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The President's Absence Tilt’ meeting of planned. hovvcrs
ncws that the top level .\'.-\'l'O will be hcld as Iitsctt- of cotirse.
l’t‘c.sidcitt to atlctttl. sonic sigtttlicattcc. it of indicative of thc pat'ttctilut' import-
tittxilllt‘ niahtltty is
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ance of lltt‘ tiicctitig. But thcre is inure to it lhctt that. it is cvtdctice of the grovviitg ft-cling in \\'c.st l‘l’.ll‘itfIt‘;lll circle-s tltat in the past
too lllll-'it ctnpltasts was plztcctl oti i'ttttcti l-Ititopcnn «iiplotnat ptit it tlte other ".\.\'l'(t is a giittt/atiott; thc tiiatn lllll'l)H\P of this
Stetlcs‘ li-a(lct‘sltip. As one
ii-iv ('tl~‘J[)t‘l'illl\t‘ or- ittt-cttttg is to .\'il‘t‘.\\ tltat fact." of
will
Tltctc is still a possibility. that Mr. Eiscitltower
be prescttt. lie ccrtahily will be if there of getting hint Ilit‘l't‘, short of cotivcyttig ltittt oil a strctclicr, \\‘a.shtngton officials will see to tltat. if only to jtistify their contention that he \\lll soon be as wcll as ever. But. assttttting that his place is taken by Vice President .\'i.\on, there is no rcason to fear that the purposes of the meeting will be thwarted because of the change in .-Xmerican t‘cpt'cscritali0n. It is indeed possible that it will have a greater chance of being successful. With all respect to President I-Zisenhower. there is no denying that for some time past he has been pretty much under the dominance of Secretary Dulles who
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is any wa_v
is. without doubt. the most un- poptilar official connected with I\'ATO. Mr. Nixon. although in
theory he will be acting for the President, may and probably will bring a fresh viewpoint of his own which might very well put new vigour into the whole structure. From all accounts. Mr. Nixon has matured very considerably in the last two or three years: and cer- tainly no other Vice President in American history has had such I good opportunity to acquaint him- self with the responsibilities of the executive branch. In fact. he is the only Vice President who has
been called upon to act for the chief executive in atiy important matter.
It will be recalled that when
Presidciit Truman went to Potsdam in 19-13. shortly after assuming the office following the lamented death of Presideiit Roosevelt, there was some apprehension that he might fail to measure tip to his responsib- llity at a very critical time in allied
_ relation:-ltips. it is now hovvever. gctterally l)(‘|lt'\(‘fi that from the standpoint of \\'estern interests vis-a-vts .\'ovict strategy. Potsdam was pctltaps more s.'tti.sfactoi‘_\' than those cttttlcrciiccs at which the ailing .\li‘. ’.ooscvclt had li(‘(‘ll pic-ciil. it is possible that ltls’itH'_\' might l‘cp(‘:tl itself at this month's mcctitig lll l’;tt‘is.
in .'m_\ c:tsc. since the liritish and \\t‘st litiropcan (l()\'t‘l‘llmt‘lltS
are plainl_v determined to make tltis meeting more in the nature of a Sharing of views and less a matter of listening to American pronounce- ments, the ahscnce of Mr. Eisen- hower. though regrettable. Is scarcely a matter of grave import. so far as the long range interests of NATO are (‘f)l’l(‘t"l'llf‘fI.
Hidden Reports
An almost ullbl-"ll(‘\.:-lll~' rcport_ bearing on Russia's app:-rcnl super-
iority in missiles development comes from \K'as|itr‘.glt-it. It re- veals that there are thousands of Soviet scientific reports hidden
away in the Library of Corigt-ess. simply because no on-.- fhought it worthwhile to have them translat ed. This meann. the report points out. that the United States (lov- Qmment and American sclenlis‘s Iulgnor-IntofIgnItdealof rc- Ianrch which bu been going on the Soviet Union for years. It too. 153 lnndl of American . g _ effort. Iince the V hII Ilnody been ‘ ' ltd. pub-
.“a marvellous thing". \\'riting
lished in the untranslated docu- ments which were sent to the Un- ited States for the i1ll0l'n‘i*ll0n of all concerned.
In one instance, Amcrtcait in- dustries had spcnt hui;c'ictls' of thousands of dollars on a hit of research ittto elccti-on:cs_ oily to discover at the end that the Rus- sians had alt-t-a(i_v pcrlcctcd the
design and described it in «let.-t.l in a report vvlticli ito Attic-t'tc.iit —ctcn- tist had read.
