THE GUARDIAN

vunim--a Avery t--day monuu Al we Prince sired. blrlouetawn. P.E.l. by tn: Thnminu Company l.td.. M King St. W.. 'l'orunla.

Montreal Offico. & Unlveruly Towrr Bldg. ”Cov!rI Print: EIIIII IAIAII Llll (I: Del” l-Jditnr. Frank walker General Maura. l:n A. Burncll Member C:nAdlAn Daily Newnpapcr Publllbcr: Ansociallnn

Member of tho lSanadi:n P198! Member Audit Bureau of Circulxliunl Bruin-ti office: At Summernde. slonluuuo and -lib:-rlon Authorized AA Second Class Mail by the Punt Otliol

Department. Ottawa.

dy tnrlrr: Uhallullclown. humnlersltle Slain! per un-

ium. Bin-wheru in F. E. l. 99.00. Utlier l'rouucu And C. 5. H290 per Annum

"The strongest memory I: weaker than thA weakest ink.”

WEDNESDAY, AUG. tfisss Travel, Present and Future

Despite strikes and the throat of strikes, passenger servite on the North Atlantic is hooiniug .15 never before; and it is expected to make 1955 A record year. According to recently published figures, 6tiil.8ttl persons made the cm.-zsiitg ;-1bo.ii'Li surface vesscls and eiiriincis in the first six months of the year; this compares with 672.637 in the st-llllt-' period last yo-ar; but 1'escrv;ili()ii.s for the ol the rcusoii are nutclt IlltZIlPl' than last year's l'igurc.s. The report shows that airliners are in- cicnsiiig their business at a good mop; llt'ktIl'lIlPIP.N'S, s'ttri';n-e ships re- main the prcl'ci'rt-ti pzisscrigcr voli- iclcs, having carried in the llcl'l(liI under review from the lfnitcd States and ('anada to the L'nitcd l(ingdom and the continent -Itltl.-Sill. 219 ilitilin-til 2tl(l.()tlll air passciigcrs. The position of the ships would have been even better but for the railway and steam- ship strikes that hit Britain in May and June.

Less than fifty yeais ago the ease and speed with which passeng- ers now journey from one side of the ocean to the other were beyond the imagination of anyone hut the sci- ence fiction writers. And It is only now, we are told. that the real story of speedy travel Is beginning to un- fold. Within another thirty or forty years. it is safe to say. the ways of transportation which seem so amaz- ing today will have been rendered obsolete by the advancements of the atomic age. if there are any ships at all. they will almost certainly be propelled by atomic potter; and two days.-perhaps one day---from Mont- real tn London will be regarded as leisurely journeying. As for aero- planes. it will be a very old-fasltioned machine indeed that will take more than 8 couple of hours for the voy- age. indccd, scientists are talking already about trips ”cvcry hour on the hour" from the old world to the new and back again.

(7hiIdrcn now living will scc lhcsc future wonders, and they will look back on this mid-c.cntut'y and call it the time of the incredible slowness. Just as we ask, concerning our for- bcars, ”how did they manage .to accomplish so much when it took them so long to move from one place to another?" so will lIl(l.k'P who are living in the 80's and 90's ask con- ccrning ourselves. And then, as now. mcn will be talking about more won- drous things to come.

l'9sl

Mr. Dye's Views

An Englishman of note now vis- iting the Province is Air. t'cciI Dye of Worthing. lie and his wife are guests of Ml!-X. McNichol of Phila- delphia at her beautiful summer es- tatc in (Tardigan. Mr. l.)yt-, now semi- rctircri. was for more than forty ycnrs r-ngngctl in publicity and salcx work for the Rcckitt-('olcni:m t'om- pan) and for ten )'l'ill'S a tn:-mhcr oi" the London Suntlay stall. In addition, he has contributed A goodly number of arliclcs and short stories for such periodicals as Lon- don Opinion. lll" Idlcr. Ansvu-rs, and Grand. lie is. lhcrr-i'orc. in a posi- tion to speak with some inlimatc knowledge of Greal Britain's social and political affairs; and. after con- siderable urging (for he is not a man to air his views too readily) be con- seemed to advance certain opinions, which may be summarized as fol- lows:

(1) The strength of the Trad!- Unlons. while still A factor in every phase of the country's life. is waning. II A result of inter-union rivalries And-AA in the case of all other in- Itltutions-the corruptive influences of power. which for the past twenty years or so has been almost absolute In British Industry. Fortunately. moot union lPHfi9l'! are becoming in- anningly Aware of the facr that Qrgulhud lAbour': continued strength

HXllI'I'RS

grave danger to the whole Trade Un- ion movement and that they will have to he outlawed in some effect- ive way. It is hoped that new legis- lation now being studied will fill the requirement.

