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"The strongest memory in weaker than the weakest link.”

SATURDAY. JAN. 8. 1955

Parliament Opens

The second session of Canada's 22nd Parliament. since Confederation opened 5'95- terday, with supplementary unemployment, measures looming as an important subject of debate, and with the prospects of more or less continuous sittings until midsum-I incr. The legislation outlined in the Speech- from the Throne includes provision of facil- ties for loans to fishermen for improving their vessels and equipment, for the estab-, lishment of standards for all agriculturali products, and for increased federal contri-L hution towards the removal of level cross-; ing hazards. As anticipated, Parliament- will he asked to approve the Paris agree- ment for the rearmament of Germany and her admission into NATO. 1

it is reported that a special committee will be appointed to study estimates of gov-l crnnicnt spending for the year 1955-36, and if this move materializes and results in sub- stantial savings to the taxpayers, it will be the biggest news of the session. But econo- mies must be practised where they can be, afforded. While there will be a drop of some two hundred million dollars in dc-': iensc spending-the result of completion of, a large part of RCAF defense construction: - the country's overall defense costs arei still high and will have to continue high until the international tension relaxes.

Mainly because of the prairie crop fail- ure. the Gross National Product. to w.hich tax payments to the provinces are geared, has dropped about half a billion dollars this, )c;lt1 This may mean also that the series of bulging surpluses which former Finance Minister Abbott was able to announce is at, an end. and that the current year's fin-I ances will be fairly well balanced.

With its huge overall majority the Gov- ernment has little to fear from adverse Op- position votes in the House; but it would do well to heed Opposition suggestions and criticisms nevertheless. Members on both sides should he alert to see that parliamcn-, tary rights of discussion and scrutiny into the business of every department are main- taincd.

Our Malpeque Oysters

To pilfer onc's good name, as Shake- spc;ii'r poiiitcd out, is felony of the worst kind. Our Malpeque oysters enjoy a qual-, ity reputation second to none in the world,”- and there is not now, and never has been,,l stich a thing as a ”Malpequc disease" to which unfortunate reference was made at: a fisheries meeting in New Brunswick.

The decline in our oyster fishery, which:

was the cause of serious concern some years ago, was fully investigated by a Fislicries (fommission of which the late

Hon. Dr. Cyrus Macmillan was a member; and it was as a result of the recommenda-t lions niadc by this Commission in 1928 that rcniedial ineasures were taken to luring the industry back to profitable pro- ductivity. The Commission found that the decline was prevalent throughout the Mari- times, the production in this Province hav- ing dropped from its peak of 37,000 barrels in 1882 to slightly over 5,0()0 barrels in 1926. Many explanations had been offered for this astonishing diminution, but the evidence was inconclusive. Among the rea- sons given was the method of fishing, with tongs or rakes, which brought up large quantities of sea-bottom consisting of mud and col grass; this dropped back into the water allegedly covered and destroyed the young oysters. Other reasons were the in-

roads of the starfish, the accumulation ofi silt, the destruction of beds by the iakingnon

of sr-a-hottoni most total lack of proper cultivation of beds, and the spreading of disease brought in by oysters from other parts for the purpose of planting or replenishing areas. In Malpeque Bay at that time, the disap- pearance of the oyster was coincident with the planting of some of the beds with oys- .ters from other waters, but whether or not ithese imported oysters carried disease which brought about the death of the native fish had not been clearly established. The Commission found that, with very few exceptions, there had been no intelli- gent cultivation of oyster areas in the Marl- ''times; the beds had been left almost wholly to natural courses and development. It 'recommended a survey of all the Maritime waters by the Atlantic Experimental Sta- tion, the establishment of oyster demonstra- ' tlon areas, the erection of in small experi- ;mental station in the Moipeque Bay area. tand the leasing of A majority of oyster areas to private-individuals or companies with the understanding

lOnly last year was it considered safe

for farm fertilizer, the al-'

that a certain amount of work must be done on the beds each year under Federal

I supervision.

