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THE GUAIRMDIAN

Morning Dally (Founded In 1887/. Authorized as Second Clan Mall. Post Offlco Department. Ottawa.

President. Ian A. Burnett; Vice-President. Wm. It. Barnett; Secju-Treas, U. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director. .l. B. Burnett; Associate Editor. Frank Walker.

"The Strongest Memory is Weaker Than . the Weakest lnk."

CHARLO'I"I‘ETO\VN. SATURDAY, MARCH sojour-

Britain's Communist Purge

In London this wcek, Prime Minister Attlee told a cheering House of Commons that his Gov- ernment will conduct a sweeping purge of Com- munists in state jobs vital to Britain's security. Mr. Attlee said he did not know how nlany Com- munists would be affected, but that he had not

_forgotten how they had hampered the country's war effort until Russia was attacked by Germany.

The British Government's decision means, presumably, not only that new applicants for vital work will be screened but that Communists now in jobs having to do with defense, atomic rc- scarch, communications, transport‘ and possibly such matters as electric power and the nation's food supply will be discharged or shifted.

"This," comments the Globe and Mail, "is a sharp break with custom in a country famous for its tolerance of unorthodox opinions, politi- cal and religious. Nowhere else does it matter so little and so seldom, when a job is to be filled, whether a man is Protestant, Catholic, Jew or unbelieven- The most eccentric and outlandish political views have not barred men and women from attaining any British posts they were com- petent to fill.

"ln Britain, more than in most countries, this tolerance extends to the belief that an indi- vidual can have a higher loyalty than to his own state. Able-bodied conscientious objectors to war were exempt from service when British manpower was mobilized to meet the greatest 'dongcr in the country's history. When Prime Minister Attlee said two years ago that the United Nations would be an "over-riding factor" in British policy, he conceded that an author- rty higher than the sovereign state ought to govern human affair

"It is therefore cibvious that the British Gov- ernment's objection is not to Communism as a political opinion. No British Government, least of all one consisting of Socialists, would seek to oitclude men and women from jobs on the giround that they accepted international Marxism as a doctrine or an ideal. The complaint against the Communists is not their attachment to an ideal, but their loyalty to on alien power. In other words, Mr. Attlee and his colleagues have reached the conclusion that Britain's Commun- ists — like those in other European lands -- will take their instructions from Moscow rather than London“ should a conflict ever arise. Further- more, they believe that such a conflict is a dis- tinct possibility.

"lf the decision announced from London had been taken by a right-wing or reactionary Gov- ernment, or in a country accustomed to the 'cgimentatron of opinion, it would hardly make news. Britain, however, is a land of free speech; and its present rulers are men who would norm- ally show friendliness to the Russians and their economic experiments, as Mr. Ernest Bevin did in the 1920's and 30's. The special significance of thc British action lies in these facts, and ‘this British example has a lesson for those who fear that any anti-Communist move must neces- sarily be a denial of free speech. What Brit- 11in is doing has no connection with free speech; i.‘ has everything to do with national safety."

Banadds 1947 lloney flrop

Canada's 1947 honey crop has been esti- mated at 37,078,000 pounds, according to revised figures issucd by the Dominion Bureau of Sta- tistics, showing an increase of 60 per cent over the unusually small crop of 23,185,000 pounds produced in I946. The average price,- per pound was well above the 1946 level at 25 cents com- pared with 18, and the return to the producers was at an all-time high of $9,160,000 compared with $4,149,000 in 1946.

Revised estimates of production in 1947, with final figures for I946 in brackets, follow by provinces Prince Edward Island, 57,000 (15,- 000) pounds: Nova Scotia, .l12,000 (65,000); New Brunswick, 142,000 (109,000); Quebec, 5,- 399,000 (1,900,000); Ontario, 12,290,000 (5.- 685,000); Manitoba, 5,180,000 (4,810,000); Sas- katchewan, 6,232,000 (3,953,000); Alberta, 6,. 507,000 (6,192,000); British Columbia, 1,159,000 (456,000).

- IIDIIURIAI. NUHIY

Tomorrow, first day of Spring. I i l‘ w

Tomorrow, 6th Sunday in Lent. Palm Sun- day.

a w: é Spripg is the time of year when seed cata- logues and displays of garden tools have on fr.- resistfbla attraction for the man who won't oven water the flower pots by tho end of summer. I i fi Q

At one time it was expected that there

would be trouble in tho Balkans in the spring.

' Nowadays then; seems to be trouble every-

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The question _of tho moment sec s to be, when will Russia launch her noxPof nsivo in tho cold war, by diplomacy against Finland, hér three divisions against Greece or politically in Italy?