(2) The real significance of the last general election was not that it gave the Conservatives A working parliamentary majority but that it gave them quite a good margin in the popular vote. This is the real test of 8 party's prestige. The Lab- our Party remains strong and, on the whole. its leadership is capable. P "table successor to Mr. Attlee is llvgli Gaitskillz but Ancurin Bevan, though in the shadows at the mo- mcnt. is by no means a ”has-boon" The general belief is that the good st-rise of the moderates in Labour will manage to keep under reasonablc control the foolish ways of the ex-

tremists. incidentally, many trade- utiionists vote ('ottst-rvativc. and some even throw in their lot with

the Liberals. (3) The greatest all-

round Liberal personality Mr. Dye I

rcniemlmrs was the late Augustinc Rircll. Minister of Education Prime Minister Asquith's pro-World War One cabinet. As for Conserva- live Prime Ministers-not counting Churchill. who stands at the summit alone. or Eden. who must yet prove himself in that officerthcre have been no giants in the last fifty years; the New Brunswick-born Andrew Bonar l.aw probably was as cap- able as any. Mr. Stanley Baldwin. despite the obvious weaknesses of his ministries, was "A great English-

man" from first to last. Mr. Attlee .

has had no superiors in Labour's ranks. and perhaps no peers. He is A statesman of the highest calibre. (4) A serious social problem in Eng- land is gambling of the ”football pools” version. A large part of the labour force. perhaps as mtich as one-third. is employed one way and annlhrar in this gigantic game of F'IlFlllFP.

This is Mr. Dye's third visit to the island. and he say: his liking for it increases each time he comes. This shows him to be not only an Englishman of note but one of ex- cellent discernment.

EDITORIAL NOTES

it is a fine contingent that Prince Edward island is sending to the Boy Scouts World Jamboree at Niagara.

O I O

A child's death on the highway on his first day at school is a heart- breaking tragedy in which the be- reaved parents and family will have the sympathy of all our people.

Reports say that the survivors of

rather look down on their fellow survivors in Nagasaki. simply be- cause they (the Hi1'0.sli'vnansl felt the historic blow first. A strangc reason, surcly, for showing .-zocial -.supcriority', but there are others equally nonsensical. O 0 I

Anyone want to buy one of Eng- land's historic battlefields? ('01. James (lollingwood, owner of Floti- den field. scene of England's victory ovcr'S(-otland in l5l.'l, wants to SUII it and the 1000 acre estate around it. "I am hard up for moncy”, hc said in announcing the decision to scll.

I U U

A salary boost of S2.'w,()t')(l a your for the Prcsitlcnt of the C.V.R. doc-' not scorn to fit in with current rail-

in '

.5" 2' i"'

Q3. x;P-xax.S.- . ..t.'- .- e

Oppori

ni

I '.ofF Wifhttt

For 'D-liiYi

0'l"l'AWA REPORT

(lttzmat A totem pole Aland: II a lone scutuicl over an empty mansion ill .106 ltlctcalle Street in the IlNIl'l nf old Ottawa. The nfficial: have all deserted tho

IlPHfIf1lIRl'lPl'S nf the Canadian Boy Scouts A a it n c I A t ion, and have mnvnd down to Niagara-on-the-Lake to ho prnparpd for Saturday's nltu-ml opening of the lith inter- ttrttional Scouts Jamboree there. Many thousands of scouts from 50 fnrcign countries are pouring into Canada to Attend this Jambo-

I ree. As scout officials say, they

way economy policies, even though I

most of it will go back to the fed- eral treasury in taxes. Mr. Gordon now gets .il.'l8,(XX) a year more than the Prime Minister, and should hc able to struggle along quite com fortably. O 0 O

Youthful dclcgatm to the Amer ican Legion Boys' Nation, mcetinr in Washington, presented President Eisenhower with the latest thing in soil tillers for use At his farm at Gettysburg. So, should he decide to farm rather than govern after Jan- uary 1957, he will have ohe less piecv of equipment to buy; and that will give him A good start.