These recommendations were followed in the main, and marked the beginning of the comeback which our Malpeque oyster fishery has made. The Biological Board commissioned Dr. A. W. II. Needler to un-

idertake the oyster research centre at El-

lerslie. Biological study revealed that the survivois of the oyster epidemic possessed an immunity which they could pass on through many generations to descendants. The problem of re-population then became one of expanding this tiny fraction of the original population to reasonable size again. Oyster culture methods all over the world were studied and new techniques particu- larly suitable to the Malpeque Bay area were devised. The growers were induced

,to conduct large-scale tests and by 1946

production had risen to 7,000 barrels an- nually. There has been steady improve- ment since that time. Incidentally it was discovered that a serious enemy to the oyster farmer was the shipworm, which honeycombs the wood of the floats, trays, boats and any untreated wood in the water. The Ellerslie station has been combatting this pest with a mixtur'e of tar and copper olcate dissolved in kerosene or stove oil. Similar remedial measures might prove effective in the Kent County area in New Brunswick. At any rate, it should be em- phasized that our Malpeque oysters today enjoy as clean a bill of health as our equal-

ly famous seed potatoes and livestock pro-,

ducts. We intend to keep them so, and we don't want to hear any more irresponsible references from gOY0.l'lllllPlli officials to a ”Mz-ilpequc disease" which appears to have originated from outside contaminated sour- ces. and which there is no scientific warrant for associating with the rejuvenated indus- try in this Province.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Tomorrow, the lst Sunday after Epi-

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Although final figures are not yet avail- able. the indications are that during 1934 Canada will have received approximately 153,000 inimigraants-the fourth highest annual total since the end of the Second World War.

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Our potato growers are vitally con- cerned in obtaining better tariff treatment than the present rates permit under the United States Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. This matter is discussed in today's is- sues by Mr. D. A. MacDonald, chairman of the P.F..I. Potato Marketing Board, and warrants careful study and attention.

Sturgeon, the caviar-produciiig fish tlial faced a dim future not many years ago, is making a comeback today in California waters. In 1917 when the commercial catch dropped below 10,000 pounds, the State legislature enacted protective laws. to declare a 12-month season. Now a sports- man may troll for one fish, .40 inches or

more, per day.

The Canadian Press has given wide pub- licity to the story of our achievement in quality production of Island Yorkshire hogs. Quoting from Mr. llarold Clay's review ,which appeared in yesterday's Guardian, it lsays that fifteen years ago Island produc- ers were happy to he neck and neck with -Ontario's 37 per cent Grade A standing. t,Olitario has slipped to 31 per cent; island lhogs soared to an average of over 55 per lcent last year, and now are so well bred that no outside swine are capable of im-

proving them. I

The world may be getting better or it.

may be getting worse-it's a matter of ;opinion-but one good piece of evidence for lthe affirmative is the fact that millions of -Catholics have been praying for the -Pope's recovery during the anxious days of ihis prolonged illness. In the United States the National Council of Churches, made up of all the major Protestant and Orthodox denominations, made prayers for His Holi- lness the subject of a special resolution on its annual meeting agenda. Such consider- ations cannot fail to contribute something fine and good to the pattern of human re-

lationships.

John Curtin, Australian statesman, was born this date 1885. He began work as a printer”s devil, was imprisoned for oppos- ing conscription, and in 1927 became editor of the West Australia Worker. The fol- lowing year he was elected to the House of Representatives and held the seat until his death in 1945. He was Prime Minister at the time of Pearl Harbour and called for complete mobilisation. At the Prime Min- istei-3' Conference in London in 1944 he differed from Mr. Mackenzie King on his own proposals for machinery for consulta-

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OTTAWA REPORT

The Army's

By Patrick

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The Canadian Army has started the new year with a new look. through the 1-eorganizatloii of the old Reserve Army into a new form of the even older Militia.

The disappearance of some hon- ored regiments will long be mourn- ed by the boys of the old brigade. ,whenever two or more of them get-

vogether to weep into their beer.

