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I ‘ Daily (Founded tn 188'!) Alflsorlled as Second ClasLMall. Post Office Department. Ottawa. y President. [on A. Burnett; Vico-neaidont, Wm. l. Burnett; Seep-Tread, G. M. Burnett; Editor and Managing Director, J. It. Burnett; Associate Billion Frank Walker.

“The Slrorrgest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink.”

TUESDAY. JULY Z9 1047

South Saskatchewliii 0am

The proposed dam across the South Sask- atchewan river between Elbow and Outlook will undoubtedly bring very real benefits to a prov- ince which stands most in need of water for irri- gation, power and other purposes. Whether those benefits are commensurate with an estimated outlay of over $66,000,000 is a matter which will require the most cureful study during the gaming two years in which Prairie Farm Re- habilitation Act engineers cre completing their investigations; but the case as presented in the prolisninary report on this project givas ground for optimism. r

For many years plans have been in the mak- ing for a big hydro electric powerhouse on the main Saskatchewan river at Fort a la Corne, some 40 air miles east of Prince Albert. It is known however that the storage capacity of the reser- voir at that site is quite limited. The P. F. R. A. report argues that a dam on the South Saskatche- wan would directly help the Fort a la Corne pro- ject by cutting down rhe present wide varia- tion in the river flow. This would apply also to other potential pow-er sites below the Coteau dam. Because the scheme also envisages divert- ing water down the Qu'Acpelle river, 0nd thence into the Assiniboine, this would mean a better water supply for the city of Brandon.

Present plans call for a diversion of water from tho South Saskatchewan watershed to irri- gate some 800,000 acres in Alberta and rather more than 500,000 in Saskatchewan. Higher figuios have been mentioned, but they seem un- likely to be realized for a long time to come. Even the lower ones do not mean that all this land will be scored by ditches as soon as the reservoirs are built. A great deal of study of sally-this is perhaps most important of all- and of markets for specialized crops is necessary. The present assumption is that wheat will con- tinua to be almost-entirely a dry laiid crop, tak- ing its chances with the weather as in the past.

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z Cabinet Ministers are going hither. and yon, but tho work of Government still goes on. This prompts the Ottawa Journal to offer the fol- lowing reflection: ‘

Many people have an idea that practically all of government is carried on by Cabinet Min- istors, just as they have an idea that Parlia- ment is an executive body. The actual fact is that Cabinet Ministers, apart from occasional major decisions (usually on the advice of offi- cials) do very little governing, and that Parlia- ment, apart from passing laws, does no adminis- "grin governing at all. Government, which is nine-tenth; administration, is in the..honds of tho Civil Service, of a corps of highly trained ex- psrts, technicians and officials; with Parlia- ment's shutters up ‘and the majority of Minis- tors away, thoy go on controlling us, regulating us, taxing us.

That ir what students of government mean when they plead for a good civil service; they know what good government demands-know that while parliaments come and go and minis- tries riss and fall, the continuity of government -ond its efficiency-is in the permanent serv- iso.

Future 0t Shipping

Tho war left Canada with a mercantile marina six times as large as in I939 and with i7 well-equipped major shipyards. Calling at- tention to this fact, the Ottawa Citizen notes that on charter to the United Kingdom and temporarily on British reg‘sti.=r, are 560,000 tons of ocean-going shipping, and in addition there oro 982,869 gross tons owned and operated in tho needs of this important fleet continually iindsr review and to advise the government upon shipbuilding policy, as well ns to administer any subventions Parliament may vote, the Minister of Reconstruction, Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe, has pro- posod to the House of Commons the" creation of o Canadian Maritime Commission.

Canada ended the First World War with a government-built and government-owned merch- ant marina. It was sold or otherwise disposed of, until in i939 tho Doniinion’s shipping was only 35 ocean-going vessels of 24l,880 tons.

At once the war and the German U-boats showed how inadequate this was. So an im- mense shipbuilding effort was needed to pro- duce tho ships on which the maintenance of the British isles as the Allied bastion in Europe da- psndod.

The story of that magnificent effort has already been told. Now those great fleets which cast $626,900,000 are again to be disposed of at on sstimatcd not loss of $208,000,000.

Howovor, a large privately-owned mercan- tilo marina will remain in the future; and the impgrtanco of shipbuilding can be seen in tho. fact that today li2 ships totalling 300,000 gross tons aro under construction.

