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THE GUARDIAN

g lllorniug Dally tFounded in 1887i. , authorized as Second (floss Mail. Post. Office Department. Ultimo. President. liin A. Burnett; Vice-President. ilus n Burnett; fiery Trcaa.. (i. M. Burnett: l-Iilltor and Managing Director. J. R. Burnett; Associate Iilililur Frank Walker.

r "Tlio Strangest Memory is Weaker Than the Weakest Ink."

CIIARLOTTETOTTN.TUESDAY. JANUARY zczlult-S Too Much Secrecy

The present Canadian Government, says the Toronto Globe and Mail, is probably the most secretive in the democratic world. Point1119 l_° the fact that American newspapcrmeii find it liqpd to gct information from Canadian Gav- amment spokesmen, one result, the Toronto pa- por says, is a dearth of accurate reports of Can~ oda and Canadian policy in the United States press. The situation is the same in Canada. Candiaii reporters experience the some ilifllfillllY as their American colleagues. It is extremely difficult to get news from official circles at Ot- tqwq where policy of any kind is conceriied._ _Yet- put one of these Ottawa Government officials on this radio, or have them attend or nrcsldt 0W" some unimportant l1" u Ililwfi tl-"lifil “PM t" make q political speech and they cxpcct all the bullyhoo in the world. _

The Government has no luck ol pllllltfi Ft‘- lulions Officers on its payroll, hut they iiiust load rliggguyqging lives. One CflllSlfilCllflfllJlCLllvf‘. of tho Government is to keep its relations Wllllllltt public a tenuous and its activities as mysfarlalli as possible. _

The difficulties of American correspondents trying to "cover" Canada have been brought to notice by a news dispatch froinWashington. lt reports that when Finance Minister Abbott was recently there, no reporter from any Washington paper was at the press conference he gave 1° mqplqin Canada's borrowing of $300 millions 4mm H" United States. Some time belore this i-iveldent two Americans were invested with Can- adian honors at a ceremony in tho Canadian Em- bassy in Washington. No American newsman was invited. At Ottawa a similar story is told. ‘Representatives of United States papers their: are constantly frustrated by the "keep it dark pol- iiey of tho Government.

So are Canadian Ottawa correspondents, and moro especially in recent years. Since Min- isters acquired the technique of ruling by Order- iii-Council, the habit of secrecy has taken firm- or root; members of this Cabinet havo got it into their heads that public curiosityabout their intentions is an impertinencm-The origins of this attitude, however, lie much further back than thle war and can be found in Prime Minister King s lifelong d-isliko of press con-ferences and fond- rioss for ivory towers. lt is at tho top _level_of Ottawa business, in the offices of Mr. King him- solf and his closest colleagues, that the envelop- ing log is thickest and information hardest to oomo by.

Mr. Speaker’: Rulings

Dr. Gaspard Fnuteux, Speaker of the House Ilf Commons, addressed a meeting in Montreal recently and was reporlcd as saying that in our forliament, as at Westminster, there should be no appeal against the Speaker's rulings. This brings the following reply from the Ottawa Jour- m.

"We oro all for following British precedents, especially when it comes to Parliament, but we wouldn't be following British precedent if we sel- octed our Speakers the way we select them and gave them the power of a British Speaker. At Westminster a Speaker is chosen because of very spacial qualifications for his job, and he is never opposed in his constituency. Here in Canada a Speaker of tho House of Commons (and also of tho Senate) is in cffcct an appointment by the ‘party in power, and when an election comes he is apposed in his constituency and electioneers 'in his constituency like any other partisan. To argue that a Speaker so chosen, and so con- tinued within the orbit of partisan activity, should rho placed on the some plane with respect to ruliri-gs as the Speaker of the British House, who is in every way ‘above the battle,’ isn't common sense."

