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eouiz THE GUARDIAN

Morning Dali; tltoundeil l.a I01) Authorised an Nos-nun Claaa llail. Poul Ollloe Department, Ottawa.

The laland Guardian ruhllahlng 00.. - llllor and Managing a1 . J B. Burnett Aeaovilata Editor. Iraal Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Thee the Weakest Ink."

CHARLOTTETOWN, MONDAY, MAY l6, 1949 The Prime Minister's Visit

Ii classes of our citizens will join in ex- tending a welcome today to Canada's Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent, and _all who can do so should endeavor to hear his pub- lic address in Charlottetown this evening. He is an accomplished speaker both in English and French, and according to the Ottawa Journal has a style peculiarly his own. it is one which he has used effectively in the courts. its essence con- sists of a quiet assumption that what the speaker is saying is commonly accepted, and that there- fore there is no sense in a lot af argument, much less exhortation. "Here we are," says Mr. St. Laurent, "iust a lot of ordinary folk, but of course with a good record and some experience, trying our best, and seeing that it isn't a bad best; why disturb us?" It is the technique oi the "sweet reasonableness" school, very pleasing to the ear, but falling somewhat short of con- viction by reason of being over-simplified.

In the present election campaign, there are questions oi fact that take precedence over the most amiable sentiments and generalities. Such awkward questions, for example, as why bureaucratic controls and expenses have in- zreased instead of diminished at Ottawa since the war. Why Parliament was scuttled in such hot haste, before the trans-Canada highway agreements and much other important business was completed. Why our fishermen were double- crossed by the Prices Support Boarcl after the unanimous petition on their behalf from the Legislature of this Province. Why the Abegweit

dockyard for overhauling. Why the Canadian National Railways, which is supposed to be out of politics, should now on the eve of election be reducing car ferry truck rates and placing orders for the Diesel engines we should have had two years ggo, etc., etc.

The questions are legion; the answers, so far, extremely scanty. The Prime Minister may not be able to deal fully with them all in his address this evening; but here's hoping that he will make a sincere try.

Disturbing Elements

It ls ta be hoped that Mr. Caldwell, when he speaks in Summerside tonight, will explain the Incident occurring in British Columbia a few weeks ago, when the CCF provincial convention repudiated the advice of the CCF National Council and refused to pass a resolution indors- ing the Atlantic Pact. A similar incident occurred last summer when the Manitoba CCF conven- tion went on record against the Marshall Plan, which is the economic counterpart of the Atlan- tic Pact. Early in the recent session at Ottawa the CCF mustered only a handful of its members in support of the Atlantic Pact. It did somewhat better in a later vote, but the absence of many of its members on the first test was significant.

"In view of what is happening and what has happened," says the Winnipeg Free Press in this connection, "there is no escape from the conclusion that the CCF, provincially and feder- ally, has been infiltrated by Communists or Com- munist sympathizcrs to a degree which should give Mr. Coldiweii and his associates in the inner council of the party serious pause."

More serious than the internal trouble of the C.C.F., however, is the possibility of on election stalemate with Mr. Caldwell and his associate "Liberals in a hurry" holding the balance of power. The extremists would be in the driving seat, and there is no question but that progress would be accelerated in a direction which old- time Liberals as well as Conservatives would re- gard with grave misgivings.

Mr. ilowe’s Trade lieal

Political overtones, calculated to be heard especially in British Columbia and Nova Sco- tia where provincial elections are in progress, are noticeable in the new trade arrangements which Hon. Mr. Howe brought back from the United Kingdom last week. According to the financial Post, the real value of the "new" trade is proba- bly closer to $20 millions than to the $25 millions Mr. Howe suggested; and that's assuming Can- ada can bid away $l0 millions of lumber busi- ness on a competitive basis from the United States. _

The salmon contract (yet to be negotiated as to price, grades, etc.) should be worth seven or eight millions to the B._C. industry, but hopes of, maintaining anything like l948.pl'iC.€S should be discounted. The British bargain will be to buy at a fraction and not a very large fraction of the present prices. _ _

The total d-oiiar outlay which the British will make in Canada for fresh i949 crop apples will probably be somewhere between one and two million dollars. For this money they will pro- hqbly eirpect to get twice as many apples as they could buy in the open market. The Government may have to underwrite the difference and charge the amount up to tho Agricultural Prices Support Board. _

' ‘The flour deal which Mr. Howe announced ‘(dOOflN Hols. for 1949-50) represents a gain of

lnant last year. Until the prices of miilfeeds and other conversion costs and factors are known, it is not possirie toputa price on this part of the new agreement; but very roughly it should moan in the neighborhood of an extra million dollars to the Canadian trade. _ _