B} contrast. the rcpott adds. the Soviet L'nioti makes u.-c of cvcry bit of scientific itifoi'm:~.tion which is rcportcd around the world. Every document. report that comes ittto their hands, irom what-
ot‘ jot:t'ital
ever .\ttlll’t'c_ is lllllllt‘(lItl(‘l} traits- latcd and rccortlcd. .-\s a l‘t‘~'Uli, in many cases .\‘ovtct sci.-tttiszs know more about what is got.i~_; on in .-’\mcrican scictttific L'lI'v'lt*s than do many American scientists tht-nt- selves.
Tlits whole thing. of (tltl.7'.\t‘, can
be attrtbutcd to that l‘l’l.sl1 .-\lllt‘l"
icait ltahit of intai:ttttn-_; tlt.:t \‘ll.‘lt Anierican sctctttt-ts don't l\'llii‘.\‘ isn't worth knowing '-rtti that no
country in the world cottltl. po\_\~tl.|y go ahcad of thc l'nitcd States in
any field. In rcccnt \'tt‘t‘l\'< that tiotioti has I‘l‘('t‘l\'t‘fl a grcitt sliock. but whcthci‘ it has conic lll time to do much good is .'i tit.t’sll(tll But
imagine an_vonc's allowing import. ant scicntific t‘t‘pol'ts‘ to be slowed away in a library bcl'or«,- tlicy have even been looked at to see whether‘ or not they contained art_\tltin_g of value.’ A plain jackass would lcnovv better than that.
EDITORIAL NOTES
The head of the l'nited Kingdom Atomic P.‘iiet'gy Atitltority has “do- plored" reports that Britain is far ahead of the L'nitcd States in - the development of hydrogen power. lie did not say that the reports were unfounded but only that “such ob- servations are iiiappropriate in operation programs of this kind and are likely to be misleading".
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The Most Rev. (lcotfrey Fislter, Archbishop of (‘antcrbur_v, has called Russia's launching satellites in his Diocesan Jottrnal. Ilis Grace added that “Russian scicntists de- serve the and adntiralion due to all who extend the ability of men to understand attd control the
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physical world in vvhich thcy live‘.
respect
t at a The I-‘isliciies l“cdci'ation ltas asked for stricter inspection in the lobster packing business.‘ If. as soine members claim. there has been a falling oil of quality in re- cent ycars. the rccommcndation should be given protttpt consider- ation by Federal fisheries author- ilics The lobster fislicry is too ini- portant to the economy of this l’ro~ Vince to be Hll(l\\(‘fi to suffcr from carclcss packing practices. 0 O O Some of thc ittctttbcrs of the (‘an- adian Trade tnission itt Britain are said to be a little pcrttirbed over the in of the provincial hotels vvhcrc no ltcat is provided ex- cept throtigh coin-fed gas heaters. The visitors ought not to feel sorry for the people vvlto have to ptit tip with that sort of thing all the timc. Thc_\ arc used to it. .\lany of them wottld not want it any other way.
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too
O G i \\'hcn Britain and the I'ititerl
Slates sent arms to Tunisia their declared purpose was to keep the Tunisians from accepting them
from the Russians. Well. since then arms lt-ave arrived from Egypt. which had reccivcd firm from the Russians. The French are pro- bably right in thcir contention that giving gifts to a country like Tunisia in the hope of forcslalling Russian influcnce in just a waste of money. 0 O
I'ttitcd States’ atttltot-itics cautiotiing would-be lnvcstors about buying stocks front high pressure telephone salt-smi-n. The idra. ac- cording to the (‘.l'l'»"I°I"1tll of the Securities and Exciiaiige (‘ommis- sion. is to "alert the in ’t'~'TlnQ pith lic to the danger of bu‘ Lug t:ttknt,wn securities". Somehow it a little difficult to feel ~.o:t'y for anyone who is foolish enough to buy stocks from unknown salesmen wlm work by telephone, vvhclhcr thcv he of the high pressure or the low pres- IIR type.
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l Justice F;The Moritimes
By Heath Mar-quarrlc, M.P. 4
Ottawa of this heck last provincial Pretnters.
saw the ten their cnbr
net colleagues and advisers meet ;
wttlt Dominion Government lead- ant conference to
relations between the provinces and the central government. It was pleasant to renew acquaint’ anccs with the members of the provincial delegations. not only front othcr delegations with whose members we Id become l('~ quatnted over the years.
