gtantly in the public mind. , In his younger days, a great im-

manner in which the pledges in this regard had been implemented by Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden. When political promises were disre-

through negligence or indifference - they fell. short of their obligations

' quotations from their own speeches, from their party resolutions and

ing our grievances in Parliament or

voluminous files.

This was but one phase, however, of the activities in which this public- spirited citizen engaged. All his life Mr. Hyndman was zealous in pro- moting our agricultural interests, in preserving our historic sites and monuments, in social service, in humanitarian duties and church af-

in which he was particularly inter- _ested. :

Mr. Hyndman was equally well known for his invariable kindliness and courtesy, his tolerance and in- tegrity. No one could be in his-com- pany for any length of time without being impressed by these virtues, which were native to the man and by which he will be remembered af- fectionately by thousands of our citizens. To his daughter, Mrs. A. G. MacMillan, his nephew, the Honour- able F. Walter Hyndman, Lieutenant Governor, and other relatives, The * Guardian joins in extending sym-

Maps of North America owe a Profound debt to Henry Hudson, the

of the New World. The year 1959

him, he filled blank spots on maps and opened the way for colonization. Many towns are named in his mem- ory. The Hudson River, Hudson Strait, and Hudson Bay attest to the extent and substance of-his explora- tions.

‘Then in April, 1609, he cast off from | Amsterdam in the high-prowed, high-pooped Half Moor-Arrording to

a National Gisirkphie Society bul- Jeti’ the little 80-ton yacht carried

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he ey

‘ ed ee ee a Sagi

More. Meat Consumed

_ It is interesting to note that Can- adians this-year will consume about

body despite the fact that the human population has more than trippled but the number of meat animals on farms and ranches is only a third greater now than it was at the be-

store. Today farmers grow and market

have reduced pre-marketing casual-

sources of supply, is able to order

Spoilage of meat, a most perish- able food, has been virtually elimin- ated—another reason why meat moves from farm to table at a lower service cost than any other food in- volving as much processing and pre-

paration.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Monty's abilities are outstanding, but they don’t include skill in pouring oil on troubled diplomatie waters.

s * *

Premier Smallwood will be in Ot- tawa for two or three days this week, but he says he won’t be calling on Prime Minister Diefenbaker. Per- haps the’ Prime Minister should eall on him. We remember .an occasion when Prime Minister St. Laurent went all the way to Quebec City. to iron out a little problem with Premier Duplessis. *

It is encouraging to note that

produced, which figure in the money receivable by the provinces in the tax sharing agreements with Ottawa

Government is the fact that union with Canada was ony: half-hearted to begin with. There was a bare ma- jority over those who wanted the is- land to revert to dominion status following a period of commission

Premier, turned the tide in favour of Confederation. It was: not a very strong tide, however. If the issue were fought out again, with the ad- vantage of hindsight, it is doubtful

THE GUSHER

On .March 2%, 1959, the House of Commons gave first reading to Bill C-37, providing for the appointment of a maximum of 16 Parliamentary Secretaries at the rate of $4,000 per annum to as-

“Parliamentary Assistants’ will possess a comparable number of

experiment which was, in the

main, a failure.

a prestige which have been lLack-

Dawson wrote in his “Govern- ment of Canada’: “He occupies a Parliamentary

no man's land where he is no

longer an ordinary Member of

Sour Note On Anniversary

the House nor ia he Hsted in the official Ministry.” “ NO IMPROVEMENT pBill C-37 does nothing to im- prove the position of the new

and expected. Im this, the system itself was

Cabinet Minister, have, since the appearance of the first Parlia-

Some Cabinet Ministere who, as

to work answering questions, she- pherding legislation and depart- menal estimates through the House, receiving delegations,

keeping in touch with Govern-

By Ed Simons Canadian Press Staff Writer

Not surprisingly there was a

no NATO member can say it is more secure today than it was before NATO existed.

Up to a point the statement ie true enough. The intercontinental pallistic missile has cast a lengthening shadow over the peace of the world since 1949, and the prospects of international agreemem on disarmament and a host of thorny. political issues have not grown appreciably brighter.

