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PAGE 4 SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1965. |

Sound Advice

We have to keep reminding vur- selves that the Winnipeg Free Press is a staunch Liberal ‘paper, for it hasn’t been sparing the rod on its party spokesmen at Ottawa these days, over various matters of public

concern. What it has to say about the |

manner in which the Canada Pension

Plan has been put on the political auction block is a case in point. We |

give a few excerpts from its latest comment on the subject.

“There is an implicit assumption

both sides of the House of Com- mons,” says our Winnipeg contempor- -aryy-‘that the electorate will confer its favors on the party which comes up with the most generous program. Among government strategists par- ticularly it seems to be assumed that the plan must be driven through at all costs before an election. This sutely is a lamentably low appraisal of. the public's intelligence. Most Can- adians would rather have a sound workable plan than a political one; the government is committed to bringing in such a plan and a few months’ delay, until after another election if necessary, will not cost it any votes.

“It is not good enough for some members of the government to say, as«Mr. Walter Gordon did the other day, that critics of the Canada Pension Plan are out to destroy it. There may be a few who are, but no one with any-sense of political reality serious- ly questions the public’s desire for the plan. Its most constructive critics, like Premiers Robarts and Roblin, have proffered their suggestions without a word of political comment and have signified their willingness

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The Free Press goes on to say the plan is immensely complex needs a far more comprehensive tion by Parliament than it is ely to receive if the debate is re to the squalid level of competi- ) bidding for political popularity. Teminds the government that the has been subject to three com- revisions since its inception and » gi contains many imperfections

which intelligent debate can correct.

_ Disturbing Report _ "The preliminary report of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism Biculturalism is disquieting in its tions, emphasizing as it does “overwhelming evidence” of seri-

taken to allow French-Canadians to assume more control over their polit- ical, economic and. cultural: destinies. - Tt is stated in the 140-page report that nearly all French-Canadians see themselves as part of a distinct so- ‘ciety and want to be recognized of- ficially as such. Most’ French-Cana- want to break out of

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} danger to the continued existence | of Confederation if steps are not |

different to or unaware o1 ine crisis centring on Quebec. which has p!aced

Canada, in “the most critical period | of.its history.” As a result, “Canada | has come to a time when decisions | mustsbe taken and developments

~must occur leading either to its break- up or to a new set of conditions for *. its future existence.” . Having raised our concern to this pitch. it is disappointing. that the re- port doesn’t get round to suggesting the major remedial changes that are « necessary. These, it says, will come in the form of concrete recommenda- + tions, to be set forth in the final re- port. When may we expect them? Not, it would seem, for “another two years.”

Frankly, we are at a loss to see the value of this report as it, stands: making our flesh creep with the urgency of the crisis and the dire con- sequences of it worsening more quickly than we think, and then leaving us to grapple with it unaided until 1967—Confederation centennial

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year Surely the commission could have been less free with its jere-

miads until it had something of a constructive nature to bring before the public. The report will create a lot of controversy, but to what end? Its diagnosis, if we may call it that, | is enough to give anyone the jitters. ' But it is the cure that we are con- cerned about. and for that, it blandly tells us, we shall have to wait.

Those Breath Tests

How the breath-analyzer will work out in New Brunswick, in reducing cases of impaired driving, is any-

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of special interest here. Meantime we | note from an exchange that they have | been doing some experimenting in | this ‘line in the United Kingdom,

The British check, made on bréath samples in plastic bags later analyzed | by a “breathalyzer’’ machine, show- ed that on one Saturday night 45 per cent of drivers had been drinking al- cohol, and on another occasion one in 16 had drunk enough to equal or | exceed the accepted danger level.

These figures, it is noted, might well have been much higher had not 220. drivers ‘refused to co-operate in the test which was made in a busy area of southern England.

Of course, we're much more ab- stemious on this side of the Atlantic, especially in these parts! But we must confess that’ our visitors get awful thirsty when they come to see us. Think of them consuming all that liquor from our Island vendors’ stores last’ year! $5,381,463 in gross sales, according to the commission's 1 eport. Attorney General Farmer almost wept when he tabled it in the House.

Christmas and on Christmas Eve. |

“body's guess::The experiment: wilt-be~}

close enough to our shores to make it |

where the preliminary. results have | With been published of the first voluntary | breath tests of 1,727 British drivers | 10m reached with a sigh by the covering the four weeks before | ada, a government. subsidized

| spends the money

But we have to be hospitable to our guests, haven’t we?

Maybe if this b reat h-analyzing business works out in N.B., we should ask our tourists if they wouldn't mind submitting to similar tests here, just for safety’s sake. We wouldn't need to take them ourselves, of course. Though, to set a good example. per- haps it wouldn't hurt if we did, once in a while!

