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Many of our people will share in the dissatisfaction ex pressed by Premier Matheson with regard to the turning down of the proposal to oltain the “Vacationland” for the Borden-Tormentine run. The Federal Government may have sound reasons for this action from an engineering standpoint, but, as we suggested be- fore, it should release the full report
on which it bases its judgment, both ;
in its own interests and in ours, At present we are pretty much in the ~ dark. ._ ' Ottawa must, of course; make the decision, and we are in no position to dictate the particular line of ac- tion required in meeting our ferry needs. But we are surely entitled to all the information available on the subject, before any firm decision is made to go ahead with the million- and-a-half dollar scheme of enlarg- ing the old Scotia II, which would be of no use to us in a winter break- down, and would be of questionable seaworthiness in summer with the expensive superstructure proposed.
The Premier has announced that he will send an Island engineer to the Mackinac strajts in Michigan to inspect the “Vacationland” with a view to determining the extent of alterations that would be required for ‘service here. We doubt how much weight such a report would have at Ottawa, but we think that Trans- port Minister Hees would be il] ad- vised" in’ treating it too lightly. The matter is too, important to this Pro- vince. We want. our suSpicions en- tirely removed on one point—namely, that the trouble with the “Vacation- land” is due to its“foreign registry, and to the disinclination of the Fede- ral Department to waive regulations that normally apply to the purchase _of foreign boats. This has been done before where a national emergency exists; and we think that anything vitally affecting the interests of one Province of Canada does fall into that category. If on the other hand it is merely a question of providing docking accommodation at both ter- minals, then it is reasonable to ask for a breakdown of the million-dollar figure which the Minister gave to the Premier at Ottawa last week.
Our representatives at Ottawa have been working hard to impress the Government with the seriousness - of our situation, and we do not wish to stultify their efforts by making \ unreasonable demands. But surely the question of ‘providing a proper ~ boat should be carefully reconsidered. In the meantime—and in view of the fact that other parties are interested in acquiring the “Vacationland” for ocean going service in the Paeific— would it not be advisable to take an option on the boat? That would commit the Federal Government to nothing, and the expense would be amply justified in allaying public concern.
A Study In Contrasts
‘ \In the vast, arid heart of Aus- | tralia, some of the most primitive people on earth can look up and see man’s latest nuclear missiles and supersonic planes zoom by. °The firing site of the: Woomera Rocket Range—set up jointly by Britain and Australia in 1947—lies only 375 miles southeast of the Central ' Aboriginal Reserve. Far-reaching guided missiles and rockets thus pass ove: the area on charted northwest- ward courses. . The inland reservation, covering some 40,000 square miles of sand- hill and desert-scrub country, is the . Jargest native preserve on the island continent. Over it wander small ' bands of tribesmen who sstill use - §$tone Age methods to scratch out a meager living. So inhospitable is the Australian heartland that few travel- ers had penetrated it before the modern weapons-testing range was laid out. = One of the pioneering visitors was the Australian anthropologist, Char- ‘Jes P. Mountford. In 1945 he made an exploratory camel-train expedition through the Central Reserve to ob- serve and photograph the customs and culture of its several hundred
- there unless he carries his supplies
with him,” he reported afterward in the National Geographic Magazine.
of clothing and with only five imple-- ments to aid their bare hands, have been able, for untold generations, to wrest an adequate livelihood from their desolate surroundings.” Their simple tools are a spear and spear
stones, and wooden carrying dishes.
Like primitive peoples everywhere, the Australian aborigines have biz- arre legends to accaunt for natural phenomena. They fear an evil spirit known as “big fella Kadaitcha,” who is supposed to kill his victims without touching them. That didn’t make much sense before this nuclear age, but it brings them pretty well up to date on Woomera Rocket Range ac- tivites. “Kadaitcha” is as good a name as any to give to the presiding genius of the place.
S.D. JU. Convocation
The greatest heresy which pre- war Gérmany foisted upon the world was the idolatry of science. It led eventually to Hitler and World War Two, and in Soviet Russia today it is the accepted gospel. To earlier idealists and humanists, in Germany as elsewhere, education meant breadth of knowledge, balance of in- terests, and that awareness of self in relation to others which is the moral condition of responsible action. To- day scientific studies make more de-
of our educational institutions, but the need for maintaining a “balance of interests” still exists, and indeed has become the most pressing prob- lem of all.
St. Dunstan’s University affords a fine example of achievement in this respect. Today’s convocation will _mark the 105th anniversary of_this grand ‘Island institution, whose
| reputation has steadily increased
with the years, along with its faci- lities for scientific study and for training in other practical fields. But the humane influence of tat broader culture of which we spoke is ever present, and it is this which today’s graduates will take Yaith them as their most valued acquisition. They are indeed to be congratulated’ as they set forth, well armed for life’s battles, to whatever calling beckons them at home or abroad.
