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-M WEDNESDAY, FA!-23.771. 1956

International Friendship

ll is-no light thing these days for one state to turn down a proffered treaty of friendship with another state; for friendship is one thing that is sorely needqd in so mam areas of international relationsliips and especially in the danger-packer) tension that exists between the Sox- iet. Union and the West. Genuine friendship on both sides would cleai up some issues and prepare the way for settlement of others almost overnight. It is. therefore, easy to imagine the heaviness of heart with which President Eisenhower reject- ed the latest Soviet overture for a 20 year treaty of triendsliip. Yet, no other course was open to the Presi- dent; for, as he pointed Out. iniel” national goodwill does not depend on a "stroke of the pen" but On a "change of spirit" which the Soviets have steadfastly refused to enter- tain in any one of the problems which are keeping the world con- stantly on the brink of war.

Free world nations, while striv- ing to bring about universal friend- ship. must be on guard to protect t.he unity of purpose which charac- terizes their own councils. This. for the time being, is even more import- ant than the other; for, without that unity. there would be no assurance. and indeed no hope. of the free world's ability to preserve its free- dom in the face of the Soviet threat which, unhappily, has not diminish- ed in proportion to Moscow's pro- testations of good intentions.

' .. . , I When, by one clear deed of merit, i i the Soviet Union is prepared to

' demonstrate sincerity of purpose. Mr. Eisenhower and all other West- ern leaders can be counted on to greet the friendly gesture with SP0- uine appreciation. Unfortunately, that time has not yet come.

, Farm Economy Survey

- Interesting to Canadian as well as American farm readers is the re- port, just released, of a comprehen- sive study called ”Economic Policy for American Agriculture". The re- port was prepared by members of the U. S. Committee for Economic Development and it. outlines what they think should be done to restore agricultural prosperity.

One of the committee's most clearcut. proposals calls for estab- lishment of an agricultural stabiliz- ation board "with power to deter- nine policy within, bounds establish- ed by law, and reporting annually '0 the President and Congress.” Headed by the Secretary of Agricul- ture. this "nonpartisan board rep- resentative of farmers, food pro- :essbrs. and consumers, serving long terms. staggered so as to provide continuity, would help to protect policy from short-run political de- mands" such as are often brought to , bear on the secretary.

The three basic problems urgent- ly requiring action are summarized as: first. too much production of some farm products; second, too much instability of Ifarmers' in- comes; and third, too many full- lime farm families with very low in- aomes.

The study stresses the necessity 9f finding long-range solutions to these problems. It opposes both high 'igid price supports, which it can- siders "wasteful" and "self--defeat ng"; and a "two-price system" (to iispose of surpluses abroad at lower Jrices than prevail in the United States) which it thinks might dis- rupt world trade.

The committee offers "no quick Ind easy way out of present fami lifflcultlss". but it expresses firm ' H in the futun prosperity - -and the nation. It re-

:-, (go:-yous that "despite the

I I ttroblerns. many.

I necessary should be shared by the

country as a whole, and not'let to be borne entirely by the farmers."

Yet it expects the measures 'it

proposes would eventually cost the government and taxpiiyer less while benefiting the farmers more. It underlines its declaration that ”we do not believe we can return to a completely free market price sit- uation for agriculture without ex- ,posing farmers to unnecessary risk and instability. But we wish to em- phasize that a satisfactory farm price policy must retain as many of the desirable features of a freely functioning price system as pos- sible." i ,

The committee would deal with the first problem. surplus crops, with "a combination of price supports at grgilually reduced levels, coupled with a program to pay tarmcrs to take some land out of production." (This resembles the widely discussed Soil Bank Plan.) It sliL'f(flSiS for this program a tran- sitional period of five yeiirs. at the end of which it envisions farmers as "able to carn satisfactory incomes at prices that clear the market with- out accumulatlon of excessive sur- pluses in government hands, and without production controls."

To solve the second problem, of unstable incomes, the committee re- commends "moderating e x t r e m e price fluctuations through a system of flexible price supports or income payments and a storage program." These devices would not be used to affect the long-run movement of prices but would protect farmers against sharp and temporary swings of prices and income.

