@112 (firmrdmu Cover) Prince Burton Execut Edward w.J. Hencox, Publis er Lewis rve Editor Island Like The Dow Frank Walker Editor Published every week day morning (except Sun- day: and statutory Holidays) at 105 Charlo Branch offices at S..mmerside, and 5 '00 Prince by Thomson Newspape Montague. ttetown. P.E.l.. Curls. Sires. rs Ltd. Alber- Represenved nationally by Thorium Newspapers Advertismq Servrces. Empire llmver (JCOfg Men Toronto. Montreal, 6.10 Western Office. Vancouver (MA Daily Cathcart l030 7037) 3-8894: sity 0-5942; Street, Canada" to iber 425 University Ave. Street West Newspaper PleIlSherl A~soctation and The Canadian Press. The Canadian Press l5 excluswely entitled to the use for repub- Irration of all news dispatches in this paper (redited to it or to the Assocratcd Pf255 or Reurer: and also to the local news published herein. All 'IJlTIS in Mn or republication of special djspalchcs (Csrrvi‘ . Subscription rates. t over 33: per week by terrier. here- ‘nl2flt‘l a ‘1'?" by [Hill or rural router and are. not s Sl'o vfa' ruonw No hAGE l enriced by (“TIN-"- $20 00 per 00 a yea- off I: and and Ill. in US. and elsewhere outside British Com- ealth, I over 7c sm'ile cop-,. Member Aild' Bureau 0 Circulauon. 19—634. THURSDAY. APRIL 9. Always A Sportsman The late Mr. Lucas Allen was in younger days a noted athlete and .~poit.~2n'z.~i'i. and he never lost nis the ~martin: spirit in the :lctlHllE; in which he engaged later life. both in business. and pol- itics . He was outstandingly lll’d ll,\' i n AIIC- cesst'ul in iliote competitive fields. and took on many other duties which usually fall to the busiest men in a r community. because they seem to he the ones most ready to sacrifice time in the public interest. Mi: Ailou wouldn't have put it this way. for he was among the most modes? of men. and would have lauglicil at the idea that he v.35 setting a worthy example to r-rhers whcn he felt that he was only "doing his: hit." and that he owed his voiuniunity far more than i". ever our‘d him. But his record speaks for itself. and it is one from which many of our younger citizens rould draw ;‘.l.‘~]lll':lll(lll. One thing which we. recall nar- ricularlv abC‘ul )lr. Allen's career in publ \in (oh the the during in ic life. years he. sat. in Legislative Assembly. was his complete free- dom from petty partisanship. Those were the (luvs when partisanship was more rampant than it is now. . A and when a supporter of one or the other pai'lv——aiirl more so a gov- ernment member as Mr. Allen was duri LilIPl'nI l\\'(i ng regimes—was expected to go after his opponents. hammer and long». Some h 0 Id: were. bari‘rtl. but not too many ; and it is not surprising that feelings of- ten ran inch in the emotion-charged arm .\lr form ida l tlc osphere. .\ l I: u out n (in: rcgzii‘ded in debate. but FIS Pl “1". do not renal] a single. occasion when he ovei ever Int his temper. when - nsorl he 'lll unkian word. or vast an asi‘ieraion of any kind on an op- noiii-nt‘s lll'l'l\(‘,"~ or iiilcgritv. was. equally cool and considerate on the hummus. where even Ho more l..‘:c1‘ir:€ prmailvd. and where he was held in the .~ame high regard as by in? l Iu-l I lie (UllPiifgllt‘F III the Housc Timely Observation In ill.~ ll‘.~}'.ll‘lll,‘_' HfIfIl'(‘>§ be Mr. Donald Gordon loll hi- .1 statistic produced (‘anniluin Tourist. This was lust an example of how .‘-lr. .\llrn ‘plmcil the. game" in every field of activity in which he {Iiil‘llfllhtlt'rl llr- always observed the ground rules. and had no use for a “win” on any olhcr terms. A gentleman or" the old schOoI. shall say. as wcll as. a sportsman. whose passing we mourn and whose iziemorv we shall hold in honor. fore the ('rlllv‘illltlll ('luh here. on Tuesday evening. l-F’.;~>'€‘fI that he was: startled and dis- Coll- by Association. This; \V2': to tho effect that. 43 per- cent of the population of Canada hav (“HI DI‘OVIIIU‘. 