Q I Q Q .. o glv adopting totalitarian methods tho-U. S. h}. has lost lnaflly among non-Russian Com-

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party of Douglas Hyde, news editor of the Communist Daily Worker, is an outstanding in- stance of a general drawing back of disillusion- ed supporters.

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When the budget was brought down Wed- nesday Islanders were left with the impression

caucus and that Premier long followed it up in the House as first speaker for His Majesty's loyal Opposition.

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The optimism expressed by Ernest Bevin at the Paris conference is based, of course, on expected Congressional approval of E. R. P. lf for any reason thc plan were to be held up all the dire consequences forecast by other British spokesmen would likely follow.

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The pace of events has certainly speeded up. After World War I it was eighteen years before the victors regretted their too complete demobilization. Now, just over two years after the-wads end we are back in the position where the "big stick" counts for infinitely more than the most valid arguments.

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The Island owes a debt of gratitude to the Canadian Communications Association. Association which has cight ships strike-bound in Halifax permitted thc SS. Seaside to sail for

her cargo of (Island?) potatoes.

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The Government's -labour bill attempts to IMPOSQ very serious restriction on the rights of organized labour, nothing less than the out- lawing of all unions with extra-provincial affili- ations. That the bill if assented to would probably fail in its object is no excuse for the Jones Gov- ernment bringing it in.

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ls the City Council going abegging? A proposal has been made in all seriousness that the service clubs, voluntary non-elected citizens grouped for marc-or-less non-specific purposes,

midst. ‘Why should they be asked to assume a responsibility for which the City Councillors are elected, having the power and the bounden duty

able and untaxable alike?

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Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian dramatist poet, born tomorrow's date, 1828, his works in- cluding The Warriors in Helge/and, Love's Cam- edy, Brand, Peer Gynt, The Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Hedda Gab/er, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, The Master Builder. lbsen's plays have revolutionized dramatic art by their realism and their consummate mastery of stage technique: "lt is not a wife's part to be her husband's judge". . . "The greatest victory is defeat". . . "It is better never to trust any- body." . "The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."

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Week-end reports on the Canadian Red Cross Society's current national appeal for $3,- 000,000 show nearly 30% of the-objective re- ported. Red Cross officials state that prelim- inary information received over the week-end in- dicated that receipts were well ahead of last year's campaign on a proportionate basis, des- pite the fact two provinces have not yet started to campaign and that Toronto, with a $450,000 objective, only began to campaign Monday, March 8.

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Four years ago, on March 21, 1944, while the Nazis were busy setting up a puppet govern- ment in Hungary, Finland announced that she would reject Russian armistice terms. . few days before, Canadians fighting with the British Eighth Army in Italy helped clear, with o few exceptions, all crman troops out of the town of assino. The exceptions were isolated enemy pockets on the outskirts of the town and a handful of troops strongly entrenched atop Mount Cassino. The town fell after being soft- ened by an Allied bombardment rated one of the heaviest bambardments ever concentrated on a single target.

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Sir Richard Francis Burton, English explorer and Orientalist, born this data 182i; he joined tho Indian Army at the age of twenty-one, and applied himself to the study of Oriental life and languages; ho made a perilous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1853, and‘ the followin year explored the interior of Somaliland, and three years latef the lake regions of equatorial Africa; he later entered the Consular service and was posted in the East. He was a voluminous author, and his translation of The Arabian Nights is a striking testimony of his Intimate knowledge of Eastern life: » Truth is the shattered mirror strewn In myriad bits; while each Believes his little bit the whole to own.

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Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in the Maritime: will benefit under on announcement from' Ottawa that in future there will be a free issue of uiniforms as well as other articles which previously had to be purchased. Under the new ruling each cadet will now be issued lreo of charge ong greatcoat, raincoatpuniform, head- drsss, anklets, ties, three pair of socks, one pair of gloves, one pair of gym shoes, two pair of drill gymnasium shorts, and two singlets. Pru- viously trouuts, onklets, jackets, headdress and ties had to be purchased for thc cadet. Boots and shirts can now be purchased on a repay- ment basis, at a reduced price. Sam of the articles on not available at present but it Is hoped that by September lst all articles will be

munist sympathizers.‘ Tho resignbtion from the

that the cbudget speech had beenrdelivered in .

lng to warm over the old romance. -Brandon Sun.

Many chlldren in some unnalli- cd parts of Canada suffer from malnutrition. says o. goverrlment. report. What. ls happening tnere lo the baby bonus? - Ottawa J:ur- nal.

The British llon, whether his name be Winnie or Ernie. ls still able to throw a little weight a- round and the gay caballeros from Latin Amerlca should restrain their fervid aspirations for a fe\v ycars at least. -—London Free Press.

