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---m.:'. 2- Member A I ureau lunch ofhces at Summrrnde. Ilonulll IM MN”' Au nnudasiecoudtilass ltlnl bylluhst Department. Ottawa 0: Carney Charlottetown. Summersmo sis.oo par ID num Elsewhere in P I-2.l. II mi Other Provinces and U, 5, grim.) per aunnrn

P.-t(iE.4-bWI-ZDNESDAT..APRlL l7;Bf7 A Better Outlook

llrciiiicr Matiic.-;on's statement to tiie l.cgisi:itui'e ycstcrdil.V W1 m9 rt” sum of mo i'('lll'('S('lllEtliflll inade at (lii.iw;i lust week was i'cassui'iii,L'.- The Pi-oviiicc is still in a SOl'l()ll.s' tinaiiciai situzitioii, but at least some (.Um.,.&.,.,m have oiituiiied which will i)(' of xl'1'.V lll?”""i”i Mm" fit. tittuwa will iiinkc full pziyitwlll.

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under the old tux" zigit-ciiiciit. tor the ”

fourth nllieirtcr of the lust ii-("Hi .i'V”' wliicii had been held up on Xiiiivll Si and will i'ecovci' without lllitlliv-i the 9i l lifltlfi in which the iii-oviiice

tilts liHil'll&iiti unricr tiic old 8211'"-

l'1"l1I in givtv eqliui ilisliliillllillii over the tivc-vcur term of the new agreement.

iins also of a

Finance ltlinistcr ii:ii'i'i-' agreed to the estabiisiiiiiciit floor payment under the new agree- ment of s.1,1i:3,oo0. which was the amount actually paid us last .V'9-"W In dollars, Premier Itlathcson ex- -plained. this concession can mean to the Province in the next five .l'93l'5 bemgon 31:-,()()'()()() and S'1,0flfi,(illu, depending on whether the gross na- tional product rises or falls during that period. Other proposals. he said. are under consideration, which, it agreed to. would give us further financial relief.

While these concessions are to be welcomed, tiiey still do not afford any guarantee against recurring an- nual deficits. They do not take stock of our main argument for payments on a fiscal need basis. And it is worth noting that while we are now guaranteed payments equal to the amount we received last year under the old agreement, we are still far behind other provinces in the treat- ment meted out to us. They are receiving an average of 20 per cent more under the new agreements. and many of them are not yet satisfied. We were the. only province threat- ened with having to take less. The removal of this threat therefore creates no embarrassing precedent so far as Ottawa is concerned. They could have given us a much better deal without complaint from other provinces, or straining the fabric of Confederation in any way.

The Premier also reported that his government is now prepared to recommend acceptance of the na- tional hospital insurance plan. to go into operation some time in 1939. It has agreed to take over the old Post Office building at the very moderate price of Sl3.000. I-Ie quoted the Prime Minister as expressing hope that the Borden-Tormentine Causeway survey, now being Wm- pieted, would prove the project to be feasible. So hope we all. '

On the whole. the Ottawa trip of Premier Matheson and his collea- gues. Hon. Messrs Cullen and Clark. has proven well worth while. and they arc to be commended upon their efforts. We judge from the Prcniicns remarks that he is hope- ful that something more is in the offing in the way of fiscal relief. We certainly need it, and we are (surely entitled to it. If we are to participate in the health insurance scheme. do something more than we. ire doing for education and avoid full bigger annual deficits than we have been accumulating in recent

v ' we shall simply have to get it!

.'i in The Hebrides

'3 ' Alfntrllulns -ussestion has been

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in official hearing in'Ben- 13 Outer Hebrides. Ac- . . ;. go mint:-eat Gazette. the ''wshi:llledtodlbcus'sthe - . Government's plan to build

ed missile unlt, dressed in dlstlnctlvl Highland uniform, for the Fist base. He has a friend in South L'ist, he said, who could provide the right uniforms. til feel very strongly." said Lord Gibson, "that if the unit is de- signed as a Highland unit and ident- ifies itself with the people coming here, then the future opens up bi-igiit indeed."