But. the dovetailing of these units.

under new names, and their re- tfzrouping into more compact ad- lministratire formations called fMilltia Groups, will make the boys

on the bench into more powerful reinforcement for the team in play. i The reorganization of the Re-

serve Army was intended to im-

prove lt.s effectiveness. simplify its

administration and strengthen its 'trainlng. Begun on lst. September last. this reorganization is now virtually complete. enabling the new Militia to make a. fresh start: .with the new year.

i Under the old type of brigade and formation headquarters, each isuch controlled :1 number of units lot a similar type. This duplicated jadminlstrative control in major centres of poulation. while at the ,same time separatliig some head- quarters so far from their units that they were physically unable to control them.

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The new Militia Group Head- qiiarters, by contrast, is responsible for the control of all units in its area. regardless of their type. This is expected to improve the whole oi-ganizatian of the reserve force. There are 25 such groups, with normally one in each major centre of population. The density of re- lscrve unit. members. or as they are now called: Mliltlaumen, in Toronto and Montreal is such that there are three Militia. group headquarters in the Queen City and two in our French metropolis.

The other -major change involved the absorption of some Reservei skeletons by their lustier brothers. The result, will be that. all the new tMilitiu. units will at once be much nearer the preferred peacetime strength.

' In this way. the 28th Light Antl- 'Aii'craft Regiment at. Charlotte- town has been absorbed by the P. E. 1. Regiment; Les Voltlgeurs and Le Regiment at Quebec have been amalgamated: the Perth Regi- ment. at Stratford and the High- land Light Infantry of Canada at Gait have been amalgamated un- der the new title the Perth and Waterloo Regiment (Highland Light Infantry of Canada). This rather cumbersome title is similar to many new regimental names which have been thus elongated to preserve the traditions and memories, of the constituent units. . . .

In the some way, we now have the Ldndon and Oxford Fusiliers. replacing Woodstock”: oxford Rifles and London's Canadian Fiiaflieiu; and the Essex and Kent Scottish replaces Chathnmk Kent Pagl- ment and Windsor! Essex Scottish.

The Militia. now about 48,000 strong by comparison with the Regular Army's strength of about

INOWFALI. stones round -their edges- treu. darkly white. slant. In I

knuckle of wind- toboggan branches pi-cued point down in drifts- Like note!

of an unheard song. snow whirl! in Aunleu morning; whirl: wheels in the bright air;

whirls over tout. I shuttle.

of nothingneui

p, we have walked.

footleu under akin falling: walked put. creek:

like lips of children

greedlly swallowing nu. Felt sky. n pnrkn shutting out silence;

felt. sky. moment to hold in the

hand.

solid shaped and cool:

and suddenly blind. we have felt sky wind-loyal against. our eyu: ' our eyeluhal. diamond chum:-It

-Gertrude Mu Lula. in the Christian Science Monitor.

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New Look

Nicholson

60.000, will retain the five regional icommands which operated for the Reserve Army. These are Eastern

'Comtmand. with Militia Group I-Icadquarters at. Charlottetown and at four other cltles;. Quebec

Command, with subsidiary head- quarters at Quebec City and Levis, Sherbrooke and Montreal (2); Central Command with seven Mil- itia Group headquarters: Prairie Command with three: and West.- cm Command with subsidiary com- mands as now at Vancouver and Calgaigv, and with new ones at. Ed- monton gnd Victoria.

These changes all stem from the rccominciidations of the General's Committee. This specially-appointed body of three Major - General: studied the organization, training and administration of the Canal- dian Army Reserveiwlth 3 view to improving its effectiveness, Parall- eling these changes are various im- provements in general conditions of service. and training. all aimed at attracting under our voluntary method sufficient young men to defend Canada in case of emer- gency. It will be a matter of some national pride, and a feather in the cap cf our Defence Minister. I-Ian, Ralph Campncy. if Canada can achieve voluntarily the secur- ity which our NATO allies can only attain through compulsory military service.

Illustrious Scribbiing

(Montreal Gazette)

The life and work of Shake- speare have always had a fascin- ation for the historian as well as the student of literature. Historical "detectives" have sought for cen- turies to unravel the many my- steries surrounding the monarch of English letters. Until now, for instance, there has existed only one reliable sample of Shake- spearc's handwriting, a signature in a church record in Stratford.

