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(.'-HARLOTTETOWN. SATURDAY. DEC. 1. 1951 Medals and Decorations

Congratulations are in order for In-, spector N. W. Churchill, Commanding Of-T ficer of the R.C.M.P. in this Province and to Corporal Peter Jay of the Charlotte- town detachment on their receiving the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. The medals represent recognition of long years of public service and sacrifice for all too little monetary return.

The manner ofspresentation of these and similar awards, however, leaves much to be desired. The officer charged by the Commissioner to present the medals car- ried out the duty admirably but he should never have been obliged to do so. In case of necessity. a great number of decorations being distributed at the same time, or in locations where His Majesty is most?ade- quately represented by an R. C. M. P. of- ficer, that procedure may be the best pos- sible. Similarly, with awards to members of the armed forces and to the Crown's civil servants, recommendations must go through the channels of the service con- cerned, but when it comes to making the presentation it should be by His Majesty or his most direct representative.

In most cases that should be the Lieu- tenant Governor, although when possible presentations by the Governor General should be arranged. Certainly "handing out with the rations" is the least desirable procedure.

Zomlfilnutes Long Enough

Mr. George Cruickshank, Member of Parliament for Fraser Valley, made a sound suggestion when he said speeches should be limited to 20 minutes in the House of Com- mons. The only exceptions would be the Prime Minister, Cabinet ministers and lead- ers of Opposition parties. They may need longer for statements of policy.

Mr. Cruickshank's statements are warm- ly indorsed by the Vancouver News-Herald, which points out that any other speeches can well be kept within the twenty-minute mark. One can say a lot even in 15 min- utes if excess verbiage is cut. Anyone who has tried it knows it takes hours to prepare a good 15-minute talk. Twenty minutes al-

. el. output increased from 123,000 to 155,

11.08 in three months.

262,000 tons to 300,000; lead, boosted from 170,000 tons to 205,000; zinc, production in- creased from 311,000 tons to 406,000; nick-

000 tons; cobalt up from 313 tons in 1950

boost from 1,800 tons to 5,000; ilmenite, a production jump from 100,000 tons to 550,- 000 tons; elemental sulphur, production to go from zero in last year to 81,000 tons by 1955. By any standard of measurement, it's an immense program.

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Tomorrow, First. Sunday in Advent. I I O The "regulars" are arranging to make time to give their usual donation to the Blood Bank. It is surprising how hard it is to get some people to go-the first time. I 0 O

Pipe-Majors Brown and Nicol, King George VI's pipers at Balmoral, are among a group of pipers in the north-east of Scotland who are to set up a piping col- lege at the Gordon Barracks, Aberdeen.

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Last week Rustico had a practical deni- onstration of the value of its Red Cross Disaster Services Committee. The contribu- tions were doubtless intended to help oili- ers but helped themselves.

0 0 I ' Queen Alexandra, queen of King Ed- ward VII, mother of George V, was born this date 1844. She was the eldest daugh- ter of King Christian IX of Denmark. Much loved for her beauty and benevolence, she died at Sandringham in 1925.

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An M. P. has taken the House to task for the waste of time involved in congrat- ulating the mover and scconder of the draft address. Actually it is a time-saving cus- tom. The amenities are observed right at the start, and that is taken care of until a successor is returned at the polls.

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Socialized medicine is under fire from all sides in Western Germany. Doctors complain (says .The Letter Review) that fees are too low. They get 80 cents every three months for each insured patient, re- gardless of how often they treat him. Pa- tients complain they aren't getting proper treatment. Amount of medicine that a doc- tor can give them is limited by law to &iU.S. This doesn't cover. the cost of one penicillin injection.

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Now we are into Christmas month. A movement is on foot to bring Christ into Christmas. Too much attention, it is? claimed, is being centred on the commercial- izing of the great Festival, and a number

to emphasize the true significance of thci event. It is pointed out that even in Christ.- mas cards and Christmas greetings the

lows plenty of scope to develop a theme.

A5 "veryone kmws "M has had i? 1'ea.dlchurch; while children are being trained to: Hansard at any length, too much time lS;expec1. rather than to giveg re- 0

long-',

4 winded praise of constituents. All this is re-1

wasted in Commons speeches on trite marks, platitudes, repetition, and

ported, printed. and mailed broadcast at. the taxpayers' expense. When the chaff is thrashed out, sometimes there isn't much wheat left.

