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REE: i _— wish-timber, APRIL 15, 1954. Civic Assessment

Civic administration is big busi- ness nowadays. and while the busi- ness of running Charlottetown is much less complex than that of ad- ministering the affairs of a large metropolis, lhere is equal need for efficiency in tax assessment and collection methods. on which depend the revenues required for meeting current demands and planning future expansion.

It is well that all our citizens should understand the need for the changes introduced on the basis of property re-ovaluation. as announc- ed by Finance Chairman Hyndman at the (‘ity Council meeting Mon- day night. Whether or not. they are in accord with all the details of the scheme. lllPt‘P should be. no dispute as to the necessity for a revision of the present outmoded system.

The new system, while raising total property valuation from $36 million to $77 million, allows for a decrease in the tax rate and for 2 greater equalization of the tax burden. Together with the. new busi- ness occupancy tax. it. will provide an increased revenue of $329,000, required chiefly for salary increases to school teachers and others, for 1he now incinerator and free gar- bage collection system. sidewalk snow removal equipment and cover- age of higher debt charges incurred in financing capital works.

As indicated by Mr. I-Iyndman, the new assessment notices will be going out shortly and citizens re- ceiving them will be weIComed at an ‘open house" at City Hall where will be on hand to ex- plain the valuations and the reasons for making them. This is most. im- por‘iant if the system is to receive lllP support and Cooperation of all concerned. It is to he hoped that full advantage will be taken of this op- portunity to straighten out. such difficulties as are bound to arise in making innovations of this kind.

HSSESSOI'S

Britain At Geneva

If the l'nited Nations world trade conference at Geneva achieves anything of a substantial nature. it will he due largely to the initiative taken by Britain. and not by either the [’nited States or the Soviet. l'nion which have kept mainly to generalities in their opening state— menis. In contrast. the Blritish secretary of :tale for industry. Mr. Edward Heath. has put forth a In- point program which offers to ex- pand dramatically the imperial pref- Pl‘onco system by which Britain has promoted trade. among members of the Commonwealth.

Britain, Mr. Heath said. is willing to irclude all the less de- veloped regions in this system pro- vided other highly developed nations will match the benefits Brit- aii'n offers. It would further agree to the less developed coun- tries having special trade prefer- ences among themselves—favorable terms for trading. that is, in which the better developed nations would not share. Britain also is willing to help protect the less developed na- tions against severe downswings In the prices of their important com- modity exports.

These offers would open up Brit- ish and other rich markets to the products of the less developed na- tions while permitting those nations to protect their own markets against exports from the richer nations. They add up, u the Christian Science Monitor says. to "a clearly oversize half-loaf even when com- pared with the.most optimistic de- of less developed nations

i $20 00 per 3 d elsewhere outside British Com- .l

tfhemselves. who say they are en-

titled now to actual discrimination in their favor." These itions seek such discrimination in order to re- dress obsolete imbalances which worked against them for genera- tions. and in‘Qrder the sooner to be- come valuable customers of the bet— ter developed nations.

In short. as The Monitor con- cludes. the British proposals “poke large holes in the timid generalities of governments who feel good will toward the conference objectives but have not quite decided whether they can afford more than a small down payment toward the better world envisioned at; Geneva."

It remains now to ue seen how the other developed nations will react.

The Wrong Time

It was some relief to note. front Prime Minister Pearson's assurance to Parliament on Monday. that he has no intention of calling an early general election. This is in accord with the advice tendered him in a front-page editorial in the Finan- cial Post the other day. in which it. was stressed that a snap elcmion would be a poor way of meeting the challenge presented at this critical juncture in federal-provincial af- fairs.

With the opposition lying up parliamentary business. and holding in his hand an obviously powerful vote catcher in the Canada Pension Plan. Mr. Pearson could be excused for toying with such thoughts. But his present. problems are not the, kind that can be solved by falling back now on the ballot box. His pro- per course. as The Post sees it. is “solid. honest. dedicated devotion to the present needs of the nation."

The opposition parties might find it politically expensive to appear to be opposed to pensions regardless of the fact that. the present Can- ada plan is a half-baked botch which Quebec won't buy. and out of which Ontario may stay as well. But no election campaign can be kept to a single issue. It would inem’tahly spill over into those scores of issues now troubling all Canadians. In the blunt words of our Toronto con- temporary. "instead of the inform- ed and careful discussion of issues so badly needed. the windhags would be back on the stumps, threatening. promising. i-ecriminating and blath— ering, reopening old wounds and carving new ones."

