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Frank MacKinnon’s name, like Abou oe in the old poem, “led
rest.” The reasons are well
in the judges’ citation,’ in
particular emphasis is plac- on the “almost incredible” suc- cess of the recipient's efforts, “work- ing mostly behind the scenes and without fanfare”, in obtaining Can- ada-wide recognition for the erection here of a magnificent Confederation Memorial Building as a national
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“PAGE 6 FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 192.
Horns Of Abundance
' In- Greek mythology, Amalthea was the nurse of Zeus, variously de- scribed as a nymph or a she-goat. She was transformed into the star ‘Capella, and there are many legends ‘gbout her. Of chief interest is. the ‘fact that her horns were wonderful, ‘flowing with nectar and ambrosia; ‘and when one of them broke off, it was filled with fruits and given to Zeus. This was the origin of the pro- verbial Cornu Copiae, or Cornucopia, ‘Which has become a symbol in many ‘lands of the political Horn of Plenty; ‘bare ‘enough, at times, as Mother ‘Hubbard’s cupboard but always ‘magically replenished in those sea- ‘sons of mellow fruitfulness pots “general elections. --
All of which ts by way of prelude ‘to the bright news‘in the Speech.
‘from the Throne featured in today’s -Guardian. Increase in old age pen- ‘sions and related socifit- welfare pay-
_ ments forecast. Increase in federal grants to universities. Acreage pay- ments to prairie farmers affected by drought. Increase in ceiling on fed- eral loang to finance exports. Interim
"grant to bolster unemeployment in- surance fund. Extension of war ser- vice allowances to merchant seamen, firefighters, foresters and other civilians with overseas service.
Larger aid program for municipal winter works projects, etc., etc.
Whether the Government cornu- copia will be as tempting to the electors. as the ones the Opposition
‘parties: have been fashioning and filling with so many dainties we don’t know; but it’s an appetizing sight, just to look at it in cold print, A feast for Zeus himself, were he on. the go today and eligible for its condiments. j
We may expect the debate on the
‘Bpeech to be a lively one, and we shall reserve comment on other as- pects of its forecasts until we get our second wind and delve further, into its classical connotations. ‘
Dr. MacKinnon Honored
Though still a comparatively young man, Dr. Frank MacKinnon has distinguished himself in so many fields—all relating to his prime con- cern with education—that it would seem like adding just another cipher to his list of honors to have pro-
_ @laimed him the “Islander of the Year” in-The Evening Patriot's ‘award for-1961, We are sure, how- ever, that that ls not how Dt. Mac-
_ Kinnon will look-at this latest. rec- ognition of his services to his belov- ‘ed Province, or how the distinguish- ‘ed judges who made the award feel about it either,
Too often, in the past, the self- sacrificing activities. of our leading veltizens have been ‘taken for grant-.
_ ed. No doubt they reaped their re- “ward in the satisfaction of work well -done, but a “thank you” from the community at large—not just from “an institution, or a service club, or a
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goverhment—would have been ap-
“them. It was to provide means of ex-
oor Year”
the Year” , and nomina- |
very special indeed, nor will its sig- nificance be lost upon the people in
Provinces who have been so generous in Tesponding to the Mem- orial Building proposal, through Dr. MacKinnon’s activities.
New Dominican Junta Is a new military dictatorship
public ? This is\ a question which is being weighed very -carefully at
overturn of the Sknto Domingo gov-
to laborious efforts. at ‘promoti democracy in the long-despotic Cae ibbean country:
There are no plans as yet t to send an American fleet to Dpminican waters as was done late /Jast year. Nor is action by the Organization of American States proposed at pres-
because the new Dominican. ~ group does not. pose a threat to the hemisphere. However, it is felt-that the U.S. should dissociate itself from any dictatorship, especially with the hemisphere foreign minsters’ meet- ing on Communist-aligned Cuba com- ing up in Uruguay next wéek. —__
Washington had restored diplo- matic relations with Dominica, along with other hemisphere countries, following the promise of Dominican reforms pointed toward democracy. But there is not much evidence of - democracy in the tight military rule . that has been clamped on the coun- try. The information filtering out, ’ despite rigid censorship, shows the - unquestioned master of the island nation to be an air force general who was a major figure in the makéshift
ime of the ousted President Bala-
ver, and who has promised electoral reforms but has set no date for electidns.
