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The Public Accounts

‘Under our present system of pre- senting government reports on a fis- cal rather than a calendar year bas-~ is, the tabling of the Public Accounts in the Legislature is not such a live- ly event as it was in the old days. The Accounts tabled yesterday are for the year ended March 31, 1958, and much water has gone under the bridge since that time. Neverthe- less, they are an important docu- ment and doubtless will be studied carefully before the budget is brought down later in the session

They show total expenditures of $14,247,731, representing an increase | in liabilities of $1,778,043. during the year, bringing total liabilities up to $23,369,648, and the net funded debt to $16,769,216.

A better showing is made in or- dinary revenue and expenditures, ‘which are the controllable items in government financing.’ Last year the Provincial Treasurer budgeted for a revenue surplus of $863,591 for the year under review. The -accounts show an actual! surplus of $1,073,145, which is pretty good going, provid- ed there has been no curtailment in necessary services. We note that Jess than the estimated expenditure was incured in debt charges and in the departments of health, public works and industry and natural re- cources. There were increases (for the most part slight) over the es- timates in agriculture, fisheries, edu- cation. highways, welfare and la- bor, legislation, justice administra- tion and general government. :

The tax sharing allotment brought in $4,136,000 from Ottawa during the vear—by long odds our biggest revenue item. Subsidies, health and welfare grants and other items. un- der ordinary revenue brought total federal contributions to $5,561,956. Liquor sales (less health tax) gross- ed $2,915,486, leaving a record net sales profit of $984,138. Gas taxes amounted to $2,301,473, and health ° taxes to $546,356.

These figures are picked almost at random from the Accounts, which are quite voluminous and doubtless | will be given close serutiny by the Opposition. They are worth careful perusal by the general public as well. After all, it is their money!

Newfoundland Problem

West Indian importers who have complained about *the quality of | Canadian fish have been .told that it was all a question of price. The Jamaicans, in search of lower prices, had. turned to Iceland for supplies. These were of a quality not suited to the Jamaican taste and were packed in hessian sacking instead of wooden boxes and casks. Buying is again being diverted to New- foundland, and it is hoped to get gales back to the former levels. But ‘the crucial problem has always been—the lower living standards of other producing countries, in most of which, moreover, subsidies, either overt or hidden, enable com- petitive prices to be offered. This means that quality has to be main- tained on a distinctive level, if the Newfoundland industry is to pros-_ per. ot

The St. John’s Daily News notes, with some concern, that warnings against the _ over-production — of heavy-salted fish have gone un- heeded. As a consequence, there has been a shortage of good - quality “shore” fish which is the light-* Salted, hard-dried fish the English : first made in Newfoundland in the middle years of the sixteenth cen- tury.

There have been two chief rea- sons for this scarcity. One is: that women no longer help in the making of fish and trap .crews, when fish are running, have not the time to do more than put their daily catch down in heavy salt. The other js | that the reward for heavy-salted

sh in the Maritime markets is al-

most as good as the return likely

te be received for spending pains-

taking weeks in the making of

genuine “‘stiore” fish. Artificial cur- b

seases rose from 4.1

ing establishmerits. are still too few’

to allow fhem to produce large quantities of hard-cured cod.

“It seems to follow,” says our St. John’s contemporary, “that we must either persuade buyers to pay a premium price to justify the time and effort consumed in curing good quality light-salted fish or else we should look’ for a Subsidy in the form of a premium paid for salt cod on a quality basis. The alternative

| may well be the gradual extinction _ of the art-of..making “good shore codfish.” And that, as anyone knows:

who has sampled the product, would be a pity.

Grim Fatality Figures

In his report to the Attorney Gen- eral, tabled yesterday in the Legis- lature, R.C.M.P.- Inspector Martin states that although highway traffic enforcement remained approximately the same during the year, twenty persons were killed in this Province as a result of motor vehicle accidents in 1958, compared with twelve killed in 1957. The number of non-fatal ‘and property damage accidents has also shown a considerable increase. There uas, of course, been an in- crease in the amount of traffic and in, the number of car registrations,

‘ and the Inspector regards the con-

ditions on our highways as “reason- ably good,” though there is still room for improvement.