There is a good deal of truth in these observations. The present situation at Ottawa is by no means satisfactory. The country would be better for a majority government. But there is no assurance that a new election would achieve this re- sult. and evciy likelihood of it hav- ing disruptive effects on Confeder— ation.

Not to speak of our conten— nial celebrations in Prince Edward Island this year.

We'cl Have Missed Him

For a few minutes Monday oven— ing. the rumor that Sovicl Premier Khrushchev was dead swept round the world, and set off a frantic flurry of activity in chancot'icrios and news organizations on both sides of the Atlantic. it was soon corrected. but the shock which it produced Was a reminder of the fact that whatever Mr. Khriishchnv’s faults may be, he is indocd a figure of major importance and that there would be serious repercussions if he

were suddenly removed from th 9 scene at this time. In the present struggle with

Communist China. Khrushchev has been a restraining influence of incal- culable importance. Only last .‘at- urday President Johnson referred ho him as "seeking to preserve peace in the world"-—-v‘riich was a rare compliment indeed. Mr. K. may have his own reasons for doing this, but what of it? So long as he talks in peaceful terms. and acts accordingly. he is entitled to be taken at his word.

We can only speculate on what would happen if he were succeeded in the Kremlin by a loader more in the Stalin tradition. more acceptable to the Chinese and hostile to the principle of peaceful coexistence. which Khrushchev has been preach- ing with increasing emphasis. Por- hapa that wouldn't happen in any case, but who can tell? The possi- bility is there. and it could spell disasterdio all our hopes of world PM 1

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ETAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholsm Awaiting Saskatchewan Election Outcome

'I‘lio uulz-iime of tho Saskalciw- .

“an provincial April is awaited with inlcrcsl in Ottawa. This coiiiplctc the round of elections in all lou provinces within little

election

morc than a your; and it is re- I

markablc that not one govern- ment has been O\'(‘I‘llll"3\\'ll in the inuc (‘lf‘f‘lltlIIS already held.

"\l'ill Saskatr-iiswan follow lz‘c ‘nii chance" pattern?" Ottawa wourlrrs

The (‘CF government in Sask atcficivun. now three short of its 20lli birthday. is the oltlcsl provincial govcriimcnl in Caundadwilli the exception of Albcz'ln's 28-y-car-old Social Credit :ovcrnmcnl. It is today ill“ only socialist eovci'nmcul iii ‘ state in North formed by Tomniv Douglas. and guidcd by him until 30 months ago when he i'csigncd from the pi‘cmicr- ship to assume lhc ‘le:l(lt‘-“>llii‘i ot the fcdcrnl N'DP. At that limo. it was in considerabic disarray and dismay. and it was which conrcricti that it would b0 wiliip- pctl :il Illf‘ noxl clcclion by Lib- ei'ul flirt-cs lrd by Ross Thal- l'llt‘l'. This bolicf was sti'ciizllicn- ed by for high quality of Libcral (‘allrlil’liilr‘s boin: rccriiitod by Thaic'ici‘. and by his energetic. orgnitirin: and his unprcrodcn- lcrlly successful fund-raism: dinners.

HEXDIJNFD .\I.P.

'l‘lli'ill'llf‘l' won his S‘Cr’ll lIl l'tc forlo‘al ll’lIISl“ in 1943. titulc works Illlt‘l' his Zillh birthday. lie (Hill‘le shiuvod himself to bc industrious and ablc. in l? ycars hi' hawamc MIC of tho mrsl popiiiui' yet most coir lrnvt‘rsiul TIPS parndovii‘a‘lly :1 who fouzhl his way vcry Ilf‘il“ flit" millionairc class as a liardunrc merchant llli always larzc hcndlines rear-boil thcir pun-k u lion he defcclt‘d from tho (‘(‘I" and ultimately filthtll‘Illlf‘fll as Liberal lcadcr in llll‘ provincial fivld.

Turin-v Ross is ideologically perhaps llic lasl truc Libcru". In Canadian pl‘llllCS. He has not. ioinc'l tho li4‘llcr-skoltcr rush of his arty collnazucs lo the loft sidc of tho political road. in the thinly di~_'iiiscd attempt to bribe thc volcz's with thcir own mom-y which has typified so many shal- lowly ODl‘llll‘llIlllsl politicians in I'f‘f'f‘fll ycars. This stand has not onrloni'orl Ross in nl'if’l' Lil)- ernls: nor ha: l‘llS alofuess from

lhc Icilmnl Liberal brittle-array. nomny durqu the 1962 Olor‘tion. ' Thatcher

ldcolocit'ally.