.\londa_v's sessions were open to the public. and I wIs Ible to spend the morning listening to the sessions and also to leave the House of Commons for the Ifter- noon session to hear Premier Ma- iheson present the Island brief With very few exceptions. all those who spoke It the confer- ence couched their remarks in courlcous and cordial terms and the atntospliere of the open ses- sion was altogether harmonious. P.M.'s A’l'rlTl'DE
Without doubt. the Prime Minis- ter of Canada made I significant cmtiribuiton to the development of slt(‘h a happy atmosphere. As the Ottawa Journal pttl it. he was . tried in a new role. that of chair- I man of a Dominion-Provincial ga
thcrtng and he made I great suc- llis charm and urbanity. his
099$ dollllcss of thought of s-pct-cli made him an ideal pre- siding official for such an impor- gathering. llts gesture to-
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3 in the proceed- ings when he delivered portion of his rcmarks in French. Premier Duplcssts commented on this in I particularly appreciative vein and noted that in all the years of Ur. \la<-Kettzie King‘: Prime Mi- ntstcrship he had never made sttclt a gt-stitre.
(if course. lromtnion Provincial Conlcrenccs are not new in (‘an- ada in a c0untr_\' like our: there are two le v e l s of government. central attd provincial. and the tclatittnsliip between the two is al- ways a matter of great political and ecoiionitcal interest The col- lection of revenue in I federal state is divided bctwccn the two .r-vcls of government There I! Il- so a division in responsibility for providing services to the- pcople
\lttttday Ind Tttcsday,
and facility ‘
HILL
For instance we expect the Ot- ,tawa government to look after i matters of national defence. post offices and the like btit other inat- ters, such as edtication and llI'.!h- wa_\s. are reserved for provincial ‘ Jurisdiction GREAT DISPARITY in Canada there is great dispar- ‘ ity in the revenues available to l the different provinces since their tax base varie. so inttch. For in stance. one mt ht compare the, corporation taxcs of Ontario and Prince Edward Island. Yet the demand for services in lhute days of the welfare state are‘ heavy in all provinces. When Canadian Confederation was brought about in I867 it was thought that the pl‘0\‘ln('(‘S would need only I limited amount of revenue to take care of provin- cial responstbilittes. In those days the heavy charges were on the Dominion Government. For in- stance. great amounts of money were spent in railway building but l very I00n after Confederation the balance changed. The provinces had to meet heavy welfare andi social service obligations which were not part of the political pat- tern in the middle nineteenth cen- tury. Later they became involved, in heavy expenditure for highways I Is road traffic replaced rail traf- 1 fit: in competition for the tax dol- ( Thtis. ever since the articles of (‘onfedcration ' there has been a constant need to readjust its financial basis and l the economic history of (‘anada reveals a tendency to arrange for subsidies. special grants-in aid and other techniques to bring about some sort of balance not, only between the provinces and‘ Dominion bill as between the rich . er and the poorer provinces To make the matter more acute and dtfftciilt modern conditions have accentuated the gap be- t w e e n the wealthier provinces and their less fortunate sisters. Discovery of oil in Alberta. for instance and the mining devel- opments of other provinces have caused thtse areas to ap far-« ther and farther ahead of the \larltimcs l MARITIME DISABIIJTII-TS Indeed. one might say that the only constant factor in the whole
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6 New Symbol For Turkey
fltic of the longest suspension bI‘l(l'..'(‘\‘ in the world is tng Ht‘lV*s\' the Bospurul at Is lanbul. Turkey. linking Europe to Asia. the
4.. -foot span rises II I now synthol of 'l‘urkev‘s unique place in world affairs. The ancient land of \»ta \ltnor is western in spirit though its people are Wnslvms, II is the only countrv ltnldtn g membership in thc \'ot-th -Atlantic Treaty 0rgnrriu- lion and the Baghdad I-nd Bal- kan pact:
Thu keystone notion is slight- lv larger than Texas and just as
dry in places the population
numb:rs <onte ... Jill. of l whom the pastoral Kurds are ‘ the largest minority.
SIX .\'I-‘.I(‘.HRORs 0‘ nr-rt-door neighbors. Turkey has many. Her territory in Ett- npr h r a c e borders upon Greece and Bulgaria. Easterly l bordrn are shrrcd with the Sr» viet Union and Iran. On the south Turkey has I short mon frontier with Iraq Ind I long frontier with Syria. Turkey s recent years. despite
act In rlnln .1 sprout like mushrooms. A
Inevitable . .,. ‘ dult: had to go to school to lean
_ ‘ the new letters. New pended publication and vlrt||lI- 11 no books wen II Tur- key In ms
soil of Anatolia. the great cen- 'ral plateau over which flood waters traditionally carried .\'o— nlt's Ark to Mott/at Ararat V
Few nations have advanced so
far so fast It as y years ago that Ataturk. the fa her of the republic and first
president. broke with the veiled
communities Into I
'. thoroughly weslernlzed, de- mocratic state.