Tho proposed maritime commission is ro- quirod not only to bring together controls split up between departments of rho government, but to doviso policies to encourage private owners to modernize their vessels and to moko ship- Iiuildors more capable of meeting competition abroad. Its duty will also be to sea that the liorchant marina is maintained as a "dsfinits

port of tho nation's defensive armory" as well as I lldtor iii tho Dominion’: economic strlcturo. . ‘Ihlh all tho more necessary suing that

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Canada i; now the fourth maritime nation in the world and may be the third when tho ships now on charter to the United Kingdom are rc- turned. Whether such predominance should b: maintained is another story but at least the pro- posed commission will be able to advise for or against it.

1- EDITORIAL NOTES —

Now the matriculaiits can really enjoy their holiday. D i fl I It is, perhaps, significant that of all the hardships caused by disruption of the City water supply early‘in the month no one seems to have complained of thirst. I i I "G. B. S." continues to get into the Press somehow or other, even seemingly attempting to avoid it. H'e did not celebrate his 9lst birth- day, and everybody was made aware of the fact. R A’ i i‘

Canada is the largest per capita contribu- tor to the International Children's Emergency Fund, according to Mr. John Alexander, vice-

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The United Nations does not seem to be much more successful than its predecessor, tho League of Nations, in restoring and maintain- ing law and order in Europe and elsewhere.

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There are reports of revolts in U. S. A. government party, in Bfitisli Government party, in French Government; only in Canadian Gov- ernment and Soviet Government Party does peace seem to rule supreme.

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There has been quite an influx here of news- papermcn this summer, and they have all gone away with the realization that things are better cven than they have been represented so far as scenery, sandy beaches, weather, hospitality, and bonhomie are concerned. This is good for next year's tourist prospects.

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The Department of Highways does well in campaigning against road accidents. More ac- cidents are due to want of thought or carless- ness than to mechanical defects or road hazards. In cricket the advice is given to batsmen to "keep your eye on the ball, nothing else." Simil- arly, autoists should keep their eye on the road ahead without distraction of any kind.

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Our rising hopes are having opportunities of seeing the world never dreamt of by their parents and grandparents. This season already Boy Scouts, Youth’: Training, Air Cadets and Sea Cadets have been provided with the oppor- tunity of sending a representative or represen- tatives to Europe to see how the other half live, move and have their being.

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One never knows their luck. Half-a-dozen Fredericton fishermen wont up the West,Mira- michi to fish, taking with them a large hamper of food for the occasion. They went to their pastime, caught some fish, returned hungry to their camp only to find the hamper bare and a big black bear lying on his back in the vicinity‘ rubbing his tummy with his paws. Understanding- ly the fishermen preferred to make ‘themselves scarce hungrily to Gllflléllglflg the thief.

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The Telegraph Journal says Saint John bus- iness men are vigorously protesting against tho proposal to subsidize the port of Portland, Mains, in competition with Saint John and Halifax, the natural Canadian ports for export and import. Both Canadian ports, due to European dollar shortage, are suffering reduced business. Surely this is not the time for Canada to play into the hands of a competing, though friendly, nation.

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Even Ottawa is having difficulty filling its ranks. The C. P. reports that there are six Sen- ate vacancies, diplomatic openings in Russia, Yugoslavia, Turkey and possibly Italy; jobs wait- ing in the Maritime Commission, Dominion Coal Board, the Army Benevolent Fund and the in- come Tax Appeal Board, among others. Thero should beqnp difficulty finding applicants in the Maritimes.

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The Armada fleet sent by Philip II of Spain against England defeated this date I588. The Commander (Duke of Medina Sidonia) was inexperienced; his ships unwieldly and undoi- manned; gunnery inferio., and provisions scanty. The English, fleet, under Admiral Howard with Drake, Frobisher, Hawkins as subordinates, rcuted the Spaniards, destruction being com- pleted by storms. The failure of the Armada was fatal to Spain's prestige, and with it hogan the naval greatness of Britain.

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A recent survey conducted by tho Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) indicates that inssct infestation of stored foodstuffs destroys approximately half as much food each year as normally goes into world trade. To find ways and means of stopping this anor- mous waste, at a time when millions of people all over the world are near starvation, an inter- national group of specialists will meet in Lon- don oii Tuesday, August 5 and work out prac- tical methods for preventing such losses through worldwide action.

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More R. A. T. history is mods this month as a complete bomber squadron carries out a non-stop crossing of the Atlantic from England to Newfoundland on a goodwill and training mission to Canada and the U. S. A. Although this squadron -is one of Britain's newest it al- ready has many battle honours to its ‘credit for it took port in such world renowned missions as the breaching of the Mohne and Eder dams and the sinking of the Tirpitz. The squadron arriv- ed in Washington yesterday to participato in tho fly-past over New York on-Air Force Day. Aftor the hation-wido tour of the U S. A. it will tako

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The devastation of hall ls like no other visitation. One minute the wheat. crop or the garden looks like ii bumper crop. Fifteen min- utes after it. may be all gone. And there are those who say the farm- er's life is an easy one. - Loch. bridge Herald.