0 O O

In 1948 President Truman want- ed to send the Chief Justice of thc United States to Moscow on a good- will mission. The idea was ridicul ed so strongly by Republican offici- AIA that It was dropped. Now. how- ever. Congressional leader: on both side: An suggesting thAt Vice-Prank dent Nixon be bent on A similar inla- don. 10, perhaps the former Prui- denr: plan wasn't so foolish u it AA:inAl At the kin.

are arriving by plane. ship, main, bus. private car and even by bicycle. Some parties Are visiting this Capital on their wAy to tho Niagara camp. and Among them the most frequent topic of con- versation is their gratitude for An iiimgiiintive gesture by Canadian scouts to hclp their less fortunate brothcr Vf'DlllS in other lands.

This rclcrs to the "Break the Dollar tlnrrier Fund", which hns in.-ulc it possible for no less than our lll cu-ry five of the contingent: ll'lllli -nu currcttcy countries to aitcnd this .I.'imlioree.

.u::ny such countries can never hc t-cm-twciitcd at international gatiwrinzis in North America. be- causc llicir citizcns cannot ox- clianuc Ihcir lncal currencies for dnllmx to pay lhcir expenses here.

. (;ovr;itNMI-INT BRAINS FOILED the atomic bomb blast in Hiroshima I

I-Ivor since the war, the best nmnutnic and diplomatic brains in North America and in Europe have hecn uttcinpting to solve this prnblcni of iiu-(invertible soft cur- rcncu--. Now Canada's Boy Scout: lmvc sin-cccded in bypassing the pmhit-m. wlierc their elders hAvA l(Ili('lI

It all licguin in Tillsonburg, Ont- .'irm. tviwcic a troop adopted five swim mm the tiny European pl'Illt'lll1llll)' of Lichtenstein. and nftcrcd to pay their expenses to lltc .I;miburcc Sp:-irked by TiIlson- hurgls M unple. troops all across

('zuI:itl;i have worked to raise dollars to make it possible for scoul.- from otlicr soft currency count-'n-s to visit this Jamboree

Ii): niontli. Scout Head-

Ilt'l(' have proudly an-

Fine Scout Achievement lly Patrick Nicholson

nounced the progress of thin "Break the DollAr Barrier Fund." Finally. more than 350,000 wA: rnlsed. Anough to :lAke ovor 1,000

foreign scout: to the 880 Jnmboi-AA foe And to glvu nch SI) Apondinl money while in camp.

This fine gesture in being widely praised by grateful visitors here. A: A worthwhile example of the truth of Scouting': bout of boins A World Brotherhood.

TRBUTI OF CANADA

min I: the finl IntemAllunAl Scout Jamboree to be held out- side Europe. it I: no Accident thnl Canard: wA: Accorded the honour of being selected A: the Alta of t.l1iA historic gathering, for Canada ll one of the world's Acoutlngent countries. We boast. of being the home of one in forty of all the million: of :cout.: enrolled In 100 different countries in the forty- elght years since General Robert Baden-Powell launched this way of youth in England.

Among the Canadian: who have sworn the B.P. oath to respect God, Man And the Scout Movement are leaders in every field of our national Activity.

Several of our present Cabinet Ministers learned to Be Prepared before they leaned to be elected. Most famous of these in Foreign Affair: export Lacter "Mike" Pear- son. The two man who 'Are our best-known living :oldler:. retired and active respectively, are ex- scouts George Peat-kes And Rocky Rockinghnm. Hockey star Syl Apps i: the fine citizen that one expects A Boy Scout to become. The lead- ing whole-lime scout official in the whole world, "Mister Boy Scout" hlmseI'. in A Canadian- Dan Spry. who is new Director of the international Bureau of Boy Scouts in England, and who 15 years ago was the youngest General in the Commonwealth Armies.

The spotlight now being focus- sed on the Boy Scout movement by the World Jamboree at Niagara on-the-Lake should give A well- descrved boost in our best weapon

. against juvenile delinquency and - . ad . ,

PUBLIC FORUM

nu ulna: B Apu h IA IIAAAA not by Aorrupoulcnlu of (Auden: :f hound. TIA (IAAIIIAA In: In Auounrly no the of --rn:ponlAAIA.

IABLIEST All MAH.

lir.-in A ncent tune of The GuArdlAn I find AA editorlnl "EArllA:t Air Mail" in which it h stated that A OAnAdlAn Geo- gnphical Journal article was quoted in stating that two bun- dred latter: were received by Air null from Truro, Nova scam to Clnrlottelown. P. 3.1. on Sep- tember 24. I919.