The same proposed limitation might even

well. It would involve no great restriction on democratic rights and

one iwho takes no pains whatever to prepare his material, but rambles on, ”in- toxicated with the exuberance of his own verbosity," leaving to his hearers the chore of making sense out of his remarks. He would find it highly educational if he were compelled to do his own editing heforc hi' speaks.

As our Vancouver ('ontcmpoi'ary says, "Members would do well to lake to heart the old advice: Siaiicl up, speak up and shut up." But we llEl.V? lieard this counsel given too r!'1:z:, maul ineffcclually, to entertain much hope of if being follow- ed. The only rcmody is the time-clock, as suggested by Mr. Cruickshank. Introduced as it compulsory .measure, limitation to 20 minutes would effect a revolution in parliamentary and legislative speechmak-

sage

ing over-night. Members themselves would

be agreeably surprised at the improvement it would make in their diction, and their constituents, who read only a summary of their peeches anyway, would certainly not complain. -

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erals "almost untouched so for, an Ottawa ddrrespondent says: Not all strategically impdrtant materials are as well known as cobalt,'but it can easily become, in a na-

mi,'I"lqiIKl- emergency, worth its own weight in

. o " 1-1 more. ,'I'hi is what the" Federal ' , cltjopca (. expects) will hap-

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,eralizing on Scotland and its sons, but gave :an intensely interesting account of the life , I . and work of Alexander Graham Bell, who be applied to our Legislative speeches asiwas bom in Edinburgh. and spent part of

tendency is to ignore the cradle and the,

St. Andrew's dinner maintained its high place among social events on Thursday night. The speaker, Lieut.-Governor Mc- Curdy, departed from the customary gen-

this life in the province of which the speak-

3 ' Privileges-ger is now Lieut.-Governor. All the speeches, The long-winded speaker is usually the;,,.e,.e good and brief. the funcuon being;

over by ten o'clock. .

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Pessimistic remarks that an armistice in Korea would mean that the Communists had won are not justified, says The Letter Review. The war there was undertaken to resist. a Communist invasion of South Ko- rea. Costly as the process has been, the

to 600 tons by 1955; magnesium, production '

of young men have formed an organization, i

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A STOTIAITVT-VICTIM

Sir. - Tuesday in the storm I walked across the bridge here. I lcve to be out in a. storm. If I were losing 150 lobster traps. swept off the .wharf as Robert Murphy did, it. would be a different matter. Or worse, if my fishing boat broke away from the wharf, slammed against. the bridge and sank. a wreck, as did Tommy Gallant's, I would feel very badly. Yesterday, I helped a party of men fish up the boat and with a tractor haul hei- ashore. She is split to pieces. Tom- my must. have 9. new boat for his living and that of his family de- pends upon lt. He cannot.-get. a new boat without help from some source or other.

I am Sir, etc. JAMES E. HISCOTT Stanley Bridge.

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NEWSPAPER ITEMS From The Examiner, Nov. 23, ll:

Messrs. Peakc Bros. &. Co. on- nounce that ihey are now loading the barque "Ethel Blanche" with potatoes for the London market.

it is announced that a list of two hundred and forty tlefauliers in the payment of city foxes has been handed over, and will be sued in the Small-Debt Court.

"The trials before the Stipend- inry Magistrate this morning were principully fondrunkenness and corner loaflnjz. There were fifteen cases altogether, including two lorccnlcs."

Complaint is made of "two young scamps who placed several pieces of lumber across the railway track a short distance east of this place, in a manner that would have been sure to throw the next train pass- ling flint way from the track, and 'probnbly killing several persons, but for the timely information re- ceived by Mr. Sprague, the en- ginccr on the down train that eve- ning. who in consequence kept a good lookout und removed the iobstructions when he came to ihcm." I Mr. H. Vlnnlcombe announces that he has opened, a violin class over Fletcher's Music Store. Ages of pupils preferred. from elcvcn

invasion has been thrown back; the Com- munists have suffered enormous losses. It ithc difficult problem can be solved of how

,io guarantee against further Communist

in fifteen years; terms 510 n lquaricr. comprising twenty-four flcssons, cnch of' one hour's dura-

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aggression there, then the war has beeniirzrmins txcalgsFliztllgiliiazfiszdcogi; .won as much as it could have been. Thci,,,,. ,.,,,,,,,,,, ,,f the ,,,.,,,,,,,,.,.e Funny, on her recent passage

only further action that could' have been taken would have been ii general war against the Communist nations.