In swearing procllvltiea men fall into s. number of classes. There are those who swear occasionally and those who swear continually. The largest class is composed ot those who swear only when they nit their thumb with a hummer or 1n cases at such accidents. Yet. even this swearing at mishaps is a habit which will} grow in a subtle man- ner unless strict. ivutch is kept. - Chabhom News.

We shall succeed in creating n truly Canadian mentality when we mingle freely, one with another, In all our activities which do not. strictly belong to our religion and our French culture properly so-call- ed. When a French-speaking citi- zen learns to know a fellow-citi- zen of another language and an. other race than his own, immedi- ately his prejudices disappear. and vice-verse. That 1s why the oppon- cribs of the unity o.’ the peoples are In favor of isolation. The contact of individuals of different extrac- the best remedy against the animosi- ties of race and religion. -Le Cigir. on.

The elastic bumpers and fenders have pieasanter possibilities for pedestrians and motorists alike. We have had some smell experience in bath capacities. Last winter we were gently nudged by a definite- ly nan-elastic fender. Later we had occasion ta learn that when bump- ers and fenders came together neither was likely to prove elastic. Equipment of the new type might give ll bit and so temper the blow to the smitten pedestrian. He might. be let. down a bit. easier. And then, too, the casual contacts of fender: witzh other fenders, or with awkwardly placed hydrants or hydro poles would leave less lasting evidence if they would give s bit. and then snap back smartly into place. _ London Free Press.

There in nothing llko n summer afternoon. Nature, as a great cat. yawns, stretches herself and basks In the sunlight, luxuriously lazy, smug and contented. Leaves twink- le in the sunlight. Water sparkles and dances. White beaches grow warm fn bhe sun. Butterflies [lut- ter in small snatches af color. Birds chirp drowaliy. Trees, nt. their most abundant. green, cast. shadows on of velvet. Clouds wander high and lazily in I Bk? that is one broad smile. There is no sound louder than the calling of birds and no motion swifter than the stirring breeze. In this Utopia of singing sunlight, with its torpifgying ivarmth and omfon.._one could be tempted to turn IotusEater and forget duty and care "in a land in which it. seemed always afternoon.” -Mon- treel Gazette.

lfosalbly some of our readers have wondered. as we have, what. ls the reason why there are so relatively few house flies this Summer. At least a partial explanation may be found in the lateness of the season this year. Real Spring weather was long in coming, and probably de- ioycd the breeding and hatching procgoaea. But that is hardly satisfy- ing its n complete answer td the almost complete absence of flies which Fart. Erie has enjoyed in 1947 to date. Another possible rea- son may lie in the greatly increased use of that. most effective insecti- cide. DDT. Loot. Autumn it was sprayed on t e walls, ceilings, fly- screens, eta, f a large number of 1001i residences and bhe chemical is so deadly to flies that this wide- Bpfeld BDPHYIHS mu)’ have prevent.- ed millions of them trons living 10M Qmukh to perpetuate their BPNIQa. - Fort Erie Times-Review.

There la a children's story, a favor-ice of temperance lecturers, is- bout a king who was a connoisseur of wines. One day he wiu introduc- ed to o drink he had not. had be. fore. a transparent colorless liquid, refreshing to the palate and, most. miraculously, leaving only benefic- ial after-effects. A discovery which parallels that. of the king who was introduced to water has Just. been made in another palace -t.hist of Westminster‘. A staircase dimly lit- these seven ears became brilliant overnight, a regular users the stairs believed that. the Minis- ter of Works had “ himself by the installation of n. new form of concealed lighting of unsur- poosed brilliance: On closer inspec- l.ion. however, it was found that the Minister had merely had the black-out. paint. removed from a skylight and members had but re- discovered the brilliance of day. - Manchestrer Guardian.