Scientists are discovering that they can do many things with the old of very hlgh pitched sound. Thls ls probably a rediscovery of whet they learned as infants. — Amherst Nous.

We don't thlnlghe was speaking

was recently reported (.0 have de- clared there is no such thing as rheumatism. He may be right-but".

caused the human race to suffer severely for many years.- King- ston “mfg-Standard.

The strange thing about. expor- ieuce with compulsory inspection (of motor vehicles» ls that the per- sons who complain loudest about the inconvenience and expense are apt to be the same ones who are always demanding to know why something is not being done about» the alarming increase in autcmo- bile accident deaths. — Clia-‘riam News.

Winston Churchill. in the debate on the Royal Navy In the British House of Conrmons this week, de-

parable gifts for phrose-molzlng. "The Admiralty," he said sharply. “never gave us so little fighting value for so much money and so

wonder that. you are cheekea by Chile, abused by Argentina, and goaded by Guatemala?" That. was

of the brave days of 1940. - Ot- tawa. Journal.

Uncle Sam is beginning to rm- derstand how Papa. Dionne must have felt. f-lls bumper crop of young Amerlcam since 1940, ln- creaslng the national family to 144 mllllon, ls more than he counted on. The 26 mllllon babies hor .1 in the past. seven years were ll mil- llan more than expected. Last" year more blessed events arrived lu this country than ever befor; — 3,370,000. This year doesn't show any promise of a lel up. The mar- rlsge rate ls still running hlgn- nearly two mllllon ln 1947, a one- thlrd increase over are-war. Our huge irrational family has trenx-rz- clous implications. for lt. means there will be more growing chil- dren to provide for lh the llEXIZ 10 or 15 years than ever before.- Mlnneapolls Star.

It l: a. moot problem it what applies in the university does not. also apply lu the lower schools, with the age limit. of sixteen-c .us- trig waste of time when youngsters could be learning the rudiments of a good trade. The old stem of apprehtlceshlp did have its good points. When the Royal Cum- mlsslan reports this fear ou the educational system of Oratorio. there is hope of great advances and reforms to folldw, It l5 a matter of hlsbory where men .ave risen to great heights in human en- deavor, they have sacrificed she most. and worked tiara for their education. Nothing is truer than the ancient axiom: There is ho royal road to learning. - St. Chill- arlnes Standard.

It costs a working girl $180 a

l month now to meet. her basic steeds

n5 against $85 ln 1941, the Univer- slty of California flhds site- a survey. This holds true ln practic- ally every section of tho cau try. even thoughwhe study was con- fined to California. In some areas it. may go even higher. This ls mule than 100 per cent. of an increase. What. It means to the working girl, who ls not llvlng at. home, may b: gleaned from the fact that. or‘ of her salary the average glrl can save not more than $85 a year. and her recreation is llmlterl to S117. which includes her annual vacation and amusements during the year. And on top of all that Uncle Sam takes about $275 1n taxes from her. 'f‘ruly_ may ll; be said now. "Pity the poor working glrl." - Boston Post.

The rather amusing story of the E85?- Uftfnwlll man. whose $1437.11 was "rumored" so convincingly that friends called to offer condo- lences and an organization of which he was a member passcu a resolution of sympathy. ll a proo- tlcatexomple of the way a rumor can spread and grow. This sxrry, apparently. was paused entirely by word of mouth. How 'lt stnrtou, we don't. know-but. we're wlumg to bot. that in the lnltlal vorslon the man wasn't “do! " at all someone also hoard t, misunder- stood, and added I few embellish- men's: of hlrown. By the time lt. had mode tho rou it had ae- vslopert into. outta a hto rats. complete with on allegedly cya- wltness account of o man who saw the supposed victim collapse and

in stock.

dto on hls own door-lbw. —Goru- woll lllndord-hcoboldq. ' l

0f course. we could profit by the mistakes of others, but. we all want b0 enjoy making our o\vn. — Que- bec Chronicle-Telegraph.

It ll auggoated that there be a cooling-off period for applicants for divorce, which ls better than try-

THE _G_UARDIAN,__VC_I_-IARI_.Q_'T:I‘E'ILO_\XN _,_____

o-ooooioowmvooo-oouu» PUBLIC FURUM

Th1! column ll open to tho dlsoudal by aorta» spoudontu of. question: u lntorelt- Tho Cu-rlottotovrn Guardian duel not uocedar-

" tho opinion 0|

ll! correspondents COMPOSITE HIGH SCHOOLB

- Slr-The following ls n. summary of an address recently given by Mr. F. S. Reeves a prominent farmer of- Southport.

In our present day, successful farming has become a scientlfl: process and lf our farnrcrs are to have a standard of llvlng equal to our urban dwellers rather anon using farming as a means of llve- lihood, then even Grade 10 Ls not. sufficient. education for that. pur-

'pose.