As on indication that Britain is prepared to conliddr Canadian, as well as her own trade difficulties, the new arrangement holds _out eerie naive. "Actually," seye the Post writer,

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purchases could well be justified in view of the dollars saved by the U. K. through inability to buy bacon in Canada and meat in the Argen- tine. To this extent the outlay is therefore sub- stitution. The other amounts are very trifling." Apart from apples, there is nothing in Mr. Howc's deal of any value to Maritime producers. Nothing for our fishermen, or for our bacon, poultry and dairy farmers. They didn't even "get to first base" in our Agriculture Minister's nego- tiations. ‘

./ EDITORIAL NUIES/

The Prime Minister here today. The leader of fhe'C.C.F.'s here today.

l u u Of interest to fire underwriters and others is the Canadian Army's new fire-resisting paint which swells when heated and protects the wall by acting as an insulator.

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Contestants in the Junior Farmers’ Federa- tion public speaking competition are certainly being given the best of examples. lf they have been sitting at the feet of outstanding speak- ers they should be able to give a good account of themselves. ' I I It is not lawful, as has been pointed out, to charge for admission to games or enterta-in- ments on Sundays. In Charlottetown for ball games they exhibit a collection box to which those so inclined may contribute a donation vol- untarily. I I I Politicians in the "good old days" certainly never topped Mr. George Drew's schedule of 30 speeches in 23 days. Air travel is perhaps easier than the more primitive methods but like too many improvements it merely makes it possible to d-o more work. _ e e Maclean’: Magazine is critical of the Can- adian National Exhibition for not giving suffi- cient scope to Canadian talent in the field of entertainment. The suggestion could well be heeded by the directors of Provincial ‘exhibitions including our own, although here some of our local entertainers got their start at Old Home Week. I I I Our Premier is not the only political leader who knows a good animal when he sees or sells it. Mr. John Bracken, former national Piogres- sive Conservative leader, was the tap buyer at an "Ali-Ontario" Ayrshire cattle sale in Toronto. He paid $4,570 for I5 Ayrshires, including $675 —second highest price of the sale — for Rus- selside Betsy, bought from Cumming Brothers of Lancaster, Ont. Mr. Bracken now farms near Manotick, Ont. I I I

.No doubt due to election propaganda mar- garine production in Canada still is lagging far behind the output of butter, the Bureau of Sta- tistics reports. During the first four months of I949, the total margarine output was 18,069,000 pounds while creamoiy butter production totalled 49,946,000 pounds. Stocks oi margarine held by manufacturers and warehouses at May I totalled 94B,(Xi0 pounds, compared with 13,332,000 pounds of butter. The margarine figures show- ed 65,000 pounds in the Maritimes.

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‘If we are ever to have a boarding residence in connection with Prince of Wales College we will evidently need a philanthropist like Lord Beaverbrook in our midst. His Lordship, Chancel- lor of N. B. University, Fredericton, has offered to the Alumnae Society for a Ladies’ Residence the large residential property located on the north-east corner of Church and Charlotte streets. The Chancellor attached one condition and a time limit to his offer. The condition is, "that the Alumnae Society must now raise a sufficient sum of monty to alter and equip the building for its intended use." The time limit set by Lord Beaverbrook is December 3i, i949.

Mrs. Felicia Dorothea Hemans, English poet- ess, died this date I835. She published her first volume when only fifteen and another two years later. Much of her poems appeal more to thc heart than to the intellect, but, as previously stated some of her lyrics such as "The Better

Land", "The Graves of a Household," "The Homes of England" have found an enduring place among English writings: ”l come Ye may trace my step o'er the wakeniug earth

By the wiiids which tell of the violet's birth, By the primrose stars, in the shadowy grass, By the green leaves opening as i pass."

Several thousand otherwise-eligible electors WIT be able to vote in the June Z7 general election says the C. P. because they are work- ing on government projects outside their home constituencies. A clause in the Election Act dis- qiialifies persons from 'voting in an electoral district in which they are engaged temporarily in any federal or provincial public work. Work- ers on projects in various parts of the country will be affected. First big batch to come to the attention of Jules Castonguay, Chief Elector Of- ficer, consists of about 2,000 men work-ing on Ontario Government hydro-electiic jobs in Ren- frew North constituency. This amendment also specified that this disqualification applies to pro- vincial as well as federol-though not mirnici- pal-public works, for fpderal elections.

