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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12. 1M6

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Why The Shortage?

The serious post-war shortage of doctors and dentists was emphasized in the House of Commons recently, the following figures be- ing quoted from a recent report prepared by the Canadian Medical Procurement and Assign- ment Board. "

In Prince Edward Island there is a doc- tor for 1,659 people, and the figures for the other provinces are: Nova Scotia, 1,450; New Brunswick, 2,136; Quebec, 1,206; Ontario, 1,068; Manitoba, 1,438; Saskatchewan, -2,078; Alberta, 1,620; British Columbia, 1,168.

The table regarding the number of den- tists is similar. In Prince Edward Island there is one d-cittist to 4,272 people, and the figures for the other provinces are: Nova Scotia, 4,345;

New Brunswick, 0,442; Quebec, 4,134; Ont- _

ario, 2,587; Manitoba, 3,881; Saskatchewan, 6,095; Alberta, 4,945; British Columbia, 2,743. ' It was pointed out that in the armed forces, for the treatment of young men and wo- men in the prime of life arid in excellent physi- cal condition, the supply both of doctors and dentists was much greater. There was in fact a dentist for every 50o service personnel, as against the average for Canada of one den- fist for 3.477.

“Obviously," said Mr. A. M. Nicholson, C. C." F. member for Mackenzie, Saskatchewan, "there is something wrong. The Federal De- partment of Health should at this stage be pre- pared to indicate the pattern that might be fol- lowed, and also make it clear that the Depart- ment is prepared to go along with any Prov- ince that will proceed to introduce a programme to meet our needs. I realize that it would be impossible in any part of Canada to have the ideal set-up next year or the year after, because it takes many years to train doctors and den- tists. But we should be proceeding in the field of health in exactly the same way in which we proceeded in the field of defense during the war. Disease is an enemy that we should be worrying about."

One dines not need to share Mr. Nichol- son's socialist theories to be in agreement with him that the present situation is far from sat- isfartory.

Wehrmacht Disbanded

The German .\rmy in the British zone of occupation has been disbanded. Its war ma- terial has been collected for destruction, Ger- man Army headquarters have been totally dis- solved, and members of the Nazi General Staff sre being held so that they may receive punish- ment if and when action has been agreed by the four occupying powers.

Less than six months ago, about 52o,- 000 Geffhan military personnel were being held in the British zone to wait their ultimate dis- posal and to carry out essential work for the British. At that time Ur. John B. Hynd, head of the Government Department for Germany and Austria, told‘ the House of Commons that the process of disbandment would be acceler- ated as much as possible in the coming months.

Now 120,000, or less than a fourth of the December figure, 'are being rrlained, disarmed. for work on such tasks as mine-sweeping at sea. the clearance of mine fields 0n land. and labotir and "transport duties. Because new clothes are not obtainable, they wear their 1111i- forms with all insignia removed. Their units are ‘attached to British units by who1n_thev are administered. All Nazi war tnaterial, for a long out Of German hands. has been gath- ered, into dumps, where its destruction is be- ing achieved as quickly as possible.

Crown Companies

;"1'be King Government proposes to per- petuate certain Crown compatiies and pave the way ‘for the creation of still more. This is pro-

[videdi for in omnibus legislation which Recon-

strftction Minister Howe has brought before Parliament. The blanket provisions of the leg- islation would enable the Government to in- vade any branch of industry and draw upon the" Ffideral Treasury for the funds required

to’ set up the companies.

‘ Is it any wonder, asks the Globe and lllail, that the Socialists‘ are pleased? They still hope I. powqaotne day, and it would be con-

' talffditithhit to find the complete foundation f: for an ont-pnd-out program of socializa- tlohloffifnd-nsiry: They favor Crown compan- ' tfecausetliey-provids‘; "devious method by can take over industry and 1m i go- which the people are ac- "? sdyocfated -tl1'ls in the general 1 ~ one year hgoftsn week.

