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W The Right Approach

The decision to appoint a. five- man committee of farmers to study the problems of producers for the food processing plants in the Prov- ince, and to report back to a general meeting of producers as soon as pos- sible. seems an excellent one. Good public relations are essential to the success of this new enterprise. and this is something that can only be worked out on a producer-manage- ment basis.

The potential value of the food processing industry to our farmers. and to the whole Province. is beyond question. As was suggested at the meetingr chaired on Tuesday night by President George Macdonald of the Federation of Agriculture. inexperi- ence on both sides may have con- tributed to some of the difficulties ivhich had been discussed earlier. end about which we heard a. good deal during the recent election cam- paign. Now the problem can be dis- .fodated completely from politics. and tackled in a mutual desire to ‘reach a satisfactory arrangement. This. as we urged before, would be much better than government interference. which should be invok- ed only as a last resort. Meanwhile. there will be much useful work for “the new committee to do, in obtain- ing detailed information on the relat. ions between producers and plant management in other provinces. and in studying every phase of the prob- ‘lem as it. affects the industry here.

We are still handicapped by

transportation difficulties which are the fault of neither our food pro- ducers nor processors. and this af- fects the p r o blem of competitive marketing. in which both are vitally concerned. Sonn. let us hope. we shall see progress on the great causeway undertaking to which the Federal Government stands pledged, for this new link with the mainland will solve many of our difficulties in this con- nection. It is from this angle. even more than from the tourist stand- point. that we have endeavored to keep this project in the forefront at all times—and regardless of whose political toes we may have trampled tin—as something of cardinal im- portance to our future. .3 With the improvement in trans- ilortation which the causeway will .Ilring. and with continued expansion lithe mocessing of all our farm and ilishery products capable of being . marketed in this convenient manner. we can see for our beloved Province ‘L tremendous upsurge of activity. .’ the difficulties in the way should lie a challenge to all concerned to iliurmount them successfully.

1' f: A Poor Argument ' The question of subsidies for I . adian railways has been raised y the. Canadian Trucking Associa- Ion in a brief presented to the i mmone Railways Committee. The iation is seeking to persuade “i a committee to reject a govern- ent bill extending provisions of i. Freight Rates Reduction Act, ’ u in doing so has described rail- wbuidia as Wan irrational. .. ” hurling waste of public funds." .' The truckm’ brief will serve a puma-elf it helps to cut down .., 1‘ "expenditure in the way palliation-but surely. tn do- the principle itself. the , . ~ is on fliotical ground. point horne.,one big , J a; National Rail-

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loss basis, nor could many other services which the railways pro- vide, and which are of paramount importance to the country.

And. as has been pointed out on several occasions. the truckers themselves are subsidized by the taxpayers; not directly. as the rail- ways, but indirectly along with other users of the highways. License fees. gasoline taxes and other charges which may be attributed to the use of roads do not cover the full cost of roadways, bridges, city streets. and other necessities that make highway transportation pos- sible. A good portion of the cost of these facilities comes from general tax revenue. and thus constitutes a subsidy.

This is a good thing, for the public service the trucking industry provides more than compensates for these expenditures. But if it is valid that the railways should be deprived of the direct subsidy, it is equally valid that the truckers should be asked to forego their special privileges as users of public thoroughfares. That way, they would both soon be out of business. The logic of this request doesn’t appeal to us at all. and we doubt if it will get very far with the House of Commons committee.

Undiichable Diei

Despite all the talk 1; b0 u t dis- satisfaction with Prime Minister Diefenbaker‘s party leadership, it is likely that he will get a resounding vote of confidence when the Con- servatives hold their annual meet- ing at Otta w a on January 18-19. This is predicted a l rea d y by the chairman of the resolutions commit.- tee. who describes as "completely un- founded" reports that resolutions calling for a change in leadership had been sent in to the committee.

About 180 resolutions have been received so far—none of them showing any spleen against Honest John. A major one to be introduced will indorse him wholeheartedly as continuing leader. The Liberals, Socreds. and New Democrats, of course. will sniff at this. They are saying. “Just wait and see!”