. l.\ .. Rut iii. rough tactics do not win friends. REVIVED (‘.('.F.

His only serious opponent in this olcction is CCF premier Woodrow Lloyd. who has ad- vaucod fnvr ' pillb’llf? esteem since he assumed the frayed mantle of Tommy Douglas. He has proved himself in office. and he points to a happy record of prospcrity to bolster his

arcunii-nl that this is no time

a change. Last year Saskai- 1 (-licivaii's farmers for the first

time topped the billion dollar fieurr in production. retail trade is booming. and the province is proud of its record in fine roads and in care for the old and flu" ill

Thr' (CF in its native home of Saskatchmvan has steered clear of tho flt‘vltp with organizr-d labour which has not be n a success olsmvhero. and has re- lainerl llS original name to em- phasch its primary role as a raflif'itl farmers' movement. This. coupled with Tiliatcihcr‘s

afieu toughness. is helping llllt" ‘ support. from,

(‘(‘F to attract Conservative and Social Credit voters who recognize that their parties are not serious contend- ers in this olcction

Liberals here hope that their‘

party will climb Into a victory: it will suron improve on the 33 f‘

mlair vole which it attracted In the last election. But NDlP numbers here at. seem-

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ingly with rcasun. that Woodrow Lloyd. in this his irsl

plete the record of “No change" ; in this round of provincial clcc‘ i ‘ paizii as party lcad-rr. will cont tions.

To Be A Woman

Christian Science Monitor

"Any time is a good time I) bc a woman." said a woman no know when she hoard \vhnl lilt‘ First Lady had Sitlfl wouldn't have it any oilicr way.

However. we sec \\lt."tl llrs. Johnson meant \\'ll(‘lt. l'f‘f‘f‘ll‘llll an honorary (lot'loi'ulo Ill laws at Texas Woman's l'iiiwrsily siic

said: “ll is a good liiiic to be a woman l)(‘l‘i‘IIl~'f‘ your country. more now than at any lune Ill

its history. in iililizin: your abil flies and iulollizouci "

Many womon \\lllt lllf‘ two qualificalions fccl llicy can‘l fully use lllf‘lll as wives and trio- ors. or will lizivc lost the use of llicm by tho linic (Iron arc L'i'ouu and time it) sparc \l least the current American folklore—- stoully dcniod by many happy Iionii‘nuikci‘s. i‘xpioilcd by ’ i-ioloqicul popularili‘i's. sorioiis- ly sludicd by educators

(inc mollicr who has certainly

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appcarcd to solve the problem .

for licrsclf is .\lrs. llnry I. Bunlv iIIE. president of Radcliffe. and

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lattcr ‘ lulion of the rising expectations ,

llie chii- ;

she has been greatly—and some- i

limes controversiallyw conccrn- ctl about helping other women achieve the best llial is in them. There is a kind of poetic justice in the President's appointment of her as the first woman on lllt‘. Atomic Energy Commission But she is just one of the 93 women appointed since January, including two womcn ambassa- dors. to whom Mrs. Johnson drew attention. She very proppi- ly looked beyond the U n il e d Stairs to the world-wide "revo-

of women.” It delights us. Surcly the tem- inine majority dcserves lne

cqual rizhts expected by minori- ‘ . lies. The Prcsidcnl is dramatiz- ‘ ing the situation by seeking out i

women for important jobs. Wlicn equality of opportunity IS cstahlisltcd. the right person should get the right job \vithoui regard to sex. We will always say. “Lcl the best man win." hoping not to be misunderstood.

Thirst Amid A Sea

New York Herald Tribune

The \vit‘icnl Mariner was by no means llic first to dramatize Illf‘ irony of much other. “nor any drop to drink." llttmcr sang of men pining with thirst amidst a son ' waves. and it wa many centuries before lll(‘ first i-riidc methods of distilling: fresh from salt walcr came to help lhc seamen. \‘ow (-oiidciisiiw is common. ' it has I ‘ rclicve large populations afflicted by rli'ouuhl or a falling \valcr lablc.

In many areas of the world llici'o .‘irc critical shortages of water. and with humans being born at mcrcasinc rnlcs. and forming donscr concentrations. normal supplies of this osscnlial clement will patently soon be in-

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siifficiciil in ports. at least. of almost every ian So science and technology

have lenmcd in researches aim- ed at lurnin: son walri' cfirvioly

and quickly into potable water. i

\ While House special study group has just reported most hopefully on the possibilities. ul- ilizing nuclear energy. Indeed. the study suggesls that not only can nuclear power convert sat water into fresh on a practicable scale and at reasonable cost 1975. biil the project will have such by-producls as and climate control. The wisdom of tinkering with the weather in this way lbanish- in: useful cold-water fish and introducing some southern unde-

sirables. as well as raising fog '

problems: is not as certain as the usefulnes of cheap electric- ity. But the real miracle would be that of laying the sea under contribution for fresh w a l e r.