EDITORIAL NOTES
There will -be general sympathy. for Mr. Peter W. MacLeod, of Glen Martin, who lost valuable livestock,
early Sunday morning fire. . * s s
“He talks all the time and says nothing, just like his grandfather.” Former President Truman, referring to his young grandson, Clifton Tru- man Daniel
* en ‘We are informed by a subscriber that Gander Airport in Newfound- land is not the only air terminal in Canada that has a barroom. If that déscription .applies to a _ cocktail lounge, the new airpdrt at Calgary has one. If there are still others, please don’t bother informing us. We're not planning an air journey, or a guidebook for thirsty travellers. * + +
The Canadian curling champions’ recent Scottish tour has been describ- ed in the magazine “Scottish Curler” as “the biggest thing to hit Scotland since the Canadians vs. Scotland ex- change tours started in 1903.” The Canadians flew over at the invitation of the Scotch Whisky -Association to play for the “Scotch Trophy”, and won all. five matches against crack: Scottish rinks. Matches were played at Edinburgh, Perth and Falkirk.
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“The road for economy is long and
lonely without much help. If people
better button-hole their legislatorg
where every pressure group grabs tg piece of the public purse.
e people who gdvocate spending have the duty and should have the courage to show where the money ‘is coming from.”—Governor Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut.
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to India recalls a-centuries-old Tibet- an prophecy that his predecessor, who died in 1933, would be the last of the line. Curiously, Chinese Com- munist troops had already marched across the border in 1950 when Tibet- an authority, was shifted from an aging regent to the 15-year-old Dal- ai Lama. The young king has not en- joyed a single day of independent, un-
inhabitants. “No white man can live
troubled rule. aoe
“Yei the aborigines, without a stitch *
thrower, digging sticks, grinding.
mand than ever upon the curricula °
farm buildings and equipment in an °
want to stop tax increases they had-
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The flight-of Tibet’s Dalai Lama |
PARLIAMENTARY HURDLES
AT GENEVA _ -
Germany --
eign Ministers to discuss German | problems is not of course the first of its kind. IU is in fact the sixth.-If one counts the “‘sum- mit” meeting of July 1955, which Foreign Ministers attended as well as Heads of Governments, ‘it is the seventh.
And it is a salutary thought that with one exception the end product of these meetings was practically nothing. The excep- tion was the Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Paris~ in, 1949, which followed the Soviet *‘Berlin block- ade” and the Allied “airlift” which countered it. The meeting
The Geneva ccnference of For- -this meeting,
did seem to have settled the “Berlin question” pending the | final German settlement. Ar- | rangements then agreed to lasted | with practically no troubles, for | nine years. Then, last November, Khrushchev suddenly called for a completely new status for West Berlin and created the new “‘Ber- lin crisis.”
Other meetings could only be | described as failures. We went
to Moscow in the spring of 1947
with’ real hopes of agreement
_ that would bring about the reuni- |
fication of Germany, on the lines |
sketched out at Potsdam, and al- | low the signing of the Peace | Treaty. Ernest Bevin produced a. blueprint for a federal and demo- | cratic all - German constitution, but it was hardly discussed.
- Mr. Molotov had set the key- note on the opening day. He ac- cused the Western Powers of in- stalling prominent ex-Nazis in
“high posts in their “military gov- ernments."*Mr. Vyshinsky follow- ed by charging Britain with exacting millions of pounds of “disguised reparations’ from Western Germany in the form of Ruhr coal. Much of the time of
A Matter
THE CANADIAN Labor Con- | gress or, at least, the hierachy thereof, has severed diplomatic relations with the Government of Canada. Representatives of or- ganized labor on the Unemploy- | ment Insurance Advisory Com-| mittee tendered their resigna- | tions and abandoned their posts | after, presumably, burning their | papers. Canadian Labor Congress President Claude Jodoin has | charged the Government with of- fering an intolerable affront to | organized _labor, with political patronage, with bad faith and. perhaps, with malfeasance. And he has advised Prime Minister Diefenbaker and Labor Minister Michael Starr in the clearest pos- sible: terms that he has no inten- _ tion of trying to holler down their rain barrel any more, and that, henceforth they won't be able to use his (or, at least, the Congress’). ‘
The magnitude of the Govern-
commission is easily measured. The Unemployment Insurance Commission is a three-man body which is a part of the federal public service: ‘-
The chairman of the UIC js re- garded as a representative of the public at Jarge.