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fThe new controls being timposed through

Howe be called s Socialist. Yet he sponsors legislation which Socialists would compare fav- orably with that passed by the CCF Govern- ‘ernt in Saskatchewan. The answer is that to 1t - Rowe's slranze way of thinking no meas- ure could possibly be tinged with socalism so long as it is fathered by himself. But it is in his very nature to dictate, and if 11¢ is to be the captain of industry he must resort to Socialist ways. -

-The Minister arguesthat his bill "makes no provision for the setting up of any Crown company." Of course it doesn't. All such enterprises, including those created during the war, are incorporated under the Companies Act, I934. But having raised the issue, Mr. Howe was less than frank about it. For years, any Government could incorporate a company under the act, but it had to go to Parliament for the financing. What Mr. Howe proposes to do is to takeaway that Parliamentary safe- guard. Under his plan, he would circumvent this all-important requirement by securing authority to finance any company without as- sent of Parliament. A company set up by Mr. Howe or any other Minister could secure an ad- vance from the Treasury up to five hundred thousand dollars at "any one time."

The Crown company justified itself as a war device, when economy and efficiency were not the first considerations. Some of them must of necessity be continued under Government control, such as Canadian Arsenals Ltd., which is to operate pilot war plants; Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd., since it is concerned with the development of atomic energy. There might even be a good reason why Polymer Corpora- tion Ltd, the synthetic rubber plant, should re- main in Government hands. This, however, is no iustification for giving the Government un- limited authority to set up industrial plants, far removed from Parliamentary control

1- EDITORIAL NOTES .-i

Mr. W. Chester S. McLure, M.P., will be heard over CFCY tomorrow evening at nine o'clock.

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Now that we have been warned, there should be every endeavour to get all the coal necessary to the Island before our own potato exports monopolize transportation.

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Premier Jones is no optimist so far as Ottawa promises are concerned, and takes the precaution to warn us pot to be too sure we will have the new‘ rkbegyveit here this Fall.

Prime Minister King is hurrying home to personally steer the proposed B. N. A. A. amend- ments through Parliament preparatory to their being sent to the British Parliament for en- dorsation. It is necessary for the British Par- liament to give their assent and approval, though it is merely a formality, no opposition being offered in either House seeing Canada

has herself agreed. v x e

Mr. James Sinclair, B.Sc., M.A., M.P. for Vancouver North, who is mentioned as the probable successor of Premier Hart in British Columbia is an engineer by profession. He is a native 0f Banff, Scotland, was educated at the University of British Columbia, Oxford and Princeton from which he obtained degrees. He was first elected to the House of Commons in 1940, being re-elected in 1945. He is a Rhodes Scholar, a splendid organizer, and look- ed upon as B. C.'s coming Liberal stalwart, be- ing just thirty-eight yfars of age.

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Rt. Hon. Robert Anthony Eden, P.C., M.P., M.C., Hon. LL.D., British statesman, born this date 1897; is scheduled to be the prin- cipal speaker at the Empire Parliamentary Con- ference at Bermuda this week; began his par- Iiamentary cafeer as private secretary to Sir Austen Chamberlain, became Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lord Privy Seal, Secre- tary for the League of Nations, and ultimately Secretary for Foreign Affairs; at present dep- uty leader of the Opposition under Mr. Chur- chill.

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Late in December Canadians will be able to enjoy nearly as mulch canned salmon from the I946 pack as they did from pro-war packs, ac- cording to the grocery trade publication, Can- adian Grocrr. A report in the current issue, iust out, says 500,000 cases of the 1946 pack have been allotted the domestic market. This rep- resents an increase of 66 2-3% over the amount Canadians got from last year's pack, when only 300,000 cases were retained in this country for Canadian consumption. The year before it was 250,000 and in 1943, 200,000 cases. If all goes well Canada will ha/ve a large export surplus for the hungry British market and for other sterling countries, as well as being able to sat- isfy the wants of the home market more com- pletely than has been the case since early in the war. Canning will commence sometime this month and 1946 salmon should make its first appearance on grocers’ shelves sometime next December if not before.

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Wartime Prices and Trade Board have taken over control of the butcher-meat trade in Montreal. While there is no real shortage of meat in Montreal, s. board spokesman pointed out that the move is a temporary measure dur- ing the present slow-down in meat supplies which will last until mid-July when shipments from the west will ibring supplies back to normal. The small black market which is go- ing on is the result and not the cause of the present shortage. 'The usual method of opera- tion is s cash payment by retailer to the whole- saler apart from the regular delivery price. Thus, s retailer willing to pay “side" money gets the choice cuts while the honest retailer has to accept whatever is left. The illegal deal- ings fire very difficult for the WPTB to prove. s board official whoWrlll Ffmaneee" each whole- saler and will, allocate illlsnorders m another firm, will break ever blaclrmsrket has

been 16m: 0e. had cotmlete sue an ln,’l'oroato_ recently .