, Communist Anniversary

This ycar marks the centeyiry of the lorri-

ous first Communist Manifeso, issucd in 1848 by its outlier, Karl Marx. The immediate .rc- forms demanded iri the manifesto itsclf seem mild enough; many of them have been carried out by governments and without spoclal up- heaval. Point 2, for example: "A high and pra- gressively graded income tax." Not dangerous- ly revolutionary. Or Point 7: "An increase in the state ownership of factories and instruments of production. Thcy have done much of that sort

of thing recently in Britain and France. lt was the pororation, with its appeal to primitive and violent instincts, that sent the manifesto on its way around the world: "The Communists consider it superfluous to conceal their opinions and their intentions. They openly doclaro that their aims can only be achieved by the violent overthrow of the whole contemporary social order." Then follows the famous appeal to "proletarians" to unite for the revolution in which they had "nothing to loso but their chains." - ‘ A writer in the New York Times notes that Marx left Germany tho year after his manifesto was given to the world and spent the remain- ing thirty-four years of his life (he diotl in 1883) in England, enjoying tho protection of tho sort of government he despised and proposed to flolioh for all time. 1f he had put off his exile riilioty-six years ho would have found himself liv- lag uiidor a Labor Government iii England-w ‘Qovornmont following tho doctrine of tho "in- Illfllblllty of grodualism"—-/wh1ch was bringing about grout changes without tho violent over- throw of tho social ordor. -

-,EDIIUI‘\"IAL NUTES -.

It cannot be too often repeated that fires do not happen. They are caused. It is every- one's duty to eliminate lire hazards that come to his or her attention. "

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The Wcst Indian trade delegation is now in Ottawa. Thcy represent countries that are truly complementary to our own in products and tho negotiations should prove fruitful.

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Today the key to production is steel, and the key to stccl is scrap. lt is almost as important today to sce that every bit of steel "junk" goes back into industry as it was during the war.

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Ski enthusiasts only wanted to sec the slopes covered, not obliterated. The fresh fall of snow has made walking and aiitoirig more danerous than heretofore.

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The telephone service suffers greatly th se days, which is the more exosperating as it is usually when weather conditions are bad that most recourse is had to the telephone.

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The terrible tragedy of Sunday morning calls for tho deepest sympathy from the whole community. and llrorc should be uri immediate aiiil generous icspoiisc lo llir: appeal of the l3. l. S. on bchull of the victims. As usual, he gives twice who givcs quickly.

Hon Mi Glen, Fcdoiul Ministgr of. Re- sources, has just been bereaved by the death in Vancouver of his mother, who recently cele- brated her hundredth birthday. She was a nat- ive of Kenton, Dumbartonshire, and came to Canada in 1911.

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The gratifying reduction in iuvenile de- linquency in 1947 can almost certainly be traced to the resumption of normal home life after cars during which fathers were in the services and mothers working at more or loss essential jobs.

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A by-election is to be held February 16 in the provincial riding of Huron, Ontario, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Hobbs Taylor, Progressive Conservative. At the gen- eral election in 1945 Dr. Taylor had 7,081 votes his Liberal opponent had 5,152 and“ the CCF candidate 1,211.

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Burns’ Anniversary January 25, falls this year on a Sunday. Time was when most Protestant Churches at home and abroad celebrated the event by emphasizing his poetic genius, his popular appeal. while lamenting and regretting the excesses which led to his early demise. Here, as elsewhere, his memory has been kept green by holding Burns’ concerts.

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L King George V died this date 1936 qfrey q m9" °l 26 Yfiflrs, having ascended the throne on May 6, 1910, and crowned June 22, 1911. He laboured incessantly for his country's good, and in Great War l was an inspiration to the troops and industrialists alike by his periodic visits to and among them. In July 1913 the fam- ily name was changed to Windsor by royal pm clamation.

The bomb cxfirrciion‘ tlireat is having its“ effect on religious instruction. Man's own mast- ery of ‘nature is compelling him to rcvalue his moral ideas, the Archbishop of Canterbury told 2,000 delegates at the annual conference of the Student Christian Movement in London. The Archbishop, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, said; "Mun by artificial insemination could produce birth; end could people a whole nation from one father. Ho could permit sexual intercourse without pro- creation and could exterminate The race. Man may in the end produce a living being in a laboratory, for all l know, lf he docs, he has to decide what kind of living being to produce and what to do with him."