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Now the ScottIh hoggis is to be imparted on a wholesale basis to provide reciprocal trade with the Old Country and boost Scotland's ex- port market together with whisky. When the seamen strikers permit the liner Lismoria to leave the Clyde for Montreal May 30, she will carry a line of canned haggis, the Scottish dish prepared from the heart, lungs and liver of sheep. Haggis has lteen exported from Scotland in small quantities in the past, mainly for St. Andrew's celebrations and Burns anniversary suppers of clan societies. Now a Glasgow firm has develop- ed a process by which the delicacy can be cann- ed. The Lismorio also will carry products of Scottish light industry as well as traditional

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This column ls open to the discussion by correspondent: l of questions of interest. The Guardian does not neoeeoar- . ily endorse the opinion uf pandcuta, WGWGWOOWOJM

NATIONAL UNITY

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Sin-During his present Eastern political lcur. and especially at his difiievcui stoppings in the Mari- timcs, Prime Minister Si. Mufti"- iias been basing his remarks main- iy on iwo specific points, rromeivl that. there is no real issue be- LWGOn the contending parties in the present. political contest. rind

that Nniiiiiai Unity is the big concern of the Liberal Party. National Unity was originally

brought about. by mediation be- Lwceu the several Provinces of cuu-idn. bale-cl upon an micr- preiaiion of what relationship wouiri b." fair as between the several Provinces and the nevriy promoted Central Unit known since as the Dominion of Canada. The rommitiments made and rrgreomcn-‘s arTiVPd ni. by tire sev- cral parties involved at that time were considered sacred and in- vioiubir, s0 much so the‘. they \‘.‘Cl‘t‘ recorded. and iivs rccorcl has bccn known over sinCC as the iiion of the Dc-"ninion of N0 Dl't}\'1<l(7li was made for the \\illl(Il'1i\\'flI ri-L any time of ,'i'l\' oi ihr Provinces particl- paiiuz. uoi- \\'Ps thorn any stipu- inticu tint iii-r Ccuirnl governin? Indy iiii':;'.i:‘i lite Parliaments of

hr vniooucicd to maize x uiflicul, the knowlediZc

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Mr. Di‘ lcarlor of 1hr Pro- urossiizr r‘ ‘.Y’T\’;\ll\'P puriy im- Uvrzrri Ill" llln Liberal Partv uurlcr iii? Prime Minislcrshin of ivir. l\l'l"'.f“l'/~f‘ King has notori- ously v‘a‘rilnrl the Confederation

pert an llTiilv occasions by tenor- in": ii< i't‘"lllf‘li"‘.ilp and nppiicn- i‘nu to the Provinces. and further- mcn: tint. the present Prime Min- i-icr- and his Cabinet have con- iinuczl this practice in oven more a: nvalrd farm. Those cFwzes its not been denied by t?» FPa. Mr. St. Lourni. and consecusuiiv must slfliltl until authoritatively rmri convincingly disproved.

I do not exipcct the Prime Min- is‘rr \\'llI dcnv the Cllflfgt". In hci. I anther from some remarks crediierl lo him since he oom- meucod h‘: present invasion of the East that his government. in- lends in continue its dismantling of the constitution. Al. n mac'- in; in Compton. Quebec. as re- ncrt~d under date of May 10th he is credited with having said ‘no "found a. desire for unity in On- tarln and the West” end he con- sidered the cortslitution one at the "barriers to national under- stanrling and harmonybeceuse of the perspective it placed upon Dominion Provincial relations."

It the cenedien constitution ls a "Barrier to National Under- stading and harmony" in the esti- mation of the present Prime Min- ister the natural sequence .to his l‘Q-CI9¢IrlOI’i must. be the removal of this offending "barrier."

The Prairressivo Conservative leader. m. mew. save he is wt to preserve the constitution. so there la an issue between the Lib- erei and Prflfltaslvo Conservative parties in ‘the preeent aloof-ten. the gravest- laeue the voters in this Province have over flood. If the osoealen oonstlmtiion la nothing else matters so fer u we are concerned ea rltrovlnce.

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Maritime Port Ignored

(St. John Tklegraph-Jouruali A resounding slap in the face has just. been given to Saint John and the province in the announce- ment that the Canadian National Railways car ferry Abegweii will be repaired in a Montreal shipyard —— even though the tender submit- ted by the Saint John Dry Dock Company was $20,000 lower than any other.

This New Brunswick-Prince lid- vvard Island ferry of 6.694 gross tons. the heaviest. vessel ever built in Canada, hailed by the forlcrnl department. of transport two years ago as "one of the mast modern and powerful railway can" ferries in the xvorid." has been sent to Mon- treal an the feeble pretoncr- that the trip around Nova Scone to Saint John would be "too danger- ous."