To help solve the third problem, concerning low-income farm famil- ies, the committee would stimulate ”trends already in existence.” Dur- lng the last 35 years, the study points out, there has been a steady movement of people away from farms, with farm population declin- ing nearly a third just since 1940. But any program to move people off their farms ”should avoid compul- sion”. be wholly voluntary, and offer both information and certain financial aid which the study spells out in some detail.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Foreign Minister Chou En-lai of Communist China seems anxious to meet with Secretary of State Dulles to discuss the Formosa sltuatioii. Since he has stated many times his unwillingness to forgo the use of force and has even called on the Chinese people to get ready for war which might, result fr om the "imminent" attack on Formosa, Mr. Dulles would seem to be justified in wondering what there is to talk about.

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The French Communist paper L'HumanIt.e, commenting on Presi- dent Eisenhower's rejection of Pre- mier Bulganin's proposal for a treaty of "friendship", observed that "the door has been kept open for further exchanges". That probably depends on the kind of ”exchanges" the Russian leaders have in mind. There is evidence that President Eisenhower and other Western lead- ers are getting weary of Soviet words unaccompanied by deeds.

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The best wishes of all our citi- zens will accompany RCMP Inspec- tor Nevin, Mrs. Nevin and family on their departure shortly for the Pacific Coast. Inspector Nevin has been a most courteous and efficient commanding officer of the R.C.M.P. In this Province. He has now been promoted to command the Van- couver subdivision, and will be suc- ceeded here by Inspector Martin former officer commanding the Hall- fax subdivision.

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While the amount of 5630.000 has been placed in the main parlia- mentary estimates for completion of the Oceanview highway on the north coast of the Province, this is only the initial stage of a project which may run into 81,500,000. Mr. Neil A. Matheson is to be congratulated on obtaining this consideration from Northern Affairs Minister besagc, who himself, on his visit here last summer, became convinced that the project was of prime importance in developing the Prince Edward Is- land National Park. The project if certainly a fiu-reaching one and will do much to attract a further lnflux of tourists to this Pmvince. It will-make sit the more important the -provision of sdsquste any

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PUBLIC FORUM

This column II open to the dlsrllr stun by correspondent: of questions If inlerul. The Gulrdlln dntl III not-on-rlly emturu an opinion of u.. spondnt-.

THOSE RURAL MAILMEN

Sir,-Every little while we read in your Forum a letter from some- one, usually a mall driver. or his wife, pitying the lot of our rural mailman.

Granted that some of the mail- msn's trips are none too pleasant. We wonder if his lot is any harder than the lot of most other people. The farmers for instance who slashes through mud and wet grass and snow and slush day after day as he goes about his work, while the rural mailman drives over his route in his healed car, with his radio turned on. We wonder how this rural mailmairs lot compares with those linemen who work in their clumsy oilskins day after day

in the icy mild and slush. with thoi

rain running down their backs and their freezing hands handling the wt icy wires trying to get people connected up so that everything can get going again.

The last writer on this thesis signed himself ”Snow and Mud", also in his letter he tried to picture the mailman's unfortunate lot by quoting figures to show that at the year's end instead of having I little profit as in reward, this mail- man is actually in the red to the tune of 3950. The mailman on the route on which this writer lives has been serving our mail boxes for twenty years. Going in the red, according in Snow and Mud. at the rate of 3950. a year for twenty years would amount to sl9.000 What I huge hank lccnunl these msilmen must have when they start in delivering mall and what courngous men they must be. to keep on delivering mail for twenty years. watching their comfortable bank -account dwindle away to the tune of W50 1 year!

Little wonder that some of those faithful mlllmen are now refusing to serve some of their boxes be- cause road conditions force them to get out of their comfortable bested cars with the radio blasting out the latest jazz swing. and get into their wagunns and watch old Dobbin pull them over the route, as they did before the gas mall buggy. came into use.

This writer wonders linw this faithful mailmiin's salary com- pares with the salary the farmer is getting this year from his potato crop. I-is wonders if this faithful mailman whom "Snow and Mud" writes sbout. goes through any more hardships. slush. muck and slavery than some oftlmae farm- ers. who are hoping and wishing for May to come so that the roads may be dry enough for the faithful mailman in come again in his bested car and deliver the mall

once more. ism. Sir. etc.. WAITING FOR HIS Mltll.

