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Morning Daily (Founded in 1881) President: Lieut. Col. W. Chester S. McLuro Vice-President: J. R. Burnett, F..I.l. Secretary: Lieut. Col. D. A. lllacKinnon, 13.8.0. Editor and Managing Director: J. R. Burnett, lr‘.J.l. Associate Ediiors: Prank Walker and Lieut. Ian A. Burnett, R.C.N.\’.R. (On Active Service)

“The StrongeIiTl-cntory is_lVeaker the Weakest Ink."

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'__,,___ __ An Artful

It is ‘umlppu: 1., note that Prime Minister Kink“ p1,,- lii.» ltgyll Liberal press, prutcsscs to find satistiaction in the tlelcat of .\lr. HQPbuF" and the pl't)\illt'léll liberal Party in Ontarw- Ili; motto now l>i "Provincial politics is one thing and bctlcrul p-illiirs is zuiotltcr."

That wasn't what .\lr. King said iii Lon- don. Ontario, nil .\lu_\- 5o last. "YOU \\‘111 11°: be surprised." he then declared, "when I K811 ‘Du that f“, {lgfizj/a" lnizr iiffnrilrd ma more saf- hfggjion 11m] flt . n‘ in lint/i Provincial and y: Nmfiiiyiis‘ in this Iruvizivc than f0 see I/ir Literal Part" 50 rtrmigljx nnitrd in Slff/‘Ofl 1;f[‘]'['l(')’(1[ fol v nun’ in ur/wtvi/itni to t/ic [ioli- Ug-J of 11m‘,- fn/i/iinil n/~/~li1iu:it.v."

Now that he can gain nothing by chumming with Ontario l.ll)t‘l'll.lS provi i:ill_\', lie drops tlicni like a hot" prOirs-"es even to re- joice at their resort-titling dciczit. \\'hat a coni- mentary‘ on his oii-titioletl P168- 101‘ "1DYa1tY" among his followers!

.\lr. King's iilcgi of loyalty is to exploit it like other virtues for his own benefit. It is rarely that one catches hint, howevcr—as in this icasc——in the open act. He does things so smoothly. betraying his bosom friends with such adroitness that thev hardly know by whom they have been stabbcil. like Lord Byron's pirate skipper, he is undoubtedly

“the mildast. mannered man That wer scuttled ship, or cut. a throat.”

A Word Of Warning

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While the C. C. F. appeal in 1\-I0nday’s elec- tion is likely to be small in i-his Provii a word of warning with regard to its re ig- nificance in Canadian politics may not be inis- placed. The fact is that this party holds a new and entirely alien theory of democracy and of Parliament. A C. C. F. member i: fr” to have hi: 02m views on an issue only roller: the arg- anization as a 1uliole, through its executive body, ha: extras-red no opinion. The real power of the C. C. F. rests with the party and its machin- ery, not with the elected man. The men who control C. C. F. policy, therefore, are men hold- ing office and influence in the executive bod- ies, not in Parliament.

This is a direct denial of the basic theory of the British, the American and the Canadian parliamentary system. Our system grew out of the “litenagcniot of Anglo-Saxon England, and has never varied in its insistence that the member of Parliament is responsible to the whole country first and, second, to his own constituents -— that he is never responsible to any outside authority above or apart from the electors. It is based on the proposition that every constituency shall nominate and elect a man of its own choice, without any outside in- terfercnce, to represent it in Parliament with no strings attached.

But a C. (i. F. member of Parliament is a delegate of the party, not a free representative of his constituency or of the whole people. A C. C. F. government would be the voice 0f the party convention. not of the nation.

The C. C. F. theory of the party-above-ail docs not derive from liiiglisli democracy. It comes out of continental Europe. It has flower- ed there in VZIFlOUS countries in the one-party state, and its basic principle is in no way dif- ferent front that of the rlictzitnrsliips of which the world has hurl such hittcr experience.