'I'hat. excuse is insulting ta the intelligence of the people of New Brunswick. It becomes all the marr- so when they recall that. thc four- propeiior. iii-knot Abegiveii. is fnr from being e iitlic- coastal ship. She is larizer. faster. more mun- ocuvrabie than any previous fer- ries, and built, to svitiistand the worst, ire conditions. She has nc- cammodatlan for i9 rnilwziv cn".'._ 60 automobiics. 9'50 passrilflers nut her crew of 65. She is cqulppr-d with every up-to-Lhe-minulc um- igation aid — tailor, radio lair-l phone. echo sounder. gyro compass! and all the rest. l The Abogvrcit, the 87.500000 Dflflr‘, of Canadian shipbuilding, (taint. sail around Nova Scalin. w~ are told -- and yet iii Ihe First. Wririrli W's“ one of her predecessors. the lift!" ferry Earl Gray. was .<'_\ll"f‘l from Nortliumhcrland Strait. tr. Russia!

Till: is the kinrl of discrimination . aaninrt. New Brunswick thrii ivmt. on nil through the Saconrl World} War and since. and the pgnplp- have land rnoro than eunuch of it..l The repair job was not only taken‘ away from a shipbulirilnrr _vnr:i (tint. had fairly wnn l! hut, also, omnlnymr-ui. was taken away from hundreds of workers in n city where there are nearly 5.000 loti- less.

What could have been in the} nrinil of thr- federal government in: rin a thin: like this ~ nsperiaih: ‘vi-r.

of nil f1.

cs. when n Dori;

vfhcrr were the pubilds repress-ni-

tortlnrz this province from ouch iulustlce? When ‘Itausaort. Mir- lster Chevrier Dermltteri happen. where was our New Brun- swick representative in this federal cabinet? Or is government treating the minister ln the sari": wriy it is treating the rest. of us? The citizens of New Brunswick are not passive. disinterested and subservient. these days. ‘They nre stundlna together on crucial issues. svaricin! shoulder to shoulder for the advancement of their prov- ince. They are demanding. and ex- psctinc. fair play from the next government of Canada.

MAGISTRATE ‘PROTEST! DUST

ICENGSTITYN. OnL, May ll-(CF) ~Mazisirafe James B. Garvin rel fulfil to hold court here yesterday because the court room was too dusty. He paid his repented pleas to authorities to get the room cleaned had been futile and added: "Pononeliy, I have dusted this courtroom on numerous occasions and I don‘; intend t-o do it ain! more.” .

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How soon will ell my ioiveiy days be over. '

And I no more be fouind beneath the sun-

Neitiier beside the many-murmur- lng sea

Nor where (he plain Mild: vrhirper to the reeds, '

Nor in the tall beech-woods among the hills

Whore rosin the bright-tipped

Oroads. nor along

The posture-sides where berry platt- ers stray

Arid harmless shepherds pipe their sheep to fold.

For I 11m eager. and the flame of i

ifc ‘Bums quickly in the fragile lamp oi clay. Pamou mid love and longing and hat tears Consume this mortal Bfliiphb. Ind I00 S0011 A great xviud frcm the tier’: will blnw upon me And I be no more found in the

fair world. I-‘or all the search of the revolving llVJOii Ami priiicni. shin:- of everiasllns stars. -—Bilss Germain Qcofix

Old Charlottetown (And r. n. u

HARLEY AND OATS

"Our lirrrlry enrl ants lialh yield fine crops, anti riro rcuriily bought. up on the Continent. n1. from six- pancr: to u siilliinr: per husliai more tiiiin their own produce. I will VPIIIIIFP. la assert. iiiut no person ncriuriintcri with this lslnnd will vouirairiivl me when I say, that it is tho first country in North Am- nricn for both. I linve soon the iinst ouls soul from Mnrk Lune for scar], compared with the produce of

5m elcrilon is nl hand and peoplgnslint, iinrl been sown two years on

‘ have ever seen a button hook. This

nihe new aspirations

' available in abundance.

yzipper II the dominant fastener, probably few’ prople in their 20's

was the tool used to fasten button shoes. The trick w“ to slip the button hook through the button hale, grab the button and, well- button it. No doubt In some homes there still are a couple of button hooks. They are e memento to the tiilh-button-shoe era. —- Kitchener- Weterloo Record.

An the birthplace ol the Indul- trlel revolution and thei free en- terprise system, Britain changed the economic face of the world. The Labor party, now ln office, plans a vest _new nationalization program. The results of Britain's trend ta- werd socialism are lncalcuiabie. and may influence world history as profoundly as did the development of capitalism lri the United King- dom. —- Ottawa Citizen.

Bome of the foahlon terminology il frankly Dulzilnx. It does not seem to correspond ta anatomical realities. For instance. a Toronto despatcii tells of exaggerated high collars and deep plunging necklines to provide "off-tlie-shouider frank- ness." To create an impression of feminity—and probably it will-the neckline will dip deeper than it has for 10 years. What we are "Yin: to figure out-no pun olth- er——ln just how far- down, and where. ahouldcrs ere supposed to extend. — Windsor Star.