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INGLAND I

You ask me. why. though iii of use.

Within this region I subsist,

whose spirits falter in the mist

And languish for the purple sad.

it is the land that frosmen till,

That sober-suited Freedom those.

The land, where girl with friends or toes

A man may speak the thing In W" i ,

A land of settled government.

A land of lust and old renown,

when Freedom slowly broadens dawn

rmn precedent to precedent;

Where fscttnl seldom gathers hand.

But by dances to fullness wrought.

no stroll! of nuns dtffuslvo dlsqbt p

lots that sad specs to war! II

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Close Watch On Iran

By Vincent Bulof. Routers Agency. Tobin

Western governments are keep- ing a close watch on Iran for Rus- sian moves which may provide use- ful clues to future Soviet strategy in the whole of this uneasy Middle East region.

Iran is regarded now as being particularly vulnerable to Soviet p r c s s u r e -a psychological. eco- nomic nr political.

After 150 years of neutrality. she has decided. by joining the Bagh- dad pnct, to throw in her lot with the West. This is a challenge which the Soviet Union is likely to ignore.

Unused to such independence of action by this particular neighbor- ing country, the Soviet Union. many people here believe. may try to prove that it does not pay by bringing pressure of some sort on Iran.

The Baghdad pact is i grouping of five countries-Britain. Iraq, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey-for military, political and ekonomlc cooperation.

The Soviet Union has condemned it as an instrument of aggression which threatens security in File region, and a violation of the prin- ciples of the United Nations.

Russia always has shown I great interest in Iran. At the and of the Second World War. while the Soviet army still occupied northern Iran. Communist - sup- ported political forces seized con- trol of key positions in Iranian Azerbaijan and set up an auto- nomous people'n republic.

Under pressure from the Un!ted Nations. and in the mistaken be- lief that she would thereby obtain important oil tuutesslons. the So- viet Union withdrew her troops, whereupon the Azerbaijan people's republic fell.

GATEWAY TO INDIA

Since the days of Catharine the Great. Russian statesmen have covcted the warm water ports of Iran. Since the Bolshevlst regime Assumed power, lran. politically, also has been regarded as the gateway to the Indian sub-con- tinent. r -

Quite apart from obvious Soviet interests in this country. lrsn's vulnerability is increased by a common frontier stretching some 1,000 miles on both sides of the

Ocaanview Highway

tsumnicrsidc Journal)

3 A report from Ottawa slnles thll an appropriation of 86110.0(!) for completion of the Oceanvlew High- way on the north coast of Prince Edward island has been placed in the main parliamentary estimates by Northern Affairs Minister Le- snlzc. This Information was receiv- ed by Mr. Neil. A. Matltcson, MP. for Queens whnxleserves credit for hls interest in the matter. In an interview with the Guardian corrcs pondcnt Mr. M ” son said he was most appreciative of the decision of Mr. League to begin this Ini- portsnt improvement in the P, E. I. National Park without delay. and lie was sure that all his constitu- ents and residents of the province at large would share in his unprec- Intion. The total cost is expected to be about 31,500,000.

We would like to think that the people are as interested In this project as Mr. Msllieson hopes but we have seen little indication of It during the last few yours that it

bu been under consideration. Yet ,

It is I tremendously exciting pro

lost and one which will meani

nut things to our tourist indus- try. While we,may take pride in our National Park, at mount it is lmle more than three separate battling beaches. with this new opment it will bocoms some-

, hurls! Ittrl being Ions , CI

southern shore of the Caspian sea.

Iran's decision to side with the West has ended speculation and released more energy for tackling domestic problems.

But there are some sections of public opinion here which question the wisdom of joining the Baghdad pact. and ask what concrete ad- vantages Iran derives from it. These people argue that the only result of Iran's move has been to incur Soviet enmity without gaining anything comparable from the West.

Iran faces a crushing budget deficit of some S7t),00i),000 in March, at the end of her fiscal year. United States grants of free emergency aid ended in De- cember. and despite Iranian im- treatlex Washington so far has not committed itself to further free aid.