"The suggestion." comments The Gazette. ”might prove just the marmalade required to sweeten up the negotiations. An RAF spokes- man at Benbecula declared that the Government had searched every- where and South Uist is the only appropriate site. The islanders are equally firm. There is no wish on either side to force the issue to a test of cyiamore-verses-inissilo flic- siilcs. the claymore might wini.

”Rut there are a few details that l.oi-rl (Zibson would be wise to w.iii-ii. lines his friend in South l'ist iii.il;e asbestos kilts? The blast liw-In '-l giiiileil missile could do awful iillIlL'V' in lulled dignity. The effw-l iiiicill he more easily gained by i'iiIlllL'.lllLI the .tinerican names of the llilxslills to 5.-iittish names and paiiitiiic iilt'lll iii the appropriate tart-aiis. lii-it-ml of the American 'shoot the bii-il' the launching order ('0Llili lie liiivnv ):llllli)', sweet Afton.' l'iifiii'iiiii.iii-lv. tlizit isn't Gaelic. But the sciiliiiiciil is there."

U. N. Statistics

The 1956 issue of the L'nitcd Naiions' Statistical Year Book. which was published a short time ago. is notable for the information it con- tains concerning the Soviet Llnioii. Red (fiiiiia and the Communist coun- tries of Eastern Europe. For what they are worth-no one but the gov- ernments conccrned can say whether they are accurate or not-they rc- veal that. although the West is keep- ing ahead of the Communist world in quantity of goods and power pro- duced. the latter's share of the total world volume is increasing rapidly. In some instances the increase is higher proportionately than that of the West.

This is an important revelation; for, of course. in the long run, bar- ring another world war, the strength of the two opposing blocs will be gauged in economic terms. It has significant political considerations, too. Tiicre is no doubt that at the present time some. of the so-called ”fringe" nations are passively friend- ly with the West chiefly because they feel it is economically advan- tageous for them to be so. Whether they will continue to follow that course if and when economic power is about evenly distributed between East and West is a question. At the tir-st, it is a precarious sort. of friend- ship.

lileanwhile, the West is making great economic progress, according to the Year Book. It says that the non-(iommunist world's factories and mines in 1935 produced twice as much goods as in any pre-war year. Its railways lianilied more than twice as much freight; its ships curried about two-thirds more cargo. and there were twice as many motor vehicles on its roads than in l.'l.'l.t4. The Year Book doesn't reveal how many more persons these vehicles killed. Perhaps that doesn't belong to U136. statistical research. It C a matter of importance, nevcilliclcss --and of tragedy.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Among the inventions displayed at the annual Paris invcntors' exhi- bition thls week is a noiseless motor horn. it enables a motorist using a photo-electric bcam from his head- light to sound a buzzer inside the vehicle in front of him.

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Prince Edward Island will be well represented on the new Canada Cultural Council in the person of

Dr. Frank Macklnnon, principal of ,

Prince of Wales College. leading .c.-ducatlonists across the Dominion have been appointed. under the chairmanship of Hon. Brooke Clax-

ton, former Minister of Defence.

Their ages are given in the news report, and it is noteworthy that Dr. Macfilnnon. at 37. is by far the youngest recipient of this honour. lncppt for the permanent directors. the ouuncii merrus.-rs4..-wt,l rustve

'g&paIssbuitnoaalarles.'!'beywiIl

have responsible duties nevertheless.

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Tl-lERE, BOYSTANDL -GIRLS, A iREAl.wlEAiSiTER TBUNNYI!

PUBLIC FORUM

This column is open to ma discus- non by correspondents of question of lnleresl. The Guardian does not neces- nnzy endorse the opinion of carrot pondenu.

ARTHRITIS SOCIETY

Sir: We have in this Province the following orgziiiizationsz Can- adian National Institute for The

Blind. The Cancer Society. The T. i B. League. (terebal Palsy As- sociation. Association for Retard- ed ('lnldren and many others, all very necessary and worthy or- ganizations. doing a great deal for the unfortunate victims of these diseases. How ever the biggest crip- pling disease of them all. rheuma- tism and arthritis does not have a provincial organization.