U.S. economic aid is deemed of great importance to_.the faltering Dominican economy. This may tend to have a restraining influence on the junta now in control, but it is an uncertain factor at best. It didn’t work that way in Cuba; and it. is fronical to note that among the things Dominica ‘is-in line for is the windfall: allocation of sugar quotas that would have gone to Cuba if Castro hadn't kicked over the traces.
EDITORIAL NOTES |
Civil war centennial celebrations in the United States are flopping. “It seems,” comments a Kansas ex-- change, “the American public got tired of revelling in the slaughter of their great-grandfathers sooner than the promoters thought they woul =
Six new sanctuaries for migra- tory birds have been established by Canada’s Department of Northern Affairs in the Western Arctic. Covering 32,870 square miles-and representing a six-fold increase in land set aside for this purpose, they are deemed necessary to give more ‘protection for nesting ducks, geese, swans and shore birds.
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The first completely automatic passenger train in the United States will soon ‘be running under the streets of New York one the - city’s Mgubway, shuttling back and forth between Grand Central Station and Times Square. Operated by ‘electric impulses. transmitted through the _Yails, it will stop and. start, and doors will open and close, without any driver or conductor at the con-
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Washington, which is viewing. the -
ernment on ‘Fuesday as a setback -
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PLENTY oF ADVICE. BuT NOT MucH HELP PAYING. FoR THE GAS
THE BACK SEAT DRIVERS ame
The Canadian ats ap- pears content to mark time whiie great events are taking shape
NEW TRADE DEVELOPMENT
~~ Canada Still On The Sidelines
' The Ottawa Citizen
‘across the. border the Atlantic. At the ae Conclusion of fast week's meeting here of
PUBLIC
_ UNIONS AND THE NDP
Sir,—In ‘recent months there has been a concerted drive to have trade unions affiliate with
the New De ratic Party. I would like to make a few com- ments on the procedure being used to make this possible.
. The local. union is asked to “vote at a meeting to decide if they wish to affiliate. If the ma- jority of the members present * yote in favor of affiliating, then every mémber in -that union must pay five cents per month _ out of his dues to the New Demo- cratic Party, or if he des not wish to-do this, he can contract out by signing a card stating that he does not wish to contri- bute.
Everyone knows that a maj- ority decision becomes law at any meeting, but in my opinioa an individual's political affilia tion is somethng which no ‘group or individual -has any right to dictate. Now someone wil] say, they are not being dictated to, that all they have to do is sign this card.
Is this democracy in action? A group tell you that yoy either affiliate or sign a card inform- N ing the New Democratic Party that you do not wish to support them. It is the individuals demo- cratic right to keep his political © affiliation a secret and this me thod is infringing on. that right. -I have had the argument plac ed before me, that because a person does not wish to contri- bute financially to the New De- mocratic Party, does not neces- sarily say that he will not sup- port. the party at the poll. You would have to stretch the imagin- ation immensely to believe that a.-person who would not contri- bute five cents pér month to the | party, would support it at elect- | jon time; and even if the indivi- dual did contract out, only the New Democratic party know this,. and the individual is branded as a member of this | party as far as the public is con- cerned, unless he issues a pub-
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OLD AGE PENSIONS
Sir,—+I am writing to thank you for the news item ca in the Thursday edition of | Guardian relating to Old Age curity Pensions. We have found considerable- response to this sort of item: in the past as indi- | cated by a significant increase in correspondence concerning :
the subject matter covered in }
the different articles shortly | after their appearance, We sin- | cerely hope, that the generous | coverage you gave to the impor- tance of early application for | pension will encourage not to delay filing their svete tions with us and to turn to us for assistance, if they anticipate any difficulty in proving then at
I would like to clarify one sec- tion of the article relating to baptismal records. Several | years ago the Provincial Divis- ion of Vital Statistics undertook to compile a master index of all existing baptismal records in the various Anglican, Presbyter- | ian, Church of Scotland and Uni- ted Church congregations in the | province. This was done as a public service because, due to the early systems for maintain- ing such records, many persons | who had been baptised in one of | - those Faiths were unable to de- | termine where their baptismal, records were to be found and as a result encountered some diffi- culty -in bares their births reg-
proving their date re birth. This index in the Division of Vital Statistics ,
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“Office has helped many people
a er cane b a ptism
which, in most cases, is suffic- ient to establish age for Old Age Security purposes
and across’, the Joint Coniites United Stat-
es, Committee on Trade aod Economic Affairs, Mr- Fleming, the Minister of Finance, took the line that Canada should ex- press no definite views on Pre-
_ | sident Kennedy’s. bold program | for liberal trading policies until
‘| gun is believed to have come | -| from noting the effects of high | about the special ‘qualities
| ped for seven days, | for four. the hairs were manipulated and,
it has been placed before Con- |
gress.
on this major development.