t A constitution was adopted. church and state separated. age- old customs abandoned The fel..v I symbol of 0ttomIn dIyI. was outlawed. Families had to take Ittnumes Sunday became the le-
-gal weekly holiday Dates were-V
‘reckoned by the Gregorian ul-
- endnr. or n time. only western music could legally be played.
t Most jolting of all was l9fl'I
'elIInge in the alphabet. Bi-avely. Turhey dl.%('."f‘d(‘d Arabic char- Icters. which were lll-sultted to express sound: of the Turkldtl language. and susbrttitutr-cl I LI~‘
ttln alphnbet This created In
agony of conhuion A-
"I‘u1|h|I People Ill over the wtrld
l¢iottIIId)«‘tlv¢IdoInIto IQIIIIIML
story of Confederation has been the gap between the Maritime Provinces and the rest of (‘an- ada. Tins has been taken note of tinte and time again as when the White and Duncan (‘onintissmns were appointed and has been re- corded in freight acts and the like and yet the depressing dis- parity continues. it woul seem that fuller recognition of theMar- 1times' position is now evident. indeed. it is neither an exaggera- tion not‘ In evidence of political partisanship to say the year 1957 is I high water mark for the .\larttime Provinces. It is just a few days at-'0 "181 the Prime Minister of Canada an- nounced the Dominion Govern- ment's bold and imaginauve pro- gram of assisting the power de- veloment of the small Eastern Provinces. This will be I great boon to Nova Scotta and New Brunswick and should be equal- ly helpful to our own province which is perhaps farthest behind of Ill in economic terms. The new and cheaper power general- in [ova Scotta and New Brunswick can readily be made available to Prince Edward Is- land users through I marine ca- ble. An increase in the industries of our neighboring provinces will mean more people for them and thus more markets for our agn- cultural products. A dcvclopnicnt of manufacturing in the Maritime region should ‘.lII‘(‘l_V help its in obtaining the goods we need with-
out paytng the excessive freight ' rates which have long been I pro- ‘
blem for Island consumers. The direct results of more ample and
cheaper sources of power In our‘ certainly be
own province will considerable. NEW DEVELOPMENT
All in all, this new development ' one w h i c h all Nlarittmers should hail. At last these special circumstances of otir area have been considered. and it is only right and proper that these factors which are bcyond our control should not be allowed permanent- ly to depress our economy
Of great importance too is last weeks announcement that I spe- cial fund will be made available to the Atlantic Province: to help serious economic
mite figures have not yet been revealed we can be sure that Prince Edward Island will re- ceive more satisfaction
_ from the l)omtition Treasury than
ever before. All in all these past few weeks have been good ones for ottr Atlantic rr-gton __...____
PUBLIC FORUM
l'\lI column In «upon to the dlncuo ‘III of quutln If Intent. rm GuItd‘In duel nnl neceo Inrlly endorse the opinion of carrot paodonta
HISTORIC SPRING PARK
Sir.--- Now that Sprlnl Park has joined the City of Charlottetown by the vote of its people. many will no doubt. W0l'l(iPl"Whfl‘Q the nnme originated.
Colonel Grey . ut forty acres of land. bound on the north out by
I I spring-fed brook On this pro-
perty Colonel Grey built In Eng- lish manor house. which he call-
ed Spring Park House. Ind ' ' me one of the show places of Charlottetown. After some yeIrI the Grey
family went abroad. The pro- party wait sold to Theophilitn DeIBrlsI_v. Esq. Ind his wife. the fonner Miss Dorcu Stew-
tend ed north to the Rogers Hardware
Allergies Are’ Constant Plague
I’ I N. lundenen. "-9- ABOUT l74)00.ll|0 Americans have In Illerlytof 0"‘ 5°“ °'
Inotlter.
For most of them. the winter months mean h-IPDY Yell?‘ '""“ ugezing, wheezing. gasping for hfellh, scratching and all UK other miseries of aller8i¢S- 3"‘
for some. winter weather still hrings trouble. IOTHERED BY COLD
Asthma victims. particularly.
we bothered by cold weather. for cold air is In irritant.
I think most of you who have asthma Rlille this when you’ step out of I warm room into the cold of winter You're apt to feel I tightening up in your chest.
ld also troubles victims of other allergies. Those who a re hypersensitive to cold may suf- fer skin eruptions l-Sven more serious. they may suffer Several 8 oc .
Believe it or not. the first Trust 1 not always mean that hay - sufferers can stop worry-l ing. I-‘ar front it. i
Many persons are allergic molds as well as pollen. In fact. next to pollen. molds cause more hay fever and asthma than any other allergen.