Being handicapped for ten years with arthritis I am very interest- ed in seeing a society being form- ed here. and giving aid to new suffers before it is too late.

Two years ago I wrote the Do- minion headquarters of the Can- adian Arlhrilis and Rheumatism Society and inquired when they expected to organize a society in this Province. l was told that they expected to form a society here in N57, With this thought in mind I wrote the Society a short time ago and asked them the same queslinn. I received the following reply. "We are very sorry but we caiiiuit see a society being or- ganized in P.E.l. this year. Two years ago we based our assump- tions on the interest shown by the Women": institute. but now this interest seems to have died out. and at this time there does not appear to be sufficient interest shown to warrant the organization of a Rheumatism and Arthritis Society in P.E.I."

Personally i cannot understand the lack of interest. every day you see people handicapped by these diseases.

if anyone reading this letter is interested in helping these people and forming a Rheumatism and Arthritis Society. 1 would appre- ciate hearing from them so that I can again write the Dominion headquarters and submit to them proof of interest.

Thanking you Sir. for granting space for this letter.

I am Sir. clc.. ERIC MacDONAl.D 254 Eustnn St. Charlottetown. P.l2.I.

A FINE EXAMPLE

Sir.--l was privileged to attend the annual Provlnci.-il Glrl Guide Meeting last Saturday and was filled with amazement at the act- ivities of this truly wonderful group of women. all giving con- sidcrably of their time for no re- muneration except that of carry- ing on work. that is of such bene- fit in the training of our girls to be good and loyal citizens. to be ablc housewives. and above all to V live clean and healthy lives.

indeed special emphasis could be placed on the latter in these days when we read and hear of so much depravity among our young people. Watch a group of Guides or arouiuea. are they not reflecting the teachings of their Lenders with their clean. shining. llert. appearance". Once a Guide always Ii Guide. Follow the career of a girl whom you have known as a Guide and you will find her leading a happy. useful and well adjusted life. wherever she may be. Perhaps at the time at learn- lnl Ibtne particular Guide Rule or test. it may not make I deep im- pressiol. but is never forgotten and when I situation arises lb. win came into mind and be put to good use.

At the held of this organization we have as outstanding man in Mrs. ll. Cudmore. She took overi the position when I most active yegr was bung planned. the cen- tennial year of the birth of lord Baden Powell. and many were the duties demanded. She gives If her time unspsrtngly and ls A per- fect example of wlut a Girl Guide .i should be. flat interpretation of

the "True spirit of Guiding" is

complete. it is just what. am

fender had In mind I am sure.

when he and Lady Baden

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OTTAWA REPORT

Umidr-n-ed War Gratuities

By Patrick

Ottawa: Many veterans have never troubled to claim their war medals or cash gratuities. The De- partment of Veterans Affairs in Ottawa has 1.294.200 medals and 821000.000 in cash still awaiting claimants.

These bonnnzas of solid metal medals and solid paper dollars rightfully bellng to veterans who served in the Canadian armed for- ces in World War 11 or in the Korean War. "Old Contemptibles” and other vets from World War 1 no longer have any cash re- maining to be claimed. And of

and adults alike. to further this splendid programme of youth training.

Is your daughter a Guide or Brownie? She should be. let all who can benefit by the work and effort that is put forth by the Girl Guide Organization. Let your daughter have the opportunity to learn the enjoyment there is in Guiding while absorbing the prac- tical side of living and how to live a clean healthy life.

I amtslr. etc.. AN EX GUIDER. Charlottetown

NEW!-t0UNDLAND GRIEVANCE

Sir. - I have just read with in- terest your editorial of April l5th on Newfoundland prosperity and its relationship to union with Can- ada. One phase of the subject is in my mind as I write. and I will quote A phrase of your editorial which raises the point: "it is gain to be some time before the peope of Newfoundlapdk capital city are going to take enthusiasti- cally to the fact that. for flood or ill. they are now Canadians..."