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. - Premier Frost of Ontario is now said to be negotiating with Ottawa to participate in the Federal-Provincial grant in lieu of taxes. Under the 1947 agreements, the minimum annual payment guaranteed to Ontario was 567,158,000. At the Ottawa- provincial conference on fiscal problems last September, Mr. Abbott posted a new offer which would have guaranteed Ontario at least S101,801,000 per year-and the first actual payment would have been 5117.371.- 000. A few days ago, even last December's "new offer" was spruced up a little for ,Ontario's benefit. Guaranteed minimum 'payment remained the same. But during jthe first year under the proposed new agreement the province would be paid S125,689,000. Minimum annual payment guaranteed to Quebec rose from s56,382,000 in 1947 to 384,598,000 in December. 1950. But iii the new revision, it has dropped back. slightly to -584,519,000.

I. ifrom Liverpool in this port. After leaving Liverpool it. was discov- lered tho! the cooking was done in nu unpalatable manner, and some did their own cooking. The Cap- tain was of opinion that punish- ment might serve to improve it. Accordingly on In very oold and blowy day. he had the cook-- Wh05t" name was lnman-hoisted and lashed lo the main rigging. where he was kept shivering for

about one hour."

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And in that day ye shall nit me. nothing. Verify. verily. I lay unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. llltlrcrw lpvo ye naked nothing in my name: not. and yo IIIIII receive, that your Joy may be fiili. Then things bavoil spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time comctli when I shall no more lpelk unto you in provorbl. but I shall show you ' ' ' of the Father. At that day ye shall lllk in my) name: and I say not unto you. that I will pray the Father for you: for the kiln:

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Ufa magazine recently describ- ed Gromyko as leaving a meeting "preceded by a cohort S. A. Gal. unsky." And now comes a Toron- to paper with the declaration that "At least. one first-string end. Harry Lampman, will be among the missing and there is a good possibility that Dick Harrison, his cohort on the other end of Queen's starting line. also will be absent." A cohort is not an in- dividual. It is a group. usually of soldiers, specifically the tenth part of a Roman legion. whence comes this new strange use of it as ii synonym for team-mate? - -Toronto Star.

Now that the Dionne quintup- lets have reached 3 marriageable age, on intrepid reporter ques- tioned iheir father on the subject the other day. when asked wheth- er the girls were ihlnking about getting married. he parried the question with another very sens- ible question: "They are girls, aren't they?" In view of the years of publicity, good and bad, which the quints have endured. after all the pomp an ceremony they have undergone as celebrities, the thought. that they may soon be separated, and begin normal mar- ried lives is pleasant. That. much they deserve. - Fort William Times-Journal.

Many motorists will dip their lieadllghts in tribute to Ralph Wolloschuk, of Vancouver. He went. to jail rather than pay a fine for violating an antique B. C. traffic regulation. Several months ago Wolloschuk was driving down the street in the West Coast city. He signalled that he was going to turn by means of his f'flastilng- type" light. He was holed into court for his pains and informed that signal lights were not recog- nized hy B.C. law and that he would have to pay it fine for not giving a hand signal. He appealed the decision and in the meantime the law was changed to permit the use of signal lights. The appeal court somewhat sadly upheld the sentence of the Vancouver police niaglsti-ate. Wolloschuk said he would rather go to jail than pay the fine. And he did.--(Winnipeg Tribune).

The Chinese and North Korean Communists were content to hold the renewed truce talks at Pan- munjom in n. tent. supplied by them that had no floor except. the earth, no light or no heat. An Am- erican liaison officer asked the Reds: would you mind if we fix- ed your tent. up a bit? Okay. said the Reds. Within an hour R. 2'2- vehicle American Army convoy drove into Panmunjom. To the utter astonishment of the Reds, out. from the Army trucks popped in wooden floor for the truce lent. also heating and lighting equip- ment. The eyes of the Reds bulg- ed out. even more when the Am- erlcan supply convoy diogorced six more tents for the use of he United Nations delegation and its attending personal, including news lcorrcapondenta. Kitchen equipment. mesa tables and ready- built. lavatoriea emerged from the trucks, and the whole tent. city was set up in six hours. - New Yoi-lo Herald Tribune.