The Russians say NATO's exist- ence is a barrier to settlement of these disp ‘tes, which can be the only real basis of security in Europe or elsewhere. They brand NATO as a chief cause of mistrust.

In most ‘Western mentories it was the other way around.

coup in Czechoslovakia. Italy was threatened from within by a large and aggressive Communist party and from without by a Yugoslav

fathers have never been in com- plete agreement — to the. sum total of MATO's objectives. But the immediate and urgent cause that \brougat them together ‘was the desperate need of halting Communist inroads into Europe.

Today, NATO is subject to two types of criticism. Military men,

assistance to under . developed

operation, dwarfed by the con-

Parliamentary Secretaries in this!

USED SPARINGLY

Other Ministers have used their Parliamentary Assistants sparing- ly and, for the most part, for do- ing routine work.

they learn enough to be abie to undermine the positions of their chiefs

the old Parliamentary Assistants in this regard.

personality of his Minister. Some

and more—of that extra $4,000 per annum. But others may be left to twiddle their thumbs in their officés awaiting a call to duty that never comes. tinuing priorities of the cold war that brought it into being

The chief successes of NATO's first decade must be measured in more negative terms. It has stopped Communist expansion in

for 10 years.

The city of Paris, capital of fine food, has long suffered from a stomach-ache, But a cure is in sight. e

The eity’'s market section ie known as Les Halles. Since the 12th century, food from the pro- vinces has flowed into this sec- tion near the Louvre to be sold to retailers and restaurateurs. Emile Zola called # ‘‘the belly of Paris,"’ and the name stuck.

For some time critics have charged that Les Halles is strang- ling the French food industry and causing big markups in the pric-

operations to an outlying, less crowded section of Paris.

“POPULAR WITH VISITORS

Paris’s Historic Market

National Geographic Market

loads of field - tipened strawher- ries, snowy-white mushrooms, and foot-long cucumbers. Silent observers are thousands of befud- died snails edging along their containers, and crawling heaps of live lobsters waggling suspicious antennae.

The Paris market came to the site about the year 1110. King Phillippe II enlarged it in 1183, and built permanent shelters sur- rounded by a wall. At that time ‘Les Halles sold almost anything, but it began to specialize in food in the 16th. century. From 1854 to

already made Les Halles again

Today mountains of leeks, po- tatoes, and artichokes block traf.

outlying area near a railroad line and good highways might save as much as two cents a pound. on transportation charg- es, planners assert. change is fought by Les Halles’ entrenched middlemen, forward-

-| ers, and agents who hold almost

every inch of ground through

. rule. There is no doubt that the pro- | who look on it as the, nucleus of | porters mingle shouts, laughter, naaiery Privilege. rovages . is : the Western army will fight | and curses into a general hubbub. leanwhile, housewives groan Hudson, on 4 Voyages for an mises of old age pensions and baby . i Pine sl The air reokeof red wine, gartic.| uader the costs. One w o English firm, tried in vain to pene-"| bonuses, aided by the eloquence of | sive abvut its weakness, Civilians | ripe cheese, and fish. . reported to have bougtit a head trate the pack ice of the Arctic..| Mr. Smallwood, who wanted to be | who hope for relaxation of East-| Trading centers im 18 buge/ of cauliflower for 120 france at

her greengrocer’s. She found a note from the farmer under one

MAXIMS

feel pinched. ‘

But the]:

ger that the brain and nervous system might be injured.

In a recent Public Affairs Com. mittee pamphlet (No. 272, ‘Will

tors, defective germ cells, envir- onmental factors, such as hor- monal disturbances in the mo- ther, diseases, the Rh blood fac- tor, prematurity, and external in- juries caused by lack of oxy-

pregnant. And I want them to continue seeing him for periodic

avoided, ° QUESTION AND ANSWER

Corner

Here, in this little Bay,

Full of tumultuous life and great repose,

Where, twice a day,

es and goes,

the huge town,

I sit me down.