The government, to be sure.
was ready enough to deal in | broad generalities.” As the con- ference communique _ stated: “Canadian ministers ‘reiterated their ‘support for the expansien-
| of world trade on a multilateral,
non-discriminatory basis; and Canada's: readiness to play a constructtve role in the Promo- tion of freer world trade.”
‘| MUCH OR LITTLE
This could mean much or lit-
| tle. At any rate, the four U.S.
gabinet ministers said they “wel- comed this statement and point- | ed out that ‘the United’ States had consistently supported these “objectives for magy years.’
Much time seems to have been devoted to a discussion of the Commonwealth system of preferential tariffs, with tne Canadian “government stressing the importance it attaches to | preferences. It is no doubt use- ful for Washington to. have a thorough understanding of Can- ada’s attitude, though whether | it really learned anything new is debatable.
What ‘is important now is the extent to which Canada is pre- Pared to yield ground in the matter of Commonwealth pre- ferences, for it is plain that con- siderable modification if — not their complete extinction will come about as a, result of the wider trading world now envi-
| saged by President Kennedy. | Sweeping changes are inevit- |
able, indeed, if Britain joins the European . Economic Commua- ity. More is to be gaimed than | lost if- it does, and it would be unfortunate were the Canadian government to exert undue -pres- sure on Britain to retain the Status quo on preferences.
Yet Saturday's joint commun-
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STATURE ward Was created since TI joined the staff of The Even- ing Patriot, which sponsors: it, | and of The Guardian; so I find
Buck Rogers ray gun. The shots | * special satisfaction in the
are fast and painless; the vac-- cine is released at a speed of more than 700 feet per second; or about 450 miles per minute.
Multiple shots can be given without reloading: Anywhere
from 400 to 1,000 individuals can be inoculated in an hour. — instance, 20 names were
. it | proposed and several dozen let- thas ree ing. - | ters were written in _ Support of
P. S. The ixépiration for the | them. Surely this record ‘tells a re °
community-mindedness on the Island, and/ the good feelings | between Islanders, when they | stop to think’ about.them. ~
fore and meaning each year. ' The most. exciting thing about the“award, I. think, is the ; Way it produces so many names. deserving consideration through
pressure automatic grease guns ‘used by mechanics and grease | monkeys.
The latest cacoee for hiccups is to manipulate the hair in the | It was the worthiness of the ear canal with a cotton appli- names proposed that made the cator. This plan was used suc- task facing the Audges enor- cessfully on two men by Dr. | mously difficult. . Erminio Cardi of Providence, | Each year, the naming of the | R.I. One of the men had hiccup- | Islander to receive the award is the other | left to a completely independent Nothing helped until board of judges — the ablest, | most representative board’ that
can.-be assembled. The Patriot
| itself takes no part in the judg- | ing.
NAMES REMOVED
in both: instances, hiccups ceas- ed promptly. Apparently, ‘the | thaneuver set up a reflex mech- | th e' nerve impulses stimulating the |
+ forts to- safeguard ‘the trade i- |
| somea this year, indeed, I was the only member of fhe news- paper staff who even saw the letters of nomination before they?!
OUR YESTERDAYS
From the Guardian Files TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
| with all identifications removed (Jan. 19, 1937) to avoid allowing any extran-
Dr. J, X. Clark was guest | eous matters tovintrude on their speaker at the annual meeting | consideration.
and banquet of the Summerside | Just this much. contact with Board of Trade. Speaking brief-- the letters was enough to con- ly on the reports submitted by | vince-me of the difficulty of the the committees on this occa | task confronting the jidges, sion, Dr. Clark made reference | who. were, this year: Mayor W. to the possibilities of new m- A. Currie, dustries for P.E.I. The sugges- | Prince County; Mr. Justice tion of ederaie cranberries | George J. Tweedy, Charlotte-
was quite feasible he said, and | town, for Queens County and frozen strawberries might also | bring new revenue to Island | growers. Honey. was another thing that could receive more attention.
gue, for Kings County.