An Acqruinuoice the other day

frankly admitted to being "ii. trifle near." Though this opt use is uncommonly used in

contemporary parlance its mena- ing in explicit. The man was a t inclined to be careful in his finan- cial affairs. Our dictionary inter- prets "near" in this some as meaning "close-filtcdv, poni- moniouo.-Itingy" We think that definition in I birlinrsh. But. in the phrase " vtriflc near," the Idicctlvo nicely qualifies the noun. The man isn't nccuoorily mean with his money: he just. value: it. -highly; intends, keeping a fair share of what comes into his pouculon and in-in no way

loved me, paid have believed that I come out from God. I conic forth

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. 9) inclined to squander it. He is thrifty and frugal, more so than the ordinary individual. In the slang of today, one who is "a trifle near" in money matters is simply one who "doesn't make with I. last buck." the man who possesses that cautious character- istic isn't. likely to have to de- pend upon others for his main- tenance - Windsor Daily Star.

Time was when women wore or- dinary garters. They were round hands of elastic or other material around their limbs (legs, that is) just above the knees. The purpose was to keepttheir stockings up. A few discreet questions to female members of the staff reveal-no, no. that isn't. the correct. word- elicited the information few wo- men wear garters of this type now. They say such garters aren't. healthy, are conducive to varicose veins. so they wear other can- traptlons, or contrlvances. which serve the same purpose. Garters, of course. have had their place in history. The Order of the Carter, regarded as the most ancient and illustrious of orders, was originated by King Edward III, about 1348. and bestowed upon his knights. The story is that one of the ladies of the court was embarrassed when her garter slipped and His Majesty quick thinking, covered up with the Latin motto the Order be-ars. There were, of course, plain garters and fancy ones. But. one wasn't supposed to speak of them lr. public and, if one did. the re- mark was supposed to bring forth blushes. We really don't know what brought this topic to mind and, if we did. probably wouldn't. tell. But, the motto of the Order of the Garter gives apt reply to any questions which might. arise. Honl Soft Qui Mal Y Pence or, being interpreted. Evil be to him who evil thinks. so therel-Wlnd- sor Daily Star.

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FROM: A JUDGMENT IN EAVEN

Ilhere. is no expeditious road

To pack and label men for God, And save them by the bari-cl-food. some may pei-chance, with strange

sur ise. llavc blundered into Paradise.

In vasty dusk of life abroad, They fondly thought to err from

God, Nor knew the circle that they trod: And. wandering all the night about, Plound them at morn where they set. out.

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GENERAL CONCLUSIONS C

From what we have learned from many learned and- experi- enced men in Europe, and from what. we have found in our own elementary appraisal of conditions at home. we may draw a number of conclusions. In submitting or discussing the conclusions we re- alize that they are beyond the depth usually plumbed by ordinary farmers with limited formal edu- cation, and that-such a project as the present one trends on the toes of some professional economists and politicians. ,

However, we are of the earnest. conviction that farmers and work- lng people generally should do more thinking along those lines; for if they do they may be able to suggest solutions that are very often more practical and more fundamental than those of the "lvory tower" economists and poli- ticlans.

The modern world requires that every person become acquainted with international problems and affairs and find out his-share of the responsibility. The internation- al situation necessitates every one of us viewing general conzlliions from at. least those two particular atandpointa: first, from the stand- point of defense; secondly, from the standpoint of sane, democratic and Christian reconstruction.

Many people hesitate to discuss such questions as we have posed in this report because they may be ' d as "radicals" or as other victirns of the three-generation cycle in which grandfathers work- ed hard and made the money; fathers were cautious and saved; and mm do their best to squan- der the profits.

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We can compare the same cycle to. our organizations; the old pioneers, like the men at Roch- dale, did much work to promote and lay the foundation; the next gcncratlgn has carried on along that same pattern; and the third generation often is regarded as imprudent "radicals" and reform- em.

But, let us taket E serious look at the immediate future. Most of us have read about. and some of us have seen and heard at first hand the policies of Athcistlc Communism that now control over two-thirds of the people of the world. We have an idea of how this has been accomplished and we know of its results". Appa- rently, though. we do not realize how close Athelstlc Communism is coming to us and what R. threat. it is to the Western World.

The people of those Communist. dominated countries are not. free to think or to speak for them- selves. Agitator: are banished at the will of the State and the re- mainder are so indocti-lnated with Marxist theory and Communist doctrine that their thinking is blurred. Today. promoters of this system surround us. They may not be making much headway among people who are busy and prosper- ous, but they are making progress with two classes of .our society.

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They are lndoctrinatlng the in- tellectuals and teache a in many of our larger cities-the very people who teach and train our youth. Official reports indicate that about 2.500 college professors were released from American uni- versities at. the conclusion of the l950-51 term because of their rad- ical teachings.