This I: An error, In; rm-ew- Airmail CAtAlo ue H1913-1m) state: that " y nine cover: were brought over from Truro And M carried on return." The IAOA Mr. J. C. Simm: who was also An Authority and Ardent col- lector of Airmail covers, told me the name.

Fred Jarrett of Toronto also is- Aued A stamp catalogue which Is in great demand but hard to ob- tain. As long ago As 1929 be valued the Truro cover at :50.- 00-the return Sl75.00.

Quoting from the catalogue I learn that "thi: pioneer flight wA: made in connection with the Charlottetown Exhibition.”

Covers bear hand-written ki- Acrlption. viA aeroplane "or via net-lAl post". The postage was prepaid in the regular way by current Canadian stamps and no Airmail or lAbel was used. Cov- an Are authenticated by the P. 0. date stamp (Truro. NovA Sco- mi) 1 P.M. and (Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) 2 PM. of the same date. .

The return flight to Truro was not made until Sept. 29, 1910.

The first official flight carry- ing mall to P. E. island was mAde from Moncton, N.B. (Pilot Cooper) on Feb. 19. 1928.

Letters carried addressed to Charlottetown individuals or busi- ness flrms were founded up, by an enterprising collector.

These Are postmarked (Mone- tonill AM. Feb. 19. 1928-N.B.) And back stamped Charlottetown 1.30 D" Feb. l9-1928 P.E.i.)

I Am. Sir. elc.. ' PHILATELIST.

Charlottetown.

. ult y.

OHawa's Tax Proposals

Grant Dexter in the Winnipeg Free Pres:

t')'l"l'liI'A 'I'Iio fcrlcral Govern- lll('ll -- ulzin for the i)nminion-Pro- l'lillll.'!I mutt-rciu-c. which will open at or nun on (l('I(lbCi' .'l. is well in lmml

l-In-r Inst April. when

'-.lIlt ll ,- ” conference was held. tat committee comprising

is apt

nunvstcr.x and ufficlals has been At work '

it would sccm that the of . if not the ministers. are closcly in touch with the of- '- : of most of the provinces. A grcut cflfirl is being made to Avoid a nmior nzitionztl controversy over llic lzix ugrcr-nicnts and to obtain iign-ciiicitts.whcther or no in the form of renewals. in an amicable way. Tlic fcdcral Government is tcry ('IilN('lllllS of the explosive ole nu-nts in this issue.

So far. the more obvious ditches have been avoided. Last April un- enipinymcnt was separated from the main problem and dull with successfully at A speclAl confu- ence. The success of (hi: :mAll conference has been laken AI 09;- tawn as A favorable Augury.

The main questions before the October conference will be the IA: agrecments. public Investment And health Insurance.

0 C

Health insurance is not repud- cd here as cnntroversiAI. Quebec will not enter A federal IAA and the federal Government. ll reA- son to hcllcvp that the Frost Gov- how it talks. does not want A AA- tinnal plan Atfblll tllllo. Thenfot-A. there may be many speeches About in-alth insurance but notlllu will be done And. indeed. nothing fod- er-Ally In thought poiulble vifloi the cooperation of At lent in: d the great central

Timon Are IomAkedlscu::lonof:JAfAtpAb- lic invutnlel Kj

This leaves the tax Agree- ments as the major question to be solved.

In the current year the fed- crnl Government will spend on the tax agreements with the nine renting provincu the :umA shown in the table.

Newfoundlnnd 0 12,450,000 P. E. IslAnd 3.650. Nova Scot.lA l9.M0.000 New Brunswick l6.6fl).tI)tl Ontario 139500.000 Mnnltobl 25,600.”? Snkafcliowln 25.90.11” 3l.5(Il,tX)0 lrltllli ColIm& 15.350.W Total 8S1l.S50.tlltl Quebec bu not lAd A tAx Agroc- meot Along the A Agno-

liAd A cu Agreemal pres- ent: mm. the coat. -to e fade:-Al mum-y would be til milllonl.

Nobody At ot.f.:wA. bowovc. bo- lievo: t.lIAt Quebec wll enter lab

menta. This is not to suggest. of course. that there is any com- munion between Mr. Gardiner And Premier Douglas.

It would not be true to say that the federal minlste .1 have no goals which are broadly agreed to. but it is true to say that the federal Government. is doing its best to prepare A program sufficiently varied to pleaAe.All provincial tastes. .