ACT SPECIFIES Of the other twa commission- . ers, the Unemployment Insuran- ce Act. specifies: “One commis- sioner, other than the chief éom- missioner shall be appointed after , comsultation with « organizations representative of workers and the other,after consulation with. organizations representative of employees.” .
takes the position that “‘consulta- tion” in this “context clearily means “consent,” ‘approval,” “endorsation,*’ “acceptance,” “ “confirma-
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and of the one which followed it in London in
December, was taken up in refut- ing these and other entirely baseless accusations. Discussions were largely acrimonious - and entirely futile.
“COLD WAR” BEGINS
This was the time of the open- ing by the Russians of the “‘cold war"’. Between the Moscow and London meetings, Molotov had walked out of the “Marshall Plan"’ conference in Paris. The Cominform had been founded. The London meeting was follow- ed quickly by the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, by the Soviet boycott. of the Four-Power Control Commission, and by the blockade of Berlin.
‘It was not until after Stalin's death that the second series of mectings on the German ques- tion came. There was a Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Berlin in February, 1954; then in 1955 the “summit”’ and Foreign Ministers’ meeting which followed it.
There was certainly a change of atmosphere. Far fewer charg- es and counter-charges were made. The feeling which had been so bitter in 1947 was at times almost friendly. After the “summit"’ there. was talk of a - the “spirit of Gen- eva."’ But deadlocks remained. For, in spite of the fact that at the “‘summit” there was ver- bal agreement on a set of ‘“‘dir- to the Foreign ' Minis-
tives of the two sides were very different. ” REGISTER DISAGREEMENT The aim of the Western Pow- ers was the reunion of the two Germanies through free elections which would ensure that the unit- ed Germany would be a genuine-
Consultation
Arthur Blakely in the Montreal Gazette
At the end of last year, the Commissioner representing lab- or resigned. And the Government embarked on the task of select- ing his successor. The Canadian Labor Congress waited. impat- iently to be consulted and then, on Jan. 30 took the initiative. CLC President Jodoin secured an interview with Labor Minist- er Starr and raised the whole question of the appointment of a new commissioner.
NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
Mr. Starr, it appears, said that the. whole matter. was being treated as one of urgency. And,
-by-the way, what did Mr. Jodoin
think of Mr. A.F. MacArthur, former President (1946-56) of the Ontario Labor ,Federation, as a possible commissioner. Mr. Jod- oin wasn’t enthusiastic. Finally, Mr. Jodoin, on _ Mr. Starr’s in- vitation, tendered a list of three nominees, any one of which would be acceptable to the CLC. The railway unions, which may or may not have waited for an in- vitation, offered a nominee of their own. Mr. Starr expressed his gratitude, but added that he was still impressed with. the qualifications of Mr. MacArthur and that he planned to submit the latter’s name to the Cabinet along with the others. And to the great surprise of all concerned, Mr. MacArthur duly emerged as the. new appointee.
And that’s what -gave rise to the controversy.
Mr. Jodoin has charged that there wasn’t consultation. Not
was a fair amount. of correspond- ence. And the CLC. did have a
ly democratic state, free to choose its own path and its own policy. It would take its place in a European security system based on non-aggression pacts and on the limitation, control and inspection of armed forces in an agreed zone. <= On the other hand, the Soviet
ance of the existing regime in Eastern Germany, which would be “united’’ with Western Germany only in some form of “confederation” between two se- parate governments. The second object was the dissolution of the NATO defence system by the withdrawal of foreign forces and the “‘liquidation of all military bases on foreign territory.”
With this complete divergence of aims and objectives, an agree- ment on measures was hardly to be expected. There was nothing for it but to register disagree- ment.
That was the,end of the second chapter. Now, nearly four years later, there is to be another ef- fort. This time - in the third chapter - the procedural approach is to be different. In 1955 the “summit” came first, the Foreign Ministers’ conference followed: now, the Foreign Ministers meet at what is hoped will be a pre- lude to the “summit.”
Formally the Foreign Ministers’ prime task is to prepare the way for a second “summit,” by agreeing on such matters as it composition. time and place of meeting and agenda. But behind this there will be an exploration of the issyes, and of the current “positions’’ of the two sides on those issues.
-When this meeting is over we shall be able to judge whether, and how far, those “positions” remain as incompatible as they were four years ago. Or wheth- er, on the other hand, there is a real prospect that the third chap- ter of this story of attempts to settle the ““German problem” can have a happier ending than the first two.