We would be inclined to say that there is much room for improve ment. Twenty highway fatalities in a year is truly alarming. We are by no means’ singluar in the mount- ing death toll attendant upon great- er use of our highways, but we can- not afford to view it complacently. We do not at all suggest that the R.C.M.P. is doing so. They are carry- ing out their duties very efficient- ly—one result being that in 1958, 348 operators’ licenses were cancell- ed or suspended by the department concerned as compared with 287 for the previous year. Also they are able to report that they received the cooperation of a large majority of the motoring public. But in. this small Province there is no reason why that co-operation should not be 100 per cent. There ‘is no reason why we could not cut the death toll by at least 50 per cent this year, and it would then be far too high.

Some, accidents of course are due to unavoidable circumstances; but others—many _ others—could be avoided. We trust that safety cam- paign activities will be accentuated this year, emphasizing last year’s tragic record as a warning.

ERITORIAL NOTES

Ted Leather, former Canadian who is now a member of the British House of Commons, said in Vancou- ver the other day that “the control of Canadian labour by America un- ions is a most peculiar form of col- onialism”. The sooner Canadian workers realize the truth of:this and do something about getting rid of the colonialism, the better it will be for

all concerned—except, of course, American labour Czars. + > * ‘ With all the money that Is

available for armaments these days, it_j@ discouraging to read that a five-year program to rid the world of malaria threatens to collapse _be- cause of a serious financial short- age. This warning comes from the World Health Organization, which says that unless additional are received, the money and effort already spent on the programs may

be wasted. *

The British and the Russians have at last-come to an agreement on a problem. They have accepted inde- finite adjournment of a three-year commission—Canada, India and Po- land—supervising the Laos armis- tice. The three countries suspended the commission’s work last July. Bri- tain and Russia were appealed to because they were co-chairmen of the 1954 Geneva Conference which ar-

‘ranged the armistice

+ 7 7” Each year in Canada, reports an exchange, heart disease in its

many varieties kills 65,000 people, roughly half of the total deaths from all causes. More than 1,250,000 suf- fer from it in one form or another, 300,000 of them seriously. disabled. It strikes hardest at those’ between 35 and 54—the years of the prime of life. It is civilization’s Number One killer, and it is gaining. In just over a quarter-century, while the overall death rate fell from 10.7 to 8.2 per 1,000 of population, the death rate of 41 449 per 1 di-

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HEADING FOR A SHOWDOWN

OTTAWA REPORT

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A Commission Appointment

By Patrick’ NichgJson

The Civil Service Cammission ,

has appointed to the post of As sistant Queen's Primer Mr. Clif ford B. Watt, aged who has been an emplovee in the Govern “ment Printing Bureau for the past seven’ years.

There are several aspects of that appointment which may well be the subjeet of probing by any M.P.’s keenly concerned for the smooth working of the adminis- tration, of our Federal Govern ment.

In the first place, ment was made by vice Commissioners is pro per. But from that point the fog— if not the mud—thickens. ik would be. pertinent to ask whether the Civil Service Commissioners are acting smart enough to make our civil service as efficient and economic it should be

The appointment of the new Assistant Queen's Printer was made on the recommendation of a board set up by the Civil Ser- vice Commissioners to interview eandidates for the post

The interviewing board appar- ently consisted of five members Mr. J. Neville. of the Personnel Selection Branch of the Civil Ser- vice Commission acted) as chair- man. Other members included the

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the appoint- the Civil

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following: L.M. Chesley. assist ane deputy ..minister ‘Require ments Division’ of the Depart- ment of National Defence; Lucien

Lalonde. demity minister of Vet erans Affairs: R. Merold. preduc tion manager of the United States Government Printing Office: C_M de Salaberry superintendent of -the administrative services

The candidates interviewed for the job of Assistant Queen's Printer were all present em- ployees of the Printing Bureau; including, I understand, the- above-mentioned Mr. de Sala-

CLOSED SHOP DEAL

In other words am Government $12,000 a year, was not adver- tised publicly, and was not | thrown open to competition by | the most experienced commer- cial printers in Canada. It was treated as a closed competition, strictly for promotion within the department