If you are exceptionally senst-l tlve to molds. you'll have com-l plete relief only when the ground l is frozen and covered with snow.
Warm and dry spells. even dur- ing winter. mean that the wind may whip tip enough filtsl con- taining mold spores to bring on
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there al- ways is the danger that your own home contains enough allergens to bring about an attack KJURCE OI-‘ TROL'Bl.l-I
how you can escape that even in the most meticulously kept house hold
. loo, dogs. cats and oth‘ or pets may produce allergic symptoms no matter what the season.
Finally, few of us are comple- tely free from worry and stress situations. And I have often in the past how such com- plications can aggravate asthmn. eczema. hives and other allergies
Unfortunately. some allergies Ire with some of us summer and
winter QUI-ISTION AND ANSWER
A Reader: have I yellow stain on my teeth. What can I do to remove it?
Answer: Stains may be caused by bacteria mucus. calcium de- posits. tobacco and various sub- stances one eats. Since the re- moval of the stain depends on the cause. it is best to consult your dentist.
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NOTES at THE WAY
'0 no Ill h IIVC of then Ichoou which teach young lIdiII how to be charming. Ilthough we think the girl: Ihouid be warned that there is I limit to the I- mount of charm I run cut I «Hamilton Spectator
A uniform system If
traffic accident: ncrou CInIdI could become this country's greatest preserve: of life III limb. Accurate Itntistlcl could pin down accident cause: clear- ly Ind suggest fectlve curu. They might provide some sur- prises. top-Vancouver Sun
The Kremlin may not be a clever in exillng its outcasts such as Molotov. Malenkov and Shopl- ' tic poets. 1' these old-hnnd Communists may get the men there to "liberate" Moscow impernlista. hrooke Daily Record
A Chicago policeman who chu- ed and caught I moving freight trIin to deliver I traffic ticket to the conductor deurvol I citation.
ed Press report says the train had too long delayed Iuto traffic by loitering It I level crossing. High time some Ictlon was taken against rIilwIy road- hogs. ~ 0ttIwI Journ
some very good advice to mu- nicipal councils Ind to school boards, as it is Ilsa to govern- ments of all levels: if they Ipond what they should prudently nvfil. e ut
spend thnt is not to be . A win bIlIncI tween the two is what tlvlI coun- try need: — Kingston Whig-Stand ard.
Altlntnwlomnhanprat-.
C II! mod II‘! headed for Ulll oi two common destl
nations - ti..- hoopltnl or the |.lnd€l'lalvt‘t
Itockvlllc Recorder IAN Northdlffe II I dlnncr ta-
ma-nlnl Northcllffe answered [Jlttlll- ptly: "When that morning (luwit
In 15 years. The man who u llv on up one day to find himscll in how’! been IIleep."- lit-ti
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BEWARE. 0 TIME
‘Beware. 0 Time, I have you1
l caged; ;
1 Your wings are clipped to hu- man s ed.
l Your windy monologue is caden-l - l
ced now
And parccled- out ll meet: my i need. . ’ This disk I wear that holds you] i captive t ‘ alts of you in monotone l springs Ind
.'l‘hIi leaps from twirling wheels ' Precise as any man has known.
Diffuse you were, now fast, now
sow, Elusive. Iwtft Is swallow wing, Yet twice I: cum and still II
l swaps 1 And fleeting like I day in Spring. And if who . ' A wind of wings goes rushing by s if in answer. fast ' slow.
this wntclt should stop- t then"
George l\lut'ray lau the New York Times.
iThe‘AgeO|d story
Re thou In example of the he- Ileverrt. in word. in converiutlon. II charity. in spirit. in fIIth. II purity.
OUR YESTERDAYS ‘ (From The Guardian I-‘llnl TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Discussing the potato situation yesterday I merchant who been in the market buying pola- ‘ toes for some time explains that . the Idvuncc in prices now being I enjoyed throughout the Maritlmes was due largely to the opening of . the Toronto market through wat- ‘ er transit. The difference of 27 cents enables Maritime shippers. to enter competition with others for the central provinces‘ mar-
ct.
Various phases of the subject of Illegal shooting and fishing were dlilcuued It the regular meeting of the Fish and Game Associa- tion II.-tt evening. Several cases of illegal fishing I nd shooting
to give evidence. TIN YEARS AGO .. tDec. 8. lN7t The practicability of establish- I Youths‘ Guidance Council
r. . . Director of Education for the Pro- whee.
Ilncclhepoulngofthcordcr Octoberzird
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