EDITORIAL NOTES

A Milwaukee truck driver, who saved $60,000 in cash by the time he reached 55 years, can now start all over again. He stored the cash in a | metal box in his home and a thief found it.

Sweden, notes an exchange. has solved the problem of what to do with old cars which have long out- lived their usefulness. They abhor the idea of having them placed in junk yards where the beauty of the highway is marred. They are now be- ing consigned to a watery grave. in the Baltic Sea.

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A three-year program of studies on Canada’s role in Atlantic economic affairs has been made possible by a Ford Foundation grant of $180,000

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— ALL SHAVING WITH THE SAME BLADE OTTAWA REPORT By Patrick Nicholson

” Gives Voicé Té tndividtal Consumer ~~

which come cluttering up a package of cereal, a gallon of gas or a box of detergent.”

PURE MILK

One of the praiseworthy items on the groceteria shelf is powd- ered skim milk, Canadian made from Canadian cows. One well known brand, for example, sells dts product in packages contain- ing even pounds with no frac-

One retailing come-on being studied by the CAC is the “cents off" practice, wherein the pack- age has printed on it some slog- | an such as ‘30 cents off’, which might be meaningless without fuller explanation. but sometim- es actually covers a rise in price

Fractional weights of the con- tents of packages is a longstand-* ing bother to consumers. Is the | tional ouces, so simple calcula- giant economy size really | tion shows that the jumbo size cheaper? Who can tell except a | is a true economy in price, while mathematical genius, for it is | ;

the product is healthy, pure and very hard to compare the true | offers the conveniences of elim- unit cost of three different pack- inating the cartage of water, ages containing respectively one | the disposal of cartons or the youre eee ands thre comes of returnable contain-

one-half ounces | a

aaa problem of getting | The CAC gives a voice~to the the best value for her dollar is | individual consumer; it receiv- compounded when a rival brand es perhaps 100 letters of com- offers a jumbo package of the | plaint a month, and based on 5.3'2 pound size, but containing | these and its own findings, it only ttiree pounds three ounces | makes appropriate representa- of the commodity advertized, | tions to the Department of Jus- plus a bath-towel which, being | tice—as it has recently done concealed within an opaque | about what it terms an unblush- package. must be acquired as ing attempt at price fixing. It

already boasts 80 local branch-

| “a pig in a poke.” é What does the CAC think of ¢8 in communities which regard a dollar as being worth one hun-

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oi tt dep Lass taconite mor gle? “It is a matter of personal such to be opened. Interested | preference, but I would prefer | Consumers should write to its | not to ask my dinner guest to | head office:1245 Wellington drink wine out of a wine glass, | Street, Ottawa.

Does affluence breed apathy? | The affluence of the Canadian standard of living conditions its beneficiary to be a sucker when standing eyebal!l- to- eyeball an unscrupulous retail mer- chant.

This seems to be the conclus-

onsumers Association of Can-

voluntary group of housewives, breadwinners. economists and others, whose aim is to protect the consumer's dollar.

“The Canadian consumer is so affluent that she— it is general- ly the woman of the family who — does not. feel unduly enraged when she loses money through a question- able marketing practice; and we are all so super-saturated with superlatives that we don't ex- pect television advertising to tell us all the truth all the time,” an official of the association - told me.

Above all when, for example, we buy toothpaste marked as weighing grams and ffactions of grams, we can hardly telt when we are sold short weight, as the CSAC has discovered. STUDIES AND REPORTS

The CAC publishes a bimonth- ly magazine, which is sent free to its 20,000 members across | Canada. It believes that it is |

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Nene ‘were reported among

Reactions Of Drugs

| By Dr. Theodore R. Van Dellen | Reactions to drugs vary con- siderably.

product causes ulcers of the | lower part of the small intestine. The story begins with the thiazi- de diuretics, one of the most ef- fective remedies for dropsy. The chemical! also is used in the jreatmept of hypertension, and as an aid in losing weight. It en- courages elimination of the wat- er that forms when excess fat is burned up as energy.