The judges included two civil servants believed to have been appoimted by Ministers in the former Liberal Government,

post. paid at

_ without examination or competi- the judges also included |

tion ; one of the candidates for the job. But worst of all, included an American citizens, who has never resided or work- ed in Canada or been employ- ed by our government

Wf the Civil Service Commis- sion considers to have exper technical know-

this import. |

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| Printer states:

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the judges |

it so important |

ledge on the interviewing board; |

and has to go outside our great country to recruit an interview- er with that knowledge, why

does kt consider that the deputy | head of our Printing Bureau | , does not require similar know-

ledge” \Mr. Watt is an account- ant He was no doub! appointed as being the ““best procurable”’ from among the candidates jn- terviewed. But is an accountant

branch of the Queen's Printer.' a printer? Mr. Watt has- worked

’ Printing Bureau To make him

deputy head of the bureau; and in fact to make him now acting Queen's Printer. seems rather like appointing the cashier in a restaurant to serve as acting head cook EB is likely to end-in both cases in a terrible hash and a nasty stew.

OUR COSTLY BUREAU Perhaps some M.P. will probe this matter of practical know- ledge and experience in _print- ing in our -Printing Bureau. Surely this is urgently needed there, at the very top: for in many cases you, the taxpayers, have to pay two or three times as much for government print- ing as it would cost to have the

same job performed on contract

by a commercial printer.

The Act of Parliament. esiab- lishing the post of Queen's “No person shall be appointed to that post unless he has been actively engaged for at least ten years in the business of printing or publish- ing.’

Yet the person now appointed to serve as acting Queen's Prin- ter is an accountant. That he has acounted in a printing of- fice seems to be stretching the definition. Many an acountam in a printing shop might be ill-formed enough to think that “a flat: bed press’ is a device for ironing a ‘mat’.

This appointment merits study by our clected representatives. Do we need foreigners (0 ap- point our top. civil srvants? Might not our government ser- vice sometimes be strengthened

| by hiring experienced outsiders,

especially when greater exper- ince could thus be obtained”? And ib the Civil Service Commission acting in the best interests of the taxpayers by methods such as those adopted in this case?

The Wavering Course

Arthur Blakely

fn The Montreal

Garette

THE main line of attack em-| and recite for the entertainment |

ploved by the Liberals in the new

session, up to the present, is that the Government is weak. in- decisive, dosen't know where it's going and isn't too sure where it. came from

Opposition Leader Lester Pearson sounded th charge | when he entered the Throne Speech debate

“In our view on this side of the House,” he said severely, “‘it

ithe Government) has shown a genius not for following a straight |

and steady course but for -con- fusion and contradiction, for wav

ering instability and, if | may add; a determination to lean pos-.

itively on one man and negatively on the previous Government. Its oscillating and uncertain moves its lack of steadinéss and sureness—and I will have a great deal of documentary evi- dence to support that statement this afternoon—are in startling and depressing -contrast to the vigorous, confident and crusad- ing words that used to pour, if at times a littie bit incoherently, from the mouths of its mem- bers.” ?

In the mass of documentary evidence which Mr. Perason lat- er placed on the record, there was‘little which had any _ bear- ing on an issue on which the Con- servative Government has done a great deal of backing and fill- ing indeed—the question of ex- the Government of Communist China.

BRIEF PASSAGE Mr. Pearson did not neglect

| IMPOR™ANT

“scenes diplomatic work.

the matter entirely. He managed | to tuck away in his lenghty speech

a brief passage suggesting that |

the Government's handiing of the issue left, in his judgement, some thing to be desired. But it was a casual reference made in such a fashion as to suggest that the is- sue jtself was scarcely of suf- ficient -imporance to warrant serious consideration in one of Mr. Pearson's major speeches.