C O O

The federAl program comprises three propo:Al::

Flrnl. the provinces will be of- fered A renewal of the present

em. Till: I: known AA P B

, Federal offlciAlA bellove, appar- ently not without reA:on. that if this WAA the only plan offered. On- t.Arlo And British Columbia would

enla And go back to

W; per cent making the full Al-' lowmce CV: per cent. This might he hoiotad per; cent.

Medically Speaking

By Herman N. Bundeun. M. D.

HOW TO KEEP HOUSE COMFORTABLY COOL

There i: A lot you can do to cool off your home during these hot August days. even if you don't have an Air conditioner or win- dow fan.

During the day. keep All win- down and doors closed and pull down the shades or close the blinds on the sunny side of the building.

There is one exception to this rule. if you have an atttic. keep the windows open for cross-ven- tilntion 24 hours 8 day.

Do as many of the household chores as you can, especially iron- -ing. during the relatively cool

v morning hours.

Put heavy draperies away until Fall. Replace them with light open mesh curtains. Or better still. use no curtains.

Get rid of heavy wool rugs. if possible. During the hot day: substitute cotton or fiber rugs. or again. don't use any at all.

I think you will also find that light-colored. washable slip cov- ers for upholstered furniture will make the room seem cooler.

in the late afternoon. hose down the exterior walls of the house. if you have A flat roof. It might be A good idea to wet that down too. Evaporation of water from the roof will help cool the entire house.

Wet walks and driveway. also.

USE ELECTRIC FANS

An electric fan blowing Acron A pot of ice w-ll help. If you are really suffering, maybe banging some sheets dampened with cold water in the doorways before A fan will offer some relief.

Don't. do Any unnecessary cool- ing on top of your stove. Serve light. simple meals, using II in- sulnted oven instead of go: burn- er:. Clone off the kitchen from other room:.

Keep your kitchen window: open while you An cooking. Tum on the exhaust fan. or if you don't have ono. place An electric fan in front of the window to blow out the heated air.

Don't me any l'n0l'O electric lights than you have to. and 1-0- place high wattage bulbs with Ian brilliant Iampn.

In the evening. open on door; And windows. Opening win d o w I from both the top and bottom does not give you any more Air than opening either the bottom or top All the vny.

Pull back the curtain. Roman. bot. any obstruction Acro:A An op- en window cuts down the breeu. Even inaeol screening reduce. it I?! 50 per cent.

If you have I couple of Alocttlc f:n:. place them At differonf win- dow: blowing inward: :0 that Qey will draw cool Air inside.

QUESTION AND ANSWER

C.P.: What causes A burning pain on the outside of my left foot and what could be done for it?

Answer: Burning pains such As you describe may be due to A disturbance of the nerve: or of the circulation.

An examination by your doctor would be necasary to diagnose and treat your trouble.

from. Quebec. As stated. could get 8120 millions but is now collecting from its own taxes only 591 mil- lions. Ninety per cent of S120 mil- lions is 3108 millions, so that Que- bec could be assured A gain of 317 million: as A balm for more generous treatment of Ontario.

Moreover. the 90 per cent guar- Antee could be defended In an- other wny. It could be said that All the provinces were being well taken care of. but that Ottawa is prepared to pay an Additional 10 per cent to gain exclusive control L of the direct taxes.

Third, the tax agreements could be allowed to expire in 1957. This IA Plan C. The provinces would then re-enact their persoal and corporation taxes and their inher- itance taxes. where these have been rentcd. The provinces would tax at agreed Ievcls and the fed- eral Government would not: unly fully allow these provincial levies as deductions from federal taxes but would do the collecting for the provinces on request. The f collect J in this way by the feder- al Government would be turned back to the provinces And. in Ad-

dition. equalization payments would be made by the federal Government. to the less-fortunate

provinces on thn bust: of fiscal need. 0 O 0

Under this policy. the equi- ization paymenl: would scarce- ly run to :50 mllliom. The pre- sent greAt weight of federal taxes. which i: constantly cited in Que- bec AA proof of the federal Gov- ernment': determination to cent.- nuze power And to destroy our federal sy:tem. would vAnl:li. Nearly 3300 million: of wlnt Ar: now fade:-Al (Axe: would AutomAt- icAlly become provincial fun. At one stroke, the case of the Dunla- sl: Government Against the feder- al Government would be greatly weakened.