These products are safe and efficient. They stimulate the kid- neys to filter out more of the sodium ion ‘sodium chloride is salt) that holds fluid in the tis- sues. But it is difficult to elim- inate one chemical without re- | moving others and, in this case, | potassium (K) is lost along with the sodium (Na). A deficiency of K leads to weakness and is overcome by eating foods rich | in the chemical or by taking po- | tassium chloride tablets. How- ever, K trritates the lining of the stomach and must be enve- loped in ‘enteric coated) that does not dissolve until it passes through the gastric pouch. Some manu- facturers combine K and the thiazide in a single enteric-coat- ed tablet

Severa) months ago there was a striking increase in the num- ber of individuals with ulcers and narrowing of the lower in- testine’ The ulcers ruptured in some, leading to _ peritonitis

| Further investigation showed all |

were taking thiazide and potas- sium in enteric-coated tablets.

those taking thiazide without K. This incriminated the enteric- | coated potassium chloride. The ; chemical was released in a | small segment of the intestine after the outer shell was dissolv- | ed. It is logical to assume that if it irritates the lining of the stomach, it will do the same in the intestines. . ....More than. 140, cases. includ- Tink tour deaths, fave’ been re- ported to the Food and Drug Ad- ministration. Physicians brea- thed a sigh of retief when the dfretic was exonerated because , It is a valuable remedy. Hereaft- er, potassium will be taken in food or in drops as a saturated potassium iodide solution. MULTIPLE COLDS Mrs.L. writes: My two-year- old grandson gets one cold after | another. He is hardly over one | when the next comes along. Is he likely to develop rheumatic fever from so many: colds? REPLY Colds are common at this age and his experience is par for the course. Time will tell whether | he is likely to develop rheumat- ie fever INFLAMED COLON D. B. writes: Is dieting the best treatment for colitis? REPLY A bland diet helps because it leaves little residue, giving the

bowel a rest. But diet is not the |

sole treatment because there | are various types of colitis (spa- | stic, bacterial, and influenza)

each requifing specific eare. HORMONES AND YOUTH F. L. writes: Is it dangerous for a 75-year-old woman to take a hormone shet once a week to make her feel young again” Not dangerous unless she has a malignancy of the breast or hormones are not the waters ‘from the Fountain of Youth

“fighting a brave game’’ by pub- lishing reports on topics to help the consumer.

‘eat meat with a knife and fork, |

| or a t 2) ap es 2 —_———==~ Tampering

The Canadian Association of

PUBLIC FORUM

PAINFUL AFTERTHOUGHTS , Red Ensign under their protec- Sir._Now that the single tion, we wonder at the blindness Maple Leaf has been declared | and temerity of anyone daring officially by the Premier, and | to replace it, even for such a Queen Elizabeth II. as Canada’s | prize as the very doubtful vo'rs

Police Chiefs has informed Prime Minister Pearson of its | opposition to the government's policy on capital punishment. It | says it is “astounded’’ by the | Cabinet's policy of commuting | death sentences, it opposes the free vote in the

With The Law

ontreal Star

self as being a dubious method of justice, since it is arbitrary and a relatively recent practice.

| Worse, it cannot help but throw |

confusion into the ranks of law enforcement officers, and of the courts involved in capital eases. Police morale is bound to | suffer.

This time a modern ,

hard capsule or shell

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THE WAY

If you help a man whe |s in Little by little, Russia is be.

trouble, he'll never forget you... especially the next time he’s in trouble —Montreal Star.

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Butcher: “I'm sorry, but we have no ducks today. How about a nice leg of lamb?’ Hunter: | “Don’t be silly. I can't tell my | wife I shot a leg of lamb, can 1?""— Toronto Globe and Mail.

The furore over Mr. Berton's perceptive, but unoriginal, crit- | ique of the churches has a di- | ect relation. to our current pol-

itical mess. The question which

cries for study is why the news- | Papers and the public get so ex-

cited about certain kinds of mo- ra) dereliction and cheerfully tolerate many more damaging

| forms of public and private wic-'|

kedness.— Financial Post.

‘a year. He has a long way to go ;to cateh up

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coming more like a capitalistic country. Recently there have been increasingly complaints that clerks in Russian depart. ment stores are rude.—Woa stock Sentinel-Review. ‘

The average American's con. sumption of wine is .933 gallons

to the average Frenchman's 35 gallons, the Italian's 31 or even the Ger- man’s two-andvine-half. —Ot- tawa Journal. °

Seat belts are to be standard equipment for back seats of cars, which will likely mean that in many cases four belts will be kept lying on the seat in- slead of two.—Fort William Times Journal.

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The American public at large and the Communist Viet Cong | are helping shore up part of | President Johnson's current

Viet Nam policy.

The president, who is Uniied States military and diplomatic signal-caller, isn't talking —ei- ther to the American publ'c or | to the growing array of interna- ‘tional forces urging a negoti- ated settlement.