In the single sentence which Mr. Pearson deveted to this thor- ny issue, he was not really harsh

of the House a number of appar- | emily contradictory statements! which various minisfers have made on the subject from time to time. He contended himself,

instead, with raising the theor-

etical possibility that External Affairs Minister Sidney Smith may not see eve to eve with

| some of his colleagues and intim-

ated that he might have more to say on the matter in a latter, speech, weather, and time per- mitting ISSUE

Tlie curious thing about Mr Pearson's application of the soft pedal in this interesting _ policy | field is that “he has, for years, gards the issue as one of great importance. As long as the Lib-.

erals were in office, he applied | John Foster Dulles’ old brink-

manship policy to this particular | been able to make up their

policy. It was his habit in those days to say bluntly that recogni- tion was pretty well inevitable, being just a matter of time. and the time for recognition might be

| rock-the-boat”’

| closer than anyone thought.

As far as can be ascertained. Mr. Pearson still gives the rec ognition of Red China issue a high priority, personally.

But he finds himself in an em- barrassing. position.

LIBERAL SPLIT

The rank-and-file Liberals are split down the middie over the issue. Some favor recognition and believe that plenty of hay

could be made right now by as.

sailing the Conservative Gov- ernment for its disinclination to adopt this course of action. Other Liberals; it appears,

gestion of recognition with the same distaste that they would a plague germ. Still others, it is ré- ported, are plumping for a ‘‘don't attitude on the whole China question.

In this painful positioa, Mr.

some Pearson finds it difficult to at- made it clear that he re- \‘ack the Government for its own

indecision on this important question, in his own beloved field of foreign policy.

W the Conservatives haven't nds neither have’ the Liberals—a fact that would almost certainly em- erge were Mf. Perrson to chal- lenge the Goverr rent on the

point.

The Zurich Agreement

By Joseph MacSween Canadian Press Staff Writer

The Zurich ‘‘summit’’ plan for an independent Cyprus follows months of patient behind - the-

The compromise agreement be tween Prime Minister Constan- tine Karamanlis of Greece and Adnan Menderes of Turkey, so simple on the surface, also fol- lows four years of bitter strife in which some 600 persons died.

Britain still must approve the terms of the new constitution for heft Mediterranean island colony, but this is believed to be as- sured. Britain has insisted that there should be no change with- out Greek-Turkish accord

Under the agreement, Cypriot independence would be guaran-

teed by troops of all three coun- tries in the dispute — Britain,

9 per 1,009. | im his critisism. He dien't ealiect | Greece and Tunkev—and @ stnat.

egic base would remain safe for NATO. ‘ STILL DANGERS

There are still dangers to be faced. Extremists among Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots may not be satisfied with the proposed constitution which would impose a permanent ban

on the island joining Greece or_

Turkey. . But observers see in the Zurich agreement the best chance for peace since the Cyprus’ troubles began in April,

EOKA calling for an end of Brit- ish. control and demanding union with Greece.

Since October of 1955 a total of |

142 Britons have been kifled by seis: tae asdiae ean ones than 300 Cypriots have died

r are equally | stubborn in regarding any sug-.

1955, with a! Greek Cypriot movement named

School-Age Child’s Needs

a caution

; during certain periods of his life.

According to statistics prepar- ad the Metropolitan Life In- surance Company, about 6,000 children from the age of 5 to. iM ere. killed by accidents each

CANCER LESS DEADLY _

Cancer, the .

eause of childhood deaths, claims only about one-third ag many lives annually.

100,000 ‘American boys, and about

well versed in all types of safety, and should be fully aware of all dangers, you might want to stress the need for special caution to

avoid the common types of acci- for your youngster’s arti- cular- age group.

MOTOR VEHICLES

If your child is between 5 and 9, motor vehicles probably pre- sent the greatest danger to him.

At this age, three out of every five motor vehicle deaths result from children being struck as they cross or play in the street or driveway. Therefore, you can't over-emphasize warnings against playing in the streets or crossing against traffic lights.

Motor vehicles also are a ma- jor accident threat for youngsters from 10 to 14. However. in this age group, the danger lies in a youngster being struck by a ve- hicle while he is riding a bicycle. HOME DANGERS

That the home can be a dan- gerous place is also proved statistics. They show that 16 per cent of the fatalities among school-age boys occur at home. The figure for girls ts even great- er, 30 per cent.