Those people are looking ahead and trying to find an economic system or a social order that will give reasonable uaurancc of world peace, that will eliminate exploit- ation, misery and privatlon, and that. will lessen present disorders in the distribution of the goods of the world. They are asking them- selves, "Will the present. system do it?" And the answer is. ”It. never him".

We all know the stories of booms and depressions, of unem loymcnt. and poverty amid riches a d plen- ty. We can ask ourselves, "If a completely capitalistic system had been developed without any..i.rade unions or controls, what would be the outcome?" Thinking of gin- bility, we can ask ourselves, "Do the big men of nuance. the men who manage industry today. know what t.hc- financial conditions of the country will he like in six months or 1 year from now?" Can anyone predict the results of the present economic system in which each group works for its own in- tereats. regardless of its effort on

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The things you live with-your home. your b ' "stock in trade"-are all subject. to loan through accident on vii-cunintuicco beyond your control. security, you should learn how easily you can he ..i-ouscfed. We will be glad of In opportunity to jfrvc ynu,

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Total, unbridled Oa ' system of pressure p;t.:lC.f,T M A selfishness; it cannot be the Elm tcm ordained by the Almlghfw help people to save their sill!) Must we have another dep;es31u!' with mass uncmploymem mm the present boom L1 oven? lvgfi day to day hand-outs and 5061'” security policies prevent this? 11 may, in ft few cases, but is tha- long-range solution? " t

There are many good points in our present system. but it fall: 1.. short. of being It complete and an lslactory formula for maintainin- peacc and prosperity. Those col! lcge teachers, in fact. all or .15 are looking for il formula that'wlll cope with and solve present my problems. Communists are ready with, and are promoting I solu- lien; theories are ccnviiicin .. out by the fact. that. flfeyiaarbcifm ins Bcfleltf-ed by the lntellcctunl element.

The second class in which Com. munlam is making progress is m. poor working groups and the un. informc-.t peasants. The recent elections in some countries or western Europe have shown um among those people Communism 1. making steady tuorrcu. Therefore if Communism, as such, 15 ch; only apparent answer to our pren- cnt day social and economic prob. lems, a bloody revolution, oven in our own country. may eventually win the support of the mom. ,1 the people. This would come mugh faster after the present boom per. lad is over. It is our duty there. fore, to work out immediately In over-all, clear-cut, long-range pro. gram which we can offer to our members and to the people gem;-. ally as an alternative route that can be successfully followed.

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This involves planning, ind planning is not approved of by the majority of the people. who seem to believe that less planning would mean more freedom. We know that nothing has bvcr been rue. cessful without planning, whom; the project be great: or small. The success lies with the pebple who do the planning. The planner: may be working in their own self- ish interests, they may be politic. ally influenced; or they can be in. formed, qualified and freely ap- pointed by the people concerned, to plan in the general interests. Under the system of free and open capitalism, private profits and in- dlvldual advantages usually coma first. Under State Socialism, pol- ltica inevitably enters. However, there are undeniable virtues and necessary features in both system: any proposal. therefore, should in- clude fho -best. features of act! system.

It is necessary to maintain and further develop, if possible. llll very bases of our democ acy, the family unit, the right of private ownership. and the spirit of indi- vidual incentive and independence. While developing these bases, we must. repress that spirit of selfish- ness and exploitation. which has always plagued the human race. We can extract from State social- ism that. ideal of developing and distributing our resources in ma interests of all concernmi. We can develop measures of control and

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standards of efficiency. But we cannot submit to a system when decisions are made for pohtlcil advantage and are subject. to All the padding, pllferlng. red line and general inefficiency of molt government. departments. . .. .-

Wc should not. forget thn im- torlcal approach. Nor should -vr. in analyzing and suggesting: In alternative route for the present serious situation, be impractical- We must face the fact. flint in the world today there is a timid tn- wards large scale deceiiti-nllzatioii. efficiency and monopoly. We can- not deny it; we cannot stop it. simply by voluntary consumer co- operatives alone. In over of)! hundred years, cooperatives In England lmve not been able to do much to stop this trcndi .

when the British people. WI!" their admirable traditions. ed'JCfi' lion and culture, will not anvil” and advance the Roclidalo srstcm to in point where it wov..l-.l be I major factor in the political cron- oniy of their country, wiilxov 0' sorting to State socialism. f-an W! hope to do it. (in time: in Amet- ice? If we accept. the llelltl i'If-'- we cannot stop this lllt'1li'i)o'-V trend then we can and should fit) ganlzc to guide and direct. it. TI" will mean careful pliuiuinc. lm.I. practical and efficient. work.

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