The answer is that many thoughtful Newfoundlnnders are well aware of the fact that New- foundland was accepted into the Union through I back and winding passage-way well padded with political trickery condoned by the Governments of both England and Canada. It suited the purpose of the British Government and the Canadian Government in 1949 to set aside that otherwise scared in- strument of law. the British North America Act, and convert it to I scrap of paper.

B c c a u it e the Newfoundland Wftllle know and understand the political trick of the above- mcntioned governments. they therefore know that legally they have never entered the union with Canada- This is the fact that is not known and understood by Can- adian citizens. for whom New- foundlanders have every respect individually.

About New-foundlands' present prosperity: it stems from the same source as the present West- ern Hemisphere prosperity. and not from Confederation (sic!) with Canada.

The economic factors in the case may be recited in short forms

(it Canada does not buy New- foundland products now and did not before the coup.

(2! Mr. Smallwood could not git! any worthwhile Canadian cap-

tn build up Newfoundland In- dustrles.

43 English. European. and not Canadian capital have come In to develop Newfoundluufs grss t Labrador resources.

Ml By the pressure of pr(sent day customs barriers Newfound- land people are forced to buy Can- sdlsl products at domestic prices away above the export prices at which they bought prior to 1040.

(5! Every dollar paid in social servfcos to Newfoundland ettlu-us is collected ll taxes of Haas from the Newfoundland pub- lic and a consldetabls bola re- mains in the credit column 0!-

mm. Newfuundlander-I hold no resent-

Nicholson

course veterans who served in the armed forces of other countries have no claim on these Canadian medals or gratuities. even though they have since become Canadian citizens. Such immigrant vets must claim their entitlements from the government of the coun- try In whose forces they served.

Letters have reached me from many readers. asking for informs- tlou or assistance in obtaining me- dals or gratuity to which they are entitled. l have written to most of these correspondents. to suggest that they should apply to The Minister of Veterans Affairs. House of Commons. Ottawa. No postage stamp is needed. of course. on a letter addressed to him while Parliament is meeting here, or within ten days of the opening or ' l of I t This ,," not only to that Minister. Hon. "Bobby" Lapointe. but also to all members of Parliament.

IF IN DOUBT

in one or two cases where there seemed to be some difficulty. I have passed the enquiring letter over to the writer's own M.P. Woodstock's Wally Nesbltt. the hard-working Conservative mem- ber who ls a vet himself. was very pleased when I dumped one such letter on his desk. and asked him if he could help in what ap- peared to be a deserving case.

But the honey of all those lat. ten comes from Jack Manning, of Guelph, an ex-corporal of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps.

"The millions of dollars the government still has unclaimed is not surprising to the single men as it. is nearly impossible for them to collect it." declares that vet with some bitterness. And he goes on to justify his bitterness.

"Funny country. Pat. I hsvs tried twice in eleven years to get some of my money, which is 161011)".

The purpose of the re-estsbllsh- ment credits. which make up all the unclaimed 322.00o,o0o, L; to assist each vet to re-establish himself -in civil life. The money may be approved for such expen- ses as buying. repairing or mm. ernlzlng a home; buying furniture or household equipment: assistance in setting up in business. such as buying tools or stock-in-trade; or payments on Insurance or pon- slon plans operated by the gov. srnmenl.

Jack Manning judged that his re-establishment credit would be available for the purchase of a radio set.

"What? Are you a cripple? Or s shut-in?" was the brush-off he got for that one. from the D.V.A. official he approached in Guelph.

Then he tried to get a refrig- erator. As he himself lives in a rented room. he said that he need- ed this for his widowed mother; but as he no longer lives with his mother. that request was turned down.

Perhaps Jack should try rem. in; an unfurnished room. and then ask his D.V.A. man to spend all the solo on filling it up with (I'll. radio. tv and furniture. I shall send his letter to his M.P., Henry Hollklns: and i am sure tint Henry-another vet-will do all be can for Jack as soon .1. I1; recovers from his recent sickness.

kl Medically Sdeaking

By lermas N. Iudeses. H.D.