As.for the younger gris, fires

cidents. In fact.

of death among gir's. Drownings also bring tragedy te many homes more frequently than Drownings account for 2 per cent of al! fatalities among boys between the ages of 5 and 14; a death rate four times greater | than for girls CHEFI FUL NOTE

girls

of these statistics, it is While falls account for a number of school-age in- juries, they are seldom fatal to children. Apparently they ‘have more ‘‘bounce to the ounce” than we older folks do QUESTION AND ANSWER

S.T.: When is the best time to take vitamin tablets—before or after meals?

Answer; It really makes no difference. They are. however, usually taken with meals.

OUR YESTERDAYS

(From The Guardian Files)

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO (Feb. 13, 1934)

Stately old Government House seldom if ever presented a more pleasing appearance than yes- terday afternoon when His Hon- our Lt. Governor and Mrs. .De- Blois received for the first time since taking up residence in this historical spot. His Honour was attended by his private secre- tary, M. Alban Farmer, and his Aides-deCamp Col.. G. Elliott Full, Major J.R. Paton, Major W..J, MacDonald and Lt. Camp- bell Scarth.

in all this: great

Mr. Milton Stewart was elect- ed president of the P.F..I. Branch of the Life Underwriters Associa- lion of\ Canada at the annual

meeting held yesterday in\ the of- |

ice of Mr. B.H. Hughes. Other officers include vice - president, William M. Flynn; secretary- j treasurer, Mr. George W. Mac- | Leod; vice-president for Prince County, Mr. S. M. Hicks.

TEN YEARS AGO (Feb. 13, 1949) Full enquiry into the basis of electric light and power rates

will ‘get underway this morning, |

Mr. W-R. Brennan; secretary of

violently; killed by terrorists or British security forces. '

Violence raged between. mem- bers of the Greek. community, which totals 400.000. and the Turkish community. 100.000. Turkish Cypriots demanded par- tition of the island while the Greek Cypriots called for union with Greece and later independ- ence ADAMANT STAND

Only recently. EOKA de- nounced both a British partner- ship plan for the island intro duced last October and a United Nations resolution last Decem- ber. The UN resolution merely expressed confidence that Bri- tain, Greece and Turkey would continue their efforts to find a just solution.

It is against this background that the Zurich agreement has been reached after two months of quiet diplomacy. This work went on during the NATO coun- cil of ministers in Paris in Dec- ember and at the European Com- mon “Market conference in Janu- ary, not to mention talks in An-, kara and Athens.

For Britain, the matter was of vital importance because Cyprus has been her chief military out- post in the Middle Eagt since the British evacuation of Egypt.

The emergency has so far cost ; more than £20.000.000 and in- wolved a total of 40.000 police and soldiers in the island of vine- yards, which is only 140 miles | long and 6 miles wide.

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THE WAY .

fant, the padre asked, “His name, please?” The mother answered, “Montgomery Alfred Van Christ- opher McGoof.” The padre spoke to the server: ‘A little more water, please.’’—Galt Reporter

Canada’s newest economic symbol is the plastic toothpick. It is being waved, like a red flag before a bull, in front of the out- Faged eyes of the British Colum-| . ‘bia ‘lumber isdustry-* What the toothpick lacks in size it makes

second leading + up in significance. It represents

the inroads other materials are making into territory previously regarded as the exclusive domain of timber.—Winnipeg Tribune

the P.E.I. Public Utilities Com- mission stated last evening. The investigation of the Maritime El- ectric Company rate structure was decided upon some time ago and the purpose of the enquiry ‘was outlined by the Commission at that time. ®

His Honour Lt. Governor J.A. Bernard will attend a public gathering in the Community Hal! at Tryon on Wednesday to pre- sent to Donald Lord; North Tryon

the Royal Canadian Humane So- ciety for ‘“‘heroic action and pres- ence of mind in rescuing Beyd MacDonald from drowazing in the Mill Pond, North Tryon, on

+Suly 17, 1946.”

MAX!MS

If you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great.

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Fairclough has brought to light — some imeresting “facts” which” should do much to dispel the ime pression that immigrants are. harmful to our economy. That —

such thoughts should be voiced - at all in a country where every. ~

body except a handful of Indians - and el at demented a se

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