Approximately 50 per cent. of Grade 10 candidates for entrance to Prince of Wales College where they might. receive further maln- lng are failed. and so must return to the farm as no further secon- dary education ls openr to them. Most of our boys from the coun- try who leave school before they reach Grade 10 and even so per cent. of those who do reach Grade l0 go back to the farm and become

The for hls profession. but. a physician our future (m-mgyg,

A Composite High School where Latin and some other subjects which are distasteful to marry stu-

Palestine because of thc perishable nature of Somemjng going by u,“ “am, has dents are OPUOnaL would 0pm a

means whereby our future farm- ers could get a good secondary edu- cation near home, and ate. mini- mum GXDBHSB. We are, Sir, etc. THE SCHOOL IMPROVE- MENT LEAGUE

POTATO ORGANIZATION

Sun-The purpose of requesting space ls to suggest that we form a Transportation Advisory Associa- tlon among the potato dealers. What ls being spent on phone calls to Charlottetown, begging for cars. would go a long way toward pay- ing a part-time secretary, and I am sure that. the Canadian Na- tional Railways would we-come

should undertake to provide for the needy in our monsymted on,” more m, incvmn such an Association.

For comparison: A few years azo eight. or ten leading shippers on the Island shipped around 90 per cent. of the Seed potatoes. Being

to look after the interests of our citizens, tax- many men." And again". "Can vou imxuded m that’ number, I. W

gether with the other dealers, of- ten went to the Railway (for ll- lustratlon) requesting them to

and the old Winston. the Mr. England make available the ca" w a," m

Alabama the following week, be- cuse they wanted to plant the seed immediately. These requests ivere always granted: but the situation ls different today, as there are over one hundred licensed shippers exporting seed, and the Rat-way does not. know to whom to listcn. Those dealers experiencing troub- le with transportation and Inter- ested ln such an Association, kind- ly gel; ln touch with rne Immediate- ly. I will gladly lend my assist- ance, based on long experience-kin. promoting an organization which has been needed for many ‘M8115- lt will be necessary to gel. to- gether at. Charlottetown for an organization meeting without de- lay.

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FRANK B. CLARKE (Patriot please copy)

“LET'S LOOK AT 00h SCHOOLS Fnorvr mars. INSIDE"

Slrp-lrlrcre ls n common maxim which states you cannot. judge i! book by its covcr, implying it. '15 the material, which the author has placed tn the text, which de- termines its real value. Applying the same principle to the school. if we consider the conditions which we find Inside our schools, then we are in a. position to judge whether or not‘ our schools are progressive. Tuesday past. Miss Estelle Bow- ness, a Surnmerslde teacher, gave an address in which she dealt. chiefly with the importance of well equipped schools and the teachers vre place lh them. I shall deal with each of these points separately. All of us agree that the home should be attractive ln every re- spect. It should not. only be well built, but. also clean and ulcely furnished. If. should also have the necessary equipment. wit. which the task of the housewle may be made easier. In such a place you will generally flnd cheerful children who radiate the atmosphere of their surroundings. Should we not be as particular about. the lnterlor of our schools and how they are equipped? Should we not. see that our schools, viewed from the unslcle, are at- tractive, not. ropulslveJo the chil- drcn who spend many moist-Its of each year. lnslde their walls? Wllnot. are some of the things we might. do to improve the interior of our schools? Our school children wlll be more attentive 1f they are chm- fortabla. This can be done by pro- viding each pupil with o deals suited to his or her pnrtlaulaulle. Desks which are not suited to the individual needs no vary detri- mental to pooture- The school should also have road llxhtlnl =0 that the eyes of the children may be protected. This may present a problem in rural arena at. present, but. as rural electrification devel- oper this problem can be solved The teacher should have l. safflo- lent. supply of maps. char-ts. books. ohalks, brushes and l globe. The necessity of chalk and brushes ls obvious. Mop: are essential to the teaching, not only ot Gootraohv. but of History and Literature. Chute are especially valuable in the teaching of Hygiene. particu- larly tn dealing with such topics n: the dflutlvo organs. the gye _ '" "r and other part! of the. body. They no also neoco-

ury to t-ho ranching of Arith- moth. Ibllltns. Rearing and loi-

Lenten Meditations (H05; The Times)

PALM SUNDAY

sizes man's dual dependence-both upon his fellow-man and upon God. -

frhe tragic losses recently sul- fered by farmers. the destruction of property and livestock, and the damage done to seed and solLhave not only evoked widespread ex- pressions of sympathy; they have brought home once again the pro- found truth that. "are are mem- bers one of another." Ana this grievous loss ls realized as n. loss ro the nation as n whole.