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When the new cuts in imported newsprint to save dollars became effective on January 1, Australian newspapers had to be very much rc- duced in sizc. According to ciistatcment issued by the Australian Newspaper Proprietors’ As- sociation, papers which irse more than 500 tons a your will suflcr a cut of 57 per gent, average rut will he S] pcr cent. The latest cut will restrJct consumption of newsprintta 90,000 tons yearly for all Australian ncwspapersgie original license to import 175,000 tons in 43 has been reduced to 35,000 tons, a $20,000 dol- lor reduction. Australia's full consumption cap- acity is 250,000 tons a year and 30,000 of this comes from newspapers owning Tasmanian mills. Ari additional 25,000 tons will b. used m»... stockpiles. Although expansion plans are in hand for the -milis it will he two years before the output is increased to 80,000 tons.

”Lili Marlene", the haunting German tune that British troops stole from-RoaimeVs defeated Afrika Korps and the Canadians adopted and carried into all subsequent theatres of war in which they were engaged, is destined for a long and lusty life in Canada. A version of the song has 'ust been adopted as the regimental march of clmcnton's 19th Armoured Cor Regiment, and Army Headquarters in Ottawa has officially sanctioncd the adaption. The well-known tune now will be played by the regiment on, all cere- monial occasions—inspections, march-pasts and regimental functions. Until now, the 19th, for- merly known ns the Edmonton Fusiliers, march- ed on such occpsions to the tune of "A Hurr- dred Pipers." A number of Edmonton officers who served with tho Loyal Edmonton Regiment in Itoly have " noted their versiohs of "Lili Marlene" to the men of the armoured car regi- ment. There are almost as many versions of tho song as there were Allied formations in Italy. Ono of tho,,most famous is ”L.O.B." (Loft out of Bottls)--the 1st Canadian Infantry Division's parody, tho first verso of ‘which was written by Major A. Johnson, of Edmonton.

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Al matters noiv aloud. scientist. can say when the sun wtli rlse and set: lu which part of the world on any day tn the next. century, right clown t.o the last split. second. Sucli information is undoubtedly useful tf youue planning t.o go fishing of. the crack of dawn 0'11 May 25. 2043. or even b0 go duck hunting at the crack of dawn on September l5, 1998. -~ Saint; John Telegraph- Journal.

A London housewife has just ap- peared tn an elegant. two-place auto of flue black serge. lt has roused the envy of tier neighbors and quite astonished the tailor when. he ivns gli-rn Llie iinteriiil to be made up. lle has been tin business for 30 years iiiicl he could not. iin- dersliixid where cloLli of such uual-r lty had been procured, states The Manchester Guardian. It was a. flnrl in a Chelsea warehouse —o. remnant. of mouluililg cloth sold ‘n Victorian times Lo equip funeral horses decently.

Canada has too heavy trolls to be vitally interested tn a new use for old planes. but somebody might. profit by an irlori in the nous. A South Aur-truliaii orehardlst. bought an old Avro Anson from the dis- posals miiimisstoii, look off the wings and mountorl the rest; on a turntable lii lils urcliarrl. l1: sel the rudders so Ltinl. the pliiiic uuuld revolve sluu 1y. iiiicl when frost. Lhrealeiis, he turns Llie eiigliiu on mixed kerosene and petrol and the sltp stream protects an area 300 yards tn diameter from frost. - Bmiidon Sun.

The airgraphs which are noiv obtainable through the Dominion post. offices appear to be declining tn size and quality of paper. Before sbsinps were prluledon the air- grapli forms lhe paper was of tol- erable quality", and the form was big enough Lo hold a letter of or- ulnar-y ltzo Lf ft were closely writ- ton or typed wiui unzlo spwlns But. tl-io forms moot recently ts- sued, which have stamps printed upon them, are considerably reduc- ed tn slze, and the paper ls decid- edly poor. Is there oriy good reason for this decline? ~— Poterborougfi Examiner.