0 never travelled outside t heir In his own Canadian travels he. had met. far too many Canadians to whom Canada is still the “unknown country" apart from a few of its main cities. . Naturally this was a matter about Which the President of the Canadian National Railways would be concerned. But it was not from the standpoint of promoting trans- portation that. he was speaking. so much as from his conviction that. Canadianism can be fostered best by travel and personal contact. After all. he reminded his hear- ers. it was personal contact between Men from the united provinces of ()inada and men from the Maritimes that made Confederation possible. About a month before the Chat- lottetown Confer-ems, some 50 mem- gr, bars of the legislature of the Can. adas, accompanied by other prom- inent men in business and public affairs—and including 23 journalists —started on their historic tour. The progress of the party through the Maritime: was a convivial alnd triumphant one, and—by no means iiicideiitullv—-ha(l a strong influ- ence in bringing many Maritimers to consider for the first time the possibility of political union. “l .‘lltl not offering interprovin- cial travel or good fellowship as a cure-all for the ills of Canada.” Mr. Gordon hastened to explain. “But as I know \chI from my own ex- pcrinnvc. :luro is something about personal contact—about. first-hand knowledge of how the other per- son lives and works and feels— which acts octter than anything else to bring a'ovut a feeling that one can work with this perSOn towards a common objective." It was in this light that he view- ed the inuioriance of cm centennial celebrations in Prince Edward Is- lwnd this: year. By helping Can- adians from all parts of the country to know more of their own history and to become better acquainted with each other. he suggested. the cele- Irratiolis represent for this reason alone “n significant contribution to (‘unadian unity and to Canadian maturity." .\lr. (lot-don touched on many other aspccts of “the idea and spirit" of Confcdvruiion. but we thought these remarks particularly appro- priate to our centennial program. and encouraging to all engaged in making it .'I success. A Needed Reform It is to be hoped that due at- tention will be given to a private bill which has been introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. Robert Temple. Liberal member for Hastings South. This bill would provide for the automatic commuta- tion of a death sentence where a court of appeal is not unanimous in confirming the conviction. The principle hcie is one that should command the full support. of the House. In commending this proposal. the Toronto Globe and Mail points out. that when a man is on trial for his life. he CHllJtlt by law be convicted unless all 12 jurors—who are not men expert in law or evidence—are convinced of his guilt. Yet when his fate is handed to the higher courts, where all of his judges are men highly versed in lav: and evid- ence, a bare majority is sufficient to send him to the rope. Surely if even one judge of eiih- er provincial appeal court or Sup- reme Court of Canada is so filled with reasonable doubt of a man‘s guilt or the fairness of his trial as to dissent from his fellow judges‘ decision to uphold conviction. soc- iety takes a fearful risk in hanging an innocent man. The Globe and Mail recalls that this actually happened in Toronto. in the case of Arthur Lucas. who went to the gallmvs despite a strong case made by one member of the Supreme Court. to allow his ap- peal: and there have been a good many consciences in Toronto that have not rested easin since. Even those who may believe in the validity of capital punishment may well feel that there is need for a change in our existing laws. (.0 the point at least where a judge's doubts should provide valid grounds for commutation of the sentence. EDITORIAL NOTES The. Department of National Health and Welfare advises that farm machinery will figure in ac- cident reports as soon as the land is workable. Many crippling or fatal accidents are due to neglect or carelessness or the practice of allow- ing youngsters to operate tractors or other heavy equipment. for which they have neither the strength or good judgment. Something worth keeping in mind. 0 One year's profit. of one U.S. corporation. notes an exchange. would be more than enough to wipe off the total of personal loans owad by Canadians to the chartered banks. 