Do Prince lirlivard lslzuithsrs want this lflllfl of government, oven if it had the ghost of a chance of getting circled? \\'c do not think so. The best wav of iii-tiring again-t it is to vote Progressive (‘|»|i~t\r\';ili\'<*_ llt't'.'lll>(‘ llivrc is now no hope of flit; l.iht':';il.< tihtiiiiiiiig nn titer-all majoritv. \\illl\‘ iln» ivvt-nt lruirl-livlt- in llllliifll) pruvrs llllllt‘ ('1'llifi!1\l\L‘i\ that Ilia tun be dune by .\lr. il'.'li'i\l'il (lllil lxi- wmiw c A Lusl Crumble

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“The i- l‘ of l'l‘t’llllCl‘ Ioncs of Princv l‘. ~. l l-‘nwl ~li‘,|}ml out of gear when ht- lritwl to l"i‘l ‘l li-t or" <>\"-' on his political opponents "l liv- . d» sirrn of 'l‘hir<l limp-K. 'l'li<- l’. l.'oii.<<-i"\':i1ivc member of 1h.- l.<- i ‘ll vlivzsitin. ll. l". Mac- Phtu. lL.."‘ ll lri-i inmitii to accept llic licdcrai noniiiinlioii for |{5iil_-'.< litiinity. \\'ilh tuiustiitl pronnititii.lc .\lr. l‘ . l~ lrnl the writ issued for a by-clcctitm in 'l‘hir<l l\'in_sg'<, lcaviug the short- est 5lllillllll'\' pi-riiiil lit-fur n lliilllllllilftll$ and pollmgg. and lll1l..' g _lliI!" l tlcciion day. trvi- fl(‘l'lll_\‘ li£l\ii1'_' a hunch rill ulnu was likely’ t) happcn in Ontario. Thi- r.-~uh in that the Pro- gressive Cruisciwziifvt- vlidntc wins tlic scat by a cniiifnri:ilil:~ marzai and thus almost cer- tainly insuixw .\lr. Slat: ’h;-.-' election to llie lloitsc rif (Variations ncxt ftlniitlay.

"TllCFC is flllHillFl‘ vnriiivv in the Islam‘ Lczislaturc. mic of the souls for liillli Prince where Coltmcl l5. ll. Strain; rvsignctl to be- come Progressive (‘n:i\;~i"r:iii\c canoitlatt- for Prince (lninlh :unl vxhvtw the situation corre- sponded exactly with that oi 'l'hirtl King's. and the writs tn fill lmlll lil"'_'i‘il and sllUllltl liar/r been issnt-tl on tht- vtanr flu. lint the llll\\'lSI‘l_v astute Mr. Jones conveniently forgot Flflll Prince and concentrator] on llilftl King's with the obvious cxpcclalioii of capturing

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Division and keeping Mr. llIacPl-iee, former Attorney General and able dcbater, out of the local House in the event of his failing of elec- tion on June II. Instead of that, he has man- aged to give his own party a body blow in a crucial district of the close county of King's a week before Federal polling. _

“The moral is that those whose conception of public responsibility permits them to treat politics as a mere game, should at least have the grace to play it according to accepted sport- ing standards."

For Fewer Spoiled Ballots

In spite of every effort to make voting a simple procedure, it is probable that from 50,000 to 55.000 persons who will g0 to the polls in the Federal election will fritter away their opportunity to elect the candidates of their choice, by spoiling their ballots. This estimate is based on figures for past elections which have been compiled by The Canadian Press. In the last Federal election-in i94o--4,672,53i persons voted and 52,271 ballots were spoiled. With a heavier v0te expected in the forthcom- ing election, there will be no fewer errors, un- less greater care is taken. The Canadian Press figures reveal that the margin of error is getting wider, instead of diminishing. For in- stance in I925 there were 3,184,297 votes cast, but only 15,885 spoiled ballots —- about one- lialf of one per cent. In I926 there were 3,289,- 616 votes cast and 16,554 spoiled ballots; in I930, 4,016,600 and 24,119 and in i935, 45,821 were spoiled out of 4,498,496. The figures re- yeal that the one per cent mark was reached m i935 and passed in I940.