Nutritionists of the Notional Health Service at Ottawa are try- Ing once again to assure people that food is food and that. the old belief that. certain typps of food will "fight" in the stomach ls mere- ly n-yerotitton. They any there is no reason why a meat should not include both lobster and ice cream. Healthful foods do not. create mys- terious poisons just. boc use they oro mixed. People with diges- tions may out. most. foods quito happily. However. as the authorir ties point out. any two foods hard to digest. will naturally cause extra distress if eaten together in large quantities. That la probably the origin of all these beliefs about. cherries and milk, lobster and ice cream. and the other coiriblnationa which well-mooning ,. ,‘ some- time insist ore "poison." Such corn- binations may woii bring difficulty to tho victim, but not because they

part in tho National exhibition in Toronto and " spend a week in Canada bcfoio making tho non-

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Consider The Glacier

(Toronto Tcioirom)

In the report. that. a Nova 5co- ua scientist and his wife are Arc- ric-bourid to measure this speed of glaciers and to record lhkimo music is a lesson in detachment in u world preoccupied with the more business of existence. There is nothing hectic in the speed of glaciers and whatever the emo- tional power of Eskimo music may be it. is doubtful that. it could stir the blood of anyone but. an Eskimo. In the press of daily» events neither seems terrificaliy important, for knowing the glac- iers move at. the rate of six inches or sixteen yards a day won't. but- ter anyoneks bread, and records of aboriginal music won't. increase the supply of American dollars.

But the mind that can t.urn from bread LO glaciers and from dollars to music is the mind that. can view life ‘in true perspective. that. recognizes that. what. counts _.so much at. the moment is tran- sitory, iasting no longer than the zmmediaie present, and that mo- ments are small in the sum of human existence. For that. rea- son the contemplative mind, pon- dering the short. duration of its nWn span and the timelessness of ihe spiriz. finds profit in the study of those seemingly valueless mys- teries which transcend the tur- moil of existence and which chal- lenge the imagination by their permanence.

It. is the quest to and enrich his nature that im- prls man to engage in pursuits which ‘nave little relation to his material existence. He turns when tic can from satisfying his animal wants to religion, philosophy. mu- sic and art and to the abstract sciences in an attempt to discover what he is and what. is his destin- ation. He realizes the poverty and futility of lift- if it. is nothing but n struggle to feed. clothe and shelter himself. He embarks. therefore. on voyages of discovery nrsri returns with the knowledge that. his mind has limitless power but. is baffled by the demands of IISS awn mfinite curiosity. And he scLs out again to search and en- quire for the solution to the cniizmas he himself has created.

Councils may meet. to plan the cconomic recovery of Europe. na- tions may seek to restrict the use of the atomic bomb, but long after the consequences of their deliberations have taken effect the glaciers will continue to move and music will continue to be

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‘rue cunxporrcrowu GUARDIAN

JULY _ 29.13%;

Appointment Of A ommissioner Of Citizenship r

as Acting commissioner of Citi- zenship in the Department of ill! Secretary of State.

In this ppolntment Colonel Jtrug will be directly responsible to the Secretary of State foi- the farmuistion- of policy and the direction of all matters pertain- ing to Canadian citizenship. One of his first duties will be to co- ordinate the work of the Can- niiian Citizenship Branch and the Canadian Registration Branch with s view to speedier and more economical operation. Heretofore these two branches have operated independently. The commissioner of Citizenship will he primarily responsible for the implementation of the Canadian Citizenship Act which came IMO fcrce on the 1st of January, 1947.

In addition to his duties with respect to the Canadian Citizen- ship Act. Colonel xruiz is also charged‘ with the inn-ordination. insofar as they affect the Ped- rrai Government. of the activit- ler of all ethnic and cultural groups across Canada. nrirl as such he will act as liaison officer between such izrouns anri the Fed- eral Government through the Sec- retary of State

Part vf Colonel Kruizfls new duties will also be to investiilfll-P and report to the Secretary ‘ti’ State on the possibility 0i °°' ordination at present and future cultural agevcles under the Juris- diction of tine Federal Govern- ment. l-Ie will also conduct nec- essary liaison between the Dc- pnrtment. of the Secretary 01 State and other Federal Govern- ment Departments nu citizenship and cultural matters.

5010M] Krug was formerly Prn- fessor of Philosophy and Dem of Men at. Mount. Allison U111- vcrsity. He holds the Sanford Gold Medal from Victoria Unl- vcrsity Ind was in 1936 appointed Dominion Follow at. the Institute of Education in the University of Landon. and lectured in Educa- uong] pgychi-iogy at the graduate school there. He was commission- ea 2nd Lleut in October. i939 and joined the New Brunswick Rangers as Platoon Officer in September. i940. From then cu he moved rapidly to responsible

heard in the Arctic. If more risen were curious-to know at. what speed the glaciers move and to understand rhe meaning of the music. perhaps there would be less need for organizations to prevent. them from killing each other.

Daylight Copfusion

(BBC London Letter)

Leonard Miall provided a little light. relief in a recent. edition of

tne BBCs "Radio News Reel" when he described the daylight saving problem of the United