EVEN PERFECT VISION HAS ITS BLIND SPOT

Even though you may have 20- !) vision. youive got a blind spot. Everyone has.

Don't. let it worry you, though. It's so small that it will never bother you. In fact. hardly anyone is aware that it even exists. BLIND SPOT TEST

Let me show you how you can get an idea of where your own blind spot is.

Mark a small dot on a piece of paper. Then. about an inch or two away, mark I cross.

Close one eye. With the other eye look at the dot. Then move the pa- per sluwly to and from your eye. You'll find that at some point the cross will disappear.

Another surprising thing about the eyes is that good renders blink more frequently than do poor read- ers. The rate of blinking actually may account for their being good readers. The blink. you see. makes it possible for them to ignore non- essential objects. such as punctu- atiou marks and other gaps in the

text. AVERAGE PERSON

The average person generally. blinks about 25 times per minute.

incidentally. most of you. dare say. are "right-eyed."

Statistics show that in some 30 per cent of the population the right eye does more work than the left. The left eye dominates in 25 per cent of the cases. And in the re- maining cases. the eyes alternate with first one doing most of the work and then the other taking

over. CLOSE-UP WORK

This doesn't occur at birth. We all start out giving both eyes the same workout. As we grow older. however. we begin to read and do other close-up work.

As I result of this, the images of both eyes generally aren't fus- ed as we suspect they are. In- stead, we are inclined to lean upon one more than the other. QUESTION AND ANSWER

M. L.: What would cause a man's breast to swell and shoulder and arm on the left side to pain?

Answer: Swelling of the breast may come from a variety of caus- as. such as an Infection or a tum- or. Pressure on nerves could pro- duce the pain in the shoulder and arms.

OUR YESTERDAYS

From the Guardian Files

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

tAprlI 17. I932)

The fifth in a series of courses for fishermen was held at the Fish- eries Experimental Station at liai- lfsx. during the past two months. Among those attending were sev- en representatives from Prince Ed- ward Island. Instruction was given in putting up pickled herring and

' vi. dried and boneless rod. practical course on navigation and engines and brine freezing bait and storage.

The S.S. Rillsboro is now prac- tically ready to take up her sum- mer": mute from Charlottetown to Rocky Point. Considerable work has been done on the bust. and the ferry dock was extensively re- paired last fall. it is understood

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HIIIGVBJIIJI

-Sherbrooke Daily Roeofd ' . Tlresllllestesprehln

been around all winter but in: to give the othet HM! pre i that be wlntered In Ila- lds.-liamllton Specular

that the ferry will begin trip. with. in I few days.

TEN YEARS AGO (April 11. 1047)

The existence of a "serious eon- ditiou" with regard as water sup- Ply. sanitation and housing in ar- eas contiguous to Charlottetown is confirmed in I report presented to the Legislature yesterday by a

r ' committee appointed last week to inquire into the matter.

In the Legislature yesterday Mr. R.R. Bell called attention to the recent press announcement that the P.I-2.1. Postal Division is to be abolished and that this province is to be subject to New Brunswick. Mr. Bell pointed out that this ser- vice was agreed on at the time of Confederation and that this ser- vice should not be changed with- out the consent of the Govern-

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Thu are many ways to ...-V, potatoes. a homo economist en. clauses. Alongside a. good nut 3 OXIIIIDIOT-HIBIIXLOI specu.

All this lunatic boiler and Mum. about proving you are a man, M1 that is essential is to

their feathers and cock-I-doodlin; their challenge. wbo cause mar. tblau I W 4;! trouble for lhgm. seven of en Lhmugh

world.-icape Breton Pou om u"

A forester In Canada can do .. accurate job of counting the .1, of a tree. lb takes out a core from the trunk and then co u n 3 , the rings in ark t'ng each yea,-3 growth. in Sw ede n ncienthu have gone fu rt is e r. They hay, invented an instrument that ring only determines the age of the tree. but the relative growth each Iyilar.-Port William Tifneq.J0u,,

The Age Old Story

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