' Some such solution to the water difficulties of countries like Bri— §

tain — despite all its rain and foe— may is good lo know that the need is being anticipated.

Demand For Wolnui Groves

National Geographic Society

Rustlers are prowling through i forests and fields in search of,

unlikely booty—walnut trees. The incentive is great. A large

healthy walnut tree may yield ‘

veneer worth 520.000 wholesale.

Demand for veneer- quality black walnut Iias grown so rap- it'lly that manufacturers are us- ing it at twice the normal rate of 17 million board feet a year. The: U. S. Commerce Depart- ment recently restricted the ex- port of walnut lumber.

The situation has touched off a lively treasure hunt. both by reputable loggers and sortie un- scrupulous people. In southern Maryland. thieves neatly sawed and removed 17 walnut trees from 8 private woodland, They ignore-Tl other species.

STllMPS ARE VALUABLf-I Enterprising loggers pull up sound stumps of long-dead trees.

Those with inlerestinit strain pat— .

terns have sold for as much as

.000

Veneer makers scout for choir-e old shade trees in private yards in some cases. these backdoor walnuts are worth even more than the houses they shade

Old-fashioned solid walnut fur- niture banishc o attics and barns is being hauled out and refurbished or sawed into thin sheets of veneer.

Early veneers were about Valli inch thick, but improved cutting

knives now make it possible to slice sheets only l~28th of an inch thick. This permits match- ing cuts of elaborate grains. Black walnut (Juglans nigral is prized for its dark. lustrous color and striking grain. The heartwood varies from light

brown to a deep chocolate. The .

sapwood is nearly white, but it is now common to darken it by steaming or staining.

Black walnut with alternate dark and light stripes. curved or wavy grain. and irregular growth patterns. Is highly val- ued. Especially prized are burls from very old trees with a bird's eye future on a glossy dark background.

IDEAL FOR FURNITURE

Black walnut makes Ideal fur- niture wood. Straight- grained. it can be easily worke wt t tools. resists warping or swell- ing after seasoning. and glues well. Walnut takes and holds finishes superbly. Polish accen- tuates the beauty of the grain.

Present ‘ day cabinetmakers shudder at the colonial practice of painting walnut. The colonists thought so little of the wood that they burned walnut trees when clearing land or split them into fence rails. Pioneers later val- ued black walnut for essentials such as cradles. mustache. and c ff'na

The early settlers found wal- feet H] with

nuts growing 150 a branchin- holes of It feat.

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Hyperbaric Chambers

By Dr. Theodore It. Van Deueii

Many hospitals are installing hyperbaric chambers to treat a variety of emergency conditions, Including heart attacks. gan- grene. tetany. carbon monoxide poisoning, gas gangrene. and de compression sickness (t h e bends). The technique i's’haa d to

i be of value also in em wand

and impaired circulation.

Operations are performed in the chamber on blue babies and X-ray treatments are given to fight cancer. This is the type of tank that was used to treat Pu- rick Bouvier Kennedy. who at shortly after birth from hyaline membrane disease.

The gas is administered to In- dividuals sitting or lying in a high pressure chamber. The procedure can be likened to ad- ministering oxygen to a person in a caisson 33 to 66 feet under water. where the pressure is two to three atmospheres. ,

The blood in the lungs absorb many times the normal amounts of oxygen because of the high pressure in the tank. As the blood circulates It provides the tissues with all the oxygen they

need for survival. This is the aim of oxygenation. Hospital closets and base-

ments are filled with unused gadgets. machines. and instru- ments purchased at the sugges tion of an overly enthusiastic member of the staff. These de- vices were discarded when the medico or his staff found them only half as good as originally reported. Others were impracti- cable. expensive lo run. or had no advantage over routine pro-

1 am not trying to underesti- mate the value of hyperbaric

N, “ time will tell whether the treatment will be successful and an improvement over existing remedies. It may be lifesaving for those with gas gangrene or carbon monoxide poisoning. An unanswered quu lion is whclhcr oxygen always acts through the membranes of the lungs and Iiow il reachrs lissut‘s the pluzzc .

In addition. “0 arc dcaling

with cxcessivc air pressures and