The Tories blame the Liberals for starting the rumors about John being on the skids, but the other opposition groups have been spread- ing them. too. They are hinting that Trade Minister Hoes has set his cap for the leadership. Now that Davie Fulton is out of the way, rebuild- ing Conservative fortunes in British Columbia. they claim that Hoes is the coming man.

But Mr. Hess indignantly de- nies it. He says the caucus of MPs and senators and the Conservative Party are solidly behind the Prime Minister. He is certain that the PM has “absolutely no intention of resigning" and. m o r a o v e r. that "he'll lead us in the next election and he'll win.” This hasn’t spiked all the rumblings, but it has helped.

Meanwhile Mr. Diefenbaker. ro- clining J upiter-like above the clouds, and seeing the bolts hurled for be- low him in the valley, maintains a. dignified silence. His time to break it will come when he mounts the rostrum at the big party rally, and speaks his piece. We have an idea. that this will be a whale of a per- formance. If there are any Doubt- ing Thomases in the audience. they’ll likely, before he gets through with them, be either converted or heading desperately for the nearest fire escape.

EDITORIAL NOTES

Worth bearing in mind now is \the need for keeping those Christ- mas trees and decorations safe from the fire menace. This is the time to take precautions—not when the trouble starts.

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A cross-Canada survey by the Canadian Press indicates that about nine million Christmas trees from seven provinces have been shipped abroad. from Ethiopia to Venezuela. Missing from the list of more than a dozen importing countries, how- ever, are the Congo; where Com- dian troops will decorate Norweg- ian trees, and Egypt. where the UN. emergency force will get or- tificiol trees shipped by the Cano- dian army. If the number of Christ- maa trees, for export should b0 down from last year—in the face of continuing competition from ur- tificial articles—improved quality should' still leave Canadian export- on with “diminished m-

ANOTHER GAME IN THE FOG

OTTAWA REPORT by Patrick Nicholson Heavy Run On Political Satire

"Have you heard it yet?"

That is the most frequent conversational opening as 0t- tawa uncorks the bottles in this holiday season. Not. to catch the reference marks the bearer as a square, while the cool cat not merely knows that "it" is the Kennedy record. but. can quote its highlights as readily as his grandfather quoted Shakespeare.

“The st. Family" is a standard long-playing record in which a 26-year old supper club entertainer and TV star named Vaughn Meader impersonates President Kennedy. while other artists play the roles of whisper-

g Jackie. ebullient Caroline. and a whole cast of “Dignitar- fee and Visitors and Heads State and Free Loaders and Re- latives and Relatives and more Relatives and more Relatives." The record went on sale in USA. in mid November. but was sold out quicker than it takes to say so. It literally h it Ottawa shortly after. and is al- ready a smash success in Bri- lain.

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OUT OF THIS WORLD

The rapid rise of the new form of sick humour. which pokes fun at the mighty and

knocks the sawdust out of the stuffed shirt. has passed Ottawa by — except at second hand. But literally within the past year it has soared to popularity almost everywhere where spot- lights illuminate performers be! fore an audience. In a Broadway theatre or a London nightclub: At the Chicago Playboy Club and a Washinton playhouse; it is called "satire". But with a slight twist of the familiar phrase or a novel angle on the everyday event. the se rver adds his own dash of importin- euce and hands up an irresisti- ble dish of malice.

So from the revue skit and the television turn. through the night-club act we now reached the platter which spat- tors.

“The First Family" offers seventeen scenes, ranging from

the Malayan ambassador arriv-‘

ing for dinner at the White House in the president telling his daughter a bedtime story. We see how Jackie gets a trifle overwhelmed by the huge Ken- nedy clan: how the presidential manner slaps over from press conference to family dinner: we

PUBLIC

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REPLY TO MR. WHEATLEY

Sir.—Now that the elections are over. it would seem like an appropriate time to reply to the letter published in your col- umns on December 3rd. and entitled: “Gmwingc of Peas" by Woodrow Wheatlcy.