\Vhy it is so many voters ignore the voting 190031 Peticil, draw a colored one or a fountain pen from their pockets and spoil their ballots by giving them “distinctive" markings; why it is so many vote for two candidates instead of one, (this is right 0f course in Queen's, which is a two-member constituency), or why is it so many put‘ down a mark other than the required "x", are questions hard to answer. The best explanation perhaps is that it is all due to carelessness and thoughtlessness. Aclllall)’ 111C proper marking of a ballot is n very simple matter. All a voter has to do is mark an "x" opposite the name of the candi- date of his choice, (two candidates in the ca" °f Queflfi). using One of the pencils in the booth provided for the purpose. Nothing more; nothing less.

.-EDITORI'AL NOTES-

New moon tonight may presage Government Monday. n-

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Youth Sunday tomorrow — a British Com-

monwealth institution.

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A suitable text for sermons 0n Election Sunday might not inappropriately be Titus I, 10th and 11th verses, King James version.

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Mr. George McCullagl-i of the Globe (ltlff Mail. and Mr. Grattan O'Leary of tlic O/ltmu Journal, have been the twn outstanding oralors in the political campaign just ended.

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Charlottetown City Council has been rc- 0rgaiuzcd_ ivitli its new member, .\lr. Keefe. taking his scat and assuming his share of

committee work.

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Prime Minister King says he is not inter- ested in provincial politics; yct it is to Premier Jones and not the Hon. Cyrus that he wires his someivhat flat excuse for not visiting us during this Federal election campaign

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l If we believe in Democracy we must prove it by voting at this election. There is n0 cx- cuse for any one staying at home and “letting George do it.” That is what led to Hillgri5m and the terrific sacrifice we have since made of our youth and wealth. The issue is clcstr and unmistakcablv-Bracken and all that is honourable, just and of good report. versus

King and chaos.

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Charles Dickens, EllgllSli novelist, died this 1111"! 1870; the outstanding “character” novelist of the 10th century, using his kiioivledgc lllivlllilll nature as material for cre- ative work, which his poetic imagination cu- ablctl him t0 utilize in such character" delinea- lions as (Quilp, Mrs. (iamp, the \\7ellcrs, Mrs. Alc-Cawbcr, Tiny Tim, Mr. Pccltiniff, (Yllivci 'l‘\vist, etc: "Some people may be Roosliaiis, and other: may be Prooshaus; they are born so, and will please themselves. Them which is of other iiaturs thinks different."

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There are limitations to the freedom 0f thc press in matters international, and it is fool- ish for Ctopians to expect that the (lay has ar- rived when (iiovernments will willingly and automatically open their records for inspection by all and sundry. In this connection Hie York- s/iirc Post, owned by the Anthony Eden family puts it this ivay: “You cannot nialtc govern- ments frank by a Geneva convention. News- papcrs are a part of the fabric of their na- tional life, and Will be more likely to rcsciit than to seek on their behalf outside interfer- ence. Politicians in office are even more na- tionalistic, and unlike most journalists, they valuc highly the power of reticence. llow wnultl Argentine statesmen respond to a demand by Brazil journalists for access to full iuformti- tion when relations between their countries were strained? Would protestations from a bur- c-au in Europe make any difference? What ivould the Soviet government in Moscow say

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

‘Notes By The i Way

An objective analysis of urban llle would probably show that city

good. After years of doing that they develop ailments for which the are at a loss to account. They um their cars in once a year for an over. haul. but. their bodies never. They brusn their teeth twice a day, bu: neglect their eye-sf ht. for . They wear too muc _ and complain endlessly "the weather." before 1i a.m.. and seldom in bed before midnight.‘ How they ilve to four score years and ten has puzzled every reputable physician for ages, but. the philosophers have an answer. It ls sheer contrarlety. "Victoria Colonist.

