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Recognition And Approval “3 When Prime Minister Harold

staffing, as the Crown corporations. But, before making this or any other change, the Government should turn the whole matter over to the Parlia- mentary committee on estimates. This committee was given the task, by Prime Minister Diefenbaker, of rooting out “expenditures that are unnecessary or wasteful.” The Civil Service would seem to be promising ground for any committee with an assignment such as this. Unfortunately, there are signs pointing in the other direction. Last week it was intimated from Ottawa that the Civil Service Association of Canada and the Civil Service Federa- tion are considering a joint request

SfiMacmillan was in Washington a few weeks agohe told a meeting of the National Press Club that “any dis- :‘l armament agreement, such as to 1: suspend nuclear tests, must include "in Communist China if it is to be ef- "; fective”. '-

Commenting on this, the Ottawa Journal. suggests that what Mr. ifiMacmillan had in mind was “that if inclhsion of Communist China is ll'necessa‘ry to an effective disarma- ‘ment agreement, then an obvious ,‘first’tOwards that end must be the:- rzl'recognition of Communist China”. . “Mr. Macmillan must be asking ihimself”, continues the Journal, “how

. lwe can get an agreement with Com- ;lmunist China about disarmament or :li‘about anything else if we persist in " saying that politically and legally Communist China does not exist”.

It is a strange situation, certain- ly; and‘the question as to Whether Canada should follow Britain’s ex- 'mple and recognize the Peiping re- gime as the de facto Government of China or adhere to the American policy of non-recognition is not one to; be decided lightly. It seems ob- vious, however, that if Canada is going to build up any worthwhile volume of trade With China—a '1 country with a population of‘ 600 millions—the Canadian Government ' "ill, first of all, have to admit,,how- ever reluctantly, that there is such a Government as that which hulds r sway in Peiping. Andthat is all that I‘rocognition”, as practised by the ” Eritish, means. ' r ‘

V US. Secretary of State Dulles has said that if theHUnited States were to grant de facto recognition to Com- munist China, other states. in Asia. which are not under the control of 7 the Communists might regard it as j: tacit approval. That has been sug- gested in Ottawa, too, Ilrahkly, we, ;I: can’t, see that it has me " There’s a great difference'betwee “recognition” and “approval”. Every" ‘ country in the world' “recognizes” Soviet; Russia; but only a few “ap- prove” its political system. Perhaps " ‘ilt would be better if the democracies —all of them—were to Withdraw diplomatic recognition of all coun- ies under Communist control. There might be a case for such action. But iust why, we should recognize all 30mmunist Governments but one is hard to undbrStand.

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There has been a great deal of. press comment upon the evidence

' given to the Senate Committee on

Finance recently by Stewart‘vBates,

president of Central Mortgage and

Housing Corporation. Mr. Bates dis-

:losed that he had cut the staff of

118 Crown corpbration from 2,350 ree years ago to 1.889 at the pres-

. nt time, and in the same period had

‘aken on a bigger volume of work.

i LIe went on to say that his adminis-

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men possible if the corporation had

ween under the Civil Service Commis-

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1 Mail, is the hub of the whole thing

“is far as the Dominion Government

Bis concerned. If the Civil Service Act

" Ezies the Government’s hands,.pre- venting reorganizations and staff changes in the interests of the tax- oayers, then plainly the Act ‘should e changed. The figures speak for

hemselves in this' respect. In March, .945, just as the war was ending, here were 115,908 Government work- Irs; in September, 1957, the last ‘nonth for which figures are avail- Ible, the number had grown to £8,434. Has Ottawa enlarged the flange of its activities since the war quficient to warrant this increase? No one is suggesting mass firings ’rom the Civil Service at Ottawa or Ilsewhere in the Federal system. lust as many branches are over- .taffed,'there are no doubt others hat are understaffed. Any adminis- rative streamlining would involve 'l'ansl’cl's for cases such as this. What . Ilr. Bates’ evidehce suggests is that 'ghe Civil Service Act, and the ad- Eéninistration thereof, should be given lihe flexibility to put the various illovel'nment departments on the