English scientists. after. eatlnt; elghtywoue kinds o! birds’ eggs. have announced that. chicken e58!» taste best. We are not; sure wheth- cr this ls Just. a. hBPPY 00111911191"- There are tnvo other possible ex- planations. One, of course. ls mat. the scientists 1n question have eat.- en chicken eggs before. have be- come accustomed b0 them 1111a judged all other eggs by that. stan- dard. The second explanation ls that, possibly somebody, many year» ago, had the same idea and that the reason ivhy man started to aomestlcate chickens. rather than hooL-oivls. crows or illglibliaisrks, was because chickens’ (‘E85 f"? most. -tasty. -Owen Sound sun- Times.

Wlicn Jimmy Gardiner was right. years old. iin walk-lied sbockmcn tLrtve cattle through the slrr-eLs oi‘ Lincoln. Nab. A Livo-niontli-olil Sugar, got. in Lhe way and a cow- puncher called; “Hey. kid. Y0“ v11" have that. pig lf you can eaccn rum." The kld caught u. forward it. and sold it. to a neighbor. Cari- Mia's mllllsbcl‘ of agriculture. the Rt. Hon. James Garfield Gardin- er, is still catching pigs and set.- ing them at. a profit. As 1189m- m‘ nll the D0n1illi0ll'S farmers. he told his priiir-lpnls last week exactly what they will gct. Llils _vcn.r from sales La their British neighbors uii- rlcr renegotlaled contracts. — From Time Magazine. .

Labor Minister lllil-vhfl-ll Si." "1 "vigorous start" has 1410011 11111119 towards Sulvlllg um .1011 irrvblvi" of Lhe older worker - a slept?“ up placement drive by the uuem~ ployiuent. service and lilbcrciled groups. This is an cntcflmse m“ ‘Minister stiauld promote llll(l' eflj “coin-ace l.u lllf‘ UbHlUSlnlT lac trout. ls towards throwing inLu the dis- rnird the mature and seasuncu worker of "45 and over“. b11611 1i 1s a depimqnylo reflection o_n Con; nclinii industrial llfc. lt. is ‘Cm. i)'.ll‘.,'l".li\lll uf t.lic C1313 of mar-lam. 5nd‘ muss production. tlkillcrl crafts» iucii urn. incoming faucr and fow- er and the system of HDPTUIUPQ‘ h-ny__,,_\, |,.._.L~.-_._y~ ti“; youngster learn- vd from the experience Mill lcflcllj m»; of tiir ciniftsniziii "of 4.3 unu ,,\.‘,.,.--si_.,,. an hut. disappeared. ~ London Free Press-

Scroamiiig about high prices will not help us. Hard work and prayci are the only effective cures. The ivoi-lrl ls short. of goods rind liar- vents iiiirl iiiitil that Slblltlll0ll ls rarrenterl, gnnczxal price levels can- nnl, lungs-tiny igcecde. Cniv-idu iiiid the United States r-ould. lf they desired. forget. about. the rcst. of the worlzl. They could 5b0p the flow ofgoocls and food to Europe, stt. back and revel tn their own plenty They alone of the nations of the world have the capacity and pro- duction to do this Just. now. But. such a callous course would soon brlng its own reward. There can be no permanent peace, prosperity and iiaprglnoss for North Ariierlca until Europe ls rebuilt. And Europe ts very for from being rebuilt to- day. That continent. ls short of food. machinery. coal. steel, houses, transport. ferttllur and of almost everything else except trouble. It's going to he a long hard pull to put: Europe on lts feet. and we might. just; as well face the fact. that llntll the job to done we are going to be short. of food and goods on this continent and prices are going to continue high. Our Job in Canada and the Untbod States ts Le produce more industrial goods and pray for good crops. with luck and hard work we con do much this year and next. wtthout them the outlook fmbleuk. - Financial

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fu‘a'o'b'o'o'h'h'lsl'ln'fo'o'o'lo'o'o'fb'u'u‘c' NAVY LEAGUE MEETING

Sir, 4- On behalf of u... Navy League of this Province, I wlsh to thank you for the very excellent

' report. which you gave of our 0r-

ganlzatlon meeting of the Navy League on Monday last. Particular- ly do I w.sli to thank you for your editorial referring to this organ- ization. -

ll. is Qflibllylflg to know that our efforts have brought success, as there have been several very worthy boys applied {at member. ship.