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tive. He could probably be led to admit Mr. MacArthur's —dis- tinguished record as a trade un- ionist. But that has nothing to do with the principle at stake, Neith- er, for that matter does the act that Mr. MacArthur is reputed to have heretical | Conservative leanings, though he has denied being a member of\ any political party. : ;
And ‘neither did the irrelevant though interesting fact that Mr. MacArthur was once an unsuc- cessful rival of Mr. Jodoin’s for the presidency of the old Trades and Labor Congress. That was back in 1954, before the two big labor. congresses became One. The only thing motivating Mr. Jodoin andNthe CLC has been an earnest desire to safeguard the public weal. \
CONSULTATION
The Government takes the cur- ious position that it has discharg- ed the obligation to “consult” lab- or organizations in the appoint- ment placed on it by law. And it is apparent that the Government takes the quaintly naive position that “consultation” means “take counsel with.’” “seek information or advice from” or something of the sort.
The. Government insists, in fact, that there has been consul- tation a-plenty,
The Government, in short, tak- es the strange position that where
objective was, first, the maintep-
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of the kids focused on the scen- ery around them.
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by the Safety Council: : In this game, each youngster has a list of things he must spot along the way. The one who checks off his entire list first wins a prize from the surprise bag.
Four-Legged Animals: ‘Those on the left side of the car op- pose those on the right side. Count every four-legged’ animal sighted until you come to a red | or a white school or some ob- ject which you decide upon ahead of time.
STARTS ALL OVER
When you reach it, the count- ing stops and then starts all over again. .
Play for a specified time. The team with the largest count when you reach the time, or reach a certain destination, wins the
prize.
Don't forget that youngsters need exercise during those long rides. So'stop several times a day to play with them. Make lunchtime a picnic stop. Find a safe place and let the young- sters run,
Believe it or not, these are the things the youngsters are likely to remember best about a vacation in the family car. QUESTION AND ANSWER
A. F.: What would cause soreness in the jaws, face and temples when chewing?
Answer: Muscle strain, possib- ly due to faulty dentures, may be the cause. It is best to con- sult your dentist.
OUR YESTERDAYS
(From the Guardian Files) _
\TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
tw» «May 12, 1934) ; Mayor Lidstone of Summerside purposes to go out of business in August and has rented the lower part of his store on Water Street to a wholesale dry goods firm, Stedman Bros. Ltd., Tor- onto. Mayor Lidstone states that he expects that his civic duties and attention to his rental pro-
perties, will take up all his time.
The famous artist Raphael Sa- batini of Philadelphia and Paris has recently completed a_ port- rait in oils of Miss Ruth Larkin\ Haddonfield, New Jersey, and formerly of Alberton. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Larkin of Alberton, to whom the portrait will. later be presented.
TEN YEARS AGO (May 12, 1949)
“There will always be a good market for poultry and egges in Newfoundland—far more than we are shipping at present<, declar- ed Mr. F.M. Nash, Dominion Marketing Service who has re- turned from a survey of the new province with a view to setting up offices and investigating pro- duction and marketing matters.
“It appears that Ottawa > ex- pects P.E.I. fishermen to get out of the fishing industry and turn to farming’, stated Mr. S. H., Burhoe, president of! the P.E.I. Fisheries Federation at a spe- cial general meeting of the Fed- eration called to protest the re- cent refusal af the Fisheries
wrote an intriguing postscript to the whole affair in a telegram to the Minister of Labor. They said that they had been consulted and had suggested a candidate for the post. He hadn't made the grade. But consultation with them had, in their view, taken place. ‘
“These brotherhoods,”’ the tele gram said, “have no quarrel with the Government in respect of ‘its appointment of A.F. MacArthur as commissioner of the Unem-
\ployment Insurance Commission
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fe.on the Unemployment Insur- ance Advisory Committee will not be resigning.”
But while on the consultation theme, the rail brotherhoods had something to say of .and to the CLC
While the Canadian Labor Con- gress states the Congress consult- ed with the Canadian and Cath- olie Confederation of Labor which endorsed the Congress’ nominees the telegram says pointedly. “the
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lege students that they've got to show prospective employers what they have to offer—Fort Erie Letter-Review
‘ The emphasis on secutity means that no political party in Canada has any chance of success unless it promises to give ‘everybody more money by taking wider con- trol of our lives,” said Professor Marcus Long, speaking to a mer: chants’ association. Quite right: the cry today is not Liberty. Fraternity, Equality! but Sec- urity, Secutiry, Security!—Pet- erborough Examiner ed
Three cheers for the bill just signed into law by Governor Rockefeller, under which a mot- orist approaching another car from behind at night will be re- quired to dim his lights. The dis- courtesy of those drivers who keep their lights aimed blindly into the rear view r of the ear ahead has been a highway hazard long enough.—New York Herald Tribune :
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