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this service was started before talk came the vogue, thus forestalling the

ground that within another, ten years or so ferries might not be needed at all. 7 I I

is now fairly satisfactory. If all goes I well, th'c'bosts now in operation ought ' to beccpable of looking aftertrans- .portation needs in that end‘ of the . Province for-[some years to come. ‘

-, vice to be made effective at Borden . at the earliest‘possible date. It is

too late for any improvement to be

made} this year; .but‘ every , effort

I ' of carrying capacity fo'f. the ’ “Abengcit” ready for neXt year’s

tourist season. Before this summer. is out — if the’tourist traffic is not 1 far below that of other years —— long

lines of cars and tourists angered by

long hours of waiting will provide

further evidence of the need. Frus-

trations and delays. are not going to‘ be made less irksome by the prospect

of a causeway by the year 1970. ~

9 to report that a motion of non-con-

‘ahead with plans to extend their

—ing Father Damien, famous EC.

to the Government to place the Crown corporations—with about 130,- 000 employees—under the Civil Ser- vice Act. If this were done, the very flexibility that made possible the, streamlining of Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation would be lost to the other Crown corporations. We trust this move will be resisted. One of the undertakings of the Con— servative Party when it was cam- paigning for office was that‘it would make a 'Vcon'scientious effort to purge the Federal Administration of waste and extravagance. The problem is not a new one, by any means; but it‘is to this Government that the people of Canada look for reform. I“

Transporlallon In commenting on the heavy Do- minion Day traffic on the Wood Islands—C a rb i o 11, run, officials of Northumberland Ferries were able to say that“‘no’ one was left behind”. This was a pleasant change from previous years and. of course, the result of the Lord Selkirk’s arrival on the scene. It is fortunate that agita- tion fora new and larger ferry on

on— nu

of a. causeway across the straits be-

official'plea to be patient on the

' The wood Islands-Caribou service

It now remains for improved ser-

' hofidhe made. to have “another ferry ,

EDITORIAL ' NOTES '

Why do the news agencies bother

fidence in the Government was “de- feated?” Does anyone seriously be- lieve that any other outcome was possible? ’

4 4 iv The Icelanders have decided to go

territorial limits to 12 miles from 3, despite the opposition of the bigger ' powers. Good luck to them. The ex- perts spent three months in Geneva trying to come to an agreement on an “international law: of the sea” and ended up by agreeing to disagree. It was about‘time that somebody made them sit up and take notice.

4 4 t I Recently, the'WaShington (Episco- pal) Cathedral dedicated stained glass windows honouring a number of distinguished humanitarians, includ-

worker among lepers; General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army; Dr. Albert Schweitzer, medical‘~mission- ary in Africa; Dr. George Washing— ton Carver, noted Negro scientist, and Miss Elizabeth Fry, Quaker phil- anthropist and prison reformer. 4 4 s It is encouraging to note that the ‘

contract for the new runway at the Charlottetown Airport has been awarded to an Island firm and that work will get underway immediately. The project calls for an‘expenditure of nearly a million dollars and, in addition, there is a considerable amount of other work at the airport to be done. The project means a great - deal, not only to Charlottetown, but Queen’s County generally; in addition to its obvious advantages from the transportation standpoint it will pro— vide employment during the summer and fall months. The Diefenbakel" Government is to be warme com- mended on implementing its pledges

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OTTAWA REPORT“ :

OTTAWA— \A special Philater lie Branch handles all enquiries

postage stamps, addressed to the Post Olfice Departmbnt here. Thanks to-t'he many commemor- Iative stamps. being issued this year, which are fine enough to stimulate world Wide collléctors’ interest, that Philatelic Branch may be heading towards a ‘re« cord sales total. This sales ofifice, with a staff of 15 people, is pro- portionately the most profitable operation of our‘Post Orifice. Last

tiny pieces M colour-printed pa- per for a staggering total of $350,000 ’to collectors who will stick them in albums.