British offers of long-term eco- nomic co-operation. including the loan of atomic experts, ring some- what hollow in Iranian ears when the need here is for ready cash to pay the wages of civil servants and when the country needs hos- Piiais. schools. roads, buses and more food.

Economically as well as finan- cially, Iran is facing a crisis. Her industries. apart from the giant oil concern which is under foreign direction. are running dawn due to worn out plant. insufficient cap- ital and chronically bad labor eon- itons in a changing age. Recent

'Sovlet dumping of cheap cotton

goods has aggravated the textile situation.

Beneath all this lies the ines- capable fact that millions of Iran's peasants live in medieval condi-

tions, a situation which could easily be exploited by skilled agitators.

The Age Old Story

Honour the Lord with thy sub- stance and with the first fruits of all thine Increase.

Money across the miles

A chartered bank makes it a simple matter for you to send money almost anywhere, inside

or outside Canada.

You may want to get money to a certain City as a gift on somcbody's birthday; or to settle I business account; or to set up 1 fund which can be drawn upon by 1 company salesman, branch office or supplier.

It works the Otilcf way, too. If you are far from home and short of cash, you can advise your "home" branch to telegraph your money to s

' smallpox? some stptes have laws

- Medicciiiy Speaking

by Herman N. Busdeiu. M. II.

TAKING CARE OF CIIILDT I SMALLPOX VACCINATION

It is s well-known fact that in- fants should be vaccinated against

making it compulsory. But many, mothers don't know how to take care of the vaccination after it is given. I

Your youngster may well be in- oculated about t.lie.nge of three months. Certainly no later than one year..

MILD REACTION I

Reaction to s vaccination is us- ually mild if it is given before the child is I year old.

You don't have to give the voc- clnatlon any care until there is sv- tdence that it has taken. Proof that it has taken is the appearance of a small blister on the fourth or fifth day. .

It is not considered advisable to apply a bandage to a normal vac- cination. take. It is recommended. however, that the babies be clad in long-sleeved garments from the time the blister appears until the ;scab drops off.

If your baby scratches the bits- ter, he may transfer the acclna- tion to other areas. And if he scratches off the crust, it might. increase the scarring.

Don't let the gvsccination area get wet as long as the blister or the scab remain. During this time, bathe the baby by spnnlze bathi-

QUESTION AND ANSWER

L.M.: My daughter has pianist warts. What would you advise?

Answer: Plantar warts are best treated by means of .)(-ray: usu- ally, one or two Xray treatments will cure them. r

It is advisable that your daught- er consult a physician concerning trearrneni in her particular case.

OUR YESTERDAYS

From The Guardian Flies

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (February I. 1931)

Leaving St. John. N. B. by the air mail plane next Monday. Mr. Tlmmas Wayling, of Ottawa, will at- tempt to he the first passenger to reach Calgary in forty-eight hours flying time. He will carry greet- lugs fronn Premier R. B. Bennett; the Premier of New Brunswick and the St. John Board of Trade.

The outstanding event of the week was the annual Burn's Con- ('('rl which received well deserved patronage. A large number drove from many points outside the city to be in attendance.

The Dominion Bureau of Statis- tics in the list of births. deaths and marriages for .Iunuary, reports the following for Prince Edward Island; births 29, deaths 26 and marriages 5.

TEN YEARS AGO (February 2. I946) lslanil citizens and thousands of i isilurs to the Island will learn with rcizrct, that Mr. Arthur H. Mould. popular manager of the Charlotte- town Hotcl since its establishment sixteen years ago. is retiring on February 17.

At the conclusion of the five day fur auction at the Canadian Fur Auction Sales Co. Ltd. Montreal, in 43.812 pelts catalogued -10 per cent sold at an average of 334.77. Sales of the new type P.El. and Ontario pelts amounted to 09 per- cent at an average price of 390.78.

After the adjournment of the Doniininn-Provincial conference to- night. it was agreed that substant- ial progress had been made. New foundations were laid on which it is likely a new tax agreement can be built. Both Prime Minister Mac- kenzie Klng and the Justice Minist- er were very pleased with the out- come. anrl said that Premier Jones had invited the committee to resume its discussions in Char- lottetown ”whcrc the real Fathers met"

-writer is s woman who prays for

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The outing of elvnluuni is so thin that it. comes off with 1 little alcohol.-t-Gait Reporter. t y

A hypocrite u' aoniutsy on

delivery from temptation and then goes to I bu-uln sale.--Gait. Re- porter.