For want of me the world’s course will not fail;

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From the Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (April 7, 1934) Bellowing forth clouds of smoke which severly handicapped the firemen in their efforts to fight the blaze, the Freight Office of the C.N.R. on Lower Water Street was extensively gutted by fire which broke out about 4 o'clock this morning. The blaze onigina- ted o- the second storey of the brick structure, and for a while threatened to spread to the low- er wooden freight sheds.

Two. Boy Scouts, Raymond Smith and Wilbur Andrew were invested as members of the

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were ten scouts present at the meeting. Following the meeting the, Scouts went to the P.E.I, Hospital where Scout Smith is confined through illness.

loaf: “I sold it for[19 franes.|- BD How much did you pay for it?’ |.

The purposeless, glad ocean com-

Under high cliffs, and far from

happy hunter will mistake you for a deer. Why not just stay home?—London Free Press

capping their children with long awieward names. Take, for ex- ample, the United Nations Edu- cational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. By the time you

GUARDIAN -

pression had been made upon Mr. | 99 pounds more meat per person ment backbenchers, doing depart- a _ ee Those who officiated at the FROM | Hyndman by the agitation for « eat~ | than our people did 60 years ago. | New Rung On The Ladder | mers ctor sot rot some! ira nthe unborn cha | ciivenings of he Unied S| HALIFAX ferry service for this. Province, in | There is a plentiful supply for every- Arthur Blakely in the Montreal Gazette iaiiia; bane heen HEREDITARY F/.CTORS , Ck > ‘ passed up : _| Many other parents in handi- which he participated, and by the sdiaenitieae. These include hereditary fac TO

digest that your appetite is blun- |

i : j : : ted and are little interested

garded in subsequent years, Mr. Rd oe tl t sist members of the Cabinet to| regard. _And at the other end of the | gen, radiation, poisons and drugs. | i" her a a oak M-S Belle Isle if H : : ginning © century. whom they may be assigned. But a more important reason | line, were the consistently hos-| Of course I don’t expect ail abi 2 $700,000 that

yndman liked to cite the Borden The reason? Increased meat out- There is no opposition to the| for the decline and fall of the| tile Ministers who saw nothing | expectant mothers to spend the | SY besrudge the atitieaie April 2, 15.

tered not whether the party in power tana, al} | course. And the Parliament of | Was that they failed to relieve | kept their assigned deputies at} nancies im “bed. However, I do = M-S Bedford’ ll

‘ Parliamentary Secretaries. not really at fault. It made a- : ‘ examinations unt# after the te int they had in Mr. Hyndman a constant | two or more whic walan a: yeas tantend a tment of Partiamen. | vailable tovall over-burnened Ca-| \ Bill C - 37 contains nothing | birth of the child. salesman you can ae 7” oe a . onitor, Not with abusiv itici eo. ariamen | tinet Ministers deputies who| that suggests that the new Par-| By following the doctor's ad- s N monitor, w abusive criticism, of o They put d f | tary Assistans in years st , : : connection with C.N.R. Route . i ne. ey put more pounds 0 ssis E years pa Id help ca the load. liamentary Secretaries will fare | yice, many of the tial lo e=2s@ “CN but with facts and figures, with ; : was an interesting and promising | “U lp carry 5 potential deng- employ your shipments “C.N.R. to & - meat on beef cattle in-less time. They ; . But a surprising number of | any better ‘or any worse) then! erg to the unborn child can