The original manuscript: of his plays, the plays for which he has been world famous for centuries, have never been found, The fam- ous First Folio was published by friends and associates years after his death and it is believed it con- tains the plays as his actors re- called them. rather than the orig- inal lines he wrote.

In his personal history. there are many intriguing gaps. one of the most famous is the sizeable length of 10 years, from the time he was 17 until he was 27. No reliable proof of his activities during that period has yet been produced. al- though one vcry plausible ex- planation appeared in fiction form. Duff Cooper's "Sergeant Shake- speure." in which the playwright is presented as A soldier serving England in the campaigns in the Low Countries.

One of the many skilled "liter- ary detectives" working on the Shakespeare story is Alan Keen. an antiquarian bookseller of Lon- don. For 14 year: Keen has been trying to establish the identity of the person who scribbled marginal notes in a history book published in 1550.

.Keen hu established conclusive- ly that the handwriting in Eliza- bethan. Now, he declare: he has positive proof, which he will soon detail, that the scribble: Wu Shakespeare: making notes for speeches in future plays. The book is Hall's "The Union of the Two Noble mi lllustrloul Families 'of Lancastre and Yorke" and the notes outline Iuch famous lines as Henry V': St. Criapintn Day appeal before Agincoui-t.

In 1040, Keen bought I parcel of old book: from on nine in Lun- clshire. In it he found the history by Hall. n hiltory well-known to be one of! Shakespeare's yiinclpnl source: of play material. Ho was "stunned," he says. to find some 400 marginal notes in it which cor- responded so A to Shake- speare's work.

Keen believes. with others. that the original manuscript: of Shaka- npure'n plan were destroyed

Shakespeare was both playwright and actor. van nzed by flrc..I.f Kuvrl proof: no II polltivo II he thinks. the notes in I-lath his- tory than would be a literary ma- lurt.-Wilt only ' insane

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fhll column In up In the lineup- Itnn by correspond nil of uuntionn of lntcrut. The Guardian dun not uuunrlly undone the opinion of oornlpuudculu.

"ONE WORLDISM"

Slrzmwherever "Progressive" ed- ucation raises its voice you will find World Federalism camou- flaged as "liitei-natloiial co-opern- tion" patting it. on the back. "One worldlam" is destructive of national sovereignty: It B a Marxist dream,

In an address before "Ministers Fellowship". Winona, Minnesota, April 22, 1953. Grace Kuokuck

said: "Karl Marx conceived a. plan whereby all humanity's lifeblood would come under one head. one government. one brotherhood of man. Eventually this government was to rule over man's complete destiny. This government was to be A world government, ruled and directed from one source and one source only."

A movement. to indoctrinate school children with propaganda for n supra-national world com- munlty is beig spearheaded by the United Nations Educational. scien- tific. and Cultural Organization. A joint report on "Teaching A- bout the United Nations and the Specialized Agencies." prepared by the Director General of UNES- CO..-declares: that such instruc- tion "should not be. . limited mere- ly to imparting information nbout the structure and activities of the oi'ganizat.ion...Rather should it be seen as D. form of education ccont.r'ibut.tng to the development of world-minded citizens,"

The Editor of "The Canadian Intelligence Service" says "... UNESCO is shot t.l-trough and through with materialistic and leftwlng concepts. and has con- sistently nosed its way into the field of education. For instance.

some months ago the Lou Angelcs schools barred UNESCO booklets from their schools because UNES- CO promotes "one worldism" over national loyalty. And the Ameri-

ed UNFSCO." ..

Here is a glimpse of one World, n6 conceived by Lord Bertram Rus- sel, the idol of UNESCO: "It. is to be expected that advance: in physiology and psychology will give governments much more control over individual mentality than they now have even in totalitarian coun-

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Mon. don't uogloot that lull out. An Old World vllluger who had let: his :0 for months was inla- tuken recently for I hairy Mur- tlnn and mun-handled by a fly- ing saucer conscious crowd. It could happen here! some men sim- ply don't like to waste the tune in the barber! chair. Others feel that long hair mnku them look tellectunl or artistic. our girl Friday tell: us that it merely makes them, and us. look old. Samson was better off without I hair cut. But how many of us no Sizmsom? -Sherbrooke Record.