Again thanking you for your great interest in this organization. and assuring you ol‘ my continued desire to serve,

. I om, Blr. ole. _ GEORGE I. TWEIDY ' President

S. A. APPRECIATION

5l.t‘.—~l\lllQll ls written about. Llie "responsibility" aif the press. But. in this expression we would like to say something about the “re- spoiise" of the press!

Ucrlnlnly as nii organization we are tier-ply indebted lo the four-Lb estate for lbs constant champion- ing of The salvation Army's ef- forts fo "help the helpless.” And during Appeal periods. when the public ls asked for financial sup- port with \\'1'llCh to maintain and expand the work. Canadian news- papers are in the van when ft comes to carrying the cause to the people.

Returns now tndlcale success ln last September's Red Shield Ap- peal. with only a few Cem- muntty Ghost centres to bo heard

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some ouurod. Thai oehlovo- merit [lveo salvation Army loud- ers cause for gratitude to God and to all who assisted so generous- 1y. Among those "who assisted so generously" none deserve praise and thanks more than the Cari- adlan newspapers. In thauktng and saluting thorm, we are thank- tng and saluting The Guardian. yourself and your staff! I am, Str. etc- ARNOLD BROWN Adjutant National Publicity Representative

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Six". -— We are living in o rev- olutionary age. Changes take place with such breath-taking sudden- iiess that. _we can only stand and wonder whet is going to happen next. Ideas that are accepted urithout. question today are dis- carded tomorrow. As never before we are being challenged an every hand to give is reason for the faith that. lies tn us.

Yet with all these changes some things remain the some. The one institution upon "which time makes little impression. 1.5 Thomas Hardy would say. is the rural school. It looks about. the same, and it. reacts to outside influence tn about. the some manner us its predecessor of sacred n-iomory. Can lt. be that tn the midst. of changes that are world-shattering ln their effect. the little red school house retains its status quo? For the benefit of readers who know n0 Latin status (1110 means “stayed put".

Of all our sins of omission and commission. the neglect of the rural school is the most. distress- ing. The concentration of higher education faculties tn our towns and eltics may have had scme jus- tification tn greats that. are lust, hut for rlays that, are lo come something holler ls required. Costs of a city education have mounted to such a height, that: the only formal education that most child- rtn living ln the country will get. in llll‘ future will he centred with-

in i. mile Ul‘ two, that is viilliln wulkng distance of their awn homes.

To meet this new situation, an entirely different conception of rural education ls needed, The llt- tle veil gehonl house must be mod- erriizrrl. il:- must. he revised arid v lallzeit. ll must be capable of giv- lng to all boys and girls. yes, and adults too, at.‘ this community such ii feeling for llvlng 1n the country that they svlll he loath to leave it rvcn for a holidayfiu the city. ln- stcnd ol‘ giving children a smat- lerink o! this end that end send- lng them d! to the elty to he fin- ished. the instruction and guid- ance they get. ln the rural school nnrl tn the home should ho ade- quate lo enable them to llve rind move. nnfl have the‘;- belniz In a. (‘Ollgfillfll rural environment. This may mean a new type of teacher. some additional equipment md a revised salary schedule; but. know- lng what: we want: and why. getting ll; hoccmes caster.

The Mnedonald Conloltdated School at Hllsboro was an illus- tration of what happens when you give a more or less intelligent class of people sornethng they do not rwuit; and dld riot. all: for. The Pi-tnce Edward Island Agricultural and Technical school which was established ln 1.920 and (Tsestab- llshed tn 1924 was an example of what happEns when we try to dem- onstrate practical farm methods wlthln the limits qt‘ city Walla. It. ls hlgli time that agricultural tn- structlon got. to the country where ll belongs.