Notes By The Way.

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s. mink w na a women a hut. Then the man takes erdrlnk -londonl'\'oe Press.

Allrlhneverlnahnrrywhen I Y0 man is at her door with a car. e lmows that opportunity will repeatedly. - ‘Ihronto

Try remember“ the "firsts" in your life. You will 11nd 1t a delight- ful as well as good mem-

n ‘ you r her ride. xyour tifigisreamsogagyourflrstnsy a sc o your bicycle, our first movie, your first dis/tel’ —

Establishment ol a school for ‘Into nurses at. Dolhousle 3x111‘-

wiill meet. a need a» has been long felt. Hitherto there have been no facilities for gradu- ate training of this kind 1n the Mar-mines. ‘Ilhe converuencc of re- gistered nursm wtstimg to study

ublic health and hospital admin- bratton nukes such an establish- ment almost. a. ncceslty. -Ha11.f-a.x murmlcle.

These are at the present time 1r. the city of Owen Sound close to 30 churches, large and small. There are a great many people who do not. attend any church. But 1f everybody did g0 to church, 1t would mean 1m average of around 500 people to a congregation. These 311 chmohes require 3 ministers, but

available for shortage.-

intnlsters would be places where there ls a. Owen Sound Sun-Tunes

Canada's fuel shortage, a. result of the United States ooal strike polnts arwther finger to the need or a Canadian national fuel policy, says the Mines Minister of Nova Soot-fa, Mr. Lauchltn D. Om-rle. “There 1s enough. coal 1n Canada to supply the needs of Canada", says Mr. Our-rte. Coal should be declared p. national public necessity and lt should be developed to take care of the na- tional n in peace and war, so that we may not be left at

In another generation or two they may well become a rarity.

That ‘orrlblo ‘nd: that, has some like a wet. fog over de Valera. Ire- land fills us with awe. When th liimerald Isle 1s silent. and peace- sble, then one feels that the world ls out, of otnt and that; we are sitting on e edge of an abyss. It isn't right. Not even fresh re rts of voraciou sea monsters 1n ot- land and British Columbia, and even - heaven help us! — 1n the Saskatchewan River entirely give that soothing sense of postwar no‘:- mallty. We won't get it. till Eire tolls land and the rest o! us where to get. off at and when, and announces 1t with bugles and al.- arimis. --Ha.nt11toi\ Spectator.

Since 1896 no less than 90 million oars and tnicks costing $64 billion have been uoecl in what; 1s now a 94. billion industry. Today more than 30 million cars operate over 1,400,000 miles of highway. Truly a. revolutionary mechanism. the motor oar has influenced a every aspect of American culture. One out of every seven" jobs in this country stems, directly or tn- dlrectly, from motor transport. In the development of mechanical and production know-how the industry enabled us to become the ‘arsenal of democracy" 1r. World War II. Certainly all these llshments merit a. celebration. May the 1n- dustryb next 50 ears be equally as fmltful. - nneapolts Star Jam-mil.

It may seem anomalous that. at a. parade glorifying the motor oar, police mounted on horses kept the crowd back from blocking the route. They were demonstrating one of the imitations o1 em science. ‘fhe anlnmls were belief-m- lng a service for which no maohlne can substitute. ‘The mounted police- man 1s s. long wia/y from obsole-

scence. In handling crowds, he and his horse have no unl. Mot- orcycles and automobiles ave been tried, with lndifierent suoo$. 1t. 1s e b in which both the officer and Ls mount must. exercise 1n- telllgence, and no one has ct. fcundswa tomakesm no t-hlnk. The arses will stay on

stuength for u long time yet Windsor Star. ,

There has never been an seri- the closest relations with Finance and with western Europe generally. It Ls dedicated quite as much by wonomtc as by political reasons‘. B1111? he-houldséltnyllixlafi Alwyn“ c” v.‘ o can B“ F39“ oonuneroe so lsmentnbl static at the moment, 1.1m wo be warm- ly welcomed on nth aides. There may par-Imps b9 some who Ol-lll feel that French politics have not 1'8! sufficiently ehiketi of! their instab- ility‘ f?’ "heiilinxihiffi break egg