0n the day that the Domin- ion Bureau of Statistics issued its statement showing that general per- sonal loans by chartered banks had climbed to $1.4 billion. the Bell tele- phone system of the huge AT and T Corporation announced a profit for 1963 of $1.5 billion. THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING WHITE MEN'S WAYS ETAWA REPORT by Pairick Nicholson Defense Step In Right Direction Paul Hellyer's While on Defenri‘ has than a lluticr among l.Il(‘ camp followers Ill (‘ai‘nada‘s armed camp-Ottawa. ll promis~ es to destroy I.Il(‘ cosy and cost- ly empire which the Brass in the muse services has built for it» self at the taxpayers' expense. Papei The White Paper outlines the 1 defence problems: operational control and ctfrctiveness stream- linging of procedures. reduction of duplicated and needless over- head cost. and especially the de- cision-making process. The report of (the Glassco Royal Commission on Govern- ment Organization hit the nail neatly on the head “then review- ing the employment of 125.000 members of our armed forces “About 60,000 military person- nel, all of whom have been re- cruited into lIl(‘ services as piiy- ' sically III for the active defence: of Canada. are engaged in sup- porting or non‘cnmbaian't dur . .. Conplr that with Glam-0's finding that the average annual of "otlicr ranks" in " in the services Is $4.77" \viiile civilian employees of tho Defence Dcpzirtincnt avci‘ag. $4.014. and one realizes that tli: .. a canned more ‘ largest ‘ , h u it e admlimsti-aitlve empire. located chiefly in National Do- fence Hadquanters in Ottawa. ls a costly and triplicatcd sourcv ‘ of delay. confusion and waste. MUST MERGE INTO ONE “The Govemmon't has decided that there is only one adequate solution." I "It is (live integration of the arm~ ed forces of Canada under a single Chief and a single de " fence staff." This column has frequently drawn attention b0 the glarin: waste of employing expensive ly trained, lavishly uniformed and highly paid soldiers, sailors and airmen in Ottawa as chauf- t'cur and “cleaning women" to: the top brass in their homes. and as clerks and messengers i in their offices, As long as the brass clings to outdated domestic perquisites, which are not granted the aver- age employee in industry nor even bn cabinet. ministers, the taxpayers will continue to pay for corporals as cleaners and sergeants as sweepers. But the White Paper does promise ef- ficiency and economy in aplicrOs where it has been lacking. and an end to the thinly disguised PUBLIC FORUM SEAL HUNTING Sir.~'f|iere have been very inisleaduiz statements in the news of late concerning seal liuutin: which at first l was go- ' in: to lot so by as I thought it was a flurry and excitement that ‘ would soon die a natural death, However when there are insin- uations repeatedly given that are damaging to the characters of hard working men. 1 «'cel as a conscicntous person with [our years‘ experience watching this operation that I should not stand by with a guilty silence and al- low those men to be mistreated by those who have exaggerated beyond all reason. The most damaging insinua- (ion is that the seals are being skinned alive. then released to . run around on the ice after-I wards. This is an absolute ini- possibility as the only way the seal can move around on the ice is by its flippers. when the pelt is taken off the flippers come with ll How could it possibly run around? There may be some skinners that have treated the seals in the wrong way. but does that mean that this is common prac- tice as has been insinuated'.’ I have seen some butchers stick a knife in the throat of a pig and allow it to run around until dropped. but this does not mean that all same thing. The Press has it thal the seals are clubbed to death. hen a butcher stuns an animal with a large hammer before bleeding it. is this clubbng it to death? The way the crew proceed to kill that our planes fly for (and I think I can speak for the majority of aircraftl is to stun the seal then bleed it. the habit is to do three and skin the first one. Another statement was that the skinner: were cutting the. tails off to obtain the tag placed here by the pa ment 0 Fisheries for which they pay $2.00. There was one skinner that. was known to cut the tail off a seal that was too small to take and released it but this was not an aircraft crew mem r and his superior warned that if it was done again he would be lir- ed immediately. Why do people have to give the impression that this is common practice? It is unfortunate that the Depart- ment of Fisheries was instru- mental in this case In provoking this man without heart to do such a thing. (or some men would do anything for two dol- luv. Another statement made wu somt‘ ‘ the butchers do the- that there has been recordings taken of seals crying as they are skinned alive. Now this is t definitely a false statement as anyone with any experience at all with seals knows full well that the only time a young seal cries is when it is left by the mother As soon as a person ‘ goes ncar they are quiet. even I when touched they only crouch making no noise. Still another report was that j the water was red with blood. I This is not an exaggeration of 1 the truth but rather a deliberate I lie. for anyone with c om mon . some will readily agree that it would take an inconceivable amount of blood to even color the Gulf of St. ice and the blood never reaches . the water: but this only shows the way they play up a story. The reporter that. makes others ‘commilt‘ee - there says the White Paper ‘ ' taxpayer $50000. 