A score of rubble heaps. some of

buildings, now dot London. They are the remains of bombed bulld- fngs, cleared away and carefully sorted. Every ounce is valuable. There are three categories of wreck. age material: wood and metal, wzflch are salvaged to be used again where possible; rubble, which ls valuable hard core for construct- ional work; and debris, the finer grained material and dust. some of which is being used Just: now to raise the level of a lake in Kent, and for filling ln marshes. The rubble is reserved for work of na. tlonal importance. It. ivas used in making the Mulberry harbors for the invasion of Normandy. When the defences of London had to be shifted to meet the menace of the flying bombs, more than a hundred thousand tons of the rubble was carted away in trucks to make the foundations for the new gun-sites. Rubble make; the best of all bases for runways on aermdrornes, and much of it has been taken for this purpose. And when Britain's new housing projects are laid out, the roadways will largely be laid on these scraps of old London-Unit- ed Kingdom Information.

Now that Britain's blackout cur. tains are coming clown from win- dows throughout the countrv, housewives have been asked to do- mite them. clean and in good con- dition. to a fund to help clothe the child en of Europe. ondarrs

Help lland" council has al. ready received a uantlty of black- out cloth from anks, insurance companies and large commercial offices. The material will be ship. ped to Holland to help supply >he urgent need for all kinds of chi‘- dren’s outer garments. - From Netherlands News Digest.

Hitler once predicted that the Americans would run like rabbits -and so they dld. The trouble for Hitler was that, they did not run in the direction he predicted they would-Chatham News.

The shortage in teachers, which has already been fclt in other New England States, particularly Maine, has reached Massachusetts. This situation exists, despite the reduc- tion ln the number of pupils, and is due primarily to the fact that many teachers ave accepted more lucrative positions, temporarily, at least. School superintendents, principals and other executives are now appealing to high school graduates to prepare for the teach- lng profession, as it is highly lm- perative that ésomething be done before the sibu ticn becomes acute. This state has alivays been in the forefront in education. It camwt afford to lose that. prestige. Boston Post.

After the war Britain will have a magnificent opportunity to cs- tabilsh a flourishing tourist indus- try. Not only will travellers from all parts of the world be anxious to sec the island and the people who stood out against. Hitler. bu; we shall be one of the few coun- tries able'to cater for tourists. This industry will be of first-class importance to our post-war econ- omy. It is in the trucst sense an "export trade" since it produces at first hand the foreign currency we need so much. Before the war France relied upon "tourism" to balance tier national accounts but. ln Britain 1t was largely itegiectcd. It would be foolish and shortsight- ed m neglect it again. especially when we have a chance to get away to a flying start. — London Daily Mail.

Because they suspected that Heydrichs assassins had been har- boured 1n the village of Lldlce (falsely, as it. turned out) the Nazis stripped its men naked. shot. them and dumped their bodies int-o a mass grave. They packed off its women and children to concentra- tion camps and then leveled its 112 buildings, lcavlng not one stone standing. They took many pictures of the dead and the wreckage and broadcast their vengeance to the world. The Czech government. we are told, has issued new maps which do not show Lltllcc. It. pre- fers that it remain a signpost nmid blood-red poppies. Let us think of it as B, signpost guiding the Unltcd Natlpns ln their policy to- ward a Germany once capable of glorifying little Lidiccfis oblitera- tion. We would make one reserva- tion and that ls that in whatever L; permitted to grow over, the ashes of Berlin the poppies shall go absent. - New York Herald Tr!- unc,

CHOICE A million roads or more upon the earth. And I am free to choose my ownl ‘vc seen ’ Strong liilis lift roads lnto the yel-

w sun, . And bed them on the moon at: night; seen green. Broad plains thread roads through leagues of space and stitch Them fast. to friendly towns. 'I'he sea will take A road and twist its course through storm-lashed trees. And grasses where the curiews nest, and make It bivouac on cold. gray INKS- and yet. The road that. wanders by the

to a ilcmatid from the Polish press for informa- tion the bolslieviks were keeping quiet? - - - For the present we believe the cause of press fret-- dom will bc'servet1 best by lhc exam

press using its freedom with the utmost public

that spirit.