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noth could better promote stab- tltt an friendship tn notion as wel as in words from this eonntrv. e revlvsl of Hence n, as It must be, a Britt-sh interest. than some form ogwgffecélli" Dlgffflhlll between our co tries

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The dreadful wartime Invention of such words as trainee and evecuee Kguld be bettsxévlost to the wot-lg.’ wau-eolners is being curried into wwgrinle “wig; Jfrom i

e p n a s about two oonvlnts who from the penttent and were sently captured. _ them "the two should not hsve .. ma,»

1f were were an amalgamation this to be nuns-her could be reduced and more be

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PUBLIC FORUM This eelnmn ls open h the discussion by been eponslenh of qneeflons at Interest. The Oharlottstosvn _ tlnldlsn does not neessssr- l ll) enlone the opinion at, eorrolflonlenh. ‘ I

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I e motto of nee, end "the just aha e as stars", 1s the tribute we pay the righteous. An appeal therefore for Justloe ls one that can never pass unneeded.

lnthetrea entofihemlvnt-

was based upon the Christian Go upon 1ove,— t . Its e on, ‘love my no bour as thyself’. calls for e hon nuslty eve

R11 ustloe; and that en R e is based

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e. new bour" must also be 1y lf the ha!)

see , but, 1f Justice ls to

done. We have heard mulch of the rights of individuals lntor se; of the manta. and the diutlm and the

are all members of the present oration. Their positions have dismissed on mung oocas.

at great. length. ut. there 1s an- other class whose rights been til-amused at such length; 1n afoot, have t.

hardly been all. I refer to the rights o! the operation which has not yet been i m: the next Seneration; the 8e11- enatlon which is "neighbour" to this one. For them I present a plea, not. for ty or generosity, but

the mercy of outside sources." - 1a.] _ -—— nan-a e m“ m ‘ m” .2.“ “b: mmm" n. moo one family in .11 could m“ m? my; mention; afford a. servant» 1n the United ghe_,seng‘tmn W; n And 1 States. In 1944 there was one for know ma, u 1 Sea“ that; use WW1’ 20 find 0 “W! W‘ clearly and oonvlno y the ap- dsy. momma w the Nations! Keel on their behalf not be un- Bumau at Economic Research, 1s eeded, gum“, u“ ymlyqvgql 1n- stem “their” Farmer; sm- .,.,,,r~ m.“ "re .,,.... ~ and. eel ones or w om washing, oookln and n . low I ,J,,,u,, w , new and lone uns- vrobabv ex- What effect, then. hes alcohol, P118111 i116 doQllHe 1W 1111119391‘ when used b ents upon the of the motions domestic servants. "anon WW1,“ yet, w 0mm

nto being?

And 111st, let it be noted. that: times whose nae d alcohol wln ho conquered will he the . not the old; since old are not those who produce ch11 . What

1s the effect of eloohol upon par-

Lh bodyqtaftureparerttturot e tam riiotnm- have the

an e uuurlng the next,

terrible power of

5 and even suoceedlng generations

One of the present. writers has call; ed such substances ‘Racial Poisons

-4.lmt is. things that polsoxrt-he raoe as well as the individual’ .

ons are referred to. such as vener- o are

:11 til": u-sands w nigriinnll-y r33 and slain, before or after hbqrth". and of which diseases. hoes. and syphilis are the worst Some of these may be so severe phat new life cannot originate. ‘In this way onorrhoee 1s a poison whlohtteng; does'to a Oplttlmlntl or child blindness. 2i Der cent vrhicti 1s of zzonorrhoenl origin. dlscused, and the more terrible enemy or: this syisleilglgewlth its i w - org a ni racy

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1 its relat to thus ter- ribi: diseases and ss.s racial poison on 12s lgwn :6 ‘. the pronounce- men ma :-

"We 11nd that alcohol also has tobeclastftedasereohlpolsul,

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spondillltl . o! modem r 5°! alcoholics, agd of alrteln

amuse-uteri o1, which tstlon in the House o! Commons. hastorts the ebmrptlon legit into m this connection Mr. Laur-

‘a. f nosed (is orltv tn Parliament. I would take

1n claim that the Acfreetnent ammu- Y ed beween the Parliament of Can- ada. and the LeeLsla/tme of Prince Edward Island can be charmed 111 any marmer the

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