: ties through better sanitation, better One reason that it failed was) mentary Assistant on the scene,| The legislation defines the du-)/ RT: Is milk detrimental to Newfoundland manifestos, as well as from state- | equipment, better feeding. The meat | that. to the very end, the Par-| iogked with suspicion and mis-| ties of a Parliamentary Secre-| hypertension and nervousness? PATRIOT ments dating back to Confederation, k ts int, 4 liamentary Assistant's status re-| pivings on the system. They have | tary in Section 3 which says} Answer: Milk in the diet is : Canada th inded of th t packer processes meat IntO & WI1G@ | .. mained something of a mystery. tended to regard their Parlia-| blandly: “The Parliamentary Se-| not a determining factor ie hyp- ! ’ ey were remin e error of | variety of products and sees that it _|-He was neither fish, flesh nor | mentary Assistants as intruders, cretary to a Minister shall as-| ertension and nervousness. WANT AD Steamships _ their ways. They must at times have | ioves inte eonsumption while fresh | '*"- young mep very much on the| sist the Minister in such man- . wondered at the source of all the in- ; , ; According to British practice,| make, eager beavers in a hurry | ner as the Minister directs. Limited f ati vials Class k and wholesome. - The retailer, with Parliamentary Under-Secretaries | to displace the great men whom On that basis the employment Phone 8506 Halifax 3-8241 ormation whieh our island SpoKes- | soveral dependable and eonvenient | form a part of the Ministry,| they were sent to serve from | of a Parliamentary Secretary will men had at their command in argu- which gives the post a status and | the Cabinet. varywidely depending on the

DIRECT SAILINGS

ST. JOHN’S Nfld.

May 4, 12, 20, 29.

Halifax thence N. C. S/S to St. John’s,

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. \ just the kind and amount of meat | ing here. their colleagues felt, liked to live | Will become deputies in every s before the Cabinet. In many cases, he wants te fill his customers’ Of the Canadian Parliament-| dangerously, made great use of | sense of the word, working hard indeed, it came from Mr. Hyndman’s mesda. ary Assistant, the late R.M.| their Assistants. They put them | and earning every last penny MAGNA EST VERITAS

YOUR POSSESSIONS!

The things you live with—your home, your busi- mess, your “‘stock im trade’—are all subject to loss through accident or circumstances beyond your control. For your own sense of security, you should learn how easily you can be protected. We will be glad of an opportunity to serve you.

HYNDMAN & CO. LTD.

; ; ' ; ; When all its work is done, the

"3 é ; . : : ae lack of warmth in Izvestia’s| countries and exchange of scien- | Ryror, CaS 1 in- ; : , fairs. He was, among other things, a Field Marshal Montgomery’s idea greeting to the North Atlantic |-tific and tecboical information ee ee . ge ge nie | ‘a a rot ; os 1 os Mine tank prime mover in establishing the Navy | of going to Moscow to talk over “this | Treaty Organization on last) ich ambitions may be real-| the recognized instrument, both call om, of Oe League here after the First World | conflict between East and West” | tga occasion of its 10th birth- | 04 im time, but NATO's little | military and political, of a uni-| when none cares whether it ore OFFICES:

i izin i ; ; publicized achievements along | fied Western alliance in fighting vail or not. ? WN SUMMERSIDE

War, and later in popularizing the must be sending cold shivers down Th. Soviet government sews-| tose fines remain a subsidiary | a cold war that has stayed cold . & CHARLOTTETOW e ceieian Canadian Save The Children Fund, | the backs of Western statesmen. | paper offers the suggestion that Coventry Patmore (1823-96)\ @ MONTAGUE ~~ @ Als

I @ Agents throughout the Province @

Performance!

_ English sea captain who never found | — ; government: that had not yet| Though condemned by econo-| fie for half a mile every night. ree he was ee for in the water. shows a considerable increase over broken °with Moscow. Romania, | mists, Les Halles has been popu-| nespite the caustic protests of 3N YEARS AGO : g 8 | the forecast of last June. Albania, Bulgaria, Poland and| lar with: visitors, the National] taxi drivers, nothing helps until Qtightweight ... me dengiing