'I‘i‘us ‘ l'Ilt" grotesquely or equivalent. rank " rry and “economy”. these were Lawrence. Sec- l ondly the seals are killed on the 3 suffer to do this is a very cruel person. TI1(‘_\' speak about the poor lil- tlc seals but nothing is sai about the poor little lambs or . venl calves when they are taken from their mothers. Why d some of these same folk not 26959 that are shot at. sometim- . es wounded being left. with a broken wing. and the deer that is left to suffer and die. I know this is called Sport. but it does not alleviate the pain of the wounded victim. The lobsters are thrown into boiling water. l realize that this is the only way to cook them. People will say they do not feel It. maybe not: I do not. know but I can't help wondering. lmake a noise about the wild i l some who bring unnecessary suf- . fering to seals that I am un- i aware of. for the most part they are killed in a very humane way with less suffering than m 0 st animals killed by humans. The men that engage in the hunt are hard working men only to support their family in a per- leclly legitimate. lawful way as does the farmer or fisherman. and i would be the first to raise only seals. Furthermore I Would be only too glad to make my plane available at no cost to the ‘ I SPCA to take them out on the i ice. if there I: cruelty to (he i. seals. (or them to put a stop to ‘ t l . I am. Sir. etc. um- mwamz ‘l ministers u The Hague my 1 Albnnv, P121. My conclusion of the matter is ‘ that with a clear conscience l . or four at once then come back 3 can say anhw'h there may be ' trying , my hand in motion to prevent . any cruelty to any creature. not . Iductton was arranged and di- governmental concept that de- fence" is a makework program to reduce unemployment. lie coordination of three separate services was the rea- son for the top-heavy head- quarters. lt was attempted byl were over 200 "Ln-service" committees and many others. Glassco refer- red to "(lie weakness of this committee system" evidenced by “procrastination and inter- service disagreements, amount- ing to a virtual refusal to acccp‘. direction." to accept direction in armed forces in the olden days was called mutiny. and recalcitrant Brass u a s‘ hanged from the yard-arm to en- courage the others. Canada has. employed the loss bloodthirsty method of retiring duds on pen- t sion: junior officers at age 45, l each with a golden handshake estimated by Glasst-o to cost the rises to : 5190.000 per pensioner for the highly trained and experienced Tcp Brass. who are retired at and unequalled curly age of .35 or even less. MP5 MUST WATCH (‘OST Unification will streamline command: but will it reduce the cost or (the man-power? For in stance. each service used to iave its own chaplain service. licadcd bv :4 Lieutenant Colonel for efficien- amalgamated into one. now headcd by two Brigadtiers alrlcd by full coloncls. Unless Parlia- iroiit watches the taxpayers‘ money with care. we will end up “it'll tlic sumt‘ (opheavy rank structure drawing the same pay. and only titles changed. At least unification promises an end to such foolishness as Glassso found in telecommunica- tions: "the lack of an effec- tive executive authority led to the abandonment of the un- successful attempt to consoli- aite an integrated tclctvpe re- lay system under fol-service committee direction. and the consequent devel'o . of three wasteful and increasingly inadequate networks." Our Yesterdays (From the Guardian Files) TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO ‘ (April 9. 1939) The regular supper meeting of the Summersidc Y's Men‘s Club was held in Epwnrtli Hall. The ladies of Trinity United Church | served the supper. Mr. W.A. ‘ Currie presided and gave a talk 1 on how to run a Y's Men's auc- j ' r t 3 a "That the rates on the Wood Island ferry would be adjusted satisfactorily“ was the report made by Mr. R.F.. Mutch to the Charlottetown Board of Trade. TEN YEARS AGO (Aprll 9. 