Gruul-daddy used to say that its best- things in-life are free, sud it's the some or almost the same to- dsy-tliey require no down psy- ment.-Hsmliton Spectator.

How many diplomats road It sports pages we have no means of knowing. We would like to think. nowever. that some of than read that Berlin despatth. tucked swly with football and hoclms telling how East Ger-msns 1.... Vest Ger- mans luvs got Connor -r to make up an all-German tigm for next year's Olympic Games. For sums to us, as it must seem to others. that this tells a lot about

d. W hits "to .dlspu learned JI.u'lst, but be just”ht::. been around. - It. cstlisi-um Standard.

here J Int ” - couldn't'g.o.t I hu m hld I dowry. an .5. I

and up objection lployeu.-Hamilton Ipocts

A country oorour lscllos sq. day that he will hold court is cug. oi-I. A junior officer It I lnilltsry camp closes the gates on plsatgs grspbers when A fire dsstvoys dwelling house. A policeman tgu.,,, witnessesofssrlmotbwlnsoc tospehktotzbs us. A small-” town mayor rssovss h bold ' council meeting in socrd. ” gives flu reporters) bud-out

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point where you can pick it up. Msny situations and needs can arise - and I chartered bank

has many ways of taking care of them. including the sale of travellers cheques.

'Iliis service is one of the many advantages you ”' if 5:" ”?I"::'" ""m'"m-"w' g ' enjoy in a customer of a chartered bank. You: loaf tuvsusss -cutout bunch is an III-round banking service-centre l'I:sI -04 'I::EmHd"0-P"u' "NW4 that an be helpful to you in many ways. qpdouapgus.' I g ,. I run , cuurrisniio, sauna sssvme yous cotmUN1fI'.Y V i ', ' y . ,' fiwt. t-.x

the fundsment ' German desire for union of all Gerlnllly-038'! -7W" rlisl.

his cogicluslon. all Ivs period Canada. and tr an pug of 1' head.-V ..”,,

Herald.

BRIEFS INVITID

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THE ROYAL COMMISSIOI , ON BROADCASTING , will commence public hearings h Ottawa, on April 30th, 1956

The Commission will welcome brloh loo. organisations, associations and individuals viola to express their Hows with re and to radio television broadcasting in Cllu I. All In-loft mud be in writing and must be addressed to the Socra- lary. Royal Commission on Broaden Ottawa. Canada, not later than A rll 1511:, 19. . A! but thirty co ion of each In-la will In reauiroll hr the Counnlu on.

Each organisation, association or indlvlbd wishing to submit a brief should so Info:-In tho Secretary as url is possible and. In any-event. not later than arch Isl. In order that I 1119- a (volume of public hearings an be prepared and I announced. The Commission plans to hold lb 4 ' Elbllc hearings at various inn throughout

nsdn during the months of ny and June and reserves the right to receive any submission either It public or as private hearings.

Under the terms of Order in Council P.C. 1955- 1796 of December 2nd, 1955, the Commission is directed to examine and make recommendation upnni

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the policies to In followed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation In In television brondclsling activities and the relation 01 such policies to the finances of the Capos- stlnni

the mi-nun-,s nooeunry to provide Ill solo quot: proportion of Canadian wugrlmlvlos for both public and private television broulelsllnu

'tlne financial requirements of the Cm-pow stlnn for television broadcasting and the relation of then In the extent, nstum, stands .1. sud distribution of programmes; the financial ....,ulnmenu of the Corpus- stlon for smuul bmnleullng in the itch! of the development of television and the growth of population In new nus J Canada;

the manner in which the finances for th television and sound broadcasting opera lions of the Corporation should Ind pro- vided and stunned;

the licensing And donlml cl privnu felo- vision Illfl sound broadcasting stations In the public interest; and

such other related matters II the Com- missioners consider should In included In reponing properly upon thou: spa-email.

Paul Pollock! Socruby

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