This letter is being written in defense of the very cordial re- gulations we have had with our labour force and our growers. our suppliers. and the Govern- ment during the past five years.

Mr. Wheatley's letter can on- ly be explained in one of two ways.

(1) He does noi have all Hi e facts relating to his own busin- ess affairs: or (2) He h a s deliberately c o n- fused the related details for an ulterior motive.

Mr. Wheailey referred to the pea harvesting weather in. 1961 as being "perfect". The state- ment is correct. but he omitted to mention that for 71 days. dur- ing the growing period, we had a continuous drought. wh i c h Icrlously damaged the pea crops during the growth period.

Refer-lance is made to his being indebted to the company to the amount of $83 when settlement was made. Again he has omittted all important details. From his pea acreage harvested. Mr. Wheatley received a net credit of approximately $400. which must be considered good for a crop which had been rated "a failure”. However. mention was not made of his contract with the company to buy the entire pea ensilage and his failure to complete his contract because of inefficiency and neglect. Our company was obliged to do much of the work on his behalf. and for which he was charged only time and material.

Al for his crop, it might be interesting to others to read extract: from our fieldmau'a

coveflll the acreage in

r y pre- pared.- and existing loll condi- tions considered margin- al." "After planting there was considerable trifle over field to check the of gra . and to fertilize the coil." "Cows

were permitted on numerous occasions to tramp this field."

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As for the "disgusted" grow- ers. I can only state-that Mr. Wheatley surely has the unique experience of being the major- ity of those disgusted, insofar as

. we are aware.

As for the Government giving P.E.I. Frosted Foods Ltd. any: thing for nothing. he speaks again from total ignorance of the facts. as we have never ask- ed for nor received a subsidy. 0n the other hand, it is known to those concerned that we have 31 very heavy investment in our

ant.

I am wondering if Mr. Wheat- ley remembers our predecessors at Sherwood or what we took over from the growers' cooper- ative which started a frozen food plant? I would suggest that t e veruruent has done an excellent job in providing the growers with a method of in- creustng their ipcome by diver- sifying their drops without the bother and headaches of dispos- ing of the finished products through the marketing channels.

In defense of our labour and material procurement policy. is important to remember that 80 per cent of our consumer market is in Ontario and Quebec. and only 5 per cent in the Maritime Provinces. There- fore. to be competitive with On- tarlo and Quebec packers. we must produce in the Province of P.E.I. at a lesser cost by at least the extra cost of incoming freight on supplies. etc. and the outgoing freight on the finished product. Unless we achieve the necessary efficiencies in the procurement of raw material and in labour to at least the ex- tent of extra transportation coats. we could not continue.

So far we have not achieved the desired costs. but when we settled in the province five years ago. I predicted. public-L ly, that five or more years in virgin territory. such ea was the one at that time. would be

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hear Jackie's whispering voice parodied and the familiar pro- bidential vocal mannerisms mocked. It is not very tender: it is very fuuuny: and it serves to remind us what a bonanza of material we have ready to hand in Canada.

HAVE YOU HEARD IT?

This I have not heard —- b at

how funny it might be under the skilled direction of the incisive satire of the modern entertain- ment worl . Fisher. the junior M.P. from the Lakehead and the junior member of Parlia- ment Hill's press corps. instruc- ting a rookie class of politi- cal journalists. -

e Governor General. who may never make a politically partisan speech of is own. dis- cussing the violently partisan speeches which he has to read “from the Throne" when open- lng parliament.

Gordon Fairclough. the hus- band of the Postmaster Gcner- al in our federal cabinet. atten- ding a dinner for “Cabinet. wi- ves" given by Olive Diefenba- er

One of the civil service staff of the Cabinet imitating a Ca- binet meeting.

The Social Credit party being addressed in caucus in English by their leader. smiling Bob

ompson.

Bert I-Ierrldge asking iii 9 Prime Minister what he intends to do about the pollution of our rivers.