1954) The quarterly meeting of the Nurses‘ Alumnae of (he Chariot tetown Hospital saw Dr. Eric M. Found. director of TB Control. Provincial Sanalorium. address the meeting on “Common Dis- eases of the Lung“.The presi- dent. Miss Eileen MacDonald. presided. gay. three-net comedy "Tish" received much favorable comment following the perform- ance in the Heart: Memorial hall by a group of Trinity United Church Young People. The pro- reced by Mr. Kelvin Johnston. ’ though they eat To VISIT BONN OTTAWA (CPi__External Al- fairs Minister Martin will visit l Bonn May is for talks with For- ? elgn Minister Schroeder and other officials of West Ger- imany. the external affairs dc partment announced Tuesday Mr, Martin will go to the Ger- man capitai after the annual spring meeting of NATO foreign German Meoslesl I 0 Sand Spreading By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen This may be a big year for German measles (rubellat. At the time of this writing. there is an outbreak of epidemic propor- tions in New York. The disease may spread elsewhere because causative viruses are not governed by Eeographic- al limitation. It usually is mild and of short duration and should not pose a serious threat except to some women during the first three months of pregnancy. Children are most susceptible and develop it 14 to 23 days af- ter exposure. Symptoms resem- bling a mild cold are present during the first 12 to 23 hours preceding the rash. Other (ell- tale signs are swelling and ten- derness of the glands along the back of the neck. These manifes- tations suggest rubella. expecial- Iy when an epidemic exists. But diagnosis is impossible until the eruption appears. The rash consists of rose col— ored. slightly elevated lesions varying in size from that of a pinhead to a pea. It begins on the face and spreads quickly over the entire body. At ( til 5 stage it may resemble scarlet fever but later looks more like . regular measles. The rash disappears by the l third day, When this happens.‘ there is no doubt that the son had German measles. By (his time. it no longer is contag- ious and youngsters are permit- ted to return to school after an additional day or two of gract’. There are no preventive vac- ines. Gamma globulin is suggest- ed whenever a woman in the first three months of pregnancy is exposed or even suspects ex- posure This is done to overcome the possible consequences of having her child come into the world with defects of the heart. eyes. or cars. per- i .son or Chancellor Erhard get Ono attack leads to Ol'Ol'I-‘tsl-I in: immunity This is why many physicians recommend de- liberate cxposiire to the disease during childhood. TENDER SOLES M. ’l‘. writes: Is there any help for sensitive soles? l'ni a healthy “74-year—old and do not suffer from rheumatic or arth-. rilic disorders as so many of the . elderly do. But my tender. hurt- ing solos arc " nuisance. REP Y Your condition may be caused by relaxed metatarsal arches. poor circulation. or a neurologi- cal disorder. Examination will 5. SLIM. IIEARTY EATERS C. W. writes: Why do some people fail to gain \vciclit and take additional food supple- ments'.‘ REPLY The exact cause is not known. But we suspect these p e o n l e burn up rapidly all the energy produced by the food consumed. In addition. they are unusually active mentally and physically. TE OF STONE M. B. \vritcs: Docs a stone passed from the urinary tract always mean a kidney stone or could It come from elsewhere. RICPL The stone. could conic from the bladder. (in the other hand. it might be difficult to deter- mine whether the stone originat- ed in the kidney and then pass- ed into the bladder. LARGE Pl‘PlL Mrs. B.H. writes: What would cause the pupil of one eye to be- . come largo .’ REPLY Pressure on a nerve located in the neck. near the car. Bring this symptom to the attention to your physician. TODAY‘S HEALTH HINT— Diabetics do better when they are knowledgeable about their disease. 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Wife: “No: he goes out evenings fit as a fiddle and com- es home tight as a drum." - Gait Reporter. Republican George Washing- ton never told a lie but e never played golf. or filled out an income tax return. either.