OUT OF THIN AIR as befitting a younger and more humble servant of the public than the newspaper business..." He also instructed his staff that news items announced over the station were to be concluded with, "For further par¬ ticulars, see your Daily Newspaper". The mind of the old Scot was made up, however, and no amount of appeasement could budge it. Many, myself included, tried to talk J.R. Burnett out of his adaman¬ tine position towards radio but to no avail. Twenty years later, however, CFCY's accountant was successful in making a break¬ through. Mickey thought it would be a good idea if the Guardian pub¬ lished an election score-sheet which could be filled in by the listeners as the results came over the radio. "What do you think?" Mickey asked Dad . "Terrific idea, Mickey , but you'll never get The Guardian to go along with it." Dad answered. "Well, I'll try anyway...do no harm in trying." "Good luck" from Dad . Perhaps in addition to Mr. Burnett 's determination to have nothing to do with radio, Dad was thinking of the time when was shoved during the fever of election night when he dared to try to use one of The Guardian's adding machines on which results were being tallied for Canadian Press. An apology was exchanged and bygones were bygones; so Mickey , undaunted, called on The Guardian. By this time the Burnett boys, Ian, Bill and Chick (George) were all actively involved in the day to day running of the paper. Chick and Bill liked Mickey 's idea, so they went to Ian who was more senior. "It's a good idea," Ian said, "but I doubt if the Boss will go for it." As they went into JR 's office, the Burnett boys dropped back a little as Mickey put forward his proposal. "The answer is no," Mr. Burnett stated firmly, "and there's no point in continuing this discussion." On the way out, Mickey received a sympathetic pat on the back from the boys. "Too bad, Mickey . It's a fine idea." Back at the office Dad was adding his "I told you so" when the phone rang. It was Chick. They had persuaded JR to give his okay. So, the freeze out that had lasted nearly twenty years ended, and seven years of cooperation began—at least at election time. Once and a while, how¬ ever, between times, radio was acknowledged in the columns of Charlottetown 's morning newspaper as it "Covered Prince Edward Island like the Dew." 128