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* * © Hungary had become Russian | Geographic Society says. A trip| morning comes and the market- Mr. R pd ewe cordet Plastic tube carries sound of quality cyegioss heesing marks the 350th anniversary of his One factor contributing to the | ***tli#es and Greece was fight- | to Les Halles in the small hours! eers go away. Boy Scout Commissioner, at a wenmels eo ee ee the Hud River. Th h ’ x ing for its life against Commun-| of the morning for a meal of fs meeting Tuesday of the Provin- © ideal for many people for wse im af pour choice from your own voyage up the Hudson River. Thoug hard feelings between the Newfound- | ist guerrillas. onion soup, grilled pig's trotters,| MIDDLEMEN PROTEST cial Selection Committee for the both temple bars to give realism — Evertans Specialist. the fabled Northwest Passage eluded | jand Government and the Federal The organization's founding| and snails is a favorite com) Moving the market te some of stereophenic hearing,

TOOMBS MUSIC STORE

ee il - ss i al Speed = ms — sl : Me ae mee OS a I Pap Ee ee eae ee ne =a eer ma (2 poe ae id oe ae 4 ‘ ‘ « Bi . : ae: beep eeeeepr ey aon eg Fae 2 man peak ‘ ne Si ee : 4 : : i ; ess ~~ wane . Ts ae 3 : ” ; ; . 2 g i ; $ “a x ‘. eee : er 4a : Fe 4 skipper’s orders from the Dutch East ee J india Company wore fi pe Mot Crcet | . NOTES BY THE WAY sage to India through the’ Russian: Most Crucial. i | Arctic. Mutiny in icy Arctic fogs en-. ‘ay Reads Ce aS cy * ! couraged Hudson to disobey. He sail- IT is ironic, that so few wo | Many a man's good fortune t» | We have deluded ourselves tm ed southwagd as far as Cape Hatt- oe pas eee © due to the will power of a de- | to believing we no longer need eras, North Carolina, then north socks ot so of pregnancy, For | ceased relative, — trish Digest,|to work hard. Like the gras = again, hoping to find a northwest rg Se Fr oy aaa arene fay 0 Dublin ‘ hopper in the fable, we would ~ passage through what is now the suacaGaie’ ' Ne ene has 2 belier command | ier dance than knuckle dows - Boe ard “continental United States. Early on This le the tne whee the yet of language than the man who |‘ the tremendous tasks of “tie <2 pe fein Toeen Gai Bs Negemeet: ‘September 2, 1609, the Half Moon’s. unbor child can be most easily | Keeps his mouth shut—irish Di. | moment. We must awaken to the ~ fy Carrier Charlottetown, . Summerside 30c per week . and most seriously affected by peril to which our complacency ., qistincea end United Slates $12.00 per smmum - | glookout sighted Sandy Hook, New a variety of things which affect , is leading us. In our own heed= | Be Mon cleewners in Ti guatce st2.00 per annum | «Jersey, south of present-day Coney the mother, including diseases, wae tens of obsolescence of | lessnoss, we are sowing the seeds _ PAGE 4 TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1950. ‘J Island. To his delight Hudson gazed | 0 06, : German maton ot | mected ae an oe for our own downfall—Quebee ee F upon“a “great lake of water,” Lower | —_ 1, external "injuries elev —*}eonticoming replacement ef the | Chronicle-Telegraph >.) | = te iti x i ’ MONTH Bren machine gun by the ne = ' Esteemed Citizen Passes | New York Bay. Out of this expanse.) [fs Ti ter eke, pon cnied your |SBeew haces FO datemens | Qe ee oe hi flowed the “great streame” that baby’s | Which is seven pounds lighter police % To few men in Canada does this ‘sueliig Wilk” ages : first wor period, a. + den te “— a toe to reveal his recial origin or his — r Province owe so much in the way of Though earlier explorers: had developing. The arms and legs | "te of fire power” pees poses sd crite tae a a “3 ~transportation and other improve- beled tial hetita iilectat sie 7 .