There is no evidence that the U.S. public feels strongly one way or the other. A lull in spec- tacular Communist guerrilla ac- tivity ‘has also been a [ac'or

To observers, President John son clearly wants all the cibew room he can get in a situation which can erupt into interna- tional crisis at any hour. NOT RIGHT TIME |

He does not consider ‘t timel, to negotiate, either trom the U.S. point of view or that of the tottering South Vietnamese ad- ministration in Saigon » Hence the cool and calculated

“rejection of” overtures fF om

Brjtain, France, Russia the United Nations and others for | Negotiations. The president also / is toughly§ resisting demands | from within the United States that he take the public into his confidence and spell out Viet Nam policy, past, present and future.

State Secretary Dean Rusk, in a press conference. Thursday | underlined both presidential | practices

Rusk said repeatediy there will be no negotiation as far as the U.S. is concerned until North Viet Nam halts aggres- sion in the south. He called this | the ‘missing piece’ in the pic- ture. :

He also declined under ques

Keeping His Own Counsel

By Arch MacKenzie Canadian Press Staff Writer

‘but there has been no repetition

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tioning to even hint at what the U.S. will do in the future if ax- gression continues, other than to refer to past statements vy Johnson that action will be ap- propriate and fitting.

His opposition to negotiations or policy statements has inci- dental support from the Com. munist battle lull. Theu at- tacks increase in size and scope

of the blows against American forces which brought about U S. bombing of North Viet Nam Within the U.S., there is no visible wide demand at present that he lay down his cards on Viet Nam. Rather, there svems to be a lack of firm opinion and almost a condition of apathy.

CONGRESS SUPPORTS “HIM Informed opinion in Washing- ton appears to be swinging be- hind President Johnson in keep- ing his own counsel. Congress | has stiffened its support for his | no-negotiation stand. The US” tevenled wednestay"~ that the 23.000 U.S. troops now in South Viet Nam have shed their role as “‘advisers."’ Amer- ican bombers began strik ng guerrillas this week without any

pretence of Vietnamese influ- ence. This development was ‘de-

scribed by officials as “‘contin- uous action that is appropriate,

| fitting and measured.” It was

linked with the virtual carte blanche for action given to the president by Congress last Au- after the Commuuist at- tacks on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.

The president thus seems to have all the flexibiliiy he needs to execute his Viet Nam policy

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national flag, the battle is over | of the dissident element in Que- bec

as far as the outcome of this is-

sue is concerned. We are in- |

scribing the thoughts and emo- tions contained herein, without any presumptious idea of af- fecting the matter in any way.

We would have written long ere this had we not been aware that the action of the leader of the government was predeter- mined by an election campaign promise. Abler pens and more voluble tongues than mine had failed to sway Mr. Pearson from

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Somewhat in line with the flag

denouement, are su . posed to give attention to ac | alty, and it believes the commu- rantings of a few students from

some of the universities in var- ious provinces, seeking auto- nomy, that includes total separ- ation from the British Common-

vescence and inherent rebellious instincts derived from emmi-

his icy of asement. We | grant parents from the many policy appe;

do however solicit space in your |

valued columns, and your indul- gence, to express sentiments

that we believe are echoed by |

nny in every province in Can- a, element in Quebec, who realize the freedom of thought and practice they have enjoyed un- der their connection with Bri- tain since 1759. .

We are now asked in effect to resort to mental and spiritual gymnastics that will result in

oblivion for our beloved Red En- | sign and spontaneous respect for |

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| holding of a | House of Cammons on the ques- And the courts are bound to

tion of abolishing the death pen- | wonder what the law now is in | capital cases, or if there is any

; law at all apart from _ that | made on each occasion by the Cabinet. There is

; tation of death sentences has , contributed to the increase of violent crime. On at least one point it is easy | to go 8 long way towards agree- ing with the Police Chiefs— on the question of commuting death sentences. These sentences have | been imposed by the courts, ac- | cording to the laws of the land, with all the usual facilities for | appeal. Then .the Cabinet has | moved in to change the verdict, , in effect taking justice out of | the hands of the courts. This could be questioned in it-

als may be encouraged to viol- ence by knowing they will es- cape the death penalty.

Over the years, there has been a growing body of opinion in fa- vor of abolishing the death pen- alty, It may well be that this is both humane and desirable, pro- vided it is replaced by an effec- tive form of life imprisonment. | In any event, this is a matter which Parliament has thé au- thority to decide

MONEY WITHDRAWN

New Zealand has begun the withdrawal from circulation of half-crown coins preparatory to the changeover to decimal cur- rency in 1967.

Our Yesterdays | (From the Guardian Files) . TWENTY - FIVE YEARS AGO

(February 27, 1940) | Mrs. J.A. Mathieson was el- |

Come to us first for first rate repairs. All appliances re

| Afriean War, Charlies Hine and | Edward MacDonald were un- | able to be present owing to il

paired safely and quickly!

health. And our rates are low!

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