Today a special live cent stamp has been put on sale to commemorate the 350th. anniver-

City by Samuel dc Champlain. ’Ilwenty million- copies of . this stamp have been printed. Nine- tenth-s of this supply, offered for {sale through post offices across Canada, will be disposed of with- in six months. The remaining two million copies will be handled through the Philatelic Branch and will probably be exhausted within

Our Commemorative Stamps

‘By Patrick Nicholson Special Correspondent For The Guardian

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On 30th. July the controversial National Health stamp ‘will be put on sale. This stamp bears the likeness of Ottawa civil ser- vant Florence Sullivan posed as a muse—lot which she received a modelling fee of $5. This choice caused some nursing circles to detest to the Postmaster Gener- ‘al that he should have chosen a real nurse as model. But one nurse remarked knowingly that pretty Florence is “too fresh looking” to be a real nurse. “They couldn't have photographed one of us,” said this nurse, “because nine out of ten of us are haggard- looking."

Pity the poor Postmaster. The Hon. Bill Hamilton, who inciden- tally would have to look far to excel Mrs. Hamilton as an attrac- tive model, protested that his De- partment merely commissioned the artist, Ottawa's Gerald Trot- tier, to design the stamp. It was his responsibility to select a suit- able girl to typify, “National Health.”

Later this year, on dates not yet announced, two other anni- versary stamps will be issued. One will mark the centennial of North America’s first commer-

two years, if previous experience of similar commemorative issues

cial oil well, “at Oil Springs, On-

THE'ACADIANS‘OF P.E.l.

(Continued from Yesterday) During the winter of 1755-1756 there was great suffering among all the newcomers. From Louis- burg very little help was receiv- ed; they too, lacked supplies. Their means of transportation were also very limited. In the spring of 1756 two vessels with provisions arrived, as did another from Quebec, but that was far too little for feeding over 1400 destitute people.

In November 1756, de Villejoin reported to. Lousibung that he had only two months’ supplies on hand. Villejoin reported also that everybody was on rations of only 20 pounds of flour, 10 pounds of vegetables, 12 pounds of beef, 1 pound of butter. and 1 pot of molasses per family per month. At the same time, the old in- habitants were also in a bad way due to a poor harvest. In many cases they had to kill their cat- tle to avert starvation. This would be a great pity said Villejoin, as there was plenty fodder for the 7,000 cattle they now possessod. He further states that he had gathered some 400 of these cattle at Tatamagouche, and that he had sent, 24 young men to Acadia to winter there, so that they might save themselves from starvation. PROVISIONS SENT

It happened that about this time the authorities at Louisburg were able to buy from a French corsaire the cargo of an English ship which they had captured off the coast of Cape Breton. The provisions were sent to port La~ joie for distribution among the

of 1179 quintals of flour, 258 quin- tals of salt ’beel, 3942 pots of molasses, 100 hogsheads of salt, 516 ells Ian e11 about one yard) of rugget, 82 ells of coarse blue cloth, 176 wraps of various kinds, 100 hats, and 2,000 ells of a blue striped stuff for shirts. One of the boats carrying these supplies was caught. in the ice off port Lajoie, but the cargo was sal— vaged by some Indians. FURTHER PRIVATION Still more distressing was the year 1757, Seed grain was br ght from France, but once again crops were a failure. To add to all these misfortunes, rumors that the English were soon to at- tack Louisburg so discouraged some of the people that neglected to till their land, as th ey expected an attack at any moment.

To provide against this contin-

to our citizens in this respect.

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Bese’r By Misforlu’nes

By J. Henri Blanchard. LL. 1).

coast were armed as well as pos- sible. The women and children

were sent up the East river, and ‘

the inhabitants there were in- structed to send their families and cattle into the woods on the approach of the, enemy.

On April 18, 1757, Vaudreuilh governor of Quebec, wrote to the Minister in Paris as follows:

“Commandant Villejoin at port Lajoie has only six weeks’ sup- ply of provisions for the Acadian refugees. The women and child- ren there dare not show themsel- ves being unable to hide their nakedness. It is also the same with a number of the men. Isle Saint-Jean deserves attentidn, It would be agreed pity to lose it; there are now 6,000 horned cattle there. The King should send’ fri- gates to the Island and they should remain there, otherwise the English could easily pillage and burn the scattered settle— ments.”

