquent exhortations, expensive Version of what In an himself a most unusual luxury. In Eng- 5""'V '""”"'5. '.'”"' "'3”"- 9' est at his local short-order lunch- government officials, to the ef- "mm at home: and he pus his feet that we should make effort to welcome Wcmiy "m" '""" H" U"i""d un customed confusion and insult and to ensure that they will want to return other years. WORLD'S NO. I TOURIST John Cannck. of course his wife and family, is the World's Number Two Tourist. second largest spender after Uncle Sam. He used to be also the sec- ond largest host to foreign lour- that discount. The word is promln- . lata. after Uncle Sam. but is like -enlly displayed in this connection ly to lose that position to Brl- in, for example, all Ontario Gov- lain this year. more . bills with the money which be tourists. es- daily uses at home. but with the of being charged extra because. he is told, his money is at I "discount". The instructors have been tel- there may be a "slight upward swing" in potatoes as a result of strengthened prices. Apple grow- ers are grooming their orchards. clawed by hurricane Erin" '"'” A A- tember, and are hoping for s 3.- 000.000-bushcl crop. not started seeding yet and do not with ling us repeatedly about that American Flag and about the ur- gcnl need to provide "distinctive Canadian dishes". Now it is time for them to hear something about He is the John Canuck is ernmenl liquor stores. it is the expect to do so for several weeks. The ground is soaked and snow remains in some pia("”2 m............. l JAPANESE CO-i'.DS About 98.000 women mnlriculal ed at Japanese schools and col gleges in 1954. three times an many Farmers in Newfoundland have, i CLEAN CLOTHES WEAR LONGER , For Your Dry Cleaning Needs RITE-WAY CLEANERS i on: 7337 DAILY 16 H lll SI. ACADIAN HOTE mm Froe Pulling Nova Scolla DOWNTOWN HALIFAX Two minutes from llsllwsy Station. Business and Theatre District. A Modern Brick Building with Automatic Iprlnkler system in every Room for our Guests . NEWLY DECORATED. COMFORTABLE. WELL FURNISHED ROOMS WITH PRIVATE BATII I SHOWER SINGLE 35.00 and 35.50. DOUBLE 85.50. TWIN BEDS I7.-Sf! RATES SINGLE 01-50 - 83.00 - 38.50 WEEKLY RATES FOR ROOMS WITH HOT I COLD WATER DOUBLE MAN - 84.5 - 95.00 PERMANENT GUEST! I Pearson. for example, says that "peace has .not yet broken out." Quite rightly, too; lthe one thing that the West cannot afford second in mother respect loo: wrong word. and it is an insult. when he balances his books at it naturally makes our American the end of the year. the excess visitors mad. The rate of exchange- of his expenditure on foreign tra- is. say, SL02 in U. 5. money to vel over his receipts from foreign "sl,m Canadian. The vlnrd "dis- i mi": but 3.cmaiiy'. there if "9 59"” i" ”' l to do right. now is to let optimism overrule tourists is the largest in the world mount" lmpne. an inferiority which For one thing, it is doubtful whether the good judgement. Any public demand on seven states whose governments have thrown in their lot with the Soviet Union would be of much help in time of war. Their attachment to Communism is by no means to be taken for granted: indeed, re- ports indicate that. in each country thereith. detenninnuon of the west to build up 3 3 W9" ”'ga"ized "ndergrmmd "mvemem a position of strength. For all that, we ready to go into action at the prapef time' can afford at least a little lifting up of whatever may be Said M Nai0"”"” dcmbt spirits. It will do us all good, so long as K has its w?ak"95'5e5T." hi” "ever been iwe keep in mind that one series of cheer- and peaceful world any more than one swallow suggested that the countries that make it up are anything but determined to join forces. if need be, in a common cause. For another thing. it is a well known laet that 'Russie.'s influence among her immediate neighbours was and is estab- lished on force on the one hand and weak- ness on the other. It was not an accident that the only Eastern European country with any measurable power of its own- Jugnslavln-repudlated Russian tutelage dlortly after it had been imposed. Nato is '1 different matter. Whatever influence economic affairs may have had in its con- ' Itructlon. no member nation is politically subservient to any one of the Western 31! Three. Assassin A well-known American newspaper re- porter. Robert J. Donovan, has been do- in some research Into the macabre sub- ject of assassination with special emphasis oiIItheklllerssndwauld-bekIlendAm- crlcan Presidents. The result is an Inter- mix: and htonnstlve book called "The Kt". new Islngpl-pond by Homer g . the basis of reassuring reports. for a let- up in defence measures could make mat- iters worse than ever; it is indisputable that gwhatever improvement has, in fact. come 'about in world affairs. can be credited to iful reports does not make a safe l L makes a summer. - EDITORIAL NOTES ads. 0 0 O 32.88 per 100 pounds. I 0 There was some form of human life on the North American continent 23,800 years ago. That, at any rate. is the opinion of archaeologists who have been studying an ash pit in an undisclosed place in Nov- England has raised t-he price it guaran- tees farmers for grain in order to make in for increased wage rates granted to male farm workers. In terms of U. 5. doi- lars per bushel, the new prices for 1955 crop grain are: wheat, 32.23; rye, 51.62: hold barley. S1.-17; oats, 30.92; mixed grains, Much is being done to make the world -- except Uncle”s Sam's. Official figures just released izens travelling to other ulation is only one-cit-vt-nth the size of U. S. A.'s, yet Canadian travellers to other rounlries spent s total of 33G5,000.000. These are the figures for 1953, the latest year for which all details are available. Other countries whose globe-trot ting inhabitants spent significant totals abroad were Britain 45240.- 000.000l and France SlZli.000,0t'l0I. When it comes to the receipt show that the United States cit- many years ago chose the un- lands happy word "dollar" for our cur- , spent 3895,000.000. Canada's pop-pl-ency. jwas never intended by the short- sighted government officials who Tn nhviale this confusion. and ,In give an added sense of being in a foreign country. all lourisli; could he assisted - as is done in many European countries - by the presence of currency exchange facilities at border points. Crisp new .Canadlan dollar bills and shiny newly-minted coins, avail- .able at all times from Border officials, would make a good start to every visit. A wet cold spring has delayed seeding slmoxt everywhere in Can- sds except in New Brunswick. On- lsrln and Alberta. However. I Canadian Press sur- vey this week showed that. despite setbacks from the weather. grow- ers expect to plsnb sbout the some acreage this year as Inst-and hope for a good harvest. Even recent floods in Saskatche- wsn did little to dlscoursge farmers about grsln prospects. although they left much land under water snd helped (I sy ” in other I. IAIKATCIIIIWAN CEIDING By mid-May it was esflmsled so per cent wheat screen fivepercenloltheoslsnndborlly had been seeded. It was expects; won Farming "Activities (The Canadian Press) Elsewhere on the prairies the pic- ture is brighter. The Alberta agriculture depart- ment had no flglurel for scresge seeded up to May is but said Iced- ing generally was ahead of this time last year. Alberta farmers expected to plant more than 0.000.- Ofll sci-es of wheat this yesr. two per cent more than h lit in Msnltobl. whore excessive moisture has delayed seedlu. growers plan to sow 2.m.ooo norm of wheat this spring. about NM! ....L...,....m...m....: ' Brown A Electric Licensed ins in 1947. ANOTHER LOBSTERMAN is HAPPY! Port Mnlflsnd April 1!, 1966 Gabriel Aern-Marine lnslrunicnts Lld., Halifax. Nova Scotia. 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