The Brunt County Council has passed its l.00t.h bylaw after I period of 102 years. That speak! well for the businesslike operation of the big unlctpallty, An over- use of less than 10 bylaws I year suggest: that. most: of the legisla- tion put through has been soundly based. some municipal councils have been known to pass as many as 10 bylaws at. I single sitting. - Brantford Expositor.

We get bnunnu overland from New Yoik where the fruit. in un- loaded from ships bringing them from the tropics. If bananas were brought by ships directly here or to Halifax. we could get. them cheaper if the economic lows ap- pllcable to water shipments were applied. That: wee wold "if" is re- mlndful of an awful lot of omis- sion. Sydney is at seaport inhabit- ed by people unaware of the pulse- beatlng of the Atlantic. -Sydney Post - Record.

The time has surely come when ordinary people, in all their many millions. must demand from their

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. governments much more honesty

in regard to the effects of hydro- gen ' ' 'More and more evidence is accumulating to con- firm what. we. even with limited scientific knowledge, have long believed . . , that mankind is flirting recklessly withi 9. power that can destroy mankind, I pow- er that the most. brilliant scien- tists do not, fully understand and which they certainly cannot. con- trol once it is turned loose. It. is time that the conspiracy of silence among governments came to an end. -Calgary Herald

New farming methods In On- tario nre said to be wiping out the wild insects on which farmers largely depend to have their crops polllnabed. It means that greater attention must: be paid to the en- couragement of,bee-keeplng. The Ontario Beekeepe n' Association has noted that. 3 new industry is opening up in the province. It. is the renting of bee colonies to farm- ers and fruit. g1'oWer's. The facts of life call for an insect to visit the flowers of most. crops to act as the pollination agent. some of this essential work is carried out by wandering breezes, but: mostly it rests on the wings of insects to carry the pollen that will turn I blossom into a fruit: or some item of food from the vegetable king- dom. One of the problems that. will

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Tuuury secretary Humphrey is ready and willing to pay out G300 million to the right: people. All you have to do to benefit from Mr. Humphrey's generosity is prove you're the rightful owner of one of hundreds of matured govern- ment securities that never have been presented for payment. Some of these debts data back to the Revolutionary War and some of the securities were issued to flu- ance the Louisiana Purchase, tha War of 1812, the Alaska purchase, the Spanish-American war, con- structlon of the Panama canal and other historical events. More re- cently. batches of World War I Liberty bonds. pr:-World War II defence bonds and subsequent armed forces terminal leave bonds have not been cubed and are not. euning interest because they have matured. --Wall street: Journal.

Then in a controversy bubbling up at st. Paul, Minn, which is as old as education, as old as of- flctaldom and as old as the strug- gle for liberty. It concerns I lo- yeu-old boy and his father's am- bltlons for him. The boy. in the opinion of the father. 3. newpaper reporter and former teacher, was "coasting along from grade to grade in school and aaalmilutlng little." The father consldereu the son needed simulation. so he took the laid out. of school and proposes to educate him himself. The super- intendent of schools says that will not be permitted. The boy will be sent. back to school in January, or a criminal complaint will be laid. Has a father a vested -interest; in his child? Who is really in control of I boy of school age, the par- ents or the state? -Vancouver Province.

I The Age Old Story

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Dr. J. M. Mather. hand of the department. of public health at the University of British Oolumbiu, uid he doesn't see much sense in com.- pullory retirement for everybody at 60. In the higher echelons of in- dustry, he said, "age appears to be an asset." He agreed that older person: lack the speed in learning of the younger worker. but they make up for it in dependability, Judgment and experts.-Me.

Mora adult education. to enable the older worker to adapt to chang- ing nbflitiu. intone of the immova- menu Dr. lather propoou. Em- ployment of older poi-Ion: meant-

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