Ottawa‘s lady mayor. Oh - lotte Whitton. describing in pri- vate her opinion of r Con- troller Tardif as a gentleman and, a controller and a Liberal

Former Public Works Minia- ter David Walker seeking the bar at a reception at the Prime Minister's house.

Defence Minister Harknes'l speaking at the opening of a Bo- marc Missile base.

Our Yesterday’s

(From the Guardian Files)

December :0. 1937

Government Pond would be cleaned early in the new year. if negotiations under way be- tween tbe City of Charlottetown and the Provincial Government are successful. it was learned last night. Civic authorities be« lieved that the proposed project would provide many local men with employment and would be

used as far as possible to re-

place direct relief.

A city volunteer fireman told his "buddies" at the Fire Hall last night about how be we I chased by a police officer Ia he ran from his home to the If r a Station at 4 am. Tuesday. to reach the apparatus before it rolled out to attend a fire on King Street. The "mistake" was pro- bably made became the fire- man wore no uniform and the policeman was only recently ap- pointed to the force.

TEN YEARS AGO Deeom Harold A Kelly's ems. were among the eucceuful caudldat‘u who re- ccived the degree of Chartered Account“ this week.

Gordon Moon. Bachelor of caring. was rec ap- caring

pointed to the angle of the Canadian Foundation

Com y Cir-1E.le recent a

Ex-IDI'I'OI I ORILLIA. Out. (CH—Dr. C. emadtul

.0 of The Packet and Times. cele- brated his son. birthd

Rib Syndrome. ~

Causes Pain

By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellou

PAIN ORIGINATING in the chest wall usuallhls aggravated by breathing. coughing. or movements such as reaching or stretching. This soreness may develop as the nesult of strain of a mucle or ligament due to unaccustomed exercise or a oe~ vere coughing spell.

Now and then a mudcle be- tween two ribs goes into a vio- lent cramp. similar to that-of a night cramp in the leg muscles. The fibers relax within a min- ute but pain is severe while it lasts Chest pain also stems from arthritis of the back; and a broken rib generally produces localized tenderness which is worsened by twisting or turning.

Emotional disordersmust be included in the list of chest wall pain. The victim experiences a sense of tightness or aching or he may get a sharp pain. The condition often is associated with fatigue or an emotional strain. and in probability stems from an unconscious. pro- longed muscle tension. Distress often mimics heart pain or the discomfort may extend upward from a disorder in the upper abdomen.

“Rib syndrome" is the term proposed by Dr. Maurice S. Rawlings to describe pain orig- inating in the cartilaginous tis- sue of the chest wall. Cartilage connects the ribs with t ' breasihonc. It. is softer and more flexible thaii bone and is easily injured by heavy work. s ddcn movements. cough. or cspiralory strain.

Sorcncss is located over i he strained area and is increased by deep breathing. stretching. reaching. or other movements. Turning ovf‘r in hod may lead to pain that awakens the indi- vidual. llcziling occurs eventual- ly but takes time because the chest and the injured pari move with every breath. In addition. cartilage has a poor blood sup- ply.

Aspirin and hcai are hclpful in most chest wall injuries. A self-adhering. strapless, elastic rib halter or belt tend to mid- imize movements of the chest and promote healing. ‘A wide, iaht brassiere is helpful when trauma occurs at the level the breast.

(Dr. Van Dellen will answer questions on medical topics if stamped. self-addressed enve- lope accompanies request).

ASTHMA SHOTS

M Z \rriie: [lave immunity shots against asthma prove eipful'.‘

REPLY

Yes. but desensitization shots are not always hclpful.’ cspeci- ally when the allergy is to foods. bacteria, or the emo- tions. They may not be success- ful when the individual contin- ues to live in a dusty environ- ment or refuses to give up the cal or doc. But in general. the sooner tho injections are started. the less likely complications are in develop.

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‘ FAR FUNGIYS ‘ H .l. D. writes; i had a pro- ‘longed allack of fungus in both cars. which the doctor succeed- ‘ed in clearing up. How can I E prevent another bout, of th l l . nuisance? REPLY

‘ Why not ask the physician .r who was so successful in treat-