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lonely sea Is flesh nucl hone with every ship that sails wilds. blue maln, and that's the road for me.

s n Olna _ Martin

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They are hardly civil CC

them higher than the neighboring 1n

a, per-ed of smmhetic ‘fifty br tit about by the war against Hit. er and Nazimn. We abhor the fact that it was nec- msary for the destruction of many ggilgions oft innocent lives sand un-

PNPB Y K161111189 B-Ild ell-flit! tron, before the doprualon could be

do not e credit. to Hitler for In: the de- pression, but we do say that the system x “bie for Hitler and

I am. Bic, etc. KEN GLEN COP Provincial Organizer. Charlottetown.

STRONG FOR THI CABHIT

Slr,-—-Now the smoke of battle has cleared awa in Ontario, and the few remalnng Grits in that province have drug in awaiting a political resurrection, which may not come until the end of this century. M le King upon hearing about it went towlslt. Nc Man's Land and speak for a sight for his crowd that is going down to defeat on the 11th, and when

y could accom modate him, he said “Dig my fox- hole as far away from Hepburrfs as you can!"

I want to stress n few points of interest to the farmers and fisltcr- men of Prince County. This elec- tlon should not be run on old party lines. It's not a case of Grit fight Tory. but it is whether we will survive and be able to do business or not. Should this present Gov- ernment be returned. (which there is not the slightest chance of). we will have to do as Premier Jones suggested in his speech in the Legislature here-move away from this Province altogether.

In Col. E. H. Strong the Op- position has a fearlus and cour- ageous candidate, with ability enough to fill any cabinet. sltion. Let us elect. him with

Government when ft ls fanned, to fight for the rights of the fisher- men, farmers and business men of this; Province.

If there is one class more than another who should vote against the present Government at. Ot- tawa it is the farmers. A ceiling price has been put. on potatoes, which we are not objecting to, but there should also have been a floor price, just the same as the Government placed ln the Prairie Provinces on wheat. Jimmy Gar- diner takcs the credit of having that dune, with the result it is now costing Canada almost one hun- dred millions per year to make up to the Western farmers the floor price set on ivheat. which has to be paid out. of the revenue. And our farmers, fishermen and busi- ncss men are paying their share by outrageous high taxes.

Do our farmers remember not so long ago that potatoes sold here for six cents per bushel? This is liable to happen again. Take the hlgh cost of growing potatoes at the present time, with the hlzh price of fertilizer fixed by the fertilizer companies. with no doubt the approval of the Government for farmers now paying six or seven dollars per ton more for their fertilizer than they should be paying. They have-no say in the matter at all, as the price the manufacturer gets, also the whole- sale dealer. and the price the farin- ers have to pay for ft, ls ail ar- ranged before hand.

How long are we going to put up with this? Now we have the remedy in your hands, vote in the Bracken Government. and. if they do not. change this outraaeous state of affairs, kick them out. too at the next opportunity.

Here ls another matter which I would ask you to consider. You may have read the report. of the Carroll Commission brought down last week. This commission was appointed by the Government. to lnqulre into and make a report on the demand of the coal miners for a further increase ln pay, notwith- standing the fact that just. a little over a year ago permission was given to the mine owners to ln- crease the price of coal about $1.00 per ton and coke $1.50 per ton, I have been credibly informed that; lf the report of the Carroll Com- mission ls accepted, it; will mean a further increase in the price of coal- of about $1.00 per ton. Are

e consumers to tamely

ubmlt to this

Just one more matter I want to

ouch on. Reports state that ount Pleasant airport and train- niz school ls to be closed this week,

th a loss to the taxpayers of this apuntry of about. six and s half ten milllon dollars, when there was no necessity of llhere. There was plenty of room at St. Eleanors to increase the dapacity of that. port if it was nec- oessary to do so. To make mat- llers worse. the main hlzhway gush had beenhalreatgy paved from