— Columbus Journal. A bowl of goulaeh may not be everyone‘s cup of tea, so to speak. but when Mr. Khrush- chev puts good goulash ahead or revolution in listing the g o o .l . . things of life. there should 09 wide agreement in the West that he has got his priorities straight. —-Globe and Mail. First woman: "Did you ever catch your husband flirting?’ Second: "Yes. that's the very way ldid catch him."—-— Mon- treal Star. Home is the place where duo is free to say anything he pleas- es. because no one will pay thv slightest attention to him any way.—-—Sl. Thomas Times-Jour- nal. .- Bri’rish Reprisol Attack By Doug Marshall Canadian Press Staff Writer Britain's lapse into fighter- plane diplomacy to level a mud- walled Yemeni fortress Easier S at u r d a v has predictably pleased nobody except possibly the Sherif of Beilian. But who is the Sheriff of BEI- han'.’ One answer comes from the liberal-minded London 0b- server. This autocratic ruler of one of the 14 states that make up the Bi’itisli~pi‘oteclcd soutn Arabian federation. the newspa- pcr says. ' ' ' Why must people who are bad at remembering the last lines or jokes be so good at remember, ing the first lines? — Toron to Star. cabinet reached its deClSIOll be- cause of pressure from military and political authorities in Brit- ain's Aden base—and only after internal disagreement. The argument runs that Brit- ain was obliged by treaties to retaliate for five attacks on fed- eration territory by Yemeni air- craft in recent months. More- } over. Britain needs to retain the confidence of the federation‘s rulers in order to protect Aden -the bastion of influence over British Middle East oil inter- i csts. MODERATE POSITION Countering this argument. the critics say Aden will have to go sooner or later and the best way to prepare for British departure is to bring the UN into southern Arabia as soon as possible. There is some suggestion that - this moderate p o si t io n was r adopted by British Foreign Se:- is "Britain 5 most de- manding ally." "Could oven President John- Brilisli military action on their behalf in violation of the United Nations charter and before tue normal resources of peace-mak- ing have been exhausted?" asks the paper in an editorial. The newspaper's severe (one lishcd opinion in Britain about the government‘s decision (0 launch an RAF reprisal attack retary R. A. Butler when W on the fortress close in the rod. cabinet made its decision about ‘ eration's borders. the raid. ' CLAIMS DISCOUNTED iimievor it appears he was I ‘ While British observers lend persuaded to favor a stronger : to discount Yemeni claims that response by Commonwealth Sec- r 25 people—including women and children—were killed in the at- tack. they are hard pressed (0 find justifications for an action that was hound to damage Brit- re- retary Duncan Sandys and D» fence Minister Peter Thorney- crot. ' Ultimately. the decision to strike lay with Prime Minister Douglas-Home and he took II with the knowledge that the United States wasn‘t particuv larly happy about the possible results. Events may justify him but meanwhile his critics are uor- .. ricd that in using a slcdgehum~ mer to crack a nut he may have wrenchcd Britain's Middle East. ain's reputation as a formed colonial power. Just what was the point. ask the critics. in hardening Afro- Asian opinion against Britain. presenting the Arab world with a perfect anti-Western rallying cry and precipitating an embai rassing United Nations Security Council debate? j 1: “This is a heavy debit bai- em arm out or joint, moo—~50 heavy that it is impos- “ sible to understand how the PUBLlclTY COSTS “ cabinet could ever have come Advertising and publicin to such a decision." says the costs in Sweden totalled $225.- I right-wing Sunday Times. 000.000 in 1961. or 1.9 per cent i' Whitehall sources said the TEENAGE E of the net national product. VOTERS Some time during the 1964 session of Parliament, the government will move to add at least 850,000 new it. voters to the federal electorate. It will i be acting on a unanimous, all-party recommendation of last session’s Commons Committee on Elections. In mid-November, without a dissenting vote, the committee recommended an amendment to the Canada Elections Act lowering the minimum voting age to 18. Norman DePoe. CBC National Affairs Reporter in Ottawa, examines the feelings of Canada’s young voters- to-be in this week’s issue of Weekend Magazine. THE EVENING PATRIOT 10° WEEKEND STILL ONLY.