While I@have no idea as to all the quali ebunt by the judges in arriving | | at their choice, the glimpse I | had of the nominations convinc- | ed me that at least four of those
of Mr. and Mrs. B. W.*MacKin- ; ©. : . on proposed had particularly |
non, leaves this/ morning for. Montreal to assume a position in‘a stockbroking firm in that eity.
Mr. Charles i son
Indeeti, T suppose all of the 20 proposed would, have ranked as strong contenders for the nom- ination, right to the end, but’ for the definite suggestion as to how the choice should be made, which was. pried to the judg- | es. They asked to use their best judgment in picking: “that person who has, du ring 1961, best used the means avail- able to serve a worthy Island | Purpose.”
They were directly invited to give particular weight to acti-
TEN YEARS AGO (Jan. 19, 1952) Two cars, one a Chevrolet pa- nel truck from Travellers Rest. and the other a Dodge sedan from Borden, were badly damag- ed yesterday afternoon in a head on collision, said to have’ been caused by an icy patch of road | in a deep cutting, about a mile | east of Summerside, no one was
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ing 1961," which seems, in the ique, in its reference to the im- | long run, the only right basis portagce the Canadian govern. | for an annual award. -
ment places on “Sritain’s ef. | LONG-TERM RECORDS It struck me that at least 16 of
terests of, Canada and other | Commonwealth countries,” sug- gests that Ottawa is not dispos- ed to yield very much.
upon long-term, or even iife- time records of strikingly wor- thy deeds, and of good citizen-
ONE RACK OF SALE'SHOES sasnep TO '/> sae price | ‘Bargain Dept,
2 DAYS ONLY
letters of nomination. This vear, |
| Judge J.O. DesRoches, Monta- | | ord my appreciation of the lab
way in which it is increasing im | -
ards in agricultural, and to adding to the . goodness of . life for the farmer, which
was climaxed in 1961 by his
~beiig named to” Agricultures i
Hall of Fame; and 3~—Robert L. Cotten proposed ' because of the ways in
which his large benefactions _ have carried beauty, and
Particularly. the beauty of .
nature, into a great: -many: lives, and especially for his creation in 1961 of -
000°trust fund ta. serve
some of the Island's worth- *
iest- purpeses— Even amang these three, ‘as 5
viewed ‘them, (and I have no | idea as to whether the udgés |:
viewed them in the same’ way), it became evident that the
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great distinctions of two of a
were largely -cumulativé,,
cluding moments: of cane ae
which came in‘1961, but that *
they were not. otherwise litkked particularly with 1961, -any-more
than with many other’ recent:
years. ¥
"GREATEST IMPORTANCE
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} key part in 1961 will; have
In the case, however, of -Dr. MacKinnon, the final- choice, the | year and’ the’ man belonged to each other. ‘Perhaps the latgest achievement in: which” he 2 to
reach fyll fruition, will have to |, be realized physically, before
there will, be popular under... standing and appreciation
| what it represents.
Under the judging method fol- |
‘Surely, though, the creation of the Fathers’ of Confederation Building, as a national shrine in
| Charlottetown, due to. arise’ out
were passed along to the judges, |
of events and activities of Dr. MacKinnon during 1961, will quickly take its place as the Is-
| land development of the great-
est immediate and historical ime
portance of any within a wide
| Span of years.
|
Summerside,. ‘for-4 | er discussion by me. Certainly, 5
| though;
But the fuller reasons for the choice of Dr. MacKinnon, ‘a's reached by the judges, are
| documented in. other reports in
this paper, apd require ‘ao furth--
I did not want - an-
| Nouncement day for the award
to pass without putting on ree
| ors of the judges. and-my ap
strong claims .to consideration. |
vities and achievements ‘“‘dur- |
the 20 nominations were based” :
| Ship at its best, but without .par- |
LAST CHANCE!
- LePAGE'S January Footwear Sale
SALE CLOSES SATURDAY AT 12.30 P.M.
The Drawing for $50.00 In cash prizes sik sue shined 12:20 pm. § Sout dey. Prise winers names wil be published in Monday's papers. |
cations takén into ac- | Proval of their choice.
‘Budorfewis
Executive Editor
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