| also are forming during the first the police have in the past used — ments as to Mr. John O. Hyndman, : » Hudson a month. Canada,. which. relies: very | this kind of information to di — <a and his men doubtless were the first A , The face and the eye lenses be- | Greatly on trade, is moving into | criminate against juveniles, But — whose death we reported yeste ay. Eu ns to view the Hudson’s , d gin forming about the @ifth or | high price economy to match | the possibility of discrimnation Though he filled no political office, P : a7 : M4 . sixth week. A serious illness or | @ big neighbor which does not | is there: and, misused or not, _ either here or at Ottawa, he was a magnificent scenery—t h e Palisades, FP accident along about this time rely on trade to any extent. The | the practice is wrong. The police . Se rae : the misty grandeur of the Hudson ' , fn might in ‘blindness or | Penalty of ignoring such..warn-| are properly concerned only with source of inspiration to many who | i oniands, the blue Catskills. They ) 1 Be haredip, : ings will be-serious. It won't be | offences: and with facts about a~ — did, and who were enabled thereby pat re : Wh : jae From the sixth to the eighth | @a airy theory enunciated drily | person that are directly relevant ae aineh, tiiake duaies iacwe dems: sailed hopefully as far as present- WY ran week, the development of the|® some men in a university to the offences. Racial origin and eeeernarae. their ve com | day Albany, where the diminishing MAY heed progresses, H also ia @ Vie | Soule in'Cansia is tenon, or| lagi are wot police matters. 3 petently and more aggressively in ; : <8) tal period of the functioning of,| People in Canada in terms of | winnipes Free Press : in For Me. Hyndnas, | ee Pray the lunge and heect. Yet, al this | Dardship, deprivation and unem- | —v2uPee Free PI 3 pee mitorests. or Mr. dyneman, | «the way to the spice isles. 4 the emiryo is less than | Moyment. ry Herald . = though shouldering heavy business . P DL | waoe, dg OldS ¥ g ‘piliti te of alte. Hudson was not discouraged. A Yh two ET te Hunters have been told that The Age story ¢ te cite nage ‘a had | fourth and tragic quest for the 2 Why the time the third month | #@y face a kind of Hobson's:| These six things doth the Tard Jand’s oldest insurance firm, ha westward pasease-tedk hi Hud- sella « the is consid- | Choice when they venture into| hate: yea, seven ate an’ abomin.- 7 passag' m to round baby made a thorough study of our Con- : erably sturdier. However, even | Me Woods. Experis say that the | ation unto him: A proud look, a : : son Strait and Hudson Bay. There, bright clothing wort omred and hands that > federation terms and requirements ras at ae at this stage he or she is- still ng Vv by nimrods | lying tongue, . ' == * | he vanished from‘ history’s_ pages, vulnerable to deafness and heart | #Tacts mosquitoes and black| shed innocent blood; an heart and - through correspondence, —ad- ; ; ‘ flies. Olive drab does not. Soj| that deviseth wicked imagina- ee having been. set adrift by mutineers trouble. Geese you he tions, feet that be swift in run- dresses, and pérsona] leadership in : , Throughout the nine month you have it. Wear a scar- ¢ eee with his son John and seven loyal , d—right up to the time the | Jet shirt and-you are a target | ming to mischief, a false witness - _ such organizations as the local and cai M14 2038 oe Pa Aarfy "| for pesky insects. Camouflage | that speaketh lies, and he that. Maritime Boards of Trade, had kept ' "4 yy) there ix a certain amount of dan.| yourself and there's an excell. | seweth discord among brethren. ; the importance of this theme con- Oadby), # ent choice that another trigger-

eer ’ : BORN OF AIRLIFT ; es housewives must pay. The| 1866, 10 pavilions were built, and ; : pathy. Canada’s : gross national product— ih Gide Gis nak ab es Ook a . soa added in 1936. Within = ae after the —— ei d ’ V the value of ajl goods and services | yn\ airlift and the % wit ing to the marketing | a few years Paris's growth had meeting last evening. The Hudsons Voyage es | ee ee

. of beef, hand trucks}. 653,100 i but fewer than quarrelsome, ragtag crew of 18 or whether a majority for the Canadian ee eee ae P Smet Se Caen U* Oe ts delibinas te de ol ce pe © nan |] 167 Queen Street : Phone 3271 a) The | eonnectios wauld be foritheaming ~ | peace would take the form of! and pushcarte groaning under! be weak. bureau of statistics paid Mendes