T0 AVERT FAMINE

On December 10, 1957, Provost, Commandant at Louisburg, writ- ing to the Minister of Marine at Paris. says: “Seed wheat and im- mediate assistaucemust be sent to Isle Saint-Jean to avert famine,

as the last two crops have been ‘

total failures.” He had succeeded in obtaining some wheat and rye from ships taken as prizes by the frigates, “otherwise, the peo- ple would have starved to death. The prospect for the winter of 1758 was pitiable, and many would suffer extreme 'v-ant until the next crop which could not be sown unless seed came from France.” (Canadian Archives, C 11, IV. Vol. 37, page 189)

Such, therefore, was the condi~ tion of the population of hole Saint-Jean on the eve of greater calamity. Only one good crop had been harvested in the last five years, and that was a limited one for lack of seed. During these years even the old inhabitants could barely provide for them- selves. And it must be remember- ed that some 2,000 refugees from Acadia were absolutely depen- dent on the King’s rations which were extremely scanty.

All these people were living in

continual fear of want and fear

of attacks by the English. But the records show that they, in general. maintained a brave front. The authorities at port La~ jole insisted that the people sllould live on their scanty supplies of bread and vegetables, and not kill their cattle.

gency. the inhabitants along the

As it turned out. it would have

tanio; The second will celebrate the bicentenazy of Canada’s first elected legislative assembly, that of Nova, Scotia.

In recent years Canada’s post—

v age stamps have rightly won a

high reputation among collectors, for their design, durable colours and excellent reproduction. Col- lectors only have one corriplaiut, and that is that the admirable issues, such as this summer's

Canadian Bank Note Company in Ottawa, never have .any of those flaws or errors which the true philatolist hunts with zeal.

TWO UNHAIPPY CASES

There have been two notable exceptions to this high quality of design since. the, war. Both un~ fortunately relate to the Queen. One was a single commemora- tive issue bearing a profile of Queen Elizabeth; the other was a series of five'stamps carrying a photograph of the Queen. Both likenesses seemed to be so un- like Her Majesty" and. were so unattractive that the stamps pre- cipitated widespread complaint. They home now been replaced by stamps showing a uddely'accept- ed picture of the Queen.

Canada’s most ‘famous‘ stamp continues to be the 50 cent blue pictorial, depicting the famous Nova Scotian schooner “Blue- nose." First issued in 1923, and withdrawn and replaced in 1930, an unused specimen of this stamp is today valued at over $5 by collectors, .

been better for them to have kill- ed their cattle for food, for in the end, they were destroyed or captured‘ by the English when the fall of Louisbumg involved Isle Saint-Jean and its inhabitants in the same fate. (To be continued) *

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lIn Case Of Sudden Crisis

Be prepared w h e n strikes your home.

In previous columns, I’ve ad— vised you how to prepare your- self and your youngsters for a possible hospital stay, what'flrst- aid equipment and medlcmes you should have on hand in your home, and how to take care of a member of your family who becomes ill. SUDDEN CRISIS

Now let’s consider a few gen— eral preparations which will help you take the proper care of your entire family when one member is suddenly strlcke-n.

For one thing, it’s a good idea to keep food on hand to tide you over in case you can’t get out to the store. You should have enough canned goods, soups, dried foods, frozen foods, fruits and juices to last at least a week. This will enable you to it pro- vide the family with quick, sim- ple, yet healthful meals. Remem— ber, too, that a one-dish casserole meal is good, occasionally, will save you a lot of work. HANDY TO HAVE .

While :1 don’t want you to clut- ter up your kitchen, you might want to keep a. number of paper bags on hand' to use as waste containers for the s i c k r o o In every home should have a tray or wheeled table for use in serv- ing meals during an illness.

In addition to food, you’ll have to think about clothing and linens too. Extra sheets will be needed and the patient will require sev-' eral pair of pajamas. Towels. wash cloths and blankets will be in frequent use, so have plenty on hand. v 7 EMERGENCY. PLAYTHINGS If the patient is a youngster, I suggest you have a couple of toys. or color-lug hidden away for just such lemergency use. .

Now, one more bit of advice:

Jot down a list of phone num- bers of thengrrocery store, the drug store, the laundry and any other sources of supplies that you-may have to call upon-dur- ing a siege of illness.

Your foresight in making these simple arrangements will